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There's a concert on Saturday too but I'm hoping crowds will be low again like last week. The concert is Steven Curtis Chapman which I don't think will bring huge crowds since I don't think he is that popular (although I could be totally wrong about that).

Skull Mountain at Great Adventure today

Crowds are light now, I got to the park 30 minutes ago and so far Nitro had a 15 minute wait, Dark Knight just has a wait to get into the preshow. Superman looks to be around 20 minutes. The Skyway is running too which I wasn't expecting especially with it listed on the closed rides board.

I'm thinking (and hoping for) low to moderate crowds. No concert tomorrow helps too since there are concerts Sunday, next Saturday and next Sunday. I have never gone the Saturday after school started but have gone that Sunday and it has been very light crowds.

Doppel Looping (Laser) is the best portable coaster I have ridden. I still wish it was at Dorney

The only waterpark I go to is WWK at Dorney and they want you to cross your arms. They are kind of strict about it. Some of the lifeguards tell you to cross your arms and legs every time you slide, even if you are going for your 5th slide in a row at the same slide complex when there is no line.

It had a lot of work done on it, the ride was supposed to be ready by the end of the summer. At this point it may not be until next season until it is running again.

Link Attractions? If they're adding what was on the surveys, looks like the 200 foot Sky Screamer along with the bumper cars, musik express, and I believe an elephant ride got better responses than the 300 foot Sky Screamer and nothing else. I'm predicting they opt for a 150 foot model along with the bumper cars and the music express. They'll get the elephant tide too, but it will just be moved from Golden Kingdom. I'm guessing they make up for the shorter SkyScreamer by making the four attractions into a new/revisioned themed area. Hopefully, I'm still a little worried the Parachutes are going to be replaced with the SkyScreamer.

I have only been to Dorney out of those parks for a Halloween event but Haunt is amazing. There are I think 3 new attractions this year (replacing some older ones) and 11 or 12 total Haunt attractions now. After 6:00, there can be actors anywhere in the park. Generally Friday and Sunday aren't bad, Saturday is very crowded. The bad thing is for the 16th and a few other Sundays, there is no Haunt since I think they got complaints about the kids areas closing at 5:00 and now on those Sundays, the park is only open until 8:00. All rides are open, except the water rides and Road Rally (it is used for a Haunt walkthrough). Thunderhawk and Scrambler close at 5:00 each day (they don't open on Friday at all).

Dorney removing bumper cars for an old outdated freefall ride when they have already had a modern drop tower for over 10 years and removing a Schwarzkopf looper and it's replacement being a faulty inverted boomerang. The Boardwalk at Hersheypark. It should have never been built where it was and should have been away from the middle of the park or a separate gate. It's way too small for the crowds the park gets and it already has caused other rides to be removed. They removed the awesome Canyon River Rapids for the wavepool and lazy river which still isn't enough. Who ever heard of a park having a line to get into a wavepool let alone a 45 minute line some days? East Coast Waterworks is a disaster, it's so crowded and the lines for the slides are very unorganized causing pushing and line cutting. Great Adventure closing (SBNO) or removing 35 rides in just over 10 years. Less than 10 flats in such a big park is horrible.

From Great Adventure's Facebook: "Hi guys - there is absolutely no truth to the Kingda Ka rumors. Please be responsible and keep the phones clear for true emergencies.'

Steel Force at Dorney about 2 1/2 hours ago. I decided to take advantage of the fact that Dorney decided to open today unlike almost every other park in the area.

Crowds were probably bad because it was the only day this week that did not have rain or thunderstorms in the forecast.

Dorney with getting Voodoo and then Invertigo the same years CW is adding their 2 new coasters. I know they are somewhat different rides but both are inverted shuttle coasters.

Flitzer at Playland's Castaway Cover in Ocean City, NJ, 2 days ago

I'm surprised the place is still open. I stopped there a few years ago on the way to Orlando and the place was empty except for a wedding that was taking place there.

Maybe they change it on days when there are a lot of school trips? If they are able to have a rope drop on those days, they need to have it like that on all days. I agree about Demon Drop, I rode it once this season and really have no interest in riding it again this year. It really was very painful at the part where you lower from lying down to reversing.

I'm not willing to wait longer than 10 minutes for anything at Dorney except Talon and Steel Force. I have skipped Thunderhawk a lot this year because it always is running 1 train on the weekdays and has been getting a 20+ minute line a lot of times this season when I have been there. Not related to that but they just posted Haunt hours that were cut back this year. Now for 4 out of 6 Sunday's the park closes at 8:00 and it is Boo Blast all day with no Haunt attractions open. I agree, they really need to fix this. Not opening up the turnstyles at the entrance until a few minutes after 10:00 causes huge backups. It would be better if they copied Great Adventure and Disney and let you into the front of the park and then have a rope drop.

Today was way more crowded than a normal summer weekday. I couldn't believe how many camp trips there were. I ended up skipping Talon because I wasn't willing to wait 30 minutes after the waterpark closed. I did manage to ride Steel Force twice, Possessed and Dominator from 4:10 to 5:00 and Hydra with a 2 train wait a little after 7:00. The only time to go to the waterpark once school lets out is either at opening or 2 hours before closing (except starting in mid August when it closes at 6 everyday). I was in the waterpark from 5:15 - 7:00 and managed to get 15 slides and 1 lap on the lazy river.

Screamscape is saying the ride rotation program is probably going to return with Iron Wolf likely going to SFA and rumors of Deja Vu going to SFNE.

Unless something has changed since last month, Skull Mountain assigns Flashpass to car 5, Runaway Mine Train assigns Flashpass to the first row of the 3rd car. Rolling Thunder now merges before the stairs (which can still be a 20+ minute wait with the slow dispatches if filled), Kingda Ka merges at the path to walk to the station, Rapids go up the exit and to the further staircase and everything else either merges at the station or at the stairs to the station (like Superman).

There is a back entrance to WWK where the older wavepool is. That back entrance has a path that takes you right to Thunder Canyon and then up to White Water Landing. The only problem is, it isn't always open (but most of the time it is closed seems to be in May and June).

Steel, Kingda Ka Wood, Hercules

I can understand why tourists from Brazil would spend so much shopping in Florida. I remember being very surprised when I found out how much more expensive items are in Brazil, like when the Playstation 2 was launched for $500 US in 2009 when it was I think $99 in the US at the time (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/11/today-in-brazil-sony-officially-launched-the-playstation-2/)

As much as I like Dorney, I agree with everyone else it that it probably isn't the park to go to. Without the waterpark, you can easily ride all the coasters and the major flats in under 3 hours most days while the waterpark is open. I have been able to ride Talon, Hydra, Thunderhawk, Possessed and Steel Force in under an hour before which is fine for spending a few hours at your home park but not as a destination park.