OKAY SO LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT I TRYING TO SAY IN THIS REVIEW, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS I have been coming to Six Flags Over Texas every since I was about five years old I'm now 48 so here I go, now that I have gotten older I have noticed a lot of changes which is understandable you have to change on some things as time goes on I remember that if the park said that it was going to open at 10:00 it opened at 10:00 & all rides, games, stores, & food areas were open they now open and sometimes will be at the time they have posted and other times it may be 5 6 7 8 minutes the time that was posted and when you get to your first ride it may or may not be open already to take on riders the pathways were usually filled with employees with brooms pushing water off of the walkways now there are usually gumballs some pine cones twigs and usually some trash I never remember these things being that way in the past next thing I would like to focus on is the factor I also don't remember rides constantly breaking down over & over I understand maintenance comes and fixes the issue but whatever the issue is fix it and fix it right the first time so it stops continuing to be the exact same thing causing the ride to break down, Six Flags is a multi-million dollar corporation there is no need for rides constantly breaking down with the exact same thing going wrong, and yes I know that Six Flags & Cedar Fair have merged together to make a better theme park experience yes I am seeing things that they are upgrading and trying to make a better enjoyable theme park, I have noticed Six Flags updated their Chaperone Policy and yet I do not see them enforcing The Chaperone Policy because you walk through the park and you see plenty of teenagers who are under the age of 15 walking in groups 4 up 12 to 16 in a group and there is not someone who is at least 21 years old with them that is not enforcing The Chaperone Policy they have updated recently twice that I am aware of in just a year, with that being said let me go back to the beginning and say I do love Six Flags Over Texas, one of the biggest things I have noticed over the years is the amount of security that the park has to have in place which is good so don't get me wrong in that, I just feel that a lot of people probably have the same aggravation I do when I come here almost every other weekend I'm always hearing oh it's closed oh it's broke down this has got to be an aggravation for people first time visiting the park it is definitely an aggravation for someone who visits almost every other weekend, in my mind this is an issue that could be filed, this park on most days throughout the year closes at 9:00 and doesn't open up again until the next day at 11:00 that is over 12 hours of down time each operating day not including the times they are not open during the week so there is plenty of time for maintenance to do maintenance and fix the rides properly, so let me in by saying I get it it's going to take time for things to get better now that Six Flags and Cedar Fair have merged together I just hope to see the theme park back to the way it used to be in the early 2000s!!!!