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Weirdest Things The 'GP' Have Said
johncolon91 replied to maliboomer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Speaking of GADV, I hate that the GP think that Kingda Ka is the best ride in the park. My last ride on it (almost 2 weeks ago) it was extremely rough and I sat in the 4th row. It literally shook the crap out of me the whole ride, and you can hear the trains shake going over the camel hump. -
Thorpe Park Discussion Thread
johncolon91 replied to Rooey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ Looks great and that first drop looks intense. -
I just got back from the park a few hours ago (7/26/2011) and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. The weather was nice for a change, (high 80's, low humidity) and the park wasn't too crowded. We arrived at the safari around 9:45am or so and got into the park just after 10:30am. We headed straight for Kingda Ka...figuring we would get it out of the way first. The line was probably 30-45minutes long and as soon as we got in line the ride shut down and they kicked everyone out of line. We thought about going to Green Lantern but figured that was everyone else's plan. We went to El Toro which was a walk up to the station and maybe a 5-10minuted station wait. We rode in the Stride wrapped train which I think is very ugly and we a sat on a wheel seat (last row of the second to last car) and you could definitely feel any bumps on the track, however it still delivered. The ejector air was even more intense than I remember. After that we went onto Rolling Thunder just because it was a walk up the the station and then headed to Bizarro (also a walk right into the station) which had audio working on our train. The ride didn't have the B&M rattle I remembered except for right after the cobra roll before the MCBR. It did have to Auger of doom with the mist and lights working. After that we rode Runaway Mine Train which was meh in the front and felt more like you were getting pushed which wasn't very comfortable. Then we headed to the opposite side of the park to Skull Mountain thinking it was air conditioned, it wasn't, and it wasn't that fun towards the front either. Then we went to Dark Knight, which WAS air conditioned, yay!! Boring generic mouse but it didnt have a line (one cycle behind going into the show area.) but we rode it to get out of the heat. After that came B:TR which had about a 20minute wait and then Nitro front row which was about a half hour wait. We went on Kingda Ka later in the day and it was extremely rough for me even though we sat in the second row of the second car. We went on Green Lantern to end the night which was pretty go, 10000x better than Shockwave at KD (my only other stand up.) Overall it was a good trip and the lines were not very long. I did notice in almost all the stations when they did visual scan the ops put their hands above their heads which didn't look like they could see very well.
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What Was The Last Coaster You Rode?
johncolon91 replied to SharkTums's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The Great Nor'easter at Morey's Piers, it was my first SLC and will most likely be my last. -
Weirdest Things The 'GP' Have Said
johncolon91 replied to maliboomer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
It is actually, it has two 70mph launches so, 70mph x 2 launches = 140mph. -
This is how it has always been for me at Great Adventure except for one time I went during one of the Thursday night concerts...big mistake. I just wasn't sure if anything has changed, I guess it stills seems to be hit or miss with the crowds. Hopefully this past heatwave will thin out the crowds even with it cooling down next week, I really hate waiting in lines at Six Flags on a hot day and I absolutely refuse to pay any sort of money on a flashpass.
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Moreys Piers Discussion Thread
johncolon91 replied to LcHg5265's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ I went to Morey's July 5th, which was my first time and boy were the coasters rough for me. Nor'easter was absolutely brutal and the boomerang was ok going forward but was pretty rough for me on the backwards run. Great white seemed to be the smoothest (even though its not actually smooth). We sat somewhere in the middle of the train, front row of the car. I had more fun on Flitzer, Doo Whopper and the small red coaster with the OTSR (I can't remember the name). I did not notice any markings on the pier but I wasn't looking at the time and when we got to the pier with "It" on it, it was already dark out. I think that the new woody should help the park and give them a solid ride. -
^ You have to go to "Name Your Own Price" on priceline and enter what you want to pay and what star level hotel you want to stay at. (1-3) However, you do not know what hotel you get until you already pay for. I opted for the Days Inn in Jonestown, PA which is a little out of the way but I used my AAA discount and I know that Days Inn won't have a problem with checking in people who are less than 21 years old (like myself).
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Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread
johncolon91 replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I'm planning on going to KD on May 6th, its a Friday. Last year I went on Saturday May 1st and crowds were not too bad, however volcano had a decent line and FOF had a full queue. Any ideas on how the crowds will be on a Friday as opposed to Saturday? I know on KD's calendar it says Friday is a NASA day, education day, and all that kind of stuff. I would love to go that Sunday but simply can't. -
Odd looking supports
johncolon91 replied to TTDluv123's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I think RMT's supports are weird as well but I think it would look weirder with all steel supports in that particular section of the park. -
Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread
johncolon91 replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^aint that the truth. Tell it to that dreaded Intamin cable though, it hasn't got the memo. -
Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread
johncolon91 replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I just had a great idea come to mind...If I-305 still has trims once whatever is going on is done, we should just paint them like what happened to Pony Express and *BAM* no more trims! Its genius.