jonskinny12

My daughter (11 yo) has been really back and on forth on roller coasters through most of her life. Lagoon is our home park and over the last 8 years we've visited Hersheypark a few times, Disneyland/Disneyworld, and Legoland (CA and FL). She would try something new and I thought she was going to try bigger rides, then suddenly she'd get afraid again. But last summer, something suddenly switched. She was riding Colossus at Lagoon and loving it, just like her old man, then at HP last summer she decided to try Candymonium and rode it 9 times in a row. This year we were back at HP, she started at Skyrush and rode everything else with no issues. She was probably most nervous for Stormrunner but it ended up being her favorite. Just sharing my experience because I wasn't sure which way it was going to go until last year when something switched, and it all seemed random. She's the youngest and I have two older boys. The older is very afraid of heights, the younger gets sick on rides. And now my daughter can't get enough of roller coasters, and I'm looking forward to taking her to a lot more parks.

I'm sure they want to spend a million dollars on new trains for their 3 year old roller coaster to give six flags a slight burn, after they just had a year of major financial losses.

I rode Railblazer 16 times in one day and the only pain I had was the bruises on my shoulders. I recall it being a little awkward at first but no pain or discomfort in my legs. I'm an average size adult male though, 5'9" 180 lbs. I also don't mind other RMC seats/restraints though. Steel Vengeance will start hurting my shins after 10 rides or so, but that's it.

Most parks I wouldn't mind going back to but there are a few that come to mind here. I have no desire to ever visit Enchanted Forest in Oregon again. Sure Ice Mountain Bobsleds was weird as hell, but that doesn't mean I want to go back. I would never pay to visit Darien Lake but I have a SF membership and my sister lives nearby so I'd stop in for a few hours again and try to ride ROS and Viper, even though ROS has some of the most frustrating ops I've ever experienced. The Legoland parks will be on the list soon when my kids are at the age that they don't care anymore.

I was at both parks 3 weeks ago (2 days at KI, 2 1/2 at CP). Seems like ride ops had mostly hit their stride and everything was running really well, besides Gatekeeper obviously. In fact the only downtime I recall seeing on TTD in three days was a couple of times when weather brought the whole park down for a few hours. We didn't see any significant downtime unrelated to weather at either park, besides Gatekeeper which had the broken chain. Rides were opening on time and lines staying open past closing. We usually visit late May or early June so this was a nice change for us. FL+ was amazing at both parks. It always is at KI but we rode Steel Vengeance 11 times and never waited more than 20 minutes (usually more like 10 minutes), even when the standby line was posted at 2 hours. In fact, I don't think we waited more than 20 minutes for anything at CP, and most things were more like 0-10 minutes. Food service was pretty hit or miss at CP. Miss Keat's was understaffed and insanely slow, but Melt seemed fine when we went. We had the drink plan and didn't have any significant waits for those stations. I don't recall having any food service or drink issues at KI. Maybe we got a little lucky, but overall we had a great time at both parks.

We stayed at Breakers (first time we've stayed there - was awesome) for 3 nights midweek June 29 - July 2. We booked on May 3 and got 10% off because of our season passes and it was $291/night, so it would have been like $320/night without the discount.

We were at the park yesterday and today and rode Mystic Timbers in the front, middle, and back sections of the train. Didn't hear the music from the radio on any of our rides. We had a great time though. Ride ops were hauling for the most part. FL+ is amazing here and it's nice to take it easy, take breaks, etc. Everything that has already been said.

I went to Cedar Point and Kings Island last summer and rode most of the big coasters, including Banshee, Steel Vengeance, etc. I didn't have any problems with my mask staying on at either park. I didn't see masks flying off people's faces either.

I went on the Thursday/Friday the week of Labor Day 2019 when it was that hot. I know everything is different this year and school was probably back in session, but that day... we sat in Twisted Colossus for 5 straight rides without getting out of our seat, only getting up because the heat + ride was making us sick and we needed some water. I've never seen the park that empty but it was tough to stay all day.

Highly recommend this. I went in October 2019 and had one of the best days I've ever had at any park. Watch out for deals though, they had a great deal that included FL+ that was only valid Friday and Sunday, and Saturday was a much better day with FL+ despite a much more crowded park.

For those that were there today, what were FL lines like if there were any? We all know how valuable FL is at this park and I'm curious what it's like on a day where it sells out. Looking at the webcams Diamondback's FL line is basically empty right now...

My mistake. I lurk a lot of threads lol and I thought you already had some unfortunate timing with Kings Dominion, Kennywood, and Cedar Point. I guess I assumed they were all part of the same trip. I like your positive attitude though!

You're really not having much luck with this trip. Sorry man I love the night rides at this park so the shortened hours would be a big blow if I was planning to visit these days. But as mentioned above, at least they're not removing days from the calendar!

I've never heard of this. I always go to the booth just inside the gate or the store by Banshee. But are you saying you if you've already purchased it you can pick it up at the gate? Is this true for other CF parks?

Thanks for correcting me on this. I thought it always merged at the bottom of the ramp on my visits but I'm probably wrong. Either way it's great for Top Thrill Dragster.