Comments on: Six Flags needs to add better experience

By: SOLDIER JUST BACK FROM AFGHAN

SOLDIER JUST BACK FROM AFGHAN — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:45:13 +0000

I AGREE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS, BUT I WARN ALL TO STAY AWAY FROM SIX FLAGS ST LOUIS WATER PARK A BIG WASTE OF MONEY RUDE PEOPLE AND THE LIFEGRDS ARE ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD ON A POWER TRIP I WILL NEVER GO BACK THEY SUCK BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:55:23 +0000

We go to the Six Flags over Ga. We purchased a $13.00 cup on our first visit and refills of soft drinks are only 99 cent and ice water is free, they also let you carry toddler snacks in so I can live with that. My complaint is the locker experiance, the one time we used a locker we had to get it in the Skull Island area in order to keep it all day and it was $18, but what are you suppose to do with the bathing suits and towels while you are on the rides, especially since you can’t wear a swim suit on the rides. Then there is the issue of making you walk through stores when you come off rides- to be exact- Thomas the train ride. You must pass through an over priced store with train table and pieces there for the little ones to want. I actually left the park today because my child was screaming because he couldn’t stay in the store all day (he is 2 so he really doesn’t understand) but it could have all been avoided with letting us pass through the gate outside the store, we would have stayed and spent money on food and drinks.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:16:28 +0000

To Sherri: I believe the “picnic area” is for parties, corporate picnic events, etc, rather than general use. Companies I’ve worked for in the past that have had Great America outings have mentioned lunch would be available to employees and their families in the picnic area.

Numerous times in the past years, even with season passes, we have tried to limit how much we spent in the park, so we would pack a cooler and come out to our car for meals. (In years past, too, we saw some people bring medium size coolers to Hurricane Harbor; but we never did that.) It’s kind of a nice break in the day; and with the season pass, like you mentioned, you don’t feel like you have to get on every ride.

I haven’t noticed the staff issues you mention.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:06:31 +0000

To Carla: I’m glad that you did not have the problems our family did. Not sure how busy the park was yesterday, but I have a feeling that the busier the park is the less likely they are to do a thorough search of bags, or to enforce their policies.

I spoke to 3 different security officers, including someone I was told was head of the security team, and all insisted that it was the policy of Great America not to allow these items in. (It was early in the season and no such “one bottle of water per person” signs that you mention were anywhere to be seen.)

Perhaps, too, as they are receiving more complaints, they have relaxed the policy.

As I mentioned in my post, this is something we’ve done for years with no problem, which is is why I was surprised to be told that this is “not a new policy”.

By: Carla

Carla — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:33:21 +0000

We went to Six Flags yesterday and I just wanted to clarify that you CAN bring “one small water bottle per person” into the park. Our bags were not searched for food or anything else. I carried in a Fuji waterbottle and my sister’s family had 2 stainless steel bottles in the carriers on their backpack. We were able to refill them all day at the concession areas.

I just wanted to clarify this because after reading your post, I was assuming we would not be able to bring in any water. This is not true and I want to be sure folks know that your experience was unique – next time you can point to the sign and put up a stink.

Now that I read that part of your post more carefully – I see that you were told to toss the granola bars. The sign also mentions – “items for special dietary needs”. I would have argued this at the gate too. Especially after we observed three separate instances of people passing out in the parks.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:44:44 +0000

I bought season passes for my family this year for the first time. With my husband out of a permanent job (he’s temping for now), finances are horrible. I’ve always thought it would be a neat experience to have a season pass to an amusement park and be able to go whenever and stay however long we wanted – not the open to close we usually do to get our money’s worth.
The first two visits were pretty good. Not all of the schools were out for summer and it was busy, but not jammed. The most recent visit was crazy. It took over 30 minutes to get off the highway. Then almost another 90 minutes to get into the park. We have the season parking pass, so we weren’t too far from the entrance.
I wondered about the food – there is a picnic area inside, so I thought we could bring food in… we just haven’t since we have to come out to change out of our swimsuits and we plan to eat lunch then.
The only way we could do the season pass was to make sure we don’t spend money in the park. So no way was I going to pay for a locker!
The thing I noticed mostly this year, is that a lot of the staff is from a different country – not sure which one (some place in Europe?) though. There were a few questions I needed answered and most of the staff I approached didn’tunderstand English very well and couldn’t give me answers. We usually go to the park once a year (free coupon from reading incentive program) and I don’t remember having a problem asking questions before.
Oh well, now we’ve had the experience I don’t think we’ll go back again. I do like the water park though!