RideofSteel

Goliath at SFNE

Sidewinder at Elitch Gardens. Such a fun ride.

Yes. Do you have hulu plus?

Seeing that it was supposed to rain, I went down to the park today for opening. When I got there, the parking lot was almost empty. We first went to El Toro. We ended up staying on the ride 11 times, switching rows just one time. Those rides brought my season long El Toro count to 25 times. By the time we finished our marathon on El Toro, it was 11:30, and we decided to check out Kingda Ka. We waited about twenty minutes for back row. Our ride was absolutely horrible. I was slammed side to side, and front to back over and over the entire way up and down. The operators also managed to double stack the trains every time. Since it was really hot, our last rides of the day were Nitro front and back row. There was about a two train wait for each. I ended up blacking out for the entire helix both times and at the bottom of the first few drops in the back......I guess I should have drank more. We left by one. Overall, I had an awesome morning! Does anyone know when the flying dumbos will reopen? I find it really weird that most of a new ride has been removed.

Probably Elitch Gardens, but we may go to Lagoon instead during the first week of August.

Just... -Flashback at Six Flags New England -- Somehow it managed to be rough just going up the lift. It was terrible. -Goliath at Six Flags New England which was awesome. Very smooth and very forceful.

I saw someone loose their wig on El Toro in June! It slowly fluttered down into the line. People were screaming and laughing!

My Dorney and Morey's Piers trip was just cancelled, instead I'm going to Yellowstone for almost two weeks!

No. But I have all the adult coaster credits in Massachusetts. For $100 would you marathon a Vekoma Boomerang?

^How bad are the lines? I'll be getting to the park around 4.

Earlier this year both Nitro and Green Lantern had three hour waits (during the parks spring break event), because they both were running only one train.

Thunderbolt at SFNE Friday night.

I was at SFNE Friday night for the first time. The longest wait was about 20 minutes. I was really disappointed by Bizarro. It seemed to run very slow and I didn't really get much airtime. This could have been caused by the front car of our train being closed. I also noticed a nasty rattle. I really wish I could have ridden it again on the other train but I didn't have time.

19/30 I should have done better.

On a Skyrush POV

No, but once on Bizarro at GADv I was on the train with only three other people. We were all in the front row....None of us made a sound the whole ride. It was a really cool experience. My dad and I were also the only ones on Bizarro once. We were both in the backrow. It was strange seeing all the empty seats in front of us.

Yes. They run shuttle buses between the drop off lot and the main entrance.

Great Adventure: -Rehab Rolling Thunder including paint, new trains, new brakes, and a major retracking. -Add another water ride somewhere in the park. -Repave parts of the parking lot and add sidewalks so people don't have to dodge between cars. -Refurbish Congo Rapids -Add both thrilling and family flats -Repaint Nitro -Hire a larger security staff

I just got my notifications too.

Should I buy the Virgin Mobile Venture or the Optimus V?

Yes. Do you like swimming in public pools?

I'm using g-mail and haven't gotten any notification emails either. I also had a game exchange coupon and ordered a video, but I never got the email with the download link.

After seeing that we had free bring a friend tickets we decided to visit yesterday planning to ride as much as we could with a friend who had never been there. But, we didn't realize that it was also a firefighter appreciation day. The park was absolutely packed. When we first got there at 10:40 we went to Nitro. We waited 3 or so trains for front row then walked around to ride again in the middle of the train. By the time we left Nitro, the line was already to the switchbacks. We then went over to Congo Rapids. There was no wait at all and after barely getting wet the first ride, we stayed on again. We got completely soaked! Would have rode it again, except a line was already forming. After seeing the skyride had a a large line, we walked across the park to Bizarro. Luckily, it was a station wait. Operations were typical to Bizarro...Terrible. We then walked to El Toro but seeing the line was already to the entrance we went to Kingda Ka, which ran without a major breakdown all day. We were able to get a front row ride in about an hour. By this time it was 2:00, so we decided to go out to the car and eat lunch. When we returned, we didn't know what to ride. Everything had such huge lines. (If I wasn't with a friend who had never been, I would have left). Frustrated, we decided we were going to ride El Toro no matter what. But, when we got over there, we saw then cycling empty trains. Luckily, after 10 minutes in the line they started running with people again. The operators were awesome they rarely stacked the trains; and it took us less then an hour to ride even though the line was to the entrance. Afterwards, we planned on riding the log flume, but it was down with the water drained, and three logs on the lift. Looking towards the fort, we saw that the Runaway Mine Train and Skyride's lines were both almost to the entrance. I was not going to wait for either. We walked to The Dark Knight which had a 30 minute wait. The trims BARELY were on, (it seemed like they weren't on in the top part at all) and there were some nice forces. We then made the mistake of choosing Green Lantern. We got into the line at about 5:40 expecting the line to move quick. That was not the case. The 6 attendants checking still managed to double stack EVERY SINGLE TIME WE WERE IN LINE. But, as soon as we got into the station we realized it wasn't their fault at all. It was a mix of the guests and the lead's...The lead was terrible. He should have been announcing to stand up straight and move quickly, but the only time he talked into the mic was when he cleared a train, or when a train returned. At one point, he even cleared to train only to be greeted with a screaming station telling him not to...There were still people loading. Don't you look around when you visual scan? Personally, I think he should have been fired or retrained to the policies. After the hour and a half it took us to get on, we decided to go home. Just a few notes.....Actually just one. -Line jumping was a major problem. Whole families just walked in front of other people. When security was alerted, they simply replied, since they didn't see it, they couldn't do anything.

On a Dorney Park Online TR of Great Adventure, a user posted.... and the same person called Kingda Ka "King Da Ka."