Dan the Coaster Man

I just bought some brooks because I'll be on my feet a lot this summer for my internship. Traditionally I wear generic nike gym shoes for all activities

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I contacted the park and they told me that all the rides would be open in the indoor water and theme park, but "only selected rides are usually open in the outdoors and its weather permitting. We cannot tell yet what rides will be open at the outdoor for that day as we also get those information within the day as well". A little confused, I responded back asking if they try to have all rides open and they replied "If the weather is nice, coasters and go karts will be open but the whole outdoor park will be fully open memorial day". So not sure if they are just going to pick and choose what to operate..? I still plan on going, I'll update afterwards.

I only got one ride Friday night and it was a middle row, so maybe that is why. The woods and dark was awesome and its pacing is always great, I just did not get the air I got last fall I'll be back at least once this year and I am excited to give it another go! I really want to love it, I know before this weekend trip it was my favorite wooden in the park.

Just bought a clear drawstring bag for both amusement park and sporting event trips!

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Thinking of visiting the park on Sunday, but it says select rides will be open. Does anyone know what rides those are?

Trip Report! 4/16/21: I got off work 40 minutes early and booked it to SFStL, a 3 hour drive for me. I got there around 7:30. I went straight to Mr. Freeze and it was a walk on, but right when I got onto the ride platform it went down, the transfer track was stuck. Since it was a walk on, I got out and went to American Thunder. After that I went right back to freeze and it was testing but an attendant was turning people away. So I went to screaming eagle and there were attendants with the train on the brake run so I turned around to boss. While walking in the queue freeze was running with guests, so I got a little frustrated. After boss I went to Freeze and they were turning people away, so I decided to eat. I did mobile food ordering for Johnny Rockets and I got it 45 minutes after my window closed even though they were churning out people in the normal line fairly well. I did batman afterwards and went to freeze but it had valleyed. Spoiler, I did not get on it this weekend After my food fiasco and freeze valley, the rest of the night went really well besides some light rain. No line was longer than 10 minutes. It was extremely dark, which was good on boss and screaming eagle, but I agree with someone above that in some places it was too dark walking around. Especially the top half of the park besides the kids area. SFStL is not my home park and I definitely took extra precaution walking. Considering if this event did not exist I would have not been able to ride any coasters, I love this event! 4/17/21: I was there open to 4 with my sister. My sister does not really like rides, especially coasters. I convinced her to go on pandemonium first ride of the day and she hated it, so she was hesitant to do much else the rest of the day. We did colossus and shazaam twice each and justice league, and I squeezed on some coasters by myself every now and then. We did a lot of walking because she was dying to get a henna tattoo, so we would lap by the stand every now and then to see if it had been staffed. 4/18/21: I was there open to 4 by myself, so I got a lot done. Crowds were light. I spent a lot of time at American Thunder because I think it is the only good unique coaster in the park besides Mr. Freeze. I lapped by freeze constantly hoping to see signs of life, and once I saw some operators in the queue, but otherwise they were in no rush to reopen it. Again SFStL is not my home park, so I do not know what it takes to get it back up when it valleys, but I was obviously really hoping it would reopen. I spent some time at Screaming Eagle too. I had an amazing ride on it in the fall, but I could not find it this weekend which was a little buzzkill. Sunday was also the first time I saw them sanitizing trains, not sure if they were on Friday or Saturday. It was a beautiful day outside. Personal Notes: This was the first time I visited an amusement park since I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. getting a medical sticker for my bag was no problem, no questions asked. When I walk through security I ask for a medical sticker and they did not even search my bag. Inside the park, the sticker did nothing for me, because a situation where I needed to show it never came up, which was good! I wore a spybelt on my belly to keep my insulin pump on during the ride, and it worked flawlessly. The only gripe I had in relation to my type one diabetes was the food. On the app, it says nutritional information is available upon request, but it really is not... When I went to johnny rockets and asked, she clearly had no idea what I was talking about. Like she could not even understand what I was asking for. When I went to primo's, I actually asked the lead. It took her a minute to answer me, and eventually she said yes, she had the nutrition facts. But she said she did not have a cheatsheet to hand out, and that it was in her binder, wherever that was. If the nutrition facts exist somewhere, I would think it would be really easy to add them to the app. It would make my life easier, especially as a newly-diagnosed, because my "guestimating" game is not good and I was worried how my blood sugar would react after I ate every meal because I did not know for sure how many carbs I was eating. It's a little frustrating because it says its available upon further request. Either put it on the app or train employees / make cheatsheets to hand out. This may be more of a chain problem though. I have been to SFStL on six different days and only have 2 rides on mr. freeze. On the flip side, I now have 15 on American Thunder, which makes it the coaster I have ridden the most outside SFGAm, my home park. Banshee with 12 rides held that title for nearly 6 years. I got on 39 rides for the weekend, highlighted by American Thunder with 14 and Screaming Eagle with 6.

When I was there this past weekend, an employee operating Colossus that clearly works on the train said the train was super close!

I’ll have a trip report coming out tonight or tomorrow from my weekend here, but any chance Mr. Freeze opens today? I have to drive back to school today but haven’t been on mr freeze this weekend, not sure if it’s worth waiting around or not. The train is still in the grass next to where it valleys.

I will be there! I got a reservation for 6:15. I just made a reservation like normal and it was the earliest time available. I don't have to make a special reservation for the event, do I? Also for anyone wondering, the dining pass will be accepted during the event.

^ December is always excusable...

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Me and some buddies are planning a trip to St. Louis September 17-19. Does anybody know of the park is generally open this weekend? The schedule they released does not go out that far, and I know some parks close for a weekend or two before fright fest, or used to... I know last year and this year are different than any other, but historically what has the park done?

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Hey Guys! With the new year rolling around, I am sure a few of us have some resolutions to lose some weight. I hit my goal in October, but I am hungry for more! My goal is to hit 194 pounds at any point of the year, which would put my bmi in "normal" range. I will also be focusing more on strength than cardio this time around. Does anyone else have any resolutions?

^^ glad to hear lines are moving well! I am worried abut Freeze because I have not been on it and have a late entry time... how long of a line are we talking? Are they checking entry times? I got 3:45 and people I am planning to meet up with have 4:00 and 6:30. I emailed them to see if I can change the number of people in my group so that we can enter together. Either way, I'm out 2 hours 45 minutes right now, so can I slip in before my time? I am going Sunday too before I drive back home to grab a meal and a few rides. I got 1:45 for Sunday which isnt nearly as bad.

Sounds like a decent effort at best from Six Flags. It really is more of a mask compliance thing than anything. I am interested in visiting SFFT in the coming months, and it sounds like I would be okay as long as it is not as crowded as it was for you. With the staggered entrance times, it will get increasingly busy throughout the day/night. Some people are paying a full ticket price only to be allowed to enter at 6pm, so I think people will stay longer than average.

I bought a camera for my dual monitors on prime day. The basic necessities of zoom university these days...

Hi guys! Long time no see. I'm just going to cut to the chase - I hit my goal last Saturday! I was going to update them, but it seemed like the forums were down for an overhaul? So last Saturday I weighed in at 222.8 - exactly 100.0 pounds lost! Yesterday I weighed in at 220.8, so I'm still going down too! I'm going to SFStL next weekend to conquer the park that nearly defeated me - I am super excited!!

Was anyone at the park yesterday? I saw there were no reservations available, and I am going to the park next Saturday where its looking like all reservation times will be booked too. Just wondering how may rides will be possible.

Happy Tuesday! Today I weighed in at 229.8 pounds, for a week loss of 0.6 pounds. On its own, 0.6 pounds is not that exciting, but doubled with the 5.0 loss the week before I am thrilled. I thought my scale went hangwire on me last week but I was around the same weight all week, and even weighed the same yesterday and today. I am pumped to be in the 220's, with my goal being 222.8 pounds! My move streak is at 65 days now. I am "training" for a 5k - I signed u yesterday and the race is next Saturday. I ran one yesterday at 32:24, so I am hoping to cut it down to 31:04 by the race!

Hi guys, going to try to get back on the weekly updates. On the scale, this week was a massive success. Behind the scenes, I don't know how or what to make of it. I ate awful Friday Saturday Sunday Monday, so I was scared to weigh myself. Today I knew I had to, and when I did, I weighed in at 230.4 pounds, for a week loss of 5.0 pounds. FIVE POINT ZERO. I thought my scale was broken or acting weird, I weighed myself at least 10 times, and then weighed myself tonight before dinner and was at 230.6, so it must be right! Again, I ate awful. The only possible reason behind this is that I drank so much water this weekend and cleansed my body that much. Saturday night and Sunday night I woke up to go to the bathroom during my sleep for a combined 9 times because I drank so much water this past weekend (not on purpose, just really thirsty at night lately, and when I went during the night, I would have a few sips before going back to bed because nothing is better than a cold glass of water at 3am). So I am still concerned my scale is acting up, so we will see how this next week goes and maybe I can use someone else's scale once to compare the scales. Two years ago today was my awful day at SFStL where I didn't fit on some rides. I have come a long way since then! It got worse, but I am the best I have been in a long time! Numerically, I am the lightest I have been since Mid February 2015 - or 67 months, or in over the last 2,000+ days!

No. Have you been to a sporting event in 2020?