jason10 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I searched for this and I couldn't find it so, if anyone does, lock it please. Ok, just say what queues surprised you. Whether it is a long queue for a bad ride or short for a great ride ect. For me, it has to be Oblivion at Alton Towers. It was a walk on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonskeep Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Last summer at Cedar Point, Dragster had a 10 minute wait on a summer night in late June. I waited 5 minutes longer for the front and got many rides in a row. Dragster is IMO a great ride, but even better when the wait is that short. 8 or 9 night rides topped off my 3 days at the park beautifully. Ride On. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankees15 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The last Saturday in September last year Kingda Ka was running all 4 trains and it was a 2 train wait for every row and 5 train wait for front row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The queue that really suprised me was the flume ride at Walibi Belgium. The line looked reasonable with a decent portion outside what we assumed was the station, only to find quite a few switchbacks. Still not too bad, only to find a whole additional floor of switchbacks before getting on the ride. There was also no "estimated wait time from this point" sign anywhere. Walibi operations at their best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Dueling Dragon definitely takes the cake. You walk through a queue that seems almost endless, and you would expect that the line must get really long. But on normal days the line never gets over 20 minutes long. If the queue were to stretch into the outside area, the line would be incredibly long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liseberg4ever Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 deamonen! it's so small! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousfv Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Yeasterday i toll I was surprised that Great American Scream Machine (1-2 seconds queue) was a good ride, but im alone with that opinion, I dont know if im surprised about that If i'm not the best queue i've been in was a 10 min queue for Nitro, and 5 more mins for the front seats, like dragonskeep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonskeep Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I have heard the wait for Dueling Dragons would reach 3 hours during Horror nights. I love the ride but you gotta be kidding me, personally I never waited more than 20 minutes. The opening year for Magnum we waited 2 hours though and it was totally worth it. That really was a special event the first year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa1986 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The one on the Boss at Six Flags St Louis is so long. I could have lost a few pounds walking up that thing. Also the one for the Batman is a little too long for me but Thats my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I would definitely have to say X had the most surprising line I've waited in. This is just because it looked like it was a 20 minute wait and it ended up being two hours with a train departing every five minutes... It was bad. I may have just been there during training or something, but I hope that operations have improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CdnbMatt Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 My vote is for Dueling Dragons. I have never had to wait more than 10 minutes for the ride, but the queue itself suprised the heck out of me with it's size and length....i almost wouldn't mind waiting longer to get a better look at all the details. Other than that I am always suprised at the length of wait for ANYTHING at Canada's Wonderland on any given day......it is pretty much still at least 45 minutes for an SLC.....when you're lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallen xxi Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Batwing at SFA is rediculous. The line was barely inside the underground tunnel and even with 2 trains running the wait was around an hour. That place is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny In England Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I was really surprised at Drayton Manor when I saw that the Human Drier (Infra-red warming booth) had a longer line than some small flat rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Phoenix at Knoebels last Saturday night. They really move that seemingly long line like nobody else. What looked like a solid 30 minute line was much closer to 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonskeep Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The funnel cake and ice cream stand when you are leaving IOA can get extremely long. They should expand or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padresguy619 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 AT SFMM, we walked right onto Goliath, Superman and Riddler's Revenge. The queue for Tatsu seemed like forever as it stretched farther than Roaring Rapids. In the end, it was only a 30 minute wait for a great ride! X2 was nearly a 2 1/2 hour wait but it was worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesaidboom Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Dragon and Toboggan at La Ronde... Toboggan had a massive line all day when we went, and from reading trip reports, it seems to be a thing that happens all the time! And Dragon had a seemingly short line that took an hour due to sloooooooooooooow loading times! The ride is only 45 seconds long, but it takes them another five to load/unload! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnooSnoo Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 A few times I've had walk-ons on TTD. Hell, any short line on that ride is always unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 We went to SFMM two years ago on the 4th of July weekend. We where all expecting extremely long lines, but we rode everything in only around 6 hours. Everything was a walk on except for X. Which, since it was only running one train, took an hour and a half at the least. (But there was another coaster entheusist there that we could talk to) --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Everything on my first trip at Dorney to ride the coasters besides Thunderhawk in 2005 (I had been to Dorney many times before but never on the other coasters). I expected lines and everything was a walk on - 5 minute wait. I later found out that is the norm. Also Kingda Ka where it was a walk on in the middle of the day on a weekday in May and I walked right onto the front row Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollerboy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The queue on The Giant Drop at Dreamworld was only about 5-10 minutes long, which surprised me as its probably there most thrilling attraction. Jordan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms13 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The logflume at idlewild... It was just slightly out of the station, so we thought we were good. It was around an hour wait! We had just enough time to grab a bite to eat (their gyros are great!), and make it back to the bus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrX8991 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Not really a queue, but close to it. One morning on the rush to Splash Mountain in Disney World, I guess a lot of people were confused. About half of the people ahead of us ran straight into the Swiss Family Treehouse instead of to the bigger attractions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I rode Maverick in June of 07. 5 hour wait with 20 people ahead of us. Damn thing kept breaking down after maintainece signed off on it. I'm suprised no one mentioned Roger Rabit at Disneyland. I always thought it funny that the instant you walk in the queue, you have that wall with the window in it where you see the loading dock, so you think you're there, and then it takes that right turn into the extended queue house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airtime&Gravity Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I've had a few lately: Viper has had a short wait lately, so that is a good thing as the line is usually long. American Eagle had a one hour wait, which is the longest I've seen it in a few years. El Toro had a 15 minute wait the first time I rode it. The second time I rode it, it was a walk on. Kingda Ka was a walk on for row two both times I rode it. Nitro was a walk on when I rode it. Medusa was a walk on when I rode it. Oh, and while that is all I did at SFGADV, I did it in only two hours. I had only heard horror stories about the lines at SFGADV, so the lines were a big surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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