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also from same Apollo Smile CD: "Trippin/Rainbow Rider" [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

beautiful pics from the Canyon/Dam when we do Vegas, we like to do a bus trip from our strip hotel to Primm, and that always includes stops at the Hoover Dam (and Ethyl M chocolate factory). but we never have enough time to do the Dam tour. that looks like a lot of fun, maybe next time we go, we'll get a car and go just to the Dam for the tour. can't wait to see your Vegas pics!

while I really enjoyed Kracken last year, and Hydra the year before. . . having just re-ridden this one last weekend, i'll have to say that: Superman: Krypton Coaster at SFFT is the top floorless for me.

been flashing back to the early 2000's with the "Live Action Anime Girl" Apollo Smile. her "Love, Kisses, and Grenades" CD really is a great listen. . she's not the greatest singer, but the bubblegum pop is addictive. [youtu_be]https://youtu.be/dgVBEx-MbJ4[/youtu_be]

I really need to go back and ride IR a few times in a row. Shame we didn't stay long, as the place was so dead. I'm off whole week of Christmas, so I just might drive up on my own one of those days to see if I can get a bunch of rides in as I loved my one round on it.

ha. . that would be Brilliant. . please do! you can come for a few days and we can do Fiesta together, then drive down to Dallas and you and I can ride all the big coasters together at SFoT

love the report, and glad y'all had such a good day! (we never got to ride Atlantis, because thunderstorms took it down before we had a chance to on our 1 day there ). isn't that Carousel fantastic?? we still don't know what the hell this is that Nick rode (he rode the one next to me on the Angler fish), but we did a couple of rounds on it, as I am a huge carousel fan, and the SWO one really is pretty stunning.

For sure, I couldn't believe how quiet it was to start with. It was definitely filling up though when we left (which was around 730pm). There were a few points around the park where they were trying to sell the 2018 Seasons Pass...not sure if that also included the dining that you spoke of? At present it isn't worth it for me to have a Six Flags Season ticket..as the closest one to me is "La Ronde", and I fall into the category of "would rather go to Montreal because it is Montreal", not to visit Coasterbill's favourite park in North America. I have a sneaking suspicion that we will be down again, so will let you know. we were there because of 2018 season pass. . when you buy it, you get the rest of 2017 for free. they were offering free gold upgrade, which might make it worth it to you, as it gives free parking at all Six Flags parks. . .but the regular pass gives entry to all the parks (non water-parks) for all of 2018. .so it's good to have when traveling. . just in Texas you can hit two parks: Six Flags Over Texas, and Fiesta. and there are a lot of Six Flags parks in N. America. So might be worth it for you to buy (the 4 pack pass drops the price down to, I think, $65 each. . not a bad deal) the dining thing is a separate option.. I got an email offering when I didn't buy it with the pass, which was ~$30 cheaper than what was being offered in the parks. But if we go 2 more times, we've gotten our money's worth.

wow. . some absolutely gorgeous pics, Jedimaster! thanks so much for sharing, as not only are they stunning, but it's a great way for those of us who have never been overseas to get a great look at a park we likely will never physically get to. looks like y'all had a blast to, so it was an added bonus to know what a great time you had, while enjoying the pics/

wow. .this 2nd half of the report is Amazing! I have to go back and read thru it again.. . but, just WOW. that food all looks amazing too.

^^ we ended up there on a Perfect day, right? too funny we both ended up skipping Poltergeist. I didn't notice the expense of the food, since we went ahead and bought the season dining pass for 2018 (which was usable for the rest of 2017 as well) and that ended up being a very good deal. lemme know went you make it back..I'll drive down and meet up!

I know. . i still can't get over how "fake" it looks. LOL. . I considered sending it to SFFT since it came out so well, but he Batman Logo is on the other side of the ride, so they likely wouldn't want it

yeah, this is a great start. looking forwards to the start of, and rest of, the trip!

agreed. . really nice pictures. didn't realize how much room the stadium really took up, until you see it gone!

not Boldy, but my 2cents is that Cheetah Hunt gets all the buzz, because that tower really stands out in the park, and it is pretty dang speedy and fun. but in the same park with Montu, Kumba, and Shiekra ?. . . it wouldnt' make my top 3. (but we liked it. . Cobra's Curse too)

glad y'all had a great trip! (and Happy Birthday from me too). can't wait to see the trip report. did you try the Meatball Pretzel too? we loved those.

thanks. your post reminded me to add it to the "coasters at Sunset" thread

thanks Liz it's only "smaller" in that one whole "land". .and it's a bigger one. . is the waterpark. So after summer months, when the water park is closed, and when the Log Flume (Bugs Bunny Sword in the stone themed!) and the rapids (Gully Washer) are closed, it really does reduce the number of attractions. however, Fiesta does have a lot of shows. We could have easily done a full open to close day there, if we wanted to do shows, but the main reason for yesterday's trip was to simply get the passes (we had to do them by 12/31 to get the free parking at all parks, that was the deal). . so since it's about to get colder in Texas this week, we went up on Sunday to get the passes, and ride a few things, once we saw how dead the park was

at Fiesta Tx on 12/3/17

got this beauty yesterday at Six Flags Fiesta Tx. it doesn't look real. . like a photoshopped postcard! but it's real. .and with an Iphone too!

as I noted elsewhere, they will likely be done by end of Holiday in the Park. they have "Opening March 2018" banners thruout the park. .they will hit that date.

wow. . not sure what that conversion rate is in US Dollars, but even I know that sounds expensive. nice pics, and glad you had fun. welcome to TPR

yeah, I think maybe the restraint wasn't tight enough, as much as I was bouncing around. Not going to write it off (yet) as noted, I was gigging and laughing the whole time. . tho the feeling of being SLAMMED towards the ground wasn't too fun. Will try again with tighter restraints next time -- which is a good sign (as you know, I hated Skyrush from the moment I got on it, so no need to re-try that one. . LOL, but FreeSpins, were a combo of fun and terror, so will give another shot) and how "fake" do those pics of the ride look in the sunset? I was THERE, and took one pic myself, and it *still* looks photoshopped! Funniest thing happened on Iron Rattler too.. I was riding back row with a guy who's kids were in the row in front of us. .and they had never been on it either. As we're going up the lift hill, the daughter (maybe 12?) says - "I'm so glad this doesn't go upside down, I mean. . I would have never ridden this with you!" . . and I whispered to the Dad, "you do know this has an inversion, right? it flips you as you go up over the 1st drop onto the Canyon wall?". . and he looked at me shocked, and mouthed "oh $#it". . . . LOL the daughter liked it, but the last 20 seconds of the ride were her yelling "you lied, you lied, you lied!!" (who in the world gets on a new ride without watching it cycle first? not me.. .LOL)

thanks! yeah, it was amazing how much work they have done. they will have this coaster up by end of Holiday in the Park, I suspect -- and then will move on to creating the station/queue area (tho they already have the Ride SIGN up, over the old entrance to Power Surge, so I expect they will be using the concrete walkway leftover from that ride for part of the queue). but they WILL hit that March opening date

Went to Fiesta Tx today for 4 hours to pick up our 2018 Season Passes (and dining), and wow did we pick an amazing day to go. light crowds, and almost everything was walk on (the longest we waited was Scooby Doo for 15 minutes). Exactly 1 1/2 hours from our house in Austin, we got to the park about 20 minutes before the scheduled 2pm opening, but the gates were open and they were letting folks in already. Season Pass pick-up was a breeze: the turnstyle lady created them for us as we entered the park! She just wrote our names with a sharpie on a fairly flimsy card, and scanned our index finger, then were done! (parking included too). We *did* have to go to the actual Season Pass processing center, to have them add to the cards the Dining Plan we gave in and bought (the email offer was simply too good to pass up for that too). . but the line was short, and moved very quickly. Tho someone in line told us we could ask to get a "photo" season pass there (and they DID seem to have the cameras set up to take pics) the lady behind the counter told us they were no longer offering that for 2018 since it was all tied to fingerprints now. But that if we were worried about the card being lost or cracked (it's pretty flimsy), she'd be glad to help us add it to our smartphones. overall tho, very quick and easy to get set up and on our way to ride/eat today. Several Firsts today, as we haven't been passholders since 2012 (yeah, Cyber Monday had deals too good to pass up) -- 1st RMC on Iron Rattler (walk on to back row) - AMAZING (was planning to ride it again later, but my spouse wanted to move to something he could ride too, and didn't make it back over before we decided to head back home) -- 1st Skyscreamer (again, walk on to share a seat with someone).. really, really liked it. That thing really whips around in the wind near the top, and being right alongside the canyon and seeing hawks soaring beneath you? really has me looking forward to the 400 ft one at SFoT when we go next year. -- 1st S&S Freespin. (walk on to left side, and they were only running 3 cars!). Not sure how I feel. Yeah, it was trying to kill me. It really felt that way. but man, did I laugh the whole time, A$$ over elbows. another ride is needed in the future to decide if I liked it or not. these were all solo's (as was Superman:Krypton Coaster (also walk on to back row), but we did ride together: Roadrunner Express (still good tho a bit rougher than I recalled), Whirlygig (the low swings that he would ride with me), Hustler, Pandemonium, Scooby Doo, and then we rode Spinsanity, which pretty much did us in. . wow, never have I been on a Tilt-a-whirl type ride that spun THAT much. we actually had to take a seat over by Fireball to rest, as it made us a bit dizzy. Nick wasn't feeling Poltergeist (from the spinning, I suspect), and I didn't wan't to ride alone on something I know he'll ride, so we saved that for next time. we made use of the dining plan to have chicken strips/waffle fries for lunch (and bonus, the place we were at still had the red 2017 tumblers, that they were selling for only $5 with free refills all day.. so considering that a single drink/water was $4.50, we bought one and shared that all day). While resting we used the "snack" option on the dining plan to get shakes from Johnny Rockets. then I took a bunch of pics of Wonder Woman construction, and we headed out (with a stop at Goliath (walk on) for me on the way out). there were a ton of folks headed INTO the park, as we were leaving, and I'm sure it was beautiful as it got darker, but we did see many of the lights on already as dusk came on. perfect day to go, and even tho there for only ~4 hours, we did pretty much the whole park (no shows) and rode everything we/I wanted to. here just before opening (2pm), and gates were open and they were already letting folks in. park was really empty, I'm guessing poor weather in Austin kept the out of towners away today, everything was a walk on. they had photo opportunities set up in the central plaza, and tho I don't look excited, I am (I have a bad left shoulder, and so have issues raising that arm right now). Nick had no issue tho. . Wheee! Porky and Yosemite Sam were out in Christmas outfits, and posing with whomever asked them to. in the "winter wonderland" section, I stopped to get a pic with the Ice Princess. (the Gingerbread baker and his elves were out too, but since no actual cookies when we walked by, we didn't stop ) In the (empty) line for Skyscreamer, looking towards Batman & Scream. Nick. . pretending that he's not scared to ride (he is, so while I went on this, among other things, he rode "Bench: the ride") and I just NOW noticed the little child in the bushes. . .LOL. . no I have absolutely no idea what that child is doing there! I see Superman's loop hiding around the corner of the quarry. he's next! (also walk on) after my ride, I hung around for next cycle to take some pics. you can see how beautiful the day turned out to be. my 1st S&S freespin. Not sure what to expect. Looks like fun tho. um. . .what just happened?? what the HELL just happened?? do I want to get on it right away again?. . . .ummm. . only if I want to puke, so will have to re-ride on next trip to see if I liked it of if it really wants to kill me. Wonder Woman construction pics. . they are moving FAST on this. sign notes, will be open in March of 2018. . so opening for the season with Spring Break & new Mardi Gras celebration. after Pandemonium, we needed something "non spinning".. so into the line for Scooby Doo Ghostblasters (I smoked him with a score of over 1600).. . longest line of the day! Catching the sunset as dusk was falling. Nick wanted a pic of me in front of the Batman ride. . .awwwww Superman thru the trees on the way out, they had this display in the "Superhero" store, so of course I posed. they were actually selling some really nice lenticular art prints. . will be picking some up in the future.