Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Tour & Review with The Legend
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2024
- Molly & The Legend show you around all the rides, roller coasters and animals that can be found at Northern California theme park, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
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So remember this visit was more than a month ago and in a time of year when crowds are very light and Six Flags parks are known to have lots of closures. Later in the season, there won't be nearly as many rides closed. That being said, in my experience this park does experience more closures than just about any other park.
Thanks for being fair unlike this excuse for a tour. They have a tight budget with all their animals compared to other small six flags parks.
I live about an hour from here and there are never that many rides closed. Maybe 1 or 2 max
If half your attractions aren’t working, then do the right thing and tell people this before they go in and don’t charge full price admission!!!!! You may be able to fleece them that day, but odds are they won’t go back.
Sucks that a half working park is still a thing that exists especially during peak season. More frustrating when the park opens and rides don't open with it.
AngryGumball but it’s not peak season when this was filmed 🤔
@@johns.5091 it's been this way since last year including peak season last year. Joker 1 train op has gone on far too long too (been about a year)
Wendel Cleghorn Think about it this way. The rides actually WERE operating but had problems. Would you want to open rides with problems for people to get hurt? It’s unexpected. They payed at the beginning when most of them were running but they had problems. And Batman is under construction so Harley Quinn can’t run. Also he went at a bad time. He should’ve when during good weather like the sunmer
That’s exactly why I never went back.
I have been to this park SO many times and have never seen this many rides closed.
It’s my home park
Those looking to come here: be advised this was filmed at the start of may when they're still prepping for the summer. The park is well run with ~90%+ rides open. This doesn't really show what the park is actually like imho.
Coaster Labs V2 is working finally!! I’ll be back to ride it soon!
Reasons why things are closed:
V2: paint, it's back open. Will be getting some new features in the future.
Penguin: Batman debris control + staffing
HQCC: Safety while Batman was being constructed
Tasmanian Devil: It's a HUSS ride, hard to get parts + limited budget (it's why they gave up on VooDoo)
VooDoo (Top Spin): devastating damage, not worth the $ to fix it. It costs a lot more than people realize to demo these things and have them recycled.
Elmer Fuds Weather Balloons: Low priority maintenence
That plot use to be a water play structure with 2 sides and a main tower, it got the axe YEEEARS ago
Mini Train: Gas costs $ + staffing
Tavas: staffing. Why staff a kids section if there are few kids.
Monkey Business: staffing
It really depends on the day that you go. By th looks of it you went the first weekday of daily ops. The surrounding schools are still in session and most of their employees (high schoolers) are in the middle of finals. It would be fiscally unwise to run the entire park, all rides open, with few guests. It's more due to the disconnect between the park and cooperate deciding wen they want the park open. I'm not trying to make excuses necessarily, but it'd be best to give the park a fair shot by visiting on a mid summer Friday - Sunday. Judging it when it's not ready as other parks like CGA are isn't that fair.
I understand staffing issues, but I think it’s wrong to charge full price and not warn guests ahead of time that so many rides will be closed during there visit. Down the road Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk advertises “limited operation days”. I think it would make sense for SFDK to do the same, cause to have guests unknowingly paying full price for a half park is in my opinion unacceptable
@@IntheLoopPodcast They have the rides that are closed listed in the app that's updated daily... Also most people don't pay ticket price either online nor at the booths. Still think this isnt a fair look at the park to portray it as "rides were closed on the weekday that I went so therefore the park is low quality because I had a bad experience that one singular day".
Updating an app day of doesn’t really help when you get to the park at opening and booked a pricey flight from the other side of the country. I think it is 100% fair to judge the park, I went on an advertised normal operation day and this was the experience I received.
I got to a ton of theme parks across the country at all different times of year and this was the most closed rides I’ve ever seen.
@@IntheLoopPodcast they also have a drastically different budget that those other parks. It's like evaluating it on the same points against Animal Kingdom. Just saying as a larger more trusted name parks should be evaluated when they're ready. CGA and the entire chain doesn't distinguish between a limited operations day and regular. If I were to want to make a tour video of CGA, I wouldn't evaluate it or make said video if I noticed that half the rides were closed, because that wouldn't be a fair evaluation.
It would create a false narrative and perspective that the park is not good. It is good, but don't go tona SF park that has a thinner budget that most that is open year round expecting every. single. ride. to be open every single day. That's not how parks run. Operations are dynamic and it's no different at any other park. These were clearly pre summer ops with pre summer preparation.
Also after finishing the whole video, maintenance at this park is so small and slow that usually when the ride goes down, we would be standing around waiting for them to show for like 45 minutes and then they'd spend 20 minutes attempting to fix it
If this is in April or May then yes you went during high maintenance season for the summer most rides will be closed for maintenance and staffing. Teens are still in school which is 85% if there staffing. Also that too Spin has been sitting for at least 5yrs. I went in 2014 and it was looking just like that. I agree they should’ve and should charge half price early season when rides are in maintenance
What I will say as someone who used to work there, when Batman replaced the go-karts, the rumor was the go-karts were going to be relocated to where the elephant rides used to take place
I used to work there too! My last season was 2017. I only worked weekends. I was able to go on ROAR before it closed and replaced by The Joker.
@@BryanzHAn03 hey nice another D4 member! I worked on superman and wonder woman
I remember riding Medusa for the first time at this park when I was 12. I was so proud of myself
Take a shot every time you hear closed in the video.
Thanks... I'm drunk
I died of alcohol poisoning.
@@danstaifer2028 if u were how can you spell
@@gamesalotgirlog8320 its a joke...
@@marlied4567 i dont even rember saying puls that was a year ago
that is a beautiful thumbnail! this park is so picturesque!
Thats my home park right here. Molly had a good point about Batman tho.
Batman is open Batman is ope,n BATMAN IS OPEN
My home too bro 🙂
Mine too. I haven’t been to the park since Batman opened tho.
Hey. Bay Area representing! This is my home park too! Going to get a season pass when it reopens.
@@rattiegirl5 omg what are your experiences on the rides here??!!
Plot twist Kong was the hangman’s revenge here in Nashville Tennessee in the 90s at opryland theme park before we got rachet opry Mills mall 😂
Everyone chill in the comment section. Recently there have been problems with Discovery Kingdom, Great America, Over Texas, Fiesta Texas. I don’t get why SFA closes their attractions tho
Damn so much has changed since I was there,I was born and raised in Vallejo and always had a season pass but it's been a few years.
You didn’t miss anything with Harley Quinn! It sucks. Too bad we didn’t get a Tidal Twister type. V2 is notoriously closed all the time. I saw another video and I think it’s now working and will hopefully 🙏 be running the rest of the season. The paint job is done and they have a brand new launch system.
I work at this park, basically no department is properly staffed. There is not only a lack of skilled workers available but they cut pretty much every corner they can budget wise, they just flat out don't hire enough people and upper management does not do their jobs at all. You can go months in a department other than culinary and retail without seeing a single new hire, it makes no sense. Everyone is losing their minds.
Also the topspin ride costs more to remove than to replace, so it's been sitting there for like 10 years. We do our best but we can only do so much to keep it clean and running. The animals are very well taken care of though.
Medusa is my favorite Roller Coaster 🎢
I remember when they had a batman and Robin show on the lake.
Even though that looked like a very disappointing day out, the Sloth alone would make the trip worth while, especially if I got to hold it, also thank goodness for Beer 👍👍🍺🍺
Overpriced af beer tho
I'd go for the Big Belly Burger. I NEED to try that again!! I had it at SFMM this past August and it was so good.
Wow...that is just unacceptable on every level. I was annoyed when just 8 minutes into the video I saw that 2 of their coasters were down... and then you just kept showing ride after ride after ride that was also closed. There is just no excuse for that.
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its only closed rides are in the very morning, later in the day they start to re-open the rides. kinda weird for people who come early but at least the rides still open. only some are closed for good. other than that i kinda agree.
Ok I live by this park and this was when they were going through inspection I went today and they had all but the water parks open because its soon to be winter. Oh and the new Batman ride is really good and I still have no idea why but the Harley Quin is not getting opened maybe it's not done or something I am not sure.
@Slim um...ok
Dude... chill it’s a theme park.
4:55 I thought the same thing when I went there in May, but when I asked the Joker Ride Ops I was told they struggle to get enough employees on any given day to run all the rides. Apparently Harley Quinn takes 8-10 people to run so it's the first to go.
It's more 4-5, but yeah, it's better if it's closed. The definition a ride that's better to look at then to ride.
9:50 For some reason Skyscreamer is my all time favourite. Not sure why, but I love it!
If you see this, thank you! This is my first time going to six flags today at this park and I’m very excited!! 🤪🤪
you went on a really bad day, i live about an hour away, go about 3/4 times a year but the most rides i've seen closed at a time are 3
Wow it's cool seeing the park again. I haven't been there since my niece was a toddler. She's 16 now.
I'm going to go to this park with my friends next year and I wanted to see what we were getting ourselves into. I love roller coasters and amusement park rides but I've only ever been to our rinky-dink town fair that has some pretty big rides but nothing as big as this. Needless to say I am scared😳
Edit: I might just hang out in the Looney Tunes area😂💀
My dude caught the park on a bad day
I used to work there when i was 19..brings back a lot of memories
You went on a very bad, I went yesterday and everything was open
Everything????????
Ummm....Taz...voodoo....umm..... Harley Quinn crazy coaster!!!!?????
Not to mention, one of their walruses have passed away, recently, along with Nairobi the giraffe, too! Bubbling Deltadromeus!🦒
Leslie Chu Nothing lives forever.
I work here. The walrus died from the most bizarre thing...freaking opossum poop. An opossum got into the enclosure and pooped in the water and apparently it has toxic properties that other animals can be susceptible to. The walrus basically got toxic shock syndrome and died from it.
The other walrus was loaned out for a breeding program and should be back in about 2 years.
Same thing happened at Over Texas last weekend. Wtf is going on?
There was a power surge first week of opening in Six Flags Great America too
Ok I live by this park and this was when they were going through inspection I went today and they had all but the water parks open because its soon to be winter. Oh and the new Batman ride is really good and I still have no idea why but the Harley Quin is not getting opened maybe it's not done or something I am not sure.
i rode harley quinn. it’s pretty fun. it’s been closed all summer tho which sucks. also i’ve had a season pass for three years and i’ve never seen the sea lion show
They couldn't get the speed velocity dialed in correctly for Harley Quinn. It's working now though.
Pat Patrix yea I rode it again. It’s not as smooth as before
Going there tomorrow!
I'm honestly blown away by how much this park offers (or supposed to offer, at least). I wasn't expecting for there to be so many cool offerings. It's too bad the operations put a damper on the park experience and make most of these options obsolete.
soo this place looks bad because a lots closed but a little while later in the day everything opens, well not some of the rides. the top spin one is perma-closed and so is the tasmanian devil sadly. but other than that a lot of the stuff at the park is only closed in the very morning.
Operations sounded terrible that day!
Yeah, "THAY DAY", but he is trying to pass it off like this is how it always is, which is not true.
1:12 Joker in SFGAdv has that double color
The closed ride rate at this park is insane. I call it the most ratchet park in the Six Flags chain but I'm from the area and been to other Six Flags parks so trust me on that one. Rides are down alot but if you can make it out more then 3 times a week with a season pass you get some what excited when you come back and closed rides from the last trip are now open. I had this problem where all the vending machines were down and we just wanted water but couldn't find anywhere to get some. The drinking water fountains were also all down for maintenance BTW. 🤣
first of all do not call my hometown park ratchet. how is a park ratchet.
When I used to work there I remember The Joker was closed *the entire day.*
The Legend Taunted by Closed Rides at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom!!
Laughing at the " large man punching me in the back "
Just went today 3/8/20, all rides were open except Harley. Btw, X2 is now The Flash.
New ride underway call Sidewinder, opens this spring supposedly... even though there's zero steel even in place lol.
Kong is extremely bumpy and rattles you until you have a guaranteed headache. Wonder Woman was 1 of the most intense experiences, way scarier than I first expected and quite nauseating.
Dare Devil was the only coaster I had no interest in riding. Cobra is actually a pretty decent coaster, idk if it's normal or not, but they had it running double laps.
Yes lol it does do 2 laps, but Wonder Woman has INSANE amount of g forces, i felt like i was getting crushed when it came plummeting down from the top
@@ecervantesramirez lol definitely felt sick after WW, you swallow so much air, great ride!!
@@DOC_951 yeah lol, what’s your favorite most intimidating ride there?? Mines a tie between medusa and joker for sure...
Dare Devil is not a coaster...
You know, I went down to All-Star Flags Discovery Kingdom back in Vallejo, California back in years, so I fed those parrots with some delicious nectar since they came to me for all over me back in years ago.
Wow 17 rides that is closed that the first time I ever saw alot of rides that are closed. Great video I love all of your videos
I love discovery kingdom
I went on the sky screamer but it goes very high but nobody screams...
when i went here i didn’t know there was all sorts of animals haha!
Plot twist: this is six flags in vallejo
It is
Yea that’s the point...
@@marleymullins3664 Yeah I've been there multiple times and I'm only from Oakland, CA.
That isn’t a plot twist tho...?
I like the gal's Medusa comment. "Its not very pretty" Neither is Medusa😆 Perfect!!
6:13 thats me
I think I only came here once, when they were still Marine World Africa USA, right after they had moved from Redwood City. I'd like to go here again, with all the new rides.
I’ve been to Discovery Kingdom quite a few times and I don’t think I’ve ever seen V2 open.
5:45 Boomerang is soo scary! I tried it a couple of times and its a killer as its slowly takes you up and up before lauch.
I’ve only been to two six flags parks and those are great adventure and six flags America
They always have closed rides
No they don’t lmfao
Have you been there once?
Aaaayyyyeee I was there the same day you were there! I’m pretty sure I saw you recording the ring if fire because me, my sister, and my uncle were bummed that it broke down when we were in line and we decided to go on the Cobra and the Sky Screamer
Jeese u really need to come back here soon cause You missed out on a lot. Literally a lot of this video is just the rides being closed SIX FLAGS GET YOUR STUFF TOGETHER
Aw you went on a horrible day. Usually everything is open that sucks.
It’s wild, not a roller coaster I won’t go on, but that lasso ride for some reason I’m like nah I’m good 😂👍
WHERE EVER SHE GOES I GO HOWS THAT'S SOUND!!!!
"Harley Quinn's Crazy Coaster feels and sounds like being in a car crash"
I stand with SFDK on a lot of things, but this... yeah no...
Coaster Labs We need a Tidal Twister type instead!
shark experience first thing i going to at six flags !!!
I went to the dolphin show at here and I’m gonna try the joker 🃏
My friend was in the video at 6:11 he has a mini ponytail.
I work at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom doing face painting...FACE PAINTING...what's more annoying is visitors asking me if I can open up a ride for them with a serious face -_- I'm like bish, do I look like I can do that? my booth says face paint!!
1:33 The IT ride
Why so many rides closed? Should get a discount then .
Harley - you aren't missing anything. About as smooth as the SLC.
SFDK has gotten into this slump they can't seem to get themselves out of over the past year or so. Half closed park, rope dropping to closed rides and finally opening a half hour later, constant maintenance issues. Harley (when it does run which is a rarity) only uses half of the ride to load. I am impressed though that Hammerhead was running. That ride is almost always closed.
That was a really great tour and I enjoyed seeing all the animal attractions but that was just too many rides closed :-( I haven't been to any Six Flags, but that would be depressing if I went on that day with nothing open :-( big hugs
So true about Kong
I would love to go there
The Legend Taunted by Closed Rides at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom!!
It was a rough day to visit
half way through this video and I think you said closed about 16 times.. this park needs work. and here i was wanting to put this park on my bucket list. lol nevermind that
It was just 1 single day
Literally all the rides were open when i went.....
this is my home park and its sad that its the least known six flags park but understandable because there are almost always 3 or 4 closed rides at a time
California ❤️
I'll be going there for vacation in June 2020. I was surprised to see that boat ride by the park entrance had been drained.
It should be running in June I’m sure
Considering this park is open daily, I guess it is common for many rides to be closed during the week. When I went, all of the rides were open. I guess you got there during a high maintenance time.
You should definitely supply direct feedback to the park management because that was unacceptable and below the standards of the Six Flags brand.
I definitely went on a bad day. Was earlier in the season as well (April 25)
I hate coming to this park when its super busy. Takes almost an hour and a half just to get to the parking when traffic is bad. Terrible infrastructure in that area.
Even the shark was broken down
What's going on with the park? It's in Vallejo.
Wow half the dam place is closed.
Boomerang
Kong There is no escape
Ima go there tommorow
Unfortunately all of the Six Flags parks in the country are closed until the end of the month
Don't mind rides being closed but shouldn't have to pay regular prices
"wouldn't be a six flags park without a larson loop" But what about Magic Mountain?
One of the very few without one
Unfortunately bad experiences like this have become par for the course at this park.
I want there
Six Flags Maintenance Kingdom
Which six flags is your favorite
Great Adventure
@@IntheLoopPodcast how is the bizzaro?
Very solid ride
@@IntheLoopPodcast which ride at great adventure is your favorite
El Toro
Like, if u can’t decide which ride is better in this park between Medusa and joker
Good lord nothing is open.
Unacceptable operations, you should write letter of complaint
BeadingBoyBling if u have a seasonal pass then whats the problem? u can go other times lmao.
I wish California wan't a bid state. I want to visit all parks in both the southern and northern parts of the state. But there so far away. Six Flags Magic Mountain is my favorite Six Flags park,m it I think this could be my new favorite because I really love animals.
Been here 4 times... V2 was never opened
Like if you remember when this was Marine World and you been there when it was Marine World.
I would have left the park if there were 17 rides closed. If you weren't a Membership/Season Pass Holder, I would have asked for a refund. It is bad value for those who pay $50-70 for a ticket.
Six Flags Closed Kingdom?
3:45 is very, not smooth I can say