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    Runaway Mountain

    3.6 (9 reviews)

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    Eric S.

    Who turned out the lights?? I mean really. Did Six Flags forget to pay this ride's electrical bill or what? I'm just kidding of course, the intention is that this coaster runs a complete circuit enveloped in darkness. That being said, there isn't a great deal to report. A large warehouse contains the ride and its 60ft lift hill, but oddly only the queue and front of the building have any themeing at all. Even the station/boarding platform is dull and devoid of any thematic elements. The ride itself is pretty boring apart from several decently-sized drops and a nice downward helix at the end. Coaster aficionados might recognize the layout being akin to that of a 'Windstorm' or 'Hurricane' model by the manufacturer Zamperla (which it is). For as tame a ride as it is, lines can get unexpectedly long. Perhaps it's due to the single train operation or the inherent mystique surrounding an indoor ride, but this was one of our longest waits all throughout our 2-park trip, at 25 minutes. Don't let the promise of an awesome dark ride entice you into waiting any more than half an hour for Runaway Mountain. Being enshrouded in total blackness can be thrilling, but with almost non-existent ride themeing and slow station dispatching, place this at or towards the bottom of your list of things to wait for at SFOT. It's worth a ride and coaster cred, but nothing more. Good for kids, but this thrilla is fairly vanilla.

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    this ride is extremely unsafe i was slipping and sliding on every turn!!!! proceed with caution

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    Six Flags Over Texas

    Six Flags Over Texas

    2.5
    (1.1k reviews)
    0.8 mi

    Park was great, pricing was okay. One employee on the Titan was not though. Told my sister and I…read more"Can you guys just go home?" when the line was long for fast lane. Also most rides only had one cart going at a time, so even spending extra money on Fast Lanes was iffy because the waits were still long. The same employee was dropping her measuring stick every 2 minutes, handing off her employee phone and stick to a guest waiting to get on the ride to put on her jacket, leaning over the wooden part and telling everyone she was tired and just wanted to go home. Not the energy someone wants to encounter after waiting almost an hour for Fast Lanes. On the same ride, they made everyone move down 2 rows to let a family that wasn't waiting in line pick where they wanted to sit. We were bummed out because we did not want to be in the back and got moved to the back without warning. I do believe this letting families jump the line and pick where they sit is not okay especially for the people who paid extra for fast lanes. After getting bumped to the back row we were disappointed because we'd been in the back row for every ride we had been on and that was our final ride of the day. Also, if you plan to use the app to navigate your day, be cautious of the wait times. Each ride had a different wait time than what we saw in the app, and we ended up waiting even longer than what the app said.

    This company sucks. Bought tickets online and it had me save them to my Apple wallet. After paying…read more$42 for parking we entered the park hassle free, we were not given any physical indication that we were fast pass which is odd. This park relies on technology to work which blows my mind when it comes to customer service. Well 3hrs into the park, rides were closed or not working. Finally got to a ride that was and sure enough the digital pass doesn't want to work since apparently it has to be scanned at every ride. God forbid someone take the fast lane that shouldn't be there. Although my tickets said fast pass, the date and order number, we were told we need to exit the ride and go to customer service. Customer service if you can even call it that is also useless. I was told by 2 different workers that they "unfortunately don't do refunds" oh you bet your ass you're going to give me a refund. I did not pay $350 for nothing. I continued to ask for rank up until I was talking with the regional manager that finally said she'd get me a refund. But not for parking. I asked for a card to contact corporate. Who never responded until I made a Google review. Finally they tell me no refund for parking. Although they were at fault. Nothing to sweeten the deal. I don't care about the money as much as principle. I worked in customer service for 10 years hell even as a construction project manager I'm still in customer service. This right here is not service. This park absolutely sucks. Don't waste your money or time, they don't respect yours. So disappointing. I was really looking forward to this too. Typical business profit over people. I won't be sad to see them go out of business, I'll build a data center right where they are at.

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    K1 Speed Arlington

    K1 Speed Arlington

    2.7
    (161 reviews)
    0.7 mi

    Damn ... why such a low aggregate score for this place?…read more I'm reading a lot of these negative reviews and it seems like there are some common, reoccurring themes I'm noticing: 1. Ppl who purchased multiple races and having to wait upwards of 1.5+ hrs in between races (but being passed up if others tipped the operators??) 2. Mechanically broken karts 3. Bad flag waver / intentional slow down of karts 4. Bad customer service My brother, dad and I were in town for a weekend for a cowboys vs ravens game (dad is a diehard fan). On the monday, which was our last day in town, we had a chunk of time after lunch to do something before catching our flight. We decided to hit this place up as it was near our hotel. Maybe because it was a workday and we were the only customers (there was 1 other family there) but we didn't experience many of the negative things I listed above so our experience was VASTLY different than what other customers are reporting. It seemed like all karts were operational, there was no flag waver for our races and we did NOT have to wait at all in between races. I DO think they did turn up the kart speeds at the halfway lap mark and also dialed them back down near the end but I'm just going off of personal feel. We experienced very good customer service! The lady (manager I'm assuming) that helped us at the front desk was quite pleasant and the two gentlemen manning the track for the day were nice too. We did 3 races and I managed to place 1st in one of them (the dad from the other family was an absolute beast). I noticed that this K1 Speed is a lil different from the one back home in the racing format. Here it was personal time trial. Each person was trying to see who could have the fastest personal lap and at the end the best personal lap times were ranked. While this was an interesting format, I prefer the traditional placement format more, where your final rank is based on who finished the race first, physically. I'm wondering if this could be changed/adjusted if you spoke to the staff or if it's an unchangeable, default racing format? Anyways, had a lot of fun. It's definitely pricey as some have pointed out (because of the baked in membership fee), but I guess coming on a workday was a good idea as opposed to a weekend day? Fun, memorable activity before flying back to Toronto!

    What a truly long wait to finally race for just a few mins. I brought my oldest boy to get it on!…read moreTime to prove out the old man still has got it. But when we signed up they said it would just be a slight wait... over an hour and a half later we finally got called up. If you have never been to a K1 course before you need to know it is all about speed... these carts can fly! But coming in first does not mean a thing... it is fastest lap and overall course speed. The corse is a wicked inside track with hair pin turns and thin lines.. it is an adrenaline rush! We got set and then seriously ate this course up! My son and I were bumping and scraping the whole way but in the end ... he beat me. Yep race one... he beat me. However in race two I crushed him. What a great time! We had a blast!! My sone is a heck of a racer... I loved getting beat by him... and liked breaking even. So much fun!

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    Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

    Six Flags Hurricane Harbor

    2.3
    (230 reviews)
    0.8 mi

    Brought back childhood memories…read more -the smell -the heat -the CROWD! Place is still pretty cool with great rides, however the lines are soooo long and fast pass are so expensive that kills the vibe. Price: prices continue to increase in passes and food. It was a great experience just wish there was more control on lines. Plenty of parking, just be prepared to walk unless you pay extra for front parking.

    72.7% of rides closed…read more It pains me to say how much the park has regressed since my last visit in 2022. The lack of communication, the staff, and the decisions made by the park in recent years baffles me. To begin, OVER HALF THE RIDES WERE CLOSED. I arrived at the park and the only major rides open were tornado, blue, raider, and the Dive Bomber complex. (The rest open were kid rides). Here is the list of rides CLOSED: Banzai pipeline, Raging Rapids, Atlantic Panic, Sea Wolf, Caribbean Chaos, Tsunami Surge, Typhoon Twister, and Wahoo Racer!! There was no communication that this was the case, and no workers could give a reason why they were closed or if they would ever open. This is sad from a park already lacking in thrill rides after removing black hole, mega wedgie, and the surf experience in return for tearing down the old kids section and building a new one. I don't get this direction trying to turn the park into a children's splash pad rather than a water park. Later in the day there was thunder in the distance so the park obviously shut down the few rides that were still open. The issue was it was not communicated how long this would last, and it took an hour after the only thunder strike and no rain for the 3 rides and wave pool/lazy river to open again. Later in the day Wahoo Racer opened which was awesome. Most of this could be chalked up to what I'm hoping was an unlucky off-day, these things should just be communicated before you enter the park. I still had a blast, I just hope communication improves, staff is more mature and efficient, and the park moves in a better direction and finds its identity. EDIT: Went back and tornado and blue raider still only things open. Try to research what's open before you go. This is pathetic,

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    Copy of the parks CLEARLY showing Hurricane Harbor Arlington

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    Bolder Adventure Park

    Bolder Adventure Park

    3.5
    (102 reviews)
    4.5 mi

    As long as you know what this is, you will be fine!…read more It's an adventure park type setup with varying levels of access based on how much you want to spend. They don't take cash so plan ahead (they do have e a machine that will convert your cash to a card if you need). We got the basic package (blue) for my ten year old and 13 of his friends for a birthday. We only stayed about 2 hours and for the blue pass that seemed like plenty. The kids got to do bumper cars, the battle area (like laser tag but with foam balls), the slides, the ball pit, the jumping area, and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting. All in all the spot is clean, staffed well and a fun kids entertainment spot. We didn't do the zip lining or ropes courses but we didn't feel like we missed out on anything either.

    Bolder is a fun place to bring family and friends to be active. They have so many choices for an…read moreactive family. They have tubing slides, jump pad, play area for young children, bumper cars, blast arena and arcade. They also have a mining area, archery, rope courses and Zipline. There is an area for birthday parties as well as a cafe with ample seating for families. Check in service was pretty quick when we arrived but we did fill out the waivers online as well as purchase tickets. We will be back.

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    Perfect for adults and older kids - Mountaineering adventure - Climb, Traverse rock walls, and other challenges - unique to our park

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    Fright Fest: Six Flags

    Fright Fest: Six Flags

    2.3
    (55 reviews)
    0.1 mi

    Super fun Lots of rides and snacks rides felt safe and fun location is great Went on the…read morerides fast haunted houses were great some scary some not I loved every moment

    I been to fright fest for three times this year as I took a break from gaming for 5 weeks and need…read moresomething to fill in the time. With the new season pass and I got the all park passport one, you get a free flash pass per one ride and one Halloween band which you can access all of the Haunted Houses. I ended up doing 4 out of 8 houses. My advice is to do them early as the lines are short and did not wait for no longer than 15 minutes or wait till park closes. The haunted houses are alright. I am not into being scared, but decided to try them out as the lines were not long and I was curious to see if $50 dollars was even worth it. I would say it is not. I would say Cedar Fair parks do a better job at this, but when going through this there was a little scare here and there, but sort of glad it was not. I just wanted to see the thing. The park does get extremely crowded especially during Fright Fest so be prepared to wait in line. The good news is most of the rides are opened even the water rides. I rode the log ride late at night as the lines are very short like 15 minutes at most as some of the rides can be 1-2 hours. The food lines can be ridiculous too. I finally tried out the mobile online ordering for the first time and it was a disaster. I waited an hour to get my food and I saw others that waited in line and order get their food way faster. I did also the kiosk to order, but somehow it takes quite a bit 30 minutes and figuring out how to use your dining plan can be tricky and not obvious as it took me awhile to figure it out. I tried this out at Johnny Rocket's and JB BBQ and had the same experience. I did see their haunted show and it was alright, just a bunch of singing and dancing, but it was good place to relax. I had a good time overall and I did stay from opening to closing and time flew by quickly so I had no issues. I wanted to take a picture of the Looney Tunes characters, but I could not find them in their usual spot.

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