Quick Photo TR: Knoebels 9/1 -9/3

[Primogen18]

Just was at Knoebes for a couple nights and was rained out so we came home early Friday and Saturday it was cold and rainy, so there wasn't many people there and not alot of stuff was even open. Most of the rides were though, so I caught a ride on Twister, The Haunted Mansion, 2 rides on the XD Theater (Cosmic Coaster and Arctic Run), a run on the scooters, and 2 rides on Phoenix during those 2 days. (both were running awesome and very fast in the rain) The one ride on Phoenix was also at night, was excellent as usual.

 

Today it was actually nice, and the park was pretty crowded. After packing up early (everything was soaked and we were suppose to stay until Monday) I caught 2 more rides on Twister and Phoenix, another ride on Haunted Mansion, another on XD Theater (Haunted Mine this time), a ride on the flume and finally a spin on Gasoline Alley (antique cars).

 

Phoenix and Twister both ran very well, Twister a little more shaky then last year but still very nice. This year on the Flume, I noticed they fixed all of the colored lights in the rocks and in the cave, which adds alot to the ride IMO, and just looks cool. Also, the geysers are a VERY nice addition and are a blast (no pun intended) to mess around with. If you time it just right, you can hit a log double time and soak some people. It was alot of fun and I know they were making pretty good $ with that, they got at least $5 from me alone lol (they are 25 cents per blast). XD Theater was a nice addition as well, and out of the 3 movies I saw (missed Aqua Ride), Haunted Mine was the best of them. For the best experience, sit in the first row. My brother and sister had alot of fun on this as well. The turns looks AWESOME in person, hard to describe but I really can't wait for this ride. The Info booth seemed to create a little buzz as well and there was always a group of people around it checking it out. They didn't make alot of progress really when I was there due to the rain, but I could see they poured alot more footers for the new extention.

 

I snapped a few random pictures but they didn't turn out really good, but i'll post'em anyway.

 

Overall the trip wasn't too bad, just sucks everything was saturated from the rain so we had to leave early, but I got some rides in and literally ate my way around the park, finally trying Cheese On A Stick, it was pretty good lol.

And finally, GEYSERS!! These were a blast (ha.. ha.. yeah ok) to mess around with.

Random shot of Twister at a wierd angle from the campground.

Random shot of Power Surge and Ferris Wheel.

I'm not sure what I was trying for here... Random shot.

Random shot of 1001 Nachts

Random shot.

There was always a group of people checking out the info. booth near the turns.

Flying Turns from near the Roto Jets.

Another from near the Twister bridge, slightly different angle.

Flying Turns area from near the Twister bridge.

[jamesdillaman]

Can't see your pics, only question marks.

 

-James Dillaman

[Primogen18]

Ah ok, just tried uploading them all again so they should work now lol. Also, one quick question I was going to ask, but didn't since I dont have a pic, but now that they have changed the one webcam it shows what i was going to ask about lol:

http://www.flyingturnsproject.com/FT_Webcam.html

why are there 3 rows of footers?

[waterviper]

So why does your pictures look all murky? They look like some old 1970's photographs.

[jamesissoocool]

yeh it looks like you had a foggy day

[Primogen18]

My camera sucks lol, and I had it set to the lowest quality setting for some reason. Also it was a little foggy since it was so damp/rainy the whole time. I tried to make them better in photoshop but there wasn't much I could do. I guess it could be a "neat effect" lol...

[ECZenith]

Nice, another flying turns update. One of those photos made me realize how large of a footprint the ride actually takes up. I thought it was a much smaller coaster based on other photos.