Theme Park Discussion / Six Flags Great America

Well i just got back, it was a school trip and it was not a full day thing

got there at opening my friend and i both got the Flash Pass Gold, and let me tell you, it was well worth it.

got the Flash Passes and went straight in line for deja Vu (flash pass no working quite yet), still a great ride. lots of air time from what i rode it.


then headed over to Viper, a new coaster for me to add my to coaster count! while my old home park (Six Flags Astro world) Cyclone may have been bigger, i gotta hand it to ya guys, your cyclone ride is way better ride.

did the flash pass for Raging bull and way worth it, the line was huge. it was a good ride, don't get me wrong, the trims felt like it killed it a bit.

did the flash pass again for Whizzer, now this is a new first for me, and i had a blast on it, the way you sit down in those chairs and your legs are straight out. i love how it would push you down into your chair. to say the least it was a very fun ride.

next one we were off to Superman : Ultimate Flight - flash pass'd it

it was ok, in terms of thrills, but a neat ride at that. the pretzel loop was pretty intense in and of itself. and the wingovers were nice.

flash pass'd Batman ; The ride, and it is again back up on top as my favorite at SfGAm one hell of a fun ride i thought.

next up we flash passed V2, my 89th coaster, and while me current home park Valleyfair! has one called Steel Venom, i wasn't too worried about getting the front row (favorite row on the Impulse's) got on the third row of it the same as at VF just VF has lower attendance so i can ride this goodie over and over again on front without any or little wait.

last coaster of the day was Iron Wolf which was a good last one, its currently still my 2nd favorite Stand-Up coaster, not as good as Mantis but better then the late Batman: The escape at Astroworld.

times' running out, bus time is 4:45 and were hitting 4:03 so we make our last ride the Giant Drop we get down there, we flash passed this one as well and the side were placed on had us seeing over the parking lot and it was like 95% packed, i mean it was quite literally near capacity before it could take no more. we got off the thing at 4:20, rushed over to drop off the flash pass machine, and rushed over the flags shop

got myself a Batman key chain, a Six Flags 45th Anniversery T-Shirt and a nice Six Flags Great america hoodie. oh and i forgot to mention i also got a cool on ride picture of us on superman Ultimate flight, doing the superman pose, on arm fisted out.


for a saturday, and not a full one, the Gold Flash Pass was excellent, i gotta admit i was actually expecting a little piece of paper, but the flash pass gadget was really cool. and it will be my only trip this year to the park. hope to go there after memorial day to ride Dark Knight, i'm interested in seeing how that'll turn out

i got TONS of pictures, so once i sift through all - 322 of them! it was a perfect day as well! i'll give you the link to it.

but yeah the Gold Flash Pass was a great deal i thought.
all my friends who didn't do a flash pass only got 2 coasters in and 1 flat ride.

me and my buddy (coaster fanatics) got 8!

and 1 drop ride!

so yeah on cool day! Laughing

P.S. Six Flags i felt has improved over the last years.

Sounds like you had a decent time.

Lots of piccies too.

Sounds like a good time, particularly for such a short day. The crowds at Cedar Point were insane back in October when I met up with Curtis (geewhzzz) and Chris (Panic) there. I mean we had a 12 hour day (will I had a 13 hour day in the park, they had more like 10 or 11) and we still didn't manage to catch all the big ones (though I think they picked them up the next morning when I wasn't with them).

Haven't been to SFGAmer since 2003 I think it was... I agree Raging Bull smothered by the trims. A lot of people try to discount how much the affect the ride but they're full of shit. That thing could very well be my #1 steel coaster if it weren't for the brakes. Still my favorite first drop (first drop back seat on Raging Bull > Millennium Force, TTD, etc, easy). The lines for 'Bull also moved incredibly fast. The longest I've ever waited for the thing was about 90 minutes and the queue was completely open and completely full... Most of the employees at SFGAmer seemed kinda rude/bored/distracted when I was there, but maybe that's changed. Really the only parks I've seen where that universally isn't the case is (where bored happens but not the other two) Cedar Point and Holiday World. In the case of CP it's probably because they pull employees from across the country, and Holiday World is legendary for friendly staff... Hersheypark was pretty amazing too though, I must say.

Anyway I have no plans to return to SFGAmer in the near future, though I might next year along with Lollapalooza, then head up the Wisconsin Dells and either take the ferry back (across Lake Michigan) or drive all the way up and through the UP... Anyway...

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