Speaking of Six Flags.....

[NatDog]

For those of you who don't know yet: http://www.rcdb.com/id3290.htm

[zoggyno1]

OH YEAH!!!! Im going there next year in July!!! YAY

[Nebuchanezzar]

Is that a highway that it travels over in that first picture? That's pretty damn crazy.

[paul frank]

no i belive it looks more like a go cart track to me

[T-bone]

That is indeed a highway. The ride is going to be so big, you actually leave normal park grounds, and go across the road to some other land.

The park's 11th coaster, GOLIATH will be Six Flags Over Georgia's first "hyper" coaster, or coaster reaching over 200 feet in height. Because of its massive height and size, GOLIATH will not fit inside the park grounds and will actually travel outside the park and back. It will be the new welcoming landmark for guests as it screams overhead, just outside the park's front gate.

[taronga]

Actually it cross the parks entry/exit carpark drive.

[paul frank]

wow thats pretty big but actually to me... it dosen't look that exciting

[LunaParkFanatic]

Iam confused here! If Six Flags is in Debt and is selling off, How can they add a new roller-coaster?

[Gazza]

Looks like a very nice ride, but it really dwarfs Georgia Scorcher doesn't it? The Helix looks cool, I wonder if they are trying to capture the spirit of that famous helix on the SFMM version. But the ride is barely a Hyper coaster. Its height is 200ft and its drop is only 170ft.

Edited September 4, 2005 by Gazza

[Richard]

So long as the company meets interest payments (creating what is known as "servicable debt" - debt which they are able to appropriately manage) with revenue from the parks they are able to spend anything else they make on rides and other capital expenditure. The other option (and this is the one which Six Flags have been using) is to spend more than they can and create a bigger debt. The justifiction behind this is that things like new rides will bring in enough guests to make them viable investments.

[Hulk]

Its a big ride, but most of it consists of Bunny hills and not many "extreme" elements. My friend from Florida managed to get a onride video of this coaster. I'l try and get the link of him. Hulk