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SkyScreamer is an amusement ride located at several Six Flags theme parks in North America. Designed by Funtime, an Australian ride manufacturer, the attraction is one of their "Star Flyer" models. Since 2011, Six Flags has installed SkyScreamers in eight of their parks. Riders aboard SkyScreamer are carried aloft in two-person swing-like chairs attached to a rotating gondola mounted on a central tower. When the gondola reaches the top of the tower, riders are swung in a wide circle at speeds approaching , with expansive views of the adjacent countryside. The ride is marketed to both thrill-ride enthusiasts and patrons seeking a more family-friendly experience. ==History== The first two SkyScreamers were announced in late 2010 for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and Six Flags St. Louis for the 2011 season. On May 14, 2011, SkyScreamer officially opened at Six Flags St. Louis, where it replaced the Riverview Racer. On May 27, 2011, SkyScreamer made its debut at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, adjacent to the ''Medusa'' roller coaster. In September 2011, Six Flags announced the addition of SkyScreamer to two more parks, Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Six Flags Great Adventure. On January 19, 2012, Six Flags announced that La Ronde would also receive a Star Flyer tower. On May 19, 2012, La Ronde opened their attraction, using the name ''Vol Ultime'' (French for "Ultimate Flight") instead of SkyScreamer. On May 23, 2012, Six Flags Great Adventure opened SkyScreamer as part of their new Adventure Alley section, which was based around the idea of retro-style amusement rides. On May 27, 2012, Six Flags Fiesta Texas opened their SkyScreamer in the Spassburg section of the park; season passholders were allowed to experience the ride one day earlier. In July 2012, Six Flags New England submitted plans to the city of Agawam, Massachusetts requesting special approval to construct a Star Flyer ride, as the proposed height exceeded the city's height limit. The approval was granted a week later, with an additional conditional approval to build as tall as , in case a competing park built a taller model first. The planning documents revealed that the ride would replace the park's Skycoaster, "Taz's Dare Devil Dive".〔 However, when Six Flags announced its 2013 capital investments in August 2012, the Six Flags New England Star Flyer was not included.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Six Flags New for 2013 )〕 Instead, two other parks, Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia, were set to receive SkyScreamer attractions. Six Flags Over Georgia's version replaced the Wheelie and officially debuted on May 24, 2013, after two weekends of passholder previews.〔 Six Flags Over Texas' model, dubbed the Texas SkyScreamer, reached in height and opened on May 25, 2013. It replaced the Texas Chute Out and Flashback. Texas SkyScreamer was awarded the title of the "world's tallest swing carousel ride" by Guinness World Records. Although reports suggested it took this record from the ''Prater Turm'' in Vienna, Austria,〔 ''Eclipse'' at Gröna Lund actually held the record for a period of a month standing at , shorter than the Texas SkyScreamer. On August 29, 2013, Six Flags announced that they would be adding the New England SkyScreamer to Six Flags New England in 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://content.sixflags.com/comingin2014/ )〕 The over 400-foot-tall ride debuted officially on May 23, 2014 in the park's North End section. As part of its 2015 attractions presentation on August 28, 2014, Six Flags announced that Six Flags Mexico will be the next park to receive a SkyScreamer, a model and the only attraction of its kind in Latin America. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SkyScreamer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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