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Darien Lake this friday for Tantrum's grand opening!

^ Hope Six Flags fixes all of these errors for next year, it feels reassuring they're taking over operations soon.

^ Do they still sell the rainbow mickey ears? I really want to get them when I go to Walt Disney World in December.

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I usually go clockwise around the park, which works, then I have about an hour of extra time to ride anything I like a lot (Tantrum, Ride of Steel, Blast Off, etc), also like someone said above, check their concert schedule, as they have a pretty big concert venue, so the park can get busy. I have no idea about a parent swap program, never heard of it..

Did you check the signs they post right in front of the turnstiles? I don't recall it being there but ya never know. It's weird how Pirate and Heave No are closed still, it shouldn't take this long to fix them up pretty sure.

Corn Popper was open when I went yesterday, they just had problems around 4-ish and I guess decided to close it for the rest of the day.

I'm a VERY skinny person, so I'd be fine with either one.

^ Agreed. Superman : The Ride at SFNE’s restraints are better in my opinion, RoS needs something like that. And especially Mind Eraser, that thing HURTS.

An okay day today, lines were at least a 10-15 minute wait, which is reasonable, it’s a holiday weekend and it’s hot. Spent an hour at the water park, pretty fun, but they need to remove the one section of blacktop near Big Kahuna, most people don’t wear shoes in the water park and it BURNS. Rode: Ride of Steel 1x Blast Off 1x Predator 1x Lazy River 1x Rip Curl Racer 1x Didn’t ride much today, since it’s my home park and I go there often, 15+ min (excluding RoS, it’s worth it) isn’t worth it for me. I took photos for RCDB (and here kind of ) and played a little Fascination. So overall, a good day. Found Tantrum merch! Only they don’t really put it on display and you gotta find it in each store... bought the shirt for $20 (but actually $15 cause season pass holders get a discount). The line today was all of the queue, but not down to the ramp. Didn’t go on it, but I get to ride it all day Friday so. (: Food!!! HELLO FROM DOWN HERE! Sad they don’t bother to replace these or at least paint over it.. Hoot n’ Holler, paint coming off of this too.

Heading to the park today for a little, it's pretty hot so that means water park! Will take photos and update from time to time.

^ Knew that was gonna happen with Posty, I love his music, he's a big known rapper, just a little tip to research the concerts before you go, but since it was for a new ride it's understandable. I also got the front row both times I rode Tantrum, and sometime you HAVE to get a night time ride on it, it's so amazing! Also this is why I'm excited for SF to take over Darien Lake, cause then we'll most likely get flash passes, then we can skip lines. When I went yesterday it was probably a 10-15 minute wait tops. There is a third train, just in the building next to the block section right before the station, it's covered by a tarp.

If you mean my body weight in fast food, then heck yea! Is La Ronde a good park to travel to?

It's a NEED to layer, last December I had only 2 layers, and realized I need more because my hands and feet were most likely frozen and hurting. Also, BUY THE SOUVENIR MUG!!! The day you buy it, you get free refills of hot drinks all day, which you need to have a surviving chance to do everything that's open in the park. There are fire pits that are scattered around the park too to keep warmth, just a little notice. When I went in late December, Joker, Batman, Nitro, and Green Lantern were closed due to the freezing temperatures, plus, they closed early that night for the same reason. Just be prepared to possibly not be able to ride something because of the temperatures in NJ.

^ Nice shot of that ride! Tantrum at Darien Lake! They've now got another awesome coaster on their hands. Love the color scheme!

^^ Ah, didn't know that, thanks for the info. ^ The line went pretty quick, they ran two trains. It's similar to blast off, they ask how many people you have, and if there's already 4-3 people at the front, you go to the back.

Rolling Thunder is stuck upside down (no riders are on it oddly), so this is the second incident, the first being the joystick to control the ride snapped off. Also... Getting a night ride on Tantrum!!! Train is on top, (while typing the caption I heard it running, so it’s back up now lol).

Tantrum...what a ride!!! I got to get first row on this bad boy, and man it was an experience! This was my first Gerstlauer Eurofighter and I highly reccomend these coasters! The drop was out of your seat, and the ride was so smooth! (Side note pictures are taken right at the bottom of the first drop) I cannot wait to ride this back to back at the grand opening next Friday. Bought the photos, and this looks like it was made in PowerPoint... Whenever I get pizza at Darien, I think of the time I got pizza and ending up eating it in a splashtown gift shop cause all of a sudden it starting down pouring and the wind picked up. xD The ride is so photogenic!! I LOVE the trains! They really gave the old Thunder Rapids station an facelift. The lapbar was pretty comfortable.

Good plan. In other news, Darien Lake posted a video of people on Tantrum on their insta. Planning to go tonight to experience the awesome ride people are calling it.

^ Be ready for HUGE crowds tomorrow, Post Malone will be performing tomorrow, and 30k+ people are going, completely sold out.

^ Eh, you're right. It's just me being a lil' jealous that this happened. My apologies I already have season passes so I'm happy that I won so I can get meal vouchers and popcorn vouchers, which is really handy. So I now have free admission, parking, daily meal, and daily popcorn (I'm pretty sure?). So I'm grateful.

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^ Yes, almost half of the buildings in the park are in noticeable disrepair. If Six Flags could just improve the park overall, make it more appealing, and a second train to RoS, it'd be amazing.

^ Ah, good point. But I don't think any Zamperla Motocoaster trains are lying around at sister Six Flags parks. On Darien Lake's website they said that this year they're a stand alone park, so maybe that means next year they will rebrand?

^ Plus during the beginning of off-season they're super cheap, and if you wanna buy them before the season is over, you get Fright Fest admission to the current year.