Six Flags St. Louis - Summerbration

 

Six Flags St. Louis is currently celebrating Summerbration

The BIG show for Summerbration is happening in the Palace Theater - Brad Ross Magic

Just look at this crowd!  When was the last time you saw the Palace this full

Here's Brad Ross

Brad will bring up guests during the show to help him out

Another guest helping out with a "shoe carwash"

The machine accidentally "cooks" the shoe

The shoe magically gets "repaired"

It was a wonderful 45 minute show and we hope this is the start of the park having high quality entertainment in the Palace outside of just Fright

Six Flags St. Louis - Park Update

 

New paint at the entrance to the Studio Backlot.  The white really pops

New paint at the Backlot Studio Store.  The new signage looks great too

We FINALLY have visible progress happening at the Carousel.  There are now FOUR horses installed

These are all smaller horses but it is so nice to see real progress after all of these years

Hopefully more horses get installed this coming week

Please keep in mind that during the installation process, the pathway between this area and kiddie section will be closed

The fun house at the Joker still is not open.  We're not sure why they even bothered to build it if they are not going to get it completed so that it can operate

More "Cedar Fair" influences are creeping into the park.  We now have gates around refill stations to make sure you get your cup scanned before using.  They even have locking fences

These are only two of the examples of new fencing.  There are more around the park

This gaming stand has once again closed "for good"

The E-Sports building (near Catwoman) has been turned into an arcade 

Finally as part of the transition of Six Flags being bought by Cedar Fair, there are lots of new height limits around the park.  Signs have been placed at the entrances of these rides to make people aware of the changes

Six Flags Great America

 

Welcome to Six Flags Great America

Having just been to the other Great America - wow does this look plain in comparison

Superman Ultimate Flight was up first - because who wants to wait in a long line later?

Continuing the theme of "hit the low PPH coasters first" - next was The Dark Knight

These poor balloons look really lonely in this area with everything removed or closed

The Joker was next and I was surprised to get 8 inversions on our ride

Flash Vertical Velocity was next - again, got to hit the low PPH coasters first

We strayed a little from our plan and hit Batman next.  Really like that they have repaired most of the effects in the queue and station

We have a member of our group that loves swing rides so we rode this for her

The final low PPH coaster was the Little Dipper.  Fun ride.  Cannot believe this was considered the "big ride" at Kiddieland back in the day -- and that we would marathon it when we visited

After lunch we hit up Goliath - and I'm sorry, but when did it get so rough?

SkyStriker was next.  It wasn't ready yet when we visited last season.

Next was American Eagle - which was only running the red side.  This thing is really rough.  I was so glad I rode a "middle seat" as I cannot even begin to imagine how bad a wheel seat must have been

I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw the train operate at this park.  It must have been before Maxx Force was added

We rode on both sides of X-Flight and decided that the left wing side is better because you flip up and over on the first drop.  Also what is up with the new voice recording for the station?

We rode Demon because someone in our group loves this thing.  Rode like crap and actually hurt one of the people in the group. Also no lights in the tunnel after the first two loops

Apparently Six Flags is not interested in keeping these rides working at 100%.  Much like ours back home in St. Louis, most of the effects were broken today.

Raging Bull is so much fun.  I so wish we had this back home

Continuing the theme of rough wooden coasters, Viper was horrible

Whizzer makes us miss the ORIGINAL Zinger so much.

Maxx Force has a great launch and then it is over.  Wish it was more like PowderKeg

Wrath of Rakshasa is the newest addition to the park

The ride is loosely themed after a shape-shifting demon that you can see in statue form here

This B&M dive coaster stands just under 200 feet and features 3 rows of 7 riders

If you were wondering, this is what a Rakshasa looks like in its traditional form

Overall we really enjoyed our four rides on Wrath of Rahshasa.  It has an interesting layout that does not let up.  There's no midcourse brake so it is just constant loops and helices after the initial drop.

We always have a great time at this park.

Until next time, Great America!