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We've gone to the haunt the last few weeks of the season on our past several trips. I take it if we go the last weekend of September it won't be as crowded? The secret is out with Fastlane. It's not nearly as valuable as it used to be during Haunt season. No one gives a shit about credit card debt anymore, so night rides on The Beast were over an hour wait, which appeared to be longer than the standby line. (pass) Everything else has held a hefty wait as well.

If I had Oprah money, I'd buy parks and close down popular attractions completely without notice just to lurk forums and social media. I305 would be closed immediately and go SNBO for no particular reason. Steel Vengeance would be demolished and replaced with SFSTL's carousel, which would remain under refurbishment for five more years. I'm not joking.

It. Was. A. Joke.

One park president after another. I know one thing he hasn't been able to do, yet.

Pretty soon, every restaurant is going to have the exact same menu as Applebee's. This is the Applewood smoked bacon cheeseburger with an extra paddy. Good addition, though.

It's just ironic that they eliminated a safety measure and marketed it as an enhancement on a ride that killed someone.

Careful around these parts. Saying wealth and socioeconomic well being has any positive effect on society may get you labeled as an entitled bigot. The very idea is probably classified as hate speech. Regardless, I retract nothing about my former statement.

Holiday World will be a hard pass for you as well. There are almost no flat walkways. Six Flags Great America is very flat. The company is very wheelchair friendly. I would say avoid SFSTL because of the hills, but if you're smart you've already planned to avoid it because of everything else.

I don't think a park needs to cater to an exceptionally small fraction of a percent of people who would go across the country just to have a final ride on Scorpion. I'm not surprised they're removing an intermediate roller coaster since they just added one.

There was something else that was supposed to be open by now.

I just hope they just leave room for more complications and add a loop while it's going through repairs.

I'm sorry to hear that. You've been poisoned by the American corporate driven diet. Eating paleo is what started to change my life. I made it my own from there. It's my lifestyle, not a diet. I'm 39 and have numbers consistent with the average person in their 20's. Avoid the real unholy trinity and you're life will increase drastically: Sugar, wheat, and Dairy. All of the artificial sweeteners and chemicals have to go for your mental and physical health. Good fats. Cut grain down, and eat meat, fruit, and vegetables. Black coffee with almond or oat milk. Water. Unsweetened tea. Practical Paleo is a great book to read. It's half easy to read nutritional education and half easy recipes. Or, just let them kill you slowly. 80% of people in the medical field have never had even a misguided class on basic nutrition. Find the root cause, don't just bombard it with profitable medicine. As far as eating utter garbage food we're all intentionally driven to, there are always cheat days. Pizza and beer nearly kills me, but it's frequently part of a couple cheat meals each week. Exercise is great for the body and mind. Don't overdo it if you're not used to it. Even speed walking and light jogging intervals for 20 minutes a few days a week is a good way to ease into it and make it a normal part of your routine. Sorry for going off topic. This isn't a rant as much as I hope even a complete stranger will red pill their nutrition. Especially when they're facing terrible illness. RFK's podcast has a ton about the American diet and how the money driven big food teamed up with big pharma are killing us. Even if you don't like Tucker Carlson (everyone should listen to opinions they don't like) Calley and Casey Means were on a podcast recently that really sheds light on this topic.

You're going to have to argue with a ride/slide op who doesn't know the difference between the two shoes.

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Seeing that dude wearing a hooded sweatshirt is depressing to me. I'm not ready to give up the high summer temperatures.

It's safer there than it is in California.

I know at least the lazy river at HW had cubbies. It's been a while since I've been on slides, but I seem to recall just placing them at the entrance next to a ton of other shoes. I'd just wear slides. Maybe just bring a pair of water shoes or something and check them in the locker if you see people using that alternative.

Just put them by the entrance like a lot of people do.

Chicagoland is a shithole, dude.

It's unreal experiencing parks with your children, isn't it? Going on bullshit rides and reliving their first rides it worth it. Places like Holiday World geared toward families make it all the more satisfying. The few times we've gone to parks without her, we realize just how much we'd rather skip the big rides and have her there. It's still worth a solo trip or two a year, but it's not the same. Michael, you're daughter sounds exactly like ours. She's very interested, but not even close to being ready for roller coasters. She wants to watch videos and she'll pretend she's on roller coasters all the time whenever she's on anything that rolls. When she asks me to drive fast... which I more or less make it feel like I'm driving fast with a few slow down/speed up moments within the speed limit, braking, and wheel jerks, she puts her hands up. She even goes as far as to put her hands up when running down playground ramps, pretending to be on roller coasters. I imagine I'll have to wait about as long as Jon has. I was the same way and terrified until my dad didn't give me a choice and made me ride Ninja at SFSTL. That poor bastard had to ride it seven times that day after that. We've made her aware that there will be trips we'll take without her until she starts riding bigger things. We're not mean about it, but we hope that adds to the incentive.

My wife, daughter (4 yo), and I went to the park this weekend. Saturday, we spent time in the dry park. We went to the water park on Sunday. Our daughter hit 42" with shoes on, barely. She leveled up. She was eligible for at least one new ride, the bumper cars (accompanied by an adult, which she really liked. Although, she gave me strict instructions not to bump her and mom too hard... I behaved. She's a princess. She was afraid to ride Howler again after last year. Good Gravy was a hard pass. We hit Gobbler Getaway for the first time this year and she liked it. For some reason I misread the 36" + adult height requirement last year. The front of the park had unaccompanied kid's rides, with most everything else being 36+ adult. There are a ton of options. The Log Flume was a hard crying pass when we tried to get her to ride. I followed it up with sitting her in an unpopulated area until her tantrum stopped. She's aware that shit doesn't fly with our family, and it's a rare occurrence. The park has a lot to offer for kids, but the hills are brutal. At least this was our first year without a stroller. Characters are out frequently in the front of the park and in Holidog Town (name?), trying not to die in the summer sun. Poor bastards. They also had dudes on stilts at opening in the front of the park, allowing parents to wait 20+ minutes to get balloon art. We went with her shorter cousin and bro/sister in law. My much shorter niece fearlessly rode almost everything she could but Good Gravy, despite ours being younger, but much taller. It's kind of a buzz kill watching that. Ours was even afraid to ride the slides at the water park. This has been cruel irony for me. We've tried everything. Everything. Pushing her hard makes it worse, so that was very short lived. I think Howler ruined it for her last year, followed by The Grand Exposition (name?) at SDC. I was able to coax her on Rookie Racer. Like a fool, I chose to ride in the front. Since then, she's shut down. In due time, maybe. I didn't ride any roller coasters. Thunderbird broke down as soon as I went that way. The park looked great. It was as clean as usual. The dining hall had a couple almost healthy options. Like... kind of... AKA some no dressing grilled chicken Caesar, side, or cobb salads. They had some preservative soaked fruit cups and carrots. Some fake healthy options were grilled chicken sandwiches and impossible burgers. I guess I could have tried the Thanksgiving meal place, but from what I recall, there was almost nothing for us. Until our four-year-old starts walking faster, packed lunches are a no-go. It was too hot to eat like shit. We saved that for a few paced beers and food at night. If you're in the area and don't visit Schnizelbank, you're doing yourself an injustice worse than not going to Roosters near Kings Island. It's a worthwhile 30 minute drive from the park I recommend staying in this incredibly clean community. The Fairfield is newer, and part of Marriots run at rebranding Fairfield's to higher quality option. It's worth the extra cost, and this one was of similar quality to a Hyatt. The time zone is an hour ahead, which is great for sleeping in until 6am... and hitting the decent small gym they have. On a random side note, Good Gravy is the dumbest name I've ever heard, almost to the point of annoying cringe. It's even worse than the dumb superhero names. Hills were mostly OK on my constantly abused injured knee from morning discouraged impact runs before the park. It's the best I can do with smaller gyms and no hockey nights. Pops be damned. Send it. The water park has multiple kids areas. Cheetah Hunt was down. I'm more of a pass out by the pool guy than a water slide guy, so I didn't care to ride any water rides. If you're ever looking for a short line, ride the racing slide. I used to always ride it at least once, and it hauls to the point of unease. We won't be back for a few years, despite being a cool 3 hour weekend trip from home. The girl needs to "find her brave." We don't hide this from her. I don't want to be too hard on her, and the more she's ridden, the more afraid she gets. Outside of a trip to SFSTL, she'll take a summer off, at least. If she's still afraid in her teens, there's a chance the carousel there will be open. This TR was too much about me, which is my pet peeve. Sorry about very brief proofreading and terrible flow. Sorry. Cheers

I'm not talking about currency... And no. There's pretty much nothing healthy at Six Flags.

Meanwhile, at SFStl...

Things seem to be getting overly complex. It's almost bait and switch.