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Sunday we woke up around 11 o’clock, ate some breakfast and got ready to head to Six Flags America. We were in no particular rush since we were feeling the side effects of the night before and figured that the lines at Six Flags wouldn’t be outrageously long. The drive from Baltimore to the park was around 45 minutes and we arrived around 12:45. The last time I visited Six Flags America was 2009. At that time there was no Ragin Cajuan, no Apocalypse and Skull Mountain was still operating. What I remember from that day is that it was fairly pleasant, had minimal wait time for lines and operations stunk. 7 years later and the only thing that changed was the new rides. The park was still pleasant enough to kill a few hours and the operations stunk. Every single ride besides Ragin Cajuan and Wild One were running one train and the ride ops were another worldly kind of slow. There should have been 5 minute waits max for most rides but they were dragged out to 20. Don’t get me wrong of all the Six Flags parks I have visited America’s have some of the most friendly, but boy do they need to start moving trains out a bit faster. I know this park catches quite a bit of heat for not being the prettiest looking park but I do have to say that the entrance area and front of the park do look very nice. Coyote Creek and Mardi Gras are very nicely landscaped and maintained but Gotham City is flat out ugly. It just looks like an abandoned field which is a shame cause thats where most of the best rides in the park are. During our time at the park we rode everything once besides Ragin Cajuan which broke down while we were about to be dispatched and Batwing which we didn’t attempt due to the combo of it had the longest line in the park, being pain loading and unloading as well as SFA’s operations. It would have been the perfect storm of suck which is a shame cause it is one of my favorite rides in the park. All in All it was a fun 4 hours at SFA and I’m glad I visited cause Wild One, Joker’s Jinx and Superman are all fun rides. Hopefully it won’t be 7 years before I visit again. Im actually eyeing a trip to their HITP if the weather holds up. Ride Count: Mind Eraser: Bad but not as bad as SFNE’s or Nor’Easter at Morey’s Piers. Even though the ride stinks I do love its location tucked back in Coyote Creek. Makes for nice scenery while on the ride. Roar: I had fun on Roar. We sat in the back row and I even caught a few decent pops of air. The first drop had decent strength and the laterals throughout the ride weren’t bad either. Best case scenario is they RMC it down the road, worst case scenario is you enjoy a decent GCI and walk over to Mardi Gras to ride Wild One. Apocalypse: Great theming (especially for Six Flags), below average ride. I liked it better than Green Lantern (Yea you read that right) but best case scenario is that it becomes a floorless. The entire ride I kept thinking how much better it’d be as one. Joker’s Jinx: I forgot how fun this ride is. Premier Spaghetti Bowl coasters are great rides. I would lobby for a new generation of Spaghetti Bowl coasters. Great launch, forceful layout. A+ coaster. Superman: Sat back row and caught some serious, serious airtime. Second hill was so-so but the hill after the straight away as well as the bunny hills were ejecting me. Not Intamin’s finest work but still above average compared to most coasters out there. Wild One: Absolutely timeless. Back row, massive amounts of painful airtime. Such a fun classic ride. It closed twice throughout the day and tested but thank the lord it opened back up before we left. On to some pictures now. Generic looking Six Flags entrance, they tried real hard with these. I really thought the entrance plaza was nice. Nicer than what I remembered. Coyote Creek had some nice landscaping. (And you all thought SFA was ugly!) Whats that in the distance? Some sort of instrument of torture perhaps? My goodness, its a Vekoma SLC! Quickly avert your eyes! Too late! Watch and listen as they scream their souls out to the painful transitions and inversions of a ride that allows gaps between the wheels and track ROAR's entrance plaza is nice. The ride itself is in a field of weeds. But that just adds to the theming of a monster hiding in the undergrowth (come work with me here im trying). There they go in the clutches of the GCI's 1999 lukewarm fan reviewed monster now! And just like that its over, then telling yourself, "this was okay but it would make a nice RMC one day." You bet I did the "three coasters one shot" thing. You make a quick right from Roar and the world starts ending. Apocalypse's theming is very similar to Nitro at Great Advent.... Oh wait. One loop, big deal. At this point in tne ride it really does feel like the world is ending. After that ordeal I went right over to the lovely Mardi Gras area to.... Yea you guessed it. Get myself a drink. This was a pretty well made Bayou Bullfrog. I think its just a gernade without the naming license. Sticking with the whole "green vibe", next up was Joker's Jinx. Visible from Joker's station is remnants of Skull Mountain....I mean more Nitro theming....I mean more Apocalypse theming! I love the launch on this ride. Pasta bowl. No VR for us. Just good ole clean fun. There they go out into the abandoned field abyss. Ejector. More ejector. I saved the oldest for last. The most spot on name for a coaster outside of Asia. I wish we had a "Diving coaster Vanish" or something like that in the United States. "I may be 99 years old but.... I will still punish you with my unbanked helix of doom!" Of course I was gonna end the day with a flight for surviving SFA. See you at the Brandywine zoo.

About 1/3 of your total posts have been spent stating that Six Flags America sucks. While you're entirely right, what does this add to the conversation exactly? To be fair as bad as this park is they're slowly heading in the right direction. The new area looks really nice, the new addition for 2016 is solid and Holiday in the Park is an amazing event. If I'm in the area I might actually stop by for HITP. Later when I post the next part of my report, I was gonna say that as for much crap this place catches it was actually quite pleasent while I was there. There was actually some decent landscaping. The operations have a long way to go cause they're god awful but besides that I had a fun day.

Lmao I suggest everyone comes the 8th and we'll ride the hell out of Beige New Swag ThunderHawk and Talon.

I've always wanted to visit that brewery. I've passed it many times when down there but never went to visit. Also I would totally make a stop over at the Lobster House in Cape May.

How are ride lines during the haunt?

I may have to plan a visit down there for this.

I think they will do something for Wild One next season. Maybe not something to the ride itself but a banner or decoration for sure. When I was there on Sunday it did seem to have its fair share of problems though. It closed and reopened with test runs on two occasions during the day. Any reason why?

Bring back Corkscrew Hill, yes I really liked it! Maybe I'll start an online petition. I was fine with Corkscrew Hill. At least it wasn't a second rate Soarin'.

Me the past few days in this thread.

Did you ever see the movie Jaws: The Revenge? The original was a brilliant, perfect timeless classic. There was no need to continue on but for some reason they decided to follow up complete perfection with a giant turd that put a damper on the whole thing. Six Flags America is that turd. Six Flags America would be your "Jaws: The Revenge". It doesn't have to be this way. Lmao, yes unfortunately my eyes were soiled by watching that disgrace. I will try my best to make the sequel to this report the Godfather II. Sorry. There is no point in going on vacation if you don't eat and drink like an animal One of the best Chicken & Waffles dishes I've had. They used a chipotle butter that went well with the jalapeño infused waffle batter.

Thank you Bill. I'm unsure of wether or not I should post the SFA part. I just know the coaster nerds will kill me if I don't.

Quick update from the Saturday we spent in Baltimore: - We hit Miss Shirley's for brunch in Baltimore. If you're a foodie definitely hit this place up, you won't be disappointed. We usually go to Blue Moon's Cafe when we are in Baltimore but we decided to switch it up this time. It was a good choice and its nice to have options for next time. - After Brunch we headed over to Edgar Allen Poe's house which is a nice 45 minute stop for some Baltimore history. The man lived and incredible life and was every bit as strange as his reputation was. He didn't have a lot of money and his home was probably the size of his wallet. You are really squished in there. Admission is 5 dollars and you get to see some of his belongings as well as his bedroom with the furniture and such still intact. - At night we headed to Yankees vs Orioles at Camden Yards. I love this stadium and even if you aren't a baseball fan it is worth going to see. Things didn't go the Yankees way but at least I had Chesapeake Fries and some Old Bay infused beer. - Stick around cause the SFA update is up next. Why not start off the day with a Peach Tea Crush? Chicken N Waffles anyone? Poe's House landmark Full view of the house. You can see how small it is. Some of the silverware he ate and drank from. His kitchen and the fire place within the kitchen. Some quotes from Poe's biggest fans. Poe's telescope. His writing desk. I heard it contains magical powers. Cassie with Edgar Allen Poe himself. In between Poe's house and the Yankee game I decided to do this. Natty Boh for life. Sorry mom and dad. Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Beautiful. I'll end this part of the report with Chesapeake Fires and Flying Dog Dead Rising beer. Poe's actual room.

Great White is awesome, especially at night. Zoom Phloom is one of the best log flumes out there and the flats are great. Kong is my favorite flyers out there and the Thunder Bobs they have is bat sh*t crazy. Im interested in seeing how this turns out with the SLC an i'm wondering if other parks will follow suit if it turns out as a better ride.

This makes more sense. I also can't see them adding a Sky Screamer since SFA is adding one. I know they are hours apart but I would think BGW would go for the more unique idea. I would like to see a new flat in Ireland though for sure.

I really can't believe people would put "horrible" and "Boulder Dash" in the same sentence.

I think its a pretty good guess. It'd be a welcome addition to the ride in my eyes.

Agreed, I can't see them adding a major coaster anytime soon since they added Tempesto and now InvadR in the past few years. I would like to see the removal of Europe in the Air for something better though. I saw Chuck post on twitter today post something about the park posting a flyer that says "Fire Breathing Dragons seen off the coast of New France." So maybe we will see some sort of fire effects on InvadR.

Hello ThemeParkReview! I’m back again with another photo trip report, this time its another edition of Beer, Coasters and Culture. If you read the last edition we visited Yuengling Brewery, Knoebels and Union Canal. That was 4th of July weekend, this edition is from Labor day weekend in which we visited the Mid-Atlantic States of Maryland and Delaware. Updates include DogFish Head Brewery, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor area, Six Flags America and a bonus section featuring Brandywine Zoo. The first part of the report will focus on Dogfish Head Brewery which is located in Milton, Delaware. The drive was a little over two hours from Staten Island. Me and Cassie left around 8 am and arrived at the Brewery around 11:30am. For those of you who have never heard of Dogfish Head it is one of the countries most successful craft breweries trailing only Yuengling and Sam Adams. On the tour the guide told us that in order to be considered a craft brewery the output must be under 6 million barrels a year. Anyway, the Brewery was started 20 years ago in a garage and has grown into a massive brewing facility which is continuing to even grow now. One thing that I took notice of is how beautiful the grounds of the brewery are. The owner bought 80 acres of property and they have definitely utilized it. The facility is immaculate and even includes their own private pond. Tours are free, they give out a free 4 beer sampler and they have a food truck outside that sells great tasting food for a cheap price. If you are interested in a longer stay they do serve pints and the brewery also owns a brewpub and inn at Rehoboth beach. Dogfish Head’s motto is “Off centered beer for off centered people” and we are definitely that which is why I suggest anybody who is in to something different should check it out. Definitely my favorite brewery. Later on after the brewery we took a 2 hour drive across Delaware into Baltimore where we ate dinner at Captain James Crab House (which has an amazing setting and awesome food) and hung out in Fell’s Point. Thats all for this part, the next section that includes Edgar Allen Poe’s house will be up soon! The first thing you see after making a right turn off a quiet residential street. The surrounding area is a nice neighborhood and the brewery is really tucked back there. Some of the massive tanks at the brewery. Just to think they started so small (Wait until a following photo then you'll appreciate this one more). This is a metal treehouse the owner bought for 1 dollar. The shipping and construction came out to 4,999 dollars but all the materials cost a dollar. They serve beer up there from time to time and it can be rented for private events. These are tanks located in "Brew Room 2" at the beginning of the tour. This is what the owners started their brewery with. Now look at the place, incredible. The guide told us the owner has no idea how to operate any of the larger newer equipment so if he wants to brew he still does it from a starters set like that. Some more brew tanks. The fermentation room. Sitting barrels. The beers that have a more oaky, smokey taste..You're looking at the reason why. The packaging and bottling plant is a bit down the road so its a short walk there on the tour. Here you have a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote on the back wall of the main facility. The owner put it there cause he found it inspiring to people in whichever way they choose to see it. That building is the said packaging and bottling plant. Keg Party. These are hydraulic keg lifting machines they bought from Japan. God Bless the Japanese for all the cool stuff they build. Bottling and Label machines. I was ready for some sampling after the tour. (Excuse my 4th grade handwriting) Chocolate Lobster Stout! We got a quick bit to eat after at Bunyan's Lunchbox. Pulled Pork and a SeaQuench Ale. I like my pulled pork with a vinegar sauce better, can take the pork more in my opinion. Can you tell we were having fun? Once in Baltimore it meant it was time for fresh seafood. Captain James has a beautiful setting right on the marina. Being in Baltimore also meant it was time for Natty Boh. Oysters. Steamed Clams in garlic and butter. And of course crabs with plenty of Old Bay! After we hit the Admiral's Cup for some fresh fruit crush drinks. That gadget right there is a sign of authenticity. Good to see them crushing the fruit right in front of you. I opted for the Grapefruit Crush. See you guys next update.

Had a decent visit to the park today. Took a spin on everything besides the spinning coaster and Batwing. Trip report from this weekend will be up in the upcoming days.

I would'nt go as far as saying it ruins the entire ride experience. Its still a top tier wooden rollercoaster.

Nice report, looked like a perfect day for the park. The airgates to Phoenix were added this season.

Hopefully the weather holds up that I can still go this weekend.

That just sounds so terrible. Car Crash simulator.

Let it begin. "We deserve this, we deserve that." You are a loyal patron of a park and I respect that. Just be happy they are getting anything new.

Such a shame, the last 6 years have brought so many general improvements to Great Adventure. Lets hope whoever steps in can continue that trend.