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^ I LOVED the Spelunkers. . that attraction was called "the Cave" right? (I dont' mind Yosemite Sam's boat adventure ,and hopefully will be able to reopen soon. . but still miss 'the Cave"). and the Enterprise that used to be near it - called "Spinnaker" (which moved to SFFT as Wagon Wheel before leaving that park a long time back as well)

^ true (and of the 4 "top" coasters, one is a 1-trick pony (it's about the speed) and one has a terrible 2nd half (Fujiyama 2nd half WILL adjust your spine). . but they also have a handful of Decent coasters (even if the mouse is now closed). factor in the flats tho, and I'd say it's a must visit park (even tho I'm certain that we just happened to catch it on the perfect day with great weather, no crowds, and a stunning unobstructed view of Mt. Fuji in the morning hours). about those flats? an EXCELLENT air racer (tall and you can get tons of flips), a haunted hospital, one of the better river raft rides I've been in (themed to Lucky Cats, and it will soak you), themed sections to anime, and . . . Tondemina - a Frisbee themed to Pizza. No, really!

^ they are really known for their insanely fun live shows tho:

I'm a big fan of Industrial/Darkwave - which by it's nature, includes a lot of German bands. in particular, I'm a huge fan of Das Ich - seen them a number of times, most recently in late 2019

six flags in Texas are, I believe, $27. ($25 if you pre-buy online) (but most passes and memberships include parking these days)

I have to assume you have not been on Wonder Woman. . which also has a "continuously moving station".. .that often stops, because a restraint isn't down far enough, or the person has trouble with the restraints.. or someone is late getting to their seat because they were running to the cubbies to put something up. (or if someone needing assistance getting on the ride..similar to how the Omnimovers stop for the same). the trains really do move steadily, but often DO come to a complete stop as well in the station.

^ can't go wrong with that. . .it's got Soft Cell and his solo stuff. (and my all time favorite, "Bedsitter" is on there . . .really shame they kept "Sex Dwarf" off it tho).

the way around the photo flip, is you need to open the photos to "edit" - then do a reverse image, save, then reverse image (back to the original) and save. it will save them in the correct orientation, and when you upload them to TPR then orientation isn't basing off your phone. there's a discussion about this issue from when I was having the same problem after the site upgraded (in the thread about TPRs new look). . but that's the workaround fix I found. it doesn't happen on EVERY picture, but it has something to do with the way the iPhone is saving the orientation, and that messes up when uploading to the site here. just FYI

I see online at some sites, people are losing their damn minds that "the dancing tamales" and "guys on Donkeys" are apparently gone from the train route. is this a big deal? I can't recall ever even seeing "dancing tamales" edit: apparently this is what they looked like: in other news, apparently the park is teasing they are doing work on the outside/queue of Casa Magnetica. . so gotta wonder if that might reopen for the 60th anniversary? would be so cool, as I LOVED the similar version they used to have at Astroworld (the Whacky Shack) of this walk thru "gravity is crazy" house).

don't panic just yet. . look up thread. . Mindbender/Ridder Mindbender, and Pandemonium are missing too. it's just the website, I'd think. . . "Six Flags". . LOL (tho there supposedly were rides being removed from some parks, right?) EDIT: looks like Pandemonium is back on the rides list. Still no Mindbender/Riddler Mindbender tho.

^ you must have been Exiting pirates when we were! crazy we didn't bump into each other - and sad :(. . would have loved to say hello! it DID come back up tho, since we rode it about 90 minutes later Poltergeist was down sadly, for the same issue DareDevil Dive - the Power was still down from the storms 2 weeks ago. I suspect Poltergeist COULD have run - since Batman was up and running, and that's on the same grid in the park (and Park President Jeffrey Siebert had told us online Batman was going to be down for the power issue) - but they probably didn't want to put stress on the still tenuous grid. I don't know details of a LIM Launch coaster, but gotta imagine that eats probably more power than any other ride in the park? (except maybe Joker?) it's SUPPOSED to be back up starting Saturday, for the daily Spring Break weeks.

got an email from the park, noting that they are keeping Houngan House of Voodoo open thru Spring Break (so daily 3/6-3/14, then again from 3/17-3/21). great move by the park, as this walk thru is SO well done, and worth a visit. . it's amazing it's in a Six Flags park, as it's a better Haunt than most upcharge ones are!

the simplest answer is usually the most accurate one:

this is for SFFT, but I was there Saturday, and they absolutely were scanning reservation at Front Gates before allowing people in. was asked for it, and showed it for scan, before they scanned my Season Pass. Doesn't mean they are doing it at SFOT, but for SFFT? yep.

"unfortunately" Seriously. . WTF is wrong with you ??

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Houston-is-first-city-to-record-all-major-COVID-15990299.php

Texas has *NOT* "opened up 100%" as most residents realize that Abbott pulled this crap because he desperately wants to please Trump/CPAC idiots. the blowback has been FIERCE here in Texas, and many companies are coming forward and forcefully stating they will absolutely NOT be changing any requirements. I would be absolutely shocked if Six Flags Over Texas (or SFFT) suddenly stop temperature checking, or enforcing masks within their parks. the Governor, our Senators, and many Republican Members of Government may not give a shit if they put Citizens at risk (and they sure as hell didn't care about Citizens freezing to death, so it's a safe bet to say they don't care about the health of their Citizens re: Covid). . but the individual companies are stepping up. I would put pretty good money on anyone foolish enough to show up without a mask, or take mask off once entering the parks? will be removed immediately. it's not worth the bad press to them. .and frankly, many of those attending the parks would revolt and refuse to go if they don't keep enforcing. despite that we keep electing idiots like Abbott, Cruz, Paxton, Cornyn, Gohemert, etc. . . ? There are a lot of *not* stupid Texans living here. oh and to add? Texas is FOURTY-EIGHTH (out of 50 States) in terms of population vaccinated. The Infection Rate & Death rate on Monday was *higher* than it was when Abbott first put the Mask Mandates in place back in July 2020 (way too late, but at least he did it). *and* Houston yesterday made history for being the 1st City in the USA (possibly world?) to have ALL 28 variations of Covid present in the City.

that I don't know. . since I rode with Laura (the Scrambler too). . so it didn't come up about riding as a single.

^ Laser Sharks Vs Laser Cats!

some googling online found this, as part of a wiki entry. SeaWorld's shark exhibit now sits at Discovery Point, just past the Dolphin Lagoon so sounds like they moved it.

finally "won" the lotto. . . Austin Public Health announced that they were getting 4000 vaccinations in tomorrow, and they would open up the sign up site at 6:30 pm. my Spouse and i both got online, and waited - they do it by assigning random numbers to everyone logged in, and then they just go in order to see who can sign up. I lucked out with a very low number, and the spouse ended up with a number around 2800 - which was still ok, we reasoned, since they had 4000 appointments available. we both now have appointments for our 1st shot of Vaccinations tomorrow - at the same site, within a 1/2 hour of each other! (so we can go together to do it). FINALLY. . such a relief to be able to get an appointment (it's been rough, since he's so high risk, and had thus far had terrible luck getting an appointment!).

got the TR up! (put it in the "bert goes to Texas Theme Parks thread")

3rd time's the charm! (or is it 4th?) so, TeacherKim and her son were supposed to be coming down to Texas / San Antonio area to hit the parks - this was a rescheduled trip, from 2020, when the parks closed for Covid (literally a week before she was supposed to fly in). I had planned to drive to San Antonio and spend the day with them - even tho it was going to be on Valentine's day (but my Spouse was ok with that), as I had really enjoyed hanging out with Kim when we went o SFStL a couple of years ago. So was excited to show her around my "home park" and then the ice storm hit, followed by SnowPockalypse Texas! So she had to cancel AGAIN, but it was ok, as there was an ACE event the next Saturday (the 20th), and she invited me along for that. .so she just pushed out her flights/hotels for a week. I knew that Bill and Brit had been planning to come to Texas on the 27th, but told them I wasn't sure that I'd be able to meet up with them, as it was going to be 2 weeks in a row leaving Spouse at home. well, the universe stepped in, and literally the day before the ACE event at SFFT on the 20th, the park announced it would not be opening on Saturday due to remaining ice and power issues. (seriously, the universe is just conspiring against Kim ever making it to Texas. . LOL), so she had to cancel again.. which meant that it wouldn't be multiple weeks in a row going, and I could now meet up with Bill & Brit guilt free! There were still some power issues, and the park had warned a few things wouldn't be open (Park President Jeffrey Siebert had noted on FB in the days before they arrived that Poltergiest, DareDevil Dive, and Batman would not be open due to still occurring power issues, but everything else should not be affected). So they were still coming, and I confirmed I'd meet them in the park! Turned out they actually flew into Austin, and offered me an "out" from driving if I just wanted to meet up for dinner here. But due to my Spouse being SO high risk, I just couldn't chance an indoor dining (even tho they kindly offered eat outdoors if I wanted). . but Outside all day at Fiesta (me double masking) would be OK. . so I pointed them to one of my favorite Tex Mex places for them to try out, and made plans to meet up with them at the Park in San Antonio the next morning. I knew it would be either *really* packed (it was last weekend of Mardi Gras festival, the last weekend of Bring-a-Friend for $9, and the first weekend open after being shut down for 2 weeks due to ice/power issues). . . OR it was gonna be *really* dead (because the forecast was for overcast and off-and-on drizzle). But I offered to buy into Flash Pass with em if it looked like was going to be needed, and they had multiple skip the lines with their memberships anyways. - as to Kim. . .gonna try a 4th time, since there's an "event" planned at the park on April 10, and she's made plans to come in for THAT. . . so hopefully will get to do Fiesta with Kim and Son in April I got up Saturday morning and noticed right away how foggy it was - meant my drive was gonna suck - and sure enough, ended up taking me closer to 1:45 minutes to get to the parking lot. What's truly funny, is as I passed the Buccee's just outside of New Braunfels - and I realized I was gonna be at least 25 minutes late, I got a ping from Bill that they were running late. . . . because they had stopped and shopped at Buccee's. LOL. . so we did end up arriving within 10 minutes of each other at the park - still 30 minutes prior to the 10:30 opening. pulling into the SFFT parking lot, it was drizzling. .and tho there was a line of cars, a *lot* of them didn't seem to be going into the actual parking lot, but staying to the right. . .hmmm. . wonder what's up? Oh! Ghetto Parking Lot Animatronic Dinosaur drivethru. no. . . really: and there were quite a few cars (full of kids) doing it too! I asked at the front gate, and apparently, this has been the "draw" during the week, when the park itself hasn't been open. So I guess this is a "success" ? i mean, there WERE quite a few folks going thru it on this Saturday morning before the park officially opened. as to how crowded was the actual parking lot for the park itself? : (I always park about 1/2 way back under a specific light pole, so I can easily find my car later, and so it's easy to get into the Exit lane I want - the one that turns and lets me get back on the loop (only one of them does at Park close, the force the other lanes to go a different direction). Yup. . even tho early? I could tell at the least it was gonna start out being a pretty dead day. (yay!) On my way to the front gate. . really me, and maybe 12 other people. I expect if the overcast burns off, they will be making full use of this queue (this is past the Temperature station check) but just before going thru the hands free/no touch metal detectors). but about 1/2 hour prior to open? not many here yet. didn't stop them from getting all the decorations fixed. . you'd never know there was ANY damage from ice/snow the other week, as all the decorations still looked to be in great shape. the photogs were out, even with the light crowd, so I stopped for a pic. still almost 1/2 hour until rope drop, but Goliath has started testing (Boomerang had too. .but who cares, right? :p) I wasn't sure when they'd arrive, so I wandered up towards the main square to snap some pics. it was getting a little more crowded, but I could tell, it was gonna be a mostly dead day, as most were staying away to see if the weather would clear. because they can't really do the parades (thanks Covid), instead the park set up the Floats as stages, in different areas of the park. the cast members who usually would be marching in the parades or on the floats, came out and danced and performed in front of these floats in the cordoned off area several times a day. It's a great compromise, and I enjoyed seeing the floats - which looked great once it got darker later and they lit up. Lots of these character/standees and photo ops sprinkled thruout the Lost Festivales & Rockville ares. . so great opportunities to get fun pics. tho for some reason the official Six Flags photogs weren't at THIS one. . . . so a selfie. they WERE standing near one of my favorites tho, and so stopped for a pic there. (and the photographer directed me to remove my mask if I wanted to for the pic) and AS she's snapping my picture, who do I see walking by - headed towards Flash Pass office, to pick up the skip the lines passes? why Bill & Brit (who I'm thrilled I got to meet in person, after interacting with here on the boards in person (Brit too). . and they are just as great in person as I suspected they were gonna be)! I know this because they were immediately willing to pose for a pic with the standee. . .and y'all who know me, KNOW how much i love a photo op with a weird creature. I'm talking the Alligator, not Bill. . . We headed into the Flash Pass building to get the Skip the line passes, and discussed if we should even bother with Flash Pass. . . based on crowd (or lack thereof) it didn't make sense, but if it changed, we were gonna keep that option open. Bill ended up getting all his Skip the Lines for Iron Rattler - since it was confirmed for me that Wonder Woman still is not on Flash Pass *or* usable for Skip the Line. So that gave us a plan of attack for the start of the day: Head towards Wonder Woman 1st - since there was no way to get a shorter line other than 1st of the day. . but on the way we'd pick up timed passes for the new (for this year's Mardi Gras) "Houngan's House of Voodoo" walk thru. It's an overlay of one of the Hallowfest Haunts. Free, but timed passes needed. So rope drop happened, and we headed towards Wonder Woman. . but upon stopping at the entrance to Houngan's. .there was no line. only 3 people in front of us in total. So we looked at each other, and decided - let's just do this now! No pictures allowed inside (as I was politely told - in character- by the greeter out front). . but man, did they do an INCREDIBLE job with this overlay. Bill kept saying - "no way is this a Six Flags". .and I think I heard him mumblng a few times how "Great Adventure would never do this!". a fantastic haunt, and a long one too. . and there were ~6 scare actors in the house. really really well done, and highly recommended if they bring it back next year. here's some pics from the Courtyard out front - which they also overlayed to make it "New Orleans-y" . . complete with Saxophonist performing for those waiting in line (which this morning was just us) the house - which again, is a fairly long one - dumps you out in the main corridor of Spassburg (across from the sadly, closed Bugs Bunny WhiteWater Rapids (sorry Bill, I didn't realize both it and the Gully Washer would be down. . gotta wonder if it's for refurb or remnants of the freeze that may have damaged some of the water pipes in the water rides). . so it made the most sense to take the right towards Superman, and just get to Wonder Woman that way. what that meant was, that we'd pass right in front of Joker. and the line for that was less than 10 people. I said to them - this is the newest ride that's opened in the park (since DareDevil Dive opening got pushed out to next week). . this ride will end up with an insane line - even if the park is not busy (they are only loading 12 seats per side on each cycle, and most cycles don't even get that many people as the Funhouse Queue has really small groups going thru to get to the ride - instead of groups of 8-10 thanks to Covid). So I said - I know we want to get to Wondy, but I really suggest riding this now, as there's no line. And if the Haunt just impressed you? wait until you see this funhouse queue. I think they were impressed, since expressions of "how can this be a Six Flags??" kept getting mentioned. I noticed while we were waiting for the cycle before us to finish, that SuperVillian Swings across the way seemed to be down - but it came back up a couple of hours later. Something we saw thruout the day - things would go down, but the maintenance folks were able to quickly get things back up and running. also, Batman had started testing. We didn't ride it, but how cool that a ride that had been announced as being down (for power issues), came up anyways? I love this park! oh, and by the time we got off Joker, the queue had already gotten at least 6 times longer than it had been when we got on, and got longer thruout the day. . so we mad the correct call. we finished our ride on Joker - with it's insane floater air, and hang time (it really is NOT about the spinning, and that chassis rotates very slow. . it may look like a Frisbee, but it doesn't spin like one), we headed to Wonder Woman. it had been at least 30 minutes from Rope Drop and we had stopped a couple of times on our way over here.. . I hope the line isn't too bad. nope: Wonder Woman was literally a walk on. really when it's like this? you GOTTA take advantage. . so we got off and immediately got back on for another ride. No on ride pics tho, sadly, as the weather had done something to the camera, so everyone was coming out blurry - fitting, as I had mentioned to Bill, in weather like this (moist and light drizzle) the ride just FLIES. and it did. but they weren't selling the pics, even tho we could look at them. . so what next? why, it was time for a Hurricane, of course. Bill and I both got alcohol versions, and Brit got a virgin one (which they made no problem, and just charged as if it were a bottled water.. I thought that was a great thing for the park to do) Also FYI. . the Texas Six Flags parks *will* give you a large cup of water, free, if you ask at any stand. Many folks don't know that. Even tho it wasn't "hot" on Saturday, we still made use of this perk getting cups of water instead of paying for bottled water, to keep ourselves hydrated. we were by Wonder Woman. . but we had drinks. . so what else to do but pose for pics with them: the Iron Rattler skip the lines, weren't until 2-3 and then 4-5, but we had drinks now, so we decided to walk over towards CrackAxle (now sorta re-themed to "ScreamPunk CrackAxle" - shoulda gotten a pic of the new sign greeting folks to the area from the Gully Washer side) and take a look at the New DareDevil Dive. yup. no power over here. . sign not spinning, fire effects not working, and sing out front noting that official Grand Opening is now next Saturday. but the Dragon on top of the Chop Six sign, was working, and blowing it's smoke from it's nostrils. . .even that bit of theming seemed to be impressive for a Six Flags (but I told them the food is crap, the best thing about ChopSix is that sign. . .LOL) the line for Iron Rattler was only a few ramps, so even tho we had skip the lines for later, we went ahead and got in line, figuring we'd finish our drinks by the time we got to the Station. I think this was the longest line for a ride we actually waited in all day: ~20 minutes. . if you don't count the train (more on that later) no pic of me onride, as I rode with a single woman a few seats up. . so only grabbed the pics for Bill/Brit. Shoulda gotten one of the later rides, as we rode together in the back car. . didn't think of it. . oh well. but here we are on the exit ramp - waving to Nick who texted to ask if my friends had met up? Since we were RIGHT next door, and it was a new credit for them, we went ahead and took a spin on Roadrunner Express - we walked longer in that massive queue to get up to the station, than we waited for our ride. Can't wait to ride it once all the figures are back. It's still a fun family Mine Train tho. Beep-Beep. . I got Roadrunner ass in my face! this really did come out as a great picture tho! Even if we're all hanging on for dear life - on a Mine Train. . . . BWAAAA-HAAAA-HAAAAA! After our coasters, it was time for another drink. . we peeked into the Bar over here in CrackAxle, but decided that we'd head over to the Superman area and see how the line was. . it looked long enough that we could drink while waiting in line. we weren't hungry just yet, and it was surprising to realize it was only ~12:45, since we had done so much already today, but we figured we'd check out some of the food stands to decide what we'd get after Superman. This guy was hanging out near one of the Mardi Gras stages - where they drew a bit of a crowd every time they had a performance - singing/dancing group. Drinks in Hand, we got in the Superman Queue, only to discover that it only LOOKED long, because they were holding it back by the photo booth/flash pass entrance. So after less than 5 minutes, we were good to go. . but we still had drinks. What to do? Chug! and a young man (I would guess 14) complimented Bill on his Chugging Ability. . . HA!!! a B&M floorless, and no one wanted the back row? more Gs for us, whee! tho I WAS disappointed when I saw this pic, and realized the 3 idiots in front of us had all lowered their masks for the picture. (clearly they knew where the camera was). I mean I'm glad we have ours on. . but we're sitting DIRECTLY behind them, on a moving coaster. . germs directly at us . . idiotas! better. . can't see them in THIS wrap. Pics purchased, it was time to eat lunch: offerings over by Spassburg: I got the Bacon Wrapped Boudin Balls (so did Brit) and Bill got the Crab Cakes. all were really good. by the time we were done eating, and relaxing a bit, it was almost time for our 1st skip the line on Iron Rattler, so we headed back over to CrackAxle. . there was quite a bit of "streetmosphere" despite it not being a jam packed crowd today. had another amazing ride on Iron Rattler - back car. . this is a back seat coaster all day! we had been talking about the custom dark shooter, Pirates of the Deep Sea over on the Boardwalk. Since were in CrackAxle, and that section of the train goes thru the tunnel. . we decided to get on the train to take it to Spassburg and walk to the Boardwalk from there. So we got to the station, and waited for the train. . and it came, and the line moved, and we got all the way to the VERY front, and weren't able to board, as the train was full. (due to covid, they have placed plexiglass between each row. . so each row of double benches - facing each other - only gets one group. . . and when you have solo people riding the train? yeah. . the rows fill up fast). So they closed the gate on us, told us the next train will be back in ~10 minutes. . and the train took off. so we're waiting. . and waiting.. . and after about 20 minutes I'm thinking, this is weird, the loop doesn't take that long. . so maybe they stopped to disinfect at Spassburg station? Eventually an employee comes into the station (from another ride! LOL), and gets on the loud speaker and announces that the train is experiencing mechanical issues, and they are not sure how long it will be down, but those of us in the station are welcome to continue waiting. we gave it an additional 5 minutes while everyone else bailed (hey, they were showing cartoons in the station, and we were talking anyways, so not like we were bored) and Bill wondered out loud: "how does one break a train?" the answer of course is: "Six Flags!" (it's a wonderful park, but at the end of the day, SFFT *is* still a Six Flags). So we decided to just walk over to the boardwalk to get a ride on Pirates - after all, the park isn't that huge regardless. Theming by the Train Station in CrackAxle. De-powered Daredevil Dive from the Train Station (and the Dragon over the ChopSix Sign that blows smoke) So we get to boardwalk, and we head to Pirates, which has no line (it rarely does. . folks just really don't seem to know it's here). and after a few moments, they make an announcement that the ride is down. Holy. . thought we used up our "ride is down" chip on the train. . LOL. . and what's funny is when I was last here in October, meeting up with Connor and his Dad? Pirates broke down while we were in line then too! we gave it a few moments, and then decided to check out the rest of the boardwalk. the Crows Nest ferris wheel, and Pandemonium were down at this point too, but everything else was up and running. even tho it's a Batman clone, decision was made to head to Goliath at the front of the park, as that seemed like a fun thing to do next. . . . as we were passing by the Spassburg Train station, the train was there. . . so a quick decision was made to run up the stairs to try to get on it as there was lots of room now. BUT we got there just after the engine blew it's whistle, and even tho the Castmember working the station (and who rides on the back of the train) remembered us from 50 minutes earlier - telling us we'd get on next train.. he wasn't allowed to open the gate to let us on - no allowed after the whistle blows. LOL.. I'm totally NOT complaining. I get it.. just think it's funny as hell how it wasn't meant to be! no train for us! So we continued on to Goliath. . which was a total walk on. I even asked the lady working fast lane if the ride had been down and just came back up? and she said "nope, it's been like this all day" so a hike to get to the station, but then immediately on the next train. a shot of the parking lot while going up the ramps. (looks more full than it is, since every other spot is blocked by cones) and a shot of one of the poor dead palm trees, that the winter storm killed the other week. . . Whee! Even for a Batman clone, this ride pulls some serious G's. it's a mirror, but still 2nd to last row near the back are the magic seats. so intense Bill's nose came out to play! I was on the other end of this row. Whee! we headed back to CrackAxle for another ride on Iron Rattler. . but the intensity of Goliath was starting to do me in..and I claimed "old man" pass, so i could sit on a bench, remove mask, and hydrate, while Bill & Brit went for a front row ride on Iron Rattler. A pic I snapped of the "Cash exchange" kiosk outside of the Saloon in CrackAxle - since SFFT has gone Cash free. . if you only have cash, you need to exchange it for a Visa Card at one of these machines to buy anything in the park. We debated taking the train, but again, looked like we were gonna miss it, so decided to head towards Rockville and grab some dinner from the Mardi Gras options there. They both got the Gumbo (or maybe it was the Crawfish Etouffee?) with cornbread. I had been texting with Kim about how fun the park was today, and she told me if I sent a picture of a Beignet then we were no longer friends. . heh, so instead I got Cheescake with Pecan drizzle for my evening meal - tho ended up not eating it anyways. at this point I wasn't really hungry (headache started from not hydrating enough all day. . so TOTALLY my fault), and I had stopped pulling my camera out for pics. But I think we may have ridden a few other things (sadly Hustler seemed to be down too.. as that Pool Table themed Teacups ride is so fun). I did see Jeffrey walk by tho, and pointed him out to them - I knew we'd see him in the park today! After resting, and eating, we headed over the Boardwalk again, and Pirates was back up - and almost a walk on. if you haven't been on this ride? the queue is AMAZING. It's an old Skool shooting dark ride. The ride itself? is needing a little TLC (most of the "doors" between rooms are a bit broken and don't completely close anymore. and the pirate animatronic from the queue (who somehow looks like he's drunk AND melting at the same time) is missing at the moment - I would assume being refurbed).. but still. . for an inhouse build? it's way better than any other Six Flags Dark ride, except for maybe Monster Mansion. Pirates is a shooter tho, so that comparison isn't fair - it's mostly it's a combination of wood cutouts, projections, and physical props. Really really love this ride tho. And yes, I like it better than Justice League. I was fading pretty fast at this point (and still had a drive back to Austin. .I think it was close to 6:20pm), so I said my goodbyes, and how great it was to meet them - they are great people. and so while they took off to ride Wonder Woman, and Superman again, I headed to the front gates - of COURSE stopping to ride my bunny on the Carousel (and once again seeing Jeffrey passing by, tho this time stopping him to say what a wonderful day we'd had at the park today. That's how I know it was close to 6:20, since when I mentioned I was headed out by my friends went to get "last rides' he said "last rides? they still have 40 minutes to ride!" such a great park. I also stopped to make sure the "professional" pics we took on the way in, were loaded on my photopass (they actually had all the photo windows open, so that was nice) and a quick selfie with Mardi Gras Bugs - who was Covid Safe behind barriers, but he was out! and then it was time for a drive, with a headache (from bright headlights). . yay OLD! . . . I had a great day, and was so glad I went and got to meet up with such great folks. TPR folks really are, for the most part, the best folks on the Internets. So good day, good drinks, good food, and great company. oh, and I got home and was in bed by 9pm, and slept thru until after 10:20 the next day. . LOL. . so yep, I guess I needed the sleep from "partay-ing". . I'm for sure back on 4/10 to meet up with Kim, but likely back at some point in March too!

the Lockers at SFFT are closed off (all the ones at the front of the park have caution tape over the rental kiosks). I would suspect due to Covid, they don't want so many folks touching so many doors (and being so closed into the locker area). - or more likely, dont' want to put forth the $$ to have someone standing there with a spritz bottle wiping down every locker every time someone comes into that area. will be interesting to see how they proceed in Whitewater Bay once that opens for the season. . as you kinda HAVE to use the lockers there. But those are more "open air" covered locker areas, rather than just tucked away in an enclosed area - such as at Iron Rattler (never used), Superman (never used) and the ones at the front gates. and because I miss it, since no filters in NU-TPR: FLUFFY FLUFFY BUNNIES FILLED WITH MEDICINE AND GOO !!!!!!