Mine is all around my belly. I look like a heavily pregnant thin girl.
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A heavily pregnant thin girl with a beard.
Hmm. Maybe my shockingly poor personality isnāt the only reason Iām single.
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The Velocicoaster has a prolonged inversion where you rely on the restraint fully for a period of time. Without the restraint in that section, you would just fall.
Donāt let that scare anyone. These things are designed with multiple failsafe measures. If something breaks, you are trapped inā¦meaning you donāt have to worry about it letting go even if there was a failure!
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Many years ago, there was a ride called Shock Wave at Six Flags Great America. It had loops and corkscrews. One time I was on it and during the ride, my shoulder restraint clicked out several slots and wouldnāt go back. I was too big to fully fall out, but it was terrifying and I was sliding all over the place. My friend next to me saw it happen and threw his arm across me in an attempt to keep me in place. I never rode it again.
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This was closer to what one of my friends experienced at Knottās Berry Farm as well. Iām all for back up security measures.
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Given Six Flags had that woman fall to her death in front her children in Dallas on The Texas Giant Iād say be very careful at six flags you hear your lap bar click a couple of times. People have also died at our six flags on the water raft ride when it flipped. No wonder they went bankrupt.
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Gee.
Canāt wait for this thing to open now 
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If you guys need me. Iāll be happily munching my way through Moeās. Waving at you guys as you wiz by.
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I was thinking more Moeās, but I like the way you think! I remember you saying it was really good! Canāt wait to try it.
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Ah yes. My family swears by Moeās southwest grill.
Speaking of Moeās Tavern. We unintentionally entered through there to get some food. We just seated ourselves inside fast food blvd but were supposed to enter the main, and wait to be seated by a TMā¦oops. They must have been one door man short. 
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I just looked, the only one I see in NV is at the airport. Weād have to have it coming in or going out. Or! At UOR. But no cheating and trying it before hand, I guess.
Itās nothing fancy, kinda like Chipotle
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Geez! Not good! Thatās been my only real negative ride experience at Six Flags, and Iāve been going for about 30 years now. Sounds like I should count myself lucky!
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I worked for Six Flags at Ops & later on a Corporate level for years, so maybe Iām just being sensitiveā¦ However, there is no major theme park that hasnāt had a death - including our beloved Disney Parks. Soā¦ IMHO youāre being a bit flippant about these tragedies and implying that Six Flags is some kind of ādeath trapā.
According to a study published by IAAPA over 90% of theme park deaths are due to a guest either willfully or negligently ignoring or disabling a safety protocol.
I and every other Team / Cast Member / Maintenance working these rides goes through hours of training & certification on each ride weāre allowed to operate to ensure guest safety.
The reason for Six Flags bankruptcy was over expansion. They had over 2 BILLION in debt in 2008 because they were buying up every small park across the US and some in Europe then slapping the Six Flags logo on them. It had nothing to do with ride safety.
Any time one of these tragedies occur it is a blow to everyone who works / has worked in the industry because safety is programmed into us as are #1 responsibility. (even more than guest satisfaction)
Sorry, if I sound aggressiveā¦ Iām not trying to be. Iāve spent decades fighting the myth that rides are dangerous and that Six Flags is ārun by kids / teens that donāt care or arenāt properly trainedā
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Hi! I still go to Six Flags and yes Disney has had deaths too that were proven not their fault such as Mission Space. However the death on the Texas Giant was an employee who did not perform their due diligence by forcing the mom off the ride when her lap bar did not click And the white water rapids ride was also not a person with a bad heart but people being drowned by the flipping of a raft and belted into place. Schlitterbahn which I love as a park for their old school free spirit of you will get bruised and scratched but hey itās fun also allowed that child to get beheaded because of their ride safety negligence and they lost a significant portion of their parks to Cedar Point because of it. So I still take the risks but there are definitely incidences of major theme park companies like Six Flags and Schlitterbahn where they are in fact at fault for a death.
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I do agree that Six Flags is nowhere near āClass Action Parkā but I probably would have gone there too ;-). But there is still risk minimal as it is. And itās not a bad thing to be aware that you can call fall out of a ride and to make sure you know that your lap bar needs to click and lock in place to protect you. The Texas Giant btw does not invert you and I have ridden it dozens of times as have so many others completely safely. But that one employee that one day not caring that the womanās lap bar was not secure cost a life and it was that employees and Six Flagsā fault.
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I guess my issue was the phrasingā¦
I still take a lot of pride in my time with SF. It was the best job Iāve ever had & had intending on it being my life long career until the financial collapse of 2008 when I and all my friends were laid offā¦
Iām not try to ātrollā you or anything, I promise! 
These are heavy industrial machines that do amazing things. Like all companies that use major heavy equipment, be it at a theme park or steel plant, deaths / injuries occur.
Iāve really enjoyed getting to know you on these forums, so I donāt want this to be some kind of āinternet fightā
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No way. I like you too and love all your input! 100% friends. Iām sorry my statement offended about them going bankrupt; I didnāt mean it personally and I enjoy Six Flags thought not as much as Disney. The most recent deaths Iām aware of at Six Flags and Disney are not equivalent in who is to blame. I honestly am not informed on past deaths at Disney besides the two at Mission:Space so they may have blame in the past. I went to Six Flags Over Texas shortly after that woman died and they were redoing the Giant in order to make it safer but I have ridden it before and since and will again and will keep going to Six Flags. It is fun and safe. :-).
Edit: Iām also sorry about your job there. I hope one door closed and another opened?
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Thanks! I really appreciate it. (Even as a SF guyā¦ I like Disney better too)
Sadly, they have had a few cases of accidental death at Disney over the years - including one on the Matterhorn where a lap restraint wasnāt properly secured. (1984)
A guy got crushed by Peter Panās Flight (2006), another died on BTMRR due to improper maintenance (2003) & a 5 year had his foot ripped off there too (1998)
(Thereās more, but itās too depressing & a lot of employee deaths unfortunately)
Thanks for being cool & understanding that I wasnāt trying to be a douche or anything!
Sadly, I never was able to get back into the Entertainment / Tourism industry. (These days though thatās probably a blessing! So many people have lost jobs during the pandemic) I did find work, where Iām still employed for almost 13 years, as an office manager. Itās not my passion and kinda dull, but itās a good company & has put food on the table / roof over my head & etcā¦ Iām very grateful for it.
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