PTR: Six Flags Great Adventure 8/25/09

Zack44 · August 26, 2009

Description: A few months ago, I got some discount tickets to Six Flags from my school since we went as a school a few months ago, so I decided to use them for this visit. Also, my uncle who lives in New Jersey and his son accompanied us for a bit of a reunion. My sister also also brought her friend, Danielle, since we had an extra ticket. And when we went up to scan the tickets, they apparently don't work with the scanners, so we wasted half an hour and $10 per ticket to get them updated, and now I have to go get my money back from the school .

After that ordeal, me, my uncle, and my cousin went to Kingda Ka first since it just re-opened a few days ago, only to find out it has a delayed opening. So, we went to El Toro & rode it twice (each with a 15 minute wait), and immediately went to Rolling Thunder after, which only had one train on both sides. My Uncle & Cousin only rode the right side, and I rode both sides. After a quick ride on Runaway Mine Train, we took the Skyride to the other side of the park where my Mom, sister, & her friend were waiting for us. While we were gone, they rode Skull Mountain, Fantasy Fling, and Buccaneer multiple times. My sister and her friend ironically rode Nitro first, even though they usually ride small rides all day. After a quick ride on Skull Mountain, we had lunch outside of the park at KFC.

After lunch, we went our separate ways again with myself, my unlce & cousin riding on Nitro first with a twenty minute wait. Then, we went on Congo Rapids because I had never gone on it before, and it was really fun even though all of the effects are gone. We decided to skip the Dark Knight & Batman because they each had really long lines, so we went in to see the Xploratorium, which was pretty impressive for something that used to be a roller coaster prop. After that we tried to go on GASM, but it broke down right as we got on line, but we noticed that Kingda Ka was finally running, so we stopped by there. Kingda Ka was a half-hour wait with every train running, and was well worth it since it was my first time of the year and their first time at all. After that we went over to Bizarro, which was an hour & 15 minute wait with a more than full queue. My cousin & I went in the back row & he thought the sound system was really good even though it was the movie quote soundtrack .

After that, my uncle & cousin decided to call it a day & I was on my own. I decided to ride GASM and was surprised that the entire white car and station had been covered in an ad for hair gel . After a quick ride on Twister, I went back over to Kingda Ka for another exciting ride. I met up with the rest of the family and we took a ride on the Big Wheel. Then, my mom went to the car and the rest of us rode the Dark Knight Coaster, which now has a stobelight and a very loud train horn at the end of the ride. After that, I went on Nitro by myself, which is ten times better at night. After dinner at McDonald's we were on our way home.

Ride Count: Kingda Ka 2x

El Toro 2x

Nitro 1x

Bizarro 1x

GASM 1x

Dark Knight Coaster 1x

Rolling Thunder (each side) 1x

Skull Mountain 1x

Runaway Train 1x

Blackbeard 1x

Twister 1x

Big Wheel 1x

Congo Rapids 1x

Overall: 9/10. The typical summer lines were a letdown, but I'm just happy I got to rie Kingda Ka again. I'll post the pictures later, thanks for reading!

robbalvey · August 26, 2009

"PHOTO" TR?

--Robb

Hercules · August 26, 2009

Robb - I think this needs to be explained a little bit further so our poster understands.

Photo is short for "photograph". Thus, when adding the word photo before TR (which is short for trip report), it is expected to have pictures to give a visual representation of your trip to the park (in this case Great Adventure)

Hope that helps!!!!!!!!