Plus he missed a ride and the scream machine tres had been replaced so they're no longer bumpy the Riddler has been smoother and a stronger paste I will put us number five
I'm not a huge theme park enthusiast but I grew up going to SFGAm and i loved hearing your thoughts about it. :) I always loved the reflecting pool in front of the carousel and Raging Bull is my favorite too! I'm so glad you felt the people were friendly too. Sweet Home Chicago!
I agree if you're from Chicago, Great America is the holy grail of fun when you were a kid. Always heard about GA as a kid and we always bothered our parents about it. One day they woke us up and said pops got tix! Best freakin day ever.
Magic Mountain is my home park. And I totally agree with you! The lines get exceptionally long on random rides, made worse by the sometimes unbearable heat. The park opened in 1971 and it definitely showing its age in places. Left over artifacts of long defunct attractions as well as general degradation of que areas. Ninja especially has a lot of wood rot and missing elements that have never been replaced or repaired over the years. The poor Sky Tower has been stuck in limbo due to the elevator needing repairs/replacement. That being said, I love the place.
Six Flags Great America is my home park, everything really is like a dream to go on but I feel like once you go on everything, there’s no fun into it really, overall, all the parks are really great and I loved to hear your thoughts on them!
This used to be Marriott's Great America. The hotel chain was eagar to unload it after a number of accidents that I'm sure their insurance company did not want to cover.
In regards to La Ronde, any park that has a B&M hyper automatically cannot be the worse in the chain, when there are several others without anything close to that scale (SFDK, Great Escape, etc). Awesome video, your rankings are well justified and thought out. This must have taken a lot of work to put this together!
Happy to see La ronde at 9th on the list. My home park. The setting is very nice and the rides are not that bad at all. I saw your review it was pretty good (pretty much not as biased as Coasters Studios's which i thought was atrocious) Anyways, great video ! P.S The lake at La ronde is where they do firework shows on Wednesdays and on Saturdays in the middle of July until the end of August. Hope my information was useful !
And also, the fireworks from La Ronde are part of the most prestigious fireworks compettition in the world. They're like the Olympics but for fireworks where they choose the best pyrotechnic companies from a few countries and then they all compete against eachother for the Jupiter prize. So these are about the best firework shows you can see out there.
Coaster Studios had the audacity to complain about people not speaking English in Montréal! To be fair, that video is from quite a few years ago but still cringe worthy
I'm glad you liked the reasons. It was fun to make this ranking and honestly, after my last visit to Magic Mountain I was praying it wasn't number one.
my family have been season pass holders to Six Flags Great America for a couple summers here and there. it's amazing watching this video i can recognize when you are using shots of Great America in the intro and i can tell where you are in the park! i can even name all the rides in the shot. love this video! edit: i wrote this comment at the start of the video having ZERO IDEA Great America was gonna be #1. made me watch the whole video waiting to hear you talk about it XD
my personal favorite coaster there is superman. raging bull is my second. but when i was young, and too scared for bigger coasters, i used to ride the whizzer alot and that one is very nostalgic for me.
I'm very glad that you ranked SFGAM number 1. It's technically my home park if you exclude Mt. Olympus. But the rides at SFGAM are amazing. I didn't ride all of them because I'm not fully prepared for the "Larger ones" but the ones I did ride were great. American Eagle is not as bumpy as people think it's a really good wooden coaster. Viper my favorite wooden coaster in the park was amazing, filled with tons of airtime. X-flight is a very underrated wing coaster, my favorite of the park by its uniqueness, and how fun the rollercoaster is. ( That's why I'm excited to go on Gatekeeper. ) Joker... I had no idea what happened but it was insane. Superman Ultimate Flight was very smooth for me and the pretzel loop threw me off. Whizzer is a top tier family coaster. It is just intense for a family coaster. Batman is very intense, it's a great rollercoaster. Demon was still very solid, the entrance into the 1st corkscrew kinda whipped me around but the operator was great. He sent us off with, " Have fun on the headache. " Which was very surprising that I didn't get a headache. And we went on a Tuesday so all the rollercoasters were WALK ONS. The operations are great also except for X-flight which took a little longer but it was still fairly decent. If you live near Six Flags Great America you should definitely go.
SFGAM is my home park and I would go twice a year in my teens and twenties. About 12 years ago they really started to tank due to some really bad choices by management that ruined it for me. However, I finally decided to go yesterday (first time back after 10 years) and was more than pleasantly surprised! They fixed the issues that I had and added more pretty amazing coasters which also helped to make the lines much shorter. The Raging Bull will always be my personal favorite, but I loved Goliath and X Flight. Didn't get to try Maxx Force, but getting to ride all the big ones I really wanted to (multiple times) with only 20 minute wait times more than made up for that. The Joker was a great ride, too! Staff members were upbeat and interacted wonderfully with the crowds which was a far cry from how they were the last few times I was there. I will be buying a season pass next year! Great video, keep up the good work!
My home park is Six Flags Great America, I absolutely LOVE it there. I was just there 2 days ago and I rode almost every roller coaster on my visit and even rode some 2-4 times. Great video and thanks for making it!⭐️ ❤️ X-Flight is definitely my favorite :)
I'm surprised that a lot of people are saying that SFGA is among most coaster enthusiasts favourite Six Flags parks, like top 3. I would think they would not like it because the coasters aren't high as at most parks (because of height restrictions due to O'Hare being close by), but I'm glad that people are enjoying the park.
Great video!!! Great Adventure is my home park, I’ve been going there since 1976. It has really changed but my family and love it. After watching your video I want to check out some of the other Six Flags!!!
Its so awesome seeing Great America at #1! I've been going there since I was very young and now at 19 I still go there 5-6 times a summer. Raging Bull is the absolute best!
This was a fantastic video! I had to save it for later so I could watch the whole thing in one go. Glad to see Great America get the praise it deserves
Thanks! I’m impressed you made it through the whole thing. Also, I’m glad to see that many are happy with Great America’s placement as I find it underrated.
I just went to sfmm this weekend, which was the opening weekend of the new Wonder woman ride, and I have to say it was probably my best visit in the past few years. Longest I waited was 1 hour for tatsu, and the highlight would be riding the new Wonder woman ride 5 times on it's opening day and waiting 5 minutes to get on X2 the day before. Definitely lots of improvements to the park, and with it operating 19 of it's 20 coasters I would put it #1
Brother i couldn't agree more!! Finally a number 1 that is correct!! Everything u said from atmosphere, cleaness, , to the hospitality and all out fun hits my heart. As a guy who grew up in S Chicago, this was my second home every summer snd every Halloween for Fright Fest!! Bravo my friend, i miss the Shock Wave, it originated here...
Magic Mountain is my home park and I'll say you pretty much nailed my thoughts on it. I went this past May for my best friend's birthday with a group of 10 people ranging from big thrill seekers to borderline non riders and overall it was a great time for everyone but outside of the rides its not good. The food especially is wayyyyy overpriced and not good. If anyone is planning on visiting, I'd say go during the Fall or Winter because the heat can become unbearable and don't go to the park's Johnny Rockets. It's below average at best and not worth the price, the shakes are the only saving grace
As someone from DFW I was happy to see Six Flags Over Texas making the top 5. The rides are honestly awesome. But I do agree with the layout. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten turned around there. Not to mention having to search for the tunnel that leads to judge roy scream.
I’m glad that this is your own opinions and it’s not biased based on other reviews for me it is very annoying to hear something get praised or trashed on because a large creator likes it for example I feel nitro is a decent hyper but it isn’t the best in America like a lot of people claim because that’s what coaster studios praise.
Absolutely. With how popular some such as Coaster Studios are, it is easy to be influenced by his opinions. It is because of him that I expected La Ronde to be the worst. However, once one experiences a park or ride they are able to break away from that influence and form their own viewpoints. Also, I personally agree with you on Nitro.
@@ThemeParkAvenue for sure expectations are lowered or raised and I feel that it ruins the purpose of going to a park if you already have your mind made up on it
LaRonde is my home park, so while I am happy to see it relatively high on the list I can’t say it’s been enjoyable in recent years. They do have some great rides, but every time I’ve gone several rides have either been closed, have closed while I was waiting in line, or have had hour long waits. They do have a pretty nice firework show and some cool decor during Fright Fest though. Glad you had a good time!
Great America and Great Adventure are so close in quality for me. Both are parks with amazing ride Lineups. Great America has the better coaster collection, but I slightly take Great Adventure because I think in excels over Great America in all nearly all the other categories like food, flat rides and operations My overall ranking of the sf parks I've been to would be 1. Six Flags Great Adventure 2. Six Flags Great America 3. Six Flags (Good) America 4. Six Flags St Louis
I agree completely with Great Escape. This and Great Adventure are my closest and I choose GA over Escape any day. Not to mention that every time that I've been to Escape since I was little, there have always been so many attractions that were closed down. After some time, we just completely gave up on it.
I live locally in Queensbury and Great Escape is just a sad Six Flags park. I wish when Charlie Wood sold the park he had sold it to an independent owner or smaller chain although I don't know if it would make any difference because of the locals that hate when they add any attractions. I have always dreamed of what the park could be but after the way it's been pretty much ignored the past 10 years other than some rides and waterpark expansion, the future doesn't seem too bright. I don't even know why they added the hotel other than to get some year round revenue. I wish they would just add some decent coasters but I doubt they will.
Lived inbetween Great Escape And La Ronde, I always enjoyed La Ronde more but haven't been in 16 years. Hoping to go again soon. Nice review about La Ronde makes me excited to go again.
i would like to see great adventure and great america to combine into six flags america because I keep on forgetting about some coaster in great america in great adventure
I was at Magic Mountain during spring break and with a flash pass I still had to wait 3 hours in line for X2. People that didn't have the flash pass had to wait 6 hours in line. The park closed and people never left the line queue until they got to ride so I'm not sure how long they were open that day. That was definitely the worst operations I've ever experienced in any Six Flags park.
If you get a King Da Ka rollback it changes the feel of the coaster... drastically. Unfortunately I have never experienced a roll back but have seen and talked to people who have. It was cool to see my home park at #2! Great video too
@@ThemeParkAvenue I was just watching a livestream of someone who worked on it from 06-08 I believe. It go’s 119-121. The only time it ran 128 was the first month it opened. It was having to many problems so they slowed it down.
sfga actually has a point with the loose article policy. my friend didn’t get a locker for his phone since he also found it dumb, and ended up completely losing his phone on nitro. we spent 40 minutes talking to staff about it. we still never found it to this day lol
Having Great Adventure as my home park has spoiled me, but as a local, I will say that some of the park rides are poorly aging, especially on rides like El Toro. Of course on a first visit, that's not noticeable, but having gone multiple times, a visit in 2022 does not compare to a visit a few years back.
Just want to say thank you for giving the six flags park of my childhood (America)some respect. It’s definitely a dump but those are the coasters I grew up on so I love them. The bonus about growing up with roar as my woody (I understand that most people think that’s an oxymoron) is that I’ve never hopped off of another woody and felt beaten up lol.
Sfga is just an hour away from where I live, and every time I go I never get bored of the rides there. I definitely think its #1 out of all the six flags parks I’ve been to
Six Flags Great Adventure is my local park, and while I love it, I agree with you regarding the loose article policy. I went last week for the first time in 4 years, and was baffled by the policy. Not only did it come off as a scam to make you pay egregious prices for lockers, but the policy was super inconsistent. Some rides had staff turning you away before you even got on line if you had anything in your pockets. Others didn't care and just let you put it in a cubby or the floor. It didn't make any sense. But of course there is a drink rack for your $20-$35 drink cup you paid for.
THANK YOU! While I have not been to great adventure or magic mountain, I’ve been to Cedar Point and Kings Island and some of the other larger parks; and Great America, in my family is considered in very close relation to CP and KI. Great America is sooooo good, I always forget just how many insane coasters they have together until I go again, it being my third closest park to Nebraska!
Great video! When I went to la ronde a few days ago the operations for Goliath wasn’t the best and everyone was crowding the station and cutting the lines. but the other operations were decent and I had a fun time.
As Six Flags Magic Mountain as my home park I am biased, but I must say: You hit the nail on the head about the parks appearance, atmosphere, and park operations. And yeah, most of the rides there are very pleasant, while others leave more to be desired. Although I have yet to visit other parks in the chain I agree with your ranking. Magic Mountain is spoiled no doubt, but definitely a work in progress.
SFFT is my home park and I love it to death, I live about 10 minutes from the entrance \m/. I plan on visiting more parks over the next few years starting with SFOT but there is nothing quite like the quarry wall for a unique landscape.
Fun fact: behind Six Flags safari in Jackson NJ, there is a dirt fire road. Reed rd. Lots of trails for off-roading, dirt bikes, and atvs. I go all the time. Just don’t get stuck, there’s no service ;)
@@ThemeParkAvenue not of the park, but you can see directly into the safari. So if you want to skip the tour and see the animals for free, it’s your best bet
The Great Escape is my "local" park being from northern Vermont and it used to feel like an amazing place to visit, especially as a kid. As I've gotten older, each time I've visited the park, it seems like there's not only physically less stuff than each previous visit but the overall experience and atmosphere has become much more watered down. 8 years ago my siblings, parents, and I bought season passes and we visited the park about a dozen times during the summer. The first few visits had no issues, but by mid-June, they began taking away benefits, no free drinks, no free meals, etc, and by the end of the summer we were paying out-of-pocket for nearly everything that was originally included. Since 2014, I've only been about 4 times and the entire experience has been "meh". It's smaller than other parks, it's repetitive, and unless you're doing it as a kid or for your kids, it's not really a fantastic adult experience. Additionally, their resort property across the street is grossly overpriced for the quality of the park. If you are spending the night in the area, get a cheaper hotel for a quarter of the price. I have no problems with Queensbury NY as an area, but outside of The Great Escape, you're harder-pressed to find interesting things to do compared to other locations on this list.
The Great Escape is my closest park as well. From Northern New York (originally from VT). Great Escape was great as a kid. But I got the same sense of "meh" as an adult. And my last visit there left a sour taste in my mouth... in 2007. More due to the people I hanged out with than the park, but the park was losing rides I wanted to try out as a kid. It's sad that the Splashwater Kingdom/Paul Bunion's Bucket Brigade have been dismantled or diminished from back when I was younger. It's sad that you have to go out of your way to find decent theme parks. By contrast, La Ronde was much better. And being in Montréal is a treat all by itself.
You fixed the way you said Dahlonega😂You said it right this time! YAAA. Also, operations are always hit or miss. Most times I have been, the operations have been great. But Superman has never had good operations, it is always so slow, and it always breaks down
I have lived in Orlando for 20 years but still make it back to my hometown of Chicago to visit SFGAM. Many complain about it's lack of elite coasters but not realize it is because of it's status as the true testing park (more so than fiesta Texas). Great America has received the most investment this millennium, while also being top heavy invested from 1988 to 1999 (rivaled only by great adventure and magic mountain at this time. Great Adventure was down to 4 coasters in 1989 And magic mountain was trying to take advantage of longer seasons and major metro to compete with cedar point as a capital). Once they were able to reinvent Great adventure, and expand Magic Mountain, six flags returned to Great America to become their park of choice. My guess is due to it's attendance rivaling nearly the same as it's two bigger markets, but year after year their earnings report put Great America well above others in profit. Also allowing it to be a testing park in metro that is 10 million (and racially matching of America's diversity count), it gives great data about public opinion as a whole. Final two advantages are Great America's proximity to Cedar Point and it's record of having the chains Hardest fighting park presidents I'm terms of getting a it's fair share in investment due to it's financial power brought into the companies profits.. Jim Withrobe (Previous park president of Great America is owed all the credit for the establishment of B&M, the creation of the inverted, outside looping coaster, and the constant height variance approvals he would win in court despite push back from local communities). Many don't know this but B&M never wanted to be a company. They worked on that bad intamin z force Coaster for intamin which put them initially in relationship with Jim. He was so impressed that when Great America was the recipient of Great Adventures Bobsled in 1989, they called what would be B&M to build new trains for capacity. It was this visit that got the ball rolling and convinced B&M to go into Business by building their first coaster Iron Wolf at Great America. It was then Jim's idea to compete with arrow suspended coasters by created a sketch of the inverted floorless trains that he wanted in the park. The relationship was so strong that B&M was back to build one of their first two hyper coasters in great America (with great America opening second, yet was taller, longer, and more unique). Great America was picked to get the b&m flying clone just one year after debut, and was the first park in north America to announce a wing coaster in 2012). B&M really is a staple or Chicago history in terms of firsts or near firsts). Hank the next president who passed in January, got the park 6 coasters (3 record breakers) in his final 10 years, He fought against the superloop craze as early as 2013, which is why the park ended up getting the world's largest out of the deal as he demanded better for great America. Hank was also president of the committee that installed the justice league dark rides across the nation. He ensured as many kinks we're worked out before bringing such a tech driven attraction to his own park. Hank is also famous for being the park president that officially got Great America's Height Variance changed after 2014 Public outcry on Goliaths height and noise. He convinced the village administration that 125 feet was too short to compete these days, as it needed to compete with other parks like cedar fair. This gave Great America approval to build up to 200 feet with no variance on any land south of roaring rapids and the Yankee harbor in park Bay. This is why MaxxForce was able to stay secret til the end, while Goliath we knew 2 to 3 months prior to it's announcement. X flight was 120 feet simply to keep it a secret from the competition. The park wanted innovation that fit today's need for larger size. As a final statement of why todays Great American History and coaster line up is so great - Six Flags Great America is the only six flags park with 4 woodies, technically 5 since Eagle offers two different experiences on each track). Of these woodies, Goliath is Six Flags Only topper track woodie from RMC. Since they no longer make these, and since lighting run went hybrid, it is one of only 2 in the world. Goliath is once again the fastest wooden coaster, still maintains the tallest drop, and is the steepest full circuit wooden coaster in the world. It was the first to introduce the zero G Stall, and the only wooden coaster to have a dive loop. American Eagle remains the tallest, fastest, longest racing coaster in the world, and even debuted as the tallest and fastest period. Viper is the only coaster in the six flags family that was designed and built directly in park. it is the best paced version IMO of the cyclone inspired model (I say inspired as Viper is slightly taller, has modernized unbanked laterals, and a double dip that Cyclone doesn't have). MaxxForce is the only airlaunch coaster in the chain. It's the fastest accelerating coaster in the world outside Japan, and has one of the most unique features that follow. The double invert from Vipers queue looks like one mega 175 foot loop with one of the greatest near miss head chopper moments as it passes under the track. The world's fastest inversion that follows is amongst the most intense elements I've experienced. With wicked twister gone, Vertical Velocity has become six Flags tallest and fastest inverted coaster, and making it a 3 way tie as Americas tallest and fastest with two cedar fair clones. Batman The Ride is the world's first inverted outside looping coaster. It also has ACE landmark status Superman Ultimate Flight is the only flying coaster in the Midwest Whizzer is the last of it's kind in America, and one of only two speed racers left in the world. It too is an ACE landmark coaster. The Dark Knight is one of the few wild mouse that truly lacks any breaking upon the hairpin turns and truly feels like a much bigger wild mouse that it is. Theming is good, not great, and the warehouse building is an eye sore next to superman's drop. X flight was underrepresented in 2012 due to Dollywood opening it's park for Wild Eagle. Earlier beating Great America to the punch. Wild Eagle's 131 foot straight drop and 4 non unique inversions was imo no where on the same level as X Flight. X flight introduced to America the nations first wingover drop, the most inversions on a wing coaster at the time, and that grand finale near miss of the air traffic control tower and the additional construction beam you travel into right after for a second near miss. XFlight's ride time is also longer than Wild Eagle's due to all the extra track wasted to go up and down a mountain. Demon is the chains best themed classic arrow with the 3 tunnels, rockwork, ect. One thing about demon that I enjoy is the fact of it's position in the skyline and direction of the lifthill. While the coaster is only 102 feet in height, viper sits down in a valley with the SW Territory, giving a false illusion of being higher up. In addition that pop of airtime on the first drop is always a shock. Raging Bull is truly the only b&m hyper twister in the world, has one of the best flojector first drops of all time thanks to the pre drop. It's also the first coaster to have open air sideless carts that have become standard today. The 9th row on this coaster, far right side seat actually has given me more airtime then Mako here in Orlando. Finally, Six Flags Great America to me truly beats others in over all coasters because only 2 are kiddie, with one actually being historical and therefore another rarity in the chain. The other parks with high numbers of coasters tend to cheat with a ridiculous number of kiddie coasters. To close up I just wanted to shout out a few other interesting notes * The Columbia Carousel is the world's tallest double deck carousel * The bumper cars have the largest bumper car floor in the world * The park was the first park to debut a 7 looping coaster. It also has the highest drop and fastest speed of any steel coaster for it's time. It also debuted with the worlds highest inversion at the time. * Iron Wolf, while now named firebird at SFA, yes it's a weak b&m but for it bring the first b&m standup twister, and the original tallest, fastest, and longest standup coaster it was big for it's day. It also was the first to introduce a corkscrew to a standup design. * Great America was home to the unfortunate Deja Vu, the world's largest boomerang model *Ragin Cajun at SFA always gets good reviews. I concur as when it was first built at Great America I remember thinking it was the best crazy mouse I had ridden. Not sure how this one is so different.
Part 2 Their waterpark is definitely in the top two of the chain. Nearly 35 slides, Tallest water coaster, world's largest interactive play structure, and the pure size of it the park is definitely a good reason to keep it as a separate gate. (I laughed when you talked about Green lantern in Jersey. It was originally planned to go in the spot of MaxxForce and a portion of the waterpark prior to Jersey getting the ride at the last minute. Hank fought hard with corporate on this coaster and in exchange we ended up with XFlight one year later which is superior. So thanks for your ranking, thanks for seeing the greatness of Great America, and if the park is reading this, thanks for being inovative instead of being cedar point that chooses to instead wait for innovation of others in order to make the ride bigger. Also if six flags is changing it's investment strategy to become more like cedar fairs I would hope to see A Giga In the chains future. While the parks nearby airport limits height to 330 feet with a height variation, Great America still has time to have a marketable Giga by building an out and back towards your northern edge. I know this is closer to communities, but with the use of additional natural barriers, and tunnels, a giga would be perfect fit and attendance driver. It's out and back layout will make it unique to raging Bull, and the lifthill of a giga would do nothing but excite the masses when they turn into the property and it's the first coaster seen. Also please do not get a clone of jersey devil. While I know it's unlikely to get a clone due to it's design and the potential spots for development or replacement. The park spent money to ensure XFlight, Goliath, and maxxforce could not be cloned. Stick with this concept and you will continue to be the winning park
@@ThemeParkAvenue Oh they are nice but the work ethic in Atlanta is terrible. I haven't ever seen good lines at six flags. Its the management though not employees. They obviously don't train well. I've seen 3 and a half hours to get on goliath before. Carowinds is a much better managed park in my personal opinion.
What’s a shame is that St. Louis had great theming probably about 10-15 years ago, but do to random rides needing a place to be plopped down and (presumably) lack of budget, it went away since then.
Not to mention there is ALWAYS something broken. Weather it’s a ride or a railing. Half the time there’s trash all over and takes hours just to get food or on a ride.
You must do mexico , a surprisingly cool park with great theming and a safe atmosphere.. and sfmm is my home park. El Ultimo Escapo is a cool ride. I just subbed.sfmm needs more flat rides.
@@ThemeParkAvenue please do! I’m Mexican and Six flags (previously reino aventura) is one of the few amusement parks in the country and the only one of that scale. It’s magical and it combines Mexican culture (not only folklore but also how us superheroes have shaped our pop culture) and what’s clearly American which is also great fun
I took 2 of my kids to six flags fiesta Texas yesterday and we basically walked onto every ride and rode it as many times as we wanted for 8 hours. We had flash passes and only had to use them twice the entire day. Kinda a waste of money, but with the nice weather i was expecting it to be busier. It was the best day I’ve ever had at a six flags park outside of the time they only opened at half capacity right after the pandemic lockdowns. The lines were longer on the day it was only opened at half capacity, but the rides seemed so much more thrilling after being shut inside with nothing to do for so long.
I grew up in WI, and SFGAM was my "home park"...although it was called Marriot's Great America "back in the day!" We are visiting here now (from AZ) and went to the park and it's changed a LOT, and for the better! I love all the coasters, though the line for Maxx Force was 60 min. and we just didn't want to wait, but I agree with Raging Bull. I've been on the Velocicoaster at Universal, and I'm guessing Maxx Force is similar? I also liked Goliath and X-Flight, although a kid had puked on the ride vehicle as it was coming in and we had to wait for them to clean it up and cycle the trains through a few times before we could ride it. We also didn't ride Joker since it looked a little too crazy for us! We loved Batman and Superman. I am a Disney fanatic so theming for me just isn't there, but I have to remember that this is NOT Disney! :)
Cool that you sort of grew up with Great America. Maxx Force definitely isn’t as good as VelociCoaster so don’t get you hopes too high if you ride it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
@@ryanb9749 They used to be twin parks! Now they still have some similarities, but they’re owned by two different companies. California’s Great America is apparently going to close like next year though, sadly. Wish I could’ve visited it!
Just an FYI for the Great Adventure loose article policy, the locker is only 10 dollars for the whole day and you can get a new locker anywhere they have them. (You pay once, say at el toro, then take your stuff to another ride’s locker and don’t have to pay again). Also only el toro, kingda ka, jersey devil, and joker require lockers. The rest you can put your things to the side before riding.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is my home park. As a local I can definitely say it's underrated and I'll tell you what safari side wider is like, the que is amazing it has snakes in it, and the ride was just ok the turns were a little bit painful. By far it has the best que and my favorite ride is cobra, but ya I totally agree with you it is definitely underrated. Edit: You could have took the shuttle.
I saw footage of the new queue and it does look fantastic. The shuttle just isn’t something I normally do. I enjoy walking but wanted to point out that one has to walk past almost major coasters.
SFOG is my home SF park. They have a extremely balanced lineup and are ready to open their long awaited launch coaster next year which is a world’s first ultra surf coaster. It currently doesn’t have a name yet but sounds very exciting
as someone with their home park as great America I'm glad to see it number 1!! usually we are number 3 or 4. I agree with what you said about GA and am glad that you valued more than just the rides since IMO that is what gets GA put down where it is usually. we dont have a stand out ride to draw in the thusies and push GA up above a Great adventure or fiesta
That's awesome to hear! There is so much I loved about the park and it meant the lack of a top tier coaster didn't even matter. That said, my two favorites at the park are amazing rides.
SFFT is my home park and I even got to be a ride op over summer 21'. honestly, not surprised that those rides were closed, and your comments on operations. our trains are practically ancient, and when I worked back in 2021 they didnt start operating normally until about A MONTH AGO. I worked in the Crackaxle Canyon Area, and DDD im definitely not surprised it was down. my area always had a joke on placing bets on how many times the ride would break in the day and we would start at double digits. some of these rides are either too old, or frankly too new and still working out the kinks. apparently from some friends I still know around there, staffing for ride ops have been weak so I really hope you can visit again, especially when Cliffhanger opens!
I keep telling people that Iron Rattler is a serious underrated coaster. The first drop is just crazy and the quarry setting is so unique. It's a shame you went on a day when so much was closed.
Iron Rattler is definitely amazing, and it’s wooden predecessor is legendary, albeit for some of the wrong reasons lol. The Iron Rattler and the original Rattler deserves its own video honestly.
When I went on the original rattler my seat came unlocked and my brother had to hold me down the whole time so I wouldn't fly out.. I think the workers hit a button because at the end of the ride they said they were sorry like they knew they did it... But it's my fav ride still
Since my wife has one, do season passes work in multiple parks? If we decided to go on vacation and there happened to be another six flags in the area would we be able to go with the season pass?
It depends on what level of annual pass she has. Look up the different tiers because my gold plus pass is not offered anymore so I don’t think she has it. They have names like Extreme and Thrill Seeker.
I’ve been to great adventure but honestly still think magic mountain should be number 2. It just has a much bigger collection of roller coasters even though some aren’t good.
Twisted Colossus is truly a masterpiece. The restraints are comfortable and just loose enough so that you get some fantastic hang time, the drops at the beginning are intense, the dueling element is extremely well-done, the inversions are so smooth and fast you feel like you are flying. The feeling of being in the spiral loop when you are mere inches away from the other train is unmatched by any other coaster I’ve been on. The wait is long, yes, but the ride is a whole 4 minutes. 100% worth it. Would go to magic mountain just for that ride honestly
I haven't been to SFMM since 2015. I can't imagine anything replacing tatsu as my favorite. I haven't been to discovery kingdom since ~2010-2012. Medusa is my favorite floorless. (Scream is boring, patriot is really small)
So the 50’s themed area (aka Rockville) at SFFT is one of those weird areas where the whole area used to be completely immersive with 50s theme rides and over time new rides were stuck there that didn’t totally match the theme. There used to be a 50’s theme car ride where you ‘drive’ a car on a track that ran up to where the queue for poltergeist is, poltergeist used to have the bare minimum of theming, the DC themed rides (Wonder Woman and Batman) were a standard water ride where you go up a hill and then down to a giant splash and the mentioned above car ride. Part of me wishes they would do a slight retheme for the area because it is a mosh pit of different themes and this park has the strongest themed area of Six Flags overall but at the same time I love the 50s theme
The great adventure no loose article policy is only for kingdaka, eltoro, joker, and jersey devil. You can bring in bags and phones on any other ride and be able to put it to the side at the station. I know because I work there
I was born and raised in North New Jersey and Great Adventure was always the place to go. Perfectly situated between NYC and Philadelphia. I was going to this park when it was just known as “Great Adventure”. Thanks for a great video. Just wish that you mentioned what state each park was in when you displayed the name. Two thumbs up. 👍🏻 👍🏻
@@ThemeParkAvenue no I don’t travel much but I was thinking it would have helped your viewers know what state each park is in in yen event they travel there. Thanks again.
The day I went to Great Escape with my friends and family was the day the Champions league final this year and at one point I sat at a table to eat near the Blizzard ride (which is probably my fav ground ride in GE) and all over the table was calipitters
Magic mountain is my home park. I respect what you had to say but I disagree. X2 , tatsu , twisted colossus , full throttle ,scream and riddlers revenge are the best coaster line up in any six flags park. Ya we may have a trash hyper and no giga but we have more than enough coasters to make up for it. And X2 is one of the most intense coasters you will ever go on and it sure is a wild ride. easily number 1 at the park. And ya the bathrooms and the operations can be trash tho
Your coaster lineup is certainly hard to beat, but I think I just didn’t like some of them as much as I remembered. You still have a great home park though.
Yo sfmm is still building, it now has that dueling coaster down by apocalypse and they are in the finishing days of a raptor. So I'm sure that sfmm is #1 in many people's eyes. Who knows maybe they may get a T-Rex coaster.
Came across this video after spending all day yesterday at six flags great America. You are so right, great line of of coasters and easy to get around. Had a a blast there!
Honestly, SFFT is best in my opinion, and WW was down because both trains needed maintenance, the train was broken, Dr.D opens July 30. And tho others were maintenance issues. You just kinda got unlucky 😅
Had I gone on a day of open rides, it totally could have been number one. Unfortunately, that’s not how it played out and I can’t put it higher than the other three.
Sfog is my home park, recently mindbender was redone and given b&m trains. It was much better before this, also there frisbee is called pandemonium not crazanity, and if you went to it in 2022 scream machine should have been running smooth as it does for me considering it just got a gci re-track however the wheel seat sucks. And if they connected Gotham city to the rest of the park, it would be a long walk though the parking lot as you can see Batman from the queue of pandemonium. I’ll admit though, I can see how getting to the back of the park would be confusing for someone who doesn’t know the layout through and through.
As a SFMM fanboy I know all too well the strengths and weaknesses of the park. And I would also place it third. The potential is there for it to easily be the best, but there just isn’t enough diversity in the ride line up, and certain aspects of the park need updating. So I get it. And I don’t think you’ll find many people anymore that would rank this park above Cedar Point, or even Kings Island. The park really fell behind after a decade of sheer neglect by former management. I think it’s in the process of redemption however. Give it 10 years or so.
I am happy that you acknowledge some of the flaws with the park and that we can see eye-to-eye. There are definitely some who think Magic Mountain is the best ever and they think I am wrong for saying otherwise.
I'm going to both Great Adventure and Great America next year, they will be my first 2 Six Flags parks and I'm so excited to ride the coasters at these parks.
For great adventure it’s my home park but idk why they have lockers by nitro, superman, Batman, and bizzaro I bring my bag through the queue all the time and just put it by the exit queue while I’m on the ride but I understand not bringing phones, etc on the ride.
Interesting. The thing with me is that I wear zipper pocket pants when I go to a park so there isn't a chance of me losing anything. That's why I typically ride coasters with my phone in my pocket without needing to buy a locker. I hear that some rides at Great Adventure are not very strict though and I appreciate the information.
Did you call dahlonega mine train terrifying? I do agree with you about sfne's theming since none of the parks areas other than maybe Rockville are truly done well for six flags imo. Also the whole good day/bad day thing really causes the shift in people's park rankings. With that said I get why some enthusiasts aren't eager to revisit the majority of the six flags parks. I agree with your sfne ranking but your experience description was better than most times I've visited and I've been 4 times within the past year
I called Dahlonega trrrifying because the final drop is janky and I fear it on rerides. Also, the one day thing does make a shift, so it’s impossible to have an objective list like this. That’s partially why New England changed its ranking by so much.
Great America is my one of my home parks and I been saying for the last year or so that they need to work in the flat ride department more and form what I seen and Heard that it looks like they will be getting so got flat ride soon hopefully.
The thing with SFMM is that if you love positive Gs, it's the best park. Period. (Except for maybe King's Dominion because of i305)) Goliath? Positive Gs. Viper? Positive Gs. Batman? Positive Gs. Riddler? Positive Gs. Scream? Positive Gs. Crazanity? Positive Gs. Ninja? Positive Gs. West Coast Racers? Airtime and positive Gs. Tatsu? No positive Gs... with a side of a positive G overdose. X2? *Quantum* Gs. I happen to be a positive G junkie, so I love that SFMM is my home park. (Actually Knott's Berry Farm is, but I make the trek to SFMM because Silver Bullet, Supreme Scream, and Xcelerator are the only good rides at Knott's) For the record, X2's roughness is *severely* dependent on where you sit. My favorite seat (front row, inside seat) is glossy smooth to the point that I could marathon it indefinitely without any discomfort, whereas most of the outside seats are rough to the point of intolerable.
Fiesta texas is my home park .. when i went to visit 6 flags over texas it made me miss firsta texas.. walking around that place was like a maze with to many left or rights amd felt like i was missing lots of stuff if i chose one direction
CP is my home park, well one of them, KI is the other one. I was finding myself a bit nit picky about things going on these last few years, and found myself saying on more than one occasion "lets go to KI instead". However.... I went to KD last weekend, and while its a great park, and absolutely gorgeous, operations had me missing the millenium crew, of all the crews to miss from CP. 6 1/2 minute dispatches on Dominator! Thats SIX, and a half minutes. There were ZERO drink ststions opened, and to get a drink at a restaraunt you had to wait through the food lines which were all overflowing out the doors. The only crew that had dispatches under 3 minutes was the I-305 crew. Speaking of 305, it is criminal the way the ride looks. That ride deserves SO much more love from both the park, and public. I would love a coaster trade. We get 305 at CP, and ship Millie to KD.
Six flags new England is my home park and it is so slept on, anybody whos been on superman can vividly remember how their first time was on it was for them, absolutely intense!
My home park, La Ronde, is a good park when its not full. The park management with a lot of people is absolutely insane, we did three rides in six hours
I’ve had so many safety issues at six flags over Georgia. The worst being when I last rode Superman. No one checked to make sure I was locked in. I spent the whole ride terrified and won’t get on it again. I also got injured at the waterpark (Whitewater) after the attendants were too busy flirting with each other to hear me screaming that my tube went down and I could hold on. Went down the entire concrete slide with no tube. Scraped me up pretty bad.
Six Flags New England is my home park, and I absolutely love all the rides there! I honestly think it deserved 6th place. Some of my favorite rides there are the wicked cyclone, batman the dark night, and scream.
You can take items to the station on most rides at Great Adventure despite the signs except for El Toro, Kingda Ka, Joker, and Superman. The log flume and Congo Rapids may also not let you bring items on. Also, El Toro is now running excellent since the retracking and fixing of pot holes.
Yes that is correct. There are cubbies for hats, drinks, and jackets, but they do not want bags and phones on the platforms, but mainly phones. They have had such an issue with people bringing phones on rides, so sadly they have to do it that way. Also for ka I think it is state law.
Did you not ride Georgia Scorcher when you were at SFOG? Scorcher is probably one of better B&M stand ups out there. It’s short but for a short ride it packs a good punch. Also GASM has received a retracking and from what I have heard, is much, much smoother than before.
I did ride Georgia Scorcher but I forgot to mention it. It was decently forceful and not too painful, but it wasn’t outstanding and I prefer a few standups.
Great job eric nice review id like to get to six flags great america someday lots of them look like fun parks even look better then the ones iv been to
I have lived in many places and have had in this order: Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Astroworld Six Flags Fiesta Texas Parke Asterix Phantasialand Europa Park Six Flags Magic Mountain Disneyland California Adventure Disneyland Knot's Berry Farms Movie Park Elich Gardens Cliffs Amusement Park Kennywood Magic Springs and Crystal Falls Frontier City Kings Dominion Six Flags Over Georgia And Funspot Atlanta As home parks. I've had a fun life.
I live a couple miles from Great America and can’t remember the last time was there. Too expensive, long lines, lots of asphalt, over priced food. So overall I just don’t go, but then I’m not a big rollercoaster enthusiast. So I appreciate your #1 ranking of our local Great America that I drive by every single day.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Yeah, it’s only a little over five miles away. When I did go it was fun but the lines were so long that you spent more time in lines than anything else. Then there was the price for parking on top of the entrance fees. My niece worked there for years doing the stage shows, both performing and directing. My workplace even had special pre-season “employee appreciation” days held there; but a lot of the rides wouldn’t be running for those events. I couldn’t complain as it was free! Will be driving past the American Eagle tonight🎢🎢🎢. Now that ride was fun! So was Batman.
I went to Six Flags over Georgia a couple of weeks ago as a vacation and omg I had a blast I was scared to go on the tallest coaster in the park which is Goliath, but my friend finally dragged me on it and once that first drop was over I was in love... I RODE IT 12 TIMES IN A ROW WITHOUT LEAVING MY SEAT BECAUSE THE LINE WAS SO SHORT. I hope I can come again this was the first six flags park I visited with my father and we had a blast.
Great escape is my home park and I have to agree with you on most things but it was a pretty run down park when six flags bought it in 1996 and I have to say they have done a lot of work to it since then. So it is getting better
I love amusement parks and I especially love my hometown park Six Flags Great America. Whatever city I visi, I go to an amusement park when I can. I love the changes over the years, I'm 59 , with GA and they are friendly and the park is clean, you see someone sweeping everywhere you go. Maybe you could do a park to park best food options, hmm GA's taste of great america was very nice. I wish they'd bring back the option to bring your food inside again, its helpful to people with health issues and small children. Overall I loved your review, keep it up, Awesome work!
6 Flags New England for me. I was going there when it was Riverside lol. Superman the Ride is the best coaster I've ever been on. Is the Twister still there? And yes the drop tower is awesome. Also the Mind Eraser was my favorite coaster growing up, the Cyclone was my second favorite. Until they built that Superman hyper coaster. That's my favorite of all time.
I can’t believe I got this out in two days, but here it is. Subscribe for more theme park content.
thanks for all your work
@@skinnyd1195 no problem. I hope you enjoy the finished product.
@@ThemeParkAvenue i do
I didn’t see great america
In gurnee Illinois
Sfga is my home park, I didn’t think too highly of it until I started going to other parks and was wishing I was back to my home park
It is a fantastic place. I wish it was my home park.
Great Adventure or Great America?
@@seanlewis1148 great America
Plus he missed a ride and the scream machine tres had been replaced so they're no longer bumpy the Riddler has been smoother and a stronger paste I will put us number five
Bushgardens Tampa is my home park!!!🎉
I'm not a huge theme park enthusiast but I grew up going to SFGAm and i loved hearing your thoughts about it. :) I always loved the reflecting pool in front of the carousel and Raging Bull is my favorite too! I'm so glad you felt the people were friendly too. Sweet Home Chicago!
That’s awesome to hear! I had a great time at the park and think it deserves more credit.
*Gurnee, gotta love the burbs
@@jayandsilentbob2789 It's Chicagoland and its a spot Chicagoans visit. It's part of the experience of being a chicagoan. Don't correct me.
I agree if you're from Chicago, Great America is the holy grail of fun when you were a kid. Always heard about GA as a kid and we always bothered our parents about it. One day they woke us up and said pops got tix! Best freakin day ever.
Magic Mountain is my home park. And I totally agree with you! The lines get exceptionally long on random rides, made worse by the sometimes unbearable heat. The park opened in 1971 and it definitely showing its age in places. Left over artifacts of long defunct attractions as well as general degradation of que areas. Ninja especially has a lot of wood rot and missing elements that have never been replaced or repaired over the years. The poor Sky Tower has been stuck in limbo due to the elevator needing repairs/replacement. That being said, I love the place.
It's a very good park despite some flaws. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching the video!
Six Flags Great America is my home park, everything really is like a dream to go on but I feel like once you go on everything, there’s no fun into it really, overall, all the parks are really great and I loved to hear your thoughts on them!
Thanks! I can get where a park might not be fun after doing the same things repeatedly. I’m happy you enjoyed the video.
Fax
It’s mine too
Yea that's how I feel about it but I still get excited whenever I get the chance to go
This used to be Marriott's Great America. The hotel chain was eagar to unload it after a number of accidents that I'm sure their insurance company did not want to cover.
In regards to La Ronde, any park that has a B&M hyper automatically cannot be the worse in the chain, when there are several others without anything close to that scale (SFDK, Great Escape, etc).
Awesome video, your rankings are well justified and thought out. This must have taken a lot of work to put this together!
I’m glad you see my perspective on La Ronde and enjoyed the video. It took quite a bit of work as I grinded to make this in two days.
Happy to see La ronde at 9th on the list. My home park. The setting is very nice and the rides are not that bad at all. I saw your review it was pretty good (pretty much not as biased as Coasters Studios's which i thought was atrocious) Anyways, great video ! P.S The lake at La ronde is where they do firework shows on Wednesdays and on Saturdays in the middle of July until the end of August. Hope my information was useful !
Thanks! La Ronde definitely deserves more credit and I appreciate your information.
And also, the fireworks from La Ronde are part of the most prestigious fireworks compettition in the world. They're like the Olympics but for fireworks where they choose the best pyrotechnic companies from a few countries and then they all compete against eachother for the Jupiter prize. So these are about the best firework shows you can see out there.
Coaster Studios had the audacity to complain about people not speaking English in Montréal! To be fair, that video is from quite a few years ago but still cringe worthy
Lmao I love coaster studios but his poutine opinion was really silly as an Ontario-Canadian who goes to montreal a decent bit.
Great video! I enjoyed watching! The order kind of surprised me like the top 3 but I like your reasons.
I'm glad you liked the reasons. It was fun to make this ranking and honestly, after my last visit to Magic Mountain I was praying it wasn't number one.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Yeah I see. Great America and Great Adventure both seem like great parks as well so I can see how they did that well in the ranking.
my family have been season pass holders to Six Flags Great America for a couple summers here and there. it's amazing watching this video i can recognize when you are using shots of Great America in the intro and i can tell where you are in the park! i can even name all the rides in the shot. love this video!
edit: i wrote this comment at the start of the video having ZERO IDEA Great America was gonna be #1. made me watch the whole video waiting to hear you talk about it XD
my personal favorite coaster there is superman. raging bull is my second. but when i was young, and too scared for bigger coasters, i used to ride the whizzer alot and that one is very nostalgic for me.
Thanks! Great America is an awesome park.
I'm very glad that you ranked SFGAM number 1. It's technically my home park if you exclude Mt. Olympus. But the rides at SFGAM are amazing. I didn't ride all of them because I'm not fully prepared for the "Larger ones" but the ones I did ride were great. American Eagle is not as bumpy as people think it's a really good wooden coaster. Viper my favorite wooden coaster in the park was amazing, filled with tons of airtime. X-flight is a very underrated wing coaster, my favorite of the park by its uniqueness, and how fun the rollercoaster is. ( That's why I'm excited to go on Gatekeeper. ) Joker... I had no idea what happened but it was insane. Superman Ultimate Flight was very smooth for me and the pretzel loop threw me off. Whizzer is a top tier family coaster. It is just intense for a family coaster. Batman is very intense, it's a great rollercoaster. Demon was still very solid, the entrance into the 1st corkscrew kinda whipped me around but the operator was great. He sent us off with, " Have fun on the headache. " Which was very surprising that I didn't get a headache. And we went on a Tuesday so all the rollercoasters were WALK ONS. The operations are great also except for X-flight which took a little longer but it was still fairly decent. If you live near Six Flags Great America you should definitely go.
The park really blew me away and I loved it. I wish I could go more often.
SFGAM is my home park and I would go twice a year in my teens and twenties. About 12 years ago they really started to tank due to some really bad choices by management that ruined it for me. However, I finally decided to go yesterday (first time back after 10 years) and was more than pleasantly surprised! They fixed the issues that I had and added more pretty amazing coasters which also helped to make the lines much shorter. The Raging Bull will always be my personal favorite, but I loved Goliath and X Flight. Didn't get to try Maxx Force, but getting to ride all the big ones I really wanted to (multiple times) with only 20 minute wait times more than made up for that. The Joker was a great ride, too! Staff members were upbeat and interacted wonderfully with the crowds which was a far cry from how they were the last few times I was there. I will be buying a season pass next year! Great video, keep up the good work!
Thanks! I’ll keep stuff coming.
My home park is Six Flags Great America, I absolutely LOVE it there. I was just there 2 days ago and I rode almost every roller coaster on my visit and even rode some 2-4 times. Great video and thanks for making it!⭐️ ❤️
X-Flight is definitely my favorite :)
Thanks! X-Flight is an awesome ride for sure and I’m happy you also love the park.
I'm surprised that a lot of people are saying that SFGA is among most coaster enthusiasts favourite Six Flags parks, like top 3. I would think they would not like it because the coasters aren't high as at most parks (because of height restrictions due to O'Hare being close by), but I'm glad that people are enjoying the park.
Great video!!! Great Adventure is my home park, I’ve been going there since 1976. It has really changed but my family and love it. After watching your video I want to check out some of the other Six Flags!!!
Thanks! Great Adventure is an awesome park.
Great America is my home park and I agree. This is a very underrated park, Raging Bull is my favorite roller coaster here.
Nice. I’d definitely call it one of the most underrated in the chain.
Yeah I live right by it work in the same town
I totally agree Great America is my home park if you are in the area you have to go
Its so awesome seeing Great America at #1! I've been going there since I was very young and now at 19 I still go there 5-6 times a summer. Raging Bull is the absolute best!
I’m so happy you also love the park. It was so much fun and I wish it was my home park honestly. Raging Bull is phenomenal.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Oh I love it. Going again this next week for my 3rd summer visit. and Yes raging bull is amazing. So smooth and fun!
This was a fantastic video! I had to save it for later so I could watch the whole thing in one go. Glad to see Great America get the praise it deserves
Thanks! I’m impressed you made it through the whole thing. Also, I’m glad to see that many are happy with Great America’s placement as I find it underrated.
I just went to sfmm this weekend, which was the opening weekend of the new Wonder woman ride, and I have to say it was probably my best visit in the past few years. Longest I waited was 1 hour for tatsu, and the highlight would be riding the new Wonder woman ride 5 times on it's opening day and waiting 5 minutes to get on X2 the day before. Definitely lots of improvements to the park, and with it operating 19 of it's 20 coasters I would put it #1
Good to know! I'd love to ride Flight of Courage because I enjoy Jersey Devil.
Brother i couldn't agree more!! Finally a number 1 that is correct!! Everything u said from atmosphere, cleaness, , to the hospitality and all out fun hits my heart. As a guy who grew up in S Chicago, this was my second home every summer snd every Halloween for Fright Fest!! Bravo my friend, i miss the Shock Wave, it originated here...
Magic Mountain is my home park and I'll say you pretty much nailed my thoughts on it. I went this past May for my best friend's birthday with a group of 10 people ranging from big thrill seekers to borderline non riders and overall it was a great time for everyone but outside of the rides its not good. The food especially is wayyyyy overpriced and not good. If anyone is planning on visiting, I'd say go during the Fall or Winter because the heat can become unbearable and don't go to the park's Johnny Rockets. It's below average at best and not worth the price, the shakes are the only saving grace
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It is a great but somewhat flawed park.
As someone from DFW I was happy to see Six Flags Over Texas making the top 5. The rides are honestly awesome. But I do agree with the layout. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten turned around there. Not to mention having to search for the tunnel that leads to judge roy scream.
I loved the park, probably more than most. The layout definitely is a flaw.
I’m glad that this is your own opinions and it’s not biased based on other reviews for me it is very annoying to hear something get praised or trashed on because a large creator likes it for example I feel nitro is a decent hyper but it isn’t the best in America like a lot of people claim because that’s what coaster studios praise.
Absolutely. With how popular some such as Coaster Studios are, it is easy to be influenced by his opinions. It is because of him that I expected La Ronde to be the worst. However, once one experiences a park or ride they are able to break away from that influence and form their own viewpoints. Also, I personally agree with you on Nitro.
@@ThemeParkAvenue for sure expectations are lowered or raised and I feel that it ruins the purpose of going to a park if you already have your mind made up on it
LaRonde is my home park, so while I am happy to see it relatively high on the list I can’t say it’s been enjoyable in recent years. They do have some great rides, but every time I’ve gone several rides have either been closed, have closed while I was waiting in line, or have had hour long waits. They do have a pretty nice firework show and some cool decor during Fright Fest though. Glad you had a good time!
Maybe I did get lucky when I went, but I don't think there were any closures or long waits on the Saturday that I went.
@@ThemeParkAvenue what on saturday ?! a quiet day ?
@@cochontoutrond6149 yep
Great America and Great Adventure are so close in quality for me. Both are parks with amazing ride Lineups. Great America has the better coaster collection, but I slightly take Great Adventure because I think in excels over Great America in all nearly all the other categories like food, flat rides and operations
My overall ranking of the sf parks I've been to would be
1. Six Flags Great Adventure
2. Six Flags Great America
3. Six Flags (Good) America
4. Six Flags St Louis
I found the two Great parks to be very close as well, and I think those two are honestly leaps and bounds above the rest based on my experiences.
I agree completely with Great Escape. This and Great Adventure are my closest and I choose GA over Escape any day. Not to mention that every time that I've been to Escape since I was little, there have always been so many attractions that were closed down. After some time, we just completely gave up on it.
Great Adventure is definitely much better. I had a similar experience at Great Escape where we just gave up at one point and left.
I live locally in Queensbury and Great Escape is just a sad Six Flags park. I wish when Charlie Wood sold the park he had sold it to an independent owner or smaller chain although I don't know if it would make any difference because of the locals that hate when they add any attractions. I have always dreamed of what the park could be but after the way it's been pretty much ignored the past 10 years other than some rides and waterpark expansion, the future doesn't seem too bright. I don't even know why they added the hotel other than to get some year round revenue. I wish they would just add some decent coasters but I doubt they will.
I live in the middle too and I loved great adventure
Lived inbetween Great Escape And La Ronde, I always enjoyed La Ronde more but haven't been in 16 years. Hoping to go again soon. Nice review about La Ronde makes me excited to go again.
I’m happy to hear that. I loved La Ronde and I hope you love the park if you go back.
I would like to thank you for your grind on this video man! I see you!
No problem! It was a fun video to make.
i would like to see great adventure and great america to combine into six flags america because I keep on forgetting about some coaster in great america in great adventure
I was at Magic Mountain during spring break and with a flash pass I still had to wait 3 hours in line for X2. People that didn't have the flash pass had to wait 6 hours in line. The park closed and people never left the line queue until they got to ride so I'm not sure how long they were open that day. That was definitely the worst operations I've ever experienced in any Six Flags park.
Yeah, that definitely sounds like X2.
If you get a King Da Ka rollback it changes the feel of the coaster... drastically. Unfortunately I have never experienced a roll back but have seen and talked to people who have. It was cool to see my home park at #2! Great video too
Thank you. I thought I was going to get a rollback once but it didn't happen. I've seen them on Kingda Ka and Dragster though.
The scariest part about Kingda Ka is when you don't know when you will shoot up 128 mph and then all of sudden you go 128 mph
It doesn’t go 128 from what I heard. Unless that changed this year.
For me the scary part is the build up of speed as you get pushed into the seat.
@@buldasur2576 it’s supposed to
@@ThemeParkAvenue I was just watching a livestream of someone who worked on it from 06-08 I believe. It go’s 119-121. The only time it ran 128 was the first month it opened. It was having to many problems so they slowed it down.
Also, great rapid fire reviews. I like your style. Subscribed!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy this one. It's definitely a project I had fun making as it meant travelling to several Six Flags parks.
Hey I love your content keep up the good work
Also first
Thanks and good job on being first.
Thank you for the video! You never mentioned our Train system at Six Flags over Texas!
My bad! I loved the train but there’s just so many great rides to talk about at Over Texas.
sfga actually has a point with the loose article policy. my friend didn’t get a locker for his phone since he also found it dumb, and ended up completely losing his phone on nitro. we spent 40 minutes talking to staff about it. we still never found it to this day lol
That's fair. Did your friend have zipper pockets? Those practically guarantee that you won't lose anything.
@@ThemeParkAvenue zipper pockets do not count
yeah if you loose your phone on a ride, you are not getting it back. Wallet or keys? Possibly. But a phone? No.
That was great! I hope you make more long videos like this!
I’ll consider it!
Having Great Adventure as my home park has spoiled me, but as a local, I will say that some of the park rides are poorly aging, especially on rides like El Toro. Of course on a first visit, that's not noticeable, but having gone multiple times, a visit in 2022 does not compare to a visit a few years back.
I agree. El Toto seems to be tougher now than people once said.
my home park as well , super spoiled ! the king da ka , nitro , el toro lineup is too solid
It definitely used to be a lot better kept. Still a goat'd park.
I'm going to this park soon. Can you please tell me if all the coasters are running on more than one coaster or is it back to normal now
@@thetribalgamer211 I think everything is running like normal except one train operations on El Toro.
This was really fun to watch. Thanks for making it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just want to say thank you for giving the six flags park of my childhood (America)some respect. It’s definitely a dump but those are the coasters I grew up on so I love them. The bonus about growing up with roar as my woody (I understand that most people think that’s an oxymoron) is that I’ve never hopped off of another woody and felt beaten up lol.
No problem. It is an underrated park and I’m glad you enjoyed it as your home park.
I went to Six Flags New England when it was still Riverside Park as a child. It made me smile to see Thunderbolt is still there.
Man, do times change for parks.
Sfga is just an hour away from where I live, and every time I go I never get bored of the rides there. I definitely think its #1 out of all the six flags parks I’ve been to
Awesome! It's definitely a great park.
Im still watching but I am enjoying so far. Thanks for the great video! :)
I’m happy to hear that. This was fun but tough to make and I’m glad people are enjoying it.
Six Flags Great Adventure is my local park, and while I love it, I agree with you regarding the loose article policy. I went last week for the first time in 4 years, and was baffled by the policy. Not only did it come off as a scam to make you pay egregious prices for lockers, but the policy was super inconsistent. Some rides had staff turning you away before you even got on line if you had anything in your pockets. Others didn't care and just let you put it in a cubby or the floor. It didn't make any sense. But of course there is a drink rack for your $20-$35 drink cup you paid for.
It’s the park’s only flaw.
THANK YOU! While I have not been to great adventure or magic mountain, I’ve been to Cedar Point and Kings Island and some of the other larger parks; and Great America, in my family is considered in very close relation to CP and KI. Great America is sooooo good, I always forget just how many insane coasters they have together until I go again, it being my third closest park to Nebraska!
Great America is an awesome place and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Great video! When I went to la ronde a few days ago the operations for Goliath wasn’t the best and everyone was crowding the station and cutting the lines. but the other operations were decent and I had a fun time.
Thanks! I'm surprised to hear that about Goliath because I went on two separate days, but I'm so happy you had fun.
As Six Flags Magic Mountain as my home park I am biased, but I must say:
You hit the nail on the head about the parks appearance, atmosphere, and park operations. And yeah, most of the rides there are very pleasant, while others leave more to be desired.
Although I have yet to visit other parks in the chain I agree with your ranking.
Magic Mountain is spoiled no doubt, but definitely a work in progress.
Thanks for sharing your input. Im glad somebody with Magic Mountain as their home park agrees with some of my points about its flaws.
@@ThemeParkAvenue oh YEAH, IT CERTAINLY DOES HAVE MANY!!
SFFT is my home park and I love it to death, I live about 10 minutes from the entrance \m/. I plan on visiting more parks over the next few years starting with SFOT but there is nothing quite like the quarry wall for a unique landscape.
It is an awesome park. Glad you also love it! On a different day I think it could have been #1 on this list.
Yes same I live in the Dominion
Fun fact: behind Six Flags safari in Jackson NJ, there is a dirt fire road. Reed rd. Lots of trails for off-roading, dirt bikes, and atvs. I go all the time. Just don’t get stuck, there’s no service ;)
Cool! Do you get nice views of the park?
@@ThemeParkAvenue not of the park, but you can see directly into the safari. So if you want to skip the tour and see the animals for free, it’s your best bet
The Great Escape is my "local" park being from northern Vermont and it used to feel like an amazing place to visit, especially as a kid. As I've gotten older, each time I've visited the park, it seems like there's not only physically less stuff than each previous visit but the overall experience and atmosphere has become much more watered down. 8 years ago my siblings, parents, and I bought season passes and we visited the park about a dozen times during the summer. The first few visits had no issues, but by mid-June, they began taking away benefits, no free drinks, no free meals, etc, and by the end of the summer we were paying out-of-pocket for nearly everything that was originally included. Since 2014, I've only been about 4 times and the entire experience has been "meh". It's smaller than other parks, it's repetitive, and unless you're doing it as a kid or for your kids, it's not really a fantastic adult experience. Additionally, their resort property across the street is grossly overpriced for the quality of the park. If you are spending the night in the area, get a cheaper hotel for a quarter of the price. I have no problems with Queensbury NY as an area, but outside of The Great Escape, you're harder-pressed to find interesting things to do compared to other locations on this list.
Great points. When the park was marketed toward kids exclusively, I'm sure it did a better job.
The Great Escape is my closest park as well. From Northern New York (originally from VT). Great Escape was great as a kid. But I got the same sense of "meh" as an adult. And my last visit there left a sour taste in my mouth... in 2007. More due to the people I hanged out with than the park, but the park was losing rides I wanted to try out as a kid. It's sad that the Splashwater Kingdom/Paul Bunion's Bucket Brigade have been dismantled or diminished from back when I was younger. It's sad that you have to go out of your way to find decent theme parks.
By contrast, La Ronde was much better. And being in Montréal is a treat all by itself.
You fixed the way you said Dahlonega😂You said it right this time! YAAA. Also, operations are always hit or miss. Most times I have been, the operations have been great. But Superman has never had good operations, it is always so slow, and it always breaks down
Lol I made sure to pronounce it correctly.
I have lived in Orlando for 20 years but still make it back to my hometown of Chicago to visit SFGAM. Many complain about it's lack of elite coasters but not realize it is because of it's status as the true testing park (more so than fiesta Texas). Great America has received the most investment this millennium, while also being top heavy invested from 1988 to 1999 (rivaled only by great adventure and magic mountain at this time. Great Adventure was down to 4 coasters in 1989 And magic mountain was trying to take advantage of longer seasons and major metro to compete with cedar point as a capital). Once they were able to reinvent Great adventure, and expand Magic Mountain, six flags returned to Great America to become their park of choice. My guess is due to it's attendance rivaling nearly the same as it's two bigger markets, but year after year their earnings report put Great America well above others in profit. Also allowing it to be a testing park in metro that is 10 million (and racially matching of America's diversity count), it gives great data about public opinion as a whole. Final two advantages are Great America's proximity to Cedar Point and it's record of having the chains Hardest fighting park presidents I'm terms of getting a it's fair share in investment due to it's financial power brought into the companies profits..
Jim Withrobe (Previous park president of Great America is owed all the credit for the establishment of B&M, the creation of the inverted, outside looping coaster, and the constant height variance approvals he would win in court despite push back from local communities). Many don't know this but B&M never wanted to be a company. They worked on that bad intamin z force Coaster for intamin which put them initially in relationship with Jim. He was so impressed that when Great America was the recipient of Great Adventures Bobsled in 1989, they called what would be B&M to build new trains for capacity. It was this visit that got the ball rolling and convinced B&M to go into Business by building their first coaster Iron Wolf at Great America. It was then Jim's idea to compete with arrow suspended coasters by created a sketch of the inverted floorless trains that he wanted in the park. The relationship was so strong that B&M was back to build one of their first two hyper coasters in great America (with great America opening second, yet was taller, longer, and more unique). Great America was picked to get the b&m flying clone just one year after debut, and was the first park in north America to announce a wing coaster in 2012). B&M really is a staple or Chicago history in terms of firsts or near firsts).
Hank the next president who passed in January, got the park 6 coasters (3 record breakers) in his final 10 years, He fought against the superloop craze as early as 2013, which is why the park ended up getting the world's largest out of the deal as he demanded better for great America. Hank was also president of the committee that installed the justice league dark rides across the nation. He ensured as many kinks we're worked out before bringing such a tech driven attraction to his own park. Hank is also famous for being the park president that officially got Great America's Height Variance changed after 2014 Public outcry on Goliaths height and noise. He convinced the village administration that 125 feet was too short to compete these days, as it needed to compete with other parks like cedar fair. This gave Great America approval to build up to 200 feet with no variance on any land south of roaring rapids and the Yankee harbor in park Bay. This is why MaxxForce was able to stay secret til the end, while Goliath we knew 2 to 3 months prior to it's announcement. X flight was 120 feet simply to keep it a secret from the competition. The park wanted innovation that fit today's need for larger size.
As a final statement of why todays Great American History and coaster line up is so great -
Six Flags Great America is the only six flags park with 4 woodies, technically 5 since Eagle offers two different experiences on each track). Of these woodies, Goliath is Six Flags Only topper track woodie from RMC. Since they no longer make these, and since lighting run went hybrid, it is one of only 2 in the world. Goliath is once again the fastest wooden coaster, still maintains the tallest drop, and is the steepest full circuit wooden coaster in the world. It was the first to introduce the zero G Stall, and the only wooden coaster to have a dive loop. American Eagle remains the tallest, fastest, longest racing coaster in the world, and even debuted as the tallest and fastest period. Viper is the only coaster in the six flags family that was designed and built directly in park. it is the best paced version IMO of the cyclone inspired model (I say inspired as Viper is slightly taller, has modernized unbanked laterals, and a double dip that Cyclone doesn't have).
MaxxForce is the only airlaunch coaster in the chain. It's the fastest accelerating coaster in the world outside Japan, and has one of the most unique features that follow. The double invert from Vipers queue looks like one mega 175 foot loop with one of the greatest near miss head chopper moments as it passes under the track. The world's fastest inversion that follows is amongst the most intense elements I've experienced. With wicked twister gone, Vertical Velocity has become six Flags tallest and fastest inverted coaster, and making it a 3 way tie as Americas tallest and fastest with two cedar fair clones.
Batman The Ride is the world's first inverted outside looping coaster. It also has ACE landmark status Superman Ultimate Flight is the only flying coaster in the Midwest
Whizzer is the last of it's kind in America, and one of only two speed racers left in the world. It too is an ACE landmark coaster. The Dark Knight is one of the few wild mouse that truly lacks any breaking upon the hairpin turns and truly feels like a much bigger wild mouse that it is. Theming is good, not great, and the warehouse building is an eye sore next to superman's drop.
X flight was underrepresented in 2012 due to Dollywood opening it's park for Wild Eagle. Earlier beating Great America to the punch. Wild Eagle's 131 foot straight drop and 4 non unique inversions was imo no where on the same level as X Flight. X flight introduced to America the nations first wingover drop, the most inversions on a wing coaster at the time, and that grand finale near miss of the air traffic control tower and the additional construction beam you travel into right after for a second near miss. XFlight's ride time is also longer than Wild Eagle's due to all the extra track wasted to go up and down a mountain.
Demon is the chains best themed classic arrow with the 3 tunnels, rockwork, ect. One thing about demon that I enjoy is the fact of it's position in the skyline and direction of the lifthill. While the coaster is only 102 feet in height, viper sits down in a valley with the SW Territory, giving a false illusion of being higher up. In addition that pop of airtime on the first drop is always a shock.
Raging Bull is truly the only b&m hyper twister in the world, has one of the best flojector first drops of all time thanks to the pre drop. It's also the first coaster to have open air sideless carts that have become standard today. The 9th row on this coaster, far right side seat actually has given me more airtime then Mako here in Orlando.
Finally, Six Flags Great America to me truly beats others in over all coasters because only 2 are kiddie, with one actually being historical and therefore another rarity in the chain. The other parks with high numbers of coasters tend to cheat with a ridiculous number of kiddie coasters.
To close up I just wanted to shout out a few other interesting notes
* The Columbia Carousel is the world's tallest double deck carousel
* The bumper cars have the largest bumper car floor in the world
* The park was the first park to debut a 7 looping coaster. It also has the highest drop and fastest speed of any steel coaster for it's time. It also debuted with the worlds highest inversion at the time.
* Iron Wolf, while now named firebird at SFA, yes it's a weak b&m but for it bring the first b&m standup twister, and the original tallest, fastest, and longest standup coaster it was big for it's day. It also was the first to introduce a corkscrew to a standup design.
* Great America was home to the unfortunate Deja Vu, the world's largest boomerang model
*Ragin Cajun at SFA always gets good reviews. I concur as when it was first built at Great America I remember thinking it was the best crazy mouse I had ridden. Not sure how this one is so different.
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Their waterpark is definitely in the top two of the chain. Nearly 35 slides, Tallest water coaster, world's largest interactive play structure, and the pure size of it the park is definitely a good reason to keep it as a separate gate.
(I laughed when you talked about Green lantern in Jersey. It was originally planned to go in the spot of MaxxForce and a portion of the waterpark prior to Jersey getting the ride at the last minute. Hank fought hard with corporate on this coaster and in exchange we ended up with XFlight one year later which is superior.
So thanks for your ranking, thanks for seeing the greatness of Great America, and if the park is reading this, thanks for being inovative instead of being cedar point that chooses to instead wait for innovation of others in order to make the ride bigger. Also if six flags is changing it's investment strategy to become more like cedar fairs I would hope to see A Giga In the chains future. While the parks nearby airport limits height to 330 feet with a height variation, Great America still has time to have a marketable Giga by building an out and back towards your northern edge. I know this is closer to communities, but with the use of additional natural barriers, and tunnels, a giga would be perfect fit and attendance driver. It's out and back layout will make it unique to raging Bull, and the lifthill of a giga would do nothing but excite the masses when they turn into the property and it's the first coaster seen. Also please do not get a clone of jersey devil. While I know it's unlikely to get a clone due to it's design and the potential spots for development or replacement. The park spent money to ensure XFlight, Goliath, and maxxforce could not be cloned. Stick with this concept and you will continue to be the winning park
It is a truly fantastic park. Thanks for watching.
Love this park and always happy to learn any information about it. Thank you
Spectacular insight! Hank is missed dearly, the park is still taking it hard.
Another Fact: Great America's purchase in 1984 is the reason Six Flags has the Looney Tunes and eventually got the DC license in their park
I'm from Georgia and all I have to say is that is the attitude the people in Atlanta have man.
Okay. I didn’t have any issues with people and they were all friendly. The park definitely wasn’t too busy to hate.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Oh they are nice but the work ethic in Atlanta is terrible. I haven't ever seen good lines at six flags. Its the management though not employees. They obviously don't train well. I've seen 3 and a half hours to get on goliath before. Carowinds is a much better managed park in my personal opinion.
What’s a shame is that St. Louis had great theming probably about 10-15 years ago, but do to random rides needing a place to be plopped down and (presumably) lack of budget, it went away since then.
It is unfortunate, and I’m sure the park used to look fantastic.
Not to mention there is ALWAYS something broken. Weather it’s a ride or a railing. Half the time there’s trash all over and takes hours just to get food or on a ride.
I love how he hearts or replies on every comment also I’m exited to go to cedar point for my first time this summer
I enjoy engaging with the viewers, and many of them enjoy it too.
You must do mexico , a surprisingly cool park with great theming and a safe atmosphere.. and sfmm is my home park. El Ultimo Escapo is a cool ride. I just subbed.sfmm needs more flat rides.
Thanks for the advice. I would love to go to that park.
@@ThemeParkAvenue please do! I’m Mexican and Six flags (previously reino aventura) is one of the few amusement parks in the country and the only one of that scale. It’s magical and it combines Mexican culture (not only folklore but also how us superheroes have shaped our pop culture) and what’s clearly American which is also great fun
I took 2 of my kids to six flags fiesta Texas yesterday and we basically walked onto every ride and rode it as many times as we wanted for 8 hours. We had flash passes and only had to use them twice the entire day. Kinda a waste of money, but with the nice weather i was expecting it to be busier. It was the best day I’ve ever had at a six flags park outside of the time they only opened at half capacity right after the pandemic lockdowns. The lines were longer on the day it was only opened at half capacity, but the rides seemed so much more thrilling after being shut inside with nothing to do for so long.
That sounds like a fun time.
I grew up in WI, and SFGAM was my "home park"...although it was called Marriot's Great America "back in the day!" We are visiting here now (from AZ) and went to the park and it's changed a LOT, and for the better! I love all the coasters, though the line for Maxx Force was 60 min. and we just didn't want to wait, but I agree with Raging Bull. I've been on the Velocicoaster at Universal, and I'm guessing Maxx Force is similar? I also liked Goliath and X-Flight, although a kid had puked on the ride vehicle as it was coming in and we had to wait for them to clean it up and cycle the trains through a few times before we could ride it. We also didn't ride Joker since it looked a little too crazy for us! We loved Batman and Superman. I am a Disney fanatic so theming for me just isn't there, but I have to remember that this is NOT Disney! :)
Cool that you sort of grew up with Great America. Maxx Force definitely isn’t as good as VelociCoaster so don’t get you hopes too high if you ride it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Funny California's Great America's former name was Marriott's Great America.
@@ryanb9749 They used to be twin parks! Now they still have some similarities, but they’re owned by two different companies. California’s Great America is apparently going to close like next year though, sadly. Wish I could’ve visited it!
@@Intotheairwaves124 Not so soon there's a 3 year contract to continue operations. I've went there twice this year. I work 1 mile away from the park.
Just an FYI for the Great Adventure loose article policy, the locker is only 10 dollars for the whole day and you can get a new locker anywhere they have them. (You pay once, say at el toro, then take your stuff to another ride’s locker and don’t have to pay again). Also only el toro, kingda ka, jersey devil, and joker require lockers. The rest you can put your things to the side before riding.
Thanks for the information. I wasn’t sure how the one-time locker worked.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is my home park. As a local I can definitely say it's underrated and I'll tell you what safari side wider is like, the que is amazing it has snakes in it, and the ride was just ok the turns were a little bit painful. By far it has the best que and my favorite ride is cobra, but ya I totally agree with you it is definitely underrated. Edit: You could have took the shuttle.
I saw footage of the new queue and it does look fantastic. The shuttle just isn’t something I normally do. I enjoy walking but wanted to point out that one has to walk past almost major coasters.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Also there is a theme park called California's Great America that's closing soon you should go there
@@elainetsang8706 I’d love to go there
I grew up in Benicia, so I can attest to the quality of “Discovery Kingdom”. It’s still Marine World to me damn it! 🥺
Great America closes in 11 years or less so each year is a risk
SFOG is my home SF park. They have a extremely balanced lineup and are ready to open their long awaited launch coaster next year which is a world’s first ultra surf coaster. It currently doesn’t have a name yet but sounds very exciting
I’m interested in the new ride for sure.
as someone with their home park as great America I'm glad to see it number 1!! usually we are number 3 or 4. I agree with what you said about GA and am glad that you valued more than just the rides since IMO that is what gets GA put down where it is usually. we dont have a stand out ride to draw in the thusies and push GA up above a Great adventure or fiesta
That's awesome to hear! There is so much I loved about the park and it meant the lack of a top tier coaster didn't even matter. That said, my two favorites at the park are amazing rides.
SFFT is my home park and I even got to be a ride op over summer 21'. honestly, not surprised that those rides were closed, and your comments on operations. our trains are practically ancient, and when I worked back in 2021 they didnt start operating normally until about A MONTH AGO. I worked in the Crackaxle Canyon Area, and DDD im definitely not surprised it was down. my area always had a joke on placing bets on how many times the ride would break in the day and we would start at double digits. some of these rides are either too old, or frankly too new and still working out the kinks. apparently from some friends I still know around there, staffing for ride ops have been weak so I really hope you can visit again, especially when Cliffhanger opens!
regardless, I love this park and ive seen it change through about 15 years and I love what it has become :)
I would love to go back for sure. It was such a beautiful park and I loved the rides. It could possibly take the top spot on a revisit.
I keep telling people that Iron Rattler is a serious underrated coaster. The first drop is just crazy and the quarry setting is so unique. It's a shame you went on a day when so much was closed.
Iron Rattler is extremely awesome and it is unfortunate that I missed some other rides.
Iron Rattler is definitely amazing, and it’s wooden predecessor is legendary, albeit for some of the wrong reasons lol. The Iron Rattler and the original Rattler deserves its own video honestly.
Interesting idea.
When I went on the original rattler my seat came unlocked and my brother had to hold me down the whole time so I wouldn't fly out.. I think the workers hit a button because at the end of the ride they said they were sorry like they knew they did it... But it's my fav ride still
Since my wife has one, do season passes work in multiple parks? If we decided to go on vacation and there happened to be another six flags in the area would we be able to go with the season pass?
It depends on what level of annual pass she has. Look up the different tiers because my gold plus pass is not offered anymore so I don’t think she has it. They have names like Extreme and Thrill Seeker.
@@ThemeParkAvenue will do, thanks!
I’ve been to great adventure but honestly still think magic mountain should be number 2. It just has a much bigger collection of roller coasters even though some aren’t good.
That's fair.
Twisted Colossus is truly a masterpiece. The restraints are comfortable and just loose enough so that you get some fantastic hang time, the drops at the beginning are intense, the dueling element is extremely well-done, the inversions are so smooth and fast you feel like you are flying. The feeling of being in the spiral loop when you are mere inches away from the other train is unmatched by any other coaster I’ve been on. The wait is long, yes, but the ride is a whole 4 minutes. 100% worth it. Would go to magic mountain just for that ride honestly
Same. Twisted Colossus is definitely phenomenal.
Definitely go on a weekday if you can, the ride times are significantly shorter. I've never waited more than 15 minutes for Twisted Colossus
I haven't been to SFMM since 2015. I can't imagine anything replacing tatsu as my favorite.
I haven't been to discovery kingdom since ~2010-2012. Medusa is my favorite floorless. (Scream is boring, patriot is really small)
@@ryanb9749 I also love Tatsu. That pretzel loop is insane
@@CrowJams that first corkscrew is otherworldly. Great air time.
So the 50’s themed area (aka Rockville) at SFFT is one of those weird areas where the whole area used to be completely immersive with 50s theme rides and over time new rides were stuck there that didn’t totally match the theme. There used to be a 50’s theme car ride where you ‘drive’ a car on a track that ran up to where the queue for poltergeist is, poltergeist used to have the bare minimum of theming, the DC themed rides (Wonder Woman and Batman) were a standard water ride where you go up a hill and then down to a giant splash and the mentioned above car ride. Part of me wishes they would do a slight retheme for the area because it is a mosh pit of different themes and this park has the strongest themed area of Six Flags overall but at the same time I love the 50s theme
I think the land still looks pretty good and I don’t mind too much, especially when the main themed parts looks excellent.
I absolutely love the Great America placement! My favorite is personally Magic Mountain but Great America has the most well rounded lineup it’s crazy
Awesome! I definitely think it’s underrated and that coaster lineup is stacked
Personally no way, magic mountain has a way better lineup
The great adventure no loose article policy is only for kingdaka, eltoro, joker, and jersey devil. You can bring in bags and phones on any other ride and be able to put it to the side at the station. I know because I work there
Got it. I didn't try it on other rides as I just left everything behind. Luckily for me, my three favorite rides have the loose article policy.
I was born and raised in North New Jersey and Great Adventure was always the place to go. Perfectly situated between NYC and Philadelphia. I was going to this park when it was just known as “Great Adventure”.
Thanks for a great video. Just wish that you mentioned what state each park was in when you displayed the name.
Two thumbs up.
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Thank you very much and I’m happy you enjoyed the video. Is there any park I can tell you the state it is in right now?
@@ThemeParkAvenue no I don’t travel much but I was thinking it would have helped your viewers know what state each park is in in yen event they travel there.
Thanks again.
The day I went to Great Escape with my friends and family was the day the Champions league final this year and at one point I sat at a table to eat near the Blizzard ride (which is probably my fav ground ride in GE) and all over the table was calipitters
Sorry to hear that.
Magic mountain is my home park. I respect what you had to say but I disagree. X2 , tatsu , twisted colossus , full throttle ,scream and riddlers revenge are the best coaster line up in any six flags park. Ya we may have a trash hyper and no giga but we have more than enough coasters to make up for it. And X2 is one of the most intense coasters you will ever go on and it sure is a wild ride. easily number 1 at the park. And ya the bathrooms and the operations can be trash tho
Your coaster lineup is certainly hard to beat, but I think I just didn’t like some of them as much as I remembered. You still have a great home park though.
Yo sfmm is still building, it now has that dueling coaster down by apocalypse and they are in the finishing days of a raptor. So I'm sure that sfmm is #1 in many people's eyes. Who knows maybe they may get a T-Rex coaster.
@@Salinasguy89 it is the top dog for many, but definitely not all.
Came across this video after spending all day yesterday at six flags great America. You are so right, great line of of coasters and easy to get around. Had a a blast there!
That’s awesome to hear! I had so much fun at the park and it’s great to see that others love it.
Honestly, SFFT is best in my opinion, and WW was down because both trains needed maintenance, the train was broken, Dr.D opens July 30. And tho others were maintenance issues. You just kinda got unlucky 😅
Had I gone on a day of open rides, it totally could have been number one. Unfortunately, that’s not how it played out and I can’t put it higher than the other three.
Sfog is my home park, recently mindbender was redone and given b&m trains. It was much better before this, also there frisbee is called pandemonium not crazanity, and if you went to it in 2022 scream machine should have been running smooth as it does for me considering it just got a gci re-track however the wheel seat sucks. And if they connected Gotham city to the rest of the park, it would be a long walk though the parking lot as you can see Batman from the queue of pandemonium. I’ll admit though, I can see how getting to the back of the park would be confusing for someone who doesn’t know the layout through and through.
Sorry about the Pandemonium mistake.
As a SFMM fanboy I know all too well the strengths and weaknesses of the park. And I would also place it third. The potential is there for it to easily be the best, but there just isn’t enough diversity in the ride line up, and certain aspects of the park need updating. So I get it.
And I don’t think you’ll find many people anymore that would rank this park above Cedar Point, or even Kings Island. The park really fell behind after a decade of sheer neglect by former management. I think it’s in the process of redemption however. Give it 10 years or so.
I am happy that you acknowledge some of the flaws with the park and that we can see eye-to-eye. There are definitely some who think Magic Mountain is the best ever and they think I am wrong for saying otherwise.
I'm going to both Great Adventure and Great America next year, they will be my first 2 Six Flags parks and I'm so excited to ride the coasters at these parks.
Awesome! I hope you have a blast.
For great adventure it’s my home park but idk why they have lockers by nitro, superman, Batman, and bizzaro I bring my bag through the queue all the time and just put it by the exit queue while I’m on the ride but I understand not bringing phones, etc on the ride.
Interesting. The thing with me is that I wear zipper pocket pants when I go to a park so there isn't a chance of me losing anything. That's why I typically ride coasters with my phone in my pocket without needing to buy a locker. I hear that some rides at Great Adventure are not very strict though and I appreciate the information.
@@ThemeParkAvenue no problem, enjoy your next visit!!
Did you call dahlonega mine train terrifying? I do agree with you about sfne's theming since none of the parks areas other than maybe Rockville are truly done well for six flags imo. Also the whole good day/bad day thing really causes the shift in people's park rankings. With that said I get why some enthusiasts aren't eager to revisit the majority of the six flags parks. I agree with your sfne ranking but your experience description was better than most times I've visited and I've been 4 times within the past year
I called Dahlonega trrrifying because the final drop is janky and I fear it on rerides. Also, the one day thing does make a shift, so it’s impossible to have an objective list like this. That’s partially why New England changed its ranking by so much.
Great America is my one of my home parks and I been saying for the last year or so that they need to work in the flat ride department more and form what I seen and Heard that it looks like they will be getting so got flat ride soon hopefully.
I agree with you. I hear that in the next two years a new flat ride is very likely.
Great America is amazing and the best park. Great review. Got spoiled as its the local park.
Thank you. It is an awesome park.
The thing with SFMM is that if you love positive Gs, it's the best park. Period. (Except for maybe King's Dominion because of i305))
Goliath? Positive Gs.
Viper? Positive Gs.
Batman? Positive Gs.
Riddler? Positive Gs.
Scream? Positive Gs.
Crazanity? Positive Gs.
Ninja? Positive Gs.
West Coast Racers? Airtime and positive Gs.
Tatsu? No positive Gs... with a side of a positive G overdose.
X2? *Quantum* Gs.
I happen to be a positive G junkie, so I love that SFMM is my home park. (Actually Knott's Berry Farm is, but I make the trek to SFMM because Silver Bullet, Supreme Scream, and Xcelerator are the only good rides at Knott's)
For the record, X2's roughness is *severely* dependent on where you sit. My favorite seat (front row, inside seat) is glossy smooth to the point that I could marathon it indefinitely without any discomfort, whereas most of the outside seats are rough to the point of intolerable.
I appreciate your input. I actually sat in your favorite seat once but still had the issue.
Fiesta texas is my home park .. when i went to visit 6 flags over texas it made me miss firsta texas.. walking around that place was like a maze with to many left or rights amd felt like i was missing lots of stuff if i chose one direction
The layout is definitely more cluttered at Over Texas.
CP is my home park, well one of them, KI is the other one. I was finding myself a bit nit picky about things going on these last few years, and found myself saying on more than one occasion "lets go to KI instead".
However.... I went to KD last weekend, and while its a great park, and absolutely gorgeous, operations had me missing the millenium crew, of all the crews to miss from CP. 6 1/2 minute dispatches on Dominator! Thats SIX, and a half minutes. There were ZERO drink ststions opened, and to get a drink at a restaraunt you had to wait through the food lines which were all overflowing out the doors. The only crew that had dispatches under 3 minutes was the I-305 crew. Speaking of 305, it is criminal the way the ride looks. That ride deserves SO much more love from both the park, and public. I would love a coaster trade. We get 305 at CP, and ship Millie to KD.
Six flags new England is my home park and it is so slept on, anybody whos been on superman can vividly remember how their first time was on it was for them, absolutely intense!
My first ride on Superman was unforgettable. Definitely one of my favorite rides.
My home park, La Ronde, is a good park when its not full. The park management with a lot of people is absolutely insane, we did three rides in six hours
Sorry to hear that.
I’ve had so many safety issues at six flags over Georgia. The worst being when I last rode Superman. No one checked to make sure I was locked in. I spent the whole ride terrified and won’t get on it again. I also got injured at the waterpark (Whitewater) after the attendants were too busy flirting with each other to hear me screaming that my tube went down and I could hold on. Went down the entire concrete slide with no tube. Scraped me up pretty bad.
Oh man. I’m really sorry to hear that. I’ve heard about that sort of thing happening at Over Georgia.
Six Flags New England is my home park, and I absolutely love all the rides there! I honestly think it deserved 6th place. Some of my favorite rides there are the wicked cyclone, batman the dark night, and scream.
It’s a great park for sure.
there used to be a Rajin Cajun at Great America and i enjoyed going on that one with my family. i was sad when they took it down.
Dang, I wish that was still there.
You can take items to the station on most rides at Great Adventure despite the signs except for El Toro, Kingda Ka, Joker, and Superman. The log flume and Congo Rapids may also not let you bring items on. Also, El Toro is now running excellent since the retracking and fixing of pot holes.
Yes that is correct. There are cubbies for hats, drinks, and jackets, but they do not want bags and phones on the platforms, but mainly phones. They have had such an issue with people bringing phones on rides, so sadly they have to do it that way. Also for ka I think it is state law.
Thank you for that information. It did seem they were stricter on the rides you named.
Did you not ride Georgia Scorcher when you were at SFOG? Scorcher is probably one of better B&M stand ups out there. It’s short but for a short ride it packs a good punch. Also GASM has received a retracking and from what I have heard, is much, much smoother than before.
I did ride Georgia Scorcher but I forgot to mention it. It was decently forceful and not too painful, but it wasn’t outstanding and I prefer a few standups.
Ayy happy to see Great America as #1! As my home park that's always cool to see
Nice! I wish it was my home park.
Great job eric nice review id like to get to six flags great america someday lots of them look like fun parks even look better then the ones iv been to
Thanks
I have lived in many places and have had in this order:
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Astroworld
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Parke Asterix
Phantasialand
Europa Park
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Disneyland California Adventure
Disneyland
Knot's Berry Farms
Movie Park
Elich Gardens
Cliffs Amusement Park
Kennywood
Magic Springs and Crystal Falls
Frontier City
Kings Dominion
Six Flags Over Georgia
And Funspot Atlanta
As home parks.
I've had a fun life.
That's impressive. Which one was your favorite?
@@ThemeParkAvenue out of these, magic mountain, out of all parks, cedar point.
I live a couple miles from Great America and can’t remember the last time was there. Too expensive, long lines, lots of asphalt, over priced food. So overall I just don’t go, but then I’m not a big rollercoaster enthusiast. So I appreciate your #1 ranking of our local Great America that I drive by every single day.
I’m sad to hear that the park doesn’t appeal to you much, but thanks for watching and for your appreciation.
@@ThemeParkAvenue Yeah, it’s only a little over five miles away. When I did go it was fun but the lines were so long that you spent more time in lines than anything else. Then there was the price for parking on top of the entrance fees. My niece worked there for years doing the stage shows, both performing and directing. My workplace even had special pre-season “employee appreciation” days held there; but a lot of the rides wouldn’t be running for those events. I couldn’t complain as it was free! Will be driving past the American Eagle tonight🎢🎢🎢. Now that ride was fun! So was Batman.
I went to Six Flags over Georgia a couple of weeks ago as a vacation and omg I had a blast I was scared to go on the tallest coaster in the park which is Goliath, but my friend finally dragged me on it and once that first drop was over I was in love... I RODE IT 12 TIMES IN A ROW WITHOUT LEAVING MY SEAT BECAUSE THE LINE WAS SO SHORT. I hope I can come again this was the first six flags park I visited with my father and we had a blast.
Awesome! I love marathoning rides like that and I’m happy you had so much fun.
Great escape is my home park and I have to agree with you on most things but it was a pretty run down park when six flags bought it in 1996 and I have to say they have done a lot of work to it since then. So it is getting better
I’m glad it’s getting better. Thank you for the information.
I love amusement parks and I especially love my hometown park Six Flags Great America. Whatever city I visi, I go to an amusement park when I can. I love the changes over the years, I'm 59 , with GA and they are friendly and the park is clean, you see someone sweeping everywhere you go. Maybe you could do a park to park best food options, hmm GA's taste of great america was very nice. I wish they'd bring back the option to bring your food inside again, its helpful to people with health issues and small children. Overall I loved your review, keep it up, Awesome work!
Thanks! Great America truly is awesome.
6 Flags New England for me. I was going there when it was Riverside lol. Superman the Ride is the best coaster I've ever been on. Is the Twister still there? And yes the drop tower is awesome. Also the Mind Eraser was my favorite coaster growing up, the Cyclone was my second favorite. Until they built that Superman hyper coaster. That's my favorite of all time.
I believe they got rid of Twister sadly. Superman is phenomenal for sure.
Happy to see great America so high on the list I spent a good chunk of my summer there with friends
Awesome! I loved the park and I’m glad so many others seem to agree.