coasterer Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Sooooo, today was frustrating. It really isn't the easiest thing in the world for me to get to Six Flags, so when I do go, it'd be nice if everything worked. Unfortunately, it wasn't even close. And I mean, most of it was understandable. Due to high winds, when the park opened, Kingda Ka was closed, and El Toro was closed, and Nitro was closed. So I can kind of understand that, however much I might not of liked it. So we rode Batman a couple of times, which was a walk on the entire day. Then we saw Nitro testing, and headed on over, only to be told it had broken down, but should be up in another 15 minutes. When I asked what was wrong, and he said that the train had valleyed... 15 minutes. Right... And then we tried Dark Knight. One of the only things in the park that COULD have run regardless of the weather, had broken down within the first 20 minutes of seasonal operation. Nicccceeee. From there, we went to Superman. Which also broke down. The rest of the day we spent between Rolling Thunder, El Toro, which did open up after a couple hours, GASM, Superman and Batman. But, even though 3 of the best 4 rides weren't operating between Ka, Nitro, and Medusa, we still managed to enjoy ourselves. El Toro, even though it was slower due to winds, gave a top notch ride once or twice throughout the night. We had one back row ride, right as the sun was setting, and the lights in the park were coming on, and the wind died down enough for El Toro to really fly - made the whole day a little more worthwhile. But guest relations. Man, I have never seen a bunch of angrier, more unhelpful and antagonistic people in my life. All I wanted was information for a parking pass. Yeesh. All in all, though, what's not to love about the beginning of coaster season? It was a great day - thanks for reading. And... the world's most intense heal click ever. Thanks a lot for reading Good day. Goooooooood day Ride with Big Mike? Check. Well, kind of... The back row shuffle El Torgasm The El Toro dance. I spy Big Mike This view will never get old. I wish there was a whole park that was themed like this area. Deep Southwest, adobe houses, lights, sand, the music - I love it. At least El Toro was open. Would have been nice to have it open. Would have helped the El Toro line a bit. Like a postcard. Two things in this picture were incredibly frustrating. Ka, and season pass processing. You can't get this view of the ride in Chicago. I like it. At least Batman worked, even if it was a little slow immaturity at its finest. At least they had Mr Six out and about. Coasters I can do without, but heaven forbid, if Mr Six didn't show and Coldstones didn't open... That would be unforgivable. So I found this spot. NO ONE has ever taken a picture like this before. I wish there were better spots to take pictures of the major coasters from. All your pictures start to look the same after a while. I love how vertical the drop looks from head on. wooooooot Even though El toro was running a little slow, and only running one train, and loading incredibly slowly... It was still El Toro. And that drop is still unreal. GASM was... relatively painful, as usual. 2 out of the 4 of us had never been on Ka. Unfortunately, that wasn't going to change. And a valley. Well shoot, I was really hoping to ride roller coasters today. I spy... three closed rides. yayyyyy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Nice job on the TR and I'm glad to see you made the most out of a subpar day. That's why I usually wait a couple weeks after a park opens for the season. Because I had the opposite happen to me at SFOG last weekend, it was cold and kinda windy, yet all the coasters were open except for Ninja. Also, the employees where all very polite and helpful. I'm sure things will be better on your next visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Very nice trip report! I love the kick and also the jump, wow!! Thanks for coming up and saying hello. When I saw you put the camera up on the ride to take a picture in the station, I thought you were going to get in trouble. Lol Poor Josh got his camera confiscated! Next time introduce me to the 3 gals too!!! Peace, Big Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds03 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I'm in the back row of your first two El Toro shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayberry21 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Great pics, thanks for posting! Love the shots of El Toro...too bad Nitro wasn't open... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sros1fan Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 When I saw you put the camera up on the ride to take a picture in the station, I thought you were going to get in trouble. Lol Poor Josh got his camera confiscated! Peace, Big Mike Who is Josh and why did his camera get taken? Nice TR and awesome pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLERLC1 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Josh who posted another TR here for that same day who's also running the GADV fan site. The Josh and the camera go hand and hand. I visit here/there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Cool TR. Love the facial expressions/poses . Even though ride operation may have been lacking, it looks like you still managed to make it a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Davidson Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 When I saw you put the camera up on the ride to take a picture in the station, I thought you were going to get in trouble. Lol Poor Josh got his camera confiscated! Peace, Big Mike Who is Josh and why did his camera get taken? Nice TR and awesome pics! They took my camera away even though it was in my secure pocket, but I got it back. It was all just a little bit of confusion, LOL. I didn't take it on any ride or anything, it was when I was going to get in line for Skull Mountain. The new staff got trained heavily and a little "over-board" but it was alright, they are all still learning. I got it back without a problem and I wasn't mad. Give props to them enforcing the rule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpmitchell Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Nice TR! I am hoping to visit the park in June sometime, that is bad though that most of the rides were down but heavy wind can play a role in ride closure because the rides need gravity to get over the next part of the ride and heavy wind can deny it from making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisZer0 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Nice TR guys...The El Toro themeing got me thinking, as Texas Giant at SFoT is going down for a year rehab in 2010, will they be building a new queue themed to the southwest similar in nature to what they have here. It would be a nice addition to the park and the area in general... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Awesome TR I was there as well. I have a new favorite airtime coaster at GADV. Skull Mountain Ride it in the back seat you won't be disappointed I ended up riding it 10x! I will hopefully go back on Friday if it doesn't rain & spend most of the day riding Nitro, Kingda Ka (if they are open), El Toro, & Skull Mountain which I really enjoy now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyGirl Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Great TR.... Coincidentally my son and I are in one of your pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterer Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hahaha, thanks for the compliments everybody. I'm glad I was able to get so many of you in my pictures by sheer coincidence. It's a gift... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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