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Postby RollingCoasting on August 26th, 2017, 6:56 pm
Anyone know what rides will be open for the Churro ERT tomorrow?
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 26th, 2017, 9:32 pm
Don't think there is one. There is an ERT for Batman Season Passes though.
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 26th, 2017, 9:46 pm
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 26th, 2017, 10:26 pm
Check the pass portal, it's not listed...
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 26th, 2017, 10:31 pm
Oh. That's weird :?
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Postby RollingCoasting on August 27th, 2017, 12:54 am
Looks like the Midway Munchies place is confirmed to be on the Dining Pass:

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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 27th, 2017, 1:03 am
Yep, my parents tried it today. Said it was pretty good. They weren't a huge fan of the mac and cheese on everything, but said it was better than they thought it would be. Excited to try it on my next trip!
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Postby n9yty on August 27th, 2017, 2:37 pm
Ilovthevu' wrote:If attendance is down as said through people on this forum, than why is it down? What happened this year that is making people not want to come back?

One thing I still don't like is the music.

This is probably just us, but the park seems "dead" this year... The music, love it or hate it, seems very much subdued as compared to last year. It seemed to us last year the park was throbbing with the pulse of the music wherever you went, and this year we hardly notice it except in a few areas. But there are lots of areas where it just seems so quiet.
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Postby n9yty on August 27th, 2017, 2:40 pm
Oh, and it was interesting to see the new ordering kiosks for Capone's and Strutters. Don't know if there are elsewhere, we never made it to JB's or other places. But they had statiosn set up where you could order your food, pay with a credit card, and go pick it up at the end of the line. Being dinig pass users, it didn't apply to us, but this is a start toward filling people's hopes for some kind of order-ahead and pick-up to avoid the lines.

Why they can't leverage the mobile app with your dining pass information to let you do this is probably more one of choice than capability. But we can keep hoping.
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Postby Wisco Woody on August 27th, 2017, 7:26 pm
Did anyone actually enjoy them playing Don't Stop Believing every 5 minutes throughout the park last year? The music was garbage, and they used it to cover up for the lack of special themeing outside of Justice League and the large number of rides that were rarely or never running last year, especially the train.

The reason that attendance is down this year is because last year they did nothing to shorten the lines, no major shows or good entertainment, and a low effort regular season in general. The Park has been much better in almost every aspect during last Fright Fest and this year's daily operation, and hopefully that means a more lively and popular Fright Fest this year with a continuing focus on themeing and shortening the lines from last year. If they don't use the Pictorium during the day in Fright Fest, then it should be demolished if they are too lazy or cheap to use it.
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Postby Tardis1972 on August 27th, 2017, 10:32 pm
Ok what's going on with Eagle? Who is it still only running the Blue Side? Also V2 got stuck and had to be backed up into the station. First time I've ever seen that happen.
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 28th, 2017, 8:27 am
V2 gets stuck like that practically once a day...
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Postby CoasterRiderSC on August 28th, 2017, 11:03 am
I actually got stuck for 5-10 minutes on the Eagle a couple of weeks ago! We were 5 feet out of the station and the train (red) just stopped! I'd never seen that happen before. The ride then started and we got our ride in. But then it was down to work on the brakes or something right before the lift hill.
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Postby hook13 on August 30th, 2017, 7:58 pm
not sure this is best place, but Flash sale question- I'm going to 6F georgia this fall....if their price is significantly lower than 6fgam, any issue with buying a season pass there with food, and picking up when I go in OCT- I'd basically end up having 2 passes at once till December I think, if they allow it- Any drawback to my plan? I'll also be hitting STL in time for the sale and could pick up there too....
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 30th, 2017, 8:02 pm
Usually the prices are pretty much the same. If you do that though, you have to go to the park that you buy the pass for first before you can use it at other Six Flags park.
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Postby hook13 on August 30th, 2017, 8:09 pm
Thanks....I'm already a passholder for 6fgam though, so wasn't sure if I could basically have 2 passes at once- renewing six of them, so if it's 10 or 15 cheaper, would consider picking them up in georgia-
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Postby Whizzer Whiz Kid on August 30th, 2017, 8:12 pm
Yes you can do it. I have had two "live" passes at the end of the last two seasons. I'm not telling you this, but if you keep them separate, you can come in the park twice and get double the meals.
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Postby chrisisdragon on August 30th, 2017, 10:07 pm
When I get the 2018 season pass tonight can you transfer the 2017 dinning pass to the new season pass.
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Postby Guy_With_A_Stick on August 30th, 2017, 10:22 pm
chrisisdragon wrote:When I get the 2018 season pass tonight can you transfer the 2017 dinning pass to the new season pass.

No, you have to buy a new Dining Pass. Same goes for any other extensions(parking pass, go-kart pass, All Season Flash Pass, etc.)
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Postby anewman35 on August 30th, 2017, 10:37 pm
hook13 wrote:not sure this is best place, but Flash sale question- I'm going to 6F georgia this fall....if their price is significantly lower than 6fgam, any issue with buying a season pass there with food, and picking up when I go in OCT- I'd basically end up having 2 passes at once till December I think, if they allow it- Any drawback to my plan? I'll also be hitting STL in time for the sale and could pick up there too....


I believe you only get BAFF (and some coupon offers) for your home park, if that matters to you.
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Postby hook13 on August 30th, 2017, 10:39 pm
anewman35 wrote:
hook13 wrote:not sure this is best place, but Flash sale question- I'm going to 6F georgia this fall....if their price is significantly lower than 6fgam, any issue with buying a season pass there with food, and picking up when I go in OCT- I'd basically end up having 2 passes at once till December I think, if they allow it- Any drawback to my plan? I'll also be hitting STL in time for the sale and could pick up there too....


I believe you only get BAFF (and some coupon offers) for your home park, if that matters to you.


Thanks, I wondered about that...I'll probably never go back to Georgia, although I've learned after first year to avoid BAFF at all costs-
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Postby Dan The Coaster Man on August 30th, 2017, 10:47 pm
If I buy an all season photo pass tomorrow will it work for the remainder of this year plus next year? Or will there not be a sale on photo passes for 2018 this weekend?
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Postby anewman35 on August 30th, 2017, 10:55 pm
Dan The Coaster Man wrote:If I buy an all season photo pass tomorrow will it work for the remainder of this year plus next year? Or will there not be a sale on photo passes for 2018 this weekend?


We'd obviously know more tomorrow. But it seems a pretty safe bet to me that it's yes to both questions...
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Postby RollingCoasting on September 2nd, 2017, 3:16 pm
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Lobster update. Arms look really cool
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Postby gottastrata33 on September 2nd, 2017, 4:05 pm
So I saw the new photo booth that went in a couple weeks ago in SWT but I haven't seen this yet until just now...Image


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