Six Flags Great Adventure 4/14

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I arrived at the park at around 1:30 to see a relatively empty lot. I called Michelle (Kingdakaroxmysox from GADVsource's friend) to see where everyone was. I also called Kingdakalover4 (from GADVsource AKA Ally) and she said she would be waiting at the fountain for me with her friend Becca. I passed through the gates and quickly ran over to them. We started talking when Michelle came charging from the left screaming! We all headed for the Teacups and got on board. It was Becca Kingdakalover4 and I, and and then Kingdakaroxmysox his friend Sydney and Snowsurfer. Kingdakalover4, Becca and I got bored of spinning after about an minute and just let it spin us since that seemed to work better and sat there screaming for no apparent reason. When we go off, Kingdakalover4, Becca and I headed over the Kingda Ka by ourselves and left the rest of the group behind. We arrived to see the line barely extending passed the lockers. My dad bought all of us a locker to load our stuff into, and we headed up the ramp to the station. We all handed our ticket to the security guard when my dad realized and exclaimed, "I left my ticket in the locker!". The guard let my dad pass any how.

 

Kingdakalover4 and I waited for the front row, while Becca and my Dad waited for the 2nd. There were about 3 couples in front of Ally and I, so Becca and my dad had to let a few groups go in front of them. The ride was incredible and it was the best ride I had had on Kingda Ka ever, so far... The launch was an intense one tug launch and we got quite a bit of ejector airtime going over the top hat. We were going to get our on ride picture but the photo booth was closed. Michelle then called me again to see what we were up to and to see where we were going, but we weren't sure. We ended up going on the Great American Scream Machine. I had 2nd row and Kingdakalover4 and Becca had front row. The ride wasn't as bumpy as I remembered, but it was still pretty bad. I figured out a trick so that your head doesn't get bashed around too much. I wouldn't go on if there was a wait though...We got a walk-on.

 

Next up was Superman: Ultimate Flight. As we were walking through the line there was a little booth that sold food. Of course Becca started flipping out because she was starving, but we dragged her into the station. We got in line for the back row with one group in front of us. The pretzel loop seemed more intense than usual and created some incredible g-forces. We were going to get a re-ride when Becca started completely freaking out, and made us run through the Superman: Ultimate Flight line again just to get food and she was screaming, "NACHOS, NACHOS, NACHOS" the whole time we were running.

 

After that, we headed over toward Chiller for all of our first ride with the new humps. On the way we stopped so that Becca could play some bowling game which she lost. We then waited around 15 minutes for the last row of Robin: The Chiller. We saw Kingdakaroxmysox and Michelle waiting for front row. Since we couldn't figure out a good seating arrangement so that we could all be on the same train, Becca went first by herself, then Ally and I went. As soon as we sat down, we started singing "My Humps and sang it throughout the whole ride. The new humps didn't really do anything for me and they weren't sudden or jerky movements at all. We go on line for Nitro to find the line extending half way to the switchbacks with one train running so of course we got out of line.

 

We headed toward Skull Mountain and walked into the station to find 2 people waiting for the front row. We headed for the back. After that pretty pointless ride of random screaming and punching each other, we went again, and again, and again, and again for a total of five consecutive rides without ever leaving the station. Those rides were the best I had ever on Skull Mountain. After those rides, we danced around Wiggles World for around 5 minutes, then headed for El Toro.

 

At the entrance of El Toro a security guard was standing there. We asked around how long the wait would be. As we were walking through the que, the ride op controlling the amount of people in the station let another group in as we were going through the line so we were in the next 10 people to enter the station. We headed straight for the back and were on within 3 rides. The ejector airtime caught me by surprise and i couldn't breath for a second. It felt as if I was falling out and i had to close my eyes for just a split second because I thought I was going to crash into the cross over beneath us. It was filled with more airtime than previous rides and was totally hauling through the course. Best El Toro ride to date. On the way out of Plaza Del Carnival, we met up with Kingdakalover4's dad so that she could get some more money for our proposed Dare Devil Dive ride later. We were going to head to Kingda Ka when Becca decided she was hungry yet again. She wanted the chicken fingers from Papa John's so we just had to stop. My dad left the three of us earlier that day since he was tired from walking around and had my wallet, as well as my camera, so I had no money. I ate Becca's french fries as well as some of Kingdakalover4's. They were actually good and didn't taste cheap. We then went to Medusa to find the station completely empty.

 

I ran to the front row where no one was waiting but since I ran, Becca and Kingdakalover4 were behind. Two more people got on line behind me. Becca came running and hit her leg hard so she just sat down in the station on the floor and screamed for like 10 seconds. Kingdakalover4 came in right behind laughing at her. Since Becca came first, her and I enjoyed a front row ride with Kingdakalover4 right behind in the 2nd row. This was my first front row Medusa ride and I loved it. We then got a re-ride in the 4th row since there was no one waiting for that particular row. That ride wasn't as good as the first ride and a little shaky, but still a lot of fun. Now, there were people waiting for every row, so we headed out from the station. We then headed toward Kingda Ka.

 

Kingda Ka's line was a little shorter than before which was great. We were in the first group to get sent to the station, but we needed a locker, so many people got sent in front of us. We needed to put our money together because we were broke, and Kingdakalover4 was saving her money for later since that was all she had. We put out stuff in the locker then headed up for the station and handed our tickets to the security guard. We headed toward the back of the station where GAK (green) was and I got in line for the front row with Becca. Kingdakalover4 went for second row. She actually got a second ride since we had around 5 couples in front of us. So, she went once, then got on line again and got in line for second row so that she could be on the same train as us. When she came back, there was a 5 minute breakdown since something didn't respond and they had to reset the system. They didn't even have to do a test launch. They just re-checked the restraints and they were off. They came back to the station and we boarded for the 2nd time that day. It was now around 8:10 and we were so excited. We chatted with the maintenance manager before we dispatched. On the way out I slapped his hand and I was pumped. my first night, front row ride. The Blueberry Muffin (navy) train launched in front of us. I saw Becca's mouth dropped. She was scared and excited. I was pumped and felt the adrenaline pumping through my body. We crawled up into launching position. The catch car clicked into position. We waited for around a minute before the brakes dropped and we rolled back few inches. I heard the hiss of the air releasing right before we took off. The ride was incredible! The launch seemed more intense and the flash of the on-ride photo blinded me for a second.We flew over the top hat creating incredible airtime that pinned me to the top of the restraint. We flew back down the top hat and over the camel hump which a also created some more intense airtime. Then the ride came to a stop. It was over. We came off laughing and Becca was in awe. She was talking about it as we headed toward the exit gate where Kingdakalover4 and Becca met up with there parents and sister and her friend. They left just at around 8:30 which was when my Dad came back into the park to meet up with me. We headed over toward Nitro.

 

Nitro's line was now only in the station, but they were only still running one train. Since it was the last ride of the night, I decided to wait for the front row. It would be my first front row ride on Nitro also. I chatted with an off duty ride op. who was also waiting for the front. We were talking about Chiller and such and before we knew it we were on board. I got the right corner (closest to operator booth) and put my shoes as well as my cell phone on the other side. The ride op. next to me was wearing short sleeves and shorts. Not very smart. Going up the lift hill he was already freezing. He was screaming the whole entire ride trying to keep warm. I actually prefer the front to the back now. I feel it is more intense and you get such a better experience for the actual speed of this ride. Nitro was a very good ending to the night.

 

Notes

The park seemed very clean

The ride ops. were doing a decent job and very good on some rides

Nitro ran one train for the most part

Kingda Ka was running the right side of the station and Gak and Blueberry Muffin

Wiggles World is pretty cool

Chiller isn't anywhere near as it good as it used to be

Space shuttle was running

Great American Scream Machine was running the blue and red trains

Coldstone is VERY expensive

The sign at the entrance to Plaza Del Carnival that says La CUCINA still hasn't been fixed