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Wow, crazy they can blame that. I guess the $49.99 admission had nothing to do with it?

Green Day, September 7th 2005 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. They put on amazing show.

Well, there rumors that Great Adventure was going to get a Thomas Town. That is really the last thing the park needs right now. 4 kiddie areas is more than enough!

9/20, I don't know much about flat rides except the ones that we have all over the place.

I'd even be happy with 1 coaster at this point since it would be at least something to ride I didn't think of the Wild Mouse but that is a good suggestion for a coaster to be running, the reason being that Midway America is usually closed for Springtime In the Park so if they did run the Wild Mouse, they would have until May to get it ready for opening day unlike the coasters in the front of the park that they need to be ready for Springtime In the Park in April.

^ I'd also like to see some coasters open, even Comet, Sooperdooperlooper and Trail Blazer would be enough for me. I went last year and in 1999 and 1996 and plan to go this year as well (probably over winter break) and it is a nice diversion during the offseason but it really is like torture seeing all those coasters and during winter break, the offseason is only 40% over and really makes you wish something was running! All they need is a disclaimer saying that the coasters might not run if it is too cold out. I remember Derek posted a Photo TR last year I think from Easter Sunday where temperatures were in the 30's and Comet and SDL were running, if they are able to run in the 30's with high winds, I don't see why they can run in the 40's and 50's

It's a Zierer Flitzer. Hopefully the one in this TR wasn't braked too much. The one at Playland in Ocean City, NJ slows you down any time you pick up speed. Kind of boring.

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If it wasn't for those trees, you might be able to see 2 more, Little Laser and Dragon Coaster. That section of the park has the most trees and the walkway from Thunderhawk to Steel Force is a nice quiet place to relax.

If it wasn't for that water bomb, it wouldn't be too bad. I either wear a bathing suit or poncho (I know that takes away from part of the ride but if we aren't going to the waterpark, I don't feel like walking around drenched all day).

I wonder if they will sell Q-Bots to skip to the front of the line and if you will need to store anything you have with you in a locker before you can be seated in the chair.

No, Reese's is where the old rides office was. The Giant Wheel site was supposed to have Turblence, the frequent faller coaster. When it got cancelled, they put some flats there that were removed the year before for Storm Runner. Starship America, the kiddie balloon ride and maybe something else, I am thinking a small train but I'm not sure?

If everyone thinks those Flashpass prices from Great Adventure are expensive, I have some bad news for you. Those are from this past summer and the prices have been raised a lot since then. Here is the current Great Adventure pricing: Regular 1 person - $45 2 people - $74 3 people - $103 4 people - $132 5 people = $161 6 people - $190 Gold 1 person - $90 2 people - $144 3 people - $198 4 people - $256 (I can't read the last number but it looks like a 6, I took a picture of the price list with my phone so it was a small picture) 5 people = $306 6 people - $360 Based on that it could be $50 for 1 person for regular and $100 for 1 person for gold with the price decreasing for each person added.

Someone in Germany bought it (I think for fairs?)

I think it was mentioned a while back that people may not be so critical of the ride there. Though it would be nice to see them add everything that is supposed to be there and not leave stuff out at the last minute like they did at Great Adventure.

It was my 3rd favorite coaster in the park after Talon and Steel Force. I am really annoyed Dorney is getting rid of it. I think it is a huge loss for the park. I'm not even looking at it from an enthusiast's standpoint. It was one of the 3 non kiddie coasters that was at 48" or less, and it even though it as actually more intense (at least to me) than Talon and Hydra, it didn't look as intimidating. Plus not many parks have coasters with only 1 or 2 inversions anymore. I know that the only reason I ever tried a looping coaster was knowing that since Sooperdooperlooper only had 1 loop, if I tried it and didn't like the loop it was over after that. If SDL was gone as well, and all that was left was coasters with 4+ inversions, I don't know how quick I would have been to try a coaster with inversions.

My highlights were getting a SF SP for the first time and going to Great Adventure 17 times, including riding Kingda Ka for the first time this year (and I got 13 rides this season). Going to Hershey and ride the Canyon River Rapids on the 3rd last day of it being open and riding Fahrenheit Discovering how awesome WWK is at Dorney, I never realized how much fun waterparks are.

No way it will survive as gardens/a water park either. Who is going to go to their waterpark with 5 slides even if it is cheap (under $20) and take a day out of their vacation when you have Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, Aquatica and Wet N Wild all in the area.

2 from Dorney Park in 2006: At Talon in August, Security did a great job overseeing the line. They had a guard standing on a platform in the middle of the line to watch for line cutting and other problems. Someone pointed out to the security guard how one person was in line and 2 others joined him by cutting through half the line. The guard told all 3 to go to the back of the line. They refused and he then said they could go to the back of the line or leave the park, their choice. 2 of the people left and the third one still wouldn't leave but after another threat of being ejected from the park, he left as well. A few minutes later the 3rd person cut again and the guard saw him. I couldn't hear exactly what happened but the security guard was saying something about how he never said all black people had to leave the line (I think the line cutter was claiming he was being told to go to the back of the line because he was black) and again refused to leave the line. The guard took this guy and escorted him out of line and possibly out of the park as well as the guard was gone for close to 10 minutes. I was very glad to see line cutting being enforced and handled seriously because as I'm sure everyone will agree, it's very annoying. Then in October I was in line for Dominator and there were 6 teenage girls ahead of me. A mother and her son cut the line to join that group of teenagers. Another mother from another group in line was furious and went to the front to tell the ride grouper that they cut the line and that the person who cut the line hit her. The person who cut got angry and started cursing at the other woman and claimed that if she would have hit the other woman "you would have known it." She said it wasn't cutting because her group was in line and that she did not hit her. The other woman said she elbowed her to get past her in line. Then the woman who cut starts yelling at the grouper because he said it is line cutting. Security was called and there within a few minutes. 4 guards showed up. The family who had said the others cut left the line because they were fusturated and security got the whole group in front of me, the 6 teenagers, the mother and son to leave the line. The teeangers and mother are cursing and another mother in line says to them "I don't appreceiate the language you are using in front of my kids" One of the teenagers says to her "Shut the **** up." Security saw and heard this and then escorted the entire group out of line and hopefully out of the park. It was annoying because the time it took for this whole situation to be handled, at least 2 - 3 cycles of the ride could have occured (I don't blame the employees or security, I just mean that the whole incident wasted time).

Superman Ultimate Flight at Great Adventure around 7:15 on 11/2/08, walk on. My last coaster ride of the year.

If you thought Flashpass prices were bad before, the park just had a huge price increase starting this past weekend: Here are the new prices: Regular 1 person - $45 2 people - $74 3 people - $103 4 people - $132 5 people = $161 6 people - $190 Gold 1 person - $90 2 people - $144 3 people - $198 4 people - $256 5 people = $306 6 people - $360 I have found the park took some steps forward but also some backwards this year. They had multiple trains running almost all the time. I never saw Nitro run 1 train, it it only had 2 trains a few times. Almost all visits it was running 3 trains. Same with Medusa and Scream Machine. Even the smaller coasters like Skull Mountain were always running 2 trains. However only having 2 restraint checkers made 3 trains on Medusa and Scream Machine pointless and they were always stacking or double stacking. Someone mentioned the lack of flats a problem. 17 rides have been removed since 2002. There are less than 12 non coaster, non kiddie rides in the park so the coaster lines are going to be longer than ever. Maybe I picked good times to go to the park but I was able to avoid lines for the most part. Basically I love the coaster collection and that is why I went to the park 16 times so far this season but I hate everything else about the park.

I don't think that law applies anymore, I was reading that BGE is considering opening in December 2009 http://www.greatadventurehistory.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=364

Yes, I hate the offseason and would love to go to my local parks all year. I don't care how cold it is. I rode Steel Force last weekend when it was 42 out and it was cold but I still went back for another ride and would even ride in the 30's. All you need is a warm coat, a sweatshirt, jeans, gloves and maybe a hat and you are all set. Hershey is less than 2 hours away from me and they are open in December but it's almost all kiddie rides and some flats, no coasters open. It's a nice way to break up the offseason but it is like torture being in the park seeing all the coasters and not being able to ride them.

Unfortunately, the Enterprise at Dorney isn't that great. I rode it tonight and the cycle has gotten so short to the point where the arm is fully tilted for maybe 3 rotations at the most. I'm still glad they have it since both Hershey and Great Adventure got rid of their Enterprise's within the past few years but I wish they cycle was a lot longer.

I don't think most people even think about the size of the building, and even then I have heard a few people expecting it to be like Rock N Roller Coaster. I agree with you about the marketing. Had they marketed it as a family coaster, you wouldn't see the complaints. There are rides enthusiasts hate like Boomerang's and SLC's but I have never heard such negative reception about any of them compared to TDK. The worst was one guy saying in May when exiting to the line "please, I am begging you, get out of line it is horrible."