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The Bunch Head to Six Flags Over Texas

Kids loved the gun show and we got to take pics afterwards!

Being a homeschool family, we take full advantage of all the perks that the public schools give their students. Most companies, Six Flags included, allow homeschoolers to participate in their reading programs and earn free tickets. We made Monday our Six Flags day, though contrary to popular belief it was still NOT a free day. By the time we bought tickets for the other 2, paid for parking, and food we still spent about $250. However, it is worth it. If you go on a Monday or Tuesday, there is not very many people there. I think the longest line was about 30 minutes (which is really good since sometimes on weekends ride lines are about 1.5 hours!). We learned our lesson last time and started the kids in Looney Toons Land and worked our way up to the bigger rides. The Titan and the Oil Derrick were the only things closed all day when we were there. We arrived around 10:30 am when they opened and rode all the rides we wanted to by 5:30pm. We were hot and tired when we left and I am not sure the kids could have lasted walking around much farther. If you plan to go in the Texas heat, make sure to drink lots of water. There are also lots of cool zones through out the park to help keep you from over heating. We had a great time!
Kids mini superman ride.

Kids liked this teacup ride, but the bigger one in Spain made them sick!

You can make the plane go up and down by controlling the stick.

These were too tame, I made them do the bigger ones later.

Heading out on the mine train, a favorite.

We had the boys in one and the girls in the other.

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