Jul 5

Great American Scream Machine won’t be screaming anymore…

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photo by gadv.com

The rumors have been online for weeks, but there hasn’t been any confirmation… Until an event on the Six Flags Great Adventure Facebook page appeared…

The Great American Scream Machine, the classic Arrow looping giant at Six Flags Great Adventure will indeed be closing forever on Sunday, July 18, 2010. According to insiders, and that Six Flags Great America has called off construction of a coaster for next year, almost indeed confirm that Chang, Kentucky Kingdom’s once-prized B&M Stand-Up coaster, will be heading to the park to replace GASM.

The classic ride opened in 1989. It’s one of the largest Arrow loopers, reaching 173 feet in the air with speeds up to 68 MPH. It features three loops, a batwing element, and two corkscrews accounting for a total of seven inversions.

If you’d like to be one of the last riders, you can enter the contest that was announced via the park’s Facebook page.

Overview of the ride's layout. Photo by gadv.com

What do you think of the rumored replacement of GASM with Chang? Do you think it’s a good move for Six Flags, or are they taking out a coaster classic? Leave your thoughts below.

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  • FlowJo

    The middle of the season seems like a weird date to close a ride. But, okay, I will have to go back sometime before that date again, maybe even on the 18th. I did like GASM, but if Chang really does come to Great Adventure, it would be awesome! It looks much better than GASM and I am sure a lot of people (including myself) would prefer it over the Scream Machine.

  • Awsomedude137

    rode it once, that was enough for me… I smashed my ear on the OTS restraints going through one of the loops, and it was numb for a long time afterwords. Also the trim was weird because you barely made it off the trim and nearly stalled on the batwing, but you still flew through the corkscrews pretty fast. I just hope SFGAdv does more with chang than throw it there and not theme it or anything.

  • Ethan

    FlowJo, I assume they’re closing the ride mid-season so that they have time to dismantle it and build the new attraction (assuming it’s Chang) before the park opens for the 2011 season.

  • jaffa657

    I live in England as some people on the lounge may know. I watched roller coaster programmes saying how they built it and how they work and stuff like that. I had 3 coasters which a wanted to ride, Millenium Force, Riddlers Revenge and this, i wanted to ride this as it looks interesting and i have never riden a arrow corkscrew coaster.