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Good article. Some of the comments below are pretty discouraging, though. It puts a perspective on how people view this park and Six Flags, in general.

That place looks incredible. Thanks for sharing.

I refuse to buy or wear park tee shirts, but that's one of the better ones I have seen.

Sounds like it's time to raise admission prices to keep a certain population out. Just sayin.

Flying coasters make me sick. Boomerangs make me more sick. Flying Dutchmen make me 'my day is ruined' sick. I have never puked, but they just make me feel miserable. I could ride all of those before my mid 20's. The best remedy for roller coaster sickness that I've found is making sure you've had plenty to eat. The healthier food, the better. Water, not soda.

I know Magic doesn't exist, so WDW does absolutely nothing for me. If anything I see it as a great place for kids, but I personally don't understand why so many adults are into it. I'm more of a roller coaster fan than a theme park fan. I'll take Cedar Point any day of the week. Maybe when I have kids I'll take them to Disney... probably not.

Here's mine from last summer at SFGam, posted in August:

And here I thought I was alone! The Bull definitely isn't the best roller coaster I've ridden, but it's still one of my favorites.

I don't really do 'favorites', but I'll give it a try: California: Accelerator Carolinas: Afterburn Florida: Montu Georgia: Goliath Illinois: Raging Bull Indiana: Raven Missouri: Outlaw Run Nedvada: Nascar Speed (defunct) New Jersey: Batman & Robin: The Chiller (defunct) Ohio: Banshee Tennessee: Wild Eagle Texas: Superman

You keep a very thorough top 10 list.....

Thanks for all of that information. I'll probably wait until the next new addition to visit. How awesome would a B&M invert like Banshee be?

Hey Mr. Caps Lock, no one ever said anything about off duty officers carrying weapons into SFSTL or any other amusement park, but thanks for pointing out the obvious. You can relax, now. I never said anyone did. I was just putting it out there. Things get misinterpreted so easily on here very easily and I was just clarifying that after you said how easy it is is to get in places with your weapon that have checkpoints... thats all. Understood. You went a little crazy on the caps, so it made you sound like you were upset or something. Either way, thanks for the information and sorry about the misunderstanding. I'm sure there have been more than a few badged fools who thought riding a roller coaster and carrying pistol was perfectly fine.

This park kind of escaped my radar and I'm only 8 hours away (STL). Looks decently well rounded. Are you guys expecting anything decent within the next couple years?

Thanks for the information. I wish there were some way they could have kept the boats, but that would probably be impossible. Did they end up just scrapping them? I'm sure someone would want one for something. Maybe they should display an old boat with a plaque commemorating the thousands of teenagers who made it to second base for the first time within that building...

Hey Mr. Caps Lock, no one ever said anything about off duty officers carrying weapons into SFSTL or any other amusement park, but thanks for pointing out the obvious. You can relax, now.

I've done a lot of snow skiing and comparing it in any way to roller coaster riding is a bit of a stretch.

It's really a pointless discussion, anyway. I'm sure the metal detectors are here to stay.

^ You can't even see the whole car, dude... how can you say best wing rider trains ever?

Metal detectors or not, the chances of someone carrying dangerous objects into SF and using them are more slim than in your everyday life. Although I'm against concealed carry for the general public (separate issue), thug or not, not everyone carrying a weapon is intending to use it. People are afraid of violent crime statistics, but what they don't realize is that violent crimes are almost always done out of association as opposed to random acts. Your chances of getting assaulted at a theme park (with or without metal detectors) are probably similar to standing in your front yard minding your own business. But.............. if metal detectors are what it takes to make people feel safe, then I guess there is no harm. If someone is going to send bullets flying at SF, they are going to do it with detectors or no detectors. It's not going to deter the type of people who would escalate to that level. Not to be argumentative, but for clarification there are two reasons for carrying off duty. 1) For your protection. 2) For our protection. We see a ton of people we do business with out in public and it can get pretty nasty. One of our guys ran into a group of 5 or 6 of our local gang members in Saint Louis over the summer. The fact that he was carrying probably saved him from great bodily harm, if not death. You're talking about trained professionals, not to be confused with Joe Dumba$$ who goes and gets a concealed carry permit so he can sling a gun around to feel tough. The last thing an off duty police officer wants on his day off is to go play hero. The firearm will never be used unless it HAS to be used. It's part of being prepared. Most of us, myself especially, don't want to carry off duty. Unfortunately, we've found it necessary.

Stabbing because of a gang fight = one sh*t head stabbing another sh*t head. This is as common as most violence, where it's thug on thug violence over someone screwing someone else's girlfriend or a dope deal gone bad. Although shocking, it doesn't present as much of a danger to the general public as people think. If you think a metal detector is going to stop a mass shooting, you're wrong. As for the few comments of people being thankful for metal detectors at sporting events I know many off duty police officers, myself included, who have carried off duty weapons into sporting events without being detected. I've walked right through check points where I've been a split second away from identifying myself as an off duty police officer, but instead I've been waved through and my off-duty weapon wasn't even discovered. I've been wanded AND patted down without anyone even raising a question. We are authorized and encouraged to carry off duty firearms at these events, but someone who is not authorized to bring a weapon into a sporting event could easily do so. The metal detectors at six flags do one thing. They provide a false sense of security and make people feel safer because of them.

I like how the transition from the loop into the overbank is almost immediate.

As much ice hockey as I can possibly handle

I don't cry... seriously... However, I'm still upset that Mr. Freeze was gimmicked and turned backwards. It was one of my favorite roller coasters ever in its raw form.