Six Flags America (SFA) Discussion Thread

[pianojohn]

Went in 1986, 1995, 2005, and 2016.
Saw the park decline every single year.
Not surprised esp. since they have 500 ACRES of land, most of it undeveloped.

They will probably save some of the newer rides, but everything else gets scrapped.

Wonder how long before the park's clientele starts stealing bits and pieces of the park?

 

[Sportsdude360]

I suppose this was inevitable. It remains to be seen what other parks in the chain could end up on the chopping block.

[prozach626]

The first post on the last page of this thread is two years old. People loved this park.

[bert425]

this pic of us CHOOSING to ride MindEraser pretty much sums up my feelings on Six Flags America:

 

and one of my other memories of it were the absolute shit-holiest Carousels I've ever ridden (yes, it had a Pink Elephant on it, but there were freaking holes in the floor of it, and all kinds of tears in the canopy)


 

 

 

but to be fair?   I DO have some fond memories of this park too:

Daffy Photobombing our photo, when we asked him to step aside so we could get a pic with Sam only:

 

that fantastic sign for such a shitty, shitty coaster:

 

and the first time ever, I got to ride a coaster with Robb while he filmed:

 

 

so. . . all in all, I won't really "miss" it, but it wasn't the greatest park in the chain, and gotta wonder if a rival might pick it up and actually give it some love.

[ricklap77]

I hope Superman ends up being relocated and not scrapped!  I would not be surprised if more parks end up closing.  

[teacherkim]

We were there once for a day and a half in 2018. For some weird reason my strongest memory is watching a guy get a hamburger at a stand, pulling the tomatoes out and just throwing them on the ground next to the food stand. Those tomatoes lay there all day, every time we walked by, getting increasingly more gross. I guess that kind of  sums up the park. Not sure if they will relocate Wild One, maybe its historic nature will save it. Superman probably has a chance since several parks could use a hyper but are not likely to get the investment of a new one. Not sure much else is worth saving.

[AmyUD06]

I stopped by SFA Yesterday from around 1 PM through the 7 PM closing to catch the two credits I was missing from this park, get some final rides, and take some pictures to document the park's existence.  Gotta say this is probably the first time I've ever encountered other enthusiasts (identified by wearing shirts from non-local parks and their dialogue) at this place.  The park generally looked in much better shape than I've ever seen it, but it's still SFA at the end of the day.

Rides ridden:
-Ragin' Cajun:  One of the missing credits.  32 minute wait, including a breakdown.  Whatever, it's a spinning mouse. 3/10
-Wild One: 15 minutes for row 2.  Wasn't terrible; definitely a lot smoother than I remember. 7/10
-Great Chase: The other of the missing credits.  Whatever, it's a kiddie coaster.  3 laps.
-Skywinder (aka Mind Eraser): 23 minutes for row 4, only running one train.  Better with the new trains, but still awful. 2/10
-High Seas (their swinging ship): One cycle wait (at the request of a friend).
-Joker's Jinx:  45 minutes for front row, including a breakdown, only running one train with no other trains in sight.  This is clearly superior to the FoF clones....smoother ride, and so much faster through the second half due to no MCBR.  I know it'll be parted out to support the remaining 3 of these in the chain, but they really should just plop the whole ride as is inside Flight of Fear's box at Kings Dominion. 7/10
-Superman: 30 minutes for row 2.  New trains are nice; they are still the same restraint style (but now have ankle/calf-bars).  Only one was fully assembled and running.  These will serve Darien Lake well. 8/10
-Batwing: 1 hour and 15 minutes for back row, including two breakdowns and them only running one train (with no other trains in sight).  Remembered why I preferred these to the B&M flyers:  The loop is so intense.  Also remembered why I prefer the B&Ms:  The inline twist at the end is truly awful.  RIP, Vekoma Flying Dutchman. 6/10
-Superman: 30 minutes for front row.  Still not an exciting layout, but the pops of air are nice, and it's easily the star of this park. 8/10.

The most entertaining moment of the day came when the panel operator at Joker's Jinx (during the breakdown), asked the crowd in the station if anyone was sad the park was closing at the end of the year, and no one made a sound.  I had to laugh about that.

Fun Fact:  This is the only park I've ever been to where the crowd self-regulates in the station of coasters - without the presence of a grouper, they still line up with only enough people for the next train per row, on their own!  I was shocked.

Photos/videos to come later maybe.

[Zand]

4 hours ago, AmyUD06 said:

Fun Fact:  This is the only park I've ever been to where the crowd self-regulates in the station of coasters - without the presence of a grouper, they still line up with only enough people for the next train per row, on their own!  I was shocked.

You should've taken video so you can show this to the groupers at Carowinds when they send trains out with 4 empty rows because they can't keep up for some reason.