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Park News - (9/2/10) While the Summer is over, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has a lot of special weekend plans for the rest of the year. Festival Latino takes place on Sept. 4 & 5th, wine tasters tours during Community Crush on Sept. 11 & 12th, Filipino Fest on Sept. 18 & 19th, Cajun Fest on Oct 2 & 3rd, then Fright Fest throughout October, Earth Fest on November weekends followed by Holiday In the Park.
    (8/16/10) Wondering why Vertical Velocity was kept closed so long this past season? According to one of our sources, the unique layout of the track on this particular version of the ride, which was added later on and not something it was designed for in the first place, is rumored to have caused some stress fractures on the “spine” of the inverted cars. The track itself is in fine shape apparently, but the stress on the train just got to the point where something had to be done and the train was repaired and rebuilt where possible. The area where the missing seats are was said to simply be too damaged to repair in time to reopen this season.
    I’ve attached a reader picture showing off how the seats were removed from this car in the middle of the train, and the nub capped off for the remainder of the season. Look for this car to either be repaired next season, or possibly even see an entirely new train brought in for the 2011 season. More as we hear it.
    (7/22/10) Another reader has confirmed (no photo though) that Vertical Velocity has reopened minus a car, with the row to those seats in the station removed and blocked by a sign now.
    (7/19/10) While V2 has reopened at SFDK, this has not come without an interesting change from it’s extended bout of downtime. A reader tells us that the trains are no longer 14 rows long, but now only 12, so they’ve removed the 7th car for some reason. They didn’t have any photos to show off as proof however, so has anyone else been by since it reopened to confirm this story?
    (7/15/10) Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has reported on their Facebook page that Verticial Velocity (V2) finally reopened on Saturday.
    (7/14/10) Finally some good news for Vertical Velocity (V2) at SFDK as the ride has been suddenly put back on the list of coasters on the official website. Hopefully this is a sign that it could be back up and running again in the near future.
    (7/13/10) Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has launched a new evening promotion called Hot Coaster Nights. Visit the park after 4pm on weekdays and you can get in for half-price. When your there you can visit the park’s latest babies… two baby Bottlenoise Dolphins just born in May and June. These babies need names however so SFDK has teamed up with Hawaiian Airlines to hold a baby naming contest for them. The winners receive coach airfare for two to Hawaii, courtesy of Hawaiian Airlines. The only hitch is that the names have to be Hawaiian in origin, a word, phrase or name from the official Hawaiian language. Read all the details here.
    (7/6/10) An accident took place at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on the parking lot tram over the weekend when a guest bumped into a metal gate which swung out and hit the passing parking lot tram, injuring some guests. Read more details at Coaster-net.
    (6/30/10) According to a park guests V2 is still closed and from the look of things, did not appear that it would be ready to reopen anytime soon. The rumored reason may be similar to the problems that have plagued so many Intamin Impulse coasters to date… too much stress on the spikes, though V2 here has a more unique layout than the rest. What may be more disturbing is the fact that V2 isn’t currently listed with the rest of the park’s thrill rides. (It is still listed on the all ride page however as being “temporarily closed”.
    (6/10/10) Park Thoughts has posted an interview with SFDK’s own Captain Lee where the talk about the park, the state of the industry, and even those new “coaster wrap” ads. Now if only I could find out what ship he was the Captain of...
    (5/31/10) A reader tells us that Vertical Velocity at SFDK is currently closed for some kind of major overhaul it seems. According to the report the train was lying in pieces in the station and was reported as even having a section of track missing after the launch, just as the track turns to rise up into the sky. That’s never a good sign… anyone know what is going on?

2011 - New Attraction - (9/2/10) Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is teasing something “big” on the way for 2011 on their website. I’m a little skeptical that it would be a new ride at all, so perhaps a new major show or nighttime event is in the works. Anyone know more?