KBF/DL/DCA PTR

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I went to Knott's Berry Farm on Memorial Day (the 25th) and was expecting it to be VERY busy...but it wasn't. Everything was running except for Wipeout, and everything had usual Knott's operations. I rode Supreme Scream for my first time and loved it, so...I ended up riding it 11 times. It was running two towers most of the day, but switched to one tower towards the end. I think my longest wait was for Sierra Sidewinder which was about 20 minutes, the rest wasn't bad at all. One thing that was frustrating...I got there before the park opened, and once I was let into the park I decided to go for Ghostrider and wait outside its entrance (since no rides were open yet) with a lot of other people, and there were a lot of people there including several workers constantly walking by, and there were three guys smoking. It was not in a non-smoking area either, and none of the workers cared to say something or even bothered to notice. Also, while on Bigfoot Rapids a piece of wood apparantly broke off the lift hill leading to the station (or whatever you want to call it) so I got my first ever evacuation credit!

 

My ride-count for the day:

Sierra Sidewinder x1

Montezooma's Revenge x1

Silver Bullet x2

Ghostrider x2

Bigfoot Rapids x1

Timber Mountain Log Ride x1

Perilous Plunge x1

Boomerang x1

Xcelerator x10

Supreme Scream x11

 

Then I went to Disneyland/California Adventure about a week later on May 31st (I think...I've never waited this long to do a PTR!). It was just a regular Sunday, but much more crowded than I expected. This was also my first time to Disneyland in a year so that was fun. I did the Summer Funtastic Deal which is great (3 park hoppers for the summer for only $99) so I still have two more visits left. California Screamin' was GREAT and it made 7th on my Top 10. I had only ridden it once before and didn't think it was too special, so loving it like a lot of other people was nice. It's very fun at night, I even got a ride during the fireworks! Also, quick tip: Never use Splash Mountain's single rider line.

 

My ride-count for the day:

California Screamin' x3

Maliboomer x3

Mulholland Madness x1

Space Mountain x1

Buzz Lightyear Astroblaster's x1

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad x1

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride x1

Splash Mountain x1

Haunted Mansion x1

Indiana Jones x1

For anyone asking why I didn't ride Toy Story Mania: I was in line, waiting and waiting, about a 45 minute wait, and right when I got to the point where you get your glasses, it broke down. I stayed waiting until they told everyone that it would not open back up. On the subject of break-downs, Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones also broke down while I was waiting for them. I guess I'm just bad luck?

 

Both visits had nothing to do with each other, I'm just putting them into one topic instead of two.

 

Here's the Knott's pictures, I'll get the Disneyland ones up soon.

Starting off with Silver Bullet's layout.

A pretty forceful vertical loop.

Ahh, Silver Bullet's best element and my second favorite element overall.

Artsy shot or me bored with my camera in the middle of Silver Bullet's layout?

Yes, this helix is almost as intense as Goliath's.

Moving on to the extremely fun, but dizzying (for me) Montezooma's Revenge.

Forwards or backwards?

"...it just...came right out of the tree..."

Dontcha love those rides where you can get the ride and sign in the same picture?

Yeah, KBF's coasters aren't squished in at all...

Jaguar and the '!' mark are tight.

 

Oooh, trees at Knott's?

 

Fiesta Village flats:

 

La Revolution.

Ah! Thank you spellcheck/Knott's.

As you can see I tried getting both the ride and sign in...too bad it wasn't as easy as Montezooma was.

Dragon...Swing.

Hat Dance. Is it spinning?

And Waveswinger. I think you can tell that this one's spinning.

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Finally out of there, and stopped by the Stagecoach walking by, you get to the Boardwalk.

 

I looked and looked and looked, but could not find Disneyland...

Going down...or up?

Rollback?

Stall?

Aww...

Can't even compare to Silver Bullet's.

No really, it can't. They're completely different.

I love trying to get these shots. Luck, or skill?

Ehhh, not as hard.

Hmmm, do I smell a new avatar?

Or maybe this one?

If you turn your head upside down, and then blink three times, spin around, then gurgle some salt water, it kinda looks like a shuttle coaster.

Great, now I have a headache.

This does not help much!

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Loud brake right here.

Sudden drop ride there.

Someone barfing right here.

Me taking a picture right here.

Will it make it...will it make it?

Aww...

0 for 2.

 

Hmm, this picture looks awfully familiar...except on a certain Arrow coaster?

Yeah too much purple and green, I know. Hopefully this will help.

Or this.

Uh oh another one. Well, that is how a Boomerang works.

Who likes Riptide? Honestly? It runs almost empty all day.

Wipeout is still under rehab or whatever is wrong with it.

Lastly, we have a rapids fail.

But it was...uh...fun. All the rafts bobbing into each other.

Evacuation Credit #1!

 

The End, until DL&CA.

[atem122]

Awesome TR so far

On the subject of break-downs, Splash Mountain and Indiana Jones also broke down while I was waiting for them. I guess I'm just bad luck?

Disney does have pretty bad maintenance I've noticed, probably because unlike putting a B&M over concrete, they have a ton of parts that need to be working

Great commentary though, the best PTR I've seen from you

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^ I try.

 

Onto Disneyland! Btw, I didn't get nearly enough California Screamin' pictures as I wanted to...I actually didn't get any worth posting! Guess I'll have to save that for next time...

 

Walking in to DCA, you see...hey, did they change it? Looks a bit different than I remember.

Ahhhhh

These look really nice in person.

Staying...or leaving?

It is a pretty lame S&S Tower.

But I'm glad I got three rides on it (first time).

Too cold for you today.

Of course the weather didn't stop any crowds though, or people riding GRR.

Okay DCA is getting boring, onto Disneyland...for real this time. Ride under rehab (or whatever else is wrong with it) #2.

 

Astroblasters was a lot of fun (first time).

Matterhorn had a surprisingly really long wait all day, didn't get to it.

Question for the non-Disney geeks: Which mountain is this?

Nope...

Wrong...

So close...

Yeah Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, what a hard one.

Another really fun ride, first time in a while.

Rumored 2010 attraction: Orange Bullet, a new B&M Inverted Style Roller Coaster, flying over the lake...oh yeah but the lake will be pretty much drained. *sigh*

Walking over to the other side of the park, the pathway was blocked and everyone was forced to watch this.

Shoot me?

Boooring.

Ready for your mission?

They have returned safely!

Ready for your launch? (er...lift hill...)

Here I am on Space Mountain.

Back over to DCA.

Don't let my camera fool you, it looks great at night!

Best Potato Ever

"I heard that you hockey puck!"

 

The End, unfortunately that's all I got from Disneyland...not the easiest place to take pictures of.

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Cool TR. Love the Disney pics, I never get tired of those.

 

shoot me?

LOL, great caption .