dylanreich

Colossus was running amazing a few weekends ago. The airtime was literally . Also, it's great that the park is using both sides of the Tatsu station.

Looks like fun! I definitely see this being a big hit for Universal. I'm not sure if I'm in the majority on this or not and it's very early, but I think this could end up being their most popular attraction (studio tour aside) until Potter arrives.

I honestly thought it was much more intense backwards. I'm going to be at the park today, so I'm looking forward to riding it again.

I mean, I don't get why they they wouldn't put a gate in front of the path, keeping guests from just walking over there when there's nothing there.

^Is there a reason why it's not blocked off to park guests? Sounds like a magic mountain move.

I took this picture at the park on Saturday, and there is this path at around halfway between viper and Tatsu... Anyone know what this is?

They should run the dark rides backwards for the 60th. It's super hip and cool now.

This is the quote from the article, which itself is a quote from the bill (emphasis mine): There's a big difference between preserving animals and using them for entertainment purposes. I've always been against this, which is why I don't visit zoos or animal shows. I haven't seen Blackfish, but to me IMHO it doesn't matter where the law came from, the focus is banning using the animals for entertainment purposes and not holding animals for preservation purposes and that's not a bad thing. So IMO to say that this law will ahem, kill off the killer whales, when they CAN still be in captivity and NOT forced into the wild is a fallacy.

"General" layout or the same layout? I personally wouldn't count it as a new coaster if the track is the same.

Loved the Catawampus shout-out! Looks like the festival would make for a fun day.

^I suppose it felt long to me because I recall seeing Jew's pictures from last month already showing tons of progress on the games, making me think they were almost done at the time. It looks like it actually hasn't been that long at all. I know they'll probably take my money at the basketball game...

Awesome! Honestly, I feel like it took a really long time for something that shouldn't have taken that long (sound like another SoCal park? lol). Maybe I'm exaggerating though. I'll use this as an excuse to go back though, since I haven't visited since last July.

I was at the park today with JeromyL! I'll be posting some pictures tomorrow. Here's some quick thoughts on today: I was able to get two quick rides on Full Throttle before the rest of the park came in due to the early entry with the gold pass; awesome perk! Batman backwards was AWESOME! Riddler's Revenge was running great, and we got some nice airtime in the back today. Green Lantern was underwhelming at usual. Revolution was running fairly well. Goliath was running great. Final thought: Colossus made my day today! Three AMAZINGLY smooth rides (smoother than Apocalypse) with tons of airtime in the back row to end my night. It's okay SFMM, you can hold off on Iron Colossus a bit longer.

If anyone is going to be at the park today, I am the one wearing a Doctor Who t-shirt!

EDIT: Had to fill out the form a second time (did it exactly the same) and it went through. Still, come on Six Flags. .NET is getting old anyways.

Tried to register my pass and this is what I was met with.

I think they're only using around half the gates right now while the other half get upgraded. I've also heard that they are letting people in a bit early since the lines are moving a lot slower to get in. I'll post back once I get there tomorrow morning.

Lol, thanks for the correction. I'm still hoping they'll keep them operating longer than just until July.

I've only been on Wild Eagle and it was just alright... I'm planning on riding Gatekeeper this summer, so hopefully it's more intense, but from the sound of it, it may be just "alright" as well.

^I doubt that would be the case actually; I don't think they would stop running them backwards in 4-8 weeks because they are the only new things they are offering this year. I think the park just meant that the new backward experiences would open in the Spring (and they're already starting passholder previews). So, I think they will run them until at least very close to the end of the year, my guess would be right after Fright Fest. Also, I believe the park is running two trains backwards! In Chicago, I think they only had one train, but I may be wrong on that.

I'll be there on Saturday as well! Can't wait to ride Batman backwards.

Maybe things have changed, but two years ago I was at the park a day the park closed early in the day due to weather closing down all the rides, and they gave everyone comp tickets on the way out, season pass or not.

I'm wowed by two things, the fact that they put a full X2 line through in 80 minutes, and that they were using both station sides for Tatsu. *Claps*

Maybe they'll just have these guys walking around inside entertaining guests.

^YOLO.