Flags

Our temptations and urges for going to Six Flags has finally been suppressed. In a small group, which always tends to be better, John Lam, Mike, Bj, and myself made our way over there around 9:45. Confronted with a bit a traffic, our urges were just growing due to our immense anticipation. As soon as we got there, we decided to stop by Wendy's and seeing that Wendy's is practically the only fast food place in the area the prices were significantly higher than what we pay down here. If you expect to come to Wendy's for one dollar chicken nuggets expect to pay 1.89 for those bastards.

After devouring our fuel, we made our way to the theme park itself, parked our car and walked over to the theme park in the blistering heat. The heat proved to be something to be dealt with so we all applied sun block generously throughout the day. I was surprised to hear that this was to be John Lam's first time to Six Flags so it would only be right to have him go on the biggest and best ride. First ride was Viper, nothing to be said here, second ride was X2. I still find the name change to be rather pointless but I am pretty sure all this is a marketing scheme. The ride was amazing, nothing change in regards to the ride itself other than music being played, it never lets you down. We began hitting random rides, Tatsu, Scream, Batman, Riddler's Revenge, Goliath among others. Their newest ride, Terminator: Salvation, was a huge let down. It was by far the longest line we had to conquer and the ride itself was fast, quite entertaining but for the wait that we had to go through was not worth it. As the sun began to set, we decided to get on a few water rides, the log ride, I forgot what Six Flags calls it, and Roaring Rapids. Roaring Rapids drenched Mike and Bj in water while John Lam and myself practically came out unscathed compared to them.

The sun had set and the moon had risen, this is when speed is pick up and various effects are put into use. We made our way back to X2 and spent an hour in line. At night the full potential of X2 had been unleashed, utilizing flames and water to enhance "Total Sensory Deformation". Seeing that we were tight on time, we power walked over to Gotham City and got on Batman, became greedy and rode on it again, leaving us unable to make it to Goliath. If we were just 10 seconds faster, we may have been able to just slide right by the employees.

After a long night of thrills, spills, companionship, laughter, and whatever else may come to mind in regards to a great day, we stopped by Chevron and picked up some drinks and made our way home. . . listening to Loveline.