Six Flags St. Louis - July 11th and 12th, 2023

 On Tuesday, July 11th and Wednesday, July 12th my Mom and I visited our second amusement park of the trip, Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri! During our two-day visit it was very hot and humid, so staying hydrated and riding water rides was a must! Despite the heat, I managed to get on many rides and roller coasters more than once during our visit.

Be sure to enjoy my photos from our two days at Six Flags St. Louis, the Gateway to Thrills!

After a 5 and a half hour drive, we made it to our second park of the trip, Six Flags St. Louis! I love how the rides just poke out above the trees.

Six Flags St. Louis has a nice sign at their entrance, incorporating the iconic Gateway Arch of St. Louis. I really like the roller coaster train on the arch! Six Flags St. Louis (originally known as Six Flags over Mid-America) is Six Flags' third amusement park, opening in 1971. Currently the park is home to nearly 40 rides, 9 of which are roller coasters.

The giant Colossus Ferris wheel stands nearly 180 feet tall above Six Flags St. Louis. It originally operated at the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, Louisiana. It has been operating at Six Flags St. Louis since 1986.

Here is the layout of Six Flags St. Louis. While it doesn't look hilly on the map, the park is quite hilly in spots, so be prepared!

My first ride of the day was on the classic Log Flume. It has been operating at the park since 1971.

After a bit of a cool down on the Log Flume, I headed over to Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast, the park's Premier Rides launched shuttle coaster! Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast opened in 1998 as Mr. Freeze and had operated with the train launching forward until 2012, when the train was switched to launch backwards! 

The backwards launch out of the station into the top hat inversion element is quite a thrill! From there, you navigate a banked curve which takes you to the vertical spike. From there you go through all of that again forwards!

Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast ended up being one of my favourite roller coasters at Six Flags St. Louis!

Here is another photo of the Colossus.

Up next was a ride on the Ninja, an Arrow Dynamics/Vekoma custom looping roller coaster that has been at the park since 1989. Believe it or not, Ninja has a little bit of history behind it as it first operated at Expo '86 in Vancouver, BC as the Scream Machine for five months.

The Ninja features a series of four inversions within its 2,427 feet of track with a maximum speed of 54.7 mph (88 km/h)!

While many people find these older looping coasters to be rough, I personally found Ninja to be quite enjoyable! I was quite surprised to see how close you get to the lift hill chain guide located under the lift hill as you exit the sidewinder inversion!

Up next was a ride on Batman The Ride! This unit opened at Six Flags St. Louis in 1995. It is a mirror image of the original that operates at Six Flags Great America, which I had rode during the two days before my visit to Six flags St. Louis. This batman rode quite well and was quite forceful as usual.

Another mirrored unit of Batman The Ride I have been on is Vampire at La Ronde.

This Batman is painted all black, which many of the Batman The Ride coasters had been at some point in time.

The Colossus is quite photogenic!

The 1904 World's Fair section of the park has some nice American architecture in its buildings located near the entrance to the park.

The Log Flume provides quite a splashdown!

Next for me was a ride on American Thunder, one of three wooden roller coasters at Six Flags St. Louis.

American Thunder is a Great Coasters International (GCI) coaster that opened in 2008 as Evil Knievel. It was renamed American Thunder in 2011.

American Thunder features a twisted track length of 2,713 feet, a drop of 80 feet, and a maximum speed of 48 mph (77 km/h). It layout is filled with many high speed turns and airtime filled hills! It is definitely the best of the wooden coasters at Six Flags St. Louis!

Here is the train speeding through the twisted wooden track!

I love it when parks have plenty of shade! Six Flags St. Louis has two shaded tunnels back to back! More amusement parks need these!

The next roller coaster I rode was Pandemonium! This Gerstlauer Spinning Coaster opened at Six Flags St. Louis in 2007 as Tony Hawk's Big Spin. It was renamed in 2011.

Pandemonium features a lot of spinning throughout its 1,351 feet of track! If you don't like spinning, then this one definitely isn't for you!

The top hat element on Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast is quite fun!

It was finally time for me to ride The Boss, the park's wooden terrain coaster! I had heard many mixed reviews about this roller coaster as it is a Custom Coasters International (CCI) wooden roller coaster operating with trains manufactured by Gerstlauer.

The Boss opened in 2000 and features 4,631 feet of track that zips by many trees at speeds up to 66.3 mph (106.7 km/h)! It is quite a hike to get to The Boss as it is located on a hillside in the back of the park.

While the layout of The Boss is quite spectacular, unfortunately the Gerstlauer trains make it quite unenjoyable as they seem to awkwardly bounce along the track, especially near the final brake run! lol

I am sure it would be a fantastic wooden coaster if it had trains from PTC or GCI!

In front of The Boss is the construction site of the new-for-2023 family coaster, Rookie Racer. It looks like it has a long way to go before opening!

With it being almost the middle of July, I wouldn't be surprised if it opened in 2024.

The colours of this Vekoma family coaster are quite bright and eye-catching. Surprisingly Six Flags St. Louis hasn't had a kiddie/family coaster since 2006! So Rookie Racer is a welcomed addition to the park when it does open!

With the construction of Rookie Racer, this has caused the Tommy G. Robertson Railway to remain closed for the 2023 season as a portion of its track was removed for now to make way for Rookie Racer.

The layout of The Boss is really awesome, but the bouncy Gerstlauer trains kind of ruin the experience!

Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast is quite a blast!

Next I took a ride on the Catwoman Whip, a 164 foot tall booster ride!

Catwoman Whip opened at Six Flags St. Louis in 2022 and was manufactured by Funtime! It is a really fun and forceful booster ride which causes the two eight-passenger gondolas to flip upside down many times throughout the ride! The most intense part of the ride for me was the three minute wait at the top! lol

But once the ride started going again it was really fun and thrilling!

After riding Catwoman Whip, I boarded the classic Screamin' Eagle, a fun out and back wooden coaster that has been at the park since 1976!

The layout of the Screamin' Eagle is quite hard to see as it is heavily surrounded by trees.

The most visible parts of the Screamin' Eagle are its 92 foot drop and its airtime hill after the first drop.

Catwoman Whip is quite the thrill ride and one you should experience when visiting Six flags St. Louis!

The Boomerang was closed during our visit, but that is okay as I have been on many Vekoma Boomerang coasters. This one had quite a bright paint scheme. The Boomerang had originally operated at Six Flags Over Texas as Flashback from 1989 to 2012 before coming to Six Flags St. Louis.

After Screamin' Eagle, I went sky high on the SkyScreamer! This Funtime Star Flyer stands 236 feet tall and offers a nice view of the park and the surrounding area.

After coming back down to the ground, I rode the River King Mine Train, Six Flags St. Louis' first roller coaster that opened with the park in 1971. It is a fun Arrow Mine Train coaster with some drops, turns, and a tunnel to finish the ride!

As it was a hot day at Six Flags St. Louis, I headed over to Thunder River, an Intamin River Rapids ride that has been splashing parkgoers since 1983.

While on Thunder River you can get quite soaked and get a nice view of Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast which is located on the island in the center of Thunder River.

Justice League: Battle for Metropolis at Six Flags St. Louis kept going down temporarily during my two-day visit. I did mange to get on it a couple of times. But unfortunately it didn't operate quite as well as the other ones I had been on at other Six Flags Parks.

There are many nice flowerbeds around Six Flags St. Louis.

In the late-afternoon, some Looney Tunes characters came out to greet guests. Here is my Mom with Foghorn Leghorn and Porky Pig.

The fountain located within the font gate at Six Flags St. Louis is quite decorative.

After a great first day at Six Flags St. Louis, we headed off to our hotel nearby for a good night's rest.

The fountain located outside the front entrance to Six flags St. Louis was spraying quite high!

The next morning we headed back to Six flags St. Louis for a second day of fun! The park opened at 11am and stayed open until 7pm.

The day started off sunny and continued to have passing clouds throughout the day. Luckily the chance of rain predicted did not fall until that evening!

I was going to ride American Thunder again, but it was closed all day, so I took a few spins on the Log Flume followed by Shazam!, the park's Scrambler ride.

Up next was another ride on Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast!

That vertical spike towers high above the ground and features an LIM launch that sends the train to the top of it before freefalling towards the ground!

During our second day at Six Flags St. Louis, I took a couple of rides on Colossus, the park's Ferris Wheel. It is the only gondola wheel that I know of in North America that allows single riders to ride alone. I guess since the gondolas are completely enclosed, that is why it is single rider friendly.

During the 12-minute journey on Colossus, you can get a great view of the park!

Here is Batman The Ride with a train-full of riders going through a loop!

From the top of Colossus you can get a good view of Catwoman Whip. Here are some riders waiting patiently at the top while the other gondola loads.

Here's a look at the vertical spike on Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast as seen from Colossus.

Thunder River operates down below.

Pandemonium was offering spinning thrills throughout the day!

Here is a look at the closed-for-the-day American Thunder as seen from Colossus. Luckily I had gotten a ride on American Thunder the day before!

The Top hat element sends you upside down twice, once forwards once backwards at 150 feet in the air!

Ninja's loop is hard to photograph as it is located behind the structure of the lift hill.

Here I am riding Colossus.

Colossus operates on a slow rotation that never stops, offering riders a nice view of the park.

Up next was a ride on Tsunami Soaker, a fun "Twist N Splash" ride by Mack Rides. This is the second ride of its kind I have been on, with the first being Aqua Twist at La Ronde. These rides are fun as you get to spray other riders and bystanders with water guns that are attached to the boats.

Spinsanity is a fun Zamperla Disk'O ride that has been spinning at Six flags St. Louis since 2017.

SkyScreamer soars high above the trees.

In the late-afternoon I took another relaxing ride on Colossus.

During this ride I managed to get a photo of construction work happening on Rookie Racer.

The Sidewinder element on Ninja is quite fun and forceful!

Here is a look at The Joker Inc., an Intamin Bounty ride that has been operating at the park since 1980. It was rethemed to The Joker in 1995 with the addition of Batman The Ride. It was quite fun and well-themed with the metal cutout of The Joker!

With another great day at Six Flags St. Louis, it was time for us to head out and get some rest at our hotel before heading off to our final park of the trip the next day, Indiana Beach! :-)