DATman's Biggish Trip That Might've Involved Coasters TR

[DATman]

Ok, so, last night, I got back from a trip to visit family, that involved stops at CP, SFDL, Seabreeze, and SFGAdv. Didn't take any pics, as 3 of 4 parks were in/out as fast as possible.

 

CP-

 

We went here on Wed, with one of my cousins, Kate. She plays hocky, but I doubt that really pertains to anything here. We got to the park 30 mins. before opening, and they had opened the gates to the peeps.We headed straight for Maxair, which was a good idea, as we waited about 10 mins for it, and the line trippled later in the day. I'll do reviews after the overview. We decided that before doing Dragster (which was down), we'd do everything else, as the lines would be shorter (hooray!).So, we went for MF, and rode near the back after about a 20-30 min. wait. Next up was the long walk over to Skyhawk. Skyhawk had a very short line, which was great (I think. Or, at least, it seemed great to me). Next up was Magnum XL-200. Anuzzer short line, which grew later in the day. Then, we got in the short (ish) line for TTD, which was down. About 5 mins into the line, it started up again, and kept going long enough so that we could ride. We then ate at Johnny Rockets, and enjoyed watching Mr. Tired dance to such classic songs as Respect and Celebration. We hit Blue Streak, which was cool. We then took a long wlak which ended with Mean Streak, and left the park after that, as my dad had to have dinner with some friend or other.

 

Reviews:

Maxair- It was a fun ride! The cycle was shorter than it should've been, but there was some floater air on it, and some good sideways/upside-down views of the park. 7/10

 

MF- It's a great ride, as there's nothing like the first drop, and there was some good floater air on most of the other hills. 8/10

 

Skyhawk- My first Screamin Swing. It was a really fun ride. Not thrilling, just fun. It got you up high enough to be scary, andlooking at the ground was pretty neat. The cycle was too short though. If there had been 2 more full swings, it would've been perfect. 7/10

 

Magnum XL-200 (or, as I like to call it, Revenge of the Triangular Hills)- The ops told us that it was a number 3 ride... They lied to us big time. It was fun, but thos last "hills" were a pain and did absolutely nothing but make you wonder "who the hell designed this thing?" Oh, it was Arrow. 5.5/10

 

TTD- We waited for the back, and it was a lot of fun, other than I forgot to check out the view that flashes by in 3 seconds. It really pulled us over the op, which was great! But it is still too short to really do anything. 7/10

 

Blue Streak- A great out-and-back woodie. Lots of fun, and a few good air hills. It was a little short, though. 7/10

 

Mean Streak- Ow. 5/10

 

 

SFDL-

 

We hit this one on the way to Rochester, and I'm really glad we did. We have passes to SFMM, so it was free (a reason I love SF). We started with Superman in the front, for about a 20 min. wait. We then hit Boomerang and Viper. After that was Mind Eraser, and then Superman one more time. It was a quick visit, as we were there for the credits (we already had Predator, and it was down for the season). Anyway, that was literally all we did there.

 

Superman (Ride of Whatever Material It Is Made Out Of)- I love this ride. I had so much fun in both the front and back of this thing. The first drop over the pondish/lake thingie was great, and the last three hills were amazing. The helixes were ok, but hey, as the first Intamin Hyper, it is insane. I can't wait to ride Xped. Geforce, Golitath, and Good Superman! 9/10

 

Boomerang- This one was pretty smooth. Not too much jerking, and with a one-train wait for the front, not bad at all. 7/10

 

Viper- It was an okay ride. The first drop surprised me, but the rest of it was meh. Oh, and why does everyone scream when you go in the tunnel. I don't get it. It was just a turn that didn't doo much, and yet, there was more screaming in there than the drop... 7/10

 

Mind Eraser- Now, I've heard some bad things about SLCs, but this one wasn't that bad...It has an okay layout, and it Intamin would've designed it, it would've owned, but it wasn't too painful. 6/10

 

 

Seabreeze-

 

I love this park! It has such wonderful atmosphere, and it's so tiny and fun! We came at night, as it was cheaper, so that added to the coolness. Now, I used to live in Rochester, so when I was little, I came here. It brought back a couple great memories for me. We started off with Jack Rabbit, which was great. We then headed over to Whirl Wind, which was my first spinning coaster. We hit bobsleds after that, and then the Yo-Yo and Screamin Eagle. We hit Whirl Wind andJack Rabbit again and then left. It was a great day, and I am so glad we stopped here.

 

Jack Rabbit- For the 2nd oldest woodie in America, it's a great ride! It doesn't have much air, but it was still a blast to go on. It still uses the hand-brake in the station, which is cool, and it only has 1 train. 7.5/10

 

Whirl Wind- This was so much fun! We got some decent spinning in, and I thought it was a blast. I can't imagine how insane Spinball Whizzer and Tarantula must be if this one was awesome! 8/10

 

Bobsleds- What w wacky ride. It is very fun, and it had a couple decent hills. I loved the bit before the lift. It was a little short, though. 7/10

 

Yo-Yo - This was a decent flat, it was longer, so it was fun, but it didn't do much at all...6/10

 

Screamin Eagle- This is one of those Inverters with no floors. It also seated 3 across, which made no sense to me. It was fun, but it wasn't nearly as thrilling as I had hoped. Still it's a good ride in that park. 6.5/10

 

 

SFGAdv-

 

This was a really quick stop. We basically came for 2 rides: Nitro and El Toro. We skipped KK as we've been on TTD, and we haven't been on the other two we wanted to go on. we waited about 1.5 hours for Nitro, and 2.5 for El Toro. Then we left. I don't know why people like this park so much, as the operations weren't very good, and every line was way too long. I still like SFMM more.

 

Nitro- This was a really fun ride. I was mad that the Flash Pass commandeered (or however you spell it) the back two rows. There was some decent air, but it would've been more fun without the trims. Apollo's was better. 7/10

 

El Toro- What a great ride with such crappy operations. They took between four and five minutes to load each train. It was ridiculous. Sometimes it took ten minutes. They refused to let people on until the previous riders had exited the station completely, and a lot of people that should've used the test seat didn't. They need to have one op at the start of the line asking people to try out the seat, as it would drastically cut down on the wait. The ride itself was just amazing though. It really blew me away, and it blasted to the top of my wooden coaster list. After this, I really want to ride Balder and Colosus (spelling??). 9/10

 

All in all, it was a good trip.

 

So, um yeah. That's about it. If you actualy read this, then you are officially cool in my book.

[ECZenith]

Was SFDL's top spin running? I have never seen it run once in the 5 or so times I've been there.

[DATman]

^Yeah, it was. I guess that doesn't happen often