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They're allowed to exit upon a negative test. Seems like the overwhelming majority will be let out very soon if not already. I can think of worse places to get stuck.

We just rode the train in mid-September and nothing seemed out of whack or dangerous. The ride was smooth, no large bumps that I can recall nor were there any strange sounds aside from the usual train wheel sounds. Speaking of, the fact that someone had to clarify the wheels were silver rather than black rubber? C'mon, train wheels aren't rubber. Steel on steel, the tracks drive the train. I guess they're gonna have to remove the joke about the crashed locomotive now, haha. Either that or own this incident and give a quick modern re-write! When in doubt, double down!

Clearly you've never been to Great Adventure in August. The Brooklyn Italians like to, uh, show off.

We're really setting that bar six feet under to begin with, eh?

Coming soon to Orlando, SkyVue 2.0!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyvue

Be sure to update your life insurance policy before visiting. I mean that in the best possible way, both this park and the waterpark next door are two of the most memorable places I've been,

Only Movieland could take a friggin' Gravitron and turn it into a memorable dark ride.

Haunted Mine Drop 2.0

Life imitates art.

Live footage of Six Flags Corporate Offices...

This looks like a seriously wicked ride, I'm excited to hear more about it.

Alright, so I'm not a business major but I do have plenty of life experience as well as a pretty strong background in ticket sales for events. If Six Flags were to drop admission to like $20 for one day the parks would be absolutely inundated with customers. A theater I used to work for sold tickets for anywhere from $50-$100 and we were averaging 150 seats sold per show. We did a one-week promo for $15 tickets and we sold out of every performance offering that deal within 48 hours. Unfortunately for everyone, though, the bean counters at practically every major leisure option break it down to profit per head. They'd rather see one person pay $150 than ten people pay $15. What they don't take into account is the fact that the one person who already spent $150 has no desire to spend any more money while the ten people who paid $15 have a decent amount of fun money left over to purchase food, drinks, and souvenirs.

Maybe corporate is banking on the park burning to the ground with the rest of California and then taking the insurance money for bonuses.

Clearly they're adding a Mosasaurus roll.

Alright, I'll be that guy. RMC it! Edit -For clarity's sake, I'm not serious, but someone has to say it.

...I'll take "Wild Predictions That Never Happened" for $500, Alex! Anyway, now that I've planted my foot firmly in my mouth, here's a TR from this past weekend. I finally got to Adventureland after living in the cornfields for nearly a year! Funnily enough, it's probably the last time I'll be at Adventureland because we're gonna be moving away in a few months again. I think this time will be the last move for a while, though, so hooray for that. Working in live entertainment has it's own set of problems, kids, one of the big ones being a fluid state of residence. We went this past Sunday and it ended up being a very empty day at the park. We arrived shortly after opening and meandered our way around. There were maybe 25 cars in the parking lot so we weren't on a mission to get any rides before the massive central Iowa crowds showed up. Their Space Shot was a cute little guy. I saw it was 200 feet but I'm willing to doubt those claims. The launch up the tower was fun but there was zero airtime at the top so it's more a fast-paced observation tower. With how flat Iowa is, though, I'm fairly certain I was able to see the geodesic Desert Dome at the Omaha Zoo in the distance (and I'm waiting on new, better lenses for my glasses). Monster is a very fun coaster with a few genuine "omg I'm gonna die" moments. Gerstlauer is pretty well-versed in those moments, though. Karnan is my #1 and it won't be dethroned anytime soon, but there were times on Monster that I felt the same fear of god overtake my brain. The first drop is KILLER, every inversion has sustained hangtime, every twist and hill has airtime, and there's an absolutely wild sharp kick to the right towards the end of the ride that attempts to buck every passenger out of the vehicle and throw them into the pink candystriper building across the midway. This ride alone is worth the trip to the park. Maximum one-train wait, I lost count how many times I got on. Tornado is the classic woodie and it's a fun, if basic, one. I rode in the back and it had the classic wood rumble, nothing too rough but it lets you know who's in charge. A few nice pops of airtime, too! It was great to see old school PTC buzz bar trains again! Dragon Slayer is an S&S 4D Free Fly and this is either on-par with Fiesta Texas or even crazier. I only rode it twice (single-car operation) and both were on the "Wilder" side and holy hell it lived up to that claim. I was flipping like a madman the entire time, scored a complete face-down moment on the first raven turn(?), got a quadruple-flip from the magnets right before the second raven turn(?), and then got flipped back the other direction at least twice for the final raven turn. I love these rides, they're mental. Outlaw was crap. Short, rough as hell, zero airtime, hardly any laterals, but it uses buzz bar trains, too, so at least there's that! Phoenix is a standard cookie-cutter spinning coaster and I'm curious if it was originally planned as an indoor coaster. The entire ride is 100% black except for the vehicles. Cute enough but hardly any spinning. The Underground is officially my son's first ever coaster! He's not even 17 months old (that'll be in two days) and he's ridden a wooden coaster! Granted it's maybe a maximum of 5mph and has a drop of about six feet but still! It felt like a lower-budget answer to Fire In The Hole but it still made all of us smile throughout because it's such a goofy little ride. A handful of the flats were already out of commission for the season like the pirate ship, tea cups, paratrooper, etc, but it wasn't anything to ruin the day. All told, we spent about 4-5 hours at the park at a VERY leisurely pace and managed to get on everything we wanted to with practically zero waits all day. Oh, also, the train needs some serious oil or something, especially in the tunnel. The squeaking in there was ridiculous. Judging by the people behind us, though, I may be overreacting.

^ I haven't but I can't imagine it's gotten any better. Uber and other similar services operate best in cities and dense suburbs. The colonial peninsula isn't exactly a happenin' place for Uber drivers who would rather be driving in Norfolk and Richmond far more frequently. It's first and foremost a family destination and they generally have their own vehicles or rentals.

All these jokes about Aquatraxx and TTD, meanwhile SeaWorld San Antonio is (probably) getting a launched log flume.

Why nor do the Disney approach and simply hold the standby line for a few trains and let Fast Lane riders plow through? I've had that happen a few times on various Disney attractions. Once the Fastpass line got to a certain point they'd let it bleed significantly before allowing the standby line to move again.

^ Now that's the Six Flags we all know and love tolerate.

Touche guys, touche. The fact remains that Adventureland and Worlds Of Fun aren't particularly noteworthy parks. They're nice for their local areas but don't expect them to get national or global recognition (or budget increases).

Branson is a massive vacation destination. Ask anyone who lives there or Gatlinburg, though, and you'll know that most of the town's local population goes on unemployment from January to March annually because the tourism goes kaput for those months. Extremely blue collar. Have you ever walked around KC? There's nice areas, yeah, like every city, but there's a very large amount of impoverished people, homeless people, drug problems, etc. Granted, you could say that about nearly every city but KC is more noticeable than most. Des Moines is small but not backwater. We've got like half of the country's insurance company headquarters here. The metro population is less than a half million. There's only one area of town that's considered shady (southeast side of the river). Stop talking out of your ass.