The Third Train is Up There

So. My trip to Six Flags went well. Even though the forecast called for rain we didn't feel a drop. It was kind of cool, but really it was better than the usual scorching hot day at Six Flags. I wanted to take pictures but unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera. Christy took some pictures so if I can get a hold of them I'll post them.

As for fun stories I guess the most amusing one occurred at the end of the day. We were about ready to call it quits when we decided to ride The Boss again. So we got in line and waited. The wait was longer this time around but we decided The Boss was worth it. We got to the gates and there were a few people in front of us. There was a husband and a wife their three kids and a guy that I assumed was there uncle because that's what the kids called him. Well, I'm not sure what they were thinking because only one of the three kids was old enough to ride the ride the other two weren't even old enough to stand by themselves and wait for their family members to get off. The guys running the ride suggested that one of the adults and the child that could ride get on and the other two wait until they get back and then they could pass the kids off. The family agrees. There were three trains so the family had to let some people in front of them while waiting for mom and sister to get back. Just when we think the train mom and sister are on is about to pull in the train in front of them has been stopped in the loading zone and no one is being allowed to get on it. The crew made an announcement that the ride would temporarily shut down and we were told that if we wanted to wait we could. So we did. At this point dad flips his lid and yells at one of the girls running the ride and says, "My son has had to pee this whole time!" as though it were this girls fault that he brought his two year old to wait in line and he has to pee. So the girl politely opens the gates to let this man and his children out while the rest of us continue to wait.

As it turns out there was fight in the line for The Boss, and girl 1 shoved girl 2 over the railing onto the go-kart track. Girl 3 tries to defend girl 2 and knocks girl 1 out. So the go-karts had to shut down until an ambulance could come get girl 2 off the track. Then The Boss had to shut down so that the EMTs could bring a stretcher through the emergency entrance for girl 1 and the cops could take in girl 3. After about 20 minutes the fight situation had been resolved and we're about the start loading on to the empty train that has been at the gates the whole time when one of the guys working the ride looks to the other and say, "Hey, where's the other train?"

The third train had never made it back to the beginning. After a few frantic moments of searching the third train was found at the top of the coaster. It had just stopped up there. So there were about 20 people yelling the whole time for help and nobody ever heard them. At this point we were lost about what was happening. All we knew was that there was an ambulance and someone on a stretcher. Being curious as we were we decided to ask Andrew the guy who pushes the button what happened. Our question was, "What's going on?" His response was, "Everything that could possibly go wrong has. There was a fight and and then we couldn't find the third train." We then asked, "Where is the third train?" He looked at us and said, "The third train is up there." About that time we saw several people coming off the emergency stairs from the top of the coaster. We decided it was in our best interest to call it quits for the day.

All in all, it was a delightful day.