Thunderhead Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hey everyone! Here's my first TR (of many to come in the future, fingers crossed) Today I visited Six Flags America. I went back in 2004, and it was my first amusement park trip outside of my home park. For only 11 years old, I had a blast! Yet at that point, I didn't notice things like operations, theming and all that. I have heard things about the recent workings of the park (mostly that things are turning around) and I decided to put it to the test. Needless to say, I was sorely disappointed by every aspect of the park minus the rides. Operations were TERRIBLE, with footdragging and lazy restraint taps galore. The staff was less then friendly, minus the full-timers with shirts and ties. I even missed a few "All Clear" messages before dispatching. Oi... The park was moderately dirty, with trash all over the queues for Superman and ROAR. The strange thing is, there were at least 20 trashcans within view from anywhere. WTF? The other aspects of the park were subpar, the park's layout was full of dead-ends (Mind Eraser, Wild One and Batwing were dead stops...) The merchandise selection was TERRIBLE. There were literally 2 Superman shirts and not a SINGLE other ride had a shirt. WTF? Overall, the park was fine. Nothing more then a few credits. My advice: Just look down at your map, ride, then leave. Picture time!!!!! Here we are! First stop: The Great Chase. My only missed credit from my last trip. Needless to say, it was a one and done cred. Good stuff! The Carousel had some sad looking animals on the side! Sad Tiger! Can it be?! Next up: Wild One! The surprise! I LOVE this ad! Clever! Part of the double-up (And double down!) The other part! Great airtime! I spy some GCI goodness! Here comes the train! The trains that were NOT MF trains! Huh?! Noone's here! Maybe that's a good thing? Next up... (Hi Kevin!) Flight of... ...Joker's Jinx! HaHaHAhaHa! Twisted headchoppy goodness! Too bad they only had one train... Where the hell is my hand?!?!? Who knew?! This next bit I would like to call: Why we came here. The ride itself was great in the front. Insane ejector over the second half of the ride, and still very smooth. This was taken from about where Gotham City starts... This thing is sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Part 2! Enjoy! I think yes! Vekoma #2! Batwaaaaaaaaang! The front was awesome! Quite a headrush though! Robin attempts to calm me down... Paint me!!! Flippy banking bit! Sa-weet! Seriously, PAINT ME. I'm like a Maxim model in baggy sweats and an extra large hooters tee-shirt!!!!! Cool sign Time for some fun pictures! Hilarious! Someone might wanna pick that up HE STOLE MY POLLY-O STRING CHEESE!!!!!! GET HIM!!!! I'm pretty sure my neighbor owns one of these Green. What do I win!?! Someone needs to check their gate! Here at Six Flags America, we hope that our minimum wage security officers take all of your weapons. We SERIOUSLY hope. My attempt at looking like a tiki mask. A solid effort. So we're heading out and this shows up... Ladies and gentlemen, this is not Ginger Ale. Clank! Howwwwwwwlllllllllll! Supervisor on Duty: Chicka And one last money shot of S:RoS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spideyfreak Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Even if I don't have all of the credits, and even if Iron Wolf comes, I still have NO REASON or desire to visit this damn place again. It pulls in a bad crowd (DC & Baltimore). It is truly embarrassing that this is my home park. At least Hershey is a day trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDcoasterMAN Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hey Tyler, didn't know you were on TPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jynx242 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 ^Pretty much sums up my trip there in 2008. I've heard that they were turning things around, but this debunks that rumour . Glad you got to ride Supes though. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 SFA is a park with potential, but I doubt it'll ever live up to it. I've found that the spring is the best time to visit, before the water park opens and the barbarian hordes arrive. Good TR--thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 ^Exactly my thoughts. SFA and SFGAdv are the best parks in the chain in terms of efficient operations and friendliest employees in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Oh and fun fact... every coaster in the park was running two trains but JJ and S:RoS... WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 JJ and S:ROS were both running 1 train when I went also but the lines were less than 10 minutes. Not exactly sure if that park ever gets crowded lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 JJ and S:ROS were both running 1 train when I went also but the lines were less than 10 minutes. Not exactly sure if that park ever gets crowded lol Probably to increase flashpass sales. Seriously they REALLY need to fix this place up with new paint,more rides(IW won't exactly be enough to bring me back) & better management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderhead Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 SFA does NOT need more rides... Their lineup with IW is very 'complete' if you ask me. What they need to do is take a season off and fix the place up. Fire the whole damn staff, bring in new policies about efficiency and STOP wasting money on "new" rides. If you have the same slow crews, then is the park really anything different then now? Simple, small fixes like MF trains for ROAR and new paint for their rides will go a LONG way. This park also needs better shade, and a wider food selection. I mean look at the fading signs they have for Batwing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDCOASTERFAN Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 ^One of SFA's biggest problems is their lack of new rides/removal of rides without suitable replacement which caused me to stop going to the park after nine years as a passholder from 98 through 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin11KD Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I live about two hours away from this park, and... I don't want to go now, it doesn't look that great. I'm gonna stick with Kings Dominion instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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