Are you kidding me? Another Reason I Can't Stand Six Flags!!!

[CinderellaPrincess]

This was found on The Consumerist.

Here's the link:
http://consumerist.com/tag/six-flags/?i=5015109&t=six-flags-requires-you

Reader Aaron says that his trip to Six Flags was ruined by their new policy of making riders check even very small bags before each ride — at the cost of $1 a ride.

We got into the park (after the security guy searched our bag and made us throw away our dangerous bottle of water) and made a bee-line for the Dark Knight coaster.
The line was short, about 25 minutes, but there was a catch – a security person at the entrance was turning people away if they had any kind of bag, be it a small purse or a big backpack.
There were lockers right at the entrance for a $1 each. You had to stow your bag to ride the ride.
We saw this a while ago when Kingda Ka opened, though it was $2 then, but that was the only coaster with this requirement.
Not knowing what to expect from Dark Knight, we ponied up the buck and got in line.
The ride was a major disappointment. More like a carny ride at Coney Park than what we’ve come to expect from Great Adventure. Without exaggeration, this is the worst ride in the park. The tea-cups are more fun than the Dark Knight.
And the real kicker, the seats on the ride were big and open, and we could have easily and safely taken my GF’s purse with us. We were a little annoyed that they got us for another buck, but kind of just went with it.
We retrieved our bag and went on our way. (The lockers have a 2 hour time limit, btw, after which the contents will be “discarded.”)
We went to get on Batman: The Ride across the way, and were blocked because they had the same lockers.
That’s when we realized that all the major coasters in the park now require you to stow your bag, and charge you a buck a ride for the privilege.
We opted instead to walk back to the car and just ditch the bag in the trunk. Leaving behind the Dramamine, our hats, extra sunblock and her eyeglasses. Stuff we’d like to have with us, but weren’t critical.
We thought it was pretty lousy that rides we’ve been going on for years and taking the bag on, or stowing it in a cubby-hole on the platform, now suddenly charged a buck each. As if the park isn’t already nickel and diming you to death, this was the last straw.
We decided next year to go to Hershey Park instead.

[AlwaysImagineer]

Omg!!!

[frecky]

Yikes. I know at USH on The Mummy ride, they ask you to store your bag in a locker, but if memory serves they dont charge you. Seems pretty outrageous to me to charge you to store your stuff on each and every ride.

[PretzelSouls]

That is ridiculous! If they are going to charge you they should have one locker than you can put your stuff in like at Disneyland.

[CinderellaPrincess]

I think it's an awful trick to get people's money. I can understand if you bring a giant backpack on the ride and it just doesn't fit, they have the right to make you take it off and store it somewhere, but on EVERY ride there?

COME ON!!!!

I thought it was bad that they charge for their version of Fastpass and it can only be used on 3 rides (i think). What a rip that is!

But this one seriously takes the cake!

I never go to Magic Mountain anyways, but this just reinforces my love of all Disney parks!

[aashee]

Totally robbery. Not surprising though.

[IzzyInWonderland]

Last time I went to Six Flags, it was an option whether or not you wanted to stow your bag in a locker. You were more than welcome to just throw it near the loading platform like everyone else, unless you were worried about it getting stolen.

[Mac Daddy]

Originally Posted by IzzyInWonderland

Last time I went to Six Flags, it was an option whether or not you wanted to stow your bag in a locker. You were more than welcome to just throw it near the loading platform like everyone else, unless you were worried about it getting stolen.

This is how it was just four weeks ago when we went. No one bothered with lockers - you just set it over in a storage area on batman.


Maybe it's just back east?

[Soulquarian]

The reason behind the lockers is to increase efficiency of load times. Supposedly Six Flags has been doing research and they determined that having these lockers helped out quite a bit overall.

Not really a concern to me, as I never bring anything I can't carry in my pockets anyway.

http://www.screamscape.com/html/indu...s.htm#SixFlags

[tayakaleb]

They made us do this for the Hulk coaster at Universal in Orlando this past January....

[Stitchy]

Originally Posted by frecky

Yikes. I know at USH on The Mummy ride, they ask you to store your bag in a locker, but if memory serves they dont charge you. Seems pretty outrageous to me to charge you to store your stuff on each and every ride.

I forgot about that till you brought it up. I don't remember them charging us...but, I remember storing our things.


That's crazy. And I thought our local amusement and water parks were the worst for squeezing more money out of you!

[Soulquarian]

Originally Posted by Stitchy

I forgot about that till you brought it up. I don't remember them charging us...but, I remember storing our things.


That's crazy. And I thought our local amusement and water parks were the worst for squeezing more money out of you!

Look at their profits! Only Disney is making stacks of cash.

However, when you look at the cost to go to Disneyland as opposed to Six Flags, complaining about storage costs is very minor.

[ladyalmalthea]

I remember it was a requirement for X last time I went. Ugh.

[Dan - Tasmic!]

It sucks. They made us store our stuff before we rode Tatsu and X2. I think there is also a time limit you can leave your stuff for about two hours too. So, you can't leave your stuff there for the whole day.

[Rex Dopey24]

it seems like dumb rules are being made each day. lol.