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Day 4 - Tuesday 9th June 2009 Trip Report from Six Flags America |
Day 4 of the trip started with an early wake-up call courtesy of mother nature. At around 06:00 there was a loud bang from a thunderstorm which woke up most of the group. Now awake we had the option of a cooked breakfast (Omlette & Sausage). We boarded our coach for the journey to Six Flags America, being near Washington the traffic was running slow but we made it to the park in plenty of time. We had our first ERS on Roar, this was soon followed by Joker's Jinx & Batwing. Unfortunately Superman - Ride of Steel didn't run, it had been down since the weekend when a sprocket failed. So we managed 3 out of the planned 4 ERS's for the day. The weather was a great deal better than in the morning and did get very hot indeed. After the 3 combined ERS's we went about the park in our own groups to explore more rides before heading over to the pavillion for lunch. During lunch Nev got Lisa up as she was celebrating
her 40th birthday. Then to all our surprise the staff at Six Flags fetched down a birthday cake. They were having trouble lighting the candles as the wind kept blowing them out!After lunch we remained in the picnic area to be joined by the park's president John Winkler who told us a bit about himself and how long he'd been with Six Flags, he told us a bit about the park and what he has planned for the park in the future including a Thomas Land like we have at Drayton Manor. After this we headed back into the park to do the remaining rides before heading over to the Grand Theater for a show they called Freedom.
Following the show we had a little time left to do the remaining rides before heading back to the coach at 15:30. Ryan went shopping and after making his purchase walked into a stand of water bottles sending them all flying! Unfortunately no-one captured this on camera! During the journey to Milleville in New Jersey we were given a great show of forked lightning as we were travelling through a major storm. We stopped en-route to our hotel for 15 minutes before heading off for our final leg of the journey to the hotel. On arrival it was a quick check-in and back out to the only restaurant about as everyone went! At the start they only had 2 staff working so it was running a bit slow but to give credit where it was due all the food was perfect. The bar was due to close at 22:00 but they did extend it due to the amount of customers they had. Ah well, that's Day 4 over, join us tomorrow for Day 5.
BONUS CONTENT:- During the drive from Six Flags America to our hotel we were given a USA2009 trip themed word search to do during our journey on the bus. Incase you fancy downloading this and having a go at it as well, I have made it available in PDF format for you to download and print... just click here.
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Please Note: All on ride photographs were taken WITH PERMISSION of the theme park and ride management. Under no circumstances should any member of the public or club member attempt to take photographs on rides without express permission from the theme park. Safety comes first - follow the rules!
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| Roar ERS | Joker's Jinx | Batwing | Lisa's 40th Birthday | VIP seats in the Freedom Show |
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| Special ticket for our visit | Roar | The Mind Eraser | Joker's Jinx twisting track | Members enjoying Skull Mountain (even though you can't see them!) |
