anonymouscactus

Nice little video. I'm going to try to go Friday night because I think it's going to be a ghost town. We shall see.

Today at 1 the Maverick FL+ line wrapped around the corner towards the main entrance. I really think they are overselling but I guess it's hard to guess how many people have all-season that will be showing up. Either way, we waited about 40 min from FL entrance and that outside line probably doubled that. It's a little crazy in these parts! It's a Saturday, and everyone wants to get out of the house. Some cedar point is better than no cedar point. Maverick is even better than what I remembered lol

Crowds were very heavy for preseason. For example, BLUE STREAK had a full queue, Gatekeeper and Millennium force were about an hour and hour and a half when we were there, I'd guess, at the absolute minimum. I picked a bad time for Gemini as they started opening up the second trains but they took 15 min x 2 to get all the sand bags out. Would have been at least an hour in the regular line. Magnum wasn't too bad it was only 6 or so switchbacks though it got busier later on. TTD never opened. Valravn even the FASTLANE was spilling into the midway so I skipped it . Raptor had a huge line and they were transferring trains when I got there. FL+ was quick Very thankful for FL+ today, for sure. Maverick and SV were down while we were in frontier town bouncing around the food stuff. Food and drink lines were out of control since a lot of places are closed, but that seems to be par for the course at all parks recently I'll hopefully get on everything else I missed today, tomorrow. FL+ was a huge help just bad luck on the big 3. I have season FL+ so I'll have it tomorrow which I'm guessing will be even busier. We left around 5 to go get dinner outside the park (great meal at BARRA) I can't imagine going to this park without it given the crowd levels. I've been to opening weekends in the past but usually go on Sunday. This was my first opening day and it was way worse then any preseason Sunday I've been to. But I'm guessing this year will be a lot busier all around.

I didn't get to ride SV today as it broke down when I was back there, but I saw someone take pictures of the kiosk screens. It seems you enter your birthdate and then pick a "security image" ie: a fish, a star, etc. Doesn't seem to be PIN based on a traditional sense. I didn't see it myself, though.

They are free but nobody has been able to tell me how you actually lock and retrieve. Do you have to memorize your locker # and pin? Biometrics? Use a ticket or your season pass that you need to hold on to? etc. -- Steel Vengeance will F up your memory so hopefully it's not a PIN lol and what happens when you ultimately forget Guess I'll find out tomorrow!

Wow, thanks for bumping up this thread. Just spent my last hour reading the entire thing (and drooling!) as it was my first time seeing it. And Bill, we got that released in the USA as well! I will pick one up tomorrow and let you know my thoughts. Very interesting to see your perspective Phil! Other than the taste of Elicottville festival and the one restaurant there, and the wing festival (just like you I always have other plans) I think I've been to every WNY restaurant and festival you've listed / talked about! Keep posting maybe you'll find a gem I haven't eaten at yet and I will have a new place to try, lol!

So there are iaapa job listings from Indiana Beach looking for help in Buffalo NY. The people on the memories page are so pie in the sky. It's like they don't understand what due diligence is, have any business accolade, and the fact they are talking about it without Indiana Beach announcing anything seems very off to me. The park is a mess. If they can prove me wrong that would be amazing, simply because I'd like to ride Silver Comet again...

I bought the 2021 pass at SFA a few weeks ago for $49.99. it got me parking and admission at SFA, and the next day at Great Adventure, and I will frequently use it at Darien Lake. You are correct HOWEVER the extra gate water parks are no good unless you buy a membership. Unless your local park has a separate gate then it's good at that park only. So if you get a combo pass at Great adventure is good for THEIR water park and THEIR safari, but season passes from other parks will not get you admission to Great Adventures water park or safari. No problem getting into any of the dry parks, though.

Just announced: 2020 and 2021 season passes will be good through labour day 2022! Considering I have platinum from Wonderland, and Cedar Point is my park of choice, and I bought the platinum all season fast lane, this works amazingly in my favor! The FAQ says add ons will carry over as well. I'm guessing when 2023 passes go on sale they will allow the rest of 2022 to make up for the lost season. I'll take it!!

I heard that pirate was getting a huge refurb and that sleighride will live to see another season. Remember when the Darien Lake logo had the ferris wheel in it? And remember how the grizzly run tubs still had that logo on it. COINCIDENCE!? lol I knew grizzly was going a long time ago, but the wheel is a bit of a surprise. If it's no longer on the map it's definitely going...

Is the skeleton of floodgate falls still over there? I can't remember. Anyone remember what year that stopped operating? I'm gonna guess it still looks like this (but honestly I don't know -- and LOL I just noticed the photoshopped tuber): Yeah I don't expect to see Grizzly Run's area being cleared out any time soon. There's no reason to and plenty of other areas to expand. You know. If they wanted to.

Compliments of Cedar Fair (specifically Kings Island and Kings Dominion) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/65REf5thv8onz5MKVEql4n?si=xoG1qBhJQgG-jvyEi6J4pg&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 You're welcome!

Damn this is good. So tart and tasty.

Popped up on my "discover weekly" in Spotify today. Lovin' it.

Members and passholders: May 14 Public: May 15 https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210427006188/en/Six-Flags-Announces-Reopening-of-Six-Flags-New-England-Hurricane-Harbor-Los-Angeles-and-Hurricane-Harbor-Concord Edit: ah someone beat me to it Back on the Windexcyanide topic (never forget word filters), I could very well be wrong but I'm pretty sure they run more than one type of wheel on it. In the cooler season it runs different because of the wheels they put on. Yes weather effects it too but I think that's why you see such a difference sometimes (and why it makes a different sound). Someone please correct me if I'm just making this sh!t up. lol Edit again: When it first opened as per RMC: "the train is running a combination of nylon, steel, and urethane wheels" -- so in other words there are times when they switch things out. I forgot where I gained all of this wisdom but it intrigued me because it's completely true that sometimes the ride is barely making it back, and some times is absolutely running in hyper speed; regardless of weather.

Looks good!

Fyi:

So the low/high this year for Fast Lane + is $101 for the slow days and $159 on the peak days. I'm surprised they didn't go higher honestly. I think in 2019 the low was $85 for slow days (don't quote me), so still an increase.

Thanks for the explanation. I still get the little annoying bar at the bottom of the screen to open in tapatalk vs chrome if I go incognito BTW so I think there is some leftover code somewhere.

For the past two weeks or so I haven't been able to access the forums through tapatalk on Android. I reinstalled, cleared cache, cleared data, etc but not having any luck. Other forums seem to be working fine through the app? Any idea if there is something you need to do on your end? Here are the two error messages i'm getting. One while accessing the forums without logging in. One while trying to put in my username and password. Has anyone else reported this? I'm fine with using the website, just that the tapatalk nag screens at the bottom I have to keep closing. Just wanted to let you know!

Not much has changed. They still need money. They are hoping for 2022, but I don't see it happening. "Marshall Dan" has been posting updates on the Fantasy Island memories page on their behalf. here is the latest video from last week: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=745985259444747

You thought YOUR Six Flags park had bad staffing.... holy crap... https://poststar.com/news/local/great-escape-job-fair-nets-nine-new-employees/article_5495030e-904f-56ad-ac16-86f1248abbd0.amp.html

Acesso Store Protip: when it asks you to register your tickets to a name after you purchase them and before you print them, just put in generic thing like "person 1" / Voucher 2" etc. I think they still print all the buyer details on the tickets now, but just an added safeguard if you need to give the tickets to someone else in your party later, etc. Not that they ever really check the name, but for things like coaster events sometimes they prepare a packet ahead of time for the purchaser of the group so it might be best to call. I don't know how Coastermania works, it's been awhile.

Keep in mind that the $133 3-park ticket does NOT include parking, which is now up to $30/day. If you are parking all 3 days I think its actually cheaper to get the 4 day ticket which DOES include parking. OR, you know, go to Discovery Cove and get the ultimate package, which gives you Discovery Cove and up to 14 days (?) admission to all the FL SeaWorld parks. If you want the "tickets at work" discount on the 3 day ticket.... Go here: https://www.ticketsatwork.com/affiliates/lifecare/packages.php?sub=packages&action=view&id=78 They also have the unlimited 14 day one including parking for $181.99 after taxes/fees (always go to checkout on tickets at work they add fees later)

Strictly speaking for the coasters, of all the parks I've been to, Hershey definitely has the most restrictive rides that I can think of. Not just some, but a huge majority. I'm 250ish/6ft and in 2019 I baaaaarely made some of the rides. Even rides that have the same manufacturer / seat designs as other parks are wildly different at Hershey due to shorter seatbelts or necessary "clicks". Not fluffy friendly at all in my experience, unfortunately. Flats I'm not too familiar with, so I can't help you there.