Photo TR: Fright Fest @ Six Flags St. Louis

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Today was closing day for Six Flags in St. Louis so I grabbed my cameras and drove three hours to the park. First order of business was to renew my season pass. Eighty five dollars later it was done. Next up was renting a locker for my cameras. The park has these electronic pin code access lockers, I go to rent one of the small ones and they were all taken. So I didn’t see the others inside the park and rented one of the family ones for 15 dollars. I was told to select a pin code, I thought I put in my birth date, but we will revisit these in a few paragraphs.

 

 

Onto the rides. First up was Mr. Freeze, did a second row ride. It was good like usual. Next up was Screamin Eagle. I decided to do a back seat ride. It wasn’t great, but it was still good. It was still quite a bit chilly, probably about 50’s. Slow and rough, but not Boss rough. Next up was

 

Superman: Tower of Power. I love drop rides, and this one didn’t disappoint. Making my way back down to the front of the park, I grabbed a ride on Tony Hawk. Weight must have been uneven because we spun like crazy, it was a blast. Then onto the pain machine, Ninja. It isn’t the head banging that hurts me, it is the restraint bars pressing down on my shoulders. Anyway, onto my last ride of the day, Batman. This ride is so smooth, I love it.

 

 

At this point I decided to grab my cameras and the sun is in direct path of the locker machine screen. Using my jacket to block it, I try to unlock my locker. It says pin error. Try again, same thing. Go to guest relations and a worker comes over and tells me that somehow my zero ended up pressing the eight. Problem solved and I head back in to take pics and video. Looney Toons characters were out in force, it was nice to see. Peppy le pew, Daffy just to name a few.

 

 

Time for food, took up someone’s suggestion and ate at Moose burger Lodge. For 11.62 I got a bacon cheeseburger, 2 onion rings, and potato fries. Very well worth it, unlike Johnny Rockets. I stuck around for the boorade. Shortest parade I ever seen, 2 vehicles with people walking. Was talking to some of the management people and they said the coffin of fear was coming up so I waited around for it. A crowd has showed up and the best shot I could get was standing in a flower bed that was bare, which people already doing so I wait. About 5 minutes into the show, we were told we would have to move. Seeing how I couldn’t get any good shots, I left. Got to the front gate and the scarectors were out scaring people, so I started taping. Not long into that Thriller started blasting on the speakers and they ran to the front and starting dancing and I recorded video! The song was soon over and I left.

 

Video will be finished by weeks end.

 

Anyway, onto the pics.

 

First off, the rides.

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Fright Fest Stuff

 

I seen employees dancing and others waving to people on the train. Know I know why I like this park so much.

 

EK Construction Pics with the man himself.

 

FF Tombstones

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Other stuff

[JuanSe_Colombia]

Wow whata cool photo trip. Very complete This park seems to eb a nice theme park.

[Voyage_luvr]

S:TOP had those cars like that all day Saturday then at like 7pm I saw some movement and they decided to open it up, so my girlfriend and I got on 3rd ride of the night. It was great. I have never been to Fright Fest, but intend to go back. The only thing I didn't like is the clowns. I hate them, and one chased me. I definitely saw the one that chased me in your TR and about freaked. Stupid clowns!! Also, The Boss was terrible this year. I always liked it, but it beat me up bad. However The Screamin' Eagle has moved up in my charts. I had an amazing ride on it and got some good airtime. And I even got stuck on the ride. We got to the brake run and they had to get everyone off of the train in front of us because something happened to the lift hill. I don't know what happened, but after about 20 minutes they let the other train run the course and moved us into the station so we could get off. It was kind of cool. I haven't ever gotten stuck on a ride before or anything. It was open later during the day, so I guess it wasn't anything major.

[Sticky Nicky]

That shirt is awesome. Very well done Trip Report. I liked how you showed three shots of the ride going through the elements.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLEz4RQEurY

 

Portions of raw video.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrRcTS49P84

[coasterbilly]

thanks for the report!!! I'm excited because I'm heading there next summer for Mr. Knievel, so this makes me more excited!

[Axman]

hehe. From coasters to conditioner: Schwartzkopf!

 

Why the hell are the Superman cars yellow?

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Check it out, just finished it.