SFMM Photo TR + Updates! 2/15/10

[atem122]

On Monday, I took my first trip of the year up to 'Da Mountain.' It was a pretty decent day...the lines were a bit long for a Monday in February, but I still got pretty much most of the stuff done. I did notice quite a few new things around the park (no Mr. Six construction though, but I do have a snazzy dirt lot picture for you!). So sit back, relax, and enjoy a craptastic PTR!

Pros:

Friendly staff!

Re Rides on Tatsu

Maybe my best Termy ride ever!

Cons:

Lines were too long for February

One train operation on Termy

Season pass line was long

 

Oh also, I saw some guy wearing a shirt that says "I love roller coasters, and I love food." You're clearly an enthusiast. So fess up if you read this!

First stop of the day was to get my season pass processed. That's just about 2/3 of the line. Thank God I got my pass online and only had to wait in the 10 minute line.

Walking back towards the back of the park. Touching a Revolution support immediately fruitifies you.

First thing's first: Dance Coaster construc...er...DIRT LOT!

There's so much brown, you'd swear you were in a German porn movie!

I don't remember the shop looking like this.

Terminator Salvation: The Ride: What wooooould have been my first ride of the day, but all of the switchbacks were full and it was one train operation. If it was Prowler, then of course!!!1!11!!!11!, but no thanks.

Even Jet Stream has a really really ridiculously long line!

Once Ninja goes the way of the Big Bad Wolf, I'm so down for bringing back the Dragon.

This was a little more than the extent of Riddler's line. Nothing beats being in a hot, steamy, crowded room with techno playing...

I hear spiders are huge B&M stand up fanboys.

Awwwwwwww poor Free Fall

Here's where the walkway used to be, now it's just used for Blair witches/Prowler fanboys to perform their sacred rituals.

Dear SFMM: Put something cool here.

Now that Batman's been opposite Michael Jackson'd, lets go for a ride!

But first, dear SFMM: Put something cool here.

OMG! Somebody needs to go get those hats!

And now, a sight that every SFMM fanboy has dreamed of seeing...

THE BATFAN WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

So there IS a difference between real and fake barbed wire!

These cars still beat Scream.

While waiting in line for Colossus, I noticed this. Goliath always seems to be happy to see me.

Time to ride Goliath! And show off my sexy, home made, bilingual TPR shirt!

Goliath: I>I>I>I>. Goliath+Cows: I>I>I>I>I>I>!!!!

Fort Le John is the latest bathroom to get renovated. Which sucks because I only like to piss in 'punny' bathrooms.

Woo! Time to ride Sierra Falls, if the little ones are too small for MSDC's height requirement, they can always come here and ride this!

You can even get some pretty decent shots of Viper from its line too!

Wait, what?!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Revolution at sunset! How cute!

 

...And now, the biggest update of this whole PTR...

...VIPER GOT NEW FLAGS!!!!!!

A sign of qual...smoothn...uhhhh...fun!

After a couple of rides on Viper, it was time to ride this guy.

X2 in the front was awesome as usual. It was a pretty smooth ride too! And walking out of the exit, I ran into "24" and "XII" and talked to them for a bit!

Nowwwwwwwww it's time to conquer Terminator. This time, the line was only an hour!

After waiting an hour, I got to ride in the back row at night, and hoooooooooly crap. This was maybe the best ride I've ever had on it, it was ALMOST Prowler awesome, but of course, NOTHING BEATS PROWLER!!

Time for some math: Hole...

...+ Cactus...

...= WHOOPS!

Theming this to the apocalypse was genius. You can just pass this off as part of the effect!

...Almost...There...

I would make some "My wood is electric" joke, but I'm above that.

SFMM has listened to our complaints! They managed to make the line stop in the staircase! (by running one train of course )

 

I would like to comment on the miserable fail that is the pre show operation: We had to watch all three of course, and after the second one ended, we had to wait in that room for a good couple minutes. The group behind us had already entered into the same room as us, and it was getting crowded. We even had to watch the first half a minute of the second damn pre show again!

Time for a night ride on Goldrusher in the back. Yippee! Notice how the track is the same shade of orange as half of the people on Jersey Shore!!! Zing!

It takes you into the woods to do its business.

After two consecutive rides on Tatsu (one being the last of the day), it was time to call it quits. The fountains look much cooler like this rather than blood red. Make em go a bit higher, and you've got yourself a full blown night time spectacular to rival Disney!

MMM...X2

I've got a question: What's red, goes off periodically, and puts fear into some men?

Periods of course.

 

Okay that's it, I'm done trying to entertain you. Bye! And thanks for reading!

Edited March 11, 2010 by atem122

[cooksta77]

BATFAN!!!!! Good report just a little blurry.

Andrew "OMFG Batfan" Iorio

[atem122]

^It's blurry because I used my camcorder to take all the pictures. Expect a video sometime soon though!

[cooksta77]

^It's fine but awesome an Atem video !

Andrew "Just realized Terminator Salvation: The Shop" Iorio

[the ghost]

This TR=Win. Atem, you are another TPR caption master and you, printersdevil, the bebes, and chuck should right a massive trip report. It would literally be the best TR in the history of the world.

[atem122]

^It's such a prestigious honor to be ranked amongst them. Thanks!

[CreditCrazy]

I have to go to SFMM and see the batfan now.

[atem122]

^It's quite wonderful. It's back-lit, rotates medium slow, and actually provides a mild cooling sensation.

[MagicMountainMan]

They actually had the fan working a year or so back... It only worked for a couple of months though. Nice to see it back again.

[atem122]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y79Yaz73zTI

Video evidence of the mystical Batfan's return.

[ebl]

^ The last time I rode Batman (Super Bowl Sunday), the fan was turning, but not that fast.

 

Eric

[austinlee]

The Batfan was working when I was there on 1/31, but not on 1/10.

[atem122]

The Batfan is quite an elusive creature. People should both comment on this thread, and use it to tell of their Batfan sightings.

[BelizeIt]

Excellent trip report From The Future! (12/15/10)

 

So did you hop into a time traveling Delorean, or did you sling shot yourself around the sun Star Trek style? I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed that Ten Months from now that the new Dance Coaster still isn't finished! I mean come on already!

 

I really liked the way you did your trip report by focusing on many of the other details of the park. (instead of just an endless series of ride photos) The hole + cactus = whoops was hilarious! Also your custom TPR shirt is classic, if you attend the West Coast Bash, you'll have to wear it.

 

Now if you do another Time Traveling trip report, then head over to DCA so we can finally settle the debate over the new World of Color show.

[where'smyhotdog]

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[atem122]

Excellent trip report From The Future! (12/15/10)

 

So did you hop into a time traveling Delorean, or did you sling shot yourself around the sun Star Trek style? I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed that Ten Months from now that the new Dance Coaster still isn't finished! I mean come on already!

 

I really liked the way you did your trip report by focusing on many of the other details of the park. (instead of just an endless series of ride photos) The hole + cactus = whoops was hilarious! Also your custom TPR shirt is classic, if you attend the West Coast Bash, you'll have to wear it.

 

Now if you do another Time Traveling trip report, then head over to DCA so we can finally settle the debate over the new World of Color show.

Haha oops! I forgot to mention this report was from the future. Lucky for us, Mr Six's Dance Coaster was scrapped, and instead, we got a gigaquatrax with a 36'' height restriction. Who'd have thought that?

 

Thanks for the nice comments! And yes, I'll be attending the Knott's portion of WCB with that shirt.

[The Bebes]

This TR=Win. Atem, you are another TPR caption master and you, printersdevil, the bebes, and chuck should right a massive trip report. It would literally be the best TR in the history of the world.

 

WOW! Just saw this and it made my day!! We are so honored to be mentioned alongside such TR Greats!!!

 

Thank you sooooo much!!

 

And we will do our best to continue to entertain!

 

<3 The Bebes

[andre8]

Nice PTR! Though the camcorder pictures were blurry, still loved it!

[atem122]

^One day I'll have my video up! Just watch! I may try uploading it tonight (damn trojan infected my computer). The crappy video will make the crappy pictures damn worth it!

[FitchCoaster]

Hahaha, hilarious TR. Found myself chuckling to many of the captions, great job!

The Batfan was working (I think) maybe a month ago when I last went, so I'm glad to see it's still working since then!

[atem122]

All right, 3 weeks, a computer virus, a bear attack, a lion attack,a Snooki attack, and a b**** messing with my life later, and my video is FINALLY up. *Commence comments ripping the video apart now*

[austinlee]

Great job, very cool video. It makes me look forward to my next visit even more than I already was. I didn't think that was possible.

[atem122]

^I have that kind of effect on people.

[X2coasterfreak]

Love the video, nice job Atem

[andre8]

3:42 - 3:45 = My favorite part. I loved how you got up close to the corkscrew.