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Montu Man
Joined: Jul 2004
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I know I saw a trip report on this. I think it was called Six Flags sucks.
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| 10/31/2004 2:01 PM |
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aribev24
Joined: Aug 2004
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^Yes, Kyle L.'s trip report...
That would really suck to be on a coaster stuck for 45 minutes. And I would've been pissed too, since they shut down the park even when the power came back. Obviously they were just stuck in a bad situation, and didn't know how to get out, so took the obvious, and easy route out!
That sucks.
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| 10/31/2004 2:05 PM |
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e.zone022
Joined: Apr 2003
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Yes, I think that it sucks that the people got stuck, and i am no big fan of six flags, but if you read the post it says that the animal shows continued for a few (3) hours, but was closed by 6pm. Power was not restored untill 8pm. That makes a grand total of 5 hours. If i was at the park i would be more upset just waiting around for the power to come back on. what is there to do when there is no power? just my 2 cents.;)
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| 10/31/2004 2:58 PM |
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medieval
Joined: Aug 2004
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I dont see why Six Flags would suck because of this. Its not their fault that there was a power outage.
I wonder how they got into the accident.....
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| 10/31/2004 7:14 PM |
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Snoboarder7997
Joined: Jul 2004
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I live about ten minutes from Marine World and it definately wasn't their fault. A car crashed into a electricity pole which in turn knocked over a total of three major power lines in Vallejo (I don't live in Vallejo though, so I still had power). I luckily wasn't at the park at the time, but my friend was. I know were not supposed to advertise sites, but www.xtremecoastin.com has a news update on it, and if you click on it you can see some photos. It was insane how many people were trying to get their money back at guest relations...
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| 11/1/2004 8:42 AM |
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sfft_2108
Joined: Mar 2004
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Geez, Kyle posted his TR like a few days ago, and we are just getting to the news now. HMMMM.......... ; )
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| 11/1/2004 6:06 PM |
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coasterlove
Joined: May 2001
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Six Flags wasn't at fault for the power outage but it was their choice not to run the generators they had. They were to cheap to try and satisfy their cutomers. Then they tried to stiff them by giving them a pass only good for the next day. That's a load of crap and people should be pissed about it. Six Flags is lucky that most of their parks don't have competition in the nearby vicinity. If they did, they would be in even worse shape than they are now.
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| 11/2/2004 12:01 PM |
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LuvChyld79
Joined: Oct 2003
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It was me, sorry. Must've made a left back in St. Louis instead of a right...
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| 11/5/2004 1:28 AM |
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RllrCoasterFan
Joined: Mar 2004
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How big was the crash if it knocked 6,000 residents and Six Flags power out? Glad I wasn't there.
150 POSTS!!
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| 11/5/2004 12:43 PM |
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More about News
Oct. 31st, 2004 -- Almost 6,000 residents went without power in the Vallejo, Calif., area. Some were in attendance at Six Flags Marine World during the outage. When the power went out, a few park goers were stuck mid-ride on roller coasters, leaving them up to 20 feet in the air. Officials said that all the riders were rescued safely within 45 minutes of the stop.