six flags is not knife friendly

Not everyone with a knife or multitool wants to fix things in a positive way.
Park operators are also worried that certain classes of 'tool' carrying patrons will feel the urge to unscrew things, loosen bolts, cut or saw through and otherwise vandalize or damage crucial straps and safety devices on rides creating the possibility of havoc, injury or death to others. Some people tend to think loosening something would be funny without truely thinking how it will affect others.
 
Krefcenz said:
I apologize if I am repeating history. I tried to do a search on "six flags" and got no hits. Other hits without the quotation marks came back with hits on six or flags.

Anyway, I went there Saturday with my family. They have security and do not permit knives in the park for what reason eludes me. Anyway, when the guard saw my SAK, he said "take it back to the car or throw it away"? I was astonished. I looked at him and said "why would I want to throw away a perfectly good tool? You could have done a better job of presenting your policy before now." Walked back to the car, dropped off the SAK and reentered. What a waste of time. Note to the wise, Six Flags and knives don't mix. Not sure I will be returning there. I would prefer to patronize knife friendly and just plain friendly places. (As an aside, it ain't cheap either)

Kref
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Can anyone name an amusement park or theme park that IS knife friendly?
 
knarfeng said:
The quote was from Robert A. Heinlein, a science fiction author.
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. "

And I agree whole heartedly.
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And Iraq must be the real Happiest Place On Earth.

It's a nice thought, that has no bearing on reality. Keep in mind, Robert A. Heinlein was a science fiction author.


Liveitloud said:
The last time I went to Six Flags they stopped me about 10 minutes after I had entered the park and told me that I would have to go to the souvenir shop and buy another t-shirt or leave because the one I had on was not allowed.

I was wearing a shirt with a cuss word on it. I took it off, turned it inside out and put it back on and walked off. Sometimes I think the need to censor gets a little out of hand.
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Sometimes I think the need to cuss in public gets a little out of hand.
 
Last June, on the way home from a camping trip, I stopped in Deadwood, SD. Every casino had a posted "no knives" (among other things) policy. I patronized several before remembering my sheathed Mora was halfway sticking out of my pocket. At that point, I didn't bother, as nobody seemed to notice it. However, I wouldn't have been upset if I had been told to leave or surrender the knife. Their place, their rules.
 
as silly as it sounds, knives designed to defeat metal detectors such as the polymer/plastic/ceramic knives are illegal here in california...
 
I went to Six Flags in Texas in 2004 and had the similar problem. My wife thought we just wasted 80 bucks because I was ready to leave. Instead I used a trick I use often when metal detectors and rent a cops are there only source of security. I simply went around the corner and clipped my Ka Bar folding warthog to the inside of my boxer shorts. When I walked back through the metal detector it went off just as before and when the wanded me just as before the metal zipper on my shorts set it off. No problem sir this happens all the time. We carried on, once inside the park my wife commented " I can't believe you actually gave up your knife at which point I reached inside my pants pulled out the knife and clipped it back into my pocket. This is just a feel good policy the park has, as do many other places. This works every time, because in a quick improperly executed pat down no man wants to touch another mans junk. Besides even if you get caught the worst thing they will due is ask you leave, provided your knife does not violate local or state laws. Amusement parks have rules not laws.
 
Except. perhaps, DisneyWorld, which has been granted a great deal of autonomy by the state of Florida, or so I understand.
 
FullerH said:
Except. perhaps, DisneyWorld, which has been granted a great deal of autonomy by the state of Florida, or so I understand.
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Oddly enough, Disney World allows knives.

I know it's a liability issue but if I or someone I knew was hurt because I wasn't allowed to have my knife, (Caught in a rope, etc.) I would sue the heck out of them. Based on comments from my lawyer, I would probably win. I hope someone does in fact sue them if this causes any harm.

As I've said before though, I'm probably the only one here who doesn't think that a privately owned business should be allowed to make rules regarding what you can carry there. And I don't think they should be liable for safety issues that they can't control. Oh well, wishful thinking on my part.
 
I feel the same way. I feel that by setting rules reguarding what one can or can't carry only implies responsibility of said establishment. There by making it their responsibility when someone inevitably does break the rule and gets hurt. Who do you think the lawyers are gonna sue. The wanna be gangbanger who only has a dollar and a dime bag to his name or the estabilshment who has money. I think many of these places think that by telling you what you can or can't carry inside simply reliquishes responsibility, when in fact it doesn't. If that sign didn't keep someone from bringing that item in in the first place what makes them think it will keep a lawyer from suing. Besides the people that are going to follow the rules aren't the ones that you would have to worry about anyway.
 
A while back I could have been seriously injured on the Titan at Six Flags Over Texas. Some jackass decided to throw something metal into the air. It came within a foot of my head. May have been a knife or something else, but those are the kinds of people that get things banned. I can see why Six Flags would want you to not carry anything metal into their park. Unless the park is pretty empty i don't really enjoy them all that much.
 
Hello everyone, I was at SixFlags in Dallas back in july. I put my knife in my Camera case not knowing that there were Metal detectors. I handed the case to security around the metal detectors and walked through. she handed me back my camera and i went on into the park. She never searched my case. Nice security... I dont agree with it, but i do understand their reasoning. although i do think that if your going to enforce it do it all the way. Just my 2 cents..
Jason
 
sorry to dig up a old thread but this one had some funny comments.

I would like to ask though would you be able pass it through a fence to someone on the other side

I would like to learn a trick or two to get a knife inside six flags since it's the only park I can afford . I read the underwear trick and that one seems good but I would like to know a couple more
 
Things have changed since the first time I took my kids to six flags over Texas in the late 80's. On that trip, I lost my SAK on one of the rides. I went to lost and found and they showed me a small box full of lost pocket knives, too bad mine was not one of them. They told me if one looked close enough, just take it as most people never came looking for lost pocket knives. I told them thanks, but mine was not there and I went home with a good excuse to buy a new knife.
 
i would be more worried about some ****head security guard pocketing my $200 benchmade adamas

i mean i dont own a lot of knives 6 or 7 but everyone i put a lot of thought into buying before i purchased them and not to mention months of saving

i dont make a lot of cash and my paycheck goes to bills and stuff so i opened up a small t-shirt shop on a site called zazzle which makes maybe $800-$1000 bucks a year of i'm lucky and that's my knife budget
 
Artfully Martial said:
They usually have metal detectors at the entrance. They've had them for as long as I can remember, which is a good 15 years or so....way before the fake security craze. No idea why.
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Cold Steel "Nightshade" series of non-metallic knives. Problem solved!
 
yeah but I am also worried about other parks

I am a uncle and the kids are getting old enough that amusement parks are a option and the thing is I not only have to carry a knife I have to carry knife I trust and know is solid
 
I wouldn't waste a dime of my money on some place that made me empty my pockets before setting foot inside their door.

Last time I was at Six Flag over Georgia I was just about as underwhelmed as I have ever been.
 
I haven't tried to get a knife into a theme park in a long time, except Dollywood in Pigeon forge, TN as someone else on the thread said, it is very knife friendly. If you go in there, you will probably spot a few people with clips on their pockets.

if someone here decides to go up that way, make a stop at Smokey Mountain Knife Works. They have everything from cheap POS china knives to a few vintage/collectable knives to spydercos and ZTs and Esees. They are very lacking in the Benchmade Category though, something about a fallout between SMKW and Benchmade. They had a total of 4 models I think.

but that is beside the point.

security in general can easily be a joke though. I have been through 2 airports with an engineering grade compas (circle drawing solid metal) as well as the blades for my DEs.

heck, when I was in NYC I finally got caught with the compass, but they stopped the lady behind me (who happened to be my principal and was a math teacher). they sent her bag through a scanner like 4 times and then let her go, never tried to find the person who had the compass....

they there is stuff like disney and what not that have security and won't allow knives, we would just put them in a camera bag or something and say it is for working on the camera/film/flash etc...
they let you in without thought.
 
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