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I need to start hitting up these Jersey Shore parks. So far I have a grand total of 0 Jersey Shore credits.

Did anyone read the original post?

I don't even see how we're having a conversation about parks like Carowinds when DirkFunk just won the thread. Even if we ignore Fury and Intimidator if Sun Park had Afterburn everyone would think it was the greatest thing ever built. Hell even if you take the Carowinds lineup without Afterburn, Fury or Intimidator that would still leave them with a better lineup by a mile. If Carowinds had 10 clones of Hurler and that's it I would take that over that Golden Horse and Beijing Jiuhua Amusement Rides Manufacturing Co knock-off train wreck. Here's the list of parks with 10 or more coasters.. there's nothing close to being as bad as Sun Park. Six Flags Magic Mountain Cedar Point Canada's Wonderland Kings Island Kings Dominion Six Flags Great America Carowinds Hersheypark Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Great Adventure Europa Park Wiener Prater Nagashima Spa Land Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags New England Knott's Berry Farm La Ronde Lagoon Blackpool Pleasure Beach Sun Park

... hard to argue with that.

Wimp! I was waiting for that.

It's a play on the word clear. Follow the clues... once you add the 15 (the amount of days left) and divide by pi, carry the 2, then use those coordinates on a ouija board it spells out "All clear means you're out of here. Sit back, hang on tight and enjoy your flight on Divehawk 223.

They're actually calling for evacuations from that storm so calling it "Inclement Weather" is actually a bit of an understatement. This is totally understandable.

In my opinion Hersheypark blows Great Adventure away in every single area except for coasters. Great Adventure has the slight edge there, but Hershey's coasters are great too.

... August 18 was Leviathan's announcement date. It's also Roberto Clemente's birthday and the 403rd anniversary of the trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches, among the most famous of England's witch trials. It's also recognized as "Bad Poetry Day". All of these clues can only mean one thing... absolutely nothing.

Over the weekend we took a trip out to Hershey and decided to do it right this time by getting a hotel nearby so we could be there from open to close and not have to worry about a 3.5 hour drive each way. We went on a busy Saturday but we knew what we were getting into and were prepared for lines. The place was packed but the weather was perfect and we had an absolutely great time. I love the atmosphere of Hershey and every time I go I wonder why we don't visit more often. The park has a great atmosphere, everything looks like it's maintained extremely well, the landscaping is beautiful and the staff and clientele is always friendly. I love visiting this park between the solid coaster collection, great flat collection and awesome atmosphere. Despite the lines, we managed to get on every coaster we wanted to (we already had every credit except for Laff Trakk). We skipped Trailblazer, SIdewinder, Wildcat and Wild Mouse which are all rides I could have ridden but didn't mind missing out on either. Anyway... on to the rides. Laff Trakk 1x Once the park opened we headed right to Laff Trakk but were greeted with a full queue spilling out onto the entrance. The line moved faster than expected though and after a little more than an hour we were on. The line was a little ridiculous because it's a new ride, but overall we loved it and think it's a great addition to the park. The interactive elements in the queue were a nice touch and everyone seemed to be enjoying them too. Lightning Racer 2x This ride was running as great as ever. In the morning it was a walk on and later in the day it was about 20 minutes (the waterpark had just closed) but it's easily worth the wait as it's an exceptional ride. We rode both sides and I can't pick a favorite. Farenheit 1x We rode this relatively early in the day and only had to wait about 30 minutes. I have high standards for Intamin so I've always considered this to be a bit of a let-down but we actually really enjoyed it the other day. The ending is quite forceful and while it's not nearly as intense as the other 2 Intamin coasters in the park it's still a lot of fun. I love that lift and first drop. Storm Runner 2x This is absolutely my favorite coaster in the park. Both times the wait was about 45 minutes to an hour but we waited for the front both times and I'm glad we did. This ride is a powerhouse with an awesome first hill / drop and as soon as you dive down from that barrel roll the ride goes absolutely nuts. I can't get enough of Storm Runner. Coal Cracker 2x I love Coal Cracker... the drop and bounces that follow are great and we got a little more wet on this than we remember which was nice. We rode once during the day and waited about 30 minutes and again at night with a walk-on. Comet 1x This ride is tremendously fun. It's not overly forceful, it doesn't have much airtime but it rides great and always delivers a smooth, fun ride. Apparently we're not along in our love for this ride because it always has a huge line, even in the afternoon when a lot of people have moved on to the back of the park. Skyrush 1x We've ridden this once before and I didn't really know how to feel about it. On one hand it delivered an insane ride, probably the most intense ride I've ever ridden outside of Maverick and I305 and I loved that. On the other hand my ride was so uncomfortable that I was almost wishing it would end. After reading the great reviews we were both excited to give it another shot and we were going to make sure we gave it more than just one ride like we did on our last visit. After riding again I still don't know how to feel about this ride. I rode on the outside left seat on the back row and it was flat our ridiculous in a good way. I love super-intense coasters and this more than delivered... but once again those horrendous restraints had me wishing the ride would end. Call me a whimp if you want but I can really only ride this ride once a visit. It's a cool experience but I still don't know what I think of it because those lap bars are brutal. I don't dislike the ride but I don't really like it either. I'm just confused by it... it's not that it's too intense for me as we power-ride Maverick all the time, it's just a painful experience. I'm glad it's there because it's a very unique ride, but it's always going to be a once-a-visit ride for me. And that's okay... my girlfriend absolutely hated it though (and again... she power rides El Toro, Maverick and I305 all the time) so next time we visit I may be riding alone. Great Bear 4x We ended the night with 3 consecutive front seat rides on this criminally underrated coaster. It's a short ride but I love the unique layout and every element (especially the zero g roll and corkscrew) is really forceful and fun. I love every B&M invert I've ever ridden and this is no exception. What a great ride. Why don't people talk about this coaster more? Sooperdooperlooper 2x Praise be to Anton. Amen. This ride is just all kinds of great. Not only is the loop itself really forceful but the entire layout is fun and it's so great to see the atmosphere around the ride and the general appreciation the ride seems to have from everyone. By now It's normal for old rides to close for future expansion and everyone always reacts the same way... everyone decides that they loved it and a giant nostalgia-fest ensues where it becomes everyone's "favorite ride" even though the rides never had lines until the last week of operation. Sooperdooperlooper is the exception to this rule and it's amazing to see. I'm not saying Sooperdooperlooper is ever going to close because I highly doubt that it ever will. My point is that this is a rare example of a classic ride that everyone seems to genuinely love and appreciate and even though there are plenty of newer, better rides in the park people flock to Sooperdooperlooper in droves. The ride always has huge lines, it seems to be a right of passage for all the kids that visit and we saw everyone from little kids to senior citizens getting on the looper and having an absolute blast. It's amazing walking around the park and nearby areas that in a park with a launched Intamin rocket coaster, a ridiculously intense hyper and a huge invert all you see is people walking around with "I survived Sooperdooperlooper" shirts but it's really all you see. It's so great to see a classic like this that's as loved and appreciated as it is. Clearly the ride is a local legend and kudos to Hersheypark and the Hersheypark clientele for giving it the appreciation it deserves. In addition to the coasters, we also took in a few other rides (Kissing Tower, Skyview, Falcon and probably a few I'm forgetting). We usually ride more but we sort of ran out of time. We did get to check out the Sea Lion show which was very entertaining and yesterday morning we got to spend some time at Chocolate World and go through the ride and check out the new chocolate tasting experience. We had a great weekend visit at Hershey and will absolutely be back soon.

You can enter any gate for Early Entry. As far as waiting to ride Maverick, I always suggest riding Dragster (not open for Early entry), and Maverick quickly as they're not the most reliable rides in the world and I'd hate to see you miss out just because you were holding out to ride them later. Cedar Point's maintenance team does a good job with them and I know you're there for 2 days but it's better to be safe than sorry. Also, Fastlane or not Early Entry is the time to ride Maverick as it gets ridiculous lines.

That screams of Valravn to me...

Yup, you remember correctly.

I like Hydra. It's far from my favorite floorless but everyone gets on B&M for building unoriginal rides and with Hydra they actually did something unique. Straight drop, barrel roll right out of the station, a turnaround after the drop followed by 2 barrel roll / corkscrew style elements rather than the standard loop / dive loop. I like the ride, at least it's something different...

Awesome pics. I've never been to Battery Park but it looks like a great place.

Went to Dorney again yesterday for a really quick stop which was totally unplanned. We went to visit our old neighbors who live about a mile from the park on the way home from Hershey and they suggested stopping by to ride a few coasters and go to Chickie and Pete's for dinner. They're not coaster people but we sort of just went with the flow yesterday and ended up riding Talon, Hydra and Dominator before going to dinner and then heading out. We had a lot of fun, we parked in the overflow lot as the park looked really slammed but of course everyone was in the waterpark and every coaster was a 5 minute wait tops. Somehow that's the most crowded I've ever seen the place.

This... Also the capacity seems like it'll be horrific

I agree Maverick sucks, nobody should ride it and get in that slow moving queue ahead of me. Ejector airtime and ridiculously amazing transitions all with great new pain free restraints (even though it was fine before) is just a complete waste of time.

Here's a mini (and I mean mini) TR from yesterday... On our way to Hershey for the weekend we stopped by Dorney for an hour or so last night to get some rides in. Since we got there about an hour before closing we only had time to ride a few rides but I'd say it was a successful little pit stop. Since it was a beautiful Friday in July after the water park closed you could imagine that the dry park was ridiculously busy... It was so busy that at one point Hydra and Talon almost managed to send out half-full trains and we were faced with a MULTI minute wait for Steel Force but we managed to tough it out and get on the front seat after 5 long, hard minutes of waiting. Since we were short on time we decided to just hit all of our favorites in order. We started with Talon and walked right onto the front seat. Honesly I really don't give this ride enough credit, it's a really good coaster. I love the finale of low to the ground, high speed turns. After that we blasted a few people taking a night ride on White Water landing with water guns and then took a ride on Hydra which was also a walk on. Fun ride as always... Love the jojo roll. Next we booked it down the hill to Thunder Creek mountain and Demon Drop. I don't know why but I love log flumes at night and Thunder Creek mountain is one of my favorites. I really might consider it the best ride at Dorney... Demon Drop was as great as ever. Since the lines were so ridiculously non-existent and we'd already ridden the 4 rides we considered "must-rides" we decided to try for Steel Force and Posessed. We got a front seat ride on Steel Force which is really the only seat we ever sit in on this ride. It's very dull everywhere else but an absolute blast in the front. We tried to get over to Posessed but missed it by less than 5 minutes. So all in all we had a great little visit to Dorney. There's nothing of interest to report but as usual the park was looking great, staff were friendly and efficient and we had a ton of fun. Every time I go to Dorney I like it more and more. Oh... And we're now the proud owners of a Dinosaurs Alive stuffed animal that my girlfriend has named "Dorneysaurus" and she thinks it should be the official mascot of our Pennsylvania weekend. So... Woohoo lol

First off: Who are you to call somebody "stupid", or get pissed off at them, just because because they enjoyed a coaster that you think is terrible?!?! I mean... what?!?! This.

I feel like Tony moved the webcam to the wall, then immediately clicked over to a few coaster forums, cracked open a beer and just started hitting refresh over and over to enjoy the show.

Reddit is okay, I have an account and every once in awhile (like once every few weeks) I go on there but I like this format much, much better. Forums in general are a dying breed I guess but this one seems to be very active and the forum format works perfectly for the subject matter of TPR. I vote no.

I love the Gatekeeper one.