Good day everyone! Jon and I spent the whole day at Six Flags Great America in Chicago. For those of you who don’t know, this is a theme park with lots of roller coasters. There was also a water park attached called Hurricane Harbour.
Jon and I arrived at Six Flags at around 10:30 am; the park opened at 10am. In order to enter, we must go through a metal detector and have our bags searched. This is common practice. So Jon went through the metal detector first. He then got his bag searched. One thing you should know is that we brought snacks specifically, 3 slices of pizza, 2 muffin, 2 apples and 3 bottles of water. The security guard asked Jon if he brought any food because technically, you’re not allowed to bring food except baby formula and such. So Jon casually said that he brought apples. When the security guard checked and found the pizza and muffins, he said in disbelief,” You brought a whole pizza and muffins.” It would be funnier if you were there. Unfortunately, we had to discard the pizza and muffin before reentering or put it back in the car.
Before we even rode on any rides, the weather was pretty ugly. It started with drizzle and turned torrential. The rain lasted for 20-40 minutes and the day turned out to be sunny. Sadly, it is quite humid so your skin would feel sticky.
We rode on Batman the Ride. This was a ski-lift style (your feet are dangling and the top of your chair is connected to the track) roller coaster. We went on the Dark Knight Coaster which is an indoor roller coaster. We rode on one of Jon’s favourite, American Eagle, which is again a wooden roller coaster with high drops. We also went on Demon which is another roller coaster. We also rode the Giant Drop which drops you 200 feet above ground so that you’re free falling. This is similar to Hellevator except that the Giant Drop carries you up to the top then releases you. It lasts at most 5 seconds. We also went on Iron Wolf which is the tallest and fastest STAND-UP roller coaster. This one Jon and I didn’t like because the way the seats were designed, you would hurt your head against the harness. It was an interesting idea because it was a roller coaster where you had to stand. We also went on Raging Bull, Superman: Ultimate Flight, Vertical Velocity and Viper. They were all coasters. However, when you look at Vertical velocity, it forms a U shape. It rockets you forwards and backwards and 65 mph. Superman: Ultimate Flight was Jon’s favourite. You are initially in sitting position. Then your seat rotates 90 degrees clockwise so you’re facing the ground. You feel like you’re flying. This was pretty fun!
We didn’t take very many pictures because most of the rides that we went on did not allow bags. As a result, we rented a locker for $11 with unlimited access for the whole day. There was a funny incident that happened. Jon and I were lining up for a ride and the park attendant suddenly said “that’s almost a shirt” to a teenage wearing what looked like a tank top with the sides (where the seams would be) removed. It was random and rude but humorous at the same time.
At Hurricane Harbour, we went on lots of cool slides. There was a ride called Tornado where you sit on an inner tube and dropped 7 stories into a 132 foot long funnel. Vortex is a ride where you sit on an inner tube and get whirled round and round in a pool before dropping into the pool below.
Jon was a victim of 4 bug bites. He’ll manage though. It has been a long day. We were at Six Flags from 10:30am to 9 pm. It was a lot of fun!!! However, It’s late and I will upload pictures tomorrow.
Have a good night everyone!
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