Lines & Waiting

[ShortChilli]

I was just wondering: what's the longest time you've stood in line for any ride at Six Flags Great America?

For me, it would be standing in line for Superman for like 2 hours!!

[SFGA 11]

Superman for me too. The ride that had the longest wait ever was probably Batman when it first opened. The whole queue is huge.

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Deja Vu; 2 and a half hours.

[Mr. SFGAm]

I have a tie for the longest waits ever at SFGAm.

Last August 11th, My friends and I waited in a hot, sweaty, and slow moving line, for 1 1/2 hours to ride Batman. I should have known by the size of the line using all of the GCPW switchbacks by East River Crawler and then snaking it's way toward Orleans Place.

The other was 1 1/2 hours for Iron Wolf back in 2001. (July weekend)

I just wish I could have the 1 hour back that I spent waiting for Shockwave in 2001!!

[CoasterDave316]

For me it is probably the 2 hours or so I waited for Deja Vu, on the last day of the 2001 season. I was willing to wait as long as I needed to, to get a ride on it that year.

[FParker185]

about 2 and a half hours for DV like a day or 2 after it opened, didnt seem so bad since I had just waited 3 hours for SFOG DV the week before

Besides that since I hadnt ridden it yet, if a line is more than 10-20 mins, I'll usually find something else with a shorter line, or I'll head out to Gurnee Mills, Jelly Bely Warehouse and try back later in the day, that is if I dont head home.

[SfGaMownz]

1. B:TR- 2 hours (back in the late 90s)
2. Deja Vu- 1 hour and 30 minutes
3. B:TR- 1 hour and 30 minutes (back in the late 90s as well)

[SFGA 11]

Just curious, did any one wait in line for RB during Fright Fest (when it went all the way to the shooting gallery) ? That line was crazy, it had to be at least 2 hours.

[twixmix0303]

I went on a Friday night of Fright Fest and the line was very short. But yeah, I was there that weekend too when there must have been 30,000 people in the park and it was PACKED!!!!!

[CoasterDude04]

Over 3 hours for Deja Vu

It was Fright fest 2001 and Deja Vu just opened for the year, so I HAD to ride it no matter what. I couldn't wait another winter. So yeah the line was full and it stretched all the way back to the eagle. So with that and about 2 or 3 break downs, 3 hours later I rode it.

[rctfan1556]

2 hours for S:UF. The line was short at the time so me and my friend are like what the heck, we got in and while in line the rode broke down twice.
Me and my friend were like WTF?!, but eventully we got on in the back and had a great time.

[Aero737]

For me it is probably the 2 hours or so I waited for Deja Vu, on the last day of the 2001 season. I was willing to wait as long as I needed to, to get a ride on it that year.

Short term memory loss Dave? You forgot my one of my favorite trip reports.
Look

4 hours.

[holydumb26]

We werent technically waiting in a line but on July 26th 2003 me and papas and some others were waiting for Deja Vu to open on its opening day. We waited from 10:01-1 just for front row 1a/first GP dispatch/first ride of the season. Twas preeeety cool though. The seats were all dirty hehe.

[Do I Know You]

I stood in line for Deja Vu for two hours and forty-five minutes, and I didn't even get to ride it

[coasterswimgurl12]

3 hours for deja vu in august of 2002.....it was torture! my friend and i had to try to save as much water as possible so we wouldnt pass out!

[ShortChilli]

I was waiting in line for Giant Drop, and just as my luck has it, a bunch of "people" came up behind me and my friend. So these "people" (Oh by the way, this guy had a mullet!!) started to make out! Oh and HOORAY!! I had to stand in line before them for an hour! (And their kid kept touching my butt, I was mad!) It was like being with Peg and Al Bundy from Married... With Children! And it was all closed in, so I had to stand right by these people for an hour!

[SFGAM_and_the_BEARS!]

Wow that would be torture. I cant say I've ever waited over 2 hours for a ride. The longest wait would probably be waiting for S:UF for about 1 1/2-2 hours. I have yet to ride Deja Vu. The line is always way too long but this summer I plan on waiting it.

[Coaster_Chick]

I waited 3.5 hours for Deja Vu opening day of '02.

Waited just over 3 hours for American Eagle during Fright Fest '01

3 Hours for superman last year sometime.

[w00dland]

About two hours and 45 minutes for the front row of S:UF on a warm july day. We figured everything had atleast an hour wait, so we might as well wait for something we've never done before.

[Papas]

The only days S:UF's line was 2+ hours was the one train days.

[coasterdude12]

My Dad once stayed in a line for the american eagle that was 4 hours long when it opened in 1981

[Chitown]

Back in my youth when I had more patience, I waited almost 5 hours to get on Shockwave its opening day.

They only had one train operating and with everyone wanting to ride the tallest, fastest, and loopiest coaster in the world, it made for an extremely long wait.

[Aero737]

Yes, American Eagle by far has the longest que line of them all. The whole tent area is insane.

[SFGAmfan]

The longest I ever waited was 2.5 hours for Deja Vu in 2002.

[Papas]

Yes, American Eagle by far has the longest que line of them all. The whole tent area is insane.

And it use to have more, thank god each side ran 3 trains back then.