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El Toro. But that might change after I ride Skyrush this wknd.

Enterprise was my fave as a kid. Over and over and over. Loved the Bayern Kurve too, but I don't know of any around here other than Kennywood. After doing some things this year, I have to say Flying Scooters @ SFA were awesome, Z:DOD @ SFGAdv & Dominator @ Dorney for drop towers. I'm slowly getting over my hatred of anything that spins, which didn't start until adulthood. That said, Apollo @ Dorney was one of the best rides I had on anything all year, coasters included. Total surprise, I want to go back just for that ride!

out of what I've been on: 1. Hypers 2. Inverts 3. Flying 4. Floorless 5. Stand-up

I started to type out SFGAdv, but realized its definitely Morey's, my folks live a few blocks away.

Anyone else think its kind of weird to *want* to be stuck on a ride? I dunno, seems like a waste of time.

Great report and amazing photos. I would love to visit this park, seems like a really well rounded coaster collection.

1st coaster - The Flyer, Hunts Pier, Wildwood, don't know the year but was likely 82/83. Back seat w/ my Dad. I don't really remember it, but I do have a photo.

Really excited to hear the crowds have been on the lower side recently, I guess without a major Halloween event everyone goes to Dorney/GAdv. I will definitely check out the woodies last, since they seem to be off in their own area, and I can't resist dark night rides. I can't wait til Friday, weather is looking good, just have to shake this nasty cold I got over the weekend.

Just wanted to add this photo from Sunday, I was waiting for my bro-in-law to scan and email it to me. There's more pictures that I didn't post here of my city, the journey up to the park, etc and other more extensive trip reports from this year on my recently launched blog (link below in signature if you want to check it out). My final and 27th lap on El Toro this year this past Sunday morning.

Well why haven't they fixed it. its been broke almost the whole season. They are being cheap. They are not fixing it. Maybe, just maybe they are waiting on parts. The local SkyRide parts store was out of what SFGAdv needed.

My problems with Hydra are: the idea of the JoJo roll is great, but it was more annoying than fun for me. Didn't help eating beforehand since you go through it so slow. But even on our later ride it was kind of uncomfortable and awkward. Like its a good idea in theory but its no coincidence this element hasn't popped up again on any coaster since... Also, the first drop feels really small to me, and I do love B&M's drops like Nitro's - not curved, and no pre-drop, though it was nice at night as its very dark back there. While the first half of the ride is nice enough it just never makes any moves that blew me away. After the cobra roll it has that wack airtime hill that does nothing and then it just sort of limps through a turn or two into the break run. I wanted to like this ride as I'm a fan of B&M's but its probably one of the lowest rated on my list. It's not terrible, its just... there.

Looks like we are definitely heading up to the park Friday night for my first ever visit. I'll try Wild Cat for sure and let you guys know what I think. Does it compare to Roar @ SFA? I only say that because they are both GCIs and both from around the same time period. Roar wasn't terrible but I certainly wasn't begging for a second ride. Overall I'm really stoked to ride some of these, especially the 3 Intamins!

El Toro is amazing. Superman, Batman, Skull Mountain, Kingda Ka and Bizarro are awesome too. Nitro was fun but nothing amazing like people say. I disagree! After Toro, Nitro is the best coaster in the park by far. It's not as forceful and intense as Batman or Toro but its height and speed more than make up for it. Sit in the back for the best floater air down the first drop and it doesn't really let up until you slam onto the break run. I haven't been on too many hypers but Nitro towers at the top of my list. After all the trips Ive taken this summer right now my favorite to least favorite rides in the park are: El Toro (nothing compares, 10/10 ride every time) Nitro Zumanjaro (used to hate drop rides but this is the greatest rush) Batman/Bizarro tied (I love the effects, great pacing of elements and smooth yet moderately forceful ride on Biz, but Bat is also smooth and packs a hell of a punch in its very short cycle) Superman (that preztel loop, come on!) Skull Mountain (so fun!, F the haters!) Runaway Mine Train (pretty great coaster for being so old, I enjoy night rides) Kingda Ka (one trick pony certainly not worth waiting more than 1/2 hour for) Blackbeards (rode it once, it was fun) Green Lantern (no such thing as a good ride on this) Dark Knight (the epitomy of suckage)

4xs in a row without leaving the train yesterday morning

hopefully Hershey friday for my final trip of the year

After making it up to the park two Fridays ago we figured it would be the last trip to SFGAdv for us this year. Then me and my bro got that passholder email from the park re: the ERT for passholders on Z:DOD this morning so like the nerds we are, even with a full day of other activities planned, we actually went up for just an hour today. The park was opening @ 11am, and ERT was 10:30-11am. I was skeptical we'd get many rides in being Fright Fest, but we figured what the hell. If we can get one or two without having to wait it was worth getting out of bed early on a Sunday morning. Hell, since this was my 10th trip to the park this year (and 11th SF park) this wasn't costing me a dime. Our only issue: we had to be done, and out of the park and on the road by 11:45am. Crazy, right? Our plan: a few rides on Z:DOD, a front seat ride on KK, a magic seat ride on Toro, and run to the car. It didn't quite turn out that way, but we had a crapload of fun in 1 hour & 15 minutes. It was kind of dead on arrival I only had some coffee & it made me crazy jittery There was quite the crowd at the gate, but we only had about 6-7 people in front of us Ready for light-to-moderate winds and 50 degree temps at 415 ft in the air They opened the gate @ exactly 10:30, and we skipped the rope drop. GP was being told they had to wait until 11. Outta my way suckas! And had ourselves a nerdy 'light jog' over to the Golden Kingdom Pretty quiet this early Toro was testing, we were hoping to get a spin As was Ka Gotta love ERT. We got on the 2nd gondola of the day, and were able to hop over and ride again right away. After our 2nd ride, the line gotten long enough and it was close enough to 11am that we tried for KK, but there was a good 50-70 people lined up at the entrance already. Kind of insane, so we skipped. I had a feeling El Toro would be quiet as it usually is the 1/2 hour to hour after the park opens So we headed there And walked right on And sat in the magic seat 2x in a row without getting up Then we moved up a row for a 3rd ride and befriended the couple who stole the magic seat. We stayed on for a 4th ride in the same row... and our new friends moved ahead of us for their 2nd ride. Time check 11:35am, we wish our new friends a good day. 2x Zumanjaro 4x El Toro, but we gotta go. We head to the car and say goodbye to the park for real this time. An 'encore' performance of sorts. BTW, Toro really hates the cold mornings, huh? Slowest rides I've had all year... Obviously not bad, how could it be? But almost thought we would valley on that last dip before the break run. Wont be hard to find Tom in a crowd today

Funny this thread popped up as I was having a conversation with a friend last night. Favorite is a pretzel loop, but Id also go with a good zero G roll.

Good report. I always like to read reports for parks I've been to. I really liked Dorney on my first visit last month. I haven't been around to enough parks to agree that it felt "corporate", then again I'm used to SFGAdv as my regular spot. Talon and Possessed are awesome, Hydra was so-so, Thunderhawk is horrific, and Steel Force was meh in the back but awesome in the front!

David Bowie - Heroes

Usually anything that spins I can't deal with but I've been trying a few this year with success: Apollo @ Dorney was awesome, Enterprise made me a tiny bit queasy (and I used to love that ride @ Moreys growing up), I did a Tilt-A-Whirl @ Moreys this summer that did the same thing, but I was fine from both after I got off. I still won't step foot on Teacups or a Music Express (another I loved as a kid). As far as coasters the only times I was bothered this year was when marathoning Bizarro (SFGAdv) 3 times without getting out of my seat at Coasters After Dark (21 inversions in 10 minutes!) and then another time after pounding a few beers in the lot during lunch and going back in and getting right on Green Lantern. So both of those were understandable. Then we did Ragin Cajun @ SFA last month which taught me I don't need to ride a spinning mouse for the remainder of my time on this planet. The Flyers there were my first and I was concerned before riding but I thought they were awesome and didn't bother me at all.

The Great White in Wildwood more than a few times all alone in the back seat on an empty train LOL

Ive had something like 130 individual coaster rides in 2014 and only was stuck once on the break run of Superman: Ultimate Flight of all places. Issues with the train dispatching in front of us. The worst place to be stuck. It was only a little more than 10 minutes but we were at one point informed we might have to be evacuated. They sorted whatever the issue was and we were able to return to the station and they lowered the seats. It could have been worse but still sucked!

As a GAdv regular, I've come to really appreciate B&M coasters and the inverts I've ridden (Batman, Talon) were both excellent, so I am really looking forward to Great Bear. The drop looks unique, the layout is different, the close to the water sections look cool, and I'm sure it has some decent forces and a bit of snappiness as far as I can tell from the POVs. After the Intamin Trilogy at this park Great Bear is next on my lists of must rides. SDL doesn't look that mindblowing but since its a pretty rare type of coaster these days I'll give it a spin for sure. Looks pretty uneventful after the loop. And after all the praise here for Lightning Run I'll definitely make sure to give it a spin. Certain side better or should I just do both? Still not until next Friday, but weather is still looking great, a bit chilly @ night but if I have to ride in a hat and gloves I don't mind.