gatorchomp83 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Seeing as Florida had a bye week, my roommate and I decided to head to Atlanta to visit Six Flags and ride Goliath. I live only four hours away, but the ride had eluded me up until this weekend. We got into Atlanta Saturday night and our friend Amanda took us out to my first strip club, and that was a helluva time. We didn't end up getting to bed until almost 5am after a nice drunken game of Ultimate Frisbee with some random people on the Georgia Tech Intramural Fields and then it was off to Six Flags and Goliath at 11am. My impressions? INCREDIBLE ride. The first three hills have awesome, sustained air. The hill which transitions into the helix has amazing air, the helix was intense and then rest of the hills in the second half of the ride all have very nice ejector air. My only disappointment was that it had taken me so long to get up to Atlanta and ride. The longest we waited during the day was 30min for Goliath in the morning when they decided to remove a train, and then put it back on about 15 minutes later. Other than that, the park was pretty much dead. Ride Count: Goliath x3 Georgia Scorcher x1 Georgia Cyclone x2 Superman x1 Great American Scream Machine x1 Mindbender x2 Batman x1 Onto the pictures! "You ain't gotta go home, but you gotta get the hell out of my trunk!" Most realistic fake foot, ever, in front of us on I-20 Alright, last coaster picture for this report.... Scorcher was feeling neglected... "Look ma! I'm sideways!" A couple more, because they're good See??? Better watch your back! I'm pretty much always locked and loaded...Beware Is it too late to get off? I kid, I kid. I love Cyclone Yeah, we're definitely about to receive some broken ribs courtesy of Cyclone Sorry, friends, but the day's almost over.... Good afternoon! Still one of my favorite inverts Yeah, you're floating from below where the picture starts...To below where the picture ends. Irresponsible mother (in HD!) Roommate (in HD!) Goliath (in HD!) Goliath thru the....You know the drill How was the ride, children? Okay, last shot of Supes, I promise More random, flying Peeps A little GASM to break up the Supermonotony "I believe I can fly!" Weeeeeeee! Nose Chopper! So intense, here. Too bad that's the only part. Oh okay, there we go; that's better! I thought this was supposed to be a flying coaster? You can see this damn thing from EVERYWHERE in the park! Yeah, put your feet to the fire...Nice. WTF, Mate?! Nice, steep lift... Almost there! Too bad they decided to transfer the trains twice, we could be those happy folks right now... Well, hello and good morning! Downward B&M Helix >>>> Upward B&M Helix If you're on the right side of the train, you get THROWN over the side in the Horseshoe turn Such a beautiful ride Okay, well, I guess we'll wait for my roommate....The first stop of many haha Okay, last one, let's head in! Batboy! I still contest this is a lot more intense than Chicagoland's Woohoo! Man, this Ultimate Frisbee thing is a LOT harder when trashed! T&A!? Hell yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow, what great photographs!! Especially since there are Gator pictures. If you sat in the first bench of the last car of Cyclone, you would have enjoyed the ride a lot more. At least I do. I assume that Deja Vu is now closed for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wish I had known that about Cyclone! I've always loved it because it's so brutal but today it was extra kickass. Vu was definitely closed, as the whole time we were there, the train was stuck in the middle of the cobra roll. I got a picture of it, don't know why I didn't put it up... Not going anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskater132 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow. There were some great pictures in there! What brand of camera do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaparri Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow! Awesome TR dude! Those are some sweet pictures! I still contest this is a lot more intense than Chicagoland's I'm going to second that notion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 It's a Sony DSC-H7. I bought a Canon SD750 about three weeks ago and then saw this one. What sold me, for the price, was the 8.1megapixels and 15x zoom and it's got an adapter for extra lenses as well. So I sold the Canon (even though I prefer Canon products) and bought this and have been extremely pleased with it thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskater132 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 ^Thanks, I am looking to buy a new camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraken613 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I like Goliath! It ROCKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 ^Amen! I believe this is the first time I've seen or heard of Deja Vu (SFOG) get stuck right there. R.I.P. Deja Vu Thanks for all the OMG! moments! edit: Really nice pics BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I tried out that camera today, and it's awesome! I really would like that for Christmas, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 A couple more pictures... A note on some of the shots...I've had to drastically reduce the quality for TPR's uploader to be able to upload the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olsor Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Outstanding pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbear30 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Dude, this is my home park and your pics are some of the best I've seen! I am glad you liked Goliath. It is my favorite coaster thus far! As far as Cyclone goes, I am glad someone likes it. I think that it is the crappiest ride ever, no matter which seat you sit in! Thanks for posting your pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Wow! Great photo tr with awesome pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Very nice pictures!!! I love SFOG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jten11 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 I like the pics, very nice. From what I read and saw, yall had a great time at SFOG. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwantRevenge Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Goliath really does look top notch. All the ride in SFOG look great like a hidden gem in the Six Flags chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Nicky Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 It looked like you had a great time. How does SFOG compare with SFGAm, SFGAd, or SFMM. Great photos by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goliath513 Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 It's nice to see something other than So Cal photo TRs here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Favorite TR pic. Irresponsible mother (in HD!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissorkill2night Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 what kind of camera did you use for these photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydaveh Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 What about the Mindbender and more of the GASM? No love for the first "triple looping" steel coaster? Only a tad bit of love for the GASM? Well, I get it now... You're Gators... That explains it all. GO DAWGS.. Great pics by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hang And Bang Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Wow! Awesome TR dude! Those are some sweet pictures! I still contest this is a lot more intense than Chicagoland's I'm going to second that notion. I third. I love SFOG, it's such a great park and you really don't hear that much about it. Their coaster collection is ridiculously good, although I do believe those who love GA Cyclone are masochists. Shame about Deja Vu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XanderLee Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 This might be one of the best Photo TRs I have ever seen! Thanks for all the great SFOG photos. It's been a year or two since I've been there...Time for a return trip! Too bad I'll never get that Vu. I got SFMM and SFGAm no problem. One trip to each park. I've been to SFOG 6 times and I never even saw it operate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatorchomp83 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Thanks everyone for the kind words, I had a great time at the park and had a lot of fun shooting it, too! The only other Six Flags parks I have been to are SFKK and SFGAm. SFOG is by far my favorite one, with GAm second and SFKK a far third. The ride selection at Georgia is just awesome, as there is something to do for everyone. Mindbender isn't exactly the most photogenic coaster in the world but it is one of my favorites. Although I think I'm starting to get sliiiiightly too tall for it, as I was absolutely CRAMMED in my seat, which made for a not-so-enjoyable ride. GASM had some GREAT pops of air that I really didn't remember from years past. I must be a masochist cause I still LOVE Cyclone! The camera is a Sony DSC-H7. It's 8.1megapixels with a 15x optical zoom and has an option to shoot in 16:9 ratio 1080 HD. Oh, and GO GATORS (15 out of the last 17..for you Georgia fans ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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