Six Flags America (SFA) Discussion Thread

[Bob325]

5 hours ago, Satans Hockey said:

I've never visited before but I'm just going to pick a day in August and go to play it safe because I just won't be surprised if they just close the whole place after Labor Day. 

Yep, that's what I'm thinking.

I did email the park and got the following non-answer answer:

"The park hours are 11am-7pm on week days, then 11am-8pm on weekends. Our park won't be closing until November 2nd. That is subjected to change later in the summer."

Love the disclaimer at the end!

[Satans Hockey]

40 minutes ago, Bob325 said:

Yep, that's what I'm thinking.

I did email the park and got the following non-answer answer:

"The park hours are 11am-7pm on week days, then 11am-8pm on weekends. Our park won't be closing until November 2nd. That is subjected to change later in the summer."

Love the disclaimer at the end!

I'm planning on going on a Saturday or Sunday, from what I've seen they started closing more of the park during the weekdays. 

[SoCalJasonland]

Frightfest  was just canceled but they state they are still open Sat & Sun during the daytime..

[AmyUD06]

I'd argue they're barely open during the daytime now.  This was taken 10 minutes ago, an hour away from closing on a perfect-weather Saturday. 

 

For comparison, some nearyby parks that are also experiencing the perfect weather....

 

[Zand]

3 more operating days left, has anyone made their way down for their last trips? I stopped in this evening for a few hours. I was surprised to see that other than Batwing (which we knew about), all major rides were operating. A few smaller flats closed, and I'd say food was operating somewhere around 30-50%. Decent crowd but the lines weren't bad and I had season Flashpass to get by some of the slower lines. Every coaster was running 1 train except Skywinder which was running 2 for some reason. Merch stores were mobbed as all items are now 85% off (we contributed quite a bit ourselves). 

I actually started the afternoon with Rajin Cajun which has always been an elusive credit for me. In my 3 previous visits, Two Face was closed the first time and this was closed the two most recent trips. I wish I sat on the right instead of the left as it felt that I was actually counter acting the spinning and got a mundane ride, but I saw some other folks spin like crazy. 

The coaster I'm most torn up about with this closure is Wild One. It first opened in MA 108 years ago and while I know almost none of the original coaster survived the relocation, it's still a really cool piece of history and it's also just a really fun coaster. Good airtime, fast turns, and reasonably smooth. Rode once in front and once in back, both were very fun. Big crowd at this ride all afternoon.

Voodoo Drop was fun. But I rode Demon Drop yesterday so also kind of overshadowed in the past 24 hours for me.

Jokers Jinx running great as always. The 2nd half of this kicks so much ass without having a midcourse. Intense whippy turns and good positives. Wish I got a second ride on it but when I only had time for one more I decided on Wild One instead.

Superman was a bit of a painful wait, with 1 train ops and rather slow dispatches a 4 train wait (thanks to Flashpass) was 30 minutes and I'm guessing the regular line had to be an hour. I felt bad for the folks in the front row like, almost every other train got filled with exit pass people. Anyway, I rode in row 2 and it was my first ride with the new trains. They shuffled quite a bit and seemed to run noticably slower in the 2nd half, but still a fun ride. I never noticed how well you can see DC from the top. 

Wonder Woman ran a very long, almost dizzying cycle. It spins very fast during the second half of the ride.

Rode Firebird for my second time ever. My first ride in 2020 was awful in the front row, I think I had my worst coaster headache ever after that ride. I rode in back this time. The shuffling is still noticable and definitely a couple jarring transitions but not nearly as bad as last time I route. But this thing is definitely a turd. Sorry B&M I know it's your first but it's time for this thing to be put out of its misery.

Rode Roar in back, it's definitely borderline violent but I think the layout is actually pretty fun with a few air pops and some intense laterals. It's an overhated ride IMO.

Lastly, Skywinder in back with the new trains still shuffled a lot but I actually enjoyed my ride on it. Amazing how different an SLC is when you're not getting your head pounded in. 

Definitely a sad vibe in the park. It's certainly a neglected park and has always been a dump, but it has always had this weird gritty charm to it for me and I always enjoyed half the coaster lineup. It's too bad it never got properly taken care of. Glad to have gotten there once more before it closes forever next weekend.

[thrillseeker4552]

Nice report. Thank you for sharing. I have only visited this park twice, in 2016 and 2019. Neither visit was particularly memorable, but I did manage to ride all the coasters. Ever since they announced this park's closure I have been thinking about which coasters (if any) would be relocated. I thought I remember hearing a rumbling that Superman might make its way over to Michigan's Adventure, which would be very cool for them, but that's about all I could see get relocated in addition to some random flats. I can't imagine that rides like Joker's Jinx, Firebird, or the SLC have much life in them left to warrant a relocation. I would be shocked if either of the woodies stick around.

[Zand]

Tough to say with Superman considering its size and it's only 1 year younger than Jokers Jinx. Agreed that it would be a great add for Michigan's Adventure if that were to happen. Not sure if that land behind the lake is buildable but if it is then they have more than enough room. If they don't move it, the question becomes where do the new trains go? SFDL also just got new trains. If the state would pull it's head out of its ass with the T-Bar situation, I would like to see them addressed to 1623 Main St, Agawam MA 01001.

I know LIM launchers are kind of being phased out slowly but I would love to see Jokers Jinx live on somewhere. My home park of SFNE could use it as we've always needed a launcher (and when Quantum Accelerator finally opens technically we'll have one but just a family coaster). It still runs great, but with LIMs becoming less common they may just use it for parts for the FOFs and Mr Freezes.

The track on the SLC is beat to shit. The new trains will end up somewhere I'm sure, there must be an SLC somewhere in the chain that needs them. But I don't see them relocating the ride itself.

Sadly I agree the woodies are done. Roar is whatever, but very sad about Wild One. Batwing is another sad one to lose with the Flying Dutchmans officially becoming extinct, but that death has already happened. Also while it has some historical significance, good riddance to Firebird. 

Ragin Cajun may move (again). Someone may be able to use a spinning mouse. Didn't seem to have anything particularly wrong with it so I'm sure it would be no issue moving if needed. Same with the kiddie coaster.

The Intamin 2nd Gen drop tower will be gone I'm sure, maybe some parts will get sent to Gurnee. Starflyer and Endeavor may find a new home, they're pretty new. Otherwise not sure what else would be relocated for flats. The NebulaZ is new, I'm sure someone will see that pop up in April. Everything else is pretty generic and also rather aged flat-wise.

[AmyUD06]

So I'm thinking of heading down to Six Flags America either Saturday or Sunday for their closing weekend, leaning more towards Sunday, if anyone else was going and wants to meet up.

[ricklap77]

I cannot think that Superman will be scrapped!  It has to find a new home. We will probably get more info in the upcoming weeks about what is scrapped and what is going where.

[Zand]

Queue Times was showing some pretty insane lines tonight. Superman upwards of 2 hours. Wild One well over an hour. Doesn't help that everything is on one train. Glad I went last weekend when it was still manageable crowd wise. Guessing tomorrow will be even more busy.

[AmyUD06]

I'm getting ready to leave for SFA. I'll be wearing a medium blue "Women Love Coasters" zip-up hoodie, grey jeans and white sneakers with rainbow laces. If you see me come say hi!

[Zand]

11 hours ago, AmyUD06 said:

I'm getting ready to leave for SFA. I'll be wearing a medium blue "Women Love Coasters" zip-up hoodie, grey jeans and white sneakers with rainbow laces. If you see me come say hi!

Not sure if you stayed till closing, but I guess the day ended in the most unsurprising way possible. I was watching someone's live stream and they showed the last rides on Roar, the SLC, Ragin Cajun, and Joker. They walked up to Wild One and it still had a sizeable line so they filmed themselves walking out. Was sad to watch.

Then not too long after, reports started hitting Twitter about Superman getting stuck on the lift and evac'd, and they just dumped the entire 2 hour line and that would be the final curtain call for SFA. No surprises here.

I would've easily gone to Wild One for last ride if I were there tonight.

[AmyUD06]

11 minutes ago, Zand said:

Not sure if you stayed till closing, but I guess the day ended in the most unsurprising way possible. I was watching someone's live stream and they showed the last rides on Roar, the SLC, Ragin Cajun, and Joker. They walked up to Wild One and it still had a sizeable line so they filmed themselves walking out. Was sad to watch.

Then not too long after, reports started hitting Twitter about Superman getting stuck on the lift and evac'd, and they just dumped the entire 2 hour line and that would be the final curtain call for SFA. No surprises here.

I would've easily gone to Wild One for last ride if I were there tonight.

I was there from opening to around 5:50, having gotten off Wild One as my final ride at the park around 5:20 after a 2-hour-and-18-minue (!) wait for front row.  After grabbing a few photos and videos, I went over to catch the curtain call for the final stunt show.

I'll reserve my comments about this park in general out of respect to the locals, but it was sad, especially seeing the show staff pour their hearts into the final performances (which I saw and recorded for the Steam Heist stunt show and the Half-Dead High dance show) and the speeches they gave at the end.

My only rides of the day were Roar (8 minute wait for front row, right at opening, and it wasn't terrible), the Capital Railways train, Pirate's Flight (hoping this rare flat makes its way back to KD), and Wild One.  I thought about going back to Superman after the Wild One ride, but seeing what happened I'm glad I didn't.  I honestly didn't set foot on the far side of Wild One even once today.

I did to go the park back in May when the closure was announced and got rides on Wild One, Superman, Joker's Jinx, the SLC formerly known as Mind Eraser, Ragin' Cajun and the kiddie coaster (the last two were my only missing credits here), so I was satisfied with my visit tonight.

I was even able to score what might have been the last piece of SFA-branded merch in the place at the end of the night (a picture frame with a broken desk stand)! 

Full report coming eventually.

[CaptainUnknown]

At least the park's final day went better than Valleyfair's last day of the season on Saturday night. They deserved that, at least.

 

[ricklap77]

Sad to see it close for good.  I can't wait to hear some news about what gets relocated.  I really hope and would think Superman gets relocated, but with the high price for scrap metal right now, anything is possible. Sadly the 2 woodies are doomed .  So sad.

[michaellynn4]

Too early to start 2026 addition discussions?