Groteslurf Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 5/28 : KD Nice park. Crowds were very light. FoF was closed the whole day and only one side of Rebel Yell was running. Dominator kicks a$$. Very good and long coaster. Avalance was running only 1 train which resulted in the longest row of the park. Great that this one is not covered. For taking pics that is. I love these things Volcano : short but good. Scooby Doo : bad. Rebel Yell : bad Hurler : bad Grizzly : bad It's the weirdest train, no doubt. This was no good. This one had nearly all effects working. They 2 we rode earlier, had only a small part of the effects working. CF really should do something about that. I love it when the train disappears under the water for a moment. Nice gimmick. Only a pitty that you can't get closer to that point. This Arrow was fairly ok. We rode it in the frontrow and turned our head in the right direction I guess ^ No, it was running perfect. Oh no, not again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 @ GAdv Im sooooooooooooo suprised that their operations were so bad! This year has been amasing with the park ops! Not as you describe tho! Hopefully they will shape up for Saturday! Yesterday, with much lighter crowds, it worked out better. At a lot of rides, they now managed to get the trains dispatched before the previous train arrived at the station. One example : at most rides, they opened the gates immediately after the train came to a stand still in the station so that people could start taking place. On Monday, they waited till everyone of the previous train had left the loading platform before opening the gates for the next riders. It looks like heavy crowds make the ride ops work more slowly for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElToroExtreme Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 At least you had the flashpass on the bad day! Im glad they shaped up yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeja Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Ah, KD looks very nice! But apparently not much good coasters?! Good thing the crowds were light then... Love the aerial views, especially the one of Anaconda. I really love the Arrow lay outs, although I've never seen one in real life. Anyway, keep the pictures coming and have fun over there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Quick question---you all rode Dominator and Medusa within days of each other....how do you think they compare? KD is one of my local parks, but I don't really like it, so I don't go much. However, KD still has plenty of cool stuff for a first time visitor. Cedar Fair has made it worse though IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Quick question---you all rode Dominator and Medusa within days of each other....how do you think they compare? I liked Dominator a lot better. It had more speed and was smoother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 May 29th Busch Gardens Europe. What a beautiful park. The first well themed park we visited on our trip. Yeah for Griffon. Station pic. During the drop Just for the non riders. But on the last row you get much more airtime during this drop. First time we rode it on the front row. Griffon. Only the last two corners were not that great. Immelmann Alpengeist Theming. That first drop just goes on and on. Der Alpengeist. An Arrow masterpiece. It's wolfie. Boobs Beer dome Beer. Last few airtime hills. First hill. Couldn't get much good pictures. Next stop Apollo's Chariot. Great coaster with a lot of air. I really start to like those arrow coasters. and interlocking loops. It's got a huge drop over a lake. First of to Nessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy-andy Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Im shocked they have a TOGO at Kings Dominion, I expected better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 May 30th Six Flags America. Our last park of the trip. We had to catch our plane at Washington Dulles at 5.30 PM so we left SFA at 1 o'clock. The park was not too busy so we could easily get our credits. Two Face was still closed due to maintainance. This park is home to one of the three Superman Ride of Steel. I was really excited to ride one of those but it was a bad ride. It was bumpy, the first hill has no airtime at all and the helixes aren't forceful and they ruined the Intamin comfort by adding some extra safety devices on the train. I'm glad that Goliath is in my home park in stead of Sros. The Sros at Six Flags New England must be much better. But anyway we did had a great time on our two week trip. Thanks for all the good comments. On to the pics. But like I mentioned it was a bad ride. On the first hill there was no air at all. Only on the way back there were three airtime hills but the ride was just too bumpy. First drop. A Goliath version of 200ft/60 meter must be good. The coaster looks amazing. Station Pic. Superman Ride of Steel. Finaly I could get on one of those. That ride operator was sitting in the test seat. Last picture of Joker's Jinx Has this coaster the same layout as Flight of Fear at Kings Island? Into this mess of track This is the part where the train will be launched. See. This was the only coaster with a line cause the kept the two middle cars closed. Does anybody know the reason for that. The station looks nice. The best coaster in the park. The BAtwing was OK. A bit better than Firehawk at Kings Island. But there was a cool slide inside the park. The waterpark was not open on weekdays. At least we didn't have to wait. This was not the best SLC of the trip. (sorry same picture) They need to trim those bushes. She didn't want to be in this picture. When I looked down the first drop I was thinking this is going to hurt but the ride was surprisingly good. ROAR Is this Disneyland? I liked the version in Kings Island. So i was kind of sad that I couldn't ride. Yeah I know it's a Vekoma. Airtime hill. Final brakes OMG first drop Only there is a nasty bump after the turnaround. This coaster was great. The wild one. The park opened at 10 but first we had to watch to this opening show. It was entertaining though. Info. Two Face still closed. The final park of our trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I have to agree with the Superman observation you made. It used to be an amazing ride, but its gotten bumpy/shakey a lot over the last few years. Wild One is kick ass though, so that makes up for it. It looks as if you 2 had an awesome time in the US! Have a safe flight back, if you haven't already done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I have to agree with the Superman observation you made. It used to be an amazing ride, but its gotten bumpy/shakey a lot over the last few years. Wild One is kick a$$ though, so that makes up for it. It looks as if you 2 had an awesome time in the US! Have a safe flight back, if you haven't already done so. Thank you. I'm home for four days now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 Since I got back, it has been kind of hectic so I didn't have time yet to post my pics and comments of the last 2 parks. I will have time though during the weekend most probably. For the moment, I just want to say the following : I'm glad that I'm back with my wife and daughters but .... DAMN, I miss the daily coasterrides, the food and drinks (where the hell can I buy Mountain Dew Diet out here ?) and what I miss the most, the cruise control driving in the US. It was my intention to use the cruise control on my car more here on the local roads but since I'm back I haven't been able to use it for one second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_e219 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I'm considering taking a trip to SFA this month. When should I go? And also, when will Two Face reopen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFAfan#1 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Nice tr! I'm glad you liked SFA, I havent noticed anything bad about Superman. I loved that ride and get on it alot whenever I go. Joker had those cars blocked off because they were messed up or something. I cant remember lol. They have removed them now. I'm considering taking a trip to SFA this month. When should I go? And also, when will Two Face reopen? I recomend you try to get there on Friday this week. There are thunderstroms raging through this week and Thursday would be nice, but its supposed to strom all day. Friday is supposed to be sunny and a high of 91. I recomend this week because the public schools here are getting out this Friday (thank god) and that might be your last good day. If not, just go Monday - Thursday of next week. Some people think Two Face will open this month, I think it will open atleast next month, maybe August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hmm--it seems to me that Two-Face has been down since last June. Oh, well, Wild One is the best ride at SFA anyway, I think. And I'm happy to see that Batwing is no longer "B T Wing." Joker's Jinx is baciscally the "naked" version of Flight of Fear. I think it's a better ride than FoF, too (smoother, not as braked). Glad you had a good time in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgeguy Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 While you were at BGE, was it dead all day? It usually is in the morn and early afternoon on weekdays. I'll be headin' up there on Tuesday. Great pics and TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFAfan#1 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Hmm--it seems to me that Two-Face has been down since last June. It was open and closed on and off since last June, it finally closed in October when the hydroxide fluid sprayed people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 While you were at BGE, was it dead all day? It usually is in the morn and early afternoon on weekdays. I'll be headin' up there on Tuesday. Great pics and TR! Well it wasn't too busy. For Griffon it was only a two/three train wait for last row. So we could do multiple rides. We saw one old guy while waiting for front row who collected all the badges from the castmembers. Don't you think that Griffon is so much better on the last row in stead of the first. For Alpengeist we waited 45 minutes for frontrow and 20 minutes for the rest of the train. Nessie and Big Bad Wolf were a walk on just like our first ride on Apollo's Chariot in the afternoon we waited about half an hour for front seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgeguy Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Apollo's Chariot is usually walk on anyways. I agree, Griffy is better in the back, and that's why I always queue for the third row. Glad you had a great time at BGE. I do every time I go, and I go like 20 times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayjay719 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The Superman Ride Of Steel at Six Flags New England is way better than the version at Six Flags America. My favorite ride at SFA is The Wild One. But I do like Two Face as well. I wasn't very happy with my trip last year to SFA, but atleast I got all the credits so I don't have to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The Superman Ride Of Steel at Six Flags New England is way better than the version at Six Flags America. Have they done the same adjustments to the restraints as they did in SFA. I found it very uncomfortable and it did make the train ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hmm--it seems to me that Two-Face has been down since last June. It was open and closed on and off since last June, it finally closed in October when the hydroxide fluid sprayed people. Why on earth would a Vekoma Invertigo need hydroxide?! Did you mean to say "hydraulic"? I hope so, otherwise those people who got sprayed are running around with chemical burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayjay719 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The Superman Ride Of Steel at Six Flags New England is way better than the version at Six Flags America. Have they done the same adjustments to the restraints as they did in SFA. I found it very uncomfortable and it did make the train ugly. Yeah they did. I believe they did that to all three Superman Ride Of Steels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 The Superman Ride Of Steel at Six Flags New England is way better than the version at Six Flags America. Have they done the same adjustments to the restraints as they did in SFA. I found it very uncomfortable and it did make the train ugly. Yeah they did. I believe they did that to all three Superman Ride Of Steels. I'm not sure about it but I thought they also did some adjustments to EGF and those are a little bit sleeker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFAfan#1 Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Hmm--it seems to me that Two-Face has been down since last June. It was open and closed on and off since last June, it finally closed in October when the hydroxide fluid sprayed people. Why on earth would a Vekoma Invertigo need hydroxide?! Did you mean to say "hydraulic"? I hope so, otherwise those people who got sprayed are running around with chemical burns. LOL! Yeah I mean't hydraulic fluid. I was thinking about chemistry when I wrote that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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