Rider117 Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 So after getting 4 hours of sleep the night before from going to PKD. I was off to GA to get my Toro fix. I arrived at the park at around 10am and saw this... Walked in and hung out near the ticket entrance for the gates to open while observing someone checking the cables on Dare Devil Dive... Crazy man! Anyway, entered the park and waited for the ropes to drop. Ran right to Toro and waited an hour for them to open it. :'( But, got the first train out in the back seat and was a happy camper. Then rode RT, definitely did some trackwork to it in the offseason. Afterwards, proceeded to Ka and waited about a half hour and it broke down and after waiting 15 minutes with nothing happening we left and went to KFC. We came back and met up with Rob and his girlfriend and went back to Toro, but I broke it and then I took some crazy pictures of water dummies on El Toro. Ka and Toro sitting there... Met up with Clint, George and his girlfriend and went on Medusa which was very nice and then worked out way to see how Chiller is looking. Some angles it looks really cool, but then some angles it looks ehh. I guess I will have to wait till ride. So, we wandered over to Nitro and got an awesome ride on Nitro which was kicking butt today. After that, got a call from Rob saying Ka just opened back up and got a front row ride with a 4 train wait with Clint. Afterwards, went over to RT again and grabbed a front row ride. Afterwards, got another back seat ride on Toro and then headed over to Ka for the last ride of the night. Ended up grabbing the last train out in the front row with the tower half covered in fog! It was awesome! Walked to the exit and did the hand slapping and saw Kristin again, which was very cool and got to my car before taking one last picture... Awesome day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastGunslinger Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Nice photos. I really need to get out to GADV to ride El Toro, when I was there last summer it was down for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkchan Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Very nice photos! Was the park busy that day? I never believed it, but the Ghoster Coaster is true! very scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantRevenge Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Aww man sweet TR... i'll be going on saturday was Chiller open (dumb question) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexington Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Wow, I'm surprised they opened Ka in that type of weather... can't wait to hit GADV again soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba Z Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 No it wasn't busy and Chiller was closed. They were however sending trains out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrideseeker Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 WOW! I love this picture! Great Photos!! ~Matthew See is it not awsome? Kingda Ka like disapears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Nice Photo TR! If the pics were uploaded using the "Attach Photo" tool instead of linked to the images it might have even made it on the front page! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 So glad to hear that El Toro is still not opening with the park, and is running only 1 train. Way to pick up right where you left off, Six Flags. I'm so anxious to visit again Thanks for sharing the pretty typical SFGAd that we're accustomed to. Though "maybe" they were just opening day glitches (riiiiiight). Perhaps if I want to ride an Intamin woodie without hassles I should just fly to Sweden. It'd be worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider117 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 Yeah, the one train operation on Toro is just horrid. They need to run two on that ride, but it was still a kick ass ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rosenzweig Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Yeah, the one train operation on Toro is just horrid. They need to run two on that ride, but it was still a kick a$$ ride! Number of trains that are run on Toro means squat unless they have more than two attendants checking restraints in the station. With just two attendants, that means each has to staple 18 people (while making sure all bars are in an acceptable locked position in the eyes of Mr. Computer) before dispatching. From my two visits last year, that averaged anywhere from 6-10 minutes per train. With an actual station to ready brakes cycle time of something like 1:30-1:45, that makes one or two train op a moot point in terms of capacity. -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias94 Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 That was a very nice Photo trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider117 Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 They definitely need at least 4 attendants to run this ride if they have two trains running. Toro can eat people up if they have the right crew in there as I seen it happen last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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