Zack44 Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 TR: I'll try to be as brief as I can. My high school was doing a trip to Fright Fest only open to a handful of kids, so I signed up. I was placed in a group with people I only sort of knew before this: Mia, Claire, Justin, and Dillon. We arrived around 9:00 so I had to pass the time by reading and sleeping. When the park opened, I was surprised that so few people were behind the ribbon to the west side of the park, during Fright Fest no less! It turns out that the weather scared A LOT of people away, and every single ride we got on was either a walk on or had a wait of at most 15 minutes. Fortunately, it didn't rain a lot during the day and I brought an umbrella anyways. A lot of the rides we went on were actually firsts for some members of the group. We also got to snag a lot of re-rides, including Batman 4 times in a row! Unfortunately, because of the weather, some coasters like El Toro and Bizarro were only running with one train, and some flats like Fling and Buccaneer weren't running at all for no good reason. Also, all of the night activities including Dead Man's Party were cancelled and the park closed early at 7:00 PM. :grrr: Other than that, it was an awesome day. Ridelist: Batman: The Ride 4x El Toro 3x Bizarro 3x Kingda Ka 2x Nitro 2x GASM 2x Superman 1x Dark Knight 1x Rolling Thunder (both sides) 1x Skull Mountain 1x Blackbeard 1x Jolly Roger 2x Twister 2x Teacups 2x Houdini 1x Elvira 1x Overall: 9.5/10 The rain, cancelled events and early closing were a letdown, but the major re-rides and abundance of other rides was very much redeeming. I'll post my pictures a little later.
Zack44 Posted October 18, 2009 Author Posted October 18, 2009 A gloomy, rainy day at Six Flags. Perfect!! Wow, that was fast. This was my first time riding this, and it was AWESOME. Great theming, too At least the park's #1 clown is doing well in the weather. It turns out this years map wasn't lying. Toro and Thunder are also doing well in the rain. Toro + Back row + 3 times = Best thing ever Taz is the Halloween spirit. Mandatory Kool-Aid fountain shot I'm so mad that this was cancelled. Nitro was running all day. I have to start riding this more often Justin and Dillon fooling around in Wiggles World Justin sure liked Wiggles World. Roger here was nice enough to show us some magic tricks. I keep thinking what it would be like if they replaced this with the Tumbler from the Nolan films. A scrambled mess of track I finally get a shot of DK's trains I somehow got involved in a Mr. Six Dance Party. The rest of the group is ready for Kingda Ka! They all screamed like Banshees. Ka's closed section I'm surprised that they let the tigers out at all yesterday. Another tiger shot Almost forgot about this. The spooky walk The famous Fright Fest sedan The Fright Fest Hearse Justin and Dillon fooling around again. We're all ready for the teacups Another shot of the sexy upgrade A intersting piece of merchandise I found at El Mercado. Let's play "Find the Train". I just finally realized that this sign lights up. Waiting in the rain for 5 minutes for a flamethrower shot = Priceless Last pic of the day. Thanks for reading!
MMcCollum1980 Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 Bucaneer and Fling have a drive tire that I believe don't do well when they are wet. Great report! Parachutes is looking good!
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