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Thanks for the info!

Can someone please advise me of how operations are during the winter months? Me and a friend are thinking about traveling from the east coast specifically to visit the park for a weekend in February. I don’t expect operations to be anywhere near what they would be in the busy summer months. However, I’d still like to make sure all the coasters and major attractions will be open and the park won’t close early due to something like low attendance.

Thanks for the info! Guess I’ll take my chances.

Planning on going to the park this Saturday. I’m noticing a 40% chance of scattered thunderstorms. Is it worth it to chance it? Driving all the way from Pittsburgh. Not sure of the rain policy at the park. I know I’ve read before that they closed the park early for a small amount of rain. Figured I’d get some opinions.

So glad to hear thank you because I was really looking forward to riding it and I also didn’t get a chance to go on Skilull Mountain yet so I was hoping they would be open despite not being on the list.

Just realized Wonder Woman isn't on the fright night list. That's odd since it's the new attraction.

When I rode it Saturday we experienced 3 rollbacks. Each launch got weaker and weaker. They launched it a fourth time with only the first 4 rows filled and it only made it 2/3 of the way up. So I assume something with the launch.

Yup I did and I was sooooo grateful because I literally got to ride everything multiple times and avoid those insane lines. Best $169 I ever spent. I can’t ever picture myself not buying the fastlane+ when I go back. Glad I got it early because it sold out that day. I was also lucky to get 3 rollbacks on Dragster before it was shutdown. Literally the first time I ever got one or even saw it rollback at night time. They launched us twice in a row, made us get off for about 10 mins, launched us again, then when we didn’t even crest the top they shut it down. I also love how the park let us ride well past midnight when they were due to close. Seems like most parks start cutting off lines before closing time even approaches. We didn’t leave until about 12:45. Best day ever!!! Did you end up getting FL+? Queue-times shows that yesterday had some insane lines: Blue Streak (!!) was over an hour wait around noon Corkscrew was showing 90 minutes (!!!!) a lot of the day GateKeeper was up to 105 minutes in the evening Gemini and Iron Dragon showed 30-45 minutes all day Raptor was over two hours in the early afternoon Rougarou was a half hour or longer wait most of the day Steel Vengeance was showing a three hour wait for a brief period

Headed to the park tomorrow. I planned on getting fastlane plus which was $155 and of course I procrastinated and it’s now $169 which is the most I’ve ever seen it. Is there any chance of the price going back down or should I just get it now? What’s the most expensive it’s ever been?

How are the seats and restraints? Is this going to be a difficult ride for larger guests to fit into?

Haha I knew the Nitro comments would cause some backlash. It wasn’t a bad coaster. Like I said, I just think my expectations were too high. B&M hypers/Gigas are practically the only coasters I’ve never experienced, so I had built up years of anticipation for this ride. Maybe next time will be better, now that I know what to expect from it. My friend loved it!

I’ve wanted to experience this park for the past 10 years and yesterday I FINALLY got the chance. This park is awesome! Definitely my second favorite behind Cedar Point. Overall the coaster lineup is solid. A few coasters actually surprised me. I had a tough time picking my top five. Operations were also very impressive. El Toro - AMAZING! Second to last seat was the best. There’s nothing I could say about this coaster that hasn’t been said. Superman - The pretzel loop has to be the most intense element of any coaster I’ve ever experienced. I expected this ride to be a let down since it just seemed like a bunch of curves. Boy was I wrong! I was obsessed with this thing. It’s so much better than the Vekoma Flying Dutchman. Kingda Ka - Once I noticed this ride was down 4 hours I expected it to last the entire day, since I constantly hear how bad Six flags operations are. Nope, the ride opened around 8:30 and we managed to get on in under 30 mins. I loved it! I didn’t notice any roughness. I sat in the third row. The OTSR also didn’t make too much of a difference to me. Although there’s no airtime, I did appreciate the small hill following the massive drop. Dragsters theming is the only thing that makes me prefer it over this ride. Bizarro - Hands down the best floorless coaster. Glad to see the effects were working. I’ve been looking for a floorless coaster to impress me the way Dominator did back when it was Batman at Six Flags Ohio. So many inversions! This coaster was very well paced. Green Lantern - I loved the layout and transitions on this ride. Everything flows so well. I experienced very little if any headbanging. This was the perfect stand up coaster. I have no complaints at all about this ride. Joker - Pure fun! Very comfortable, very smooth, leagues better than Green Lantern at Magic Mountain. I wish it would have had one more level of track. Would love to see Cedar Point take a coaster like this to new heights and make it even more intense. Batman - The compact layout mixed with a bunch of twists, turns, and inversions really works for this ride. Although it is a clone, I enjoyed this one better than SFOT. Nitro - Very underwhelming, this was a surprise. I’ve always looked forward to trying a B&M hyper because I love how open the seats appeared. The ride felt entirely too controlled. I have Phantom’s revenge at my home park. Magnum is also next door. So I’m used to the out of control, “HOLY CRAP” experience on hypers. I may have set my expectations too high. Never thought I’d put a stand up coaster over a hyper. Dark knight - Horrible! I actually enjoy wild mouse coasters but this coaster has practically no drops. One of the things I love about the wild mouse, are the sudden drops that appear out of nowhere. With this ride being indoors, they had every opportunity to take advantage of that and they didn’t. I agree with most of the others that this park just needs a giga or multi-launch and it would feel complete. Just one more large scale coaster. I’d give this park an 8 out of 10. Loved it!!

Sheesh, that sucks! I was looking forward to riding it. Thanks for your help. Will the regular flash pass suffice on extremely busy days?

What day does Wonder Woman actually open to the general public? I have a membership but my friend doesn't. I really want to ride but I don't want to be rude and ditch him. Can anyone also give me an idea of what type of crowds I can expect at the park? We're going Saturday.

The trains look amazing. I wish they would hurry up and finish this thing. I cannot wait to see it in action. Still can’t believe my home park has a new coaster. Especially one with these stats.

They’ve become a lot better. Years ago it felt like if I didn’t get my seatbelt fastened immediately or they couldn’t get the OTSR down the first time, it was pretty much oh well you can’t fit. These days I find that even when I do occasionally have trouble, they’ll at least make the effort to help with the belt or give the restraint a good push. If you can’t fit on a b&m they’ll let you wait on the side for a big boy seat. I recommend not having anything big in your pockets, no belt if you can, no hoodie or jacket. If your wallet is very thick, consider taking a single card (put it in your phone case) and leaving the wallet behind. Those things can prevent the restraint from going down a bit further than it potentially could. Also if you have a gut place the lap bar under your gut. Since they won’t allow you to push down your own restraint on SV I typically suck in, press my back against the seat, and raise my butt about an inch off the seat. It allows the restraint to be pressed more so onto my lap and not into my gut. Sounds strange but it’s gotten me on every single time. Lastly, pick which side of the train you sit on based on which attendant seems more helpful. Watch how they load the trains prior. Some will go out of their way more than others. Congrats on the weightloss, good luck!

I can confirm Steel Vengeance opened up around 5. I had my eye on the coaster the entire time I was there, as I was anxiously awaiting for it to open. While it was testing it appeared to be going noticeably slow. However, once I finally got on around 9 that thing was hauling. It delivered an amazing ride, as expected and they had all 3 trains running. Waited about 2 hours and 45 minutes. Waited even longer for Millennium Force, surprisingly.

Steel Vengeance is still testing with water dummies in all the trains. Dragster just had its second rollback and I have yet to see another train launch at this point.

You’ve been a great help! Thanks again to you and Johnlloyd who commented above.

Can I ask one last question? Since it’ll only be the second week, are they pretty good with getting most of the rides open? No prob. Lately I've been enjoying it in the front as its a totally different ride, but without question the 2nd-to-last row is the place to go. The station is long and narrow, and everyone will crowd around the front so most times you have to excuse your way past the crowd to get to the back. The very last row will have a longer wait than the 2nd-to-last and that row is not over a wheel so its considerably smoother and the ride is basically the same (forces, airtime) as sitting in the very, very back.

Thank you, I appreciate your feedback. El Toro is one the main reasons for my visit so that’s great news.

I’ll be visiting this park for the first time on 4/13 as a single rider. Before I drive 5hrs across state I just wanted to make sure this park doesn’t have any policies against single riders. I attended SFOT for the first time last month and I did not enjoy my experience at all. I’m not sure if it’s because the park was dead but I got a lot of hassle trying to ride alone.The Mr. Freeze coaster turned me away until another single rider came along. Judge Roy scream and Batman forced me to switch seats because I chose to ride in the back of the train where it was empty and made me move to the front. Can someone please share their single rider experience from the Great Adventure Park?

Thanks so much!! Another user pointed out that you had suggested a few of these in the past and it worked for me. I really appreciate these useful tips because I literally would have missed out on such an amazing ride had it not been for this. - Were you wearing a belt? Take it off. - Did you have ANYTHING in your pocket at all? Take EVERYTHING out of your pockets. - Did you make sure the seat belt buckle wasn't right under where the bar needed to push down? - Pull your shirt up a bit and make sure the material on your shirt and/or shorts isn't bunching up causing that bar not to go down just a little bit more. - Lift your gut over the bar - Scan the crew before you sit down. Make sure you're sitting on a side where it looks like the op could put more strength into pushing your bar down. These are often the most common things I see during our ERT sessions when people can't fit. 99% of the time one of these things will resolve that issue.

It’s crazy how the little things like a wallet or belt can make such a huge difference. I told myself once I managed to fit on Millenium and Dragster that there was no way I was leaving the park without getting on Steel Vengeance. And although I had to wait twice for one ride it was so worth it. Glad it worked out for you as well! I had the same problem. Just needed a little push on the lap bar but they wouldnt do it. Fortunately for me, i was able to get the little push during ERT. Robb told me while we were at Hershey not to wear a belt, and it made a HUGE difference. So if you had some on, i recommend taking it off.

I took everything out my pockets and managed to fit perfectly without even having to do anything extra. OMG that ride is EPIC!!! Best rollercoaster I’ve ever been on. I wish I wouldn’t have had trouble earlier because I literally would have just rode that thing all day long. if you're close, take anything out of your pockets too. i think a wallet can sometimes make the difference of riding or not. i'd also check out who's working and on what side of the train and try to sit where the big guy is working so he can push down on the lap bar.