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I'm really enjoying myself reading through the Freeze page. But, this made me laugh: It seems that even all the way back then people bitched about other parks not being on-par with Disney. Who gives a fckk about uniforms?

That link (about Mr. Freeze) is (really) cool (too say it very lightly), but the author loves (the shit out of, of course) parenthesis.

I think the Taco Bell appearance would be a curve ball. I've been to Taco Bells where the employees are pretty well kept and friendly, but ours is very.... urban...

Thank God I don't go to enthusiast events.

I'd look back to last December in the thread, but I remember some saying they had multiple re-rides without a problem. The event isn't catered to thrill seekers, so I would imagine the wait wouldn't be terrible.

We had the same dilemma last year. We purchased season passes at SFSTL, but it turned out we were going to take a trip to SFGam prior to getting our passes processed. We emailed guest services and they sent us something in our email. When we got to the park, we went to the guest services booth and showed them the email. They printed out one day passes for us to use. We were informed that this was good for one time only.

I know I already asked, but do they do anything to MT to give it more of a Christmas feel from the midway?

Either Goliath or Raging Bull at SF Great America.

Choose your words more carefully. I'm still wondering who suggested the park could be sold. I think it's just you. The Tomorrow Society Podcast Episode 50: A visit to Six Flags St. Louis, August 20, 2018. The last 10 minutes or so were dedicated to trashing the park and wondering if it could be sold or just closed. Give it a listen. And no, I am not Dan Heaton. I'm not listening to some nerdy podcast. Their opinions aren't weighted anymore than ours.

I did quick google search and you're close to Frankfurt, so I'm just guessing that's where you're planning to fly from. As far as I can tell, I think that Lufthansa offers non stop flights from Frankfurt to Chicago. It's a little over a five hour drive from Chicago to King's Island. That may seem like a long time, but by the time you figure out how long it will take to land, go to your connecting flight, fly to your next destination, and de-plane, I doubt you'll be spending much more time driving than you will dealing with the connecting flight. This could leave you with Six Flags Great America, King's Island, and Cedar Point. All three parks are great. It will also allow you to spend some time in Chicago, if you want to allot for it. I'm not telling you what to do, but I wanted to present you with another option. For me personally, if I were to spend nine hours on a plane I would want to make it count.

Why am I not surprised?

If you fly into Indi, you might also be able to make a quick stop at Holiday World. You'll only need a few hours to ride their four roller coasters and Gobbler's Getaway (yep). Grab a Thanksgiving dinner on your way out for your culture credit...

Do you have a link for this? Edit: Found it

Just think of how different things would be right now if they had just gone with the world's tallest slide vs. someone having the idea of giving it an airtime hill. Schlitterbahn definitely had the means to do it better and safer. Maybe even for less money. For anyone who doesn't know, 61 grams of meth is a lot. Half and quarter grams of meth are typically what we find on our arrests. Sometimes you get 2-3 grams from small jacks who are weighing it out and selling it. He's really f*cked if he's resorted to selling meth. On a side note, sex trafficking is a complicated issue. There is a great book, Stolen, that offers a lot of insight. It's a good read. The pornography industry is comprised almost completely of victims of childhood sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and drug users. Strip clubs are more of the same.

Raging Bull is strictly a back seat or a front seat ride, with the back seat winning out 5-1. Sitting anywhere else takes a lot away from the ride. Otherwise, there's just the right amount of strong airtime as you go roaring into the tunnel. The rest of the ride is decent and you just have to appreciate it for what it is, knowing you're going to get floater air in small doses. Although, the drop after the MCBR provides a decent amount of air. The low to the ground elements and helices near the end are pretty fun. I think you'll like it.

'I think' Indianapolis is a huge hub and it's only about an hour and a half from KI. You might want to check flight availability there. I know Indianapolis and Chicago were the only airports within several hours of us which had direct flights to Hawaii.

You're right about that. We missed the crappy weather by one day. We had steady rain almost the whole way home. I'm thankful for our timing.

^You missed good weather on Saturday. Emily and I went to the park from about 12:30-7 yesterday, with her sister and my brother-in-law. We had a great time. I don't know if the park got their shit together for Last Call Fall Festival, or if it was just so terrible last year, because we went on a rainy day where the park closed after a half day. A credit book of 15 credits was about $32 after tax. The first thing we got was the Chicago Dog, which was actually the biggest damned hot dog I've ever seen. It was good, but I'm sure it was pretty generic. We also tried the fried cheese curds and Mac and cheese bites. Both were good, not great. I had two craft beers, both of which made me realize that I don't even remotely care for craft beer, anymore. Good thing JB's had me covered with a $15 Coors Light to close out the day. Not heavy. Not bitter. All of the food was pretty 'OK,' but that's exactly what we expected. I think the dogs were really generic and everything else was frozen and deep fried. I still like the event, because it gives the park an excuse to stay open and guests have a reason to come. Mixing it up with something different made it a good time. I've never gone to any other park food festival events, so I just hope that not all of them have lackluster items. I'm not bashing on the park when I say that. I have a couple of really bad menu pictures which show the offerings in the two stations within Yukon Territory and the Southwest Territory. It was basically 1 credit per beer sample, 4 credits for a beer, 3 credits for smaller food items, and four credits for larger items. We walked by a instrumental blue-grass'ish band playing in the Yukon Territory, but I didn't see any other shows. It's not our thing, so I didn't pay attention. That said, I didn't see the show we passed by last year, which had about five kids dressed as manly lumberjacks running around with plastic axes singing, "You're a man, you're a man, you're a man!" Over and over again. It made me want to punch myself in the face, but the real reason it's probably gone is because the lyrics will melt snowflakes, and global warming is already a problem. The fall only makes a Six Flags park look more Six Flags. The leaves blend in perfectly with the faded paint. But, if we can appreciate Six Flags St. Louis for what it offers, then we can definitely appreciate Six Flags Great America. Goliath and Raging Bull still provide a couple of the best first drops in the industry, from the back row. Every one of the coasters in Great America's line-up are solid and they've got another one on the way. We didn't intend on riding the Hell out of everything. Before our trip was over, we rode Goliath twice, V2 once, Joker once, X-Flight once, and Raging Bull once. Wait times were decent. Our second ride on Goliath gave us the longest wait, at about 40 minutes near the end of the day. Our first wait was around 20 minutes. V2 was a one train wait. Joker was about 10-15, same as Raging Bull, which was only running two trains, but the ops were hustling. X-Flight was 1-15. V2 - Station wait. It was the first time for my in-laws to ride a RMC, Wing Coaster, Free Spin, and Intamin Impulse. They've come to really like going to parks after we took them to KI's Haunt last year and KI in the summer. Waiting isn't our thing, so we did a ton of talking and hanging out. That, and the festival kept us busy with food and beer (bleh) sampling. It got pretty cold, so around seven we left to get Lou Malnati's, the 2nd reason we took the five hour drive north. I only took a few pictures and later I snapped two terrible pictures of the food and beer menu items: Me being me. There were enough vulgar comments about the size of the hot dogs made to keep a teenage boy entertained. It was really a beautiful day. Also, I'll take Raging Bull back to STL with me any day of the week if the bitchers don't want it. Goliath looks great. Just like old times. Good luck reading those. If I had my wish, I would have liked to take a lap on American Eagle, Whizzer, and another lap on Raging Bull. Oh well. We were going to go back to Great America for its first ever HITP and some exploring in Chicago, but we really actually want to stay home for more than a couple weeks at a time. It's been a great year of park traveling, but it's all becoming a bit routine and a little redundant after a long season. The four of us are going to visit to our home park, SFSTL, for HITP in mid December. After that, Emily and I are calling it quits on coaster-going until Coaster Campout at CP, in May. See you next year, SFGam!

MT is also highly more visible than Beast. Do they shine any Christmas colored lights on the structure like they do with American Thunder?

Huh?

It probably has more to do with not having enough people in the park after ten to make a profit.

^Doubtful. No one is ever happy with what they have. Build a hyper - People will complain that we need a modern family coaster Build a modern family coaster - people will complain that we need a modern family coaster Build both - People will still bitch about the food I wish I could shake your hand right now and buy you a Coke. Well said.

Too bad Deja Vu is gone. It would have given the first train of visitors a neat to perspective to hang and watch the lights until evac'd on the second platform.

It's being purchased by Six Flags.