Jello_Biafra

Does anyone have any tips on which rides/attractions to hit first or anything that's a hit or miss? The last time I went to KBF was back in '89 (I was nine at the time), so yeah--I know things has changed quite a bit. Any feedback would be most helpful. Any recommendations?

Next month I'll be going with a friend of mine. I've heard X2 is amazing, but I believe this ride is just an myth because it never in operation whenever I attend. Can't wait to try Batman backwards--seems a lot better, probably because you can't see the track. Iamb sure my buddy will try to drag me on to Green Lantern (swear to god, this ride would be perfect for Plan Parenthood). I can' t wait to get my roller coaster fix on. Oh yeah, will definately enjoy YOLO.

Has anyone gone to Frightfest yet and how were the mazes? I was thinking about trying the mazes (paying the $25 for the front of the line deal), but the promotional pics for the mazes seem pretty lame. It didn't look like they were doing anything special with the rides (backwards or pitch darkness). Is it worth it?

Yep I can vouch for that, station waits all around all day today except 15-20 mins on Dragster and Maverick. Will definitely try to come back on this day next time if I can, it was perfect. Lengthy TR follows. Highlighted the rides so you can just read what you want. I was SO CLOSE to a rollback on Dragster today! I got on the train, they decided it wasn't working, then had us get off and get back in the que. After about 45 mins they tested the train I had been previously sitting in and it went through no problem so they loaded up the train behind it from platform 2. When they were getting ready to launch we on platform 1 boarded a train behind them and I sat there in the train and watched them stop and roll all the way back. Everyone who was on it looked absolutely thrilled with rolling back..I was so jealous..I missed a rollback by that much! Still, was pretty cool to even watch one like that. Our train that launched after them barely made it over the hill. Dragster was not liking the wind today, I was lucky to get three rides in as it was up and down most of the day. The operator told us "As you're cresting the top look down at Millennium Force 'cause they'll be 11 stories below you." So I did, and he was right..it was a weird sensation to be looking DOWN at Millennium's lift hill! Due to the aforementioned light crowds today I was able to easily ride every non-junior coaster in the park, with multiple rides on the bigger ones. Corkscrew wasnt bad, I got a huge pop of air on the first drop, I still dont know how but even my feet flew up. Iron Dragon was pretty boring I thought, Gemini was a little better as was Mine Ride. I didn't have the best time on Magnum, but it was partially due to the fact that I rode it late in the day when I was already pretty tired and sore so that ejector air was kinda painful. Had I rode it earlier it probably would have been more enjoyable. A lot of the pain was caused by Mean Streak..man some people had been saying it was less rough lately but that was easily the roughest most painful ride I've ever had on any coaster period. I was totally doing the Hades 360 face the whole time. It was throwing my back agaist the seat back repeatedly, I felt like it was trying to give me a hernia or something! I was in the back row, and I know I might have a different experience in another row or another train or at another time but I found that first ride so painful I didn't want to risk another one like that. I think that ride will probably be my last. Mean Streak Henry boggles my mind. Raptor was my first ride of the day during early entry, and I think it's definitely better than the Batman clone at Magic Mountain. It's a better layout than Flight Deck at CGA, but I think Flight Deck edges it out in intensity. One weird thing in operations I noticed...in the morning they were only loading rows 1-4 they werent allowing anyone in the back rows. They said they don't use the back rows 5-8 when it's cloudy..really? Bizarre. So I had to come back later to get my back row ride in. When I came back several hours later (after seeing trains cycle with riders in the back row) I went up to the station only to find they had just started switching back to rows 1-4 only again. I told the op who was assigning rows I came from a long way away and had been waiting for a back row ride so he took mercy on me and allowed me to go sit by myself in the back row, thank you! Blue Streak was pretty awesome too, it was exactly as people here have been describing lately..it's short and sweet with great pops of air and I like the classic feel. Wicked Twister does indeed have fast lane now! It's not special or upcharge or anything, its just FL like any other ride. It joins the main que after the last switchbacks in the fenced in path. My home park is SF Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo so I've ridden V2 several times, and as expected I thought Wicked Twister was quite a bit better. On V2 the back row is the best as you go further up the straight tower and get some nice hang time, but on WT I found the front seat substantially more intense than the back and much more fun. There were a LOT of people being denied rides on 'Twister for the seat belt not buckling, and they were not large people. Those seat belts are just so short that a lot of people had trouble getting it to buckle. Its not your stomach/gut that gets in the way, its the thickness of your thighs. I know there must be a specific reason it's that length, I wish there was a way to lengthen it just an inch or two...it didnt seem to be missing by a lot. I think Mantis might have a bad rap. I rode in the front row and didn't find it the least bit uncomfortable. It was the smoothest standup ride I've had (Vortex, Riddler's Revenge) but Riddler's has a better layout in my opinion. Some poor sap in the train in front of us lost his lunch so the crew had to get the hose out. First time I've actually seen that happen in person though I know it happens everywhere almost daily. Funny some of the GP around me started saying things like "Wow this ride must really be intense!" hehe..no I don't think that had anything to do with it. GateKeeper was another pleasant surprise. I heard a lot of 'meh' reviews but I thought it was quite a good ride. I found the right side more enjoyable as I liked being turned under on the first drop. That first airtime hill was surprisingly nice too. I did stumble on one of the locking vests today they apparently hadn't gotten to..it was front row right inside on train 1 which they were not running on Saturday..it didn't tighten too much during the ride so it didn't bother me..I only noticed once we hit the brakes that I didn't have any slack like with my two previous rides. Millennium Force pretty much lived up to the hype for me. I actually got in last night at 8pm so I snuck on to a night ride after hearing from several people that it was a good night ride, and it was. I think I liked it more in the day time though on my Sunday rides as I'm a sucker for a good view like you get of the lake on that lift. Got great air and relentless speed, it was exactly as expected, which was excellent. Maverick was the highlight. It really is a fantastic coaster, the airtime is excellent, the first drop is unmatched in my experience, and only one turn after the MCBR was slightly uncomfortable. The second launch in the tunnel was a lot more forceful than I was expecting, a great surprise. I loved how they run the operations loading two trains simultaneously. In comparison to Magic Mountain, I was at SFMM just last weekend so the differences were really quite glaring. SFMM is good at piling up thrill coasters, which they do well, but CP beats them in pretty much every other regard, especially capacity/efficiency. On every single ride the ops were clearly trying to dispatch trains as quickly as reasonably possible and I didn't witness any unnecessary stacking all day. The employees seemed much more friendly and willing to chat with guests, frankly they just seemed to enjoy their job more than SFMM employees. I liked the crew hoodies a lot of the ride ops were sporting, a very nice touch. Ride Count (Including 1 ride on MF and GK last night): Raptor - 3 Gatekeeper - 3 Maverick - 3 Dragster - 3 Millennium Force - 3 Wicked Twister - 2 Blue Streak - 1 Mine Ride - 1 Gemini - 1 Mean Streak - 1 Mantis - 1 Magnum - 1 Corkscrew - 1 Iron Dragon - 1 Cool story bro. Wish I was there.

About the give the review myself as well. YOLOcoaster was fun, but very short (as expected). I wouldn't wait more than 30 minutes on this ride, IMHO. I'll probably won't do Green Lantern ever again, if not for a long time. Our car was unbalanced, and we were facing the ground on the way up, so you know how crazy the ride was like. I'm a short person, so I was flung around like a rag doll non stop. By the time the ride was over, my shoulders have been killing me. I felt like I was Tina Turner and the Green Lantern was Ike. Like singemfrc said, it was close to 100 degrees that day, and it was humid. Even though we could have ridden everything, we didn't. We had to leave the park a few hours before closing because we were meeting a friend for dinner. Superman was just ridiculous to wait for an hour, even with a FP. And they were training someone--seriously? What park training someone during peak time on a major holiday? Rode Tatsu a few times and saw a broad in front of us lose her shoe on the ride. Oh, and the Sky Tower was open and while waiting people on Tatsu were spitting on us. While singemfrc, was on Golaith, he dealt with middle school kids that were on drugs and acting stupid throughout the ride (flipping the camera off, flashing on the ride, etc.) Kinda reminded me of this Onion Article http://www.theonion.com/articles/six-flags-employee-sick-of-talking-visitors-down-f,33541/ Overall, it was fun and can't wait to go to SFMM again in either March or April when they make the changes. Hopefully, X2 will be up and running. Everytime I go to SFMM X2 is never up, so I'm thinking it's an urban legend.

I heard that X2 won't be open until March 2014.

Do you think they'll be able to fix it by Saturday or will they have to order the part?

That would figure.... I had season passes back in 2001 and 2002.... I went probably 10 times in the 2 years... x always broke.... then... went again 2006/7 about 4 times.... x always broke...I swear, i'll never get to ride it... hopefully WCB its open... I never rode it. Last time I was there was a few years ago when they were upgrading the ride. Next week I'll be there and I don't think it'll be up. I don't think I'm destined to ride X2.

Any news on X2? I heard it was down.

It's okay, but if you can only visit one of Southern California's halloween attractions it is the one to skip. I often go because, unlike Knott's, I can get in with a season pass and the park often adds special features to some of the rides, but the event really is the weakest in the area (in my experience). When it comes to the Halloween events I prefer US: Hollywood hands down. Purchase the pass to cut in line. It's worth every penny. You can ride a majority of the rides and all the haunted houses quickly instead of waiting an 1 1/2 hours per haunted house.

I'm trying to avoid bringing any bags because I don't want to deal with paying $20-30 on a locker. You would think that the parks would allow fanny packs.

For me it was a no. I had a small chain last year for mine because I always lose the stupid thing, and they wouldn't let me in with it. Thanks. That's good to know. I didn't see it on the rules on their website, but knowing Six Flags, I figured I should ask. I was thinking about bring a, god forbid, a fanny pack. I know, I know--totally lame. I was thinking since I don't want to lug my purse around and pay $20-30 to rent a stupid fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo, since wearing a small fanny pack I would wear it on the rides with me. Has anyone had any issues where the rider operators wouldn't allow you to wear your fanny pack on the ride? When I was there is 2010 I was not allowed to wear a fanny pack on rides. Due to peer pressure I retired the fanny pack and just stuff everything I carry into cargo shorts pockets now instead of using a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo. That sucks that the park will not allow you to wear them on rides. As long as it doesn't affect the ride restraints.

Oh, I wasn't sure because of Labor Day weekend.

I was wondering the same thing. I don't want to walk to BFE, but at the same time, I don't want to drive my car to find an alternative place to eat, go back to try to find parking.

For me it was a no. I had a small chain last year for mine because I always lose the stupid thing, and they wouldn't let me in with it. Thanks. That's good to know. I didn't see it on the rules on their website, but knowing Six Flags, I figured I should ask. I was thinking about bring a, god forbid, a fanny pack. I know, I know--totally lame. I was thinking since I don't want to lug my purse around and pay $20-30 to rent a stupid locker, since wearing a small fanny pack I would wear it on the rides with me. Has anyone had any issues where the rider operators wouldn't allow you to wear your fanny pack on the ride?

That's gotta be impressive. Hopefully they'll have two trains running during Labor Day weekend.

Thanks for the recommendation. I might do that.

The higher the G force, the better.

Its just as bad as SFDK. The only good food at SFMM is Mooseburger Lodge. Otherwise just leave the park and go down the street to Chipotle or Chick Fil-A. That's what I thought. I always go to Chipotle. It's good food and it's really close to SFMM. Chipotle is my favorite. I can eat there any time, any day.

Its just as bad as SFDK. The only good food at SFMM is Mooseburger Lodge. Otherwise just leave the park and go down the street to Chipotle or Chick Fil-A. That's what I thought.

The Johnny Rockets at MM, is that a real Johnny Rockets, or did they just use the name? I know the one at SF:DK isn't a real Johnny Rockets. I'm tempted to get that at the parks, but I don't want to pay $30 for two people to eat.

They do look like ride supports but I seriously doubt they are because I don't think there is a park looking to build a ride just in time for the off season. You tell'em, Steve-Dave!

I'm not sure if I like the revamped version. In three weeks I'll know.

I know I'm double posting in this thread, but curious--Superman Escapes, why did they change it for the launch to go backwards? I know they removed Superman from the top because people kept throwing their gum on him.

I just love Disney Park music. To me, it's the best.