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michaellynn4
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Agreed, I really dug that coaster when we went a couple years ago. Such an underrated ride.
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You can find it on Reddit if you search for "Dollywood Option B".
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Beats the s**t out of me. Fun for everyone, ages 8 to 80? I tried finding another article that details a new coaster for 2023, but this is the only one.
Grabbed the picture from that article. Love that they actually have "glamping" as a designated area on the master plan.
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@Nrthwnd I love George Motz, few other people have a passion for burgers like him. I highly recommend his book Hamburger America:
He also has been a main guest for the Burger Show on the First We Feast YouTube channel (Hot Ones). Many of his videos outline all of the regional burger specialties across the continent, including how to make them (which look to be the foundation for that other book you found). Truly a burger historian! Here are two of my favorites, but there are plenty more, including a cool tour of Texas spots:
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He killed 16 Czechoslovakians!
Seriously though, love the little touches. Was waiting for this to finally get installed.
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Knoebels also benefits from the pay-per-ride model. People visiting can pay specifically for riding whatever's open, whereas buying a day ticket to any of these other parks when half the rides are closed for the day would no doubt create a customer service uproar. Knoebels' model, while not alleviating disappointment, at least means they don't have to factor that into a decision to close the whole park down.
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Has anyone ridden Zumanjaro yet while KK runs simultaneously? How does it change the experience?
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Great Adventure released a teaser this morning for the redone kiddie coaster.
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From what I'm reading in reports, it's assigned seating, but they try to accommodate seating requests.
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I also went in 2019 but didn't notice any line jumping at all. Must've been the school groups.
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It gets like that sometimes, always has. I grew up right down the street from the park, just off of 537 in Millstone (2.2 miles to the entrance, just measured it), and worked at that McDonald's from 2000 to 2010. There were plenty of times when 537 was a parking lot like that and caused traffic to back up all throughout the surrounding side roads. made for many nightmare-level crazy shifts at the restaurant lol.
It's nothing new, too - anyone seen the photos from the Marshall Tucker Band concert back in 1981? It still holds the attendance record for the park. The park ran out of parking, and people just parked their cars on 537 and walked to the park. Here are a couple photos, you can find more at Great Adventure History:
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The weather is supposed to be a little spotty tomorrow with chance of showers around 30 after 11AM. It may be enough to keep a little bit of the crowds away.
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Early reports are very positive! Looks like another hit on our hands! Based on some vlog videos on Youtube, it looks like the park did a pretty killer job with the surrounding landscaping, too!
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I haven't been there in a few years, but doesn't Lake Compounce run their flyers at a glacial pace, anyway? That's how I remembered it, it ran so slow that it was almost impossible to snap even if it WAS tolerated.
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Jersey Devil Coaster is officially permitted to operate by NJ (page 65), so hopefully that means news on an opening day pretty soon.
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Yeesh. Makes sense considering the weather we had here on Saturday and Sunday (it was 47 degrees at one point by me on Saturday evening). Everyone wanted to take advantage of the one good weather day we had.
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That sucks, I hate when plans are messed up because of bad weather like that.
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1 hour ago, coasterbill said:
Great Adventure re-opening that ride without marketing it would be cool, but totally unexpected. I'll believe it when I see it but I guess crazier things have happened.
There's still a chance they'll announce / market it, they've done smaller announcements midseason before. Guess it all depends on whenever work completes on it all.
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Joker's Jinx is underrated IMO, especially when sitting in the back row. You really whip through some of the final turns and the final corkscrew when sitting in the back.
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14 minutes ago, Mike240SX said:
When I worked at SF Great Adventure in the late 90s, early 2000s, uniforms were provided for every employee - shirts, pants, jackets, hats...everything except shoes, socks, and underwear. There was a giant warehouse of uniforms in a variety of sizes; it's not like they're custom tailored. You had a choice...you could either wash them at home, in which case you were issued 3 sets and one jacket and one hat, or you could have Wardrobe do your cleaning, where you'd turn in your uniform at the end of the day and be issued a new, clean one upon exchange (they were open almost 24/7). Some departments, like Security, got 5 sets to take home and wash themselves without the option for the uniform-exchange system.
I just kinda figured every major park operated like that LOL.
LOL I remember the uniform warehouse, too. I worked there for the 2001 and 2002 seasons, but at the McDonald's inside the park, so I technically was not a direct employee of the park. As a result, we had our own uniforms and didn't / couldn't use the services of the uniform warehouse. I remember being a bit jealous of it at the time, but that's probably just grass-is-greener stuff seen through the eyes of a teenager.
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To be fair, they DID add both the Breakers Edge water coaster and the Whitecap Racer tower since then.