The Forgotten History of Zonga at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

[@Porcf81]

The ride didn't last in Texas due to the heat causing issues with traction on the tire driven lift. The ride had an incident where it rolled back and struck a train in the station. After this they added anti rollbacks but still had problems getting the trains over on the very frequent hot days so Six Flags moved it to California where the climate was more moderate. When they did this they raised the first two loops to lower the G forces. Premier Rides did the alterations. The reason there are so many block brakes is because the ride was designed to run up to 5 trains on the track at a time. This is very common on Schwarzkopf coasters. The block brake before the last loop is not lower than the loop. That's your perspective playing tricks on you.

[@kyckrox1]

Nice!

[@AmusementLabs]

I also remember reading that Zonga's lift was modified sometime within its life. Not sure if that was before or after its gig at sfdk, but something did change.

[@BeanAben]

Yea, I didn’t mention this in the video but premier rides ironically did track work in zonga when it came to sfdk. Then premier rides ended up building a coaster where it used to stand.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@BeanAben Superman is cool, but it's on sacred Zonga ground. SERIOUSLY twisted! (Insert Swayzak saying "I ALWAYS win!" here)

[@norcaldragonz1904]

@@BeanAbenTony hawk or Superman

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I rode this when it was Zonga at Marine World in 2003. My parents were huge WB fans and since Six Flags owned the rights to WB characters, we made it our bucket list to go to every Six Flags park, including the international ones. I was totally in love with this coaster because the name "Zonga" gave me "alien computer virus" vibes (that is to say, it reminded me of Swayzak, a villain from Toonami.) It got scrapped in 2019, so we will never have another Zonga. Just like Swayzak isn't coming back. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY CAN'T THESE TWO THINGS FROM MY CHILDHOOD COME BACK?! Same with Krypton Comet at Six Flags America.

[@BeanAben]

did you ever make it to all the six flags parks? which one was your favorite?

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@BeanAben Yes! My favorite had to be either Magic Mountain, Discovery Kingdom, or Over Texas.

[@BeanAben]

@@YuukiTakemoto1996 not great adventure?

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

@@BeanAben GAdv is my home park

[@ladymoombaza]

Thang intro song alone got my subscription immediately

[@BeanAben]

thank so much! listen to the full song here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3WxpIOEgtiafsU

[@billchief397]

Great history on this. Indiana Beach is getting one of the swartz coasters this year. Will finally get tlc for it

[@BeanAben]

Yea that is certainly going to be an interesting fit for that park

[@norcaldragonz1904]

That park is cursed for every park they add they take down 4.lol

[@AmusementLabs]

All the brake runs were so they could run upwards of 3 trains at once. Olympia Looping can run up to 5 trains at once cause safety is the rider's responsibility. As the last inversion was called a Loopscrew.

[@BeanAben]

😶😶😶😶

[@BeanAben]

U know ur stuff😅 coaster labs?

[@AmusementLabs]

@@BeanAben for the most part I say i might.

[@BeanAben]

@@AmusementLabs but do you know the molarity of a sodium ion when 70 ml of a 3 M sodium carbonate is added to 30 ml of 1 M sodium bicarbonate??? Please respond fast, due tonight

[@leahgomez6135]

Nice Ride

[@BeanAben]

yes

[@SkankHunt42isback]

Shh be vewwy vewwy quiet. I'm hunting wabbits

[@BeanAben]

Huh

[@JesusChrist-rl8wd]

@@BeanAben I think he's referring to your accent, you sound like a fruit lmfao

[@BeanAben]

@@JesusChrist-rl8wd what does sounding like a fruit mean lol

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

LMAO! He does sound like a Looney Tunes character.

[@BeanAben]

@@YuukiTakemoto1996 k

[@adamnash1770]

Zoomga

[@BeanAben]

CaliforniaDarkRider truth

[@m_ianO]

How could you make a video reviewing a coaster you never even rode? It’s not authentic.

[@BeanAben]

If you watched the video or hell, even read the title you would see this is a History video not a review. I made no claim that I have any formed opinion on this ride.

[@m_ianO]

@@BeanAben not trying to waste anymore of my time.

[@BeanAben]

@@m_ianO what 😐

[@pikachumanhf]

Zonga wasn’t very good. It won’t be missed. Along with voodoo and tony hawk 🤮🤮🤮

[@BeanAben]

PIKA Productions really? I thought tony hawks and voodoo where fun. I never ride zonga

[@pikachumanhf]

California Coaster Riders tony hawk was ok, really boring. But voodoo sucks. I have no clue why it hasn’t been demolished yet, there’s no way they are opening it back up

[@HumanStateOfEmergency]

Yeah voodoo had a very boring ride cycle and I don't ever remember the fountains working.

[@pikachumanhf]

Jon B. Yeah it was a huge waste of money and hasnt been operational in almost a whole decade

[@BeanAben]

@@pikachumanhf I liked voodoo, but i see why they removed it.