Six Flags Great America |"X-Flight"| B&M Wing Coaster

[Nick]

^ No I suppose intense isn't really the right word. But it does look more intense than the other wingriders I think. Compared to the speed that The Swarm and Wild Eagle look on video, this thing does look to be pretty nippy.

Excellent layout, although I think Swarm has a superior first drop element, the rest of X-Flights layout tops it.

 

[billybobjoebob]

The inversions look to be more exagerated on this one than the other wing coasters. That combined with the winged carts should make this ride produce some unique feelings

 

[Venom2053]

I think it turned out great. I love how drawn out the inline twists are with the near misses. Theming seems to be just as half-assed as Swarms and Wild Eagles though. How do you guys rank the current Wing Riders based on what you've seen?

I'm thinking:
Raptor
Wild Eagle
X-Flight
Swarm

 

[Martyn B]

I've only ridden Swarm, but from that experience, and how/what I liked about it, I would imagine that I'd rank them like this:

X-Flight
Swarm
Raptor
Wild Eagle

 

[Ethan]

Theming seems to be just as half-assed as Swarms and Wild Eagles though.

How does The Swarm have "half assed" theming? It's better than most coasters out there, especially anything in Canada...

 

[billybobjoebob]

I don't think it has half assed theming either

 

[Venom2053]

How does The Swarm have "half assed" theming? It's better than most coasters out there, especially anything in Canada...

Oh not another fanboy :lol: I know Canada sucks for theming and never did I mention it was better, its completely irrelevant to the point.

The Swarm's theme is a ruined church and lots of dirt with a couple of destroyed objects. Its theming is good for a roller coaster they just didn't go all out. When you compare it to Raptor its not as good and its layout isn't as good as Wild Eagle and X-Flight. A perfectly themed roller coaster is something made by Disney, or Universal. Anything that isn't themed to that amount of detail is "half assed" in my opinion. But yes, you are partly correct it is themed "better" than most coasters.

All in all though theming really isn't that important to me, its the layout that made me put them in that order.

 

[michaellll]

^I suppose you probably think a Porsche 911 is a "half assed" car since Ferrari makes better cars huh?

 

[billybobjoebob]

^It depends which Ferrari your talking about

 

[Hixee]

Swarm's station is good, the rest of the area lacked the same level of... involvement to me. By my guess, the Wing Riders are going to rank like this:

X-Flight/Wild Eagle (depending on whether you prefer the tight layout of the big sweeping layout)
Raptor
Swarm

X-Flight certainly looks a hell of a lot better than Swarm.

 

[Ethan]

How does The Swarm have "half assed" theming? It's better than most coasters out there, especially anything in Canada...

Oh not another fanboy :lol: I know Canada sucks for theming and never did I mention it was better, its completely irrelevant to the point.

The Swarm's theme is a ruined church and lots of dirt with a couple of destroyed objects. Its theming is good for a roller coaster they just didn't go all out. When you compare it to Raptor its not as good and its layout isn't as good as Wild Eagle and X-Flight. A perfectly themed roller coaster is something made by Disney, or Universal. Anything that isn't themed to that amount of detail is "half assed" in my opinion. But yes, you are partly correct it is themed "better" than most coasters.

All in all though theming really isn't that important to me, its the layout that made me put them in that order.

Ok well i'm not a fanboy, and 'camping outside CW' doesn't make you look any better...

You say 'perfect' theming is like Disney and Universal, but most parks don't have that sort of budget. Expedition Everest cost 50 million, most parks don't have that budget for two rides! So it's not that a park cannot be bothered, it's that they sometimes cannot afford it.

 

[Intricks]

Re: Six Flags Great America |"X-Flight"| B&M Wing Coaster

Brett, I believe those dreadful patches of spilled concrete are actually mist areas. Photos have turned up on its fan page showing LOTS of mist effects throughout the ride. Secondary keyhole, first keyhole (i believe), and a couple drops (one going into the immelman i believe).

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[Brett7710]

^ I did catch a glimpse of some keyhole mist effects on one of the videos but didn't know they had more planned. Are 6F likely to keep all these effects running through the years? It would be a shame if they slowly dropped off like so many others.

 

[Intricks]

Re: Six Flags Great America |"X-Flight"| B&M Wing Coaster

Yea, they didnt have em all running apparently. Like I said, there are pics on the X-Flight fan page group thing on facebook showing several pics of mist being used.

This is where, Chicago/Gurnee area?ost likely only during the summer tovhelp with maintenance costs, but yea...I see these dieing in a few years hahaha.

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[Martyn B]

station is good, the rest of the area lacked the same level of... involvement to me.

I kind of disagree. I thought the pedestrian are was quite good and well themed, but the actual ride are is quite bare, but you cant really notice it as it many wraps around the pedestrian area, until you hit the brakes after the in-line, and then you see a land of nothing but mud and weeds - which I thought was really, really piss poor of Thorpe. They put a lot of effort into Swarm, so why leave that back area SO bare?

 

[Antinos]

I saw pictures on TPR that showed grass seed planted under the ride. The queue also goes through the keyhole as well.

 

[CoasterCrazy]

Agreed with Swarm, certainly.

I personally think that this'll give an amazing ride - far longer than any others so far, and the area around and the queue line seem really nicely done, especially the interaction of the ride with the Queline.

But how will this rate against the Intamin Wingriders? (Baco and Skyrush)

Why does everyone rate Raptor so low? I feel too that W Eagle doesn't really do particularly much...

 

[Ian]

Until ECG gets a review up...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuREy-L8518[/youtube]

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[Mysterious Sue]

Re: Six Flags Great America |"X-Flight"| B&M Wing Coaster

I kind of disagree. I thought the pedestrian are was quite good and well themed, but the actual ride are is quite bare, but you cant really notice it as it many wraps around the pedestrian area, until you hit the brakes after the in-line, and then you see a land of nothing but mud and weeds - which I thought was really, really piss poor of Thorpe. They put a lot of effort into Swarm, so why leave that back area SO bare?

I thought they were improving it though, planting a few trees and such.

Just loving the near miss through the tower (wish people would stop calling it 'through the keyhole', I keep reading the topic in Loyyd Grossman's voice!)

 

[Ian]

^ Jerry calls it "the vagina".