BuddyChrist Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 People: Me My Friends: Mike George Vickie Brigitte Tom Tom's Friend Time in Park 10-6 Rides Nitro-2 Batman-1 Kingda Ka-2 El Toro-3 Medusa-1 RMT-1 I took a trip out to the park today as it was my Senior Cut Day. I wasn't expecting any crowds since it was after Memorial Day but it was pretty packed. It was because it was Class trip day and so many busloads of kids were there. I arrived before my friends and decided to go see what Chiller was doing. I found it not working and the train sitting out behind the station. I walked ove to see Ryan, the lead op, and talked with him (he's a member over at Gadv Source and GAinsider). I asked him some questions and he told me Batman should be running by July at the latest. My friends called me from there and I met them and we traveled over to Batman. We went up the exit because of my condition and waited 2 trains. They then assigned us a row and when we went to sit down, the people waiting jumped over the airgates and were yelling at us and the ops. Security came and took care of them. Batman was fun and I still love how forceful it is. From there we decided to kill time by hitting up the teacups so we could eat up the 45 minutes in between rides. We spun the teacup so fast that we got really dizzy. We looked like we had knocked back a few as we stumbled toward the exit lol. We headed over to Ka but found it not working and a long line. So we decided to go to El Toro. Toro had a long wait but the line looked like it was moving fast as I went up my entrance. We got on the back row and it was really charging through the course today. We decided to walk back to Nitro and got on the 5th row. The trims were on at the bottom of the drops but it still gave some airtime, but not as much though :thumbdown: . We got hungry so we wanted to go to Best of the West, but it was closed, so to kill more time we went up to Runaway Train, the painful, old Arrow that was the park's first coaster. If you don't want painful airtime, don't ride this. So we went over to Medusa and got on the 2nd row. I like Medusa a lot, but It needs a paint job really badly. We walked around and saw a train go up Ka's tower. So we headed over there and got on the Green Train, Gak. It was really rough and shaky, it needs some tweaking like the dark blue train. We then went to El Toro again for another ride and got on quickly, back row again, awesome! We then went on the hunt for food and ended up over by Nitro. We watched Chiller going and decided we would hit it up next. At this point George and Mike had to leave, so it was just me, Tom, and Tom's friend. We went over to Chiller again and again it was out the back sitting on the loading track. So we decided to hit up Toro, again. This woodie never gets old! Since we were so close, we went back to Ka and got on 2nd row. Another good ride. They opened up the other side of the station finally and they launched the orange train, Schoolbus Badonkadonk and we watched it have a rollback. We had just missed it too! We decided that our last ride would be Nitro and we got on the B train and again, the trims were still on, so it wasn't as great as it usually is. All in all it was a great day! Here are some pics: on my way to the entrance How I found Chiller when i came close Still a photogenic coaster Hey Ryan! Autobahn, its haunted Both Spikes This Gecko is everywhere, it's like something out of 1984 Medusa I spy Kingda Ka Airtime both ways you can't resist it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Ka lurches over the top Everyone loves Toro! 2 great additions to the park! Gone in 2 seconds Over the top Awaiting take off Racing to the top! Coming back down to Earth Water Rides were open! everyone has this shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Full Toro shot Only shot I got of Chiller Running Nitro rises above all The traditional Batman shot Another angle of Chiller Chiller silhouette Missing LIMs Another main elements shot Ch-ch-ch-ch-Chiller I took this picture too many times Around the loop Schoolbus rolling back Hey Dave, whats wrong with Chiller? Car 13 is no longer chained underneath Batman Batman away! And superman Thanks for reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskater132 Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 whoa...car 13 is back! scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Great PTR!!! Only 25 more days until I go for the first time! Is it possible that the Batmen side of Chiller will be open by then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted June 1, 2007 Author Share Posted June 1, 2007 Ryan said July at the latest so you might have a chance at it actually being open. Batman side is going to run a red train this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingOfNynex2003 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 That was a really great photo TR!!!! I can't wait till I can go to that park and get on ET and KK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist Posted June 3, 2007 Author Share Posted June 3, 2007 I actually have bad news about El Toro. Tonight when I was riding it, the cable lift stops at the top and it no longer goes fast around that turnaround into the drop. So now you go about 5mph as opposed to maybe 15-20mph with the lift going all the way to the top. Lame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterguy618 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I actually have bad news about El Toro. Tonight when I was riding it, the cable lift stops at the top and it no longer goes fast around that turnaround into the drop. So now you go about 5mph as opposed to maybe 15-20mph with the lift going all the way to the top. Lame Umm...it was probably just somthing wrong with it last night. No big deal. They will fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorpe park maniac Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 what a b&m mega coaster like? the nearest one to me is silver star in europa park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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