jasper2 Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 Sorry guys I know you were looking for the juicy Goliath info, but not this time. It was just me and my 47 1/2" son, Thomas. First of all the park did look great, Goliath and Georgia Scorcher were looking mighy fine as you enter the park. As soon as we got into the park we headed for the Mine Train since it was the closest ride that he could ride, and he loved it. We then went to the Canyon Blaster which was surprisingly a pretty good ride, but very short. We sat in the back and I was surprised at the first drop. I didn't have that credit before. It was a hot day in Atlanta so we headed to the very cool Monster Plantation. Next up was the GASM which was much less rough than I remembered it being the last time I rode it. Thomas loved it, it was his first full size coaster. Well at this point we were hungry so we ate corn dogs and then headed for Gotham City. We got in line for the Crime Wave swings and I didn't know if he could get on or not but I saw kids slightly shorter than him getting on so I thought we would be fine, wrong. Just before we got to the front of the line, there was a girl who was about the same height as Thomas and when they measured her it touched her hair so they let her go on, but Thomas came up about 1/4" short, well rules are rules but as we were walking away Thomas said, there were people smaller than me riding, I had to agree with him, they didn't measure everyone, but anyway. Next was the MindBender, which I was afraid he would back out of riding. While we were in line he kept saying, "I think I'm gonna chicken out on you daddy." So I talked to him about it and explained that it would be his first inversion credit and I promised him that if he rode it that I would let Robb Alvey know he rode it since Robb is his hero, so Robb I am letting you know. As we were going up the lift I told him that Schwarzkopf was a genius, and after the first loop he looked at me and said "You're right daddy, Schwarzkopf was a genius." He wanted me to let everyone on here know that the loop was his favorite part of the ride. We then went and rode back to back rockin tug rides. Caught the Log Flume, and Thunder River which we got soaked on, then we rode the mine train again, then Canyon Blaster 3 times in a row as it was close to park closing time. They closed the Blaster and it was after 7 but we ran over to the mine train and found the entrance closed, but they were half loaded on the last train so we ran to the exit and they let us ride on the last train. Thomas had a blast at his first trip to SFOG and doubled his credit count to 8. I only got one credit out of the deal, but had a blast with just me and my son, yeah I would have loved to been able to ride the big rides, but being able to take him was great.
ParkTrips Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 As we were going up the lift I told him that Schwarzkopf was a genius, and after the first loop he looked at me and said "You're right daddy, Schwarzkopf was a genius."
robbalvey Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 Tell him that Elissa and I are very proud! --Robb
Erik Johnson Posted March 25, 2007 Posted March 25, 2007 How awesome is that to have Mindbender his first coaster with an inversion.
coaster_dad Posted March 26, 2007 Posted March 26, 2007 Congrats! Mindbender is my first coaster with an inversion (1978) as well as my son's first (2002). Welcome to the big time! HA HA!
easytoremember Posted March 26, 2007 Posted March 26, 2007 Mind Bender was my second coaster with an inversion. I rode it a year after I rode viper.
aj_pollard Posted March 28, 2007 Posted March 28, 2007 Hey!..I was there the same day that you were! It was so hot and packed Saturday, but gold flash passes=secks.lol
jynx242 Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 Let's hear it for Mindbender as first inversion credits. I was your sons age when I first rode it as well. Back when it was new. God I'm old... GASM is still one of my faves as well. It was my first full size coaster, and it's beautiful sitting on the lake like that. I will be there on Easter and I am quite excited. It's been a year since my last Goliath credit. David
easytoremember Posted March 29, 2007 Posted March 29, 2007 I think anyone born in GA can attest to most of those things themself.
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