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  1. CedarPoint6

    Your 2024 in Review

    This is a fun thread to read. I've enjoyed everyone's posts thus far. 2024 was a strange year for me. I left my job at SeaWorld Orlando, taking a new role with an engineering company in Saudi Arabia. A big change in my life and for my coaster riding. The year started ok, then slowed down...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    It does get surprisingly windy in Riyadh, though. Very frequently I'm dealing with sand storms or at least poor air quality due to the dust blowing in.
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    Milestones in Your Counts

    I rode #1300 today! Fun to be able to do it at both my "home" park and as one of the last projects I worked on at SeaWorld before moving to a new job. So that falls in line with: 100: Thunderhead 200: Maximum RPM 300: Leviathan 400: Roller Coaster (Amazing World) 500: Manta 600: Mine Blower...
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    Fantasiana | Helios | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025

    It was a tight fit with the seatbelt, but I also rode Wild Train this last Wednesday. What a great ride. Ridiculous airtime yet still surprisingly comfortable. I know the Mack will be cool, but I will certainly miss this crazy ride. Enjoyed a number of laps over the afternoon including night...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    The reason there isn't a block brake at the top of the cliff is completely due to response time. It would take about 20 minutes to get up there as they're have to go out to a main road, up the highway, and back to get to this point. There will not be trims on the big hill. In the event of a...
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    Fantasiana | Helios | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025

    Yeah the rain is a tire drive tire thing and it's a fairly common issue with these types of rides. Not necessarily a Pax thing. Some parks have put covers over their tire drives as one solution. But yes, the park did explicitly confirm that the ride will not run at all with any rain.
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    Fantasiana | Helios | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025

    Good luck! I'm flying 6 hours from Saudi Arabia for this haha. Fingers crossed for this plus the other parks I'm planning to visit!
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    Fantasiana | Helios | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025

    The park confirmed to me in an e-mail that it is open until the end of their season. So November 2. They did also confirm it does not run in the rain. I'll be there October 30, so hoping for good weather!
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    Most rides you've ever had on one attraction in a day?

    54 on Fun Spot's White Lightning back during opening year. That was a nice evening.
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    Your Schwarzkopf Count

    I've got 27 at this point. Sad that there's not near as many opportunities for this to go up as there used to be. 1. Sooperdooperlooper- Hershey 2. Mind Bender- SFOG 3. Viper- SFOG 4. Laser- Dorney 5. Scorpion- BGT [RIP] 6. Wildcat- Cedar Point x. Greezed Lightnin'*- KK (relocated #3 Viper...
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    S&S Axis Coaster for Saudi Arabia FEC's

    Have they fully confirmed 2026? Last I spoke to the SEVEN management team, this was being pushed to open in 2025 (albeit later 25). May be published as 26 with the internal goal of 25. This is about 10 minutes from my apartment and I drive by it frequently. Not much new to see on the...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    It is an elevator up to the stairs level. I don't expect this to be used for tours. It is an evac only situation.
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    Six Flags Over Georgia | Georgia Surfer | Intamin Ultra Surf | 2025

    I take that to be ride manufacturer cost, which I suppose I wasn't considering when I said all-in. $13M less ride is still not awful for a project like this.
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    Six Flags Over Georgia | Georgia Surfer | Intamin Ultra Surf | 2025

    $13 million isn't bad at all if that's all-in. Not a huge fan of the Goliath repaint, but I'll be happy to give it a shot and see how it looks.
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    The Goony Stats Thread

    Love the stats and the presentation @Hixee. Need to make some adjustments to mine-- you've given me a few ideas. I do have a couple charts in other tabs, but these are my main stats. Pretty much everything is automated referencing other tabs except for the % ridden of manufacturers which I...
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    Where is your local park and how often do you visit?

    At home in Orlando, Disney World was closest and I made good use of that annual pass. For a number of years I was visiting multiple times per week all year long. So that added up to quite a lot. Universal was next closest which I visited on occasion (but I prefer to visit Disney). SeaWorld...
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    Last Cred Review

    ^ Always liked Silver Comet. Odd layout, but I'm a big fan of the CCIs. I rode the last of the known coasters in Riyadh the other day and (aside from the Sky Rocket that doesn't open till October), this was probably the best one in the city. Smooth, decently quick, and a longer layout than...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Great shots! Looks like these were taken a week or two ago since the Mack water coaster lift hill isn't up yet. They're making really good progress.
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    Unfortunately I'm not able to share any pictures as part of the NDA. As a quick summary: WOW! It was pretty incredible to see the site in person. Pictures do not do justice to the scale of Falcon's Flight. The ride is enormous. Spitfire feels so small even standing right underneath the...
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    Six Flags Qiddiya| Saudi Arabia | Theme Park

    A foreign name is known. Maybe not to locals, but to international investors. I'm sure that was part of the premise of signing on with a known company. And you already get what effectively free assets. So it's a win for them and even if nobody knows what SF is out here, they know the name...
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