Six Flags Great America Celebrates 40 Seasons of Thrills!

by **Iron Wolf 90-11** on May 15th, 2015, 8:27 pm

Pictures?

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 15th, 2015, 8:59 pm

Looks like a different gazebo, and no pictures yet. Sorry.

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by **great america fan** on May 16th, 2015, 9:37 am

Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:The fright fest stuff outside RC is no laziness.

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September 26th...

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The park put it up on purpose it wasn't there on advocate day and if they left it out all winter it would be on that good of condition my guess is that it's some how going to relate to whatever is new in 2016 but that's just what I think

by **Jacklw6499** on May 16th, 2015, 10:22 am

Had a great day at Great America Friday. I was only there from 4:00 to 7:30 but I got in more rides than I probably will for the rest of the season on any other trip!
First Ride: Raging Bull, waited about 25 minutes, longest wait of the day. Reduced capacity to two trains, but the trains were being dispatched quickly with little to no stacking.
Second Ride: X-Flight, waited about 10 minutes, back row Left side. Best ride I have ever had on X-Flight. You just get whipped down that first drop when you're in the back. I've ridden X-Flight so many times but this one was by far the best.
Third and Fourth Ride: AE Red. Blue side was closed as usual and the wait was walk on.
Fifth Ride: Goliath. Only waited 10 minutes, the shortest amount of time I've ever waited for it. The ride is so much better when you don't have to wait three hours for it!
Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Ride: BTR. Paint job looks sleek, and BTR is running better than ever. It was walk on.
Ninth and Tenth: S:UF. As usual, sort of meh but Superman is still fun. Pretzel loop was still awesome as ever!
Overall I got ten rides in the span of 3 and a half hours. Even with reduced capacity on some rides, trains were being dispatched fairly quickly. Hopefully it gets even better as the year goes on. The worst part of the visit was V2 is still down, but I saw the train in the station. Also, RagIn' Cajun has a new sign up for Fright Fest, so the decorations were simply hinting at that. Otherwise, it seems like May is really the Month to take a few trips to Great America before things really get booming over the summer!

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 25th, 2015, 12:07 pm

Batman is giving double rides in the last hour if operation.

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by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 25th, 2015, 12:48 pm

Also, hometown park sign is up, but the area is down for maintenance.

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by **DejaVu2001** on May 25th, 2015, 12:54 pm

Hometown Park rides being tested yesterday afternoon.

https://youtu.be/3_GRyBFPTk8

by **DeathbyDinn** on May 25th, 2015, 1:06 pm

Anything done yet for the train timeline? Is that supposed to start on the 29th too?

by **DejaVu2001** on May 25th, 2015, 1:14 pm

Only new item seen on the Railroad was a Foghorn Leghorn statue near County Fair station.

by **GOLI4TH 2014** on May 25th, 2015, 1:38 pm

The train was operating for about an hour or so on Saturday and I think it's open

by **UWW-10** on May 25th, 2015, 1:52 pm

great america fan wrote:
Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:The fright fest stuff outside RC is no laziness.

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September 26th...

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The park put it up on purpose it wasn't there on advocate day and if they left it out all winter it would be on that good of condition my guess is that it's some how going to relate to whatever is new in 2016 but that's just what I think

The sign indicates advertisement for FF....considering we already know that MoT and Necro are no more. It doesn't have anything to do with 2016.

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 25th, 2015, 5:18 pm

I had Chop Six for lunch. My school's 'orange chicken'(popcorn chicken drizzled with 'orange sauce') was better than this.

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by **Jacklw6499** on May 25th, 2015, 6:26 pm

Guy_With_A_Stick wrote:I had Chop Six for lunch. My school's 'orange chicken'(popcorn chicken drizzled with 'orange sauce') was better than this.

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Too Funny. Is it the same quality as the panda express that used to be there?

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 25th, 2015, 8:46 pm

I wouldn't know. I wouldn't assume so. But if burnt, barely sauced chicken is what Panda Express was like, then yes.

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by **Iron Wolf 90-11** on May 25th, 2015, 10:48 pm

I had both the Teryaki Chicken and the Orange Chicken at the same sitting. To be honest, I couldn't tell which one was which.

by **FParker185** on May 25th, 2015, 11:51 pm

The park has become an absolute and inexcusable joke, they can not have 3 kids rides running before Memorial Day. I'm just speechless. I really wish I had another park to claim as my home park.

by **DeathbyDinn** on May 26th, 2015, 9:56 am

^ The rides have been built for a while. They're opening on the 29th since that's the day the park first opened in 1976. Not that it wouldn't have been nice to have them running on opening day, but at least the delay is on purpose.

by **ribsinbacon** on May 26th, 2015, 12:54 pm

Double rides for Batman this week!. https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... atman-ride

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by **anewman35** on May 26th, 2015, 1:09 pm

ribsinbacon wrote:Double rides for Batman this week!. https://www.sixflags.com/greatamerica/s ... atman-ride

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Only for the last hour of the day, though, which is going to make this double rides thing useless for the vast majority of people.

by **DeathbyDinn** on May 26th, 2015, 4:15 pm

^ But doing it only in the last hour is also kind of a double win. It helps the guests because we won't have to wait twice as long the other 10 hours for the day, and it's a win for the park because some people will probably stay later for it.

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 26th, 2015, 7:25 pm

Just did a double ride. The gist of it is if you want to ride again, you stay seated. If anyone leaves, they open the gates. It was fun!

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by **BCarroll** on May 26th, 2015, 7:31 pm

Hello everyone! New to the forums here. I didn't think that this needed a new topic just for a question so thats why it's here. What ever happened to the switchcbacks in Vipers line queue? I knew it was gone, I just really haven't remembered it being there. I've seen some pics... but what happened and why was it removed?

by **Guy_With_A_Stick** on May 26th, 2015, 8:06 pm

Well, with the additions of Southwest Territory and Hurricane Harbor, space wasn't on the park's side. Also, the ride isn't as popular as it was in the past, so switchbacks are no longer needed.

Hope that answered your question, and welcome to the forums!

by **FParker185** on May 26th, 2015, 8:35 pm

Actually the Switchbacks were removed in 2005 in order to accommodate the entrance to Hurricane Harbor

by **Coaster Justin** on May 27th, 2015, 1:25 am

FParker185 wrote:The park has become an absolute and inexcusable joke, they can not have 3 kids rides running before Memorial Day. I'm just speechless. I really wish I had another park to claim as my home park.

I have a thought that Six Flags has cut Construction to 2 groups/crews from 4-5+. One does A the Other does B.

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