Red Rover said:
We got season passes last year and it was one of the best things for the kids. Got them again this year and we've gone at least 5 times already. It's definitely aged, but I've been really surprised by relative friendliness of the workers and the lower amount of riff-raff clientele. The lines have been short or non-existent on most rides during the mornings as well.
The only downside is I can't ride the big coasters back to back to back anymore without feeling crappy or having headaches. I have to throw in a break or a minetrain ride with my older kids. Getting older is not for the weak.
I lived 20-25 minutes away but never got a seasons pass. Never really had a way to get there until I started driving. By then, I wasn't interested in going more than maybe once a season, which is what usually happened. And yes, we did the coke can thing. My dad also got free tickets through his work once a year, I believe, that I sold to friends. So I probably went 1-3x a year between jr. high and high school, depending on what was going on (friends going, church events, etc.).
It was fun, but honestly, since they weren't open but summer (except for spring break) and I both worked and had other summer activities, I really didn't have a lot of time. Plus, dropping $20 each time, including food, would have put a dent in my (very low) budget. Cash was tight and my entertainment spending came from me, not my parents.
Besides, at the time we would go to Whitewater (water park in Grand Prairie) or later, Wet 'n Wild long before we'd go to Six Flags. Whether it was a date or a group of us, I think it was cheaper and more fun. If a group, we could all horse around together. At Six Flags, you almost always ended up separated in groups over 4. One June, I think between my Jr. and Sr. year, we went out to Whitewater like 6-7 times over a 3 week period. Started out with like 5 or 6 of us and by the last time, we had 15 or more!
Great times!
