Day 8 (the 11th) - Six Flags St. Louis - Eureka Missouri (By far the
worst day of the trip)

Yeah… So this day just started bad and ended that way too… So we hit
the road to SFStl…. And get stuck in traffic for some time… yay… great
way to start the day… On the way to the park we went past the St.
Louis Arch… It looked cool I guess. Once we started to get close to
the park... It got grayer and grayer... Until it started to rain and
even thunder a bit... We got to the parking lot in a big thunder
storm… So without even going in the lot we stopped at some fast
food/gas station next to the parking lot and got food… By the time we
were done the rain had stopped... So we went in the park.

The first thing in the park I went to was Batman The Ride…. It had a
long line… But I still waited it out… The line was very long and used
almost all of the switch backs… but it kept moving so it wasn't too
bad... The only part of the line that sucked was the first part when
you're just standing in the hot sun…..As soon as the rain stopped the
sun came back out and made everything way to hot.. And wet feeling….
It sucked…

Batman The Ride
Type – Steel
Year – 1995
Kind – BTR (mirrored)

Yay for my first "backwards" BTR… The ride is just like any of the
other BTR coasters… Its has the "park" part and then "junk yard" part.
It had the crashed car but the water was off (SFGAms in the only one I
have ever seen on) The station is also like the others… The ride is
the same layout too but it's mirrored so where the others going
counter clockwise this one goes clockwise… or to the right….. The
zero-g roll also goes the other way around so that's fun…. The ride
doesn't seem to be as force full as others I have been on. But it's
still got a lot of force and is a great ride.

After that me and Deka walked around a bit... She got some food so
that took some time…After she had her food and stuff we walked up the
hill to Ninja. I had read about how this coaster has one of the best
head choppers around... To bad I didn't really see it from the back
seat… Oh well… Maybe next time… If I ever go back to the crappy park…

Ninja
Type – Steel
Year – 1989
Kind – Looper

I took my one ride on ninja in the front row of the back car… After
pulling down the way to big OTSR… The ride started… When you get to
the dip at the top of the lift hill... For some reason this ones feels
bigger then most so you get some pop air time going over it in the
back… After a turn you go into the loop then the sidewinder... After
that is where this "amazing" chopper is/should be… But I didn't see it
I guess… After that you turn into the MCBR… I can now say I have been
on a SF coaster with a MCBR where they DIDN'T kill the ride on it! The
drop of the MCBR has some air... then you make a turn into the 2
corkscrews and then a nice low helix... then it's over… yay….. Over
all it isn't that bad of a ride and didn't bang me much… Just once or
twice…

After that me and Deka got lost a little bit on our way to the back of
the park… After a few minutes we got to River King some how… it only
had a 2 train wait for the front seat… So I waited it out... This
would end up being the only front seat ride I took at the park 

River King Mine Train
Type – Steel
Year – 1971
Kind – Mine Train

As far as mine rides go this one is fun. It started to rain as we got
in line for it... But by the time we got on it had stopped… I don't
really remember much of the ride as I was to hot and needed something
to drink... It was more of a "I need to ride it for the count" and not
for fun… I remember it had a tunnel and also had a nice view of Ninja…
But I was just in to much of a rush to get on all the other coasters
in the park before we had to go…

After that we kept going up hill to the back of the park… We met up
with 2 other trekkers who had just been kicked out of Boss's line as
the ride had went down….. The 4 of us made our way up the hill to
Screamin' Eagle… I had wanted to ride this coaster for a few years now
but it wasn't as high on my list as other coasters on the trip (Raven
[letdown] Hades Avalanche and Boss [more on that later….])

Screamin' Eagle
Type – Wood
Year – 1976
Kind – Out-N-Back

I had read that this ride is fun and has lots of air time... And the
3rd drop was the longest on the ride and the best… Well what I had
heard was wrong... Well... not the drop part…
I took the front seat of the back car and was off… The turn from the
lift to first drop is cool... First drop... no air… 2nd drop no air...
3rd drop (longest) no air... Hmmm where's the air time? The ride is a
lot longer then I though it was and was fun... But for some reason
doesn't have any airtime! I asked the 2 other trekkers we rode with
(who sat more toward the front) if they got air... Both said "nope"…
I asked Deka if she got air… "nope"… Hmmmm…….

After getting off Eagle… I could still see a train on Boss sitting on
the lift... So it was still down… I went down to ride Xcalibur. I had
never been on an Evolution ride… But 2 parks I have been to had had
them... But were gone when I went or closed… I had seen videos of how
they can run and what they can do… To bad SFStl sucks at running it…
All they do is one turn…. Go over the top once and then come right
back down... and its over… It takes the park much longer to load the
ride then for the rides cycle…..

After getting off that mad… I looked over and Boss was running... with
people! The last of the "big 3" rides on the trip I really wanted to
ride was now open… So I ran down to it…. The line for Boss is odd… it
doesn't have switch backs or anything... you just walk forever on the
bridge over the go karts to get to the station… When in the line for
Boss I saw something I had never seen in my life…. As I watched the
Sky Coaster going up… after the "3-2-1 FLY!" part… They didn't pull…
after a few mins of just hanging at the top…. The 3 rider's were
lowered back to the ground... Without ever pulling! I had never seen
this before... And didn't even know they could do it… I thought once
you went up you had to pull... Hmm… After watching some more it looked
like they took one rider off and sent the other 2 back up where they
did pull and ride the thing and other people in the Boss line who were
watching clapped at the riders…… odd...

BOSS
Type – Wood
Year – 2000
Kind – "Monster Woodie"

I had wanted to ride Boss from the first time I saw the ride art work
in 1999… And now I could get to ride it… With more storm clouds
rolling in… and it getting darker and darker by the minutes... I just
grabbed the first seat I saw... It was a middle car :-\ . Boss is a
great ride and runs really well... It has some good air time... But
the ride SUCKS ASS because of the G-Trains… My god what the hell was
Gerstlauer thinking… this ride would be a "world class" ride... But
its trains really hold it back. After getting my legs bashed around on
Boss... And having my not so fun "Jackhammer: The Ride" on it… The
ride closed shortly after I got off... As the Thunder Storms were
back... Everything closed……. And I mean... Everything.

So now with all the rides being closed… We just walked around… We went
up to Mr. Freeze knowing it would be closed... As there was lighting…
But maybe we could still get in line for it… But no... We couldn't…
the line had been roped off with staff at the entrance… So we kept
going down hill until we made our way into the kiddie land... where
the parks last coaster was… Acme Gravity Powered Roller Ride…Yeah they
had the under __ inches rule on the ride... I asked it I could ride if
I went with a kid and stuff like that but still no… So I just took a
few photos of it… The first train I saw go past had 4 rows with 0 kids
in it... I don't see why they couldn't just let me sit in one of
them... They had to run the ride anyways... By now I was done with
this crap hole… We had all of 20 minutes left at the park and it was
still raining hard and yet Deka was still "Lets go to freeze and see
if it's open!" As if it would….. And even if it was we wouldn't have
had time… SUCKAGE

After only spending all of 3 hours in the park and only getting on 5
of the coasters… I can now say that Six Flags St. Louis is right up
there with SFDL as one of the crappyest parks I have ever been to. I
might have liked the park better if it wasn't 45,000*s out and muggy
with off and on thunder storms… And maybe if I had spent a day at it
and not just a few hours… But as of now I would not go back to the
park anytime soon…….

After going off from SFStl we all got in the vans and made our way
down to Branson… As soon as we got out of the parking lot for SFStl
the rain stopped… And we could see rides going once more….. Thank god
for the next day... After a very crappy day at Six Flags… Branson day
was one of... If not the best day of the trip….

BTR...


Ninjas turn


SEE! I did ride mine train....lol


Xcalibur...


Freeze.... That I didnt get to ride....

More Random photos...
Boss from far away


SEs first turn


boss


more boss


Sky Coaster... Right after I got off Boss..

Oh, I'm sorry that you went there on a rainy/bad day. I usually have fun every time I go.

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Nice trip report. Sucks that you went to that park on such a crappy day.

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Yeah, but nice pictures even if the sky isn't anything great.

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Yeah. I bet I would have liked the park if I didnt have to rush as much as I did.. And also if I had got to ride everything. I really really wanted to ride Freeze... And I would have liked to have gone on the wheel (for photos..)

What day did you go? The 22nd?

Just wondering, plus for Boss, only good seats are the front car and back car. I have noticed it is a lot rougher in the middle seats as well. I would definilty say to give this park a second shot, its really a well-run park imo.

Well, depressing TR for a average park. I've been to SFStl countless times but I still love it. I agree that had you not been rushed, it would have been much more enjoyable. Freeze isn't nothing to be sad about. It seems slow and the top hat is the best part. If you didn't like B:TR's line, you'd hate Freeze. Its ALL in the sun and half the time the unreliable airconditing never works, and its CRAMPED! Matts right, The Boss is only worth the ride in the front or back. Ninja is the only great Arrow I've ridden. The headchopper is actually the chain return. It works well if you know its there. Front seat especially cause you see if coming at eye level half-way through the dive loop. I never knew why people were so impressed with Eagle either. I only feel minimal airtime, not even floater. The best part of that ride is the tree overhanging the track on the 3rd drop or the brake run.

As far as parks go, SFStl is the best I've been to yet. Its the right size and layout but the coasters are still relatively close together. SFGAm is one of the worst SF parks I've been to. Horrible crowds and types of people, spread-out coasters and some of the coasters have really slow OPs.

Heres the head chopper and where it was.