RaceBoarder

Never stopped people building around airports

Crowds aren't any worse than other parks... It just seems to be a case where people don't mention the days they go and everything is under a 45 min wait... Days like that are very attainable in the first half of the year... You just hear horror stories from August and Fright Fest, and it seems to be the norm... In June, a day w/o a Flash Pass is doable, but I'd keep that ace in my hand if needed... With Justice League opening next year, I'm curious to see how traffic around Goliath changes...

You laugh now but let's see who's laughing when you come face to face with the Valravn Birdseye. What, you didn't hear about CP's new sponsor

I disagree that a crappy product is profitable. The execs know this and they have dumped more than 4.7 million shares this year. They don't necessarily need to raise wages or get better employees to improve service. Here's the Six Flags stock chart over the last 5 years. Stock was reissued in 2010. Jim Reid-Anderson was given stock as part of his deal to come to the company. The same goes for other executives. Those executives are offloading stock because their stock in the company is worth a fortune. Six Flags split twice in 2011 and 2013, and on top of that, it is worth more than it ever had been. A position of 1,000,000 shares at $32.25 a share on the day Anderson started would now be worth 4,000,000 shares at $51.71 a share. That means that position would go from being worth ~$32 million to almost $207 million dollars. But the people on a message board say Six Flags has no idea how to run an entertainment company.... They can't possibly be profitable! Look, I get that the crowds are annoying for those of us "in the know"... But there are plenty of days where the park is more than open enough to enjoy a day there... Just pick your days wisely... I went 6 days this year and only had crowd problems on the Sat. before Halloween (full disclosure: I knew damn well what I was getting into that day, so I sprang for a Platinum Pass... Oh and I bought that Platinum Pass voucher (two people) for $100 off of Craigslist knowing what was lying ahead)... Because I planned ahead, I got my money's worth on that day, and the year overall... You have a pass... If crowds bother you, you have over 100 operational days to choose from... Do your homework and stop whining when you don't get your way...

Sure Thing - Six Flags Great America Beyond that, I'd like to do a loop trip that includes the following: - Cedar Point - Kings Island - Carrowinds - Dollywood - Kentucky Kingdom - Holiday World Not sure where that trip stands though... I'd like to do that over 8 days, but not sure any friends will be up for it... Still trying to work out planning that out... This will be the first tome I'll be trying something of that magnitude... Probably will end up trimming that down significantly Might also fly somewhere warm during the Winter... Maybe Magic Mountain, but that hasn't gotten past a few Kayak searches just to get cost ideas...

Pretty sure I'm the only person who can go from Electronic/Techno to Death Metal to Country to Pop when playing a random selection from my collection... There ain't much I hate... Decided to go with Techno as the winner because it's what I listened to on the way home from work

And people call America fat

Hrm... My buddy and I were able to request the last seat when we rode in the late afternoon...

As mentioned earlier, yes, people play the system... Ride A = 30 min. wait... Ride B = 45 min wait. Person C gets the "wait time pass" for B then goes through the "normal" line for A... They then can complete A & B in 45 min... A regular person would need 75 minutes to do the same...

X-Flight, Right side, Front Row... Solid end to my 2015 Season...

Food service at the park was a joke today.... Took over an hour to get a slice of pizza at the stand in the corner by Dark Knight... Lines had the same amount of people at every other stand we saw... Not sure about the wait times at other stands... Normally I'd just go to a fast food joint outside the park for lunch, but decided stay in given how many people were at the park... The parking lot was probably 80% full when we tried to eat around 2pm.... Never again Guess this sums up a typical Halloween experience at a park this weekend I guess... Sucks that this was the only day my buddy could process his pass for 2016... Knew it was gonna be a bitch, but went anyway....

Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi...

Sunday is supposed to be sunny and in the mid 60's... I'd venture to say that there will be a healthy amount of people at the park... Not sure if it'll approach what it was back on Columbus Day since there is school on Monday however... On top of the good weather, the Bears and Packers both aren't playing this Sunday. I get the feeling that the typically more tolerable crowds on Sundays (as opposed to Saturdays) are at least partially due to people watching the Bears or Packers play. That's a bummer for anyone planning on this coming Sunday that both happen to have their bye weeks. Good call on the NFL angle... That is a factor that will add a few people as well... Didn't think about that...

Sunday is supposed to be sunny and in the mid 60's... I'd venture to say that there will be a healthy amount of people at the park... Not sure if it'll approach what it was back on Columbus Day since there is school on Monday however... Saturday might be manageable for the first half of the day since they're talking AM rain showers... I have a friend driving in from Iowa to process his season pass on Sunday, so I'll be there regardless.... Hoping to get in early and just do what we can with the day... Not expecting many rides after 2pm or so...

Cool idea, but the names leave something to be desired

Drinking a Surly Bender in honor of Michigan's colossal eff up against MSU this afternoon

Random thought: Will CP use a single rider line here? With 8 per row, you are bound to have some unused seats... All it takes is one group with an odd number to throw things off...

This is a very fair take on the deal and I agree 100% with what was said here... I don't see a downside for this... Six Flags is making the right call on this deal...

3 on 3 is the exact opposite of The Glow Puck... The best decision the NHL has made in several years... It's fire wagon hockey and kicks arse...

I've binge-watched the 1st two seasons of HBO's THE NEWSROOM (9 episodes/season) over the course of 3-4 days after randomly discovering the pilot on an HBO channel one day... Could easily do it in a weekend with nothing else going on... Also had Marvel's DAREDEVIL (13 episodes) knocked out within 3-4 days of it's release back in April... I'll have Marvel's JESSICA JONES done in 3-4 days when that comes out Nov. 20th... Haven't done more than 2-3 episodes/day for everything else...

It's essentially a regular Flash Pass... The user would check in and then would be able to ride after the posted waiting time has passed... The user wouldn't have to wait in line...

Tony needs to start checking the "urgent" box to take the troll job to 11

- Very Mad Cow by Revolution Brewing out of Chicago It's Revolution's Mad Cow milk stout aged in Woodford Reserve barrels...

How exactly do they fix a coaster that has valleyed? Logic says that location has a lot to say in the matter... Do they have a method to attach a winch to supports or something along those lines?

Wake Up Dead - Nitro from Left Hand Brewing... Ho boy! This beer lets you know it's 10.2% ABV.... Kinda different coming from such creamy beer...