Talk:Six Flags Astroworld

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Six Flags Astroworld article.
Article policies

Contents

[edit] Demolition

Please update the demolition section as more info becomes available.

I don't understand the need to include this section. Will every rideand attraction be listed as it is being removed? Since this is an ongoing process, will the list of demolished attractions be updatedfrequently? When everything is gone, will this list be retained or this entire section removed? Thanks Postoak 02:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

It won't include every ride as it is removed. It'll just keep track and keep people informed.

Now that everything has been done, this section might work as some sort of timeline. I can do some research before making any changes. Jay77tx 12:16, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism section

Astroworld is gone. It is just memory. For me, a very pleasant memory. The Houston Press article was written years ago. What is the purpose of adding the criticism section now? Postoak 23:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

The only criticism I have is for Kieran Burke and the rest of the morons at Six Flags Corporation who allowed the park to be closed and demolished without even entertaining buyout offers from other amusement park operators. The City of Houston did nothing at all to persuade Six Flags Corporation to sell the park intact because the whole situation was going to work in favor of Reliant Park, Harris County, the Texans and the stinking rodeo whose parade of beasts brings its foul stench to Memorial Park every year. I also have a lot of criticism for the morons who did not have the forethought to build AstroWorld its own parking structure. I wouldn't have cared if they bulldozed WaterWorld to use for parking... it would have been better than what we ended up with... an empty field whose owners have to be issued citations from the city for not properly maintaining the site. Exactly how many stupid and/or greedy people were involved in this transaction? It may not be equal to ripping out part of my soul, but it certainly was a needless and violently destructive blow to the collective memory of a city and its people. Thank you, Mister Burke. Thank you, very much. Jay77tx 12:15, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notes

  1. History
  • 60's Original park layout/attractions/design/unique to park

There has got to be a better photo of the clocktower structure in Alpine Valley. The mice animatronics weren't even operating on the day that photo was taken. Jay77tx 22:23, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Not very many PD images to be found. I took this right before the park closed in October 2005. Postoak 00:23, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
If it's PD, and it's yours... then it's fabulous for now! Jay77tx 01:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
  • 70's - golden years
  • 80's - waterworld / southern star amphitheater / videocity
I would like to compile a list of performances that occurred at Southern Star. Jay77tx 17:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
  • 90's - Time Warner / park and chain in transition /
  • 2000's -
  1. Mutiple owners
  2. Sponsors - I'd like to try and compile a list of sponsors and the attraction(s) they sponsored. Jay77tx 22:45, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
  3. Incidents - attraction and visitor
  4. Closing events
I think the article's history section should be grouped by decades. This would eliminate many of the single-line paragraphs. What do you think? Postoak 00:39, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Understood. As I began to add entries to each year, it became clear that decade grouping was going to be necessary for cleanup. I will revise as soon as possible unless you wish to revert to a prior version. I'd be happy if you'd let me have a chance to reorganize everything. Jay77tx 01:13, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Sure thing, great work. I'm checking for references to add. Look at the old Time magazine article from '68 I just added! Postoak 01:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Oh, my goodness! The article mentions the E.P.C.O.T. being planned! I love it! Jay77tx 17:22, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Park name

Should the park name revert back to the original name of "AstroWorld" now that Six Flags sold the property (where the demolished park once stood) and no longer owns it? Thanks, Postoak 20:40, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I vote leave it be, after all it was a Six Flags park for most of the span of ownership. Though the common name in Houston was just "Astroworld," nobody really mentioned the Six Flags part. Each side has a valid reasoning. Feedloadr 05:02, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I apologize for neglecting to sign my previous comments. Now that the park no longer exists, I feel that (for the purposes of this article) the Six Flags Corporation should not be mentioned until the year 1975 within the History section. I would like to see this article begin with more information about the park prior to ownership by Six Flags Corp. It would be very nice to have the title of the article changed to simply "AstroWorld" and have "Six Flags AstroWorld" as a redirect. Jay77tx 21:30, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

And while we're on the subject of names, it's AstroWorld -- NOT Astroworld! Jay77tx 22:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lead section

The lead section of this article is too lengthy and detailed. Please summarize into 2–3 paragraphs. —RJN 22:51, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

The contents of this article's lead section are going to be worked into the History section. Jay77tx 23:52, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
Summarization completed. Detailed information moved to History section. Hofheinz built it. Six Flags bought it. Then, raped and murdered it. That about sums up the Lead section now. Jay77tx 16:28, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sky Screamer

The ride's operating manual referred to the vehicles as gondolas, not cars. Sky Screamer had a lift chain, not a cable. Two chain dogs were located at opposite ends of the lift chain. The typical clink clank of the chain lift anti-rollbacks was not present in this ride design. Jay77tx 15:34, 28 October 2007 (UTC)