Comments on: Six Flags Great America & St. Louis Trip

By: MBrilhart

MBrilhart — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:21:57 +0000

What is it about Great America’s Viper that everybody loves? It seems to get more praise nowadays then the original Coney Island Cyclone. It’s not as good as the original IMHO. I’d love to see a review and get your take on it; maybe it will shed some light on this issue for me.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:00:51 +0000

Excalibur may be removed after the 2013 season due to technical issues with the ride, nothing official yet but it was closed for most of the 2012 season.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 23:58:32 +0000

The line moves quicker now, in the off season they modified the station were the trains don't stop, they crawl by and you have to climb in, the line moves fairly quickly now.

By: Joey Till

Joey Till — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 03:26:14 +0000

Hope you liked my home park! (sfgam) I love the Viper and American Eagle as woodies, Raging bull is just plain fun and I really like X Flight as well. I just think the park needs a little more unique coasters because they have ALOT of clones. Six Flags st. louis has HUGE potential. Its beautiful, can be crowded when I go there for Fright Fest, and has a good setting for unique terrain coasters. But six flags dosn't really put interest into them as far as coasters go. Add one world class steel coaster and another nice steel coaster and this could be one of the best.

By: StLcoasterFan

StLcoasterFan — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 03:55:20 +0000

At SFStL try Excalibur as it is one of three in the world, there are similar rides but not as big or with the capacity. The Screaming Eagle may not be anything special but it is a classic and fast, when it opened it held the height and speed records, the top of the lift hill has a great view and setting as it was John Allen's last coaster. The front is probably the best on the Boss, It's intense, and I'd sit there even if it weren't a better ride for no other reason than I've seen several people hurl near the back. Our scooby doo ride is worth the ride as well. Mr. Freeze is a must and American Thunder is one of my favorites! Ride River King Mine Train and imagine it as a stand up coaster because it was one of the first for one season and that didnt go too well. Ninja is a bit jerky and nothing too special but it was the roller coaster at the 86 expo in Vancouver. The Colossus ferris wheel is the tallest amusement park ferris wheel in the US… umm, enjoy SFStL and We are glad to have you here!

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:06:40 +0000

At SFStL, The Boss and Mr. Freeze never seemed to have lines early in the morning, everyone always seemed to go to Batman since it sits near the entrance but I haven’t been since American Thunder arrived. I like knocking the Gerstlauer spinners out early as well since their lines are always slow moving so do Pandemonium as early as possible. And by the way, beware Ninja’s second inversion, I hit the restraint so hard one time I briefly blacked out on one side of my field of vision, ouch!

By: Dillon

Dillon — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:44:08 +0000

Yup, I've ridden Manta, which has a bigger loop, and it is just insanely intense. And it's the best in the back! That's why it's my favorite type of inversion!

By: Surya

Surya — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 09:33:52 +0000

Maybe you should check out Tatsu then. It's pretzel is a lot bigger and the Gs at the bottom are totally insane. And the rest of the ride and park are great too!

By: @mattmcirvin

@mattmcirvin — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:34:17 +0000

I'd been wondering about The Boss: It's certainly impressive-looking, but lately it doesn't seem to get the level of respect in polls and such that similar CCI/GCI/Gravity Group mega-woodies do. Is there some reason for that? Has it gotten rough? It's not in a more remote location than other such coasters.

By: Dillon

Dillon — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:28:45 +0000

Hey CC, are you ever going to make it up to cedar point anytime soon?