SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO AND SFFM 05-14-07 photos and trip report.

[almightyfire]

Hi gang.

 

I went to Seaworld in San Diego on Sunday May 13. It is totally not what I expected. It is a beautiful park but I was totally let down. I assumed that I had as many or more coasters than in San Antonio. I was in for a rude awakening when I got in and found out that they only had the Journey to Atlantis. The park crowds were very light. I got on the J to A within 10 mins. It is beautifully themed and totally fun. Much better than that crap they are building in San Antonio. Then I went over to a few attractions and rode the skyride for $3.00 which was relaxing over the Marina. It is a round trip. This is a very beautiful park but most Busch parks are. Got some popcorn which is the best I have ever had and left. This is a nice park but a few coasters would be a great addition, It was a total waste of money. $57.00 plus $10.00 to park. I was there about 2 hours. Then I went to the Pacific Beach and walked around. San Diego is the most beautiful place I have visited. I wish I could move there but cant afford it. hahahahah

 

PHOTOS BELOW

 

 

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The next morning monday 05-14-07 I woke up and drove to SFMM. I got there before park opening. The park opened at 10:30 with no crowds at all. It was about 300 of us waiting at the gate. They had a cute parade with a float consisting of Batman and Wonderwoman. The gates opened at !0:30 and we took off. I ran to Tatsu for my first ride ever. I was out on the first train. This was my first time on it and It was incredible. Now I dont know if i can say it was enjoyable but it was a strange feeling when it dove into the loop. At the bottom of the loop a lot of pressure is on ur head. It felt like I was gonna get a nose bleed. All n all it didnt give me the same feeling of excitement I got when I first rode X. They had 2 trains on one side. Then on to Deja Vu. They wouldnt let me ride because it wasnt enough people in line yet so i went to Riddler where I was the only one on the train. I rode it 4 times in a row. Then to Batman where I walked right on. Then to Scream which is totally amamzing. Got 4 rides in without getting off. It was a walk on also. Colossus was next. Walk on also with one ride. Goliath was a walk on. Then I went to the greatest log ride in the world, THE LOG JAMMER. It was a total walk on and I rode it twice. Now it is about 11:45 and I went to X. I didnt ride because they only had one train running and the line was moving entirely too slow. 5min dispatches. So I ate and Panda Express and then rode VIPER. This thing still packs a nice punch and doesnt give me a headache like the Scream Machine at Great Adventure. It was a walk on and i rode it twice. Next went back to Deja Vu and the line didnt have that many people but the load times were horrible. It was a 7 to 10 min span between dispatches. I had been spoiled by walking on all morning so I just got out of line. Then on to the Goldrusher. I just love this darn Mine train. It was a walk on and I rode 5 times n a row. Then I did JET STREAM which was nice and I did the SPIN OUT where I got dizzy. Then I traveled up the hill to Ninja. It was a walk on and this is the best suspended coaster I have ever ridden. I rode it only once. Then to Superman. It was a walk on and I rode it 5 times but had to walk around each time, but that was fine because I was able to ride immediatly. Then i took the Orient express down to The Revolution. A total walk on. I rode it twice. This coaster has good memories for me because i was a kid when i went to see the movie ROLLERCOASTER and I said when i grow up I am gonna ride that and I finally did in 1993. After that I rode TATSU again. The load times were exactly 2 mins tops, I dont understand when I read on here that they are long because the trains are extremely easy to load and I mean when they let the trains into an upright position then open the lap bars, the gates immediatly open and the people jump right in. I dont see how in the world the slowest of a crew could take a long time loading this thing. It was a walk on all day also.

 

I didnt do any flats except the spin out because I can do flats anywhere. You dont fly to the greatest amusement park in the world to ride flats.

 

SFMM is the greatest park on earth TO ME. I dont see how people can not like it there. The parks terrain is gorgeous and the the ride all and I mean all use the terrain to their advantage. Most of the coasters there are one of a kind and I just love the way most of the rides are hidden by the trees. Now yes, I do agree that Scream should not have been built in the parking lot but it is totally fun. I like it much better than Medusa and Superman SFFT. GOLIATHS theming is very nice. This park is just beautiful to me.

 

I left the park at 2:30pm and went to Hollywood to take some pics then off to LAX to catch my plane back to Houston. I did a lot in 2 days.

 

I love this park much better than Cedar Point because of the terrain, trees and the collection of coasters. X and Tatsu out do any coaster anywhere else in the United States. Now all they need is an El Toro and the collection would be untouchable. It would be nice to use the terrain to their advantage to do a woodie because as u all know I will ride a good woodie way before steel.

 

here is a list of rides I did in 4 hrs

 

TATSU twice 2 trains

RIDDLER 4 TIMES one train

BATMAN once one train

SCREAM 4 times one train

COLOSSUS once one train

GOLIATH twice one train

LOG JAMMER twice

VIPER twice one train

GOLDRUSHER 5 times one train

JET STREAM once

SPIN OUT once

SUPERMAN 5 times one train

NINJA once once train

REVOLUTION once one train

 

I took pics of rides that arent normally taken. I am sure everyone has shots of TATSU AND X. All rides had one train operation except for TATSU. I normally frown on this, but all of the rides were walkons and 2 trains were totally not needed except for X.

 

PHOTOS BELOW

 

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[almightyfire]

i didnt know everyone hated SFMM so much, well ok.

[chrisaaron]

SeaWorld is on leased city land (VERY valuable land at that!) and San Diego mandates that a certain percentage of the rides have some sort of "educational" basis (or something to that effect). I guess this in some way makes the use of the land have some sort of benefit to the public other than the revenue it brings in to the city.

 

This, along with objections over SeaWorld attractions blocking views of Mission Bay and the ocean means that there will never be the type of roller coasters there are in Orlando and Texas. Atlantis almost didn't get built over the height issue.