Danrarbc

Unless the earnings reports end up saying differently. True. But I'd think there's a reason they waited to announce both Hallowfest and HITP. They have the numbers already.

Yep. Cedar Fair is closing all but their biggest parks on Labor Day. And even the ones staying open are getting a significantly smaller fall event. And Winterfest is cancelled period. Six Flags is managing to basically have a full Fright Fest minus only the haunted houses. AND is still doing their winter event everywhere they'd already rolled it out to before. None of the parks are ending their season before they ordinarily would. Six Flags is handling this better. Hands down.

It's part of Fright Fest, but chances are you'll probably really die from it. Generally face mask use doesn't change in indoor queues in my experience, but distance is less of a sure thing - probably a result of people trying to stay out of the sun. It's an additional argument for adding shade in the park.

It sounds like they're doing an event that retains more of the original experience than Cedar Fair. I like it. Also our best chance for real night rides at SFSL. Edit: Scare zone decoration storage boxes are being moved into their positions. The troll boxes are sitting next to Colossus now.

I'm genuinely impressed that they renovated that little stand for displaying a carousel horse. That's not a usual Six Flags move.

How much time has Eagle spent with single train ops this year? I don't think I've seen the red train running. Has anyone else?

I was in the park again today. Got a more complete walk around. Grabbed a photo or two I missed the first time as well. The Illinois Primo's appears to have finally accepted reality and is officially no more. I already posted a pic of the carousel with horses removed for renovation. They actually have a sign up that I missed. Dragon's Wing had a portion of its tent removed and all new fencing lining the paths to the lifts. Also, the unfinished Catwoman entrance. For some reason the structure that used to house the guess your weight game by the carousel is getting TLC. Miss Kitty's Saloon is an indoor mask break zone/cooling center. Really good place for it at the center of the park. JB's has a brand new half-wall between the dining space and the soda machines/pickup window. Mobile pickup signage has been added. I hadn't walked by the DC bathroom my first time in the park. I got a photo of the new façade. Not finished yet but really matches the Justice League look. Final observation on that last photo. Yes, it looks like all of the gaslight fixtures are getting replaced with the new LED ones. I only saw these in the new entrance before, but now you see them inside the park and only a few original gaslights are left.

Frankly I find our Boomerang to have one of the most visually appealing locations of any. And it really doesn't impact the view of Eagle much at all. Although I can certainly understand opinions vary on color schemes (this is always true, even when it comes to namtaB).

I personally did not feel comfortable in Mr. Freeze's queue line (an enclosed hallway where everyone was crowding and removing their mask since it was out-of-sight from employees). If that scenario makes you uncomfortable, I would recommend the Flash Pass based on that alone. People would be doing this far less at Freeze if the HVAC still worked. As it is now the air is hot and stagnant. I'd almost prefer it if the station were converted to open-air like Joker's Jinx/Poltergeist. But I'm not sure the components would work well outside of their current environment.

You know what's wild? In Asia people will voluntarily wear masks if they believe they can get someone else sick. Caring about the well-being of others - crazy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For the record Worlds of Fun has removed Monday-Wednesday from the operating calendar. So we're lucky only two days are cut.

Good they definitely had to do something about Thunder. It is already not great capacity. Cutting the train in half, then further only running it half the cycles was insanity.

Boss can't be cycled empty. Empty trains cannot compete the course. I thought I've seen empty trains run after a short stoppage.

It depends on the ride. Most of the flats aren't too bad IMO as long as they're trying to be quick about it. American Thunder is a low capacity coaster as it is. And they're cutting that to 25% of normal with the current cleaning cycle. So even with distanced lines you're not going to get to the station as fast as you'd think. I really hope the drying cycle is eliminated. I didn't get wet or icky from them just spraying The Boss and letting us straight on. PS: While Six Flags is currently not doing virtual queues for all they DID have a long survey about virtual queuing using the app. So they're definitely considering it.

If every coaster was being run the way The Boss was yesterday the spraydown would be a non-issue. Some of the ride ops have already gotten good and fast at wiping things down too (I suppose the sprayers aren't as effective in some cases). I watched one girl wipe down 18 of the 24 restraints on Supergirl while the guy working the other side did 6. There's hope. But man the rides that are slow are REALLY slow.

A coaster is definitely happening sooner than 5 years. It's already been 7 years since Boomerang.

I made it in to the park today. The new sign in the new entrance is way bigger than I thought it would be. You go through temperature screening on the right before going through security on the left. The new metal detectors are wonderful. Also the toy store has been replaced with a candy store. The carousel is getting refurbished. Operations on The Boss and the flats aren't too bad. But here's a video from American Thunder. A minute and a half to prepare to run empty and sanitize - the line moved like molasses. The Boss wasn't being run empty to dry but Thunder was. Log Flume was run empty to dry, but not Thunder River. It isn't consistent. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

I thought other Six Flags parks were doing periodic ride sanitization, not every cycle.

Looks great during the day.

Catwoman isn't on the homepage anymore either. You'll still find it on the what's new page but imagine they'll clean that up.

Oh my that's gorgeous. Reminds me of Over Georgia's sign at the entrance.

This year is indeed generally trash.

That's hilarious. All they'd really have to do is ask the park for footage and they'd send them to the park's YouTube channel.

Very nicely and politely said Kim. As to those who say just "don't go", well ... we already shelled out over $700 for our five passes and dining passes. They aren't giving refunds. Extending the passes a few months or discounting renewals won't likely do us anything for us. Cedar Fair is extending their season passes through 2021. Perhaps Six Flags should do the same? Mike Unfortunately (or fortunately) they'll probably make that call based on how 2020 goes.