YoshiFan

I'm not happy to hear that, last year it was 5 minute dispatches all season except at Frightfest when it took a little less time but I was hoping for fast dispatches this year, not slower. I skipped it so many times last year or only rode it once a trip because I wasn't willing to wait 15 minutes for a 2- 3 train wait. I also hope Nitro is running tomorrow. Especially since if it is like last year, where a line at the 30 minute sign was around 10 minutes.

How crowded was the park overall? I'm hoping tomorrow will be better since I had to work today and was planning to go tomorrow.

I don't know, I was never there on season pass day, but I was there when the group was there on a regular operating day last season. It was horrible. 30 - 45 minute waits for everything except Kingda Ka which I heard was over an hour.

It is a buyout day, there is a large Jewish group that goes to the park on Easter (they are also ther on the 13th when the park is open to the public).

Jackson school district and NYC have Spring Break from the 9th to the end of the week after that. I am thinking the 10th (and the 11th) will be crowded since it is a holiday weekend but I could be wrong since last year on the Wednesday when they were open during the week in April the park was dead in 2007 but in 2008 it was jammed. I also don't think a lot of people don't realize the park will be open yet since I have heard no advertisements on the radio or on TV like last year before the park opened.

I agree with what has been said about the lines. It used to be better, now they don't seem to care if they only run 1 train on a popular ride like Storm Runner. I also agree about that song on the tour dark ride. Before they refurbished the ride those annoying cows and that song were not there and it was a much better ride.

This weekend can't come soon enough, I can't believe the offseason is finally over in a few days. Only 4 more days until Nitro

What seems strange is that Kingda Ka is included with regular and gold at Great Adventure and X2 has a higher possible capacity (RCDB says 1600 vs 1400 for KK, even though I realize that they are unlikely to get those numbers) and both rides at their respective parks are the rides that constantly have long waits. There are days when Kingda Ka can have an hour wait when everything else except maybe El Toro is either a walk on or short wait.

Sad to hear that some of the changes made to the museum were bad. I was last there in 2005 and really liked it, then last summer it was closed and I was looking forward to seeing what changed. Now I'm not in such a hurry to go back.

The queue for Saw looks really bad, like a boxed in feeling. Does this park ever not have long lines? Every TR or Photo TR I have read makes it look like it is impossible to have a day where everything is a walk on or short wait Kingda Ka goes from 0 - 128 in 3.5 seconds.

A McDonald's I was at last week had Great Adventure coupons...for Frightfest 2008. I was surprised to see it since with the park opening in less than a week you would think they would have had 2009 coupons.

It was like that at Great Adventure last year, the capes were prizes for some game where it was a winner everytime. I saw lots of people wearing them on every trip to the park.

That Guitar Hero game is very interesting. 85% is super easy to get, and I see they are giving an expensive prize away for getting 98-100% on Expert. I'm sure there are plenty of people who can get that score and I give it a few months at the most until they either make it 100% to with the guitar and game set or get rid of it completely.

I thought if you are over 56", you can't ride that coaster unless you run to it first thing when the park opens and even there there is a chance you might get denied?

I went to Atlanta in 2003, everyone said to check out the Underground, we stayed for about 15 minutes before we left. It was horrible.

Sounds like they really need to get their act together with operations. 1 train with a 2 hour wait?! Manta is going to have ridiculous waits if they decide to operate that with 1 train considering how long it takes to load flyer trains and having to recheck rows (happens all the time on SUF)

They have been using just 1 lane on that slide for years. When it has a line, it moves painfully slow. I don't understand why they don't get all the lanes operational especially since it was the original attraction for Morey's.

Those pictures look just like my trip to Sea World Orlando in 2004. They actually had employees directing the flow of traffic in the park. It was horrible, you had to get to a show 1 1/2 - 2 hours early or you couldn't get in, Kraken was over an hour (I didn't ride as I wasn't riding big coasters then), Journey was 45 minutes but it was 55 out so I skipped it.

I don't think it was ever $29.95. I checked the site a few weeks ago and it said $23.95. Very upsetting since I thought this was going to be my chance to marathon both those rides because I had planned to go on Easter Sunday which is supposedly a day when the park is empty. 6 out of 11 coasters closed is bad, especially because it was only cold in 2007. 2006 was warm (I wore shorts to the park) and last year I don't think it was cold either. Would have been nice to Rollersoaker operating without the water as well. I went on the day before Easter in 2006 and Midway America was opened but it was jammed. Storm Runner had a full queue (someone said it was 2 hours), Great Bear was 45 minutes, SDL's line was down the steps and in the lower level. If I still go, I guess I'll have to marathon SDL and Comet instead.

That Hershey Kiss on the front of the car is somewhat new (maybe even new for this year?). It used to have the old park logo on it as shown here: http://www.rcdb.com/ig109.htm?picture=3

The Dave and Buster's in Plymouth Meeting Mall uses the same system, they put the tickets on the card. The one thing I like about that better than paper vouchers is that they don't fade like the ones printed on thermal paper.

I think any wild mouse in the world has better capacity than the one at Dorney. Even a line with 20 people can be close to 10 minutes.

I thought they only allow re-rides if there is no line at all (rows going out empty). At Great Adventure they announce you are allowed to stay on if no one is waiting for your row even at Kingda Ka, or if someone is waiting for your row and move to another empty row they don't care.

Amazing how much lower prices are for flashpass than at Great Adventure. For 1 person $34 vs $90 is a huge difference, 6 people for $129 versus $360 is also a huge difference. Even regular is $13 more for 1 person at Great Adventure. I remember it was posted to expect pricing similar to Great Adventure a while ago, I guess that isn't the case.

I can't say I'm surrpised they closed today. At least they didn't decide to open and then close without notice like they did with Family Fall Fun Night at Great Adventure and are giving notice they are closed for tomorrow ahead of time. What happened was the park was open 5 - 10 for SP holders only. It had been raining all day and people called the park and we were told they would be open from the scheduled 5 - 10. Even at 6:00 someone called and said the park would be open until 10. They closed at 7:30 with the announcement made at 6:30. People who got to the park at 6:45 or and later were turned away from entering the lot after being told the park would be open. It was still the best trip of the season for me, since there was literally no one at the park (supposedly 400 people total) and I got more rides in those 2 1/2 hours than most people would at a full day in the park, those who drove an hour or more only to be turned away if they got there too late were not happy. I'm not saying the park was wrong to close early, just the way it was handled.