The last day of the trip (Thursday 5/22) we hit up Six Flags Great America in the ‘burbs of Chicago. Note to self: come from the west of Chicago next time, tollways suck.
Anyway, SFGAM reminded me obviously quite a bit of Six Flags St. Louis, but on a grander scale, and was a bit nicer IMO. I was freaked out a bit upon entering the lot when I was greeted with an endless row of school buses, but as a whole (except for a few exceptions), waits weren’t bad at all. Can’t say the same for the crowd that showed up though… Anyway, on to the park itself. I didn’t pay much attention (read: any at all) to the theme of the place (it is a Six Flags, after all), but some of the park had a neat “old school” amusement park feel which was pretty cool. All in all, it was a nice park and an enjoyable place, but nothing stood out as exceptional in my mind.
The first coaster we hit was Superman Ultimate Flight, the closest coaster to the gate. This was where the biggest operational problem was: only one train operation, on what may be their most popular ride. Good job Six Flags. Luckily we beat a rush to the ride and only had to wait 15 minutes or so, I can’t imagine how long it must have been later in the day. The ride itself was cool. It was only my second flyer, so I kept drawing comparisons to Firehawk at PKI. This ride had more of a smooth, graceful flying sensation than Firehawk, and the pretzel loop was of course awesome. It was fun, but nothing amazing. I’ve come to think that roller coasters weren’t meant to be ridden in that position, but it does offer some neat sensations.
We glanced at the new ride, the Dark Knight, which had just opened a few days earlier. Judging from popular opinion, I didn’t miss much when I opted to skip the line that was out of the queue house/station/whatever that building is supposed to be.
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