How do you say your home park?

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RollrCoastr00 said:
We all call SFGAm Great America or Six Flags. But I really hate when my friends ask if there a Great America in a certian state. I always say it would be a Six Flags, not a Great America. They can't get it right

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My wife is one of those that does that. When we went down to SFStl she kept telling her friends that we were going to Great America in Saint Louis

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I either say work... or I will say PKI. I would say that people normally say PKI or Kings Island around Cincinnati, but then I did hear one person refer to the park as Coney Island.

Around Chicago, it is either Six Flags or Great America, but not both. Takes too long to say. ;) My dad always says that: "Is there a Great America in that town?"

me swimdej and rllrcstrdude187 say the parks by their initials. like Sfwoa pki kbf. but we're crazy so it doesnt really matter.

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My friends and I refer to the parks by their acronyms - SFWoA, CP, PKI, GAm or SFGAm, etc.

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It seems that I hear SFGAm referred to more as "Great America" than "Six Flags"... although someone did ask me recently if I'd been to Six Flags, and I asked "Which one?" (By the way, the question referred to SFGAm, which I kind of figured, but I had to ask.)

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For me, easy... Hersheypark (no other real way to say it... except for perhaps simply Hershey).

As for Six Flags and what people call it, it all depends on location and the park you are talking about.

Some SF parks lend themselves much more to being referred to as their "subtitle". Places like Six Flags America / New England / St.Louis / Over Texas / Over Georgia, sound awfully dumb/confusing to be referred to with out the Six Flags in front of them ("We're going to America for the day" "Yeah? I thought that is where we are?") Others, such as SF Great Adventure / Elitch Gardens / Astro World / Darien Lake, etc you can get away with out using the Six Flags (here in PA, you say "going to Great Adventure for the day" people will know where you are talking about).

In certain areas you can get away with saying "going to Six Flags." Say "Six Flags" in Philly, people will asume Great Adventure... say Six Flags in D.C. and they will assume Six Flags America. Say Six Flags in York PA... and some people may assume GrAdv while others will assume SFAmerica (we're about 2 hrs from both).

to X Factor: You can get away with using park initials with people who are familiar with those parks, but trying referring to a park by its initials to someone who is not really familiar with them. They will look at you with a big question mark. Come to think of it... even reading these messages I even sometimes have to stop and think what certain initials stand for.

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6 flags great america is my home park i call it great america

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It seems like most people in NYC say great adventures instead of great adventure. It irks me so!!

I used to say Great Adventures until one day I read a sign and it said GREAT ADVENTURE_____no so Chris (that's me). I was like WOW, when since was it Great Adventure! That was surprising.

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"Wanna go down the park?"

"Lets go to Knoebels and get some fries!"

For me: "I'll see ya later, I'm going to work."

On a few occasions I have also heard: Peggy's Farm and The Grove.

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Instead of "Let's go to Knott's Berry Farm" I say, "Let's go to Knotts."

Instead of "Let's go to Disney's California Adventure" I say, "Let's go to California Adventure" or "Let's go to DCA."

Instead of "Let's go to Universal Studios Hollywood" I say, "Let's go to Universal."

Instead of "Let's go to Six Flags Magic Mountain" I say, "Let's go to Knotts." ;)

mOOSH

And clearly, instead of "Let's make a new topic," someone says, "Let's rehash an old stupid topic that no one has cared about for two years."

OMG, I had not noticed how old this topic was!

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Mamoosh said:

Instead of "Let's go to Six Flags Magic Mountain" I say, "Let's go to Knotts."

mOOSH

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I have to agree with Moosh here, but I am sad because he doesn't say any of those things to me. ;)

Next time we play hooky I'll let ya know ;)

In my neck of the woods "Six Flags" and "Great America" are interchangeable. SFGAm is easier to type, to all of you asking "which one" when people say Six Flags, if there isnt two or more within a reasonable driving distance dont say that. Obviously if you live in St. Louis "Six Flags" is SFSL, Minnesota SFGAm, etc.

Cedar Point is just "the park." When I say, "let's go to the park," everyone knows that I don't mean the one with playground equipment. :)

I never say the company name in front of the park, except for universal studios, but then again the park is called universal studios, but I just say universal.

SFGAm=Great America

SFMM-magic mountain

MK=magic kingdom

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