AmyUD06

My money is on the Superloops getting the ax. I also don't think it bodes well for some of the classic woodies in the chain like Little Dipper at SFGAm and Thunderbolt at SFNE.

LOL. From the chain that just this month began offering $60 season passes valid at all parks.

Nope.

For the record, I was out of there well before the Fright Fest/Hallowfest times, and did not observe any actual pot smoking....just signs about it.

Yeah, it was in the low 50s, and figured that had something to do with it.

Oh, one other note as a positive toward the park that most people will see as a negative: -While Cedar Fair parks went to the extent of removing all in-park smoking zones in exchange for one outside the main gate, SFGAdv seems to have added more.

Stopped by the park today to activate my season pass and get some rides in. A couple of bullet points: -I arrived at around 1:15 with a 1:00 opening. Parking lot was about 1/10th full. -Mask compliance was good from what I saw. Social distancing in non-Flash Pass lines was non-existent. In the Flash Pass queues, adequate distance was being left. -Grouping at every coaster, with a denied front row request at Kingda Ka and second-to-last-row request at El Toro. Accepted back-row requests on Skull Mountain, Nitro, and Batman. -When I left at around 4:00, the parking lot was about 60% full, and estimated queue times were as follows: Batman: 1 hour Nitro: 1.5 hours Skull Mountain: 2 hours Joker: 1 hour Justice League: 2 hours Mine Train: 30 minutes (These were gleaned by doubling the Gold Flash Pass return time indicated on the watch. The app was wildly inaccurate all day.) -With Gold Flash pass, I was able to do the following, in this order: Kingda Ka, 20 minutes for row 6 from locker-in to locker-out, right at opening. Actual queue was a walk-on. El Toro, 18 minutes for row 5 from locker-to-locker. Actual queue was a walk-on. Bizzaro, walk-on for front row. The misters and fire effects were working. Mine Train, one-train wait, front row. Superman, 13 minutes on-and-off for row 7. Skull Mountain, 8 minutes on-and-off for back row. Nitro, 15 minute standby on-and-off, after 15 minute return wait, back row. Batman, 13 minute standby on-and-off, after 15 minute return wait, back row. -Notably, Green Lantern and Cyborg were closed and displayed no signs of opening. -Plenty of people commenting on the incomplete status of Jersey Devil and the complete lack of any activity at the site. -Security was going extra hard on cameras-out enforcement on Nitro, to the point where the ride op was mentioning it every time and it seemed like every other train they stopped it on the lift and walked up to yell at people. -At several points, my Flash Pass watch was not responding to swipes. A few minutes of "cool down" I guess and it worked again each time. I prefer the old ones with buttons, and I still greatly prefer CF's Fast Lane program over this. -Kingda Ka has somehow gotten even rougher than it was during my 2017 visit, to the point of instilling a headache. How SF let this ride deteriorate boggles my mind. -Largely the same experience on El Toro, a lot rougher than it was. Don't know if it was just being cold of if my memory was incorrect, but it also seemed to crawl through the course compared to what I remember. You've dropped out of my Top 5 Wood, sorry. -Holy shit are there a lot more alcohol-serving establishments than there were. I swear I could see one no matter where I stood in the park. -Just as many signs advising against "disorderly behavior and consumption of marijuana" as there were advising of the COVID protocols. Never change, Great Adventure and the shitbag crowds you attract. Anyway, here a picture of the Jersey Devil construction site and one of the queue of Batman shortly before 4:00 PM. Anyway, that's all from this park. Next trip will be Kings Island next weekend.

The point was that under Newsome's guidelines, that's how every state would qualify - not saying what each state is actually doing.

Not trying to get into a debate here, but how is working and earning a living not a constitutional right? Second paragraph man.

Just to further prove how agenda-driven Gov. Newsome and his people are, here you go: Californians will be allowed to congregate and vote without masks. I guess the pursuit of happiness (i.e. putting food on your table) isn't a "foundational constitutional right" in their mind?

More Bayern Kurves are always good. My first (and only) was the one at SFGAdv back when I was a little kid, since Kennywood's was down during my 2017 visit.. I *think* the one from SFGAdv was the one that went to Riverside but I can't be sure.

So, basically no change from before, since all California's major parks are in Moderate (or worse) coded areas, right? Anything further I could say would be construed as a political comment and thus is reserved.

If it was for all SF parks, sure. I plan on hitting a bunch (Georgia, St. Louis, America, Darien Lake) next year pending their opening. That said, Gold season-long is good enough for me being valid only at SFGAdv (a park that I don't plan on visiting super-frequently*) for only $40 more than it would cost for one day of it. If I go only once next year, which is likely, it pays for itself. *In case you missed any of my prior rants, I grew up 15 minutes away and threw away most of my youth working there for 6 years, so it's a bit of a sore spot for me.

Thanks. And yeah, Flash Pass is a no brainer. They're actually selling season-long Gold for only $140 right now, when it would be $100 for just Sunday.

So...I'm highly considering taking advantage of the $60 Season Pass offer that's going on right now (mostly in prep of a road trip next summer when, hopefully, more parks are open) and heading to the park this coming Sunday. I'll admit I haven't really been following what's opened or closed at this park. Really I'm just concerned with Ka, El Toro, Batman, and Skull Mountain. I figure I'm safe in assuming these are all running?

If only everyone had your optimism LOL.

Yeah, I find KI's food options to be decent enough to not necessitate leaving the park. Tom+Chee is the shiznit, and unlike Melt at CP, is on the meal plan. Just avoid any of the pizza places. A tip for the Miami River Brewhouse to skip the line is to just ask to sit at the bar. Every time I've asked the host if I could just go in, they've allowed it.

Those signs have been the same since Mystic opened, so I'm pretty sure there's nothing to read into them.

I'll admit that I'm one of those "change for the sake of change of alone is bad" people, but if this improves the experience for mobile users that's a win. One question - in the old forum, the thread/post title would appear above every post. Now, it's just at the top of the page. Any way to restore the old way?

With Fast Lane it won't matter what order you tackle the coasters. Pretty much every coaster there that accepts Fast Lane (which is all of the adult coasters except Bat and Woodstock Express) has the merge point at the station. Do what you want and enjoy your day.

Not KI, but at CP on Saturday the 3rd of October it barely broke 60 degrees and the park was busier that it had been during my July or August visits. Fast Lane highly recommended.

Trip report coming maybe, but I had an awesome time at CP the weekend of the 3rd and 4th, with my super-expensive-but-totally-worth-it all-season Platinum Fast Lane+. Those without were having a less good time on Saturday - waits of 60 minutes plus for things like Iron Dragon and Corkscrew, 2 hours for Valravn, Raptor, Maverick, etc. Saturday, Maverick was running, as was every other adult coaster and Power Tower. Sunday was rainy so I didn't stick around all day but if the weather cleared was probably better. I had to have one of my cats put down on Wednesday, so I'm still in kinda a mood about that, but good to have the forum back.

No worries. Just getting me concerned as it is my #1 and I'm planning on going to the park this weekend.

Really? Where is it listed to not operate this weekend? I couldn't find that on the website.

Yeah, they're selling the all-season Fast Lane+ add on to Gold and Platinum passes, not daily Fast Lanes. Apologies if it came off confusing.