SFoG was about 4 miles from the hotel and after the short journey we were pulling into an almost empty car park. We walked across to the entrance and found more cars using another part of the parking lot! Not so quiet then!
We were quickly through with our annual passes and after spending a dollar in a locker to store our belongings for an hour (bit of a rip off!), we joined a small queue for the standup coaster 'Scorcher'. Although fairly unexciting it was very smooth.
We moved on to the next section of the park and purchased another locker! The parks tallest coaster is Goliath, similar in design to Apollos Chariot, Busch Gardens, and Intimidator rides. It was a good coaster but for us, I think, we've been well and truly spoilt by other coasters this week.
Dare Devil Dive Coaster was next, similar to Saw at Thorpe Park but 3 rows of 2 sests per car. It looked like a small queue, but it quite quickly became apparent it was very dlow moving. The sun was very hot already and it was very uncomfortable in the queue line. There was only one car on the track at anyone time, which in practice made its thoughput about 6 people every 2-3mins. We waited about an hour. The only reason we could think of for this was maybe being of the same model as Smiler, Alton Towers, guidelines had been set for how many cars on track. The staff didn't seem very customer friendly and seemed to hold up the queue even longer by spending more time looking for single riders to fill spaces than it would have taken to get the car on its way. We may have been spoilt by fast passes too this week, which we did have today.
Once we got off we headed for some much needed drinks. Refreshed we went on the hunt for more coasters. Keith, Sarah and Stephen went on Ninja, a corkscrew headbanger, then we all did the wooden coaster, Great American Scream Machine, a bit rough but ok.
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| Ninja |
We were already starting to flag with the weather today. Forecast was for 96f and by hslf twelve it was getting tough.
After more drinks the others headed for Superman Ultimate Flight. They all enjoyed this flying coaster, best one of the week, same manufacturer as Air and Manta.
After looking at the map, and thinking about the heat we weren't coping with, we headed for 2 last coasters. Mindbender, I think, had a long queue and Batman the ride was down with technical difficulties.
It was half 2, we'd had enough. It was too hot. We had a quick look round some shops and uninspired left empty handed.
Don't regret doing the parks as we have wanted to visit for years and would always have wondered, but a shame really, altho there were some nice rides here we have been left a little underwhelmed by our Six Flag's experience. Maybe cooler weather or purchasing Flash Passes may have helped. Don't know how other Six Flags Parks would compare? Certainly for us the other 3 parks were better.
We went back to the hotel and had a much needed swim and rest, then headed out for dinner at Ruby Tuesday.
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| The water in the pool was heated but it was in the shade and it was just what we needed! |
The car has a weather app that showed '93f, feels like 101f', and an outside temperature showing 96f at 3.30pm.
Tomorrow is the big drive to Orlando.
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