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SFSTL is definitely having a rough year, attendance is ehhhh! Weather has played a small role in this, but not as much as you would think. It makes me SO SAD to see this park the way it sits now. Back in the late 70's thru the 80"s, SFSTL was one of the top parks in the country, not including the Disney chain. SFSTL was ranked top in cleanliness, most beautiful, and friendliness IN THE USA!!! Crowds then were 2,000,000+ a year.... think about that compared to now where the park sits around 1 mil + guests a year and its practically doubled in size Then, SFSTL had half of what it is now... half the coasters, half the rides and half of itself because there was no water park. In the mid 90's, the era of neglect hit this beautiful park, less TLC, less additions, less of everything while parks everywhere else started building bigger and started thinking outside the box. I just don't get how this all happened. Just think if 25 years ago, parks like SFGAM or KI would have been neglected like us. If SFSTL would have continued to add and grow... and I mean with ORIGINAL coasters, NOT CLONES, we would still be sitting pretty high, and having crowds that SFGAM or KI sees, if not more. If you look at SFOT and SFOG, the 2 other ORIGINAL Six Flags parks, do they look like they are in shambles..... NO, so why is SFSTL!!!???

and you thought you could trust people

Ninja used to run 3 trains all the time, until the need was no longer there and now the 3rd is being used for parts and is being stored under Batman. If you go back a few pages, there's a picture

It's hard to argue that the place looks like the shining example of safety, yet the only incident I can recall involving Big Chief's/Mt. Olympus is an accidental release of excess chlorine into a wave pool last year. You would never have guessed that if you're going strictly on comments people leave on park/coaster discussion boards. Ive been going to the Dells for for 25 years, Mt. O. since it was Big Chief 2, and I too can not believe there has not been some kind of more major incident safety wise at MT. O. If Six Flags or Cedar Fair Ops depts saw how these parks ran their rides and how there is basically NO safety Ops at all, they would have mass coronaries. I have seen some major issues at this park over the years and even approached workers on how they did things, but this past June took the cake..... JUNE 2012 MT. OLYMPUS: First thing first, we rode Hades. I don't think this BEAUTIFUL coaster has received ANY TLC since it was built. Out of the 30+ woodies I've ridden, this has to be one of the top 3 roughest. Anyway, the train ahead of us loaded up and the ride operator didn't do a lap bar check. Just before he sent the coaster out, I called him out on it. He sat there, stared at me for a minute and then hesitantly and agrily checked everyone's lap bars. When it was our turn to load, the ride operator stared me down and then mumbled something in his native tongue after checking my restraint. Then it was off to Zeus. I've always lked this ride, so I was pretty excited. The line was about 10 minutes long, but as we made it into the station, i noticed the operator getting upset because people were stuck in the restraints. After getting everyone off, they next train was sent out, only to come back with the same problem, this time the front row of the front car, they were unable to get the people out, so they had to call maintainance. About 20 minutes later, 2 maintainance workers showed up and still were unable to get the 2 riders out, but after about 5 more minutes of effort, were able to free them. Now you think they would test the lap bars or at least ATTEMPT to find out what was wrong.... nope, loaded it with people and sent it out...... this is where things go from bad to much worse. The train gets sent out and as it came into the trims before the station, I realized the trims did not work and the train blasted into the station from the high up trims, jolted all the riders extremely hard, and stopped with the first 3 cars out past the station and the back two in the station. The maintainance crew still there from the lap bar issue, chuckled and immediately sent the train out,..... not asking if everyone was OK or wanted to get off. Any large named parks would have e-stopped and evacuated the ride. Numerous people left the line while a few others started yelling at the maintainance crew. I stayed to see what would happen. As the train came back from its run, the trims again failed, not as bad this time with the front car hanging out of the station. Again, no one was asked if they were OK, and no one was given the chance to EVACUATE from the ride even though this time, a few riders were requesting to get off. The third time back, the train was slowed normally through the trims and came back into the station without incident. They again had problems with the lap bars and a few of the 3 time riders gave the staff a piece of their mind. I was 4 trains away from riding but that quickly was narrowed down to 2 after many people got out of line, but curiosity kept me on the dock to see what would happen. You'd never believe it, they loaded the train and sent it out like nothing had ever happened. The next 2 trains made the course without problem, so I decided to ride anyway..... MISTAKE! The ride was sent out and as we made it into the trims, it sounded like an air leak as we shot through the trims and came to a harsh hault partially out of the station. They were about to send us out of the station, when myself and 2 other men yelled a few choice words to the staff, but I think it was when someone yelled "I'm suing" was when they decided not to send the train out. None of us were asked if we were OK and we unloaded... the front car unloaded manually onto the walkway. I then went straight to the maintainance workers, had a few QUESTIONS for them, got there names and went to talk to management. As I walked down the stairs, they sent the train out empty, only for it to return and be loaded with the few guests that had not got out of line. I was blown off by management only to be told that rollercoasters are like any other machine, they encounter problems, but if there seems to be no major issue, they would keep running them. After telling them I have been working in the amusement park industry for almost a decade and who I worked for, they seemed to get more straight faced but at the same time was told they have never had any injuries or major incidents with their rides, so they in essence were as safe as any Cedar Fair or Six Flags park..... HAHA, yah right. Anyway, it seems Mt. Olympus is more concerned with buying up everything in the Dells and staffing it with WELL below-par international workers that are barely trained with sub-par safety guide lines, than to be concerned with safety protocol or the wellfare of their guests. Shame on you Mt. Olympus, the time will come when you will wish you would have spent the extra time and money to properly run your rides before a tragedy strikes.

No, Those are actually the third train from Ninja at St. Louis

i already contacted this seller, but he's afraid i'll stiff him. i then noticed it for sale again, but then taken down right away. i tried contacting him again, but no response.... the thing that really sucks was right after i talked to him, i found out my buddy was going on a business trip in detroit and was goingto have him try to get it for me, but things fell through.

I'm new here and could use some help. I have a shot glass collection of every park I have been to. Some of these have been difficult due to park name changes and defunct parks, etc.... The only one I now need is Boblo Island. Every once in a blue moon I'll see one online, but by the time I respond to it, it has already been sold. I came close a few weeks ago, but the seller had never sold anything online before and got a little scared and hasn't responded since.... So can anyone help me? Any sources and or info would be great.. thanks!

Hello all, I'm an amusement park addict just like the rest of you! I actually registered on here a long time ago, but around that time, my comp blew up and didn't have one for a while. Once I built a new comp, I completely forgot I had even regisitered and for the longest time was trying to figure out why it said my e-mail was already used..... after a while, I finally got it all figured out. Anyway, I've worked in the amusement industry for 6 years now and I still can't get enough. I have been to 31 parks and counting. I have been keeping up with trip reports and a few other things here on TPR for about a year now and decided i really needed to get my registration fixed. This site is amazing and looks to have an amazing group of people..... I'm glad to be here.....