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  1. Short lines are nice, but the park is stale. I'd rather wait a half hour for something new than have a station wait for the same bland rides over and over again.

     

    I absolutely agree that the park has become lackluster and "stale." I drive down to the Lehigh Valley once in a while for work and I drive right by the park. For me, I look at the park's skyline and I just truly have no desire to step foot inside the park any time soon with the current attraction lineup. That, along with the unimaginative and bland environment that Brassinthegrass has mentioned, Dorney just doesn't have what Hershey and SFGAdv have... which is just a shame.

  2. Subways and Burger Kings have discount Dorney coupons. At least the ones where I live. But even with that processing fee, the ticket on-line is still cheaper than the price at the gate.

     

    That actually ended up not to be true. After the processing fee and tax, the online ticket came to about $51. I ended up buying at the park with a Subway coupon for $47.99.

     

    I ended up having a really terrible overall experience at the park yesterday. I've always heard about Saturday crowds, and they were in full force, and quite a "rough" crowd too - Definitely worse than anything I've ever experienced at Great Adventure. I encountered some of the most class-less and unfriendly people yesterday, and in conjunction with terrible service, horrible employees/lifeguards (I watched a grown man collide with a young girl going down a water slide because the lifeguard was clearly more preoccupied with coworkers than keeping people safe), and the absolutely astronomical prices, I'm going to stay away from Dorney for quite a while.

     

    Six Flags has proven to be (shockingly) better at providing a consistent, mostly pleasant experience with spectacular rides.

     

    End rant.

  3. I got a few Hurricane Harbor questions for anyone that has been there in the past few years. I have been hesitant to go to Hurricane Harbor because of all the problems I hear but haven't been to a water park yet this year and didn't renew my Dorney pass this year so I'm probably going to try it sometime in July (on a weekday).

     

    If you park first in the Hurricane Harbor lot using a gold pass, can you then leave and go to the theme park parking lot will they not allow that (multiple lot entries in the same day) and if so I guess I need to park at theme park entrance and take the shuttle over?

     

    I see there is tube rental and Flash Pass. If you get Flash Pass, do you bypass the wait to get a tube if you don't rent a tube rental or are you better off just renting a tube without Flash Pass to avoid the tube lines before you get to the stairs? This is one reason I am hesitant to go because I heard waits can be long even on the stairs past the Flash Pass merge point even if I buy the Flash Pass.

     

    I know King Cobra has a 200 pound weight limit. I looked up the rider access guide for the other tube slides and the only restriction I saw was a 400 pound weight limit for double riders. Someone in a TripAdvisor review mentioned all tube slides have a 200 pound weight limit for single riders. Is it just King Cobra with the 200 pound weight limit?

     

    Thanks

     

    You can absolutely go over to the theme park on the same day you attend HH. Just show the attendant at the theme park parking entrance your pass, and they'll scan it and grant you access.

     

    I believe that with the Flash Pass, you bypass just the regular line for a tube at the bottom of the slide. If you rent a tube, I believe you can also bypass the line at the bottom. I'm not 100% sure on this though, so maybe someone else can chime in and help you out.

     

    As far as the weight limits go, it's only King Cobra that is 200lbs.

  4. Sometimes I feel ashamed of some of the other folks involved in my enthusiastic hobby!

    Is it really that serious? Not everyone is going to like what CP is doing and they don't have to. Everyone has an opinion and that's what makes discussions interesting. If everyone was in agreement with everything, it'd be really boring.

     

    I second this! People don't need to bow down and praise Cedar Point if they're not entirely onboard with what the park is doing. Just because some people believe Cedar Point is "hands down the best park for coasters," doesn't mean everyone thinks that way. And that's okay.

     

    Personally, as someone who finds most B&Ms to be lackluster (especially the more modern ones, save maybe Fury 325), I'm not going to get out my mat and bow down in prayer in front of the Cedar Point front entrance over this addition. Does that make me jaded? Sure, call me, and the others who share my opinion, jaded. But we're paying good money to enter these places and to ride these things, and if they add a coaster that I, or others, are not really *ecstatic* about, my opinion is still valid.

     

    And so is yours, Texascoaster89.

     

    That's the beauty of the world. We're all different.

  5. I don't really get it, what's wrong with Viper to where it needs a makeover? Maybe except the theming which hasn't been taken care of very well, every time I ride it gives me the exact same experience it gave me the first time I rode it back in the mid 90's. ALWAYS ride in the back!

     

    The problem I have with the ride, at least, is those darn trains. As someone 6' tall and with a long(ish) torso, those Arrow trains are the only things I've ever ridden that give me discomfort. The restraint cannot close all the way and it really just puts way too much force on my shoulders. New trains like those Vekoma ones would make this ride really amazing for me. For right now, though, I can't really enjoy it.

  6. I'm looking for some advice on which day to pick to head to Great Adventure out of:

     

    Saturday, May 16, which is BAF for $14.99

    Sunday, May 17, which is BAF for free.

     

    All dates from April 18 to May 31 (besides some Sundays which are BAF Free) are included in the $14.99 deal, so I'm thinking it's best to avoid the Sunday where it's free?

     

    Are the BAF Free days significantly more crowded?

     

    Thank you in advance!

  7. I also attended the park yesterday, Saturday April 18.

     

    Building on from what Nitro1118 said....

     

    Operations: I too agree that operations were an issue throughout the day. Nitro was constantly double stacking. I think we were on the break run for almost 5 minutes. Also, Bizarro ride ops were probably some of the slowest operators I've ever seen. The two checking the restraints when I rode looked like they were going to fall asleep by the end of the train. El Toro could have been faster as well, but the crew there seemed to be much better than previous reports.

     

    Definitely need to give a shoutout to both Green Lantern and Skull Mountain crews! They were doing a great job making sure everyone was boarding quickly, and the crew at Green Lantern managed to pump trains out pretty quickly (for stand-up standards) while constantly checking each row to make sure people were in the proper position. Pretty good system there.

     

    Downtime: I'll also say that Kingda Ka and Zumanjaro are an unreliable disaster. They were both up and down all day. I didn't end up riding either attraction, however I did stand in line for Kingda Ka for about 45 minutes and barely moved through 1/3 of the switchbacks. No thanks. Something needs to be done to allow them to run independently of each other. The downtime and capacity issues (especially for Ka) are just ridiculous.

     

    Overall, I did enjoy myself greatly and the weather was absolutely perfect! I'm optimistic that the park will work towards improving the operations issues as the season progresses.

     

    Final Note on Nitro: Stay away from the back of Train 'A.' I know some others have mentioned it, but I'd just like to confirm it, as well. The rattling was really bad, and it was hands-down the worst ride I've ever had on Nitro. It was borderline painful. Hopefully they work on that as well.

  8. Most likely coaster for GAdv, I feel, is a S&S 4D Free Spin like the one being built at SFFT.

     

    I don't know why, but I have a gut feeling about an S&S 4D Free Spin, too. Maybe because it's pretty much unique from all other coasters at the park? And since Six Flags likes to market records, maybe they would make it bigger and market it as the "tallest/fastest/biggest of its kind."

     

    Anyway, with a park that already has an Intamin pre-fab, an inverted, a floorless, a stand-up, a flying, a launched, and a hyper coaster, it'll be interesting to see what Six Flags chooses for 2016.

  9. I disagree, if they redesign the entrance of the park, and create it as the entrance structure (gatekeeper style) and the train is traveling high enough up that no one can throw something at it, and then do a tunnel to return, it could work...

     

    I do agree that NJ is a bit nuts about the saftey issue, but with the unfortunate clientele that SFGAdv seems to attract, it's definitly trying to do the right thing and keep everyone safe....

     

    You do realize this is Six Flags and not Cedar Fair, right?

  10. Can we all agree that having a few coasters to ride (even if it is just Dark Knight and Skull Mountain on select days) is better than having no coasters to ride?

    In theory, it's great. But by the time this event rolls around, and the park for any reason can't get any of the B&Ms operating, I don't see myself driving an hour down to Jackson just to ride Skull Mountain.

     

    Maybe I just get really really desperate in the winter. I'd probably make the drive...

  11. Yeah I actually started taking Dramamine this past summer because it started getting to the point where I would need to take a half hour break after riding a coaster and if I went on something as intense as Batman I'd almost throw up or come off the ride really pale. Since I've used dramamine I've had no problems, but Backwards Batman is still something I'd only want to try once or twice.

     

    Have you experienced any kind of intense drowsiness as a side effect? With Namtab coming to Great Adventure, I've thought about taking it, but I'm not sure it'd be worth it if I was going to be really tired all day.

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