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The front, I like having a view of the track without other people or cars of the train in front of you. I usually sit in the middle though because that part of the train usually has the shortest wait. I'll wait for the front if it's not much longer of a wait but if it's more than 2 or 3 trains of a longer wait, I'll take another row.

Nice photos, despite living near all those parks and spending almost my entire past 5 summers at the shore I have never been to those parks (I usually go to Ocean City and Wildwood). The paying to go on the beach is common at the NJ beaches. It's like that in Ventnor, Margate, Longport, Cape May and Ocean City as well. It sucks for the visitors who are only there for the day. For the whole season it's not that bad only $5 for the season in Ventnor/Margate. I also hate how different parks have height restrictons on the same ride/type of ride. Like that kiddie coaster you said they wouldn't let you on is the exact same type of coaster (maybe not design/layout but same company for sure because the track and train looks the same) they have at Playland in Ocean City and there is no height limit (I see adults on it all the time).

Nice photos, I always remember seeing that placed advertised on TV years ago. Looks like a good park for kids.

Deciding to take one last trip to a park this season, it was between Dorney, Hershey and Great Adventure. I was just at Dorney 6 weeks ago, I thought Great Adventure would be way too crowded so I decided to go to Hershey. I got to the park a little bit after 2, when the park opened. I went to a ticket booth in Music Box Way (free admission, it was either pay as you go or buy a wristband for unlimited rides for $24, I chose the wristband). I then went to Pioneer Frontier to try to get on Sidewinder. It was closed so I headed to the Trailblazer. 1 train running but the station had about 10 people in it so it really didn't matter. Same ride as always, tame but still fun. Next I headed to Great Bear. Other than the front row, basically every row was a 1 train wait thanks to 2 trains running. I chose row 7. I love that helix after the lift hill but for some reason I didn't enjoy the ride as much as I did last time (my first time riding was in the summer). I think it's because the ride seems so short compared to Talon which I think is now my #1 invert. I still liked the ride a lot and without a wait I got back in line again for another 1 train wait in row 5. After that we did both the antique cars and sports cars. Every time I am at Hershey, the queues for these are full but today for the antique cars no one was in line and for the sports cars only 2 people were in line. Next up was the Kissing Tower which was closed last visit. It was running better than the last time I was on it because it rotated (last time I was on it was 2004 and there was a sign up saying it wasn't able to rotate anymore due to a new program). Some others wanted to play skill games in Minetown, so I took the opportunity to get another Great Bear ride, this time I only waited about 20 seconds! Seeing as we only had a limited time in the park (had to leave by 6:30 p.m.) we decided to go to another section of the box. We then went to Fender Bender in Music Box Way. Like the cars in Minetown, it always seems like these bumper cars have a long wait. We go to the line and there is no one in line at all! It took a while for the ride to start because they needed to get more people on the ride but it wasn't too bad. The cars were really slow though which was kind of dissapointing. Next we went back into Midway America. I saw Wild Mouse had about a 15 minute wait which I didn't feel like waiting in so I skipped it. Wildcat appeared to be running with trains 2/3 full so I figured it was a walk on. It turns out they had the middle 1/3 of each train chained off which turned what would have been a 1 or 2 train wait into a close to 10 minute wait. While in line I heard comments such as "Oh, that section must be closed to balance the train or else the train would tip over." The worst part was other people believed it and got scared. I think it was because they had a limited staff and it was easier for them to not load the full train. Went to the Merry Dip Fun Slides quickly with a 5 minute wait. Not much to say about it other than it's not as fun as the giant slide at Dutch Wonderland or Morey's Piers in Wildwood. Next up was the Whip which was just a wait for the next cycle. Still my favorite flat and a great ride (not sure if I like Hershey's or Dorney's more). Since I was right there, Lightning Racers were next. I chose Lightning because last trip I was on Thunder (and lost). There was only 1 train running on each side which I wasn't expecting but there was only a 2 train wait so it wasn't a big deal. Last time I sat in the front seat but I sat in the middle of the train this time and actually think it's better not to sit in the front. I think you get a better view of the racing if you don't sit in the front and the ride seemed more fun becing able to see the dueling and racing between the 2 trains. My train won, but barely. We then went back into Pioneer Frontier and did the train ride which had a few props for Halloween with ghosts in some of the buildings and a headless horseman on some grass near the tracks. No wait for the ride. We then went to the monorail which was about a 10 minute wait due to them only running 1 train. It was neat to take a night ride on the monorail since I usually don't go on the ride at night. It was almost 6:00 at this point and I still had to get to Comet and Sooperdooperlooper. Comet's line was to the ramp (1/2 full) out of the station. The sign said 30 minutes when queue is full and since there are 5 switchbacks and the ramp, I figured it would be a 5 minute wait. It was really a 10 minute wait, not too bad but I was surprised that since other coasters had such short waits. But I guess it's because Comet is the 1st coaster you see once you walk in Founder's Circle so everyone goes to it first if they don't run to Storm Runner. 2 trains were running thankfully. Unfortunately, the trims were on more than they were during my visit in the summer which slowed down the train during the 2nd half of the ride but I still really like the ride and I still consider it my #1 wooden coaster. I had about 10 minutes to get to Sooperdooperlooper, ride it and meet up in Founder's Circle so luckily Sooperdooperlooper had an empty station except at the front of the train as usual (unless they are running 1 train) and I walked right to the back row for a ride. This was my 1st looping coaster and I still think it's a great ride. I forgot how forcefull the loop was especially after going on Great Bear earlier. I definetly prefer the loop on Sooperdooperlooper. At that point it was time to leave with a quick stop at Chocolate World for the dark ride tour. Overall, I have never seen the park so empty before and I was kind of surprised crowds didn't pick up while I was there considering it's the last day of coasters opearting at the park this year and since it was Halloween weekend, I thought it would be a lot more crowded. I guess people either went to haunted houses/attractions or wanted to go to a park like Dorney or Great Adventure where they actually have Halloween walk throughs or mazes unlike Hershey who just has some minimal Halloween decorations and themeing up. It was a great trip to the park and a great way to finish my coaster season.

Sooperdooperlooper at Hersheypark last night

Disagree completely. I hate the idea that so many people have that Disney Land/Disney World (and other parks for that matter), are just for kids.

I have also been on the one at Dutch Wonderland. I thought it was interesting when I was younger (before I had ever been on a motion simulator) but last time I was on it, it really seemed lame. I guess for little kids who aren't ready for a more intense motion simulator it's an ok ride.

Drop Towers, Launched Coasters, Flat Rides that flip you upside down.

Nice how the seller is charing $7.50 optional insurance yet UPS insures your item free up to $100 so they are probably going to profit off the insurance (doubtful extra insurance will go over $7.50 total even if it does get over $100 before shipping). I would have bid if shipping wasn't so much (probably would pay around $50 - $60 with shipping).

DDR Max 6th Mix (Japanese version)

Kind of old but it fits this topic well: http://www.dancedanceresurrection.i12.com/

I didn't know any other park had the ride. It's cool that it still exists but: taken from the website "OLD 99 TRAINS Scenic kiddie train ride. Must be under 54" tall to ride. "

I might be heading down to WDW in December but otherwise I'm done until next Spring.

This ride looks great. It seems like the type of ride that will appeal to everyone including those who want rides that aren't intense yet still be a lot of fun. I can't wait to try it next year

Nice photos, that Old Engine 99 train is weird to see there. I wish Dutch Wonderland would have kept the ride.

Wow, that's a long wait for that ride. It seems to always have a wait at Moreys but the same ride at Playland in Ocean City never has more than a 5 minute wait. I guess Moreys is more popular and the capacity is horrible on that ride.

500 foot Volare? (can you imagine spiraling around that lift hill to get to 500 feet)

That sucks, it looked like it was a fun park. I had hoped to get there next year. I at least hope the Wildcat stays in the area (it would be great at an amusement pier in Ocean City, NJ).

30 minutes for Scooby's Ghoster Coaster at PKD

Very sad to hear. I have always enjoyed his music in DDR and in the 2nd mix - 5th mix days where he had a lot of songs to contribute to a mix (like in 3rd mix he had 3 songs which is a lot for 1 artist). What really sucks is that he possibly could have avoided this for the time being as the articles on DDR Freak say he refused to change his lifestyle. I hope that in honor of him and his music Konami is able to put even more of his music in future DDR games (new songs, not just his songs from older DDR games new to the US).

I have only been on Hydra which I thought was a great ride despite the bad reviews it has gotten, I hope to get to Great Adventure next year to try Medusa.

I voted for Hersheypark because I think they are one of the best well rounded parks out there. They have a great collection of coasters with all different types of coasters covered and they also have a nice collection of other rides and the environment is great (clean, good crowds usually). Chocolate World (next to Hersheypark and free to get into) is also a nice stop as well with a dark ride simulated factory tour and a huge shopping area.

I was thinking the same thing looking at that picture. It seems like it would be easier to just push the train out of the loop.

I think boomerangs are ok. They aren't that bad if they have extra padding on top of the OSTR where your neck is like the one at Hershey has. I also think SLC's are fun rides. I'd take a B&M invert over a SLC anyday but despite some roughness I like the layout of the SLC.

No, I enjoy going to parks with a lot of coasters and rides. I have been to some small parks where either they have few coasters and the coasters they do have aren't that great and I am bored. I'd rather go to a park like Dorney or Hershey than a smaller park like Steel Pier in Atlantic City or a pier in Ocean City, NJ (Morey's in Wildwood being the exception)