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IDEAL: UK / Europe for 11 days in early August (We've already moved that trip like 3 times) California in September (I actually have more faith in being able to fly to another continent in August than California opening anything in September because... California) Maybe we'll finally go to Silver Dollar City but I say that every single year Canada's Wonderland just as an excuse to get the hell out of this country REALISTIC: Orlando because Florida doesn't care if we die Orlando again because Florida doesn't care if we die Orlando again because Florida seriously, seriously, seriously doesn't care if we die

Wow this brings me back. Maybe over-sharing, but here are some fun facts about Keansburg Amusement Park (and the town) and how it has affected my life: -My father lived in that town from birth to age 35. He worked on that very "boardwalk," staffing games of chance, throughout his entire high school career. -My mother lived in nearby Sayreville growing up, and her and her 6 siblings would frequently visit that "boardwalk" since it was the closest and cheapest amusement center to their home. -My father met my mother while working those stupid games and married her right out of high school. Because of this, I swore I would never do that for work...until I did, running the same stupid games in Seaside Heights, for the summers before and after my last year of college. It was the greatest job I've ever had. -I lived in that town from birth to age 5. My old house was within 10 minutes bicycling distance of the amusement park, but my parents wouldn't let me go without them. Here is a streetview of that house in 2018. It didn't have the second story or even that part that juts out to the right back in 1989 when we left, but we did have a pretty sweet in-ground pool, which it appears to still have. My parents moved me out after kindergarten because the public schools were, and still are, absolutely terrible. My kindergarten was in a trailer in the high school's parking lot. -That said, I have a ton of great childhood memories of that amusement park, particularly the miniature train ride, the boats-go-round, the motocycles-go-round, and the firetrucks-go-round, and countless similar X-go-round rides they they had, and still have. My father would tell me that they were all there during his youth as well, meaning they're now 70+ years old. There's something to be said for that. -My first coaster that I can ever remember riding was their Schwarzkopf Wildcat that they had from the late '70s to the early 2010s. Not sure what the height requirement was back then, but I'm pretty sure I didn't meet it and the teenage ride ops didn't care. From my understanding, It was damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Sandy, thus the Pinfari looper that now occupies its spot. -I was always too scared to go through the Spook House, their dark ride, (I was 5, after all), but now really regret never getting on it. Though if I had to bet, it probably hasn't changed much in the past 32 years, but the website does say that it's "undergoing renovation." Bonus Fun Fact: That dark ride has existed since 1931. -I've been back a total of once during my adult years, when I was going through one of my sentimental phases in my late-20s. Spook House was sadly closed. -There used to be a full-nude strip club called "Chaser's" not half a mile from the amusement park, right near the corner where Main Street turns into Beachway Avenue. As hinted at by the name, the dancers tended to be on the larger side. Back in the early 2000s, I had a "friends-with-benefits" thing going with a girl who danced there (no, I didn't meet her that way LOL). Streetview shows it boarded up, but still has the same sign on the roof. -The water park was in fact a shit-hole back in the day, and has been where they've been dumping the most money over the past 25 years. Bonus Fun Maybe-Fact: I believe they leveled the entire previous waterpark to construct the current one. One of these days I really should go back. If the place ever folds completely, I really hope Knoebel's buys up all of their historic kiddie rides and the dark ride.

Florida thanks you for giving us your sweet, sweet tourist tax money!

I think that once anyone who wants it can get a vaccine, that might be sufficient. That may mean a need to repeat vaccinations later though, since it will still be "around".

Thanks for all the information! Hopefully, the ride side can see an improvement like the water park. That's encouraging they fixed that side at least. That's one of the reasons I'm skeptical to travel some of the smaller parks in China. I still think the operator at Camden Park dispatching Big Dipper with my lap bar up and yelling at us to lower our broken lap bar was crazier. Long story short, we were evacuated and he sent the rest of the train and riders around. DelGrosso's has the same slide. There it's called Gravity Groove. The slide is unique, but it's not particularly thrilling since you crest the uphill section slowly (for obvious reasons). It's not uncommon to see it valley. That's awesome he got on Chaos! I'm not surprised they had rotating ride operators. They didn't have rotating operators the day I visited, but there were so few rides open they could staff everything normally. I definitely was disappointed.

Oh man, that Wildcat! I almost forgot entirely about it. That was one of my first-ever coasters, too, I remember riding it when my aunt took my siblings and I one weekend. I remember on the same trip my aunt promising my younger sister (around 7-8 at the time) that she'd go on only one ride with her because she was terrified of them. My sister picked some mini Paratrooper ride they had at the time, and my aunt spent the entire ride clutching my sister tightly and practically cried in her lap until the ride stopped. Haha thanks for that, I totally forgot about that memory. Your understanding is also true, the Wildcat suffered too much damage during Sandy. Based on what I read online, it looks like Keansburg has had a much slower recovery from Sandy than other boardwalk parks in the area, maybe due to its location. Maybe one day it'll bounce back, but a lot is going to have to change in order to get there,

Yeah, this doesn't look that vastly different from the last time I visited Keansburg which was either four or five years ago at this point. Even back then the Looping Star wasn't running, their Gravitron was half in pieces, and there were maybe about three ride operators cycling through the entire park. If you wanted to ride anything you just had to wait by the ride and hope one of them saw you. My son and I actually DID manage to get on the Chaos, but aside from that it was pretty much bumper cars, wave swinger, kiddie coaster, Loop-O-Plane, and back on the road. I don't think we spent more than an hour and a half there total. It absolutely was a total shitshow and it doesn't look like it's improved at all.

Man maybe it's just me but I absolutely love the look of they style/era slide towers. It might just be nostalgia for places like Wet n Wild but these old style slide structures are just the coolest to me. Also check out that slide in the lower left with the up hill section! I found a few videos on Youtube of that slide and it doesn't look like a master blaster even though there's piping underneath of it, just an old school up hill water slide lol. I'd love to try that one.

We went a few weeks ago, and honestly... it's the best Six Flags could do. Which isn't a knock whatsoever. It's a humble attempt at some holiday fun. I'm sure it's a bit overpriced, but if you're stuck in So Cal and don't mind paying a little, and maybe waiting up to an hour from the time you enter the parking tolls to the backstage entrance, it's worth it. The areas that are decorated are pretty decent, and this is probably the only time lots of people can drive their cars through a park. Pull in the side mirrors between the JetStream supports.

Just throwing ideas and possibilities out there guys. Obviously no one knows for sure. Just exciting to even be able to discuss an end to it all. A few more companies get vaccine approval and that speeds it up by a couple months, if not or if they can't make it fast enough then it slows it down a couple months. Of course concerts will be one of the last things allowed, I never thought it would all happen at once. Although masks will undoubtedly be recommended for another 4-6 months, I think it will gradually lighten up month by month until one day you look around and realize no one in the grocery store has a mask on and you didn't even realize it happened. Zach, I only threw the query of vaccine proof out there because apparently some states and/or countries have put forth the idea of getting a "vaccine card" once you are fully vaccinated. It may amount to nothing or some venues may use that as a way to lower restrictions. Just think it will be interesting from a historical and social standpoint to see how it all plays out in the end. I just don't see it going the entirety of 2021 with the same restrictions as we currently have........but I've been wrong before.

Wait, the cups on the Ferris wheel spin? We didn't make it onto "Legendia Flower" as the line looked fairly long when we were on that side of the park and I was worried about time. And only now do I find this out...?! I liked Hyperion more than most, I would say, but Lech is the real deal. It just kind of does everything. Just a really neat park.

Question: How busy has Adventuredome been as of late? I haven't been there since 2001 and may head down this weekend to get the El Loco cred (it will be along my route). But, I will only have a few hours there at maximum, since it will be part of a very long drive. I'd also love to ride Canyon Blaster again -- it was my first coaster with inversions, and I definitely need that dose of nostalgia. It would also be nice to get on at least a few flats -- NebulaZ, Inverter, Chaos, Disk-O, and Sling Shot would be ideal, but really just the former 3 are what's important. Do you all think this is realistic to do in a short timeframe? Even if there's only time to do a few rides, I think it would be $40 well spent, but it would also be helpful to have a gauge of how busy it might be. If this trip is successful, I'm definitely going to to pop in to the Vegas parks more often whenever I'm driving through.

Speaking of typos, they did spell Mack wrong too

We used to go to Keansburg when I was really little and still living in the area, and it's gone downhill horrendously since then. Rikki and I were in the area again back when we were looking at wedding venues a few years back, and I asked if she'd be okay if we'd drive by as I hadn't been there in nearly two decades. We didn't even get out of the car; we saw how run down the place was from the road and decided to just keep on driving. Sorry to hear that your experience confirmed my assumptions.

Now, Bill. . you have to search for the clinical term: "Blueprints shaped like penis"

The layout for Space Factory Coaster at Yomiuriland has been unveiled! The first Gerstlauer invert is sure to be fun for all ages! It has a surprising amount of track inside the building!

If I remember correctly, Wonder Garden was as you assumed, but for kids only.

Morey's Piers While Morey's Piers is normally my favorite Jersey Boardwalk park, it was not my favorite in 2020. That was for two reasons. One, there were no wristbands in 2020. Two, several notable rides were closed including Great White and the dark rides. For that reason, I only wanted to pop in for an hour or two to grab the two new coaster credits, ride some of my favorites, and soak up the atmosphere. I assumed the park would be dead on a weeknight before closing, but I was wrong. The park was reasonably well attended. Combine that with glacially slow operations from the park's covid precautions (rides were wiped down after every cycle) and I was lucky to have ridden the three rides I did. That being said, some time at Morey's is better than no time at Morey's and I know the park will be operating more normally in future seasons. Stop 1 was Wild Whizzer, the SBF Visa spinner with an awesome name. I like how this one is at the edge of the boardwalk and I got some good spinning thanks to an off-balanced car, but I'm sort of embarrassed to say I had to wait a half hour for this one. 3 out of 10 Stop 2 was Runaway Tram, the new-for-2019 family coaster that replaced Flitzer. And this coaster's theme is so perfectly Wildwood with the drunk looking face on the taxi, the comical tram operator on the back of the train, and the perfectly on-cue "Watch the Tram Car Please" announcements. I thought this coaster would be as tame as a Vekoma roller skater, but it was a step up. The coaster had a tiny bit of floater airtime on the second hill and a fairly forceful turn after that. Plus the coaster gave two laps and was immaculately smooth. I wasn't too upset waiting a half hour for this one. 6 out of 10 With a half hour before closing, I was overly optimistic I could ride at least two more attractions. But those hopes were quickly dashed. Morey's had already started closing queue lines for the night,. That included rides such as Great Nor'Easter and it. I would have ridden Zoom Phloom but that ride was down for the night due to mechanical issues, something that happened in my first visit to Morey's Piers as well. I just have bad luck with that ride, which is a shame because it's an awesome flume. So I finished the night with AtmosFear. I was one of the last people allowed in the queue. These ARM/Larson towers always pack a punch on the drop and this one was no different. The freefall sensation is matched by no other drop tower. However, I didn't get the usual floater airtime on the way down since I was stapled. I didn't know the restraints could go this low on one of these drop towers. Despite that, the forceful drop combined with the awesome view and lighting package makes it a memorable drop tower. 9 out of 10 While Morey's Piers closed for the night, the boardwalk was still alive. Normally, I would have checked out the relocated retro arcade, but I passed due to a lack of enforcement of masks inside the venue. Instead, I got some delicious French Fries at Idaho Potatoes. Thanks boldikus for the recommendation! Assuming Morey's Piers can operate normally in 2021 with all the signature rides open and wristbands, I plan to come back. I just hope I have better luck with Zoom Phloom this time!

This place is loaded with lurkers who don’t post (PS: You should post, only a few of us bite). I feel like the new post reactions are the moment they’ve been waiting for.