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New we didn't lose much
and you should know that coming from Chitown. Marriott's Great America* is one of the few things I miss from living up there.


* I know it's Six Flags Great America now, but for me it'll always be MGA as the change occurred a couple years after we moved to Texas.
New It beat the 3 hour drive to San Antonio
and once a year the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts got in free.




"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from."

-- E.L. Doctorow
New Re: we didn't lose much
Wow, Six Flags Astro World must have *really* sucked if SFGA was better. That place is terrible: short, cramped, boring rides, a hot stuffy park, tons of people smoking like chimneys everywhere, and crappy food.

My favorite time at SFGA was getting stuck in the Superman coaster just inside the ride house after the ride. Due to a design flaw the cars stay in the "flight" position (which was lame to begin with) until just before the riders get out, which meant that we were hanging in an extremely uncomfortable position for a good half hour.

Cedar Point is much better. All of the rides at Great America were pale substitutes.
Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
New Yep, it did
and GA wasn't slightly better, it was significantly better.
     Last looks before it's gone - Six Flags in New Orleans - (dmcarls) - (5)
         Houston lost its Six Flags Astro World in 2005 - (lincoln) - (4)
             we didn't lose much - (SpiceWare) - (3)
                 It beat the 3 hour drive to San Antonio - (lincoln)
                 Re: we didn't lose much - (malraux) - (1)
                     Yep, it did - (SpiceWare)

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