Six Flags America Review, Most Underrated Six Flags Park | How the Park Finally Became Good!
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- Опубликовано: 8 апр 2021
- Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland has a reputation as one of the worst Six Flags parks. But is that deserved? It did at one point, but the park has vastly improved over the past few years and now I actually think this is the most underrated park in the entire chain. Find out why in this review!
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As someone who has this as their home park, I'm satisfied. Whenever I visit nowadays I always have a good time; it just has the misfortune of being sandwiched between Hershey, Kings Dominion, Busch Gardens and Six Flags Great Adventure. But when you look at this park solely for what it is it's a fun time.
I agree.
Thats the idea. Its an easy and satisfying day
I'm going my first time in June. How are crowds on a summer weekday?
@@daniev6 They aren't bad in the dry park typically since everyone likes to visit the water park during the summer.
@@daniev6 Very minimal.
Imo six flags America and six flags St. Louis are very underrated.
Agreed!
I agree with SF STL. I haven’t been to SFA yet.
And over texas!
@martinmedina9174 after I got a great ride on superman I think America has a better lineup than SFOT
This was my home park for YEARS. The vast amount of improvements they could do to this park are crazy. They have plenty of land for development and additional rides and coasters. This park really REALLY needs a new roller coaster that isn't just a refurbish or relocated park. It's a park that needs a coaster with a unique and original layout that ISN'T themed to a DC super hero...
The operational changes really helped.
@@CanobieCoaster Good. I really hope this park sees a bright future and some good expansion/new original coasters and non DC theme haha.
Alright you’re my favorite coaster RUclipsr. You are so positive! I have been in love with this channel since the Oziris review. Thank you for being you.
Glad you enjoy the videos!
I got to hang out with him at Dollywood. He's just as great in person.
Finally someone else has some appreciation for my home park! I actually met Taylor from coaster studios on Saturday (April 3rd) and he was saying that this was also his best ever visit. People definitely overlook this park way too much. And I dont know if you rode mind eraser in the very back row, but its the same story as Firebird. In the front its horrible, but in the back its not too bad and in some cases can be kinda enjoyable. But it was nice seeing your opinion, keep up the good work.
Do you know if he’s going to make a vlog on it?
@@lukez6203 I saw him and his friends recording with his camera and talking about superman while going down the exit path so. So I think so.
That's interesting Mind Eraser is smoother in the back. The other SLCs are usually smoother up front.
Tbh, the DC area of this park should have been themed to the RCT series. Superman should have been called Roller Coaster Tycoon: The Ride especially since its straight track, hills, and helices. In all seriousness though, great review. I've never been here but I've heard bad things about it and since I live 90 minutes away from Six Flags: St Louis, I feel sorry for both parks since they are both very underrated, and both have a solid lineup of supporting coasters.
Both parks are some of the most underrated in the chain.
Love your videos. You’re so informative. I could listen to your voice all day!
Thanks!
They were doing so well this year (2021). The park was clean, stuff looked in better shape, they repainted Joker, and had a few new rides over the past few years. Then, last weekend an hour before close and during freight fest hours, they had another big fight inside and outside the park, with 14 year old kids jumping up and down on people's cars and breaking out windows. There is always a police presence there, and Six Flgs has had a large amount of visible security present, but even that wasn't enough to deter these kids. The police didn't even bother to arrest anybody at the scene. At least no one was seriously injured this time like back in 2014 when a similar incident happened abd a kid got his skull cracked open, also at freight fest. It took years for SFA to get over the 2014 incident, and it will likely be the same with this incident. Its not exactly in the best area of DC, even though its kind of out in rural/suburban surroundings. They really need a chaperone policy for kids under 18, or even 21, and strictly enforce behavior policies. Its no wonder why a significant number of families won't step foot in the place despite it being pretty cheap and close to both Baltimore, DC, and Northern Virginia. They'll drive to Kings Dominion or to Hershey instead for better ride line ups, better maintenance, and better behaved clientele. It was up to 4 flags...sadly, its back down to 2.
It's unfortunate when an event like that happens since it was beyond the park's control.
@@CanobieCoaster Especially b/c the park really beefed up security this year and it was going well until then. The new park president has said himself "Everyone knows this place has a reputation, and we're turning that around"
You’ll be in traffic all day going to kings dominion. Hershey park is a bit out the way as well. So America it is.
@@jaron312 if you want a quick visit for a few hours, yes. But if you are going for the day, Hershey isnt really very far and is a far superior park, and KD is easy to get to from Maryland via 301. You can completely skip 95.
My family members visited it in 2012ish and they hated it at the time, and after that, other people visited the park and thought of it as dirty or iffy, and this was the general consensus for many years amongst thusies as being dirty sketchy cheap and poorly managed. Eventually around 2018 some locals started saying it was not all that bad and then people started to like the place and thought it was not that bad and now it's a small hub for enthusiasts especially with wonder woman and firebird with some upkeep by new and much better management. The last park president and the new one have done wonders for the park and now it's basically turning itself around! Better Staff and care by management is a welcome miracle!
My visit in 2012 was bad but my recent ones have been quite good.
The same things people say about this park can be said about a lot of six flags park. People just hate on this one the most because it doesn’t have the coaster line up to overshadow it.
I’ve always thought this park looked extremely under appreciated! Can’t wait for my first visit this year!
Whenever you do, ride Superman in the front. The only reason I would say the back is because of the drop
Enjoy! I'd try Superman in both the front and back.
@@CanobieCoaster I mean, you could easily ride both. There was only a station wait when I went and 80% of the train was empty.
I live 10 minutes away and it’s the only park I’ve been to, but it made me an enthusiast because of its lineup. They would have a amazing top three if they rmc’d roar!
Agreed!
Great video thanks for the HP LOVE SFA is and has been improving for awhile it’s just finally being shown and talked about. I’ll take your word on the Dorney comparison I’ve never been there going this year I feel your on to something
I hope you enjoy Dorney! It may not get flashy new additions anymore, but it's a solid park.
Just reading the title made me smile ear to ear lol
tarby moment
It's hated way too much.
Great review... My last visit was once again on the massive 2001 trip..... Two face was there in those days, was very new, and unbelievably smooth for a Vekoma. I will miss that on my return visit. I only rode Superman in the back seat and got no airtime at all but still enjoyed it, despite the ridiculously drawn out and pointless helixes. Wild one was GREAT in the back seat, and not remotely bumpy.. it was so smooth I was shocked, and it was instantly my favourite coaster in the park and I marathoned it.. 20 years has obviously not been kind to that one unfortunately. Yawn (lol, roar) was also glass smooth, but like most early GCI's, seems to also not have aged so well. Oh well, it was a yawn anyway.
I'll be close enough when visiting Kings Dominion and BGT so I will definitely add a day trip here to the visit :) This time I'll do superman in the front hehe.
The park has changed quite a bit.
How about Krypton Comet?
I used to go to Wild World when I was a kid. It was so small. Just a little water park and a few dry rides. It's crazy how much it grew.
It really is amazing.
Yep I agree with pretty much everything you said in this video. One thing that really stands out to me here is how outgoing and fun the staff is. I cant wait to go this year because I wasn't able to go in 2020, and I've heard the park has even improved quite a bit since 2019, when I still thought it was a pretty good park
My last visit before 2020 was early in 2018. The staff is much friendlier now.
I visited the park around 2 to three weeks ago, and the operations were really good imo. I was able to go superman ride of steel 6 times, and each dispatch went by really quick.
Great review!!!!
Thanks!
i used to go here with my grandma years ago all the time, we had diamond elite passes and everything, this place is really nostalgiac to me.
now, i live in california and my relationship with my grandma is non existant. i will forever love this place and it will have a special place in my heart.
I'm glad you enjoyed Six Flags America more than most.
@@CanobieCoaster to be honest the crap it gets is totally deserved but i dont care because its nostalgiac and it clouds my memories of how bad it was
I have an entirely new outlook on SFA after my first visit in 15 years last weekend. I’m glad this is one of my home parks and am really looking forward to returning!
Nice!
All this park needs another standout coaster like RMC Roar or a raptor and another good supporting coaster like hangtime at knotts.
This park needs to find more ways to boost attendance. If six flags sees that this park is doing really well, they will invest more.
Hopefully!
Kings Dominion, too, is in that vicinity; closer than any of the ones you mentioned.
I live about 30 minutes from here in light traffic. Maybe it's time to give it another chance... particularly since I would otherwise be done for the season. Not ready for that yet.
That's true.
I was a ride/coaster mechanic there in the ‘99-2000 seasons. I assisted putting the Superman together and in service, and was there when the lift chain broke. As well dealing the issues with 2 face. Lol….
I heard Two Face had a lot of issues.
Mind eraser is great when you press and hold your head to one side for the whole ride.
I'd rather ride the other rides than have to ride that defensively.
Im about to ride it! Any tips?
For their next additions, I say they should put Justice League: Battle for Metropolis where the Gotham City Amphitheater sits and there should be enough room between Batwing and Superman: Ride of Steel for an RMC Raptor. Mind Eraser needs those comfortable restraints found on Fly The Great Nor'Easter at Morey's Piers and although Roar could run better with a retracking and Millennium Flyers, it needs the RMC treatment more just because the park needs something new and exciting. As for the waterpark, the removal of Zoomazon Falls tells us something new may be coming there which is good because it could really use something like a racing slide or a water coaster.
If they did add a dark ride, I'd prefer it to be in the front half of the park so it's open for HITP.
@@CanobieCoaster if they put it where the theater is, they would probably make an exception and open up the dark ride, Harley Quinn, and riddle me this
@@RJ-tn9rl Hip no longer happens anyway so it would run all season. Plus only riddle opened during hip this season and they opened Gotham just for it only
Reminds me of my last trip to Six Flags Over Texas which was in February of 2020 where the ride ops where trying their best to keep trains from stacking. That turned into the ride ops on titan and new Texas giant saying hey we are trying to complete with the other ride to see how many trains we can send so if you could help us out that would be great
Over Texas is one of the chain's best parks in terms of operations.
Always a good review
Thanks!
OMG Joker's Jinx was SO much better last year without the head banging OTSRs. Wow, it was actually fun.
Superman was better than I remember but honestly still no airtime on the first drop in the back and only the front row gave me good airtime on the airtime hills. The dead track is still overwhelming which is why it can never be even close to a top tier coaster for me and the thing is, I think it can actually be fixed and made a lot better without a massive investment, but I digress....
Even Batwing was open, I was lucky. Love Vekoma OG Flyers except for the one at Carowinds. I was also lucky with Firebird, I didn't get too much head banging but it was sort of boring. Head banging terrifies me because in 2001 on the Chiller @ SFGA and JJ at SFA, I actually got a mild concussion and bruised ear!
I completely avoided Roar as why ride something I had ridden when brand new and glass smooth and didn't think much of it then, but when it's aged and rough? Just no point to it. I did ONE ride on the SLC that has some new weird name I forget, and I found it way too rough, however at least there was no headbanging. I did not go for a second ride. Yuk.
I spent most of the day on Wild One in different seats and had a blast.
BTW I get extreme airtime on Superman at SFNE, so as much as I don't like the new restraints they added after the accident, maybe they just work for my body shape and there's something about the older traditional Intamin restraints that don't. That said, they were excessively stapling that day at SFA, and I DID used to get crazy airtime on Perilous Plunge that originally opened with the typical Intamin T Bar. This video came up when I logged in so thought I would comment since my last post over 2 years ago, that I did have a good time last year.
If they RMC Yawn, it will transform the park with a great 123 punch (Cause I know most love Superman, and of course wild one). Maybe now with the merger they will do it, who knows. For me it will make it a great 1 2 punch with whatever RMC and Wild One. I'd visit again if they add a signature coaster like that.
I actually prefer SFNE's Superman restraints to Six Flags America's Superman. The shin pads are really uncomfortable on SFA's.
Six Flags America really has a solid coaster lineup overall.
Canobie Coaster has a video of how to ride B&M stand up coasters and Apocalypse at Six Flags America was one of those.
It was too rough for any method.
What Six Flags America really needs is an ultimate stand out attraction. Something like an S&S 4D coaster like Eejanaika could really draw a crowd.
I think Superman is still a worthy standout. I would like to see them keep filling in the back of the park.
@@CanobieCoaster Good idea
Honestly, this place is just underrated because everything that’s around it. As a college student at Penn State, Great Adventure is only a 10 minute longer drive than America (3 hours 40 minutes). Along with Hersheypark being only 1 hour 45 and Kennywood being 2 hours and 30. Also if you shift down to my hometown of Virginia Beach, you have Busch Gardens and Kings Dominion both within 1-2 hours away for the two. I just think that it needs more attention. Along with the fact that multiple coasters are only open at certain times of the day, which I would attribute to short staff most likely, but still the other parks manage better which is why this one is avoided
This park is in such a prime location.
@@CanobieCoaster I mean I guess, but at the same time there’s better just for an hour or more drive, Kings Dominion is only 1 hour and a half south of DC/NOVA
I would love to see this park get a couple new investments in terms of coasters. 18 Million dollars total(solely on coasters). To start, since Mind Eraser is SBNO, retrack it, repaint the supports, and give it new trails like great noreaster' (7 Million). Second, repaint batwing with dark purple track and deep black supports. Give it a maintenance overhaul to improve reliability, and just a general refurbishment (1 Million). Finally, RMC roar with a large scale custom layout similarly to Wildcat's Revenge (10 Million). A cool color scheme would add to the experience. This could create a coaster lineup on par with something like SFOG.
Mind Eraser is getting new trains per the recent announcement. And the park is getting a new flat.
@@CanobieCoaster Yep! Just heard about that and am super happy. I just hope it's not actually called "Suspended Coaster"
I agree. I enjoyed my day here in 2019, even with Batwing and Ragin Cajun closed. I thought most of the park's appearance looked great. Firebird was comically awful for me the whole ride, in both the front and back, and is now my least favorite coaster. Mind Eraser was alright though. It rode okay on my one ride. Despite closures and one terrible ride, I was not disappointed at all with this park.
They must have improved Mind Eraser since I last rode it in 2012 based on these comments.
This is my home park, and I have a mixed relationship with it.
Good: It's only 40 minutes from where I live; Wild One is a classic (it was the first roller coaster I ever rode solo as a kid); Superman: Ride of Steel is great in the back row; Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth is a good Starflyer; and we got Harley Quinn Spinsanity this year!
Bad: It's a small park relative to the other SF parks; Mind Eraser.
Mixed: Batwing (unique ride, yet it's a maintenance pain, load times have been slow in the past, but they've gotten better, plus it's bumpy but not as bad as Nighthawk); Roar (it's bumpy, but runs well in colder weather for some reason; I for one would like to see in converted [either Iron Horse it, Topper Track it, Titan Track it])
I just avoid Mind Eraser, which is a shame because I think the Coyote Creek area looks nice.
@@CanobieCoaster Funny enough, I actually walked up to the Mind Eraser sign and gave it the middle finger!
And as I've gotten back into coasters, I've learned to avoid wheel seats on 2x3x4 PTC trains (like Wild One).
edit: As bad as Mind Eraser is, I've heard that Kong at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is even worse!
Roar is getting an in-house titan track treatment finally
I’ve been going to this park since it was Wild World. It was always fun especially once Mind Eraser was installed during the Adventure World days. I was excited when Six Flags purchased it. I’d go to Six Flags America and Six Flags Great Adventure all of the time in 2000 and 2001 via Season Passes which was worth it.
The growth of this park was shocking.
Will you ride the Professor Screamore Sidewinder formerly known as Mind Eraser at Six Flags America this year?
I don't have immediate plans to go there this year.
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Lol
I didn't find Mind Eraser that bad when I visited last weekend so maybe they did something to improve it
Maybe, I haven't ridden it since 2012.
Im going to six flags this week on the weekend are the crowds really crowded and what do u recmond rides i should go on
I would advise hitting Batwing whenever you see it run. It tends to open late and it's low capacity leads to long lines.
As someone who works at SFA, I think it's the middle-to-lower of Six Flags parks. It's not better than Over Georgia, but it's above parks like St. Louis, Great Escape and especially La Ronde. The thing that America can benefit is a new original coaster like a Raptor model, or a RMC conversion of Roar.
I agree. A major new coaster would really help that park.
I didn’t even know that they had such good looking areas
The park is a lot better than people give it credit for.
Haha, I lived in MD from 1997 til 2002. Wild One and Roar need RMC treatment. It would be sick… well, I’m from San Diego (so lucky to claim Magic Mountain as my lifetime home park), but I used to visit “The Great Escape, Adventureworld” as it was known, before Six Flags…
…and I’m telling you, Six Flags made an error closing Typhoon Seacoaster!! 😭😂They could’ve pimped it OUT. That was my (& all my friends & family’s) favorite ride, in addition to Superman. The Joker is a decent ride. Mind Eraser shockingly never bothered me. We moved back to Cali right around when the flying coaster was built. I wonder what happened w Typhoon though. It was like a low-budget “Pirates of the Caribbean,” yet improved in other ways; only lo-budget by comparison, in regards to animatronics and stuff. Thrill-wise, it was a step up… w 3 drops, a backwards portion, indoor + outdoor sections of the flume ride; ending in an 80-foot, near-vertical drop of a skull mountain’s mouth. Lol. It was epic back in the day, sigh. 😂
I wish I could've ridden Typhoon.
Your videos are jogging my memories! But yeah,TSC was a big draw to the park in its prime, even if at first it was kinda kitschy, or seemed like a dollar-store version of Disney Pirates; it was worth it to wait 20 minutes bc it was at LEAST a seven minute boat ride; more like ten minutes tbh. Appearance-wise, it's comparable to Atlantis at Sea World (the dark rides parts!). But with more actual figures and animal animatronics. Lol.
Also, I was reading an old brochure I found; the final drop was 80°, and the height was 150 feet!! So, this brochure is from 1998, and I'm sure this "record" has been well surpassed by now, but it does mention "America's tallest and steepest drop on a log flume," (or in this case, pirate ships)... It was very steep, staring straight down, and very tall, with a good splashdown into this huge lagoon out of the skull. The lift hill for that was long. It was like Splash Mountain meets POC in the ghetto, but way taller. Haha. It's all coming back to me now!! ..There was a lone ride op at the top, in the skull mountain, and they were always funny, bc they had control over when the boat launched down the drop. Like the anticipatory delay on a dive coaster. There were so many ride ops on it, some at the station for the loading, one for the backwards switchback, and again... stuff we have technology for right?
Behind it was Superman the Escape (Wild One passed through the back of the skull too, on its back-and-out trip), and then just acres of empty space. So much potential. Sigh. What they should've done is make it into an actual "water coaster", and added tracks, alternating dry and wet, again like Atlantis sort of... very weird how they got rid of it and immediately the reputation dropped! Even with the new coasters back then.
I love this park, especially the season pass and food deals. For my 3 daughters, this home away from home in the summer. Can't understand why it is not more popular, but I am glad.
It had a bad reputation 2 decades ago.
I agree this park is overhated but it doesn't deserve it since it has a lot of potential. I would honestly compare this to my home Six Flags park Sox Flags Darien Lake in terms of operations and feel
I far prefer this park to Darien Lake.
it is true that the Batwing is going to close? I heard it from another youtube video and i was shocked cause its my favorite ride (im going this saturday)
It was a popular candidate for removal in prediction videos, but it ran fine for me last month. It just opened late.
I didn’t realize the Wild One was a relocation from a park in Massachusetts. It must cost a lot to relocate a wooden coaster.
Yes, but it's still cheaper than building a new one. It just doesn't happen often because it's an extremely involved process.
It's cheaper than a new ride of comparable size.
Probably most of the ride was rebuilt with new structure. Wild One also had a long history. It started out in 1917 as a side Friction Coaster called Giant coaster. It was then rebuilt in the 1930s after a fire to a traditional coaster with a final helix. Then another fire happened in the 1960s when the coaster lost its final helix. Then the park shut down in 1984. Dinn Corporation helped rebuild the coaster at Wild World in 1985 adding the final helix again. I think the coaster had other modifications over the years at Six Flags. Finally the Coaster celebrated its 100 birthday in 2017
@@johnfoltz8183 Six flags raised the bottom of the first drop, lowered the second hill, and changed the turnaround to a flat turn instead of diving down one.
My family and I used to have season passes for a long time here but we stopped getting them when the pandemic happened and I am kind of missing it now
It's nice having season passes.
I got my first season pass for any Amusement park in 2018 to go to Six Flags America. I think it's a great park and maybe bc I never visited before 2017 I've never seen the park in a bad shape. I agree with you, I think it's easily the most underappreciated Six Flags park.
It really gets blamed for the past too often.
Lived in Virginia most my life, and went for my first time last month. After my visit, I can say I am proud to call this my home Six Flags park.
Nice!
I feel like Six Flags should start replacing the wood on Wild One with unpainted wood. With that fading white color scheme it looks so ugly.
While the ride looks bad, it's running like a dream
Its so weird to think America has every box checked except maybe a standout coaster
I think Superman fills that spot for most guests.
This might be a stretch but I think the reason why Six Flags New England and this park have the same front entrance building because they got Wild One from another park in Massachusetts or it might just be a coincidence
It's because their entrances were built in the same year
@@CoasterRoaster ok that makes more sense
Agree, very underrated and under appreciated park. Wish I checked them out sooner, now that we have been to the Six Flags America, we got the annual pass for the whole family. Great experience and well worth it.
Nice!
When I went 2 months ago we were there 6 hrs and rode 4 rides between lines ride breakdowns and the walk between each ride it was really hard to get anything done but it is extremely close to home and really its not really a horrible time and my daughter and I are going age next month it might not be the best theme park but it is something to do but food and drink prices will take you broke 45.00 for 2 people 2 eat just once
Yikes! Usually lines haven't been an issue for me.
grew up going here every year (except 2020) and still do since it's only an hour away, great park and definitely underrated !!
Nice!
I went last year and it was a pretty decent park. Admittedly I don't think there was much special about it, and I won't go back just to go there, but I had an enjoyable day there.
Also I think Roar is fine, especially if they threw some Millennium Flyers on it.
Roar has a fine layout it's just rough anywhere but row 1.
Mind Eraser is getting new Trains
I heard! That should improve the experience mightily.
This is my home park iam very happy they did alot of improvement to the park Great video 📹
Thanks!
The original Skull Mountain Log Flume was freaky
I always forget Great Adventure's Skull Mountain isn't the only one.
What would help this park out a lot is a NEW ground up coaster. When the park first became six flags it was getting new coasters year after year.
I hope they get another coaster soon.
supers been closed for almost a week sadly..
i doubt it'll open for this weekend; unless they forgot to change it
It was open when I was there at the end of March.
@@CanobieCoaster i went last week (as its my home park) and that’s when it first was closed, that and joker have been closed all week; even with the park not open both say temporarily closed - now did they forget idk but guess i’ll see tomorrow; hoping to catch some harley quinn testing as well
Bravo on the positive video. The world needs more people who look on the bright side. I personally find this park most entertaining when bringing along a Bingo Card, e.g:
- Experience a 10-minute dispatch on Superman, headache on Mind Eraser
- Stop by 5 closed rides
- Spot a 220-pound woman in a thong
- See a bearded person wearing a bikini and no shirt, a person in handcuffs, poop on the bathroom floor, employees arguing with each other
- Be the only white person on a ride
- Hear the N-word 50 times
- Watch the funnel cake line grow so long it blocks off access to the park's entrance/exit area
- Witness a fist fight, turkey leg brawl, or parking lot riot
And so on. I didn't fill up my Bingo card all the way when visiting this week, but was still thoroughly entertained and hope to come back at some point (during daylight hours) to play Bingo again with the family and experience this park's unique atmosphere.
(Re: Dorney Park, it's still excellent even though the coaster lineup isn't, with the added bonus of the wife never saying "WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW")
That's one way to visit the park.
Crowds stay in the water park which makes most rides station waits or walk ons.
I've never had a single issue in this park. Does it have the biggest baddest line up? No. But it's a good time and has something for everyone.
Is great adventure better? It's got better rides but I'd way busier and a much larger park to navigate.
Is Busch Gardens better? It certainly looks better but all those hills make it difficult to navigate sometimes.
Is Hershey Park better? It's got a better collection of rides and offers a bunch of other options for families like the zoo and chocolate world but the lines are longer than great adventures lines sometimes.
I think this park has its place and holds up.
I've never gone to Six Flags America's water park, but the rides are enjoyable and the lack of lines is refreshing.
Never been to SFA. Only ever heard bad things about it too. But sounds like things are improving. If Im ever in the area definitely gonna go.
The operations are much improved and their ride lineup was always good.
What coaster should they get next?
Probably rmc roar
I want RMC or Titan Track Roar. Or a Raptor. But if they continue the trend of Great America hand-me-downs, I would bet Vertical Velocity.
4:18 you forgot to mention Kings Dominion in the bigger amusement parks, that’s closer than the three you mentioned.
Good point!
I was there 2 weeks ago. Worst ride ops I have ever seen. Not only slow but they were much more concerned with their own conversations than doing their jobs. That negligence is how bad things happen
Oh no!
Six Flags America used to be my home park for a while. It offered a variety of experiences ranging from great to ok to one last experience that was so awful it made me cancel my six flags membership. This is a mixed bag of a park that offers some good coasters but the experience you get is going to depend on crowd levels and the time you go.
It seemed better run this year.
BTW I was terrified being in Baltimore on my own, but honestly there were no issues. I think it's the inner city that's the issue. If you've never been, I think it's worth a visit.
I've never felt unsafe at this park.
@@CanobieCoaster I meant getting to and from.
@@CanobieCoaster Also, it's different for a foreigner who doesn't know the area whatsoever other than one theme park.
I miss Two Face. I haven’t been in about 2 or 3 years. I’m glad to hear staff attitudes are getting better.
Thankfully Kings Island still has a clone of Two Face.
I wanna go the next time i go to DC
It's a good park now.
This park looks underrated. Nothing they have is amazing but its solid for what it is and they have something for everyone. Want airtime, you got Ride of Steel, want a spinner, Ragin Cajun, want a launch, Jokers Jinx, want an invert, Mind Eraser, want some wood creds, Wild one and Roar and the list goes on. And Superman look really underrated.
I agree, they have a strong and diverse lineup.
I'm hoping that the part attendance will go up so they can at least use half of their total acreage lol - they are not building any large scale coaster ;(
I hope so!
I love roar and Superman, but rides are always closed but I still love the park
I've had good luck with ride availability when I've gone.
@@CanobieCoaster I just went today batwing, wild one, ragin cajun and joker jinx were all closed only open coasters with superman, roar and firebird
On your first visit 2012, how many rides did you find closed?
The big one closed was Superman.
Im here I’m on the bench in front of mind eraser should I ride it?
I've heard it's smoother than it was when I rode it a decade ago, but I still recommend other rides over it.
@@CanobieCoaster oh ok! I’ll letcha know how it goes! It looks cool so far I’m only 13 so I hope I’m allowed on
They finally become good until the day you go superman is closed and half the coasters are opened sporadically. I went last Monday (April 4) and I had alotbof fun but it was a very slow stary to the day when all the coasters haven't opened when you get there
That stinks. I wonder if they were low on workers during the week.
am i the only one that really enjoys Mind Eraser? when i went i rode it many times, not rough for me at all
I haven't ridden it since 2012, but hated it then.
Dorney park is way better than SFA.
But I also went to SFA in 2021 and I had a really good time there.
I really really really hope Dorney gets that gravity group shuttle coaster in 2022
I like both equally now.
They have the space to do another safari. I think it’s time to bring it back.
They have the space for anything.
The park honestly fell short after the company’s bankruptcy. It struggled throughout its history, but doesn’t deserve the neglect or hate that it did.
To this day, I love this park. It’s not the greatest, but I’m glad to see it spring back to life once more. I’m hoping the turnaround will pay off.
I hope so too.
This park is excellent! With Harley Quinn, the flat collection is 100%. All that they need now is a new ground up, or RMC Roar. That'll bring all together.
Agreed!
Can you rank all the coasters at six flags america?
Wild One and Superman are at the top. Then I'd go Joker's Jinx, Batwing, Roar, Firebird, Raging Cajun, Great Chase, and Mind Eraser.
@@CanobieCoaster switch minderaser and fire bird. Both are head bangers, but at least minderaser actually has a fun layout. Firebird is the most boring ride in the park
Outside of Superman: Ride of Steel and Batwing, I feel like this parks coaster collection isn’t great. The park also felt very run down on my most recent visit.
The back half really needs aesthetic improvements.
I bet the new park GM has been making positive changes. This place sucked in 2009, but I'm excited to visit this month.
Enjoy!
how was it?
Is it me or Six Flags Adventure World would sound better than Six Flags America?
Sure Six Flags has Great Adventure so having similar names may cause confusion, but Six Flags America sounds very similar to Six Flags Great America!
I like the name considering the themed lands in the front of the park and because of where it is.
Before watching this video I would’ve probably ignored SFAm but after this review I actually want to travel 1000 miles just to visit this underrated park
It's much better than its reputation.
This park is awesome! Superman and Batwing are a fantastic top two!
Wild One is my favorite or second favorite with Superman myself.
@@CanobieCoaster Oh man, I'll be riding it in a few days for the first time (it was closed on my first visit), you just made me excited lol
Train only runs on a busy day like Saturday. Catch it if you can.
I noticed!
I really want people to talk about Two Face The Flip Side on RUclips
I never rode that unfortunately, but I have ridden Stinger and Invertigo. They're better than your average boomerang and very forceful.
@@CanobieCoaster I’ve only ridden Invertigo at Kings Island very fun
It’s so weird that two face was not placed in Gotham city. If it was, SFA’s Gotham city would be the most diverse theming wise. No one else had a joker or two face themed ride at the time. Even penguin.
I love their top 3. 🥃
Agreed.
Six flags america needs more coasters period
Wouldn't hurt!
Your first trip, your first visit to Six Flags America, was 2012?
Pretty sure.
You do have to remember how resourceful they have to be because six flags doesn’t give them much
Agreed!
Yeah I agree, almost all of there rides are prototypes or old, and they aren’t getting the money to maintain that other six flags parks get
@@lukez6203 yep. My local Elitch Gardens has to be similarly resourceful as they were only given a boomerang and slc from six flags before being sold off, premier parks and KSE give them almost nothing and they have a plot of land half the size of Frontier City
My home park, it’s honestly pretty terrible, when I could get to Hershey in 2 hours and great adventure in 2 and a half. If you paid me money to go to this park I wouldn’t, it’s just Hershey, Kings dominion, and great adventure have such a higher standard that everyone in the area neglects six flags America and then in result six flags doesn’t want to invest into it
I was stuck on the six flags America drop tower for 20 mins, mind eraser, and batwing just don’t do it for me and, rmc roar and give them a b and m dive or a raptor coaster and see how the public responds
While those parks are better, the 2020 and 2021 version of Six Flags America was much better.
The reason why the public flocks to those other parks more is because they recognize that six flags America hasn’t gotten a good new coaster in 20 years.
This is my home park, I enjoy it every time I go.
Nice!
America is so underrated!! I go there and love it!!! I
Such a good ride lineup.
I'm going on April 17th!
Nice!
Six Flags America is a very good park.
While some of the rides aren't the best, the Top 5 are definitely amazing!
Mind Eraser, Firebird and Roar are violent rides, although Roar does have airtime. Ragin' Cajun has some insane spinning and an ejector pop. Joker's Jinx has some great forces through the inversions and lower banked turns, although it was pretty jerky. Wild One is now my favorite wooden coaster with it's standing ejector and intense laterals. Batwing is my #5 with it being rather smooth and intense. Of course though, Superman: Ride of Steel is the best coaster at the park. I personally prefer the front due to stronger ejector and the sense of speed. I even have it ranked higher than Thighcrush!
The back area looks ok. That's not a good or bad thing just an observation
I prefer to focus on the rides than the appearance when I'm back there.
My favourite ride there is one that no longer exists. Krypton Comet, anyone?
I never rode that one.
@@CanobieCoaster It only ran for 5 years.
It’s really not a bad park yes i did go there on a bad day and it still wasn’t bad the rides were a little rough but that’s it
I've usually had a good time here.