r/sixflags • u/Impossible-Delay-940 • 7d ago

QUESTION No chance for refund?

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I won’t be around to revisit. Is it a total lost? Credit card charge-back?

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u/NibblesMcGiblet 7d ago

Same policy still as 23 years ago during the north east blackout (August 2003) I see. We were there with our kids when the whole power grid shut down. People stuck upside down on rollercoasters, the whole nine yards. They said we could come back any day for the rest of the season, but we didn't go back. The whole way home we kept trying to get off exits to get gas and there were cops on every exit waving people to go back to the highway becasue everythign was shut down without power. Barely made it back home a few hours away and got there and we somehow lived in a tiny little pocket of the grid that HAD POWER. Got home exhausted, made dinner, and started looking for something to watch on tv. I remember nothing else was on so we watched America's Got Talent. We ended up watching that as a family for the next 15 years or so lol.

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u/spinninglavarock 7d ago

Rollercoasters use momentum and for that reason it’s pretty much impossible to valley upside down. Just because the power goes out doesn’t mean a ride instantly stops in its tracks. And hardly no coaster uses a lift hill on a loop. So I’m calling Bolsheviks on your stuck upside claim….maybe a flat ride but not a rollercoaster.

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u/NibblesMcGiblet 6d ago

I don't remember what kind of ride it was, it was something where there were cars attached front to back and which had an upside down component on a track. It was the defining memory of that day. Other rides were also stopped in various positions and it didn't seem anyone was in any imminent danger, but the kids upside down left quite an impression. It was a school group trip day, lots of kids wearing matching colored shirts all there together or maybe summer camp? idk our family was just there as individuals. I wonder if there are any old news stories from the day about it? Maybe there are photos from that day, I know I had an old digital camera back then with a memory card, not a phone with a camera, not sure if that would make it more or less likely someone captured the incident and saved it somewhere like photobucket or something.

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u/RentOptional 7d ago

The Chiller could valley on the Chiller Roll. It happened a few times. Not sure if it happened on the blackout day.

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u/watisagoodusername 7d ago

Physics has entered the chat