YoshiFan

Best - Disney because it is free Worst - every other system where they charge, especially Six Flags because they allow way too many people to use the system at once. At Scream Machine on Tuesday, normally flashpass people get car 6, 4 seats out of 28 on the train. There were so many flashpss users that they were giving flashpass people almost the entire train. I don't want to get into the whole argument about Flashpass again like I did earlier this year in that other thread especially since it seemed like I was the only one who thinks they are one of the worst things to happen to parks in recent years so that's all I am going to say about it.

WDW's and Knoebels (the longer train ride). I like how at Knoebels it takes you into the woods and is around an 8 minute ride. Dorney's train ride used to be great. The circuit was over twice as long as it is now and had a stop at Wildwater Kingdom. They shortened the track and got rid of the station at Wildwater Kingdom when Talon was built since Talon is where a lot of the old track used to go,Now it is just a big circle.

Hopefully it brings in a lot of people to show them that their admission is way too expensive. I was reading some reviews on trip advisor and every review mentions the park is overpriced (admission and food)

At the very least I'd like to see some coasters open for Christmas Candylane in December. If they can run them in 30 degree temperatures for Springtime In the Park, they can run them when it is 50 degrees out like it was when I went to Christmas Candylane last year.

Costco is my favorite. $1.50 for a hot dog and soda, $1.00 for a churro and $1.99 for a slice of pizza. Plenty of food for 2 people for under $3 a person. My favorite sitdown restaurant is the Alamo at Knoebels. The prices would be cheap as it is for a regular restaurant, but for a park restaurant it was amazing. $3.25 for a tuna salad sandwich with a huge pile of potato chips. I hate expensive restaurants and would take a meal for under $5 over a fancy or expensive resaurant anyday.

I expected the park to be packed since it was heavily advertised on the radio. Now every time I plan to go to the park I check the schedule to see if there was a concert going on. I went to the park on June 8th this year which was when Blondie was there. I didn't know about it but since it was 100 degrees out and it was a school night (Sunday), the park was dead. Even KK was a walk on later in the night and I got to ride Nitro 6 times in a row without leaving the train. The only wait was 30 minutes for the log flume. The arena looked maybe 1/3 full at the most.

It's bad enough they were running 2 trains on Friday, but 2 on a Sunday as well?! Was the single rider line open? 2 hours and 15 minutes is crazy and I thought 75 minutes that I waited on Friday was bad. I got my final rapids rides in and waited 15 and 30 minutes, I would have been very upset to see a 90 minute line but I guess that just shows how popular the ride is. They really need to either add some high capacity coasters or make sure all trains are running when needed because the crowds are getting larger and they can't handle it.

That always seems to happen with Rolling Thunder, in June I remember the left side had the line and no one was at the right side. What I think happens is some people pick a side and everyone else follows them thinking that is the line not realizing there are 2 sides I also agree about GASM, other than the once in a while headbanging in the corkscrews I don't find it rough at all

Everything on my first trip at Dorney to ride the coasters besides Thunderhawk in 2005 (I had been to Dorney many times before but never on the other coasters). I expected lines and everything was a walk on - 5 minute wait. I later found out that is the norm. Also Kingda Ka where it was a walk on in the middle of the day on a weekday in May and I walked right onto the front row

Yeah you are right, I'm just glad I was able to ride it twice on Friday. I just hope it helps make coaster lines shorter with even more people in the Boardwalk but it won't help if Hershey keeps up the horrible operations on Friday. 1 train on Storm Runner and SDL?!

Nitro, it's my favorite coaster at the park and my #2 steel coaster. I really like the horseshoe turn and the turn after the first hill and the helix before the MCBR. I like GASM and don't find it that rough at all (sometimes a little rough in the corkscrews but not too bad) so I don't think it deserves the bad reputation it has.

I'm glad Dutch Wonderland went with a wooden coaster instead of a steel coaster. If they had gotten a steel coaster it probably would have been a generic small sized coaster like the Joust that they later got. Sky Princess (I refuse to call it Kingdom Coaster), is a fun medium sized coaster that is enjoyable even for older kids and adults.

Trailblazer was closed all day today as well. I hope it reopens. It's a fun ride when there isn't a long line. I also am annoyed about the rapids leaving. That was the main reason we went to the park today, since the ride is closing on Sunday.

I hate the fact that I live less than 10 minutes away (I live about 5 minutes from the Springhill Suites) from what was once a park and I never got to visit , it's a boring mall now with the only ride being a carousel though not the one that used to be at the park.

Talon today at around 2:45 p.m.

I don't think I have ever heard one good experience from this park. I was in Montreal 2 years ago but the bad operations stopped me from wanting to go. Even though I would have liked to have gotten the credits, I don't think I missed much.

Yeah it's very difficult to get the front row. I was lucky to get the front row today but I think I have only gotten the front row 4 or 5 times in close to 60 rides, the back is even more difficult since they make you load front to back and if it isn't a full train you can't get the back row.

Never, I would only ride with a kid if I knew them and only go on kiddie coasters without height restrictions.

They really need to lower their prices. There isn't enough there for the $50 gate price. I don't know if they could pull it off but I think if they did a pay per ride system with free admission and sold wristbands for those who want unlimited tides, they would get a lot more visitors.

Maybe someone who has gone on a weekend to Dorney or has gone multiple times on weekends can better clarify this but without getting into it too much, I have heard from multiple people that the crowds Dorney gets on a weekend are very different than the crowds they get on a weekday, at least during the summer. I go a lot during weekdays during the summer and weekends in May, September and October and have always felt safe.

I just wish the refill prices were cheaper at Dorney. The cup is $5.99 and refills are $1.98. Not that great of a deal. That is one place Six Flags has CF beat. $9.99 for a souvenir cup (with SP coupon from the booklet) with unlimited free refills that day and $0.99 refills the rest of the season. If I didn't have to get a locker for it on almost all rides I would have bought one this year.

Expedition Everest. It's a very smooth ride, cool layout for a mine train type ride and the over ride experience is great.

I just looked and Dorney raised their price from $38.95 or $38.99 to $39.99. Dorney always seems to raise their price on something mid season. 2 years ago they raised parking from $8 to $9 in the middle of the season (it's $10 now) and last year they raised the 20 oz Pepsi price from $2.75 to $3.00 around September (it's now $3.50)

That season pass holder at Great Adventure was referring to rise and scream. It used to be Monday - Friday every day in the summer for an hour before the park opened with ERT for SP holders on select coasters. This year it is only 3 days all on Saturday's, the last one was yesterday. They never used to let people that far into the park until around 2 weeks ago. They used to keep the rope at the carousel and it was a running of the bulls. I guess they didn't want to take a chance on someone getting hurt or maybe someone did get hurt.

The launch isn't that strong, especially when compared to Kingda Ka but it's a fun ride, especially going up the back spike and on the 2nd trip up the back spike the holding brake adds to the thrill. It didn't replace Talon as my favorite coaster in the park but it is a good addition to Dorney.