Six Flags

My wife and I went to Six Flags on Monday. We decided to go to the park today since we were both off from work. We had a good time even though we did get on each other's nerves. This type of thing will happen when you spend 24/7 with your significant other. We attended the Northeastern Writer's conference (Necon) from last Thursday until Sunday. Monday was our fifth day together.

Once getting to the park, we decided to get a Fast Pass. It has been upgraded since the last time we have been to the park. With the old system, you had to go to the ride and place your fast pass pager up to the scanning device to schedule a ride. With the new system, you scroll down to the ride and select it. You still can only save one ride at a time.

Our first ride was going to be Bizarro. Well, my height of 6'5" kept us from going on it even though I have ridden the ride when it was known as Superman: Ride of Steel. Later on, I became Verbal Kent. I hunched down and bent my legs to get on the ride and was successful.

Our bad luck didn't end with our first time trying to get on Bizarro. When we went to our second ride, The Cyclone it was temporary closed. Unfortunately, it didn't end there either. While we were waiting at the front of the line for Splash Water Falls, the ride broke down. It wasn't down for long after the three maintenance people came and looked it over. While we were waiting, Stacey and I joked about our bad luck.

Besides the broken down rides, the park also had other issues. They ran out of lids. How can you not order enough lids? It is not like they will go bad if you order too many. They also ran out of cheese and twist ties. I guess them filing for Chapter 11 back in June has had some effect on the park.

We didn't kill each other or anyone else. We survived our day at the park.