My vacation is almost over, and after going through a lot of problems with the site I had not been able to finish telling you about my Six Flags visit. That problem has been dealt with so get ready for part 3, here we go.
After riding Scream we headed to the biggest coaster in the park. Goliath, “Towering 255 feet above the earth, this massive steel superstructure hits speed of 85 mph”. I have been on Goliath before and it is a monster, the first drop is nearly 61 degrees. When we got on everybody was going to raise their hands but not me, not on this first drop at least. Sooner or later I will raise my hands and you will know about it when it happens. It is one of the best coasters in the park. By then all of us who got wet in Roaring Rapids were dry, I expected that after all those high speed twist and turns in all the previous rides. Then we decide to get some food, we chose pizza and for some strange reason it was the best pizza I’ve ever had. I was so hungry and maybe that had something to do with that. After lunch we hit a store to buy some capes, yes capes. I got a Superman cape and wore it the rest of the day. We then moved on to another coaster that I have never ridden before since it opened in 1988. Ninja, “delivering high speed thrills and 180-degree, side-to-side swings through hair spin turns and spirals-at speeds up to 55 mph”. Some family members who had ridden Ninja before told me that it wasn’t that good but to my surprise it was, and in the end even they agreed with me. I will ride it again that is for sure. After Ninja we moved on to the Sky Tower, I was told by the employee in charge of the elevator that it was 30 stories high. The views are spectacular specially on clear days, everything in the park looked so small from up there. After going down the elevator we moved on to what in my opinion is the most disappointing ride in the whole park. Superman The Escape, you basically accelerate to 100 mph and then shoot up a 41 story tower then fall back down. The high speed was the best thing about the ride, but that is just me. After that we moved to the park’s first roller coaster. Goldrusher opened in 1971 and it lets you experience a runaway mine train at 35 mph. One thing I would recommend to Six Flags is to change the bench seats on this ride and go for individual seats. All that side to side slipping was no fun. A funny thing happened to me right after getting off Goldrusher, we are walking out and this woman looked at me and then asked, “Excuse me, are you from Texas?”, I answered no and then she said ,”Thank You”. And that was it, maybe it was the hat I was wearing, I sure don’t know. It was funny to me nonetheless. We then headed to the Go Carts, after a short wait we got in our carts and racing we go. I finished last and I don’t know why, I am telling you I am better than that. And finally after all that walking and having fun we went to the Batman Begins Stunt Show, the show was a lot of fun with lots of fights and explosions. After the show we walk some more and then decide it’s time to go home. On the way home we stopped to get something for dinner, and something funny happened. While everybody decided to take their capes off my nephew and I kept ours on. We went in, ordered and sat down to eat. And from what I was told everybody was looking at us and nobody and I mean nobody sat next to us while we were there. We got in the Batmo…………………I meant the car and home we went.
Hey, hope you enjoyed reading the Six Flags posts as much as I enjoyed writing them for you. One of the best things about being on vacation is that you get to spend more time with family and friends. I will forever cherish and remember the wonderful time we had. I will see you Monday bright and early.
