Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Six Flags: More Flags, Less Fun

My fiancĂ© and I spent $197 on an overnight trip to Six Flags. In addition to making it on three rides (two water rides and one roller coaster) we were able to enjoy some activities they don’t advertise online.

If you visit the park, make sure you don’t miss:

  • Viewing thousands of heart, skull, and flower tattoos. Hopefully you’ll get to see my favorite; a Lilly blooming out of a woman’s cleavage.

  • Playing the “I’m Not Looking At You” game. While you’re waiting in line for a water ride, you’ll have nothing else do but scrutinize the unkempt body hair and flaking skin rashes on the people around you. But don’t let them catch you, or you’ll lose the game!

  • Waiting out a severe thunder and lightening storm at a picnic table without an umbrella. Who needs to wait in line for the Geronimo now?

  • Scoring free entertainment while waiting 120 minutes for the Batman Roller Coaster in the form of a disgruntled freckle faced boy. Standing directly in front of us, we had a great view of him hitting his sister, calling his father a dummy, and yelling, “Let me be!” while covering his ears. He even included us in the show after his sister blocked one of his punches, and the boy turned to us and said, “I bet these people behind us saw you hit me.”

  • Paying $34 for sodas and Two Tyson chicken finger plates. At least it was brand name poultry.

  • Witnessing the artistic ice cream server who was still learning how to apply sprinkles to ice cream cones. After toppling three deserts into the bin of sprinkles, our server scooped up the sprinkles with her hand and threw them onto the soft serve, much like an artist throwing paint onto her canvas. Hopefully she doesn’t master the traditional sprinkle application method before you get a chance to purchase her frozen art.
If this sounds exciting to you and you’d like a similar experience without the drive time, I suggest spending the day at your local Registry of Motor Vehicles. You’ll wait in the same lines, spend the same money, and get the same amount of flags: 0.5.

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