Is Six Flags America Really THAT Bad? 

So this video's goal was to be funny, obviously I have some issues with this park but watching it back I can see where it could be seen as snarky or entitled and I don't want people to see it that way. Its still a fun time but this park does need some help from the top down.

That nonchalant "let's get on it before it breaks" was amazing 😂

"GPS, take me to Six Flags America" "Ok, taking you to Six Flags Great America....The better park"

Actually, Joker’s Jinx was operating as intended: from a distance, you see people on it only to find that it’s broken when you arrive at the front of the line to ride it and as soon as you walk away, you see people on it again, only to return to find it closed. Honestly, it’s a great feat of engineering 🤣

This is my home park so I’ve been countless times over the last 20 years or so. It’s way too easy to outgrow this park. Beyond how horribly managed it is, the thrill level is really low overall, so as soon as you conquer Superman, there’s not much more to get excited about. Discovering other amusement parks thankfully lit the enthusiast fire in me.

"lets get on it before it breaks!" sure isn't what you want to hear when at a park

Funny cuz this how locals feel lmaooo like it’s literally in ppls backyard

"Take me to Six Flags America" "Did you mean Kings Dominion?" 😂😂😂 That's where I go 9 times out of 10. Thanks for talking with me on Instagram earlier :) you're nice and I love the videos 😊

At the end you made it seem ok and then... “Is it really that bad...?” “Yes”

“Okay, taking you to six flags Great America” was hilarious 😂

I've lived in MD all my life, oml. I never knew SFA had a bad national reputation. By no means am I implying its reputation is better locally. Literally everyone in the DMV has worked there and hated it, and if you haven't you've been there and just didn't have a good time. No one likes it but we always end up going occasionally, on especially dull summer days.

SFA is my home park and I think you just went on a bad day, all the times I've been there the rides don't break down nearly as much

First scene had me dying

I live like 40 minutes away, and I haven't bothered to go in years. It's a tough spot for the park. The reputation is so bad around here that I'm not sure a major investment would really help, but a complete lack of investment is just a guarantee for it to continue to keep its bad rep.

This was hilarious. I had more fun watching your video than I did at SFA. Nice mix of vlog, ride footage, voiceover and comedy clips. A++ 😁

Chris is famous for going in parks on the worst day, I wouldn’t say all parks but six flags America usually has there co workers in the middle of the day

mind eraser being broken made it lose a strike 😭😭😭

You know it's bad when your premier launch coaster breaks down more than TTD

Makes me feel more blessed to be an hour from Great Adventure

This is my home park. Haven’t been back in about 4 years and I used to go every summer. My last visit wasn’t any better than the rest 💀 There are only 3-4 good rides and they’re always breaking down lol We need a SFA reboot or we’re over

It is kind of over hated but Improvement is definitely needed

Short Answer: Yes I live less than an hour to the park, but have literally only been once. I will make the trip to BGW or Kings Dominion over it any day.

If anyone is wondering why he said ouch after the mid eraser is because the mid eraser *HURTS!* it bangs your head against the restrains and your head would hurt after you ride it.

And you decided to get on the worst SLC. I have worked at this park for 3 years. No enthusiasts knows more about this park and how much it sucks than i do.

You know it's gonna be bad when the GPS asks "why?"

I'm from MD and I was never a fan of Six Flags America. It's bad enough that Six Flags has neglected the park so terribly in recent years, but my experiences there always seem to be subpar. I went there on a senior trip about 3 years ago and that was my first time back in well over a decade. Needless to say, it wasn't great. I have visited Hersheypark, Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg far more within that timeframe, and I honestly would consider those to be my "home parks" more than SFA. I simply don't have any incentive to visit when there are far better parks in the region, even if they are a good 2-3 hours away.

bruh why does this have to be my home park

That first scene was so funny. SFA isn’t that bad. It’s a bit sketchy though I will admit and some of the ops leave something to be desired. Superman was running 2 trains and it was still slow. The ops themselves are nice enough. This park just needs some maintenance and love and a few new rides. Batwing was actually really intense. My face hurt after from the forces. My first flying dutchman.

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Sorry there were so many issues, I’d recommend visiting it later in the year when they’ve figured out how parks are supposed to work. Most of the rides are usually running, crowds in the dry park are still low, and they run multiple trains on the coasters more often than you think, with faster ops than you think. I’ve even caught a couple times Superman dispatched before the other train hit the brakes. Also for the best rides: Roar - front Wild One - 2nd to back (this was hauling last time I rode) Superman - Very front Firebird: Back row, inner seats for a bit more smoothness. Also ride the scrambler, they usually run it surprisingly fast.

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For this Six Flags park being my first-ever as a Canadian when I visited the area back in Summer 2019, this park wasn't really all that bad. I got to ride on the Firebird for one (as well as the rest of the major coasters there), and I personally liked the Hurricane Harbor as well. The Wild One was unfortunately closed when I was there, though I would still want to come back to it again in the distant future.

“Take me to six flags America” GPS: “ok it’s ur funeral” 😂

no one: sic flags america: sorry fun machienes BrOke

GPS: Did you mean Kings Dominion SFGAD: am I a joke to you

Joker's Jinx: *closed multiple times* The Joker: *Mark Hamill Voice* "That's not funny... that's not funny at all."

“NO! DON’T BRING YOUR PHONE! THAT’S DANGEROUS!!” ... “but i’m not your mother take it on if you want.”

I lucked out at this park back in July and was able to get every credit and leave early. So much about this park was bad. The food, the service, the ops, the rides. You captured the essence of this place quite well.

my rule of thumb is that: If your not going to a theme park like Universal, Disney, and to some extent the Seaworld/Busch parks, then your opening a bag of tricks. Cedar Fair and Six Flags parks can be so inconsistent that its hard to judge them accurately. SFA is kinda bad thoo

After seeing this it makes me be a little grateful that Seaworld Orlando, Universal Studios and while i only go once a year Disney World are only 30 minutes away with Busch Gardens being about 2 hours away.

IMO the park needs alot of work, but has a lot of potential. Ragin' Cajun(LOVE LOVE this spinner wild mouse), Wild One, Joker Jinx, superman, and Batwing ( I have a soft spot for those type of flyers) are all really decent ride, they are in desperate need of a new ground up coaster. love the humor in your vid, keep up the great work!

i can literally see the wonderwoman swing ride from my yard

This is fantastic! Intro: HILARIOUS. I absolutely loved this video.

Funny, good video. I visited SFA for the first time this summer, for one day. I’ve been to nearly all the SF parks, and - judging from my one day - I’d say the park is certainly lower tier in the chain, but not terrible and definitely not the worst. It has one memorable, reridable steel coaster (S:ROS), and one historic woodie that many people love. Those highlights alone already place it above Darien Lake for me. The park’s worst sin was just feeling very SF generic. Mind Eraser was nowhere near being the worst SLC I’ve been on (as I’d heard many claim in the past), but Firebird gave me some really violent boxes of the ears. The most painful aspect for me was the fact that The Wild One was closed all day, and that coaster was far and away the number one reason I went to the park. P.S. How did you do the GPS voice? Is there some app?

Wild one is good. Superman is fun. I liked roar when I went there but I hear it’s rougher now

I honestly don't find the park that bad of a place

I'm glad that you said that you were joking. This park only needs a couple of more things. Not close to top to bottom fixing.

Yes, the short answers is yes.

It would be cool to see you do a winners & loosers video for Merlin Entertainments! Everyone seems to talk about Cedar Fair, Six Flags and Seaworld, but it feels like nobody goes in-depth with Merlin. Nice video, the ending was great! 😂

i'm planning on a 3 park trip next year, and i swear i hope when i visit 6 flags america they have everything running. only went once as a kid, but didn't do the roller coasters b/c back then i was to afraid to do them.

That Superman coaster I think is a damn good coaster. Lots of intense moments. One of the rides that would be ranked MUCH MUCH higher if it was at a Cedar park, Cedar point even more so.

My guy rocken that Kennywood t-shirt!

You were not being snarky but telling the Truth. It's why I created my web pages where I talk about Old Skool rides and rank the parks in order from Marquee to Step Children. Mind Eraser and Batwing need to go, along with the water rides, replace with something better. This park has no excitement. They could move S:ROS to another park, close SFA, and no one would care. Why they keep it open is beyond me. The last known attendance was 1.18 million. Kentucky Kingdom had 1.3 million and it was abandoned by SF. And yes, this park and SFStl did not get an RMC.

The only reason I would ever go there is to ride batwing to experience the deceased firehawk with batwing.

My husband and I were just there last weekend. The worst thing about the park? Most employees were clueless about everything. We have Diamond Elite membership and no one could figure out how to get us our two free “skip the line” passes and most seemed completely uninterested in helping us.

The audio bytes for each strike had me rolling (and then fanboying for the fourth one when you used I'm Not Okay)

You can head over to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. In my opinion, I think it's the best Six Flags park out of all of them because of the great rollercoasters and the big bois like Nitro and KingDa Ka.

growing up 20 minutes away from here. i can say that most locals go to kings dominion instead. this park has so much land and potential but literally the worst park ever.... it’s low budget and the rides are trash.

I still remember when it was called Wild World, then Adventure World. Good memories. Six flags basically made it static

I presume the reason Firebird was only half orange was because it was in the middle of being rebranded. When I worked there in 2016 it was called “Apocalypse” and I actually was a ride attendant for it. When I came back this year (2019) for Fright Fest, it was Firebird. If you really wanna suffer through crowds that bad, come during the summer.

this is six flags americas next coaster: THE JOKER FREE FLY COASTER. TILTING AT CRAZY ANGLES. NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY JOHN DUFFEY WAS FIRED

Coaster Studios for the breadth of coverage and Airtime Thrills for the comedy.

Literally the best editing and referenced I’ve ever seen! Especially “you suck, you chuck-a**!” because Happy Gilmore is one of my favorite comedy movies xD

This is my home park.... I was convinced I hated roller coasters for YEARS but it was just Six Flags America

All my visits to Six Flags America have been really fun, sorry you went on an off-day dude

(Un)fortunately, it is my home park. I have a like/dislike relationship with it. Like that it's close to me, dislike how it's the crotch of the Six Flags chain. And SLC's suck (well, except for Fly - The Great Nor'Easter)

SFA is my home park. In the early years (1999-2003) I would get super excited during the Summer because I knew our mother would buy Season Passes and we'd go at least once a week. I haven't been to Six Flags in 14 yrs. It's sad to see that it looks far worse than it did when it first started getting neglected (around 2005-07). It's not that the park itself is a lost cause. It's that the corporate has neglected this specific location for over a decade now. And it has deteriorated into a ghost town as a result.

I have a season pass... About 2 or 3 years ago I was in DC with a good friend of mine. I wanted to be spontaneous and said "let's go to Six Flags because I've never been and it won't even cost me anything. It's only 10 minutes from this hotel and we can stop by on our way home" Well, we arrived at Six Flags America and parked in the parking lot. People were walking in but there was no energy, sense of excitement, joy and happiness. So, I tried to see the coaster skyline but there was none. I left and headed on back to Delaware.

Don’t avoid the SLC at Michigan’s Adventure! It’s awesome No head banging at all it’s just a little shaky

This park needs a RMC

I haven't read all the comments so idk if anyone has mentioned it, but you were talking to your car without the key even in the ignition, lol. Gave me a chuckle. Good vid!

Wow you had some bad luck cause I went during a Fright Fest day and none of the rides went down, well except for Batwing after I got the credit. But still managed to have a fun time. The front of the park definitely has more charm than the DC area which was obviously just tacked on.

Wife and I went here on our theme park vacation before kids. Totally a locals park which had reasonable waits for what was there. We watched a couple shows which were low budget and fun. Not a roller coaster destination. Wish it had some more charm like a Kennywood.

It’s funny because it’s true.

"Lets get on it before it breaks" this sentence punched me in the gut. 😂

Hope jokers jinx is not like Batman and Robin the chiller

“Don’t you mean Six Flags Magic Mountain, the park that is just a few miles away and one that you can see from your window?!?” Also, enjoyed the use of footage and music from How I Met Your Mother and Mario Kart 64!

All this park needs is new management,RMC roar a 4D free spin and it will be significantly better

This is like the opposite of the Yogi-ism, "No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Everyone comes to Six Flags America; it's so empty!

I went once. And I am glad it was free to get in. We went during the week thinking it would be slower and get more ride time. True it was slow but every a/c was broken, all the stores, the bathroom, the restaurants... It was miserable. We left before going on all the rides due to feeling heat sickness. They do need new rides and some updates.

I had a chance to go there last year on a school field trip to Washington DC, and on the way back we would hit up six flags America. But I didn’t go lol

Yes it is

Me and my brother visited this park on our 2019 coaster trip. We live in North Carolina and we went up to Hershey Park, Six Flags America, Busch Gardens, and Kings Dominion. Of the four parks Six Flags America comes in dead last with out a doubt. It's not a horrible park but I won't revisit anytime soon. Hershey is a cool old school park with some stand out coasters. Busch Gardens has great theming with some good coasters and Kings Dominion has a great coaster line up. Six flags America just comes across as average compared to the other parks in that area. Six Flags America needs a stand out coaster that's different from the others.I don't know if Six Flags will make that kind of investment with all the competition around. They seem happy with this park just getting by.

"Taking you to: the hospital to have your brain checked. "

I rode ragin cajun once when it was at great america and I smacked my head so hard against the back of the seat it formed a bump and then I cried

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The only reason I actually enjoy this park at all is because its pretty much the only one I've been to in my life. At least it almost never has obnoxiously long lines.

I live in Maryland and didn't know there was a Six Flags here until I saw this video... the marketing budget for this park must be $0.

I've got an answer... Nope.

Lol loved the opening. Very funny 😅😂

As someone who loves Six Flags GREAT America, i will always miss Ragin Cajun since they moved it here.

GPS, take me to Six Flags America. GPS:. We don't do that here.

That ending: YES LOL

Is it worth going next year when I go to Busch gardens Williamsburg and kings dominion be honest I need the creds so...

I certainly noticed the park's downfalls, but I knew about them going in. I enjoyed my day, but the park does need some help. Ragin Cajun and Batwing were permanently down on my visit. They reopened many weeks later. I had good luck with all the open rides staying up.

Dear Six Flags, please put some major TLC into Six Flags America by putting in the following coasters, a ground up RMC wooden coaster, a B &M invert to replace Mind Eraser, a Mack Multi Launch coaster, and a B&M dive coaster. Sincerely...

This park is not bad 4d coaster and rmc and it's a great park

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Six Flags New England is my home park, but Six Flags America seems like a funeral

I live right up the road from the park and I really love the Superman coaster and Batwing is great (as noted, when it works) but overall the park succeeds in being "OK" and convenient. The water park has some good enough stuff as well. The Christmas event is, however, pretty enjoyable for a nice evening. This Six Flags almost feels like a utility park, like a fancier Dutch Wonderland, that has a great location and it's worked from Wild Safari to Wild World to Adventure World to Six Flags so I don't doubt it's successful/profitable, there's just much better parks close enough by. All in all, I generally direct people to Hershey or Busch Gardens and to a lesser extent King's Dominion for "local" theme parks. Cedar Point or Six Flags Great America are also close enough for extended weekends. Great video though!