Atter

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August 22nd, 2003 So, it has been almost a month since I last was at the park and I still haven't posted that trip report from that visit. I've been busy with my part-time job at McDonalds. I finally got around to doing it, so here it is! Wave Swinger is very popular with the families! It always has long lines. The same thing goes for the Northwest Wheel! It's nice to just walk around Main Street Square! I tried getting this cool shot shot of Steel Hawk while waiting in line. Oh, the park released this aerial shot of Big Barn Fields. It looks great from up in the sky. These last two pictures were by a friend you visited 3 days ago, he was on Thunderstorm when he took this one. He also took this at night, it looks like the construction was being done at night. It's Probably because they don't want disturb the guests during the day. I always enjoy coming to this park. I never have any problems with it! Oh, and it looks like I will be moving again. It's very sad, but I'm moving to Chicago, so I will be visiting Six Flags Great America just as much as this one! -Josh Himmer.

The Kremlin Mouse looks fun, the path that leads to it looks like it is lacking trees and bushes though, but other then that it looks great! I can't wait to see more of this park!

I'll have a full photo update later today, but for now I wanted to post this small update. -Atter ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 28th, 2003 The park posted this on their website! 2004 Teaser! I recently visited the park on July 26th, so I will post that trip report later! -Josh Himmer

July 4th, 2003 Today was July 4th and I decided to head out to Six Flags Wild Northwest! I was expecting crowds and I was right! The park had to direct cars to park at a nearby shopping center! They did offer a shuttle service, thankfully. It looks like the park was prepared for the crowds since they had a section reserved for park guests at the shopping center and had employees directing traffic. People had to go to the ticket booth and obtain a special ticket to prove they've payed and turn around and head to the extra parking area. I'm basically trying to say it was packed! I love driving up to the park and seeing this view! Yeah, this place was packed, but I still decided to wait it out for Rodent Rampage. This shot was taken while I was waiting in line. Not only was Big Barn Fields crowded, but so was the original family area, Wilderness Adventure! For some reason I wanted to ride Beaver Express. I've only ridden it once since I've been visiting the park. A cool view from Thunderstorm. This ride is my favorite place to take awesome pictures! I didn't ride Steel Hawk because the wait time was over 90 minutes! I went to eat at Arkham Café. I was enjoying the view I had from my table! My parents thought it was distracting. They just don't understand the point of roller coaster. I always forget how close Gotham City is to the Willamette National Forest. It's a nice view! I wonder what will be done with this area. Wait, what's that? What? Footers have been poured! Wow! I wasn't excepting to see this today! There's not much else here, so we'll have to wait and see! The park hasn't been teasing anything, so maybe they want it to be kept a secret. Also, it is only July and they are starting construction already. It must be pretty big if they are starting this early! -Josh Himmer

Cool! I can't wait see the the pictures of the construction!

That plot of land looks like it could be for something pretty cool!

Nice update! Spanish Railway looks awesome!

^ Don't worry, it won't. I was really trying to make a point about the success of the park.I just sort of mention the anniversary thing as a small teaser. I have like 3 or 4 trip reports showing off the park planned out and with school starting soon, they will be pretty spread out. The next update will have photos of the park. Actually, I have some POVs planned as well!

June 3rd, 2003 Six Flags Wild Northwest is the most successful park in the chain!-June 3rd, 2003 Our local park, Six Flags Wild Northwest, is said to be the park that is brining in the most amount of money and has the highest attendance boost! The park recently opened up their new Big Barn Fields expansion and the park manager, Peter Butler, has already said they are already preparing for next year! Six Flags Wild Northwest opened in 1999 and Peter Butler wanted to mention that 2004 will be the park's 5th anniversary. "I'm a huge fan of anniversaries! I always love to make a big deal about them!" said Peter Butler. In other news, the nearby picnic grove has closed down and we asked if that land would be utilized in the future and are waiting for a response from either the PR manager, Logan Winton or the Park Manager, Peter Butler. -The Oregonian. June 3rd, 2003 I just had to share this article I found. It is so exciting that my home park is one of the best Six Flags parks out there! -Josh Himmer

That logo looks super cool! I just wish the 325 wasn't there.

^I don't think they're buddies anymore after the New Texas Giant incident.

^Sorry, I didn't realize titles would be a spoiler. I edited the post to warn that the titles could be considered spoilers.

May 25th, 2003 I'm so glad it is summer once agin at SFWN! I wasn't able to get there until after school, sense the park opened earlier then usual this season. May 25th to be exact. Anyway, I basically spent the day in Big Barn Fields, it is such a nice section of the park. It has a cool atmosphere. On to the photos! This was a shot from this morning that my friend took, he ditched school today to come here. I got to the park at around 7:00PM. It closed at 9:00PM. I wish I was here earlier, Big Barn Fields was packed! Here's what the new area looks like. The wait times exceeded 45 minutes! Look at all those people! I still ended up enjoying the new expansion! Rodent Rampage was super fun! It was a great addition and looks like it was successful based on all the families at the park! I'm not sure when I'll be at the park again, it might be awhile. I'll make sure to visit it again soon! -Josh Himmer

THESE TITLES COULD BE CONSIDERED SPOILERS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! The episode titles for Series 8 have been announced! SPOLIERS SPOLIERS SPOLIERS Episode 1-Deep Breath Episode 2-Into The Dalek Episode 3-Robot Of Sherwood Episode 4-Listen Episode 5-Time Heist Episode 6-The Caretaker Episode 7-Kill The Moon Episode 8-Mummy On The Orient Express. Episode 9-Flatline Episode 10-In The Forest Of The Night Episode 11-Dark Waters Episode 12-Death In Heaven These titles all sound really cool! I can't wait to see all of them!

It looks like a cool park! I can't wait to see more!

September 8th, 2002 So I was there the day of the announcement at the park, so here's the pictures I took of that. This is just a quick update form the park! The park held the live announcement near Wilderness Adventure, the sign read "Big Barn Fields, Coming 2003!" I rode Grizzly first! Lift Hill POV! Taken from Grizzly, after the first drop. Grizzly's brake run. I didn't take too many pictures in the day, so here is a nighttime shot of Gotham City Crime Wave! Gotham City Park at night! What a wonderful park! That was the last day of the season, see you next year, Six Flags Wild Northwest. -Josh Himmer

September 8th, 2002 BIG BARN FIELDS, a brand new family area that will add four new rides to Six Flags Wild Northwest, which all are just right for the entire family! This expansion will include Corn Stalk, a small tower ride that bounces up and down! Barn Owl, a relaxing flying type ride that swings around as you see the sights! Balloon Flight, a spinning balloon ride that goes up,up,and away! Rodent Rampage, a brand new roller coaster for the whole family! A fast paced, spinning coaster with dips and quick turns, this ride is sure to make you smile! Enjoy a visit to Big Barn Fields and take a ride on some amazing new attractions in 2003! The park released this video showing off what is coming in 2003! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc8EA81YGqA Rodent Rampage! Balloon Flight! Barn Owl! Also, a statement from the Park Manager, Peter Butler. "We are so excited to show of Big Barn Fields to everyone! I just wanted to say that this idea is thanks to the entire group of employees and staff here at Six Flags Wild Northwest! The company had originally decided to add Looney Tunes World, but because of everyones efforts, we managed to continue with the more nice and small type of addition. I realize we used the Batman franchise this year, so we all decided that we didn't want to push every single license the Six Flags owns not the park. I grew up in Oregon, so when this park first opened, I was thrilled to see a largish park be added, now I'm manager and I want to keep it the same! Once again we are really excited to open this up next year!"

Avalanche looks really cool! I like this park so far!

Last night was the segment with Peter Butler, here is the entire article about the new addition, which will announcement on 9-8-02! Tonight we had a special guest, the park manager from the amusement park, Six Flags Wild Northwest. He was here to tlak about what the park is adding next year, so I'm sure most of you are excited to figure out what he shared with us. First off he gave us the final piece of the puzzle,"IS IT THRILLING? FOR SOME IT COULD BE!". He explained that "The park is trying to boost attendance, we don't want to repeat history, I'm sure this addition will do what we want it to do, which is to bring more people to the park!" We also had a Q&A about the new addition, we had some questions submitted from many people, but Peter only agreed to do just three. Here were the results! "Will this be another roller coaster or a flat ride, or maybe another water ride?", submitted by IronWolfman. -I can say that it is 2 out of the 3 of these things! It's not just one single attraction! "Is this going to be small, or something huge?", submitted by JonnyRCT3. -It could be considered huge to some, but it's not as big as our last expansion, Gotham City. "What manufacturer is making the ride",submitted by Josh Himmer. -All I can say is one of the attractions will be from Europe! Thank you to all that submitted a question, stay tuned for the announcement! Cool, they used my question I submitted! Anyway, I can't wait to find out what this is! -Josh Himmer

^It's just for fun.

What an awesome TR! I wish I could visit this park, too bad I live all the way across the country. At least I have Six Flags Wild Northwest nearby!

I don't think any park would want someone wearing a shirt with a machine gun on it and saying "Keep Calm and Return Fire". It could be offensive to some people. Just saying.

So I created my first RCT3 video, it is my first one so it was basically just a test to see how to do it, so here it is. -Atter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey, I forgot that while I was at the park on my last visit I recorded some off-ride footage of Batman:The Ride, here is what I took! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RuTp4Bg7ZA On a other note, the news segment is tonight, but you can still submit a question! -Josh HImmer

August 30th, 2002 The park has released the third clue, it looks like there will be a total of four because they have been releasing one every week, so that means only one more before September 8th! "44 is a fun number! So is 243! Are these numbers related to what's new for 2003?" Don't forget to submit questions for the Q&A. The segment is in 3 days from now! -Josh Himmer