Great American Scream Machine Final Run

The final run of The Great American Scream Machine on July 18, 2010!

[@thedimeckks]

you can hear some on scream KEEP IT!!

[@johnfoltz8183]

Are you sure you want to completely demolish Corkscrew Coaster 1?

[@brogaming7393]

hey thats not funny at all

[@j_c2225]

@@brogaming7393was quite funny

[@vanapotamus6348]

this is just sad

[@pdkev]

Thanks for posting this so fast. GASM's time has long since come and gone, but this is still a sad event. It was my first real coaster!

[@kikicallahan3662]

This was replaced by Green Lantern: Stand Up To Your Fear!, which was relocated from Kentucky Kingdom where it was called Chang. Chang originally opened the same year Don Bluth and 20th Century Fox’s Anastasia came out. Anastasia is now an official Disney Princess.

[@TheLennyLegoShow]

I don't think this was the last ride. After the ride returned to the station, riders began chanting "One more time!", so they did it once again.

[@jaypeterson8747]

RIP scream machine. One of the best roller coaster ever made!

[@rfgstl]

@Redyetz > Hey now...don't be hateful! GASM was a classic coaster...it broke records in it's prime, it has thrilled countless riders and it is(and always will be)respected by coaster enthusiasts as one of the best coasters ever. GASM may have been old, but it was thrilling people long before these new fancy coasters were even thought of.

[@YTP1137]

This is sad. They closed it on my birthday... Sucks...

[@fantomfanatic18]

Yoooo we have the same birthday

[@thatcoasterkid3135]

Happy birthday

[@KirbyVacuumCollectorFixer]

I learned that there were three sister coasters. The Shockwave at great America, G A S M at great adventure, and Viper at Magic Mountain. All three were identical except the viper is slightly taller, faster, and a bit longer. Shockwave was built in 1988 and torn down in 2002 due to structural problems. G A S M was built in 1989 and torn down in 2010 for money for the Green Lantern ride. Viper was built in 1990 and is still alive and running. I really hope they keep it up. If they tear it down. All three will be history. In addition, it's an arrow dynamic built coaster. Arrow dynamic built coasters are slowly becoming rare as the company that made them went out of business in 2002. I hope the roller coaster industry comes to their senses and keeps them up. The arrow dynamic built coasters are the corkscrew style coasters, the hyper coasters, and the multi dimensional coasters. Magnum XL 200 at cedar point is a hyper coaster built by arrow dynamics. Viper obviously is a corkscrew style coaster from that company. X2 at magic mountain is a multi dimensional coaster from that company. Six flags decision to tear the G A S M was a poor one. Ah well, too late now.

[@mnsirens]

Actually some Hyper Coasters by DH Morgan are mistaken for Arrow. Wild Thing at ValleyFair, Steel Force at Dorney Park, and Mamba at Worlds of Fun have often been mistaken for Arrow, but Wild Thing has probably the most because it's the only completely DH Morgan made coaster (Not Phantoms Revenge bc that is part Arrow) because it doesn't feature the Red Track with Gray supports

[@twistedcheese1]

Brady Pelletier and rough coasters aren't necessarily bad.

[@twistedcheese1]

Brady Pelletier it looks rough

[@kikicallahan3662]

This was the last full circuit roller coaster that wasn’t a hypercoaster to have the record for the tallest roller coaster in the world before Cedar Point’s Magnum XL-200 opened the month after this ride first opened.

[@kikicallahan3662]

Also, Great Adventure didn’t hold the tallest full-circuit roller coaster title again until 2005, with the opening of Kingda Ka.

[@kikicallahan3662]

The lifespans of each Arrow Dynamics MegaLooper: Shockwave - 14 years Great American Scream Machine - 21 years Viper - 33 years, still counting

[@kikicallahan3662]

Shockwave was replaced by Supes and GASM was replaced by Lantern. Obviously GASM sat right next to Supes.

[@kaboda317]

@lirr56890 ,They are replacing it with Chang, formerly at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.

[@thedimeckks]

@Redyetz the oldest rid is runaway mine train

[@Livingcontradiction92]

VIVA LA SCREAM MACHINE!!!!!!!!

[@woodcoasterdude]

@dcsmooth its already decided whats going there. a 150 foot B&M standup. its moving from six flags kentucky kingdom where it was Chang

[@OrsilloFanClub]

R.I.P ]=

[@Livingcontradiction92]

Bad choice getting rid of GASM, Green Lantern isn't that impressive...though it goes as fast as GASM which is 63 mph... It has 2 less inversions and is 19 feet shorter, not to mention the actual coaster isn't brand new. It was formerly known as Chang and it came from Kentucky. It's an ok ride but I expected something better esp for a new ride for SFGA.

[@312thermk]

I was on it the last year it was open

[@mangosrock908]

@Redyetz i no but ir needed to ocme down it was getting very rickety!

[@icelegacylol]

Viper is now the only rollercoaster of its kind in the whole world at suxflags magicmountain

[@icelegacylol]

There is a replica at sixflags magic mountain it's fun

[@Hot4Momma]

sad=(

[@woodcoasterdude]

@TheEpic22 no it was scraped. many coasters have been built with the same name. the scream machine had the same design and viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain was slightly modified version.

[@woodcoasterdude]

god when this was finished there was three of the generally same design that were the arrow megacoaster triplets for six flags. the first was the Shockwave at Six Flags Great America (R.I.P. 1988-2002) the second was the Great America Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure (R.I.P. 1989-2010) the last remaining is the Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain.(1990-still operating).

[@kikicallahan3662]

Both Shockwave and Great American Scream Machine were replaced by B&Ms themed after specific DC characters.

[@NickyD]

they better replace this with something good

[@HardRock2Day]

@MrLaxdude89 Its gone already man. :( its gone

[@NickyD]

@kaboda317 is that a stand up coaster

[@clickchick66]

WHYYYYYYY?????????

[@kaboda317]

@DBblondie ,Look it up. If you research enough you could find it.

[@NickyD]

@dcsmooth millenium force is better then i305 they need some thing like force 500 feet

[@kaboda317]

@lirr56890 ,Yes.

[@DBblondie]

@kaboda317 how do you know that?

[@rcb3000]

@lirr56890 ikr

[@woodcoasterdude]

@CoasterFreak765 are you sure we are talking about the same ride? because i know that the shockwave i am talking about sat in a field behind superman at Six Flags Great America for 3 years and the was scrapped

[@TheEpic22]

@woodcoasterdude shockwave is still around, just in a different park

[@Livingcontradiction92]

I'm entitled to my own opinion of the choice made. There was no reason to curse at me for simply stating my opinion.

[@johncarelli148]

it hurt like a bitch though.

[@dcsmooth]

@lirr56890 They need to put in a 400 foot plus roller coaster....not a Kingda Ka type deal but something like Millenium force but 400+ feet. That would be wicked!

[@deathandbananas2152]

Wut

[@dcsmooth]

the lawl something I like when people reply to comments I made over a decade ago because it brings back old videos I enjoyed watching back then. It’s a nice way to reminisce. Thank you.

[@fanwatson]

i was on that last ride

[@r32fan92]

fanwatson how was it?

[@fanwatson]

@@r32fan92 good