Capacity Crowd?

     We took the kids for one last trip to Six Flags Great Adventure on Saturday. Emily and Jake were excited to dress up early yet again for Halloween. We got there shortly after they opened and were able to get on plenty of rides. The bigs boys hit all their favorite roller coasters while the little ones saw some shows and did the free trick or treat trail. It was really cute in that they had the Looney Tunes characters all dressed up giving out the candy. Very, very nice.
     Shortly before 4pm we headed to the car for our late lunch/dinner of sandwichs and snacks we had brought along with us. Much cheaper than eating in the park, of course. Not much later we grabbed our coats and headed back into the park. As we walked up the path for the entrance I couldn't help but notice huge orange signs stating that "due to the popularity of fright fest the park is extremely busy today wait times may be much longer than normal." Once back inside the park there was no doubt how much busier the park had gotten.
     We brought the kids to another ride as we waited for the "changeover" show to begin. This was where the park went from daytime to fright time. I was on a small roller coaster with Jake as the crowd began to form in front of the stage not far from us. I could not believe the amount of people I saw. A quick estimate maybe 100 x 100 people in a small area in front of this little stage by the big wheel. It was plain crazy. After our ride ended we headed over to find the rest of the family. Somehow we did but it was ridiculous to stay. The show wasn't much of anything. We could hardly see it anyway. And we were getting pushed and jostled around constantly by people trying to get closer or to see better themselves.
     Rob wanted to try for one more roller coaster himself and I figured if all the people were where we were(and it seemed to be) maybe the line wouldn't be too bad. I took the little ones and Robert to the kiddie area we had yet to get to that day. Rob headed off with Andrew. Robert decided he wanted to try a different coaster himself so I sent him off too. In no time I was getting texts that the lines were waaaaaay too long and not worth standing in and they were headed back to me. The little ones went on a few more rides and we were all done. We headed out to go home only 2 hours after our dinner in the car. Much sooner than I thought as the park would still be open another 4 hours.
     As we made our way to the exit the amount of people we saw on line for everything was staggering. The roller coasters, the haunted trails, even some of the food lines were incredible. I had never ever seen it like that before. I was very glad we had gotten there early and were able to enjoy some time there before taking off one last time with our season passes now useless. I would certainly never stand on lines like that and was amazed how many people were. They were also a younger crowd, mostly teenagers and twenty somethings. Still I don't think I ever did when I was their age either.
     It got me wondering if there is a maximum capacity. You see those signs posted in all buildings. You know the ones, "Not to exceed x amount of people" blah, blah, blah. I wonder if theme parks have those rules too. Saturday night I definitely didn't think so. As we pulled through the parking lot we saw cars parked on the dirt, and in between trees at the edge of the property. Never saw that before either. Guess I can't say  again. But I will have to look into the capacity crowd laws/rules for future reference since I've no doubt this was our last theme park adventure.