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Six Flags St Louis Closing Day Nov 7, 2009

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Postby BP317 on November 9th, 2009, 4:34 pm
Saturday was a beautiful day in St Louis and a perfect way to end the season. The nice weather brought in the crowds but already had been there several times so there was no rush to get on all the rides and enjoyed the park and weather at a nice lax pace. Got on all the coasters once, Freeze and BTR twice, and Evel 3x.

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Company that's not American owned and doesn't own any theme parks anymore.

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Evel Knievel was broken down when we walked in.

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EK was testing as we walked by, so we got in line for it

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Its amazing what you can learn when you actually read the signs

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Disney

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There seemed to be a meeting going on at the control panel (also known as a gathering of people talking and singing to the station music)

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The Flashpass line in the exit path

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EK was kicking major a** Awesome woodie

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There is no shortage of wood in the Evel Knievel area

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Found it funny that the Metropolis restrooms are on the other side of the park from Superman, and the only rides in DC Comics plaza are Freeze and Scooby and Superman/Batman are in different areas
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Postby BP317 on November 9th, 2009, 4:49 pm
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Freeze's station/launch track

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MR FREEZE

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It had quite a bit of a line and was running 1 train. They didnt add the second until late in the afternoon.

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Tony Hawk was a 40 minute wait with reduced capacity.

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Even with cars off they still were stacking due to running one loading platform

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I love how their drop tower the cars drop at different times

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In case you are wondering where you can get a funnel cake at SFSTL

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STOP was running 4 cars and a had a long line all day so we opted not to ride it

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Eagle had a bit of a line also

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The old entrance which is now blocked by two pieces of wood

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Found this to be a cool looking sign

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Bugs Bunny National Park is beatiful. Kids area done right.

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I found this alternate entrance to BBNP funny looking

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Its the arch...wait, nope just the skycoaster

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Boss is a great woodie that unfortunately has terrible Gerstlauer trains

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Postby BP317 on November 9th, 2009, 4:59 pm
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The parks train crosses through the Boss' exit path

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I dont think any rides were closed for bees

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Ninja has one of the freakiest headchoppers of all time

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We spent the next five minutes walking through BTRs queue

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BTR was running 2 trains very effeciantly and was a walk on

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After walking on to BTR we waited 20 minutes for Ninja

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Found this creative

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After deciding no trip to SFSTL is complete without riding Screamin Eagle, we rode that after the mine train

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Cool graphics on the cars

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Scooby had a really long line all night (though I cant say im surprised, as its my 2nd favorite ride in the park behind Evel Knievel)

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The scrambler had a longer line than most of SFGAm's flats ever get

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Finished the night with the last ride of the season on Evel Knievel, outstanding way to end the season!
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Postby bobbinbop20 on November 9th, 2009, 5:24 pm
BP/19 wrote:After walking on to BTR we waited 20 minutes for Ninja


Thats a scary thought :shock:
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Postby monsterfan99 on November 9th, 2009, 5:55 pm
We were there as well and only noticed the problem of wasp at the EK line.

The odd thing we found there was a "Raging Bull - Six Flags St. Louis" key chain. It is the exact same one as Great America's, but with the St. Louis name on it. We also found a silver keychain for Raging Bull there as well.
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Postby FRD714 on November 9th, 2009, 6:41 pm
Nice photo TR.
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Postby Director_Guy on November 9th, 2009, 8:27 pm
Bees?! That's crazy!

Also, I'm surprised you made it all the way through Batman's line in one go. That's usually a two day hike.
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Postby vprlvr456 on November 9th, 2009, 9:55 pm
Wow, six flags and miracle whip are really trying to stop evil mayo in every town! :lol:
Is it just me, or does SFSTL seem a little hokey? The rides seem beautiful, though!
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Postby Mman6460 on November 9th, 2009, 10:14 pm
If tower of power has cables above the seats, how did the accident happen at sfkk? I used to think that a Superman Tower of Power accident like at sfkk wouldn't be possible on Giant Drop because the cables are only above the seats. But i guess it's like that on all drop towers.
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Postby FParker185 on November 9th, 2009, 11:10 pm
one of the cables broke and fell onto the riders, it got tangled on the riders then when the car dropped the cable got tight and that girls feet was still in one of the loops of cable, and they got sliced off.
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Postby w00dland on November 10th, 2009, 12:25 am
Ah I love SFStL. EK is a fantastic coaster but really not a great choice for their park, since they already have a couple of woodies. The Boss is so very underrated because of its bad trains, but that thing is totally huge and amazing for a woodie. Great TR for the end of the season. Not like your season actually ends anyway. :roll:
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Postby monsterfan99 on November 10th, 2009, 1:13 am
^The off-season work on The Boss did wonders for it. I went from hating it to really liking it. Hopefully the new trains on Screamin' Eagle will help for next year.

The park itself is really charming. It is the perfect mid-size park for a smaller area. At this point, one larger steel coaster and the ride line-up is perfect for the park.
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Postby ttd rox on November 11th, 2009, 9:27 am
I'm going there next year so this info was really handy. I'm excited to ride my first GCI woodie and Gerstauler coaster. So, does Mr Freeze actually have a "cooling" effect in the queue and station. I heard it was actually cold in there.
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Postby BP317 on November 11th, 2009, 11:16 am
The Boss was made by CCI, a company that made wooden coasters that went bankrupt and was bought out by S&S (some of their designers formed their own company called the Gravity Group), only the trains were made by Gerstlauer. Mr Freeze's station is not cold at all, its actually uncofortably warm which is kindve funny considering its themed to an ice factory :).
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