Erik Johnson Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Holy crap that is a long line for Superman. You got to love line jumpers, they really try hard to ruin your day, don't they? I am glad I am not considered a lame-ass since I did include a turtle in my Photo TR....whew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Serious airtime unlike the wimpy crap that a lot of rides *cough*Voyage*cough* deliver (score: 1 ET, 0 Voyage). Â Â dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArchfiend Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Holy crap that is a long line for Superman. Â Superman Ultimate Glide always has that long line and it just baffles me. It can be a crappy rainy day, and still people will wait for that slow loading monstrosity. I've gone on days where KA and Nitros lines both were shorter than Superman Ultimate Glides. I guess people love the trill of uncomfortably gliding at 35 mph after waiting 1 hour plus no matter when you come to the park. Â Yes, I hate this ride. Only type of coaster in the world where riding up front offers no advantage whatsoever and totally kills the pretzel loop (the only note-worthy effect of this ride I might add) expierience. Â End of whine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScOtT k Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Joe, your home park is anything but crappy. I dream of having a home park like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 ^^ Those are the reason why you should love S:uf , not hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 It wasn't really that bad of a line for Superman. If it weren't for the fighting, we would have gotten through it in a half hour. Â Anyway, I guess I'll add a few things in here. Because I just can't get enough El Toro from across the water. Here is the gang filling out the paperwork at Security. Notes - They only had one pen in the ENTIRE office, so everyone had to share. And they didn't even have a clipboard, so they had to write on the trash as demonstrated by Joe. This is a picture of Larry pleading his case to Roland the security guard while Joe flashs pictures of the people that roughed Larry up. In this picture we have - Joe doing his best ACEer impression, the angry mob, and Larry in his mean sunglasses trying to fend of the angry mob before getting pushed 50 feet up the line. Here you have the mass of people harassing Larry. This was just before he got the crap kicked out of him by a girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Wow, seems that SFGAv has a REALLY Bad line cutting problem. Thankfully, SFA lines never get long, and when they do, we have line security Guards on lifeguard stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 They used to have the "life guard" chairs on Superman and a few other bigger name rides in the park but management decided to take them all out. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie_1990 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 ^^^ That's messed up. How can a whole park have only ONE pen. "A una pene." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Yeah, gotta love the line jumping and the lack of security. Makes me wonder, exactly WHY is the security person the one who cuts off the line at El Toro? Are they the only ones who can count high enough. From what I've seen of Japan, cops and security aren't the ones counting how many people to let on the subways during rush hour, so why does SFGAd feel the need to place the security people in charge of counting the amount of guests to allow onto the ride, instead of having them do actually useful things like stop people from line jumping, smoking, etc. Â The war on lines was declared back in 1999, they have up on that after about 5 years and removed pretty much every ride they put in that year. I know last year they were handing out tickets to prevent line cutting on the most popular rides like Nitro, Kingda Ka, and Superman on crowded days. I guess they gave up on safety after just one season, or July 4 isn't considered a crowded day. Â Fight the power, Larry, I salute you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 We got tickets on El Toro yesterday, but only in the afternoon, not in the evening and then they didn't even both looking at the numbers on the tickets. They just made sure that you had one. Talk about a waste of money on tickets. I had even gotta a ticket for Nitro a couple of weeks ago and the line was about 30 minutes long. I can see the idea for it, but if it is not enforced then it is really pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Did i see two trains in one block on that pic that said "The Toro ops are getting better." WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 SF GADV is one of the worst parks for line cutting. The typical thing that happens is a bunch a loud mouths push up through the line saying they're meeting up with a friend which is always a lie. If you try to stop them you're taking a risk since there is rarely any security in some of the longer queues to back you up. Six Flags shouldn't let the punks control the ride lines; what good are rules if they only hurt the people who abide by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Did i see two trains in one block on that pic that said "The Toro ops are getting better." WTF! Â Actually, you see three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 WTH HoW cAn ThEy Do ThAt!!!!1111!!111!!1! (Eye twitches and falls over dead) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Nope, there are actually 4! The one on the precipice of the first drop is kinda hard to see. Â It's kind of like filing papers...but with ejector airtime everywhere. Â There are worse things than lame jobs. After all, the job will be over next month. A small penis is somethng one has to live with forever! Â Joe, your home park is anything but crappy. I dream of having a home park like that. I think I should rephrase that.. "the park has been run poorly lately". Â It's still a good park, in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastinmiller Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 SF GADV is one of the worst parks for line cutting. Â yeah line cutting is bad there, but ever go to Six Flags America. That has my vote for the worst line cutters. Almost got into a brawl with 5 paroles with ankle braclets. That was alot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 I uploaded a couple more pics I forgot to add... Here is Larry's gift to me - a screw from the Raven, which he says is symbloic of 1. My favorite ride at HW and 2. what happend with the UK trip/my job. Thanks Larry! I thought it was funny that both Voyage and Toro had the same mugs el-toro-background.zip a nicer ET stitch job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Nope, there are actually 4! The one on the precipice of the first drop is kinda hard to see. Â Â Â Someone explain to me how this is phisically possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Its not - the photo was edited. A combination of 4 or 5 photos (much like the zip file I attached above, a higher-quality version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesaidboom Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Nice TR, I enjoy the pictures muchly. I don't want to have to wait until next year to find out if El Toro is better than the Voyage! Â I've rarely ever seen line jumpers, but I have had an old man push me in line! It was at IOA, not a SF park though. What's with all these violent people? The only pain experienced at a park should be from the SLCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 El Toro is an incredible ride. I simply cannot imagine what Balder, a coaster which looks even better to me, is like. WOW!! Just wait a year or two. Those Intamin-trains will by then have gotten square wheels which turn the ride in something very uncomfortable. Â Colossos at Heide Park is terrible, Balder at Liseberg already has quite some bumpy segments and Coaster Express at Parque Warner Madrid (which also uses Intamin-trains) is pure comfort nightmare. Â I don't get that idolisation for Intamin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 ^ I simply cannot imagine Collossos as being rough just due to the design (how many out and backs are all that rough, prefab or not) and to blame a POS RCCA woodie's roughness on the trains is absurd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Rode Balder last week...NO BUMPY SEGMENTS AT ALL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfne2005 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Balder is the smoothest of the baby bottoms I have ever been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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