michaellynn4

Some good news - non-essential construction can resume in New Jersey this Monday at 6:00AM! Looks like even with a forced government shutdown, Jersey Devil will finish earlier than West Coast Racers did!

Love the look and feel of this coaster. Happy to see everything start coming together, even if it's delayed!

Dollywood ripped theirs out a couple years ago, any time I was there it never seemed to be overly popular. Seem like their expensive to maintain for minimal thrills.

I don't think I would ever be so cruel or hurtful as to wish the presidency onto Elissa.

they look WAY more intense than they are. many folks will likely say they are boring - with the majority of the ride being gentle swinging back and forth, with only a few full inversions. I happen to really like Harley, but as I've noted in the past, only when sitting at the end of the row. (something not always possible with assigned seating, but a polite ask for end, usually gets me seated there). In the center of the row - either facing forwards or back - the majority of the ride is the rocking, as I mentioned above. but towards the end of the row? as the ride operates, you get a ton of "head choppers" and "foot chopper" action from the spinning rectangles around the main seating row. . so that really improves the ride experience. I've ridden it multiple times in a row and not gotten sick, or even feeling close to being sick. it's a gentle ride, that LOOKS extreme from the ground. One of the other factors to consider is the the number of riders on a particular cycle. I've seen cycles with fewer riders generally being more intense than those with full ridership. Possibly a weight thing, but that's speculation on my part.

It's a bummer that Possessed has to be removed as well, but I'm glad the park is finally adding a new coaster to its lineup. An original one, at that, and not a relocated one!

Construction hasn't halted on it, they've got a good bit of track up at this point. Hard to say when the park itself will open based on everything at the moment, but it's looking like when it does, Jersey Devil may open up right along with it!

^^ See, it's messages like THAT one that I can get behind! When in doubt, more quarantine pet photos!

Never even heard of this place until now. I'm sure it sucks for local fans, but I agree, this is far too removed and small for it to have ever been on my radar. Not surprised at all to hear about its financial struggles.

^^ This, coupled with the fact that he's presumably got a 12-hour drive ahead of them (Aurora, IL, to Hershey is 11 hours, not counting stops) is why I suggested cutting Kennywood. I personally like Kennywood a lot, but unless the trip is elongated, I just don't see how it can reasonably fit in there. I'd much rather take my time and enjoy everything Knoebels and Hersheypark have to offer over three days than try and cram a third park in there like that. EDIT: Saw your new post. I don't disagree, if you get the time, GAdv and KW are great parks to visit, you're just going to have a really reduced return on your investment (both time and money) if you try and cram it all in that time frame. Not to be that guy, but you're young - if you want to make it back out to the East coast, you will, you'll have more opportunities to better influence this as you get older. Don't fret trying to do it all at once!

^ Agreed. Honestly, I'd skip Kennywood and Great Adventure in order to stretch for more time at Knoebels and Hersheypark (Dorney can still easily just be done in a few hours). Kennywood and Great Adventure are both gonna add a lot of hours of driving, taking up time that you don't really have. This may be more reasonable: Day 1 - Drive Day 2 - DP in morning, Knoebels in afternoon/evening Day 3 - Knoebels in morning/afternoon, drive to Hersheypark in early evening for Preview entry. Day 4 - Hersheypark Day 5 - Drive Personally, I'd still recommend cutting DP in favor of more time at Knoebels, especially if you'd be paying for entry into DP, but if you already have a pass, then I get it. I'd only start considering adding more parks if the length of the trip can get extended.

I missed opening weekend for Wonder Woman by a week, but rode Railblazer multiple times last year, and it was a blast. This'll definitely be great.

Yeaaaaaaaaa, I was going to post in this thread earlier today, but got distracted at work. For as good as I did over the spring and early summer, once I got back from visiting my sister in San Francisco in July, I fell off the wagon, broke all my bones, threw a bomb behind me, and blew up the wagon, too. I put back on everything I lost and a little bit more. It's bad, too, affecting my ability to walk long distances or be on my feet for a considerable length of time. I end up needing to sit down after a while because of the pain in my lower back. For some reason it's a lot harder to get back on track this time. For several of the past weeks I try resetting and eating better / exercising, but by the end of the week it's fallen apart and I'm back to my old, bad habits. I've got to really come tom terms with a really bad addiction to fast food and get some counseling help over it. Been feeling pretty hopeless about it recently, so I've got to just hunker down and finally take things to the next step.

I can vouche for this place (and the town, as well, Asbury Park has REALLY bounced back in the last ten years). Rikki actually held my surprise 30th birthday party at this place a few years back. It's a blast any time we go hang out there, plus there are some really great restaurants around it (not to mention the legendary Stone Pony across the street).

^ Yea, I still have faith that this coaster will be open in time to still be enjoyed for plenty of next season.

That's a lot longer than I anticipated for some reason! Seems like a great ride, gonna have to get back to San Antonio soon to check it out!

Winner.

This addition really rounds out the park's offerings. Another reason to make an excuse for traveling to my job's San Antonio office, which is right down the street from here!

If you do insist on bringing them with you, then you could just rent a safety deposit box at a local financial institution prior to crossing. It'll take a bit of research / calling around as some larger financial institutions may have policies against it, but regional chains shouldn't be much of a problem. It shouldn't take more than a couple valid IDs and small fee coverage. If that isn't a solution, I'd try looking up a couple gun shops that are close to where you'll be crossing. Odds are they've encountered this question a lot and are more likely to have a prepared solution than a bunch of coaster nerds like us.

Finally got around to seeing Bohemian Rhapsody (good, not great IMO), and it's gotten me to revisit a lot of their catalog.

Visited sister in California earlier this year!

I think I stayed at the exact same Quality Inn when I went a few years ago. Was a fine drive and got me to say I've been to Kentucky lol.

That Iron Gwazi car looks awesome! Also really dig the "hamster wheel" on the compact spinning coaster.

^ Yea, but you have a Superman-like tolerance for pain on coasters. Big One last year was... not great. I rode it twice because it was an iconic coaster for younger Mike, we had the time saver passes, and I really hoped the first ride was just an anomaly, but Rikki and I were decidedly done after that second ride.