coasterbill

double post: blame the alcohol

Lol they put lake water in a water slide complex and didn't put chlorine in it? So during the week does it just sit there like that? yeah you couldn't pay me enough...

Apparently the water park reopened today. I know I normally make jokes about how this place is a dump, and how the water park is a cesspool that was probably the origin of West Nile Virus, and how the park needs to close and be put out of it's misery before it kills somebody... but today I'm not going to do any of that. Instead I'll just leave this picture here from opening day. As you can see I was clearly wrong and the water is looking pristine... No. This is not a joke. I'll wait for the "Conneaut isn't really that bad, the water park is clean and great and Blue Streak is amazing how could you possibly think it sucks?" crowd to show up. They'll be here soon...

Nope. You're good.

You win. Shut the thread down. I'm done.

Montu's pretzel in the back row is flat out ridiculous. I absolutely love that ride.

Nice report. Yeah Flight of Fear at Kings Dominion is infinitely smoother and better than the KI version. I don't really understand how that's possible but I also remember being let down by this one.

Take a look at the old NE Cyclone's layout. Then take a look at Wicked Cyclone. No it wouldn't be pointless. This. But people never learn. Have faith in RMC.

This guy is trying to out-nicman nicman.

Someone get me a drink.

What?

Oh god dammit not another one...

Counting me that makes 3 people. So clearly we can.

Worse than making ANOTHER The Land Before Time sequel when the last one was released 9 years ago? That's the best you could do? If you wanted to make a terrible sequel joke you could at least go with this flaming turd (which I consider to be, without hesitation, the single worst movie ever made)... I'm pretty sure nobody that's seen it would really disagree. Anyway wow, we really steered that off topic.

My in-laws are from Florida, I disagree with this statement.

This might actually be the worst idea ever.

It was which we've never seen before, but sadly we didn't have time to ride it. When we go to parks Brit usually goes along with whatever I want to do, so at Sea World aside from my request of 1 ride on Kraken, Manta and Atlantis I just do whatever she wants to do. It was between Sky Tower and looking at the Sea Turtles so she obviously picked the Sea Turtles. If it's between an animal and anything not involving an animal she'll pick the animal 100% of the time.

Trying to interpret actual hints when the park is openly teasing something is much different than spewing random crap just because you want the park to get something and it fit properly when you tried it in Rollercoaster Tycoon. Nobody is going to go after this post. If you get called out for ridiculous speculation it's because it's ridiculous.

^ Thanks guys! Clearly this thread is evidence of my laziness but I'm backed up on reports I have to do (Including La Ronde because I really, really need to sh*t on La Ronde and the "Jersey-Shore-Credit-Whore-Tour-2016-Ft.-Boldikus,-Alcohol-and-The-World's-Greatest-Log-Flume-Watch-The-F**King-Tram-Car-Please-You-Drunk-A**hole Trip Report ®)" Footnote: The second one is just a working title for now but I think it has a nice ring to it. But anyway I promised you Sea World and that means you'll get Sea World. Our visit was right before the opening of Mako but that wasn't the end of the world. We'll be back, and for us the big draw to Sea World isn't the coasters anyway. I don't know if you guys know but we love the hell out of Sea World. I'm pretty sure my fiance is the only person who goes to Florida specifically for Sea World. They're amazing and they do amazing things for animals. We don't just sip the Sea World Kool Aid, we drink it out of a funnel... a biodegradable earth conscious funnel because otherwise the funnel can wind up in the one ocean (that we all share) and we want to be everyday heroes by recycling the metaphorical funnel. Our day started out at Shamu Stadium! For those who aren't familiar, Shamu Stadium is a stadium that has Shamu in it. See... would I lie to you people? Before the first showing of One Ocean, Sea World had an informational show about whales at 11:00. That was our first stop and I highly recommend it. After the show we hung out in the area and waited for One Ocean to start. Look at that huge crowd of people that also don't buy into PETA's bull***. So awesome... One thing I really liked was that Shamu Statdium was always open to the public, so before and after the shows you could get up close and personal with the whales and the trainers in a really relaxed environment. The trainers were very informative and it's clear that they think of each and every whale as a member of their families. They could all go on for days talking about their individual personalities and behaviors. Whale Hi! (See what I did there?) ... because they're whales. Brit was so happy at this point that she was about to explode. Anyway I know this is a site full of coaster people so I guess I should stop talking about whales and start talking about the coasters. Even though Mako wasn't open they still had 2 great coasters open in Manta and Kraken and we managed to get a ride on both of them. So from now on I promise I'll focus on that and I won't post any more whale pictures... Pfffffffffft.... Okay fine... After we spent about 2 hours in Shamu stadium we headed over to the front of the park for some rides. Sadly I didn't get a ton of pictures because my camera roll was full of Shamu (that's what happens when I give Brit the phone) but they were all running great. We managed a ride on Atlantis with a 10 minute wait and a walk on to Kraken. I made a new buddy on the way over to Kraken. I'm a big Journey to Atlantis fan. While some of the dark ride portion is a little dated it's still a great ride, and I love the splashdown finale. Sadly we were paired with an annoying group of teenagers, but they got sent to row 1 so we got some satisfaction after watching the ride try to drown them. Anyone familiar with the ride knows that after the big drop, there's a small drop after the turnaround that's entirely uneventful in most rows but is pretty much the god damn Poseidon Adventure in the front. That shut them up real quick. Have fun in the family dryer, d*ckbags. After Atlantis we headed over to Manta. I absolutely love this ride. The queue is awesome, the scenery around the ride is awesome, the layout is awesome... I could go on for days. This is the star coaster at Sea World. I firmly believe that Manta is the best coaster in Orlando, does anyone agree? Well, that was your one photo of a ride. I hope you liked it. We tried to ride Antarctica after Manta but the line was posted at 45 minutes. It's a well known fact that this ride sucks, but luckily the non-riders line was only 10 minutes so we hopped in. I absolutely love the Antarctica exhibit. The ride is terrible but the exhibit makes up for all of it. So amazing. So much bird sh*t... We're approaching "Raptor Supports" level of bird sh*t. On land these penguins walk around like I do when I'm walking out of the bar after last call, but as soon as they jump into the water they're incredibly graceful. This guy was particularly entertaining. We were actually pretty short on time despite having the entire day in the park, so for the rest of the day we sort of rushed around. We went through Wild Arctic but didn't have time to do the simulator (which let's be honest isn't a huge loss) and checked out Turtle Trek but without going through the theater (which once again isn't a huge loss). We also made our way into the shark encounter. I have to say Mako has really breathed some life into this area. What was once really dated is now a very modern, bright and inviting section of the park. I'm thrilled with the new addition and with the way it's transformed the area. Such a tease... Whee! I'm a shaaaaaaaaaahk I'm a shaaaaaaaaaahk. I'll leave it at that. Whatever you do, don't Google "I'm a Shark". Welp... the Wild Arctic store is closed. Brit bought everything. By that point it was about time to leave, but we made one last stop over by the dolphins. You used to be able to reach in and pet them, but because people are unbearable idiots and thought that was an invitation to "pet" their faces or their blowholes and then blame the park when the dolphin lightly nipped them they did away with that. Luckily you could still pet them if they came up on the wall which rarely happened because unlike most of the guests at the park that day, dolphins aren't stupid and they're entirely sick of dealing with stupid people all day. This guy finally came over and let us pet him. Thanks for taking one for the team. Your dolphin friends all thank you. After our dolphin encounter it was time to leave. We had a great day at Sea World and highly recommend it to anyone. It has a much more laid back feel than most Florida parks and is underappreciated for how beautiful of a park it actually is. It's a must-do for us on every trip to Florida. Bye Sea World! Thanks for a great day! And a few (LOL okay more than a few) margaritas for the flight home!

As much as I miss WWL, and I do like Log Flumes, and it IS something the park could use... It just seems parks are going away from them pretty heavily right now. As our resident flume aficionado, coasterbill, do you recall what, when, and where the last NEW install of a Flume was/is? Log flumes are still opening but it's been awhile since we've had a new one at a major corporate park in America. I'm actually not sure. It might have been Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls but don't quote me on that.

I'd prefer a log flume to an RMC, but I'm also insane so I'm not really a good gauge of what people actually want. The park desperately needs a flume though.

No Shenandoah Lumber Company 0/10. Begone, heathen.

They just better not do what they did in New England and take away choice of seat. I want that back row.

Good morning everyone!!! I know what you were all thinking. You were all thinking "I already love Fright Fest because of the lackluster mazes and theming, orgy of upcharges and insanely excessive wait times... but I wish there was a way to make those wait times even more excessive." Behold... More flags! More fun!