Bye Bye 6 flags!!!

[zodiac66]

Bye Bye 6 flags!!!

http://www.recordpub.com/article.php?pathToFile=/articles/news/&file=_news1.txt&article=1&tD=

Very hot topic around here. The great thing is that the park will be run by Cedar Point. The bad thing is..no more animals .

When 6 flags took over Geauga Lake and Sea World, the community here was outraged. Those 2 parks were the essence of Aurora. Six flags came in..failed, and hopefully, we will have our old park back.

 

[ZeppelinAngel]

i wish they'd get rid of the one in atlanta.. i hate that overpriced 150 degree asphalt jungle :grrr:

 

[nnndave]

i wish they'd get rid of the one in atlanta.. i hate that overpriced 150 degree asphalt jungle :grrr:

Yeah that place is hotter than hell during the summer. Not as bad as the Houston one, but its still kinda miserable.

 

[Geeno]

6 Flags took over a place around here too and destroyed it.

I hate theme parks, but specifically a 6 flags where Cheeseburger + Drink = 15 bucks.

 

[Gorny]

6 Flags took over a place around here too and destroyed it.

I hate theme parks, but specifically a 6 flags where Cheeseburger + Drink = 15 bucks.

That is corporate greed ... defined.

 

[gismo]

i wish they'd get rid of the one in atlanta.. i hate that overpriced 150 degree asphalt jungle :grrr:

Nooo. Say it isn't so? I love six flags over Georgia. Carowinds is ok but they don't have near as good rollercoasters and big rides as six flags.

 

[Ash Housewares]

last time I went to the local six flags was Halloween 2000

 

[Shug_Ninx]

I hate theme parks, but specifically a 6 flags where Cheeseburger + Drink = 15 bucks.

Last time I remember, you can bring your own food to picnic. No one forced you to buy their food. And no offense, but I've been to the theme parks in Geauga [I used to live in Mentor on the Lake] a few times and I get the impression that a lot of you are just looking at it through misty eyes. Yes, it was decent but nothing really great. When I visited Six Flags after they took over I saw a massive improvement to the park; better rides, better service, more things to do and oh yeah Batman the ride kicked ***.

And this was on a day where 2/3 into my visit it started raining, really heavily. :scratch: Yes I missed some of the stuff the old park had, but that was nothing more then nostalgia, and not actually that it was better.

 

[piff]

Methinks that's the wrong link...

What are they doing with Sea World?

 

[zodiac66]

Methinks that's the wrong link...

What are they doing with Sea World?

Sea World left when 6 Flags took over. It was a package deal both Theme Parks for one low price. 6 Flags tried to bring in dolphins and a whale.

UGG..they changed the link!!

 

[Geeno]

From now on 6 is a disgraceful number of flags to display in my opinion. 7 or 5 are acceptable or any other number.

 

[bigD72]

Carrowinds, in my opinion, is far superior to Six Flags. I live like an hour away and I used to go once or twice a week to the swimming things they have and Top Gun over and over all with a season pass.

And if you think thats stupid going that much, ¡Las chicas están muy calientes! And with so much comotion going on... no one sees under the water :evil:

 

[piff]

Wait, I was there not too long ago, what happened to it when Six Flags took over? Ok, maybe it was a long time ago. But I still don't know what happened to it excpet that 6 Flags bought it.

 

[Shug_Ninx]

What happened? Six Flags took over and brought better rides and attractions. Geauga Lake was nostalgia value, if nothing more. And even if you care that much about "home-grown" parks there's also Cedar Point, which was two hours drive away from my place. They are arguably the best theme park in the world, if you really like rollarcoasters!

EDIT: I think what happened was a case of Six Flags treating themselves too much like a "Wal-Mart" type franchise, which is where there are just too many of them accross the countries. I think there are about 9-10 6 flags accross the country and if you think about it, thats a pretty big number considering it doesnt take that long to drive state-from-state. In this case, they probably ended up with too much maintenance costs, and having to compete with THEMSELVES for business (and the superior Cedar Point).

Yeah, I thought Six Flags was decent but Cedar Point smokes them all. :winner:

 

[Canadia142]

The six flags here in I tihnk vallejo sucks. They have 1 good roller coaster and thats only fun when you ride up in front, but then after a while that gets boring. Then they have the nerve to charge 2 bucks for a 20 coke out of the vending machine.