Drumline99

Yea I guess u r right we can all just dream now. Now that I think about it I honestly don't think I even saw the Batman in the park when we passed by! When I really think about It does kinda seem bizarre of them opening up the park after it has been sitting there for practically two years just rotting and deteriorating from all the water and wind damage. I never went to the park and I really never found out about it until about a year after Katrina. I wish I coulda gone but I didnt. I really wish I could go down there now and walk through the park and see all the damage for myself. To me it seems like more than scenery could have been salvaged but then again with all the rust and electrical damage, I see why more stuff wasnt able to be. It is horrible what all the people in New Orleans had to go through! I mean for us, Six Flags being destroyed is a bad thing but it does not even come close to comparing to the life loss and the homes destroyed. When we went down there it was still unbelievable the amount of damage. There were interstate exits still closed, there was still tons of buildings damaged really bad, and then there are just piles and piles of steel scrap sitting in parking lots of buildings that are damaged and still boarded up. Hopefully New Orleans will have a good outcome in the next few years. I really hope they can get the city cleaned up and back running really good again. As for Six Flags maybe they can sell the land to a different amusement company that can build an even better park for the city.

Ok I just joined the site and just found this topic (couple of :cough: months maybe about a :cough: year late lol) but here is my take on the Six Flags New Orleans situation. Ok about 2 months ago me and my family (with about 15 other people) were going to New Orleans because we were goin on a Carnival cruise and our ship departed from Julia Street Cruise Terminal in New Orleans (by the way the Cruise Terminal looks great since they rebuilt it). But there are parts of New Orleans that still look awful. Well we passed by Six Flags and it still looks like the abandoned park it has been since Katrina. That sign is still just torn up and the park is just sitting there waiting for refurbishment so after about two years the park is still sitting there with nothing being done to it. But my honest opinion is that; I really think they will get the park back up and running again; it may not be a great park at first, and it will take ALOT of work. But you never, know they could fix the park and it could end up becoming successful. Yea, they will probably have to replace some rides and some sections of the coasters but I still think it can be done. Also today I decided to do some research on the status of the park, and I read mostly the same thing again and again and that was that the Six Flags company was still getting the funds from the insurance company so they can start work on the park. The city of New Orleans is not letting them release the lease of the park early as of right now so I think the city really wants the park to open back up. I also read that they are starting to take sections of Batman and refurbish them. So it looks like they are starting to work on the park.