The SETGO Guys

Which one? I rode the SFGAd Stand Up- Green Lantern last week. I really enjoyed it, I sat in the back row and enjoyed a smooth ride!

Quick little News Flash here.... RE-OPENING ON AUGUST 15th! I'm really excited! If you have a seasonal pass (Like myself)....unfortantly that is a blackout date for you. I believe the earliest you can see it would be the 18th. Great to see this back and open before WDW has its 40th Anniversary!

Wow! Coney Island looks great! I'm really happy that so much work has been put in to restore this classic amusement park! (I really love the look of the Steeplechase ride!) Wooden Warrior looks amazing too! I'm glad to hear that its so thrilling, It really doesn't look like that! Keep up the awesome updates and enjoy the trip!

Tallest Steel- Kingda Ka! Tallest Wood- El Toro!

SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE! PART 1 of 3 (This first part will be regular park photos, I'll post my salute to The Dark Knight ride soon!) Park Hours for Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 10:30AM - 10:00PM Admission Prices- General Admission $59.99 Junior Under 54" $36.99 2 & Under FREE ______________________ The day began promptly at 10:30 with this (not so) little ride that goes by the name of KINGDA KA! WOW! I went into this coaster pretty relaxed expecting a launch along the lines of Rock'n'Rollercoaster. I was so off! That launch is really intense! The upwards climb was more fun IMO than than going down, the Bunny hill provides a nice ending to the ride, that I really liked. Now, this ride needs a refurb! It rattled like crazy. Since I did this within the first 30 mins of park opening, I enjoyed a 5 minute wait! I don't think I'd ever wait again in a line over that for KK. Its a fun ride, but is to intense for repeatability. (And I have a really high thrill tolerance!) The Official Ride description "The fierce Kingda Ka is the tallest coaster in the World, fastest in North America. This remarkable thrill ride breaks all world records for coaster speed and height, zooming from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds and catapulting you 45 stories into the sky." -Get propelled horizontally at 128 mph via hydraulic launch -Hang on tight as you shoot 90 degrees into a quarter-turn -Blast 456 feet high, then plunge vertically into a 270-degree spiral -Experience weightlessness as you swoop down a valley and up a 129-foot camel hump Kingda Ka Skyline Loading station-The station is dual loading, they were running one side. However 3 train operations were great! Another Overview of the Station taken from the exit ramp. Train in position for launch! A short distance away from Kingda Ka the next coaster- GREEN LANTERN Green Lantern was a pleasant surprise! I really didn't go in expecting too much. (In fact I was under the impression that a Stand-up Coaster may be painful to the lower region of my body) However the ride was really smooth and fun! In fact I even grayed out a little on some parts (I've never grayed out on a Coaster before) I think if Six Flags put in a bit of landscaping (Other than the weeds growing in the asphalt underneath the coaster) the ride experience would be a bit nice and maybe seem more intense. SCIENCE NOTE- To determine speed (in your head) the eyes of a human will lock on to an object and calculate how fast you are seeming to go based on the amount of time it is in your vision. The ride fits in pretty well in the area, with Superman as its next door neighbor, its located in a small mini-land themed to Aviation. (The Green Lantern was supposedly a Pilot.....I don't really know) The whole Green Lantern area looks like something out of Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. (Which is really cool!) I ended up waiting about 45 mins for Green Lantern. The ride crew was awesome! One thing I want to point out about this ride. IT IS NOT NEW!!!!! It was a used coaster, (not that it matters) A little History from Wikipedia-- It was originally constructed at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky in 1997, where it was known as Chang.The ride was removed in 2009, and debuted at Six Flags Great Adventure in 2011. The ride would received a DC Comics Green Lantern theme, to coincide with the Green Lantern movie that came out in 2011. The Offical Ride description "The new GREEN LANTERN stand-up coaster delivers a smooth, white-knuckled adventure – but this time standing up while upside down! A GREEN LANTERN must be someone who has the ability and willpower to overcome great fear. Stand up to your fear on this 15-story ride of twisting green steel." Green Lantern really fits into the Skyline well! "STAND UP TO YOUR FEAR!" ....Wait I'm supposed to be scared? Green Lantern kept the two trains it used when it was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom. A third train was taken from Riddlers Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California. (Think of it as revenge....Riddlers Revenge at SFMM took records from Chang when it opened.) Next we took a small walk down the Boardwalk area of the park to the "Plaza Del Carnaval" area of the park. This area features 3 rides (2 Coasters, 1 Flat) . One of them being the BEST RIDE/COASTER in the park IMO. Whats great about walking in this area of the park is you can get a great pictures of the parks two Intamin Coasters, El Toro and Kingda Ka. I call this area of the park INTAMIN-LAND! The Boardwalk Midway area. The parachute tower, I think was moved from my last visit to make room for Green Lantern. It also looks like it got a new paint job! INTAMIN! (I keep my Intamin Lanyard with me at all times, to show my love of Intamin....if anyone has a B&M lanyard that could compliment it....(Or if they exsist)) Taking a break from Intamin land we head over to a Dueling Wooden Coaster manufactured by William Cobb & Associates in 1979. ROLLING THUNDER! Last time I rode Rolling Thunder Last time I rode rolling(around 3 years ago) I found it very rough and unenjoyable (So much so that I only rode one side) However today it ran much better, with most of the ride being somewhat smooth. Now I had forgotten which side I had ridden since my first visit (I didn't ride it on my second visit) so I decided to be safe....I needed to ride both sides. Now this ride is not even close to the word popular, and it takes FOREVER to dispatch, I really don't know why! The crew moved pretty fast, each time I rode....I chose the wrong side. First time I rode there was a 2 train wait. Someone had just threw up. It took 4 dispatches on the other side to clean it up. Finally we get on, No airtime, nothing to exciting. UNTIL, I spot some cars sitting off next to the coaster track. It was some Arrow Looper cars! A closer look at them showed that they were from Great American Scream Machine! One of them had the wrapping, one of them not wrapped. One my second round (There was a small bottleneck created in the station so I had to wait a few trains in the line) I double checked to see if they were really the train. I walked around the queue a bit and got some pictures of the trains, and as a bonus I found the Mine Train cars under refurb too! Rolling Thunder Station! The ones on the left are still wrapped! From the Queue of Rolling Thunder you could see some mine train cars getting some love! BUZZBARS! (For those of you unfamiliar with the....from the name you might get a bit of an idea of how they work!) Station Shot- Six Flags has been doing a great job in the upkeep of this ride! Thanks!!!! (As a joke- If Six Flags was ever to change the name of the ride would be to change it to "Rusting Thunder" or "Rotting Thunder") SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are trademarks of Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. ®, TM and © 2011. ®/™ M&M's, the letter M and SNICKERS are registered trademarks of Mars, Inc. and its affiliates © Mars, Incorporated 2011. ©2011 Discover Bank, Member FDIC © 2011 Wm. Jr. Company. All Rights Reserved. Skittles, Starburst and all affiliated designs are registered trademarks of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company or its subsidiaries. Stride, Trident, Dentyne and all related trademarks and indicia are owned by Cadbury Adams USA LLC. LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. BATMAN, SUPERMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics. SCOOBY-DOO and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Hanna-Barbera.(s11)

This is awesome! (A bit pricey....) but still awesome! I'll be there!

Cedar Point is trying to break world records- Unfortunately none of them deal with coasters

That was the first thing my Physics teacher told us about Coasters this year! "COASTERS AREN'T POWERED BY MOTORS!"

Non-Disney..... Marriot- Nice rooms, Theming (At some hotels) and good staff. (Really all HOTEL chains are pretty good)

I like them all. But Disney has the best hotels out there in terms of theming and confort. (I think we can count them as a Chain) The fact that they have such a wide range of hotels too really makes them an amazing brand!

I wanted to see it....Darn

Whats funny (and cheap) is that -Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue- is a re-themed version of a previous ride that went by the name of Superstar Limo. (The ride was very unpopular...as with the rest of early DCA) Disney actually didn't make very many changes to the ride to transfer it over to Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue. All of the so called Audio-Animatronics (Though figures were animated (moving arms or heads), none of Disney's famed human-like Audio-Animatronics technologies were used in the attraction.) were basically just given a new exterior, the ride cars rethemed, and some new sets added. (I typed this yesterday...but forgot to post it)

Anything with a wait time over 20 mins! -In all seriousness, I used to be terrified of all coasters, but know I've build up a tolerance to coasters and now I just love the feeling of forces and all of the engineering aspects of a ride! -3-D movies and water rides. I hate getting sprayed by water in 3-D Movies, all the effects and noise just drive me insane. So with the exception of the Disney 3-D movies I usually try to avoid them.

I'm going to have to disagree. WAY to simular, in the last few years the Haunt commercials run CONSTANTLY in the months leading up. A park wants to seem different, I could see if this concept was repeated a few years later, but not the year after where most people are going to remember it and possibly associate it with Universal not BGT. If they do anything simular I will be very surprised.

The music from the Sinbad ride at TDS. Even thought I can't understand it I like the music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEgCCOqOE_Y&feature=related Journey to the Center of the earth has an amazing score as well!

Actually, it represents the current state of the USA Space Program Spot on themeing!

I watched a few videos on youtube. The fake water is really cool and weird looking. The ride totally has a different look to it (Which is amazing because its just a flat ride) (Only a single Engineer seemed to be observing with the clipboard and all)

Wait a second....Giant Waffles. How is everyone in Japan so thin?!?! Second off, why is that not in the US with all the Fat-asses we have?!?! Disney could hit a gold mine with a franchise of that!

I think the entrance could've been a bit more unique. I mean it looks nice, but aside from "Disney California Adventure" across the top, for all I know I'm going into Disneys Hollywood Studios. California had a ton of architectural options for a new entrance..... But it still looks nice! The park is coming along nicely.

Kennywood is a pretty awesome little park. It has a great atmosphere to it! Where were you sitting on JackRabbit? Because I sat in the back, and I thought that Jackrabbit had more airtime than some of the other coasters I've been on. Phantoms Revenge is awesome, did you see the gum throw? That thing is pretty funny. Hopefully you also got to ride the Ghostwood Estate, thats a pretty cool little dark ride. As well as Noahs Ark. (And Skip Garfield's Nightmare) Great Pictures- (The Hersheypark ones are some of the best I've ever seen!) -Zach

Good news today!! Cheetah Hunt has been added to Quick Queue, effective as of today! (Report is from BGTnation) I checked the Official BGT site and it still says QQ is not available for Cheetah Hunt. I'm sure it will be updated soon!

No. Beastly Kingdom was supposed to be where Camp Minnie Mickey is located. When Animal Kingdom opened they used to have an ride called-Discovery RiverBoat Tour (It had 3 different names during its short life) Discovery River Taxi and then Radio Disney River Cruise. Now there was one point on the ride where you would pass a few certain objects (located in the Camp Minnie Mickey Area) Disney Imagineers put them in as a teaser for this so called new area, that was to be built. FIRE!!! The original concept art for this scene was..... Budget cuts killed this guy Now you can still see this little tribute today.... You can see this from the Camp Minnie Mickey Bridge..... Maybe one day they will come back to it. Animal Kingdom needs a ride on that side of the park to draw guest over there. Camp Minnie Mickey is a total bore fest. (With the exception of Festival of the Lion King)

The new area looks great! I'm not a Nick fan, (out of all of them I like some of the older Spongebob). How does ticketing work at the park? Great PTR! -Zach

This is a great Tribute for Al Weiss! (President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts) (He's retiring in November )

EPCOT Changes are already in effect. Magic Kingdom Monorails changes valid on Aug.1 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Monorails will only run for 1 Hour after park closing. This is cutback from the regular 90 minutes. Regular Closing hours- During Extra Magic Hour Attendees (Nighttime hours) Monorails will NOT run. Instead of the monorail, guests can uses buses or boats for transportation. Disney has not yet decided whether it will operate the trains during extra ticketed events (Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party or Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party) Disney World spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said Monday the reduced hours are "to accommodate for planned maintenance" on the trains, which are approximately 20 years old. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Disney World Monorail fleet is 20 years old- (There was an update several years ago, but that only affected the communications systems.) Disneyland's Pervious Fleet- Mark V Monorails were in operation from 1987 - 2008 , 21 years of operation. Disney Worlds Previous Monorail-Mark IV Monorails were in operation from 1971 to 1991, 20 years of operation. WDW is currently at this "Mark" (pun intended) Is it time to get some Mark VII Monorails?!?! WDW's Current Monorail fleet-Mark VI Monorail Disneyland's Current Monorail fleet-Mark VII Monorail