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kinda sounds like a waste of money if you ask me. they didn't spend any money on that ride while it was open. just look at the decrepit condition it was in for yrs till they tore it down. Now they are wasting time and money making a memorial. I think its crazy. might as well have memorials for other rides then too.

don't forget the high taxes, traffic, and great cities with high crime, Newark, Irvington, Camden to name a few

I wouldn't be surprised if SFGadv gets batman backwards for next season, and that will be what they advertise as new for 2015. just my opinion. I still dodnt understand why in the 90's and 00's they never went back to running rolling thunder backwards for fright fest, like they did sometime in the 80's.

the ledger did a story the other day on how safe are NJ amusment parks. i believe they mainly did the story because this past weekend was action parks re-opening. it lists all injuries on all rides in NJ http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/06/action_park_returns_grapples_with_legacy_as_most_insane_amusement_park.html#comments

New Jersey had one of the worst winters in years... Jersey had a snowstorm almost every week, which is uncommon here. They also had to remove an old coaster (extremely carefully too) and all of the footers, and they had to add additional supports to Ka's tower. I don't really blame Six Flags for the delays. They even worked hard to be able to open Kingda Ka on weekends, which they didn't have to do. People need to get over the weather excuses. It's unacceptable that the ride is still not open. Six flags America I believe still doesn't have a relocated wild mouse open. It's just terrible sf practice.

Front row for me.

that blows

why?

You're not alone. Ive only done KK a handful of times now but I always say its a one trick pony. If it was what it is plus some sort of course after the drop it might be more interesting to me but I certainly wont wait for it most times. I have not however, done the front seat so based on what others have said my opinion might change. totally agree with ka being a one trick pony. I consider ka a gimmick, just like I think stand-ups are gimmicks as well. But if you gonna ride Ka, or TTD, its got to be in the front.

Kingda Ka is a front row ride. But its definitely not as good as TTD. Sucks your coudnt get on TTD. I bet we were at cedar point maybe the same time, as TTD was closed when I was there as well. Were you at cedar point for coastermania?

I hope the attendants at Ka were better then they were on fri. On fri. They were training a bunch. And were slow as hell. They were only launching a train every 5 min that's how slow it was. On top of it. It wasn't open long due to the rain fri evening. No way will they ever be that bad. Not even Superman is usually that bad. Ka aims to dispatch a train every minute and it seemed like they were hitting that interval today while I was at work. Well not on fri. It was so bad that a guy in line was timing them and yelling out how long it was taking, and he kept yelling, 5min.

I hope the attendants at Ka were better then they were on fri. On fri. They were training a bunch. And were slow as hell. They were only launching a train every 5 min that's how slow it was. On top of it. It wasn't open long due to the rain fri evening.

I think at the beginning the line will be more then 3 hrs. it looks like its going to be a slow capacity ride and all. just my opinion.

id hit zumanjaro first, followed by Ka. then el toro

only 800 a hr, that's not a lot of guests a hr.

is togo the co who makes the stand up at kings dominion?

mantis is 100 times better then green lantern. green lantern will beat the crap out of you with all the head banging.

I said the park doesn't need CP level operations most of the time. I work at the park. There's a huge difference in attendance between Monday through Thursday verses Friday through Sunday. We receive extra staffing on super busy days but most of the time, the staffing we have is sufficient for the crowds we receive and wait times at all rides never go above an hour. I've seen lines at CP reach an hour and a half on a Monday in May where as rides like Bizarro have station waits during the week. its just not running a company correctly having 2 attendants checking a train, when it should have 4, whether the park has 20 min waits or a hr. its not being productive. and its making employees do way too much work.

you got that right, SF is definitely a bunch of cheap skates. I went to the park for a few hrs wed evening(park was empty), nitro was only running 2 trains, the C train was off the track, I hope that means they are fixing it. I hope SF half ass maintenance will fix the problems on the C train.

That's amazing news! I've been waiting for Gadv to improve operations to this degree. I've had the pleasure of working at both Cedar Point and Gadv and the difference in operations is noticeable to say the least. It's exciting to hear Gadv now times their dispatches like Cedar Point does. SFGadv operations are not even close to cedar points on the major roller coasters. SF better hire a ton more people if they want to be close to comparable. We try our best though! haha We're on track for one million rides by the first week of August at Toro. I know Nitro usually hits one million in July. Skull Mountain, Batman, the Sky Ride, and Bizarro should hit one million as well. Ka probably won't since it's been closed so much for Zumanjaro. I dont blame the employees, I blame management. El Toro is the big attraction at the park, there is no reason why there are not 4 attendants checking trains at all times. especially with all the fat people that are too lazy to check the test seat and slow up everything. that's just 1 example.

That's amazing news! I've been waiting for Gadv to improve operations to this degree. I've had the pleasure of working at both Cedar Point and Gadv and the difference in operations is noticeable to say the least. It's exciting to hear Gadv now times their dispatches like Cedar Point does. SFGadv operations are not even close to cedar points on the major roller coasters. SF better hire a ton more people if they want to be close to comparable.

SF is such a joke. they are worrying about this guys shirt, but they dodnt worry about the line cutting, the swearing, and kids giving the middle finger to the camera on a few coasters. they have no clue.

this is just more proof how this countries infrastructure is falling apart.

awesome. are they going to have a season pass holders opening only perk?

well I just left the park at 6:30 and it still is closed