YoshiFan

I like watching POV videos to get an idea of what a ride does, especially if it's a coaster I know I will never get to but I wouldn't use it to decide how good a ride will be but they are fun to watch during the offseason, even for coasters you have already ridden.

I never found Kingda Ka so rough that its unrideable but I generally try to go for the first 2 cars since it is smoother. I usually won't wait for the front unless the wait is only a few minutes extra (for some reason once in a while people don't go to the front row line making it not much of a longer wait), otherwise my preferred row is the 2nd row.

I prefer somewhere in the middle of forceful and not forceful. Hydra is kind of boring because there are no forces at all and it feels like you are just gliding around but at the total opposite there is a ride like Batman The Ride or Kumba that are great coasters but so forceful, after 2 or 3 laps in a row I need to take a break and go to a less forceful coaster.

It's been in the mid 20s to mid 30s near me. I really hope it warms up soon. I've been considering a trip to Hershey maybe sometime in the next couple of weeks and there is no way I want to walk around the park with a windchill of under 20 degrees.

Right now my favorite bands are New Found Glory and Simple Plan.

I like Kingda Ka but it's not even close to being my favorite steel coaster in the park. I will usually only wait 15 to 20 minutes at the most for it and on the days when the park isn't crowded and it's a walk on or 5 - 10 minute wait, I try to get multiple laps in on those days. I remember opening year it was common to hear that the wait was 3+ hours and I don't think I would have been willing to wait that long.

I like Nitro's station music. It is the Mortal Kombat theme. For background music I like the music played at the entrance area to Future World at EPCOT.

Not really a major situation but the only thing I can think of is during bar trivia that I usually go around every other week (I have been going for years and there has never been a roller coaster question ) one of the questions that helped us win the round was "What state has the largest part of the Ozarks?" Since I knew about Ozark Wildcat at Celebration City just from reading trip reports and forums, I knew it was Missouri. I think we won a $15 gift certificate for that round (each round is 10 questions but usually the scores are close where 1 question can make the difference between winning or not).

I hope the new coaster is ready for opening day but am not expecting it. I have never been to SFA but seeing that Great Adventure is opening 3 weeks later next season compared to this past season and SF's website still says SFA is opening in March I am considering taking a trip to SFA for opening weekend so my coaster season can start early.

Around $3000 on a trip to Disney World (for 4 people).

The day of Hurricane Irene I had to be up in Allentown, PA. Other parks in the area like Hershey hadn't bothered to open that day because of the weather but for some reason Dorney was open and at 4:00 it wasn't raining so I decided to stop in for some coaster rides. There was basically no one there (since who would plan to go to a park the day of a Hurricane) and for around 30 minutes I was enjoying the walk ons to the coasters then at Steel Force the skies opened up and it was a downpour. I think if they had waited another 20 seconds to dispatch the train they wouldn't have because of how bad it suddenly started to pour. A few minutes after that they announced the park was closing. I would have never gone to the park if I wasn't in the area. The other bad weather day was a Friday night Fright Fest at Great Adventure in September 2012. It wasn't supposed to rain but started to pour and Adventure Alley was flooded near Sky Screamer. Kids were running through the puddles despite guards telling them not to and the only ride not closed was The Dark Knight. When the rain got a little better, Skull Mountain reopened so I stopped there and then left because I was soaked. I still managed around 15 rides in 3 hours that night so it still was a successful trip to the park. Here are some pictures of the flooding: In this picture you can see the guard at the edge of the puddle. Another one in 2006 in July at Dorney there was a bad thunderstorm with lightning and every ride closed except The Whip and Music Express. Even though it was a stupid thing to do, I decided to ride The Whip and in the middle of the cycle, the power went out. Thankfully it was a ride that doesn't leave the ground.

The amount of videos and photos / trip reports posted is great and there are more posted here than any other amusement park or theme park site that cover multiple parks.

Rolling Thunder. You have the switchback in the station and then the waiting rows don't have much room and can hold 2 trains worth of people at the most and then they are blocking all the other rows so you have people waiting in the station in the switchback and if the others don't move up to fill in empty rows (if a lot of people are waiting for the last few rows) then some rows might not have people waiting for them which gives people just entering the station the opportunity to climb over the switchback to take an empty row and cut the people still in line in the station. I guess it doesn't matter now though since the ride is gone.

If you decide to go to Dorney, don't go on a Friday in May unless it's later in the day (until around 5:00 or a little later). They have Music In The Parks with many school groups on Friday's in May and some of June and it's one of the few times where Dorney actually gets lines.

That's what I hate about Superman Ultimate Flight at Great Adventure. You are on the brake run with your head tilted down waiting for the other train to dispatch and after a while it starts to get really uncomfortable. That is one ride where I actually prefer 1 train running so that can be avoided.

Spinning coasters, I don't mind ones that spin a little but others can really make me dizzy.

They look great, hopefully they will help with the lines especially at peak times like at park closing.

I just finished Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories for PS2 and started playing GTA 5 on PS3. I like it more than GTA 4 but not as much as San Andreas on PS2.

That reminds me of last season when I would hear One Direction multiple times per trip to Great Adventure. Then when it wasn't being played there were ride ops singing the song and other times while on coasters a group of girls would randomly start singing the same song. Although it wasn't just at parks, that song couldn't be avoided anywhere, even in the casino I would hear it being played where no one under 21 can even enter the building.

It was in Old Country where the Autobahn building is.

Coaster: A B&M Hyper Flat: Mangels Whip If it's a coaster that actually has to fit in a backyard I guess I'd go with a compact Premier launched coaster.

Hopefully they bring it back in the next few years. It was a lot of fun to control the claw from home even after they stopped sending out the prizes.

I also take Tylenol before most trips to a park especially after last year when I rode Gwazi and had a headache for close to an hour afterwards. Great Bear is probably my 2nd least favorite B&M invert (out of 6 I have ridden) but I still think it's a great ride. That helix before the drop is unique and I really like how it has the the loop and then immelman right after the first drop. It's amazing how they fit the coaster in with so many rides close to it.

I thought I remember hearing one park, maybe Kennywood gave them out without air and it would be nice if all parks did that. Around 5 years Great Adventure some kid was bouncing a basketball in Scream Machine's station (when you could bring loose articles in the station) and he lost control of the basketball and it hit the track in the station and fell under the station area. I was hoping the park wouldn't get it back for him but they sent a mechanic under the station to get the basketball back.

I have only ridden Hulk and Kumba and of those 2 I liked Hulk better. I really liked the launch from the lifthill and the layout of the ride. I liked Kumba too but not as much.