CycloneMan Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 You know you are a Six Flags park when you: Get beat up by a line jumper Get your car stolen See fights with security watching Wait 4 hours for a 51 second ride (Kingda Ka, but worth it) Get hit by a car in the patrking lot (Done by my mothers friend, backing out of the parking space) You have a Vekoma Boomerang You have a B&M Batman Clone You have a Vekoma SLC (why?) Rides closed due to low staff Water rides closed on hot days (SFGAv) You have rides burn down killing people (SFGAv) You have a crappy indoor coaster with no theming You have random shows during Fright Fest Have gang fights Have riots in queue Have a major coaster run one train (S;UF) Have a major coaster stack three trains (Medus east) Your childhood is taken away by Looney Toons (Great Escape) Taking advantage of the previous owners death by puting Looney toons (Great Escape) Have people booing you while using a Q-Bot. Get cheaped out on food. Have a death momorial in your park Have coasters close due to popularity Extra pad rough coasters. Adding an S&S Triple Complex Tower. The list can go on and on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 ^ You know you're at a Six Flags Park if the security force is smaller than Geauga Lake's popularity! Sorry, I had to say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Ok, yes, we all know that Six Flags has their problems and it's funny to rip on them, but they also continue to bring us more new coasters than any other park chain. Also, there ARE a lot of very good Six Flags parks, don't forget. --Robb "Let's try to keep things a little more positive on the boards." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterlicious Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Your at a Six Flags.... When the park hasnt gotten a new coaster in 6 years cough *darien lake* cough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 You know you're at a Six Flags park when all you hear from enthusiasses at the park is Six Flags bashing and complaints. If it's so bad, stop coming to Six Flags parks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 ^ I said it was a joke and not to be taken seriously when I started the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 ^ I agree with GACoaster. --Robb "Who just spent a GREAT day at a Six Flags park." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 The problem is that most of the statements in this thread are very true. The only problem is that many other parks suffer from the same things. I don't mind that someone is negative as long as they are also objective. // slams Cedar Fair almost as much as Six Flags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 ^ Agreed. And also, there ARE parks in the chain that are quite good! Take SFGAm for example, we had a great day there. Most coasters that could run three trains, were. Crews were hussling, crowds were behaved, new waterpark was awesome, etc, etc.... Was today 100% perfect and without any hassle at all? No. But what park day at any chain is? I'm just as guilty as the next person of taking jabs at certain parks *cough* Knott's *cough* but at least I'm specific and consistent, and have offered suggestions to make it better. --Robb "While I agree the chain has many issues, they do have quite a few really nice parks." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.LouisBOI Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I don't really have anything to complain about my Six Flags home park (SFSTL) except that we haven't got a new coaster since The Boss in 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalMAN123 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 There are no problems with SF parks (even though I've only been to SFMM, which I happend to like very much) at all. Magic Mountain is a great park and true, some of the rides to break down a lot, but they are awesome! ---Brent 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 I agree, there are good Six Flags out there, like Georgia, it has great operations. But others, evertime I've gone, something bad has always happened weather it be poor staff, or bad operations. But maybe I'm just going the wrong days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted August 15, 2005 Author Share Posted August 15, 2005 I'm just as guilty as the next person of taking jabs at certain parks *cough* Knott's *cough* but at least I'm specific and consistent, and have offered suggestions to make it better. I've tried to take action, one time I was at Sf Great America, I usually have a great time but this time was horrible. From riots to rude staff. So I wrote a NICE letter commenting on the experience, making suggestions on how it could have been avoided. Some guy wrote back saying that it's not their fault that security couldn't keep it under control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inonespin Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 To admit the truth, I have not had a problem in any Six Flags Parks, I been to all the owned runs in Europe all 8, I know they are no longer runned by Six Flags but this was when they did operate them and I done a Six Flags park in Mexico which was very good by the way, except for Medusa logo is the same has the US one and it has wooden cars going around a loop with metal track but hey. Also I losted my season pass last year for them and they replaced it for me at the same second they also gave me a water park pass which was kinda cool. They always seem to do good at customer service, what I have seen anyway. Thanks Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Hill Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 I've only been to SFMW and SFMM, but in at least those 2 cases I could tell I was in a SF park because English seems to be a 2nd language to the majority of the park staff. I do my best to ignore whatever doesn't appeal to me in a park and try to enjoy myself anyway. That's entirely possible at SFMW, but sadly it was quite impossible at SFMM. Maybe we just hit the park on a bad day? I don't know, nor do I ever intend to find out because the exceptionally poor experience we had there was enough to make me have no desire to ever come back. So to those that say, "great, stay away" I will gladly fulfill your request. You can have all the gangsta' wanna-be clientele and staff of that fine park all to yourselves. I'll be at Disneyland instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 You know you're in Six Flags park if you see an ad for Axe body spray or Kraft/Polly-O cheese in the que line and/or on the coaster train/cars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Rider Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 ... They cost less then Legoland ... You pay one price ... You could list 20 things they could do better ... The restraints are less tight than Cedar Fair ... There is a Coke Freestyle Machine ... There is a Steel Rocky Mountain Coaster on Wooden Supports ... It doesn't seem as Bad as most of Theme Park Reviews TR make it ... The CEO makes you laugh with his announcement videos for the next year ... They sell more Non-Six Flags than Six Flags stuff in gift shops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyWD98 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 you see an abundance of göt2b and Takis advertisements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 you see an abundance of göt2b and Takis advertisements And you can add Kraft/Polly-O Twists cheese, Twix, and Axe body spray to the list of advertising at Six Flags parks! *** You see a skateoard themed spinning coaster that's named "Pandemonium" when it should still be named "Big Spin" sans Tony Hawk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sfgamnamtab Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You pass through a broken metal dector that wont stop going off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarienLaker Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You see at least one coaster that is themed to Superman or Batman, and a coaster that has an overused name like "Viper" or "Goliath"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You have rides named Tidal Wave and Boomerang in the Illinois section of your park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAT_OG_ROLL Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You know you're at a Six Flags park if your home park hasn't received a major roller coaster in over 10 years but others add 2 major coasters in 2 consecutive years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 you see an abundance of göt2b and Takis advertisements The Takis ads are about as close as Six Flags come to consistent theming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mstankow Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 ... Jugallos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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