alilstronger Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I had this crazy thought the other day and its silly but I wanted to share it anyway... So the park was releasing all of these grim reaper videos about what is leaving the park then 'stun' us all and release they are updating the lazy river. What if they are secretly making another change in the park and using the lazy river to throw us all off? I know this sounds completely bonkers but we can all dream right?! lol Bonkers. But, that is what dreams are for. New trains for ME will appease the dry park people. I think the reaction here to the Lazy River update of disappointment followed by quick admittance that it probably makes sense is good sign. If they continue to make sound logical choices it will be hard to complain. Yes, new trains on ME would be awesome! I love SLC's but the trains can be rough. Since they already have new trains on the one at New England maybe they will eventually put them on ours and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom's (worst SLC I've ridden) too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBrow Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 We bounced in to redeem our gold pass upgrades on Saturday. The oldest met up with friends and their family. I wanted to see how the younger daughter reacted to FF. My knee/leg is still mending. I rode the teacups, but it was great to hear the sounds of a lift hill again. Overall it was pretty crowded by nightfall. With the warmer weather the yellow jackets were in full effect and threat of getting stung was scarier than anything else. + Redeeming the passes was quick and easy. It was like the early season WO crew. - I wanted to clothesline those screaming/running/pushing when they encountered bugs or a costumed character I hope the permit filed earlier in rumor season to pour piers in the arena were to move the stage closer. I couldn't see any concrete work done. Red fountain water was a nice touch Mostly the same decorations around as last year. Stunt show remains underrated. Tried ordering the fruit salad instead of fries, they were out. Guy in front of me was Asian and there were language issues. He had scanned his 2018 pass to get in and then tried to use his 2017 card with dining which got kicked out by the register. Painful. Guy in front of him ordered the Lasso Burger and was just in awe how sad it was. My burger literally had lettuce. Singular. Moving Awakening into the arena is an awesome idea. 3,000 people as opposed to cramming a couple hundred around the little stage behind Chop Stix is a no brainer. However, it was too far away and the sound quality was too poor to decipher the story. VIP seating just compounds a bad situation At one point I counted 50 staff / security in the arena. These three perched up over the sound booth made me think six flags actually had some forethought here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deguy123 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 If they continue to make sound logical choices it will be hard to complain. It would 100% still happen in this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks Coasterlover. The info on and pictures of the old land is rather rare. If they really wanted to charge for a FF VIP thing it would be midnight flashlight tour around the old house followed by a spin on WO, ya know, to tempt the spirits. Could you imagine doing a lap around the house and then getting stuck on the ride? Hmmm . . . . midnight tour around Hall Manor (with a story to boot) and WO. Heck yeah, I'd give it a go (would you?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterLover Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 If they really wanted to charge for a FF VIP thing it would be midnight flashlight tour around the old house... I won't say "never", but the house is in REALLY bad shape... I'm PRETTY sure that the park has actually received permission to bulldoze/clear the property, but for whatever reason hasn't yet (possibly due to cost, possibly because they have no reason to [no plans to build in that area], possibly because the "ruins" make good backdrop for the Hall Manor trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alilstronger Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 We bounced in to redeem our gold pass upgrades on Saturday. The oldest met up with friends and their family. I wanted to see how the younger daughter reacted to FF. My knee/leg is still mending. I rode the teacups, but it was great to hear the sounds of a lift hill again. Overall it was pretty crowded by nightfall. With the warmer weather the yellow jackets were in full effect and threat of getting stung was scarier than anything else. + Redeeming the passes was quick and easy. It was like the early season WO crew. - I wanted to clothesline those screaming/running/pushing when they encountered bugs or a costumed character I hope the permit filed earlier in rumor season to pour piers in the arena were to move the stage closer. I couldn't see any concrete work done. Great report! I wish I could get into the spirit of FF at any SF park, its just not scary and the general public ruin it as you mentioned above. However, I will definitely always go for night rides on the coasters, especially Superman. I thought it was neat they were running Wonder Woman backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highridin Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 If they really wanted to charge for a FF VIP thing it would be midnight flashlight tour around the old house... I won't say "never", but the house is in REALLY bad shape... I'm PRETTY sure that the park has actually received permission to bulldoze/clear the property, but for whatever reason hasn't yet (possibly due to cost, possibly because they have no reason to [no plans to build in that area], possibly because the "ruins" make good backdrop for the Hall Manor trail. Can't bulldoze. It's protected state property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 If they really wanted to charge for a FF VIP thing it would be midnight flashlight tour around the old house... I won't say "never", but the house is in REALLY bad shape... I'm PRETTY sure that the park has actually received permission to bulldoze/clear the property, but for whatever reason hasn't yet (possibly due to cost, possibly because they have no reason to [no plans to build in that area], possibly because the "ruins" make good backdrop for the Hall Manor trail. Can't bulldoze. It's protected state property. I was not aware of that . . . And so far, I've found not much knowledge about Hall Manor . . . . maybe Eleanor is the only one who knows it's secrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vonni Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Ok this is all new to me. Where exactly is this historical house on the SF property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Ok this is all new to me. Where exactly is this historical house on the SF property? Long time ago . . . . the Hall family had their estate on what eventually became Six Flags America. The daughter, Eleanor died at the age of 5 and her ghost is said to haunt SFA to this day. And over the years, the Hall Manor has really fallen apart. As to why Hall Manor is protected by the State of Maryland, I do not know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark549 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 East of SF America is also protected State owned property - the Belt Woods natural area, which has scattered old growth forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBrow Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 http://www.landscope.org/map/#minLong=-76.82041&maxLong=-76.7266&minLat=38.89707&maxLat=38.92332&level=14&baseMap=satellite&themes=Custom&title=MD%20-%20Conservation%20Lands&drawingID=0&layers=102c0366851e4d4c9c6c604ba724c03d-20-1 This map shows the land east as DNR owned land. I do not see anything listed where the house is. It is not on an historic registry. I don't see anything about the Six Flags land being protected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthewanderer Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Ok this is all new to me. Where exactly is this historical house on the SF property? It's north of Wild One's lift hill & helix-you can even see it on Google sky-view maps. As far as the house's historic status,from what I've heard (not from the Dippin Dots Guy)is that NOTHING can be done to it:it cannot be renovated(like if it had landmark status;I think the Wildlife Preserve/Wild World people actually wanted to use the building-but that's another story) and it cannot be torn down-it has to rot away under it's own power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterBrow Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 https://www.nps.gov/maps/full.html?mapId=7ad17cc9-b808-4ff8-a2f9-a99909164466 Nothing on the Historic Registry. What would be its designation? I am working on another project that has me talking to the historic society in Anne Arundel County. I'll try to remember to ask them if they know. Did the Dippin Dots guy know the Lazy River was being upgraded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedup Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Any idea what rides will be going for HITP? Every park website I've been to lists their rides for special events except SFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedup Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Nevermind. A little more digging turned this up: Holiday in the Park also features more than two dozen thrilling rides such as the Flying Carousel, Voo Doo Drop, the Cyclone, Carousel and Tea Cups. Children can enjoy pint-sized thrills in Looney Tunes Movie Town. Coaster fans can challenge world-class rides like the Wild One, ROAR, Mind Eraser, Apocalypse and Ragin Cajun, weather permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Yeah, last year they cut the path at Wild One. Basically everything in the front of the park was open. It was a really nice event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterAuditor Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I would be down for a few marathon rides on Wild One and Roar. I have yet to ride Apocalypse or Ragin Cajun.....Not in too crazy of a hurry for those credits though. SFA despite being close to me is a park I have only visited once in 2008 (I used to live in the no-coaster no-mans land that is Southwest Virginia). Looking forward to a return trip in the coming years. Bummer the only coasters added were a B&M Stand-up and old school zamperla spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Honestly I thought Ragin Cajun was an absolute blast. During Holiday in the Park it's their best steel coaster by default. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterAuditor Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I'm sure I'll have plenty of fun on it. Really wish this part of the country would get a more "modern" spinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I for one am looking forward to Roar in the cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djackson Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Am i tripping or is Roar painted white now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 ... tripping balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcoastermark Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 ^ ^ Nope. Earlier this summer, Roar wanted to spritz itself up and applied liberal doses of Sun-In on to get that nice summer bleach blond look on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thexmashooker Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 ^ ^ Nope. Earlier this summer, Roar wanted to spritz itself up and applied liberal doses of Sun-In on to get that nice summer bleach blond look on. I think I laughed way harder than I should at this comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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