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Nobody but pussies who have to make a fake account to do so. I got your number though. I feel like you missed a career as an announcer for baseball games.

Are you putting on a funny voice or do you actually talk like that?

https://6abc.com/phantom-fall-fest-allegheny-county-west-mifflin-police-pennsylvania-amusement-park/12308853/

So uhhhhh this photo is making the rounds this morning. Anyone got any info? Fire? It doesn't look burned/charred. Collapse? Structurally compromised? RMC? Hit by a small aircraft? Eaten by a large animal?

Not too surprising but kind of a bummer.

The park is offering trails for no additional cost on Friday nights through Fright Fest.

I don't think anyone actually knows why the Mitch Hawker poll stopped but I'd bet a chubby chunk of change that ol' Mitch just had it with insufferably enthusiasts.

Great report. What a difference a week makes? I was there on the 17th and got a dozen+ rides on Goliath throughout the day, all over both trains - front, middle, back, wherever, and thought it was running like a dream - much better than my visits in 2016 and 2018. Super smooth and ludicrously fast. No rattle at all that I noticed. People always rave over SFOG's Goliath as the best B&M hyper but I think after these rides I finally got it. Actual texts to @coasterbill raving about it:

Twisted Cyclone, last Saturday night.

I expected the article to say it happened in the parking lot, not in the Musik Express queue. What in the actual f*ck? I haven't been to this park in years, but do they not have metal detectors at the gate?

The park has released a statement that they intend to reopen the ride after repairs and inspections, in time for the 2023 season. Let's please stop with the "CEO doesnt want to spend money" / "chain is broke" / "the future of this ride is in doubt" nonsense, please and thanks. https://patch.com/new-jersey/brick/2023-el-toro-reopening-planned-six-flags-great-adventure

Are you really making the claim that the park knew the ride was structurally compromised yet ran it with riders anyway? We're really doing that? Please, PLEASE let us know how you are so sure about that. I'm not talking about what you THINK happened behind the scenes, I want to know how YOU KNOW that is what happened. And before anyone comes at me thinking I'm rushing to Six Flags and/or Intamins defense for anything at all related to this - I'm just allergic to bullshit and the people who spew it.

This board used to be filled with people who didn't post absolute bullshit on here as if its fact. Termites? You have google, son. Maybe just search for something. If you recall correctly? You are "pretty sure" you heard that in "several places"? You wanna cough up any kind of source to back that up? Anything? Yes, Colossus was shut down for 3 years to have its track replaced, but there is literally nothing online about the track being infested with termites. Come the fuck on.

Was at the park on Saturday for the day before spending the rest of the weekend with my sister who lives in Athens (currently posting from Chicken and Beer at the ATL airport). Was there from a little before noon until a little after 9pm and had a great day. Great weather and super light crowds until 6pm/FF but even then the coaster lines were totally manageable. I rode Cyclone and Goliath at least a dozen times each through the day, both were running impeccably (save for Cyclones trains making weird noises earlier in the day and both trains having rows roped off). I basically spent 7-9pm reriding Cyclone as many times as possible, as the wait was mostly halfway down the station stairs or I was just jumping in empty seats on the same train. Haven’t ridden an RMC besides Jersey Devil since I visited Cedar Point in 2019 and forgot how absurd the airtime can be. Shit! Had a great lunch and drinks at JBs and also managed rides on Mindbender (the new trains are a little tight for me but the ride is still great), Pandemonium, Dar Devil Dive, Blue Hawk and that was basically it. a TL;DR: Had an awesome day Saturday. Got drunk and rode Goliath and Cyclone a million times.

The race to see if this opens before/after Wildcat is on.

Yes! We did feed the birds, loved that. Obviously no photos as whenever we did it we just hopped out of the lazy river for it, but also a great and worth mentioning part of the day, thank you for reminding me. Unfortunately when we visited again in 2021, the entire bird sanctuary was closed, including part of the lazy river that its in, which we weren't notified about until we arrived even though we'd bought our DC tickets like a month in advance - total crap but we still had a great time because its Discovery Cove. But that's a story you'll be told way, way in your future.

Bert, sorry to hear about your husband. Happy to see you are still keeping up with your reports, this one is off to a good start.

After two days at Seaworld we decided to spend our Sunday evening hanging out at the hotel and hit the pool. Sunset over Orlando. I can tell you we had a bite and some drinks at the hotel's poolside bar/restaurant. I couldn't tell you what we ate or what was in these drinks if you paid me. Orange crush maybe? We had a long day planned for Monday, so we retired to bed early so we could get some rest ahead of our much-anticipated first visit to... Discovery Cove! There's lots of great things I can tell you about Discovery Cove but the most important thing you need to know is that your entrance fee includes all-you-can-eat food and drinks all day. This was a very early breakfast. Not pictured: a huge lunch and endless snacks all day. And yes booze is included. You do have to pay for a "premium" drink package to all get all kinds of goodies but if you're content with basic-ass beer all day, drink as much as you want. (In 2021 we visited again and they were now including hard seltzers with the basic-ass-free-beers). And the food is decent. And there is lots of it. Just eat it all. The thing with DC is you're in a wetsuit all day and so you do things like stick your phone in a locker and don't look at it all day long and also don't take any pictures because you're busy living your best life at Discovery Cove. Doing things like swimming with dolphins. And the lazy river. Did I mention the lazy river? It's fu*king phenomenal. We spent hours in it. Nevertheless, we did manage a few photos of us swimming with the dolphins. This is a super cool, amazing experience but for us was a one-and-done. While we were super stoked to come back to DC in 2021, we were content to not swim with the dolphins again. P.S. the water in the dolphin lagoon is cold. Like f*cking holy sh*tballs freezing cold. You have been warned. This is the only other photo of anything at DC, taken as we were leaving. We absolutely love this park so much and will go here every single time we are in Orlando for the rest of our lives. Thinking about visiting? Just do it. Worth every penny. We stopped back at the hotel for showers and headed out on the town. No Orlando trip would be complete without a visit to Fun Spot Orlando. We love this park, probably more than we should. Sure, there's never anyone here when we visit and they're generally incredibly understaffed. But they have Fun Spot punch. Lots of bright and humorously named flats. And Freedom Flyer! We love Freedom Flyer. And probably the jankiest Screamin' Swing I've ever been on. And White Lightning! This ride is criminally underrated, imo. I've always ranked this humble, mid-tier GCI way higher than I should. In 2021 I finally got to ride in the back of a fully loaded train and holy crap. We waited zero minutes for a spin on the parks nice Ferris Wheel. And the hit up each of the parks phenomenal go-karts; our fave is Conquest. We ended the night with a dozen+ zen-rides on White Lightning and Freedom Flyer and closed out an empty park. And that was a wrap for Monday. Low on photos but high on fun, dolphin swims and endless beers. We still had one more (half)day before this trip was to end, more to come...

Is Acrophobia down down right now? And does this park still kind-of open the front Cyclone/Scorcher areas a little earlier than the posted opening time?

Holy f*ck, we're back! I'm trying to clean old photos off my phone and in doing so realized I never finished this b-day Seaworld blowout report. I'm not gonna type too much I don't think, so enjoy some photos. Honestly, this weekend is pretty fuzzy three+ years later. On Sunday we got up and headed back to the park to get a lanyard for the Gurgles and Grub fest the park was doing. After picking up our lanyards (our BGW platinum passes got us a nice discount) we stopped at Flamecraft or whatever its called for a morning cocktail. Lots of beers to choose from. So let's just get Bloody Mary's instead. These were really good (for a theme park). We stopped for a ride on Journey To Atlantis. And popped in the aquarium underneath the ride. This is a very good ride. And so is this! Let's have a ride on Manta before we start filling our bellies with various eats and libations? Manta is my favorite flying coaster. Some in-park entertainment... Fish tacos! Seaworld is gorgeous park and a huge reason we love it so much. Adult german-choco-cake-shake! Bananas foster waffle cone w/ caramel. Infinity Falls was pretty new but we were warned not to ride unless we had a change of footwear. We'd come back later this weekend better prepared. Great looking ride. Right behind the ride is a (then-new) food hall with some craft beers... and wines. How about a lap on Mako after a beer? Impossible slider! I have yet to go to SWO when the sky tower is operational. Boozy Orange Creamsicles And another lap on Manta. Bacon & cheddar hush puppies with this amazing freakin butter Turtles! Key lime fritters and some booze juice One more lap on Manta before heading out. We had two more days in Orlando after this. I'll try to post the rest of the pictures soon.

Thanks for the info. I'm not too stressed about it as I've been to this park a few times before. If its not busy maybe I'll give it a shot and see if I fit but Alpengeist a few weeks ago was a verrrry tight squeeze. I managed with some help from friends but I'll be alone this time and I hate having the ride ops have to really work just for me to ride, especially if its something I've ridden already.

Great White @ Moreys, last Sunday night.

It's been open. Its just marketing bullshit.

Do we have any SFOG locals on this forum anymore? Has this park been deadsville like SFGAdv (and some of the other Six Flags)? Also, are there big boy seats on this Batman? I can't for the life of me remember and haven't been down in four years. Thanks!