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That's right. The only other park where I saw lockers was at Chemlong Paradise in Guangzhou, China for their drop coaster. On the subject of butting in, sure I did. On commenting to them when they finally served me, I was promptly greeted with a "it was none of my business" response. I reported it to the SFMM office and that was the main reason for writing SF HQ a letter.

It is a pity they have gotten into much trouble. I have been to several of their parks and even written to them about my experiences (got some free tickets for my comments). As I see it they can fix this easily by changing their culture as follows: 1) The food could be better. Although I have to say I don't go to eat good food. I will acknowledge though that this is important to others. 2) Customer service. You would expect this in the US but Six Flags seemed to breed a customer service culture that just sucks. Waited 10 minutes once at magic Mountain for two servers to finish their private conversation before they took my lunch order. 3) Speed up ride load times. Some parks/rides are horrendously slow. Safety is great and important but again pivate chatting and skylarking by attendants should not slow up load times. 4) Get ride of additional costs. car parking fees and locker costs suck. You pay enough to get into the park but then to get slugged a US dollar for a locker to secure a hat and glasses does not go down well. I travelled to these parks mainly by myself while on business and put a lot of money into these lockers. As I said I think they can change this easily and I hope they do. They have some excellent rides (kingda Ka, X, Superman, Riddlers revenge) and I would hate to see them close.

Sorry for the previous empty post. I don't know what the fuss is. I was at the park this week and my brother-in-law and I enjoyed Kamikaze. I agree with the comment above that not every new addition can be a world beater. It has been 2 years since I was at the park (coming from Gosford) and I think the addition of Kamikaze and Surfrider add to the attraction of the park.