Six Flags St. Louis

I. Introduction: A. On October 30th, 2005, Houston, Texas lost its only major amusement park when Six Flags decided to close the gates to AstroWorld after operating since the summer of 1968. B. AstroWorld was once full of history and thrilling attractions, and although some of the rides have been taken elsewhere, it may soon be open for business under a new name. C. Now, unless you are a native Houstonian or visited Houston when AstroWorld was still up and running, then you probably weren’t even aware that Houston once had its own theme park. D. Though it may not look like it, I actually am a huge amusement park enthusiast and adrenaline junkie and even managed to face my fear of heights while on a ride at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California. Although I never personally had the chance to visit…

When I was younger on my twelfth birthday I had been given two options that I would receive as a present. My mother would either take me to Six Flags or she would buy me a mini motorcycle. This was a difficult decision because, although I never been to Six Flags I’ve always wanted a motorcycle. I had asked for a motorcycle the year before but, she said no because it was too dangerous. Still until this day I wonder why she allowed me to get one a year later. On the other hand Six Flags was…

Flags is the largest amusement park company in the world, boasting more than 800 attractions and 120 roller coasters across 18 parks in North America. The Company’s more than 50-year history began in Texas in 1961 with their first park and continued with the building of two more unique parks. In 1977, they began acquiring other amusement parks, starting in New Jersey, and eventually coming to California (1979 and 1997), Massachusetts (1997), Canada (2001) and Mexico (1999). Though they had to…

Holocaust? Well there was a ship that contained about 900 Jews to escape this terrible carnage. The SS St. Louis was a German ocean liner which was most famous for the voyage that took place in 1939. This ship was very expensive since it contained many activities to do such as a pool. Also, the St. Louis was built by the Bremer Vulkan shipyards. It was a diesel - powered ship which basically means that the fuel was produced by the air that's being compressed. This ship was built in Germany and…

of those experiences would have happened on a family trip to Florida. We drove and on the way back, we stayed in a hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Our plans for the day were to go to Six Flags and go on the many rides. Sadly, due to the rain, the park was closed temporarily. We hadn’t had much downtime on the trip, so we decided to just go to the hotel’s pool and swim until the rain passed. We would then go to Six Flags. Little did I know that the next hour or so would ensure my future…

SUV gave me some preferences to base my search off of. However, we weren’t ready to buy a car yet. It was a tough eleven months, knowing I wouldn’t get anything, but all of that seemed to change when I was a month away from becoming the big one-six. On a sunny mid-morning day in mid-July,…

Although it’s better than elsewhere in the country, so I would consider us massively lucky. While we are on the on the topic of other places in our country I thought I might mention where we are traveling for our class trip. Instead of what we have done most years, which is going to Springfield, we are taking our trip to St. Louis. At the moment we are not sure what we are doing on our trip, it is either we go to six flags there or we attend a profession baseball game and visit a museum. I would…

They pondered and sighed and decided to ask us kids what we all would like to do. So my sister, my brother and I put our heads together and we agreed on going to Six-Flags St. Louis. We told our parents on what we decided. And they decided that would be a great idea also. So we loaded our car up and headed up to Six-Flags. When we got there our parents paid for the parking and tickets. We had a lot of fun that day. But my most favorite ride was the screaming eagle. It had many dips and turns and…

Throughout the existence of Texas, it has been ruled by different cultural governments; from the French, Spanish, Mexican, Republic of Texas, Statehood, Civil War era, and finally the Reconstruction period. Texas was a place where explorers came to establish and claim new territory. From the first site of over 30,000 roaming Native Americans to Congress voting to make Texas a part of the Union when the state became the twenty-eighth state in the U.S. Through it all Texas has been very…

The poem Blood by Naomi Shihab Nye emanates feelings of confusion and anger that people from many cultures in America have felt. This confusion settling in at the moment a young child realizes they are different and realizing that this difference makes them inferior. Why is that despite we are all humans beings, given life the same way, biologically structured the same way, and given the same fate in the end, that we are so different from one another? Naomi Shihab Nye is a Palestinian-American…