AmyUD06

You say "correct," I say that if you were towards the very front of the SV AP line when they started giving them out, Maverick will still have a substantial AP line once you get your SV one, thus wasting time standing in that line when you could be picking up other passes (the Millennium line will be dissipating while you're walking there) and by the time you make it back to Maverick there will be no wait for an AP and you're also right next to where your first AP will be redeemed. This strategy worked every single day I tried it (4 days out of the 5 I was there over the summer), and I only had minimal downtime upon arriving back at the tip of Frontiertown before my SV AP time. But to each their own.

The US will never come close to a 100% take rate for a COVID vaccine. Hell, for the 2018-2019 flu season, only 45% of adults got the flu shot, which has been tested and proven to have minimal side effects over the past several decades. Tetanus vaccination is only around 63%. Pneumococcal vaccination is around 25%. Any COVID vaccine available will be unproven outside of trials, not to mention the politics surrounding it....I'd be very surprised if the take rate broke 10% the first year. If "everyone vaccinated" is the Governor's criteria, I feel really bad for the economy up there.

FL will always help with lines, especially at a park like KI where almost all the lines merge at the station. I have to call some BS on your friends' account of "2 hour Fast Lane waits" at CP though, unless rides broke down. Even at its worst during a normal season, the Fast Lane line for SV barely broke an hour.

You're not completely wrong in your declaration, but I visited a total of 5 days so far this year and did not have any issues with the Access Passes, including waiting in excessive lines or not being able to get a pass (I did every time). Yes, it involves planning out your day, and you may not get as many rides on the big four as you would have otherwise, but it's not a complete disaster unless you let it become one. And from here on out, with FL being available for purchase again if you're a passholder, if you absolutely must get more than 1 or 2 rides on each in one day, you have the ability to make that happen.

If crowds are like what they were during the summer, I was able to grab Access Passes for all four rides during each morning session I went. Strategies vary, but mine was: 1. Get to SV as early as possible and wait in the AP line; with resort gate access, entering as soon as they let you, you should be among the first 25 people in that line. 2. Once you get your SV AP, briskly stroll to MF and get your AP there. 3. Loop around under Corkscrew and grab your TTD AP. 4. Make your way back to Maverick and grab that AP. 5. You will now be back in the area of SV, likely 10-15 minutes before your AP time. Don't forget to show your previously-acquired APs to the person giving out the APs at the next line, so you won't get duplicate times. Also, if you're a passholder (CP Gold or CF Platinum), don't forget that all-season Fast Lane is now available for both this year and next. Pricey, but worth it IMHO. I just bought mine for my CP trip this weekend, and it'll also get use at KI for the weekend of 10/31-11/1, not to mention whatever trips I get in next year.

Yeah, White House is about the only redeeming quality about Atlantic City (especially with the pandemic), but they make the best cheesesteak I've ever had (and I frequent Philly!) as was as some banging cold subs too. There's also two really cool retro video game/toy stores (Level Up in Hamilton Mall and Farpoint on Route 40 east of the mall) right in the area, too, if you're into that sort of thing.

Nice report! I've probably driven past this place a hundred times, as it's on my way to AC. Please tell me you stopped into White House Subs while you were in the area?

Those look like Skyrush-style lap bars. Get ready for the complaints LOL.

So Hershey is running a sale right now of $34.95 for a one-day ticket for Hersheypark in the Dark in October. How bad do crowds get on a Saturday pre-Covid? As bad as every other theme park for Halloween events? I notice they're only open 2-9.

Probably the same way every other park is, having the character in a cordoned off area and available for photographs but not hugs or high-fives.

Might just be switching to the newer-style RMC double-wheel trains.

Are you talking about Six Flags Darien Lake? Yes. That is the park this thread is about...

Glad to hear. This bodes well for the trip I'm planning for the last operating weekend of the year.

It was funny since the ride is already a RMC.

Um...just LOL.

Blame Murphy's indoor dining edicts.

The one at Upper Clements Park? Google Map imagery from earlier this year indicates it's still there.

If you intended to try to get more than one ride on Fahrenheit, Great Bear, or Candymonium, I would say yes.

Thank you for your very valuable contribution to the discussion. Meanwhile my post cited aspects of 2020 that I hope are different in 2021. You know, the topic of the conversation. *shrug* Not going to argue with you.

Well, the OP of the post cares because he's the one that asked the question. Don't know why you're being needlessly hostile for someone sharing their opinion. Please note that my post was specifically in reply to the one above it; in retrospect I should have quoted it. And I stand by my assessment that no one cares if you dislike the current state of affairs and aren't going to parks because of it, as the post mine was responding to states. That does not add anything to the discussion of what parks will be like in 2021 or beyond.

*shrug* One less person in line. No one cares.

*Delete - the post I was responding to was deleted*

Was Beast closed for some reason while you were there? Nope. Same issue at Kings Dominion surprisingly; the nearest bathrooms to their FoF/i305 area is buried up in the middle of Safari Village.

Watch out Jason, political posts aren't allowed here.

Hmm...that almost makes a blitz trip out for Saturday 10/3 possible...