Log Flume Updates + El Toro Closed at Six Flags Great Adventure! | Vlog 6/11/24

[@ColiwoodStudios]

I forgot to showcase it in this video, but Chop Six is no more and has become a special events building!

[@StamfordBridge]

Sounds like an improvement.

[@295g295]

5:48 - Look for fish and turtles in the water at this bridge.

[@295g295]

6:10 - This Log Flume was originally built by Arrow, right? The fiberglass troughs are being rebuilt by a local crafter?

[@kentuckyfriedchicken2384]

I went on Wednesday and the runaway mine train crew told us they are doing a yearly inspection on the trains by taking them apart and back together.

[@josephmoore5949]

Did they mention when the trains would be ready? Already middle of June and half the coasters are only running one train. Painful..

[@Kyle_The_Mighty]

If it's a yearly inspection, wouldn't it make more sense to do that in February?

[@atomsapple]

I got so lucky last Thursday. First and only visit… El Toro and Kingda Ka were up minus some very short temporary closures.

[@mrrat5ever]

they’re open now, i just went friday

[@lumi_veneri]

Hopefully it's back open by the weekend!! Need my Toro fix this week! Last week I went to the park alone and found that I actually really dig the free lockers... With some tweaking I think they could be great! Or better yet- just make all the lockers free, lol!!

[@josephmoore5949]

My advice to everyone. Get there early and get on JD coaster as fast as you can. Otherwise, you will have to wait in a very painful long line. That, or burn a flash pass, or buy one.

[@jamiedewoolf2375]

That’s what I did, went right to Jersey Devil right after the park opened (I have Diamond pass so got in the park early)

[@christianortiz-v1l]

I was lucky to ride Toro on June 3rd, it was excellent, hopefully it reopens soon.

[@Huntbeck33]

I’m glad to see the park really try to fix everything up at once even tho it isn’t very good for park guest satisfaction. Bottom line is this park wasn’t taken care of for over a decade. It’s time it really needed this and I’m happy it’ll make it great when it’s all said and done!

[@MrCrash-hz8xy]

wow el toro is closed smh...i was planning on coming june 18th. I don't know whats going on but lately these amusement park rides have not been reliable

[@boApp4708]

Wow, this is so sad to see how the park is being run: -Toro closed -Ka closing 1 hour early when operating -Jersey Devil on 1 train -Log Flume and Ferris Wheel still not open -Flash not open -Zumanjaro closed -Safari still not accessible from inside the park as advertised -Skyride closed 😮

[@JD.778]

Most of the stuff you mentioned is not great adventures fault and the safari entrance will open when the log flume is done they said.

[@Project_Storm1999]

Toro is a intamin problem devil is a rmc problem ( park has nothing to do with both of these) safari is closed from inside the park due to construction skyride I believe they are gonna start refurbishing it is over 50 years old and flash is making awesome progress considering it is a last minute addition the parks doing a lot give them some credit

[@collinparsons3363]

I think there was a lot of deferred maintenance from the late 2000s and 2010s, and that bill is coming due now. Instead of spacing out the major refurbishments, they're having to do them all at once, so they are spread thin. Not having all the trains ready on the coasters now 3 months into the season is unacceptable, other than Jersey Devil which is an RMC problem.

[@Project_Storm1999]

@@collinparsons3363 yea I understand the coasters that were opened for holiday in the park being on limited capacity because they didn’t have a lot of time but Medusa, green lantern and Superman were closed in I think nov so they should’ve been done as for skyway , big wheel and long flume I don’t know if that’s the parks fault for pushing it back or corporate but I think they could’ve scheduled it better

[@josephmoore5949]

@@Project_Storm1999 What exactly is the RMC problem with Devil? Is SF waiting for them to reconstruct the trains that aren't running? Was there really no way they couldn't have spaced this out between coasters? Because they have one that is still running. Also, do you know how long Toro is expected to be closed for?

[@shealinbanta4169]

It’s so cool you were at two six flags in one day. I would love to visit the one in Texas

[@themeparknewengland7909]

Thanks you for all the updates very great Vlog

[@andref.gordonjr4627]

Every time I'm on El Toro someone always getting hurt or a bolt flying off I remember last year I was 2 rows behind the ppl that got hurt the coaster kept jerking that's when I knew something was wrong

[@UncleGramps]

I knew about El Toro, but I didn't realize that Jersey Devil got the free lockers too. Nice!

[@ColiwoodStudios]

Devil's are only free for Flash Pass users, as is also the case at Ka and Joker

[@SurflinerBoy455]

I’m heading to great adventure July 11th hopefully toro and flash are open by that time since I’m coming from california

[@mrrat5ever]

toro is open, flash isn’t yet

[@Jakebtw_7]

Yep I was sad when I went to six flags last Sunday and toro was closed, was the first time I went in like a year too 😕

[@vrryan6]

El toro closed on Saturday, the day before I assume you went, I was in queue for el toro and they evacuated the queue and station and a train dispatched empty and just sat at the bottom of the lift for the rest of the day.

[@theballingboi5360]

was there Friday and toro was running smooth, then sunday it was closed, so idk what happened

[@FrightenedPotato]

Some things you forgot to mention: Mr Six's bus is in front of Joker, El Diablo's station has been removed along with the abandoned splashpad Splashwater Oasis.

[@ColiwoodStudios]

Those happened after my visit, I’ll report on them all the next time I’m there

[@DrFishstix2]

I can't believe how many times you visited the park and it's not even July 4th yet! Thanx for the detailed report!

[@nesmanmain0001]

Interesting with JDC still on one train as Wildcat's Revenge is stuck on two still as well. Hershey is not the park to use trains sparingly (demonstrated by 3 on Candymonium every single day) so it seems like parks are having issues getting parts from RMC. At least that's what I make of it.

[@Starlit43]

Still chugging along with the main projects. I’m really curious to see how the resort will turn out. Some coasters still not running at full capacity which I hope they can fix soon. Right now they’re like in the middle with that. Could be better and could be worse. Chop Six has turned into a special events place for at least the season. Also have you seen a lot of 50th Merchandise? I haven’t really seen much

[@ColiwoodStudios]

Not much more than the selection from the start of the season

[@dougronald561]

"Colin from the future reporting" lmfao🎢🤠

[@sludog]

We need a waterpark update soon. Have you been there yet? We might swing by next weekend if the weather is warmer.

[@ColiwoodStudios]

When Splash Island Opens, I’ll look to be there!

[@mrrat5ever]

i just went yesterday, it was crowded but really nice. they have a lot of slides to choose from but the lines are painfully long and there’s no fast passes.

[@michaelbianco32]

I traded a Friday + Sunday first-time visits up from ATL last week for a Sunday & Monday visit. Really regretting it now since El Toro operated through last Saturday and has been down since 🙃 At least got on every other coaster and both Ka & Nitro 6 times each over the two days.

[@nikolasincorporated]

Wtf is going on there?! I was there yesterday the park was packed and all of the coasters were running 1 train 😢

[@shealinbanta4169]

I was lucky to do el toro once this year

[@mrrat5ever]

it’s open now, i just went friday

[@beneditsx]

I going to sfgav on Wednesday, I’m looking forward to nitro and Superman, I really wanna go on toro but it’s probably just a yearly train inspection.

[@errock4179]

Thank you for the Pride support

[@TheCoasterSam]

Is there an opening date for log flume? I think I saw someone say 6/29 but I don’t think the park can make that with the work still to be done

[@ColiwoodStudios]

6/29 is the date as of right now

[@markdaniels2123]

@@ColiwoodStudios This Log Flume thing was a huge F---UP on 6 Flags part. It was open in 22 and at the start of 23 they began minor work on it promising it to be open Memorial Day Weekend. Then it was apart even more and by July 4 they said it was closed for the season and has been down ever since. They are taking way too long on this. What was to be minor repairs evolved to a total redo. They should have just announced a total redo back at the end of 2022 rather than break promises. This park and 6 Flags as a whole are good at broken promises. Zumanjaro is another thing..Opened early in the season - Then abruptly closed for no good reason and nothing announced as to why. Rumor has it that its closed for a long time. Tired of these preemptions. Like when I was a kid KYW TV 3 preempted NBC shows on a whim. So many times even shows the TV Guide stated would come on did not and KYW ran some local news special - even prempting prime time stuff and even sports sometimes. Glad CBS bought them. But 6 Flags preempts programs the same way - even popular rides they close on a whim. Would love to meet the person making these decisions. If I were park president this park would run far better.

[@295g295]

14:08 - This is the 'boardwalk bridge' that remains that had been behind little theater?

[@goddesssela5085]

El toro was open today when I went!!! (6/18)

[@295g295]

1:44 - A small crowd is standing behind the Lion.

[@MrMrMrMeme]

I am going to six flags great adventure every day so I hope to see you there

[@Trulipy]

Going for my first time this weekend, Toro and Ka better be open man 😭

[@mrrat5ever]

they will

[@gunsmoke132]

Was devil at least open? That'd be pretty crazy if turo and devil were closed

[@oneminutetill7]

Yeah I went Monday everything is open except runaway train and el toro

[@markdaniels2123]

Yes but 6 Flags is TOO CHEAP to run 2 trains. They like to make people wait in lines like in Germany all day. They do this just to upset us. They really do not like running 2 trains on any ride - they just do sometimes to throw us some crumbs.

[@LitTPFShorts]

Anyone tell me why zumanjaro has been closed for weeks I forgot

[@RekurstGD]

Closed for the year

[@LitTPFShorts]

@@RekurstGD but why though

[@LitTPFShorts]

Thought it was gonna reopen later in the summer

[@rfastravers8841]

Budget cuts...

[@LitTPFShorts]

@@rfastravers8841 man six flags be cheap ngl

[@terencewilliammckenna6121]

My family went on that ride and my dad lost his glasses but we got them back

[@jeremymazur7938]

Why are most rides shown as closed on the app but the sky ride isn’t even listed anymore last I checked?

[@mrrat5ever]

i didn’t see it running :(

[@triplecripple17]

I was there day of when toro closed it was open in the morning didn't get to ride it before it closed

[@rodfarva5107]

Do they have a set opening date for flash yet??

[@ColiwoodStudios]

No

[@sludog]

Wow hard to believe that El Toro is old enough to vote.

[@GPK1075]

Im going to sfgadv tmr i swear if toro is closed :(

[@Char-f3g]

How do you think Tuesday will be this coming week

[@busfan9874]

Closed for it's 18th birthday...

[@Jcjc-lr4bf]

Listen. They need to figure out the kinks in the park. VERY inconsistent and distasteful.

[@OmegaChrisRBX]

Ka

[@jerseyharlot]

I think it's time for toro to get the t-express treatment.

[@coolboss999]

Absolutely not. It'd not old enough for that yet

[@jerseyharlot]

@@coolboss999 It’s almost 20 years old

[@kmccurdy21]

After it’s 20th it should get it. Doesn’t need to be a woody anymore.

[@josephmoore5949]

I wouldn't want that. It is their only wooden coaster, and it is still among the best wooden coasters out there.

[@jerseyharlot]

@@josephmoore5949 I agree. But if it were to get rmc'd I hope they don't put any inversions on it.

[@Immyownpersonality]

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