Six Flags St. Louis
Eureka, Missouri
Opening Weekend
April 2 & 3, 2010
Page Ten




We had to grab a few rides on the River King Mine Train which I believe was the only coaster that didn't succumb to gremlins at all.



Tony Hawk eventually got back up and it took us for a few spins. 



And before the day was done we had to make it back to Batman so that Bind could get his fix.  Oh for a little surprise when you're on Batman keep your eyes open and you might get a glance of the now defunct Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom's trains for Twisted Twins sitting under Batman's break run.



Remember when I mentioned that in my well over thirty five years of riding coasters that I had never been evacuated from a coaster, well it happened. 

Mike split off from us at the end of the day to head to Evel while Bond and I waited for Greg to get his season pass processed.  Greg only took a minute and we got on Evel a train after Mike.  After hitting the brake run and entering the shed where Evel Knievel's storage track is the ride shut down.  So we hung out sitting there for a few.  Eventually the ride operators came out as well as a few managers and evacuated us from the ride.  Bond and yes Greg and I loved it.  When he got down Bond checked out the wheels and I asked the ride ops if they'd take a picture of us.  They agreed on the conditions that I put the photo up here and I let everyone know that they're really cool. 

They are really cool except for the new ride op who thought that just because he had a microphone  he should use it non stop.  I mean he did a ten minute monologue on bacon earlier in the day.  It was pretty annoying and from what I hear he was new and had been spoken to. 

Getting evacuated from the ride and getting to walk track which Bond went nuts over was a memorable way to end our first day of the year at Six Flags St. Louis. 


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