Comments on: Six Flags Reverses Mr. Freeze Roller Coasters

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:47:16 +0000

I rode Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast at SFSL recently, and enjoyed the experience. I've always been a big fan of the regular ride, and this was a nice twist. I especially enjoyed looking down at the earth at the halfway point, as opposed to looking straight up into the sky. It didn't completely change the ride, but it was a fun change.

By: Cade

Cade — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:21:37 +0000

This should be awesome, and as a bonus, SFSL is my home park!

By: Surya

Surya — Thu, 03 May 2012 06:47:03 +0000

I don't really see the point of reversing a shuttle coaster like this. With Superman it made a bit of sense, but here? Not much at all.

By: Piedude81

Piedude81 — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:49:17 +0000

I'm a St. Louis citizen, so I've been following this all winter. Having a choice between launching forwards and backwards would be impossible because engineers have to manually reverse the brake fins on the ride. And as far as I know, Mr. Freeze is still considered the main attraction at SFSTL, so this should just boost its reputation! Can't wait to go at the end of this month!

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:28:57 +0000

I can see it being a problem if the braking sequence had to be tweaked for rider comfort during the change, otherwise it shouldn't be too hard to have one of the transfer/loading tracks have a backwards and one have a forward facing train. Just have riders make their choice at the line split point and everyone's happy. St. Louis' Freeze was my first LIM coaster and have always had a fondness for it, so as long as it's still kickin in any form is cool with me.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:14:07 +0000

Interesting. Mr. Freeze has a split loading area too, but unlike Superman, there's only one track. Giving people the choice would be the best and in essence create two riding experiences, but maybe that's not an option because there's only one track. May the brakes have to be on a certain setting for a reverse train and it'd be too much trouble to have the system switch each time. Or maybe the parks just want to promote one whole new experience.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:24:04 +0000

The Superman revamp improved the ride dramatically so this may be a good thing. Freeze, however was already fantastic and I feel a good chunk of Superman's success was just getting the launch firing on all cylinders again and generally rehabing the ride. I would maybe suggest to them to have one of the trains eventually facing forward again since they have the cool split loading area to work with and give a choice, same with S:EFK.