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Well technically one coaster. The indoor wild mouse is open

I don't think the list is complete. At all. They really won't operate a single flat ride outside of Bugs Bunny National Park? Not one? That's hard to believe. Gotta think there's zero chance Colossus will be closed.

This feels like an incomplete list given how spread out the non-kiddie rides are. I bet it ends up a bit longer. I find this acceptable. Makes sense. With the rest of the area getting attention it would have suck out like a sore thumb.

They're going to have to step things up in every other respect if they want to compete with Winterfest head to head. Even at the most basic level of just looking at operating hours Cedar Fair provides more time after dark. And their parks celebrate New Years by actually being open when the new year hits. HITP is not as good as a seasonal event all by itself - but it's never mattered to me because Six Flags was dedicated to keeping those rides running. I can't go to Kings Island and ride Banshee or Diamondback during the winter - but I can certainly go to Great Adventure and ride Batman and Nitro (well maybe not this year - we'll see).

There is precedent for the park not being open the two weekend between Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park. This was what they did the first year for HITP. Yeah it's a reduction but I suspect the numbers just weren't great for it anyway.

Real bummer if true. I'll be calling to see if I can pause my membership or something if this comes to pass. If I wanted to only see lights in a theme park I'd go to Worlds of Fun. The near full ride collection being open is Six Flags' signature winter trait.

The park literally got a brand new entrance plaza last year. That definitely wasn't cheap.

How'd they make this 300ft longer than Jersey Devil? Move the brake run?

Eagle is really well maintained and has a good amount of new track work right now. I very much wish every Six Flags could have the level of woodie maintenance we have. Even Boss is managed as well as it can be given the intensity level (there's a reason most of the big intense woodies have been RMC'd at this point - they tear themselves up). You're not crazy Eagle was really good in 2021.

Eagle is indeed missed. But given the fact one of the forgotten corners of the park is getting a complete overhaul it might be worth it. Just hope it doesn't end up looking like the spartan simple Supergirl area.

While retracks, repaints and new trains do seem to be trending only the repaints seem to be happening in the Six Flags chain with regularity at the moment (outside of Fiesta Texas - then you completely overhaul the queue with all-new theming along with a repaint). Sounds like SFOT Freeze is getting a paint scheme much more similar to ours. Remember when we all thought Blue Hawk meant Six Flags might overhaul their old Arrows and Vekomas across the chain? Good times

I notice they even poured concrete connecting the pad to the Moon Cars track.

Lighting has always been one of my favorite parts of Fright Fest. But I do believe they've upped their game to at least some degree this season. Figured I'd get a shot of the concrete pad Moon Cars' loading platform turned into. Wonder what they're planning for this. Edit: Nice to see Mine Train get some love for Fright Fest.

I dunno the concept seems alien to me. Edit: Dangit castaway

Yeah that one isn't in use. And I was wrong there's only 3 mazes - my point stands they're all better for it because staffing is fine.

For the record that maze is WAY better than the last Camp Killamore attempt. The only time that was ever decent was when it used Hurricane Harbor facilities. I'm actually fine with there only being 4 3 mazes this year, staffing is seems fine to run 4. I was at Great America this weekend they have 6 mazes - in two cases I literally only saw 1-2 scare actors. And that's in a top tier park. Plus the Gates of Hell maze was just awful in general - they absolutely should have scrapped that one and had that staff spread out in the other 5 and it would have made the remaining mazes better. The 6th maze isn't helping spread the crowds out - almost nobody entered the Gates of Hell anyway (word gets around guys).

I don't think The Boss is a better ride since the reprofile. Most of the punishment for me was always in the opening salvo anyway. But I also don't see the maintenance balance sheets. Maybe it's cheaper to maintain now - which would itself be a benefit for the park. The cost of the reprofile would have me believe any more significant changes will still take quite a while to come. Similar to Timberwolf also getting a helixectomy I believe this signals neither Missouri park is expecting major revamp work on either woodie for quite a while. Both parks need an additive coaster more than a replacement anyway.

SS? Boomer?

I'm not excited just poking fun at the idea that it'd be a letdown. That's what SF does for higher end parks than ours.

I'd be down as hell for a two-flat package to make Illinois a better section. Don't threaten me with a good time.

I'd imagine the increased number of summer events changes the Fright Fest and Holiday in the Park prep timelines (since those events also required prep).

Herschend Family Entertainment and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation are two different companies.

Scare zones != Mazes. The scare zones existed although with barriers. We're getting really close to this labor conversation getting off topic again guys.

Yeah Hallowfest was basically Fright Fest without the haunt mazes. When you compare it to what Cedar Fair did (at least at the parks they opted to keep open beyond Labor Day) it's remarkable how close to normal Six Flags was in 2020. I don't even bother with their mazes usually, they're just not that good compared to the more dedicated ones. So for me it really wasn't any different than a Fright Fest visit.

For the record the students that work these jobs typically don't qualify for unemployment. Often even the enhanced unemplopyment. And the enhanced program has been canceled for a month in Missouri and it hasn't changed the labor situation.