A Messy Visit to Six Flags’ Flawed California Park | Discovery Kingdom Vlog

[@MacRay14]

SFDK is my home park and I've been EXTREMELY frustrated with operations and choices they've made around the park. Multiple rides/coasters have not opened in over a year for no reason. All of that AND they have only done one train ops on every ride the entire time. They clearly do not care about this park at all.

[@umbraecrystalheart9345]

i am hoping that later on once the cedar fair-six flag merge sinks in more after a while they start taking care of forgotten or left behind parks like SFDK

[@MacRay14]

@@umbraecrystalheart9345 I really hope you're right. Especially since once CGA closes, Northern California will have only SFDK.

[@LChineze]

discovery kingdom is our home park and we visit often since 2011. from that time until now, i have ridden flash: vertical velocity only twice.

[@MacRay14]

@@LChineze yup! It's crazy! I used to ride it all the time as a kid and now I can't tell you the last time it was open. They gave it a new name and new paint job just to never open it again

[@toddbergman6676]

I went to this park my whole life and was a season pass holder until 2017. What happened!?!

[@dogsinthedark]

If your wondering, Joker would have been a better RMC but apparently they didn't want to pay the fee to make Joker a "new structure" to the city, so it ONLY uses old structure and wasn't allowed to deviate from the original layout as much as it should've.

[@asskakakaka]

I was gonna mention this as well. It would've been millions of extra dollars to modify the cutrent layout all because of having to re certify the ride with the city. This has been confirmed by Ryan The Ride Mechanic. He helped design the rides control system and maintained the ride for many years.

[@savag3chikn851]

As a former passholder since 2018, it seems like ever since covid, every year the park goes downhill more and more, all rides are 1 train 24/7, it's a gamble if even a third of the rides will even be open, and the park is now maintained horribly. The park used to be amazing and maintained well.

[@nancyfarkas3592]

They don’t have enough staff clearly

[@andrewc1199]

Busch Gardens Tampa has entered the chat

[@sarafranco2221]

It’s gone downhill ever since the name switch from Marine World to Discovery Kingdom

[@generic_username_here1]

Don’t worry Sarah, when I was a kid and went to Six Flags Over Georgia for the first time, the first thing I did was buy a Superman cape! It’s just part of the experience of going to a Six Flags park during your childhood!

[@StadiumofLOLMAPS]

SF parks really give a "sketchy gas station with some roller coasters in the parking lot" vibe

[@buffbuffy99]

OMG That's kinda spot on.

[@loganolson3968]

Except this is in Vallejo. The further North you go, the nicer it usually is.

[@carlosbarreralg]

This isn’t SF

[@MacRay14]

@@StadiumofLOLMAPS I think people think SF means San Francisco but in this context it's Six Flags haha

[@IAmAnonymyz]

Medusa is still one of the best floorless coasters around.

[@Colonel_Kitty]

I went there six times this past summer, and I can confirm that flash, boomerang, and Kong were never open the entire summer.

[@stephenn77]

They both need to go!

[@MacRay14]

@@Colonel_Kitty oddly enough I just went for the holiday in the park and both boomerang and Kong were open. Plus Medusa is getting a fresh new coat of paint. Hoping this is a sign of things to come! Hopefully this is a sign of

[@kaplanfx]

Back before the park was Six Flags (when it was still Marine World) that big lake was used for a big water ski show with boats and skiers jumping off jumps and stuff.

[@DrPepperone]

Love the chill penguin :3

[@anderfrank1]

As Ryan the Ride Mechanic says... "Stay off the air gates".

[@GavHern]

haha funny cuz this is the park he worked at !!

[@maxhagenauer24]

Thats a little surprising that Medusa was graceful. Normally B&M Floorless are more intense, the layout looks super good though.

[@Best4UWSam]

It feels so nice to see a review that doesn’t absolutely hate my home park😊

[@andrewscialdone1415]

YAYYYY SEA PUPPYYY!! - sarah

[@ryansaxe745]

This has been my home park all my life and man do I wish Norcal would get more investments from Six Flags

[@Thrills_And_Chills_WQAQ]

i cannot truly put into words how much i dislike this park. My visit this year during coaster con asides from the backstage tours and meeting the dolphins was genuinely so displeasing and that's sad to say because the park has so much potential, but the operations, appearance (asides from the back section), food quality, and animal enclosures all combined to make it easily my least favorite park period. the saving grace of this park is medusa which is my favorite ride in the park and favorite floorless. I do hope the merger helps this park, because this park truly needs all the help it can get.

[@lottieturpin3398]

I totally agree. This park is definitely the worst I've been to, I have hope that the merger will help this park because I think it has the ability to be good. I was there during coaster con and decided to buy fast pass since the park was only open for 6ish hours plus ert. But even with ERT and fast pass, I barely managed to get on all the coasters (that were open) once, no flat rides or anything else. In comparison to SFMM which is my home park I was surprised at operations and lack of rides that were open. I really hope the merger helps this park, having two big parks in norcal is good, but I won't go back until theres a really good reason to

[@patrickwdoyle]

The closure of California’s great America creates an opportunity to move some roses to Discovery Kingdom, particularly railblazer and the double decker carousel. Ideally both Goldsteiker and Flight deck would move to Discovery Kingdom too but I don’t know if they have the space for either

[@AgnesCrandall]

I doubt they could move railblazer here just because of how crazy loud it is. You can hear that ride from EVERYWHERE at GA

[@gridiron_coasters]

This is my home park, and the operations are indeed very frustrating!

[@tracts]

Same here! It's a love hate relationship 🥲 Gives me a lot of nostalgia but like you said the ops are horrendous lol. It's rare to see more than one train ops even on busy days

[@kyckrox1]

Oh hi gridiron coasters

[@super256colors2]

Thanks so much for an update on this park! The last time I visited was in 2006 for my 11th birthday. I purposely haven't visited for so long because of their previously deplorable conditions for their orca, elephant, and dolphin enclosures. They used to do elephant rides and would use electric cattle prods on the elephants (revealed in safety reports). Thankfully, the elephants were eventually sent to a sanctuary and the orca passed away or was sent to SeaWorld. Their mountain lions and cheetahs were a recent addition and I heard those areas had actually been improved, so I was considering going to Discovery Kingdom again. I will also give them a little credit in that they used to have a really cool and decent Walrus exhibit. As for the operations, I remember hearing even in 2006 that the coaster operations were not great even then, which is crazy! I think if they are able to upkeep the animal exhibits they have and add some new rides per Cedar Fair management, this park could really turn around. I drove past the park a week ago and saw the deteriorating 3D Iwerks theater from the highway. That's a big area where a small to medium sized coaster could go, especially if they rip out the Boomerang. Considering this park has been struggling since the late 90's however, it's an uphill battle. Here's a few old attractions they used to have; - Iwerks 3D theater that had a dinosaur show, with dinosaur statues outside. This did not last long into the Six Flags era from Marine World. - Sidewinder Safari took over the former elephant ride and exhibit area - There was a Tony Hawk ride. I think it was a Skateboard Disko or regular Disko. - There used to be a train that went along side the lake, it was themed to Thomas the Train for a few years. - Tigers were previously where the cheetahs are now - They used to have a Prairie Dog area near the Iwerks theater. There was a children's playground with cool tunnels, slides and foam pit nearby too. - A ski jumping and watersports boat show. I believe this also did not last into the Six Flags era long, as I remember it on the 2006 map but it may have just closed. - Aforementioned Orca whale show. I think the old stadium still stands, which is such a waste of space (Unless it's being used for the sea lion show you saw). It's great they have kept up the butterfly greenhouse, I'm sure those butterflies aren't cheap. Also Kai was a great addition I hope she makes an appearance again on Coaster Studios!

[@MidcourseDiscourse]

It’s so frustrating when a park has potential, and is just completely crippled by poor operations and management

[@LENNIE-LCO]

When I went a long time ago, it wasn’t called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. It was called Six Flags Marine World hence all of the wildlife habitats. Before Six Flags Marine World, it was called Marine World Africa USA. It was a wildlife habitat/zoo before Six Flags took over with their roller coasters 🎢

[@RussianRider512]

So fun getting to run into you two at the end of the day and in the parking lot with our U-Haul LOL Hope you guys had a great time at CGA as well, because we also went there too!

[@shortydancer]

I think I’ve been to discovery kingdom one time. I forget which month it was. But it was gloomy and raining on and off. We did joker sooooo many times back to back. It was so empty. Got some pictures on ride where you see us with our jacket hoodie on covering our face from the rain. Was great. True story.

[@EverythingHyrum]

Similar situation for me, rainy days are the best! I was so worried that the operations would kill my trip, but everything was a walk-on due to the weather

[@ryan7032]

I still can't believe they somehow removed their Larson looper too. Discovery Kingdom is such a weird park it's genuinely disappointing. I want so much better for my home park and in less than a decade the only northern California theme park.

[@stephenn77]

They got rid of it?

[@triple7marc]

@@stephenn77Yes lol

[@cadekerry7772]

So happy to see you guys walk the walk and talk the talk. It is much appreciated by people in our cummunity, especially during the current political climate.

[@ReaquireFTW]

Speak for yourself

[@TruthPrevails89]

Who’s your “community”?

[@jzckvsn]

My home park! Sidewinder’s my home ride I operate, and I loved that you guys spun so much on it.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Since when did Jokers purple rail turn blue?

[@Thesmokercoaster]

With great age comes great discolouration. I know it's Spiderman, but Sue me.

[@luciano6967]

Thank you guys for being allies to the LGBT+ community. We appreciate it. ❤

[@terayon]

They felt sorry like most do

[@luciano6967]

@@terayon what do you mean?

[@scottfulton267]

Didn't even watch the video yet, but saw the title and thought, "Yeah, sounds about right." Went there maybe two months ago and have never been so disappointed by an amusement park visit. No option to pre-purchase parking tickets online when I bought the admission tickets the day before, I show up and the parking is $45!!

[@worksucks111]

Listen....Discovery Kingdom is a great example of an animal park being forced into an amusement park. It has too many restrictions to truly become an amazing amusement park. Being from the Bay Area, I still consider it Marine World with some rides...no more than a carnival.

[@natisdreamland]

7:41 Hiya Ky! 💖 Sorry I’m only watching this video for the first time just now! 😭

[@LENNIE-LCO]

When I went a long time ago, it wasn’t called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. It was called Six Flags Marine World hence all of the wildlife habitats.

[@RankingTheMouse]

What you guys said in the middle about this park is spot in. Its half incredible, with amazing theming around the zoo part & great kids areas & fantastic animal shows, then half absolute trash with horrible ops, ugly parking lot theming, & abysmal food. Ive never been to a 6F park more fantastic & more awful at the same time

[@Mr.Xgaming-uc8xl]

this is my home park and the operations are so frustrating. especially after my semi-recent trip to the Midwest, cedar point, kings island, Carowinds, Dollywood and such. visiting these parks opened my eyes to where this park is lacking, (which is almost everywhere).

[@sighmon_4335]

DK is my home park, and I believe if we didn't have the height restriction, we would've become a POWERHOUSE Six Flags Park. sucks to suck though

[@malibuaubry413]

I loved your friend Kai! Some trans/ LGBTQIA representation in the coaster community is lacking, and that sucks. Y’all are exceptional humans. ❤

[@GoudLoodje]

@@Craiggg12345It’s not like it harms you or anything, if people can be themselves just let them be, you don’t HAVE to pay attention to it if you despise it so much lol

[@ZoniesCoasters]

​@@coolguy13333 yes it does. People like rollercoasters, including members of the LGBT community.

[@JosephKanagy]

I'm a nonbinry coaster enthusiast

[@TestingTesting-tl7pz]

@@coolguy13333You’re a child right?

[@JosephKanagy]

I'm really happy there are Other LGBTQIA+ members in the community! I thought I was alone

[@zacharyyamashita8554]

Discovery Kingdom is definitely more of a park on the downward Spiral than California's Great America is.

[@HandsomeRob2008]

Glad you guys made another visit to my home park growing up. I have a very faint and vague memory of visiting this park back before they put in roller coasters when I was very young when they only had the animals. Fast forward to 1998 when Marine World added Boomerang (my first big steel coaster) and Kong (my first inverted coaster), that was huge and the place to go to. Then Six Flags bought out Marine World and just went crazy in the late 90's early 2000's when I felt like they were adding new coasters every weekend at the park ha ha. When they added Medusa it was incredible and a huge game changer for the Bay Area and gave people a big reason to visit Marine World instead of Great America. To be honest this park isn't that great. They have a good collection of roller coasters but I'd like to see them add at least a hyper and/or ideally a giga coaster in the future. They have a lake they could add a coaster on (similar to Mako at SeaWorld Orlando) and that would be pretty awesome if they did that. It's also ridiculous that Flash: Vertical Velocity is still down. They haven't had that ride running in sometime. I also hate the stupid height limit that the city of Vallejo has (no ride taller than 150 feet). It infuriates me when cities impose stupid height limits on roller coasters (hence why SFDK had to make adjustments to Flash by going out instead of up). I haven't gone back that much even though its still the park closest to me to this day. I wish the new Six Flags corporation will fight the city of Vallejo and do away with the dumb height limit and put in at least a hyper or a giga coaster. The Bay Area deserves that. If Carowinds has a hyper AND giga then there's no reason why SFDK shouldn't have at least one of those.

[@coastermania17]

25:25, just thinking about Ryan the Ride Mechanic as you say that. Pretty sure this was the park he worked at too

[@Ryzohm0141]

Joker is looking... blue... The purple track is blue

[@craigsmallegan5993]

The thing that would make the most sense to me after this Six Flags-Cedar Fair Merger is to sell this park to Sea World. It feels like such a good fit for them in the style and layout of the park. This only makes sense if there is a way to keep California's Great America because a chain that large has to have at least 1 park in this market.

[@chrisylink]

This is my local park. Been coming here since I was a kid. I’m now 30 and went for the first time in many many years this summer. Joker was my favorite ride by far. A LOT has changed since I was a kid. They used to do really cool water shows across from where you now park. And I can confirm the food prices are beyond ridiculous. The animals are lovely tho!

[@mdf3530]

3:04 Did you guys really have to go after Airtime Thrills that hard 😂?

[@seriomarkj]

What's funny to is Taylor it's working his way to 1000 so he would be the same way if he didn't already complete the park

[@kevinwatson439]

Thanks for including Kai in your video today..Six Flags sucks..Parks are terrible Dallas Texas here..poor service and paying full price with nothing open..Fiesta Texss is so much better..please share that the original SFOT park is among the worst in the chain..Thanks for being honest in your reviews.love your channel.❤

[@kkpeelybone]

So many rubberneckers in the opening shot lol

[@edt-ze3ke]

SFDK is definitely one of if not the most poorly ran park of the legacy SF parks. Joker as the star attraction I believe is said to be always running one train. Alongside that, operations and management are definitely considered the worst and multiple ride closures

[@chrisandrews397]

Worked here during highschool. It was certainly one of the jobs of all time.

[@camdroid4936]

This is my home park and I've been coming here since I was a very very small kid. The way that this park went from eh, to really good, then had such an extreme decline after COVID really makes me so so sad. I have seen so many ride just disappear. Voodoo, Tasmanian Devil, Harley Quin, Hammerhead Shark, The 4D experience, The Penguin ride, Dare Devil loop coaster, and probably some others that I'm missing. All of those got torn out to never be replaced with ANYTHING. It makes me so sad because this park has so much potential in my eyes, but they don't seem to care about this park at all and won't try and fix it. The only stuff I've seen them put their money in was fixing the Butterfly and Shark exhibits, and Sidewinder Safari. And one random thing I do remember is that they had a random shed sitting by the kid's area on the path by the Shark exhibit that was a remnant of one of their Fright Fest season that was left there for what seemed like 6-8 YEARS. (Idk how long it actually was, but it was there for a while.) Anyway, Im really really hoping that the merging of Cedar Fair and Six Flags will bring more updates and fixes to this park. I want to see this park flourish like it did when I was younger. Back when they actually kept up on the maintenance and operations.

[@SoCalAdventurer19]

I went to six flags discovery kingdom for the first time back in October of 2018 and the day we were there it was super packed because it was fright fest season. I'm happy that I got to ride The Joker it was fun RMC. I didn't get to ride much after the joker but the animal exhibits made up for that I love animals.

[@CooperCollector97]

If this was years ago. A Chance Hyper GTX coaster would’ve been the perfect fit at Discovery Kingdom similar to Lighting Run.

[@estbn77]

JBs was also running on one train😔

[@matties1681]

Elitch gardens was my home park. This gave me nostalgia hahah

[@toddbergman6676]

The “old” park where the stadiums and all the animals are is when it was marine world Africa USA. When six flags took over Medusa and all the front coasters took over the old parking lots that’s why the lot today is a mile away. Thank you for this video. I spent many years here and no longer live there and miss it

[@kobyjk]

before i was an enthusiast, i rode joker and noticed how punchy it was. years later, finding out that it was rmc makes so much sense. although it's one of the weakest rmc's, it still packs a punch compared to most coasters. i think it was a great first rmc, and i cannot wait to ride more of them!

[@rickycontreras2766]

More kai!!

[@aaronlesko1929]

The VIP lounge is actually the old station for Zonga, the Schwarzkopf that was briefly there in the early 2000s

[@Cheezbat]

On my way to discovery Kingdom, I had to say that this is definitely one of the worst operated parks I’ve ever been to… For the amount of people that visit and are in the area. They just don’t have the capacity coasters… and the amount of things that are always closed… When I went, Kong was down half the day Harley Quinn was down the flash is always down… And then, of course, a number of the flat rise were also closed on my visit… And the river Rapids ride. It just is not worth visiting in its current state… I really hope with Cedar fair coming in now and joining forces with Six Flags at this park gets a serious look at and they figure out the issues with how it’s being run and actually make it a worthwhile park to visit again.

[@lorenlio]

It's more like....I need the credit in case it breaks down lol. It's not a fun feeling but one we live with

[@takeitorleaveit7927]

The atmosphere in the back is the only parts that keep something from the Marine World days

[@flooo7045]

I liked this park. Altough the capacity issue of the coasters was annoying I still think its a must do for coaster Enthusiast and I like the fact that this has so many animal exhibits and I thought it was a beautiful park. Altough DC Universe has no theming, all the coasters Look interesting and different. I was allowed to ride Joker 4 times in a row by filling up empty seats

[@nancyfarkas3592]

I got to feed butterflies at the fair this year. Pretty cool

[@persianking44]

The kicker is that if they were willing to rip out Kong, Cobra, The Boomerrang, and Flash, and replace them all with (in the same spots) a modern Vekoma invert, a modern Vekoma family boomerrang (that interacts with the Invert), a clone of Quantum Accelerator, and a Vekoma Superboomerrang, they'd get at least two headliner thrill coasters, two new supporting family rides, and all four would have decent capacities for a park of Discovery Kingdom's size (and two of those definitely will have *great* throughput if the operations in the video are any indication 😂)

[@JSXSProductions]

2:51 - That's how I felt when I went to Magic Mountain and X2 started running while we were in the queue for Viper. It was right after christmas, so that Viper queue took an hour. Then getting pizza afterward took an hour. Then the queue for X2 took 3.5 hours... BUT I RODE X2 BABBBYYYYY

[@Da_knee7]

THEY HAVE THE BEST CORN DOGS I'VE EVER HAD!

[@Da_knee7]

I had 3.

[@RMCToo]

Hey you 2 crazy kids! You know, it is so sad that SFDK is such a ghetto run down MESS of a park! We went on a Wednesday a couple weeks ago....and only 2 Roller Coasters were even open!!! And that park (except the butterfly exhibit) is always a filthy mess, the employees are always miserable too. You do NOT want to go to their Fright Nights either! You are taking your LIFE in your hands with that one. Take care and have a BLAST in Japan. We went in April.....Gorgeous!! Richard

[@xxaddyrallxx]

I worked there from March to May, and when I tell you that they do not care about their park. There will be times where every big ride is down. My ride was Monsoon and it went down every single time I worked, with my record shift of times down in a day being three. One time, doing my “I’m sorry” (standing out at the front of the line and deterring guests), one guest told me that everything was down besides wonder woman and the kid rides…..the operations there were terrible, but what do you expect when you put the lives of thousands of guests in the hands of teenagers from 15-18

[@joao.spegiorin]

I thought this park was very disappointing... Joker was my first ever RMC, and I didn't love it, it was thigh crushing during those airtime hills... for me the best rides were def Medusa and Wonder Woman, and CGA is a much better park in the Bay Area, it's unfortunate that they're closing

[@P3N6UU]

0:21 That wave :)

[@Ronwhorodecoasters]

This park is on my cali bucket list with CGA being number one, for reasons. Also will love to see the Golden Gate Bridge

[@triple7marc]

If you drive from CGA to SFDK via the peninsula (San Francisco) rather than the East Bay, you will avoid the toll on the Benicia-Martinez bridge or Carquinez Bridge, AND will be able to cross the Golden Gate Bridge!! The only downside is it takes a bit longer due to you having to drive through San Francisco/Golden Gate Park and in SF traffic. But crossing the Golden Gate Bridge northbound is free since you’re leaving the city.

[@Ronwhorodecoasters]

@@triple7marc cool.

[@X2tream_Arrow]

I went to this park in June and waited four hours for Medusa 💀

[@ShinHito]

Oh, that is not worth it! I’m so sorry!! 💀

[@andyroman8223]

How? I went on Saturday during fourth of July weekend and waited 40-50 minutes for Medusa while it was on one train.

[@X2tream_Arrow]

@@andyroman8223 idk it was a Wednesday near the beginning of June. Line spilled out the front and slowly moved. Also, there was a breakdown, but it really wasn’t that long.

[@joeygassmann5595]

Despite this park being in my home state, I’ve only visited twice yet somehow managed to get coaster completion. This is easily the worst Six Flags park of the 12 that I have visited. Six Flags America beats this park. It’s just so wild that the chain cares enough to give them new rides and yet have park manage that gives absolutely zero f’s about maintaining and operating their coasters efficiently or even operating them at all.

[@Randit_1]

With the cred thing, I’m on 48 and my next park is Tivoli, what Tivoli coaster should I make my 50th cred?

[@Coaster-Carl]

I honestly think in 10-20 years if you guys owned a park together it would be the best operating park in America 😂

[@donovancaldwell3872]

Sorry to disagree with them, but I still think Medusa is a little better than The Joker. When I got off Medusa, my cousin said I was white as a ghost and walking sideways. :)

[@dindog22]

Sarah, when I was in the 6th grade I had a very similar experience with the lions at the zoo. minus the singing. I did not sing to the lions and they still managed to engage in lion "bidness". it was a school trip

[@Thecincyclips]

just went to 6FDK for the first time this summer. Luckily it was on a Thursday so we got on all the open coasters without flash pass but the slow 1 train ops was still an issue.

[@ShinHito]

I lived in the Bay Area for 4 years and it was the first time in my life roller coasters were accessible to me within a 30min drive! Back then (2006) it seems Discovery Kingdom was better maintained? The animal areas were really gorgeous! Also, I never got a chance to ride the Schwarzkopf (Zonga) that they built but barely ever ran, so sad I missed it! Also good job on skipping that SLC, it’s absolutely the worst I’ve ever been on. Also, that VIP area was the saddest most depressing shot. 🤣

[@1abrebel]

Unpopular opinion; Medusa is my #1 in the park.

[@prutteltje1300]

The jungle trail does exist at Wildlands Adventure Zoo in Emmen the Netherlands. There is also a VeKoMa dual family boomerang called "Tweestrijd " (pronounced Twaystryed ? ) which translates to conflict or two fight.

[@chrisvanderloop]

No judgement, as I’m a smoker, but does Taylor Dip? It looked like a dip can in his pocket in the butterfly house….

[@CoasterStudios]

That’s a lens cap lol

[@chrisvanderloop]

@@CoasterStudios like I said if you did no shame!!

[@mdf3530]

At least Discovery Kingdom has a VIP lounge. Six Flags Great America can't even turn Firehouse Snacks into one.

[@ryantheridemechanic]

Unfortunately that park has slid downhill really hard sense Covid. Too bad. I visited this year early on and just kept saying “really?!

[@IntaminFanGRLPowerCoasters]

Me too! I visited in June and it wasn't great. The main coaster I wanted to ride was down but at least I got an infield tour for it! (Coaster Con 46)💙💙

[@GPK1075]

ive been waiting for these people to go to norcal for a while glad you "enjoyed" my very sad home park!

[@one2many1030]

My home park, welcome to Valley-Jo as we say in The Bay!!!

[@stephenn77]

Medusa is the best B&M floorless I’ve been on! I’m also biased because this is my homepark. That raft ride is so fun, btw!! Are they getting a drop tower at this park? I agree that the park needs help to make it “Great”! Low capacity rides and closures plague this park…

[@Mumble1318]

This is my home park and I literally skip the coasters if the lines are long and will just walk around and see the animals/shows and if possible do a flat or water ride! I never eat there but if I had to pick a place to eat at it will probably be the pizza. I had JBs and the burger was atrocious felt like I was eating oatmeal filler. I’m 30 mins from SFDK & 1hr 30 mins from great America I’m going to have visit before they close! I do agree it’s such a beautiful yet ugly park depending where you are thank you for visiting enjoyed your video 🔥

[@DynamicRailways]

I was here on a Tuesday and there was also no coaster without an hour line at least

[@NicoliRides]

something funny that if you look at the elements on joker and wildcats revenge, the elements are very similar but wild cat removes the lackluster turns with wave turns and increased the height and pacing.

[@triple7marc]

My home Six Flags park for years, and one of the worst parks I’ve ever been to. Every single time I visit this park I’m let down in some way. More than half the rides closed? Terrible and expensive food? One train operations on everything even on slammed days? Rude employees? I’ve had one or more of these experiences during EVERY one of my visits to this place. I’m glad I lived 25 minutes away from CGA. I was spoiled having SFMM as my home Six Flags park during college. I will probably never return to SFDK unless they add something insane.

[@hersheyparkhotspot6178]

Yo Kai is awesome, hope to see them again

[@jeffvansloten1897]

They need to get the fairgrounds across to expand. I live 10 minutes from the park and used to have a season pass. Lack of choice got old.

[@altucker3645]

I actually enjoy a little straight track or down time, your just coaster Junkies at this point !!!!

[@CoasterEverything]

Let’s go can’t wait to watch!

[@themeparklunatic1996]

I always somehow hit this park when it’s completely dead even 2 days after Christmas the rides had no lines I guess I just have good luck also flash is open every time I go

[@JakeTerch]

Is it bad that I’ve never ridden a single RMC, but have ridden The Rattler and Georgia Cyclone? I only have 46 credits lol

[@cydneywalker8670]

I was just there! We had to get the flash pass premium to ride everything at least twice. So glad Medusa had two trains running. I think joker needs two trains

[@Ianimation2010]

Medusa was my first inverting coaster! And cobra was my first coaster.

[@dougronald561]

When I was there in April, locals were telling me that there's a lot of crime in the parking lot. That I should be careful.

[@DynamicRailways]

I actually had an awesome time at this park

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There used to be Tigers in the now cheetah exhibit. It had a pool and they would do the tiger shows there.

[@LordOfTheRides29]

Hey! So I’m really looking for Coaster studios to reply to this but if anybody else knows please feel free to answer. How do you know if a coaster is going to be under refurbishment or not? Because the first time that we went to Knotts Berry Farm, Xccelerator, Montezooma, and Ghost Rider we’re all closed. Basically only had hang time. How can I avoid that from happening again?

[@CoasterStudios]

Some parks post their ride closures on their websites, especially if it’s planned maintenance. If not, it’s really just trial and error or word of mouth.