castaway_kid
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55 minutes ago, SixFlagsOMA80 said:
So Six Flags STL in fact did not sell their décor?
Nothing was sold, the few people that kept saying it was were former employees that had no actual information from what was going on within the park itself.
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The HIP decor was loaned to the Island H20 waterpark in Orlando as part of the Night of a Million lights, which is for the Give The Kids the World charity to help give seriously ill children and their families trips to Orlando. After the event is over, Six Flags will be getting their decorations back. Here is more info on the event itself, https://www.gktw.org/lights/
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On 11/24/2022 at 9:44 AM, kdjs said:
Has anyone been to the World of Illumination display and Holiday Square at SFSTL? Just curious of thoughts/opinions of it. Also, and I assume the answer is "No," but wondering if the dining plans work for Holiday Square.
World of Illumination was pretty neat, definitely a new spin on drive through events as the entire display is "Cosmic", it sounds weird but outer space meets christmas was a fun combo, and seeing that many synconized lights was impressive. Holiday Square looked great and had quite a bit of the old HIP stuff. They also had firepits, hot chocolate, funnel cakes, ice cream, and lots of merch including a bunch of HIP merch left over from last year. Overall I though it was pretty fun and the best part was the snow falling from the roof of the front mall and making the whole area look nice with the falling snow.
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Hopefully IF HIP ever comes back, all the people saying it was the only reason they bought passes actually show up, and more than once every few years. It is a very expensive event to put on so it needs the attendance numbers to justify keeping it going.
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Anyone that went to Fright Fest this year, what were your favorite parts? Anything standout or how it compared to years past.
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On 10/22/2022 at 4:46 PM, teacherkim said:
Also, I believe that last few years they were contracting out for all the lights to be put up, not doing it in house, that is expensive.
2016 was the only year that the lighting was completely contracted out for HIP, Oak Island Creative was the company and they worked with Six Flags staff to install the first year, then in 2017 they just provided some minor guidance and since 2018, Six Flags has done all HIP decor setup in house.
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27 minutes ago, SteveStL said:
Pulled the money away for an accessibility ramp? which is half-way complete??
Trying to understand the reasoning behind anything from the current CEO or what's left of corporate is pointless. Once the mentally unstable CEO is removed, hopefully sooner rather than later, we should start seeing a lot of delayed projects continue.
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On 10/9/2022 at 3:48 PM, SteveStL said:
Unbelievable, I think speaks volumes. And you all are hoping for an RMC Boss Conversion, ooof! They can't even finish a wheelchair ramp which began, what? 6 months ago.
Or perhaps Corporate and the CEO pulled all the money for this project and threaten to fire anyone that works on these "now unapproved" projects.
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3 hours ago, Danrarbc said:
PS: Rocky Horror Picture Show is literally just the DVD being played inside the Palace Theater.
Its the DVD plus a cast of 10-15 people performing the full show as well on stage with the movie playing behind them.
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Here is a very good and accurate post on the current state of the company. Most of the employees are fed up and with the most recent cuts, something has to be done to save what’s left of the company. We are all hoping Selim is removed on Thursday’s call before he causes any more damage.
https://screamscape.com/html/corporate_park_news.htm#SixFlags
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Anyone else noticing all the old spots that were just mulch getting replaced with nice river rock? The landscaping team is really doing a good job this year trying to make the park look nicer! Also nice to see so much more sod being put in to replace the mulch beds around the park. Looks a lot cleaner.
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Drove past the park this morning, you can see part of Cat Woman up and the cranes to finish it off! Looks more impressive up there than I thought it would from the highway.
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2 hours ago, gnucksjr said:
That was just completed this past season. At one point, we were going to get a vintage Batmobile (from Atlanta, if I remember right) to go on the bat-logo concrete pad, but I haven’t seen it yet.
It came from the Batman stunt show in New Jersey
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16 hours ago, bert425 said:
you're thinking Jeffrey Siebert - who is the SFFT park president. . and who Ron worked with at SFFT before moving to SFOT in 2020.
No they are right, Ron was the Director of Marketing at Six Flags St. Louis until 2016 when he relocated back to SFFT.
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What are things people are looking forward to or hoping to see in 2022 at the park?
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8 hours ago, bert425 said:
^ find that VERY hard to believe, as the Holiday in the Park events bring in revenue.
I'll wait for something official. . but certainly have a hard time believing they'd announce before the event is over in 2021, that it won't happen for 2022.Unfortunately I think there are going to be a lot of things happening soon that are "hard to believe", based on the direction the new CEO is going. If yesterdays management changes/firings were any indication. Buckle your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. And my guess is there will be no announcement, it simply won't be added to the calendar next year for our park along with several others.
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15 minutes ago, TrippinBillie said:
I went the opening weekend when it was 60+ degrees. I was shocked that Batman had one train, no Ninja, Mine Train and Spinsanity. As a parent with a 43" kid, there wasn't a ton for him to do. Wait 90 mins for Justice? No thanks. Force him to ride Bug Bunny Nat'l Park rides? He didn't want to. So I left rather frustrated when my kid was so jazzed. Took the "magic" away from the pretty lights, atmosphere and so forth when so much wasn't available and the weather drew big crowds. Glad to hear MT and Spin are up. Batman with 1 train this time of year is literally laughable. Guessing staff issues?
Or perhaps with maintenance schedules, they had to pull the 2nd train for rehab. They completely disassemble them each off season, and with only a 3 month off season now, I guess they have to pick between 1 train in the winter when there is low attendance, or 1 train in the spring with much higher attendance.
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Did anyone notice that along with all the other improvements this year, Boomerang has started to get repainted in recent weeks. It's looking really bright again!
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3 hours ago, liltrekkie said:
The reason I know there are investment returns to be made is the fact the park has almost hit capacity every weekend for fright fest so far.
They have only nearly hit capacity once so far, and just because they stop letting people in doesn't mean the park is full. Maybe they closed it earlier due to not having enough staff support a true full capacity night.
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9 hours ago, bossstl said:
Wouldn't it be cool if they started building a house already this year for next year?
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45 minutes ago, WillsMominMO said:
Any Six Flags employees...can you confirm that my son will be able to get into Silver Dollar City with his employee badge? Can he bring a guest? Asking before I buy tickets.
Yup! All Six Flags St. Louis employees get into Silver Dollar City, Dollywood, Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom, and Worlds of Fun for free. Make sure to call ahead as some of them have blackout dates for the park exchange. Plus lots of other stuff like free/discounted shows and attractions in Branson and Meramec Caverns. Most allow at least you and a guest.
Lots of good perks to working at Six Flags.
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In case anyone is coming out to the park this weekend for fireworks, they start at 9:05 both Saturday and Sunday. Best place to view is the parking lot.
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3 hours ago, WillsMominMO said:
Can someone confirm that the last day the park is open this year is Labor Day? No Frightfest? No Holiday in the Park?
The park is definitely open for FF and HIP. You are probably confusing when the park goes back to weekends only operations around Labor Day. This happens every year. When schools start back the parks go to weekends only.
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21 hours ago, bossstl said:
Between now and the 5th I am going to post a random fact about the park.
- Red steam engine was originally named "Eureka". Can anyone tell me when was the name changed to Tommy G and who was he?
- Green Steam engine was named "Little Rock"
He was the parks director of maintenance.
Six Flags St. Louis (SFStL) Discussion Thread
in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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It's already gone. It was removed during the Holiday Square event.