TR: SFNE, 7/22/08

[SFNEFan123]

I went to SFNE for the second time this year today and it's got to be my best visit there ever. The weather was partly cloudy from the morning until the evening, and around 7:00 the clouds turned dark and down-poured until the park closed. Most of you are thinking "That Sucks" but it was awesome.

 

We arrived at the park a half hour early, which was around 10:00 (park opened at 10:30). We rented a locker on Main Street (#230 to be exact!). After the little intro parade we went directly to Superman first. First wait was around 5 minutes. Not bad. We got off and decided to go again. Line got a little longer, and was a 15 minute wait because they had to test the cars about 4 times. Still not too bad. While we were in the queue, we decided to head on over to Batman after our second ride. When we got to Batman, it was a 15-20 minute wait, and we were the next party to enter the station. Some girl puked right on the train. The staff cleaned it off, tested it, etc... Cleaning and testing took about 15 minutes. We rode on the same train as the girl puked on, but a row above, which was row 3, because I remember the puke was on row 4.

 

After that we rode a second time, 15 minute wait, and then went over near Mind Eraser. I skipped it, along with my brother, and the rest of the party rode. We decided to get lunch while they rode, so I got a Super Chilli Cheese Dog for about $7-8, and we split money for a souvenir cup with unlimited refills all day. I suggest you do that, but make sure you have 2+ people sharing it, because if you get it by yourself, it's a waste of money. Trust me. For desert I had a small Dip N' Dots Ice Cream for $5. We planned to head on over to Tomahawk, but stopped to go on Buzzsaw, and seriously, the ride length is so short nowadays... We then went to Tomahawk, and I loved it. Then went on the Bumper Cars, and then we then planned to go on Pandemonium, Blizzard River, and then Time Warp, but before we went on those, we stopped at Shipwreck Falls to cool down first.

 

Now it was time to ride Pandemonium. It was a 15 minute wait, and honestly, I think it's worth it. After we rode we went to Blizzard River, Time Warp, and then wanted to go on Catapult (closed), so went on Cyclone instead. I really wish they still had the old track on the first drop, they raised it. Quote from rcdb:

 

For the 2001 season the first drop shortened by about 15-20 feet. It is still possible to see the old track beneath the new.

 

After that, we hit the Water Park. We went in the adult wave pool just after the waves stopped. About 10 minutes until the next set. Great. More waiting. The waves started eventually, and after that, we went in line for Cannonball Falls (the big green slide) and decided to go back down cause of how long the line was, so, we went on Shark Attack with a 15-20 minute wait. Not worth the wait. We also wanted to go on Typhoon, but from the look of the line, it was about a 45-60 minute wait, so we skipped it.

 

We were done with the water park at that point. So, we went to our locker to drop stuff off, and went to Big Ben's for dinner and then hit up some more flats until 7:00 when it started raining. We went immediatley to the bumper cars and stayed there for about a hour and a half until it stopped raining. Then we went to Tomahawk, and it is the best flat to go on in the dark while it's raining. We went back to the bumper cars cause it started raining hard again and all the rides were shut down, and we stayed there until it stopped. We also wanted to see if S:ROS was open, and it wasn't, but there was a fight going on so we left and there were tons of people around them. Must've been around 100, and when we were at the DC stairs, the security started coming, and I saw what looked to be like a taser... We then went to Pandemonium in the dark (better tan the day IMO) and then Time Warp again. We wanted to go on Catapult, but still closed. So, we went on the Scrambler. I haven't been on it in like 6 years so it was a real good memory. We then were done with our park trip, and had a real fun time. Even in the rain.

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

That's how we cleaned Riddler's after puke. Hose it one cycle, wipe it one cycle, cycle once to dry. Any other way is uncivilized!

[SFNEFan123]

^Yeah, that's exactly what they did.

[coastercrazed49]

Nice TR.

I went to Six Flags Tuesday the 15th and it was bright and sunny all day and I never waited for more then 20 minutes! How was Cyclone running for you. When I went on it last time I felt like I got kicked in the stomach by a Donkey! So much worse then last year. But other then that I had no problems.

Sounds like a fun day.

[SFNEFan123]

^Actually, I thought Cyclone was a lot better this year than last year.