tatsuboy123 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 any tips for getting the most out of pga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleFan344 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Definitely put which Great America you mean in the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeerr Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Monday...well... Â I still have school, so I would guess that most kids still do too, so it should be pretty empty. Â Head to Top Gun first, ride it a few times. If you like the front of inverts, ride it there. There is a grouper now, so it may take a few trys to get the front. (You can ask, but the guy there when we went would only let one group wait, it took us 2 trys) Â Then, backtrack, and go counter-clockwise hitting all of the rides you want to. (Vortex, Demon, Invertigo, Grizzly for the credit, Drop Zone, Survivor, the Mouse ride). Â After that, it should be about 11-11:30, you can hit the water rides/water park (they open at 11). The best part of the "water park" is the play structure and the green half-pipe slide IMHO, the rest kinda sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm not sure how empty that park's going to be. I know my brother's school is going that day as well and I'm sure many other bay area schools are going that day, as well as probably other days of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 any tips for getting the most out of pga? Â yeah, spend that time and $$$ instead at the much better, more beautiful, more bang-for-your-buck SCBB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdsmartdude911 Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Definitely put which Great America you mean in the title. The park's name is just Great America right now, not Knott's or Paramount. If it was SFGA, he would've put SFGA, he wants just NorCal GA, so he put the park's name. Plain and simple. Â Anyways, I hope you have fun. I went a couple months ago and I had a good visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I suggest heading to Top Gun first, then heading straight to Psycho Mouse then Drop Zone, Grizzly, Invertigo, Demon then finally Vortex. This is the same order I go in, then after I just ride other rides like Endeavor, Delirium, Orbit, Survivor, Etc.. Â After all that, Hit the waterpark for an hour or so and relax. Once your tired of the waterpark hit some of the coasters and rides once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba83 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Ask an employee to help you find Stealth, when he tells you they sold it, tear up and start sobbing slowly at first, and building up until you are crying loudly. A few "Why god? WHY!!!"'s might also add to the drama. This is how I spend the entirety of my days at the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleFan344 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Definitely put which Great America you mean in the title. The park's name is just Great America right now, not Knott's or Paramount. If it was SFGA, he would've put SFGA, he wants just NorCal GA, so he put the park's name. Plain and simple. Â Anyways, I hope you have fun. I went a couple months ago and I had a good visit. Yet he put PGA in his first post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Ask an employee to help you find Stealth, when he tells you they sold it, tear up and start sobbing slowly at first, and building up until you are crying loudly. A few "Why god? WHY!!!"'s might also add to the drama. This is how I spend the entirety of my days at the park. Â After the sobbing, sniffle a few times and say "Well, at least Greased Lighntin' is still here." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingmusician Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 After that, it should be about 11-11:30, you can hit the water rides/water park (they open at 11). The best part of the "water park" is the play structure and the green half-pipe slide IMHO, the rest kinda sucks. By water park, do you mean Raging Waters, or did they open something new since I was there like 10 years ago? Last time I was at Great America, Invertigo had just opened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeerr Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Yes, they added a somewhat crappy waterpark a few years ago. Â Much better then a Stealth ride..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I don't know WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE THINKING. Â Paramount Dumbass #1: "Hey, lets build a stat-of-the-art roller coaster, and then close it 3 years later!" Â Paramount Dumbass #2: "Yeah, and then we can replace it with an insignificant water park, and forget the coaster was ever there!" Â Paramount Dumbass #1: "Great Idea!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I don't know WHAT THE HELL THEY WERE THINKING. Â They were thinking a water park is better for attracting families than a prototype roller coaster that had bad capacity and was prone to breakdowns. Â Just because you're a roller coaster fan doesn't make their decision dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 If that was their train of thought, then why didn't they build the water park in the first place? They knew that the Flying Dutchman was a prototype, so they should have been expecting technichal difficulties. Â This screams bad business decision. They lost a lot of money by deconstructing the ride only after 3 years of operation. Â If "They were thinking a water park is better for attracting families than a prototype roller coaster that had bad capacity and was prone to breakdowns," then why did they build Stealth at all, if only to close it so soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0sterfreek Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Come by the Swings/Carousel /Skytower and see me(there the first three rides you will see when you come in) . I'm one of the sups there. It'll be the guy in the maroon shirt with the nametag Chris! The park should be pretty dead. We have been only getting schools coming to the park. See yeah at the park! Â Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpenguy Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Don't go to Top Gun first. Everyone does, when I worked it our longest line of the day was almost always right at opening. Â Go to the back of the park where you can marathon Drop Zone, hit Invertigo (super slow line in the sun) and Psycho Mouse (another very slow line, unless CF finally got the ops to actually use the dispatch interval Arrow designed) and then worry about Top Gun, which has no more than a 20 minute wait with an almost full queue unless the crew is a bunch of failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatsuboy123 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 went today. Survivor was of course closed. Everything was runnig except the long lines. Alot of ppl there and was crowded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laqueefa Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 if you're into just riding the coasters the park has to offer, go an hour and a half to an hour before closing. you'll walk on most the rides, and possibly even get to stay on for multiple rides in a row. my friend and i do this all the time. its like our own ERT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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