YoshiFan

Yes you can ride the coaster and ferris wheel. The physics aren't realistic at all but it was still cool to see in the game.

I have the iPhone 5 and a HP Touchpad tablet. The TouchPad was probably outdated when I got it since it was discontinued less than 2 months after it was released but I didn't care since they dropped the price from $499.99 to $99.99.

My 3 favorite coaster types are hypers, B&M inverts and Schwarzkopf loopers. I also like coasters with a lot of track so you get a lot of "value" for your time spent in line.

San Andreas, it's also my favorite overall PS2 game. GTA V might have been my favorite but there was one flaw that made me like San Andreas more.

7 years ago on the first page I said City Jet at Gillian's Wonderland Pier for a coaster. I'm changing my choice to Laser at Dorney. It was my 3rd favorite coaster at the park and Schwarzkopf loopers are one of my favorite coaster designs.

I liked the Disney die cast ride attraction vehicles. They were cheap enough (I think they were $6) to collect and I liked having the ride vehicles on display. Sadly they stopped making them around 7 years ago. This is just one of the many ride vehicles they had (not my picture).

The first movie, I liked it way more than the other 2 movies

I always try to watch some of the Olympics. I'm looking forward to Luge and Skeleton.

I hope that path reopens. It would save a lot of time getting to Kingda Ka from Frontier Adventures and Plaza Del Carnaval.

It's not specifically for airfare but I usually see some low prices posted on slickdeals.net, people occasionally post some really low fares or offers out there.

The go karts at Dorney were never popular. It was rare to see more than 2 or 3 people using them at once and many times when I walked past them or saw them from Steel Force they were empty waiting for riders. They also used the track for a Haunt the past few years. I know it's not Cedar Fair but the go karts at Great Adventure seem more popular than at some other parks. They have deals running throughout the season and offer a season pass for them at I think $60 which probably helps increase rider numbers. If someone goes to the park a lot and really likes go karts it's a good deal since its $8 or $9 for a single ride.

Great pictures and report. The park looks very nice and themed well.

Diet Pepsi

A Schwarzkopf would be a great addition, I had originally hoped they might buy Laser when it was removed from Dorney and with it for sale again, they could still get it or some other Schwarzkopf looping coaster.

Chickie's & Pete's will probably be very popular. Whenever I drive past any of their locations near me they are always crowded and the ones on the Boardwalk like in Ocean City, NJ almost always have long lines for the fries. I wonder how much they are going to charge compared to a non park location. The last time I went to one of their restaurant's, the burgers, sandwiches and cheese steaks were almost $9 without fries.

I've seen a few Lego rides before but never that many different kinds especially all in 1 room. It's cool how they all fold up and into the trucks.

It looks like it will end up being a very nice water park. That kids area looks like it has more slides than others.

I got my box today and there were so many cool items. Thank You Robb and Elissa. Opening the box DVD's, Chap Stick, Intamin Pen, S&S Pen, TPR Pen iTunes Gift Card, Geauga Lake Keychain and Magnets, Ornament, Buttons, Carabiner Clip, and another DVD TPR Bag, Vekoma Shirt, West Coast Bash Shirt and a TPR Shirt. A lot of park brochures and maps. I can't wait to look through all of them. West Coast Bash Landyard, Cooling Towel, Deep South Bash Cup, Premier Landyard, Poncho, TPR Mints, Plush Keychain, Cars 2 Vehicle, Stickers, Insane Coaster Wars Magnet, Money Holder John Carter Movie Poster and Vinlymation Postcard, Outlaw Run Newspaper, Proslide Catalog, Mack Catalog, Maurer Söhne Catalog

That's good to hear, I have Mario Kart 7 but opened it just to get the Club Nintendo code and register the game and only played the game once just to make sure it worked. Once I finish Mario Kart Wii, I'll look forward to playing Mario Kart 7.

Since Mario Kart 8 is be released this year I thought I should play through Mario Kart Wii. I got the game years ago and only played it a few times because I hate the controls with the steering wheel or using the Remote and Nunchuk. Since I got the Classic Controller last year, I decided to give the game another chance and it's a lot more fun using a regular controller but still really frustrating getting hit with a blue shell on the final lap right at the finish line and then dropping out of 1st place. I also got Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence for PS2 around 6 or 7 years ago and thought I should try to complete it (I ended up restarting the game since I was only an hour into it the first time I played it). I don't like it as much as MGS 1 or 2 but still think it's a decent game.

I haven't ridden a lot of water slides ( the only waterparks I have been to are Blizzard Beach, Sesame Place and Wildwater Kingdom). The worst waterslide I have tried is green slide of Wildwater Rapids at Dorney. It's a very short slide, and water is hitting your face almost the entire time and it's usually painful when you hit the water because it is so fast. It's the turquoise enclosed body slide in the picture below. The other 3 slides at Wildwater Rapids and the 3 Patriot's Plunge slides are all great though, especially the red Patriot's Plunge slide with the double down.

I'd prefer forces and air time over theming. I like theming but would rather see the money spent on theming towards a better ride experience.

Awesome photos, it looks a lot cooler than a regular 4D coaster.

I'd agree with Disney being the best. I have never seen anyone turned away from a ride there although they don't have anything really extreme that would force them to use more restrictive restraints.

Great Adventure has a large outlet mall about 2 miles from the park. They actually used to be called Six Flags Outlets (or something similar) until a few years ago. Dorney has Iron Pigs baseball (AAA Affiliate of the Phillies) about 20 minutes away and Sands Bethlehem also around 20 minutes away with a casino and outlet mall. Hershey has a lot of attractions near the park. There is the Hershey Gardens, Hershey Museum, Zoo America (I know some might consider it part of the theme park though since it's free with admission to the theme park) and Chocolate World.