Jon's 2012 Coaster Season - WI State Fair

This past weekend I had the opportunity to trek down to Saint Louis with fellow TPR members Nathan (kumba830), Griffin (GriffyTiffy) Jo (Jojo19799) and Cameron (Cameron). While the main point of the trip was Six Flags Saint Louis, downtown Saint Louis also offers one exceptionally awesome attraction, the City Museum, and that's what this post is about. The best way to describe it is pure insanity with some pain mixed in. I don't even want to call it a museum, as it's really more of a giant indoor playground of death. It is not something you want to miss if you're in the area. Since it was my first time to St. Louis and I had time to spare, I also visited the Arch and City Garden, and both are things I would recommend a visit to. Plus, besides parking both can be free to visit!

[CoasterKings908A zonkey is a cross between a zebra and a donkey.]

Sound like you had a blast. Can't wait for more!

[galindoverhereA village is missing its IDIOT!]

Awesome Trip Report! I have to visit St. Louis soon so I can visit this place... I can't wait for the SFStL Photo TR!

[traincrossinWisconsin Dells Fanatic]

City Museum, awesome place, what else can I say. I need to head over there next time i'm in St. Louis! And the place is just insanely cool. They just found a new tunnel today, one they hadn't even known about before. Sweet pics!

[GriffyTiffyBlake Griffin Is Dreamy]

Great photos!

They make me miss the City Museum that much more Hard to believe it has already been a week! Can't wait for your SFSTL report!

Griffin

The day after the City Museum, we headed over to Six Flags Saint Louis. Already bruised and sore from the museum, so clearly going to a theme park the next day is the best thing to do. It was my first time to the park and it wasn't exactly what I expected it to be. It wasn't that the park was bad, as it wasn't, I just found parts odd. It is very hilly as well, so spending all day at it definitely gets you a good work out. Operations were fine, park was clean and had a good atmosphere. The rides were all good, however I didn't find any to stick out as particularly amazing. Here's my coaster reviews:

Batman: Riding a mirror image of what I'm used to was fun. We rode in the back and it was very smooth and forceful. The only thing I didn't like was it's queue, it went on for ever! At least they made it look nice with the garden, short tunnel, and falling road section.

Ninja: I've heard this ride get a lot of crap. Personally, I thought it was great. It was a little jerky for some transitions, but overall I thought it was pretty smooth with an awesome head chopper.

Screaming Eagle: Hidden in the woods, this classic coaster provided a good ride. Only the slightest bit of airtime, but it ran smooth and has a great location.

River King Mine Train: This was my first Arrow mine train and it was pretty...weird. It was a little short and also mostly hidden from the most of the park, but it's weird track bends and terrain interaction made it enjoyable.

Pandemonium: I had ridden it's clone at MOA before and that ran a little rougher than Pandy. It was decent, but we only span for the first part of the ride. It was cool how you could see the whole thing from the queue though.

American Thunder: This ride has some of the most comfortable trains I've ever sat in. It packed a good punch in it's small size and was very, very smooth. Really makes me excited to ride more twisty GCIs.

Boss: On the contrary, this ride had some of the worst trains I've ever sat in. Besides being butt-ugly, it was hard to find a comfortable position in them. The ride itself was great and just looks massive, but I feel the coaster could perform better. A little more track work and some new trains and I could definitely see myself enjoying it more than I did.

Onto the pics!

[TJ27Have I mentioned how awesome donkeys are?]

Great trip report Jon!!! I really need to check out St. Louis it's one of the only big U.S. cities I haven't visited.

[Jerrykoala2112Jo My Oh!]

Bummer that you didn't get to ride Mr. Freeze, as that is the best ride at the park, even better than American Thunder. And we share the same opinion on River King Mine Train, it's far from good, but the lovely terrain turns it into a nice ride. I love your Ninja photos

[sfgam#1Beware of the Magic Donkey at Lotte World!]

Nice Tr jon, I'm glad you enjoyed the park. But I see the guy with the judgment day sign all the time and it freaks me out

[galindoverhereA village is missing its IDIOT!]

Great Photo TR Jon, I haven't been here since 2010 and I had a fun time, and by the looks of it, you did too! Everything is just as I remembered it even though there are a few changes... anyways cool Trip Report!