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Great
American Scream Machine Opened at Six Flags Great Adventure in 1989, it was the tallest, fastest roller coaster in the world, until Cedar Point opened Magnum XL200 less than a month later. Scream Machine was designed and built by Arrow Dynamics, and was a a slightly larger version of Shockwave which had opened a year earlier at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Initially, the ride was going to be called Ninja (at the time Six Flags had opened several coasters with the Ninja name), but the name was changed borrowing a name from Six Flags Over Georgia. |
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| Great American Scream Machine in action during the 2005 season | |||
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| Great American Scream Machine in action during the 2005 season | |||
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| Down the drop and into the 1st loop | View of the loops in 1989, before the reinforcements | ||
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| Plaque outside the station | Panoramic view with 6 of the 7 inversions | ||
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| Pictures from the opening season, before the additional bracing was added to the tops of the loops | |||
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| The season pass flyer | Notice of the Bobsled's removal | Construction pictures from a press release | In-park sign for the new coaster |
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| Workers put the finishing touches on the lift | The original loops without the reinforced top track | Loop #1 before the bracing was installed | |
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The
Sarajevo Bobsled roller coaster was removed to make room for the
Scream Machine, and construction took place in the off season between 1988
and 1989.
The structure of the ride was modified during its opening season and in the off-season between 1989 and 1990. The tops of the loops were replaced with reinforced sections of track. One of the original pieces of track from the top of one of the loops now resides in the Safari as a climbing structure for the baboons. Great American Scream
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| Sun sets on the Scream Machine | The park's old marquee in the Spring of 1989 | ||
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| Before computer animations, drawings were used in the press releases and flyers | The press kit from 1989 | ||
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| Some twisted track arrives | The base of the lift | Track waiting to go up as the Bobsled is disassembled in the background | |
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