zachclarke2

Awesome report and awesome high-quality pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Joker and Wild One were running 2 trains when I was there. Batwing tested with 2 trains, but then only ran 1 throughout the day.

I think a zac spin could work for the park, at least it's something different and interesting. As mentioned above, it would be marketable if nothing else. A mouse, not so much. Maybe they could market it as the "world's first backwards spinning wild mouse coaster". Yesterday, I went to the park for the first time in 7 years or so, as an opportunity to go showed itself, and also I had a free ticket. I took oodles of pictures and video, and made a trip report (if you want to call it that). A good day overall, if not a tad irritating, but I did what I went there for at least. The park was more or less as I remembered it, if not a little cleaner. The rides are pretty decent, and *most* of the staff were friendly and helpful and whatnot. I do have two rants, though. 1. The operations were absolutely horrid. I'm not gonna go into this one, everybody's already heard it. 2. None of the employees knew the policies. I have this tripod, not massive, but fairly large that I use to take pictures and video and whatnot. I carried it in the park, security checked it, let me come in with it no questions asked. After I rode stuff I took it over to Whistlestop to take video of the coasters. For the first 20 minutes or so, none of the employees really payed much attention to me. I walked over to Joker and started filming it, when an employee came over to me and told me that I was not allowed to film the rides, and that I needed special permission. I left there and went to Batwing, and asked a few workers there if I was allowed to film video, they all said yes. By Apocalypse, I was approached by a security guard, who proceeded to tell me that "they should not have let me in, tripods are not allowed, professional equipment is banned." I left there and started wandering around the park. At one point, I passed the "security hangout area" I guess it was, and I stopped to ask what the policy on tripods was. Sure enough, they told me they were allowed. I don't so much mind the fact that tripods weren't allowed in the park (or maybe they were, I have no idea), but I hated the fact that nobody seemed to know what the rules are. To sum it up, I'm fairly glad I got in free. The videos are pretty light, mainly do to slow operation and 90+ heat. But, there're still pretty good. Be sure to watch them in HD. Apocalypse - Batwing - Joker's Jinx - Superman - Wild One - Some of the "higher end" photos are here if you'd like to take a look -------> clicky Here's my trip report, although it's mainly just pictures of the coasters. "Welcome to Hell!" Is it really? I had no idea! Apocalypse. I'll get back to it later. It was at this point I put my camera crap into an incredibly inefficient locker, and went to ride stuff. Fast forward two hours, this was my lunch. No regrets. Joker is a good ride, though I think I prefer FoF. I rode two times, but I twisted my leg the second time. Not a fun time. Over to Whistlestop for some photo ops... I wonder who Donn is. Superman is a fantastic ride. Even moreso than I remembered from my previous visit. Intamin done good. The helices aren't quite as good as airtime hills, but they do give a good sense of speed. Superman has quite a lot of airtime, as properly demonstrated by those womens' hair. I knew the operations were bad but good lord. I hung around in the Batwing plaza and waited for 5 or 6 train cycles so I could take pictures and video. I was back there just short of an hour. That's about 8/9 minutes per dispatch. The sign looks a little tired. I had not been on Batwing before. I liked it more than Nighthawk, but I found the leg guards to be awkward and uncomfortable. Back to Apocalypse. A good ride overall, I enjoyed it more than Mantis to say the least, but not more than Green Lantern. The back row had some interesting hangtime in the loop. I didn't notice much headbanging aside from the corkscrew, so that's pretty good. I can honestly say that it's my favorite standup coaster in the park. It has fire, though! Fire makes any ride better. Except Mind Eraser. Fire wouldn't make Mind Eraser better. Not even bacon could make Mind Eraser better. ... Okay, maybe bacon would help a little bit. Roar could certainly benefit from fire. That is, if the ride was completely engulfed in that fire. The level of theming and detail in this park is astounding. Making my way back to the front of the park... I hadn't been on Wild One before either. I liked it. I was actually surprised by how good it was. "If you have to resort to doing this, you're probably a failing company." That pretty much sums up the pictures. It looks pretty from out here at least.

^ "astounding" Not sure why that pineapple picture is so great...but it is. Also, for some reason Flickr deleted you as one of my contacts (?), but I made sure to add you back! A couple of the goodies from Busch Gardens today.... Still have yet to get night shots there this year.

Having stayed at Give Kids the World, it means a lot that you guys are doing this! Good luck!

Saw DM2 today, but I liked MU better. Nikon or Canon?

Six Flags: GP: *facepalm* And also, that comment had 4 likes.

Cyclone being torn down and having an SLC replace it! What's worse than being forced to listen to top 40?

It would be incredibly over-rated, and probably end up in Amusement Today's top ten, regardless of how good it actually is! What if BGW built a GCI?

Granted, but you can no longer digest pizza and wings! I wish my Youtube channel was less unknown.

I've only been on the SFGAdv and SFStL ones, but I like the color scheme of the MM one better. So MM. Presents, or just straight cash?

*cough* Europa Park *cough* I wish the internet at SeaScape didn't suck!

Granted, but something similar to this happens: One of the stupidest things I've ever read! Idiots everywhere! Anyway, I wish that I could afford a booth at my town's Seafood Festival so that I could sell some of my photography.

Astro World for the Arrow suspended. Assuming you could go back in time, would you rather have lunch with Anton Schwarzkopf or Ron Toomer?

Granted, but Phoenix and Twister blow up, and you are blamed for it! I wish my hair was less in the way.

Your family leaving without telling you, making it so you have to walk back to your house! What's worse than a Spice Girls comeback tour?

The fact that people still think "YOLOcoaster" is funny. What's worse than having your camera's memory card fry after you just spent 5 hours recording video? (this happened to me earlier this year)

Granted, but the thigh pain is twice as bad as Skyrush. I wish for three more wishes!

Anything, that sounds amazing! What's worse than Whizzer being taken out and being replaced by a Boomerang? *cough* WoF *cough*

Erm...that's Mantis.

Granted, but they market it as a new coaster, and therefore they don't build another new coaster until 2019! I wish I didn't lose intelligence every time I go on the internet!

Cool park! Batman certainly looks interesting.... I believe you can take a screenshot by pressing ctrl+s, but I'm not exactly an RCT2 pro. At least if you do that you won't have to take a picture of your computer screen.

Magic Mountain running all their coasters with only one train! Oh wait! What's worse than being stuck on Nighthawk's brake run for 5 minutes in the hot sun while you wait for the crew to load the other train?

Granted, but someone continually hacks your computer, stealing your CFRs, and uploads them as their own! I wish there was a decent amusement park in the Outer Banks. Dowdy's was lame!

8/10 I don't get it...but I like it.