The renovation would be performed by Rocky Mountain Construction using the company's patented I-Box steel track technology on all of the original wooden coaster supports. Several weeks later on September 3, 2015, plans were revealed to convert the ride into a steel-tracked coaster called The Joker for the 2016 season. In July 2015, Six Flags announced that Roar at Discovery Kingdom would be closing on August 16, 2015. The coaster featured a height of 94 feet (29 m), a first drop of 85 feet (26 m) and a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). When it debuted on May 14, 1999, Roar was the park's first wooden roller coaster and one of its first rides overall during the transition of adding amusement park rides to the marine mammal park. The park opens Saturday and Sunday, is closed Monday, and re-opens for the rest of spring break and weekends until its seven-days-a-week summer schedule.Īs part of COVID-19 protocols, the park’s become cashless, with “ready station: convert cash to cards” machines around the property.įor more, visit sixflags.Roar was a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom constructed by Great Coasters International. Season pass and members pass holders may reserve tickets for Friday. “On a positive not, less lines for rides, less lines for shows.” “It’ll be like old times, just with less people,” Munro said. “And as far as the rides go, we need the same amount of employees” as pre-COVID-19. Getting the rides back in gear “is good for us, good for the city, and just exciting all-around,” Munro said. With “lots of protocols” in place, the park’s allowed 15 percent of its capacity, Munro said, with all visitors walking through the front entry’s “temperature tunnel.” Lee” Munro, the park’s ambassador for nearly 27 years, said that offering the Marine World Experience with a focus on the animals during the pandemic was fine, but bringing the rides back since the first pandemic lockdown a year ago “is something we’re excited about.” The thrill of just putting your hands up and letting whatever happens happen,” Anderson said. “It was Sylvester the Cat’s head hanging on the wall.”Īnderson said that once he heard the group was invited to the park’s re-opening, “I looked forward to it,” practically drooling at the chance to ride roller coasters. “I turned the lights on … sometimes it’s hard to see from the smoke and I got real close and saw this big silhouette that scared the heck out of me,” he said. Kay has one less-than-fond memory of Six Flags: He was called to fight an apparent electrical fire in a changing room. “I think most firefighters are just kids at heart,” he said. Reustle said the firefighters “jumped at the opportunity” to help re-launch the park after the state set April 1 as the re-opening date during COVID-19. “Is it still called Medusa? I know they’re changing a bunch of stuff,” he said. And the whale show.”īringing his toddler daughter and his wife to Wednesday’s opening, Reustle said he’s always loved the roller coasters, especially “Medusa.” Reustle grew up down the street from the park “and we would walk here when we were kids. “Driving by this for so long seeing it empty and desolate was kind of sad.” Having Six Flags re-opened “is huge it’s exciting,” Bullock continued. “It’s obviously changed in the last 20 years, especially the 10 since I’ve been here.” I definitely have some pretty good memories here,” he said.
“I used to come here as a kid with a season pass.
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