jlines Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'd go on July 4th just for the Coke ERT. Can you bring any can of Coke (i.e. Diet Coke) or does it have to be just a regular, 12 oz. can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Hero Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 ^I'm not sure unfortunately. I know for a fact that it's for the regular coke cans (hence the Six Flags coupon thing at the back) but I'm not sure for other variations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just bring a normal can of Coke to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 We made a last minute decision to visit the park yesterday and had a great time as always. It really was a last minute decision, late Saturday night we were talking about our plans for Sunday and realized we didn't have any, then we realized that it was going to rain at home all day but it was going to be sunny at Great Adventure so we decided to hit up the park. We got there at noon and after braving Six Flags Parking Lot Off Road Adventure we headed right for Golden Kingdom. Zumanjaro was closed but testing and since we really never ride it we figured we'd wait for it to open in hopes that most of the line cleared out when it broke down. That turned out to be the case and we got on twice, each time with a 5 minute wait. It's really a lot of fun and it's one of our favorite drop towers (though I prefer Knoebel's Stratosfear and Dorney's Demon Drop). It's insane how much the tower shakes when Kingda Ka launches and it really makes me wish they could run together as it's really cool just sitting there while the train is loading. Either way though, what a great ride. Anyway, like I said we had a great day but if you don't mind I'm going to do a tiny bit of complaining because this IS a Six Flags park after all... After Zumanjaro we headed to the Log Flume as I hadn't been able to ride it in years since despite it's overwhelming popularity Six Flags only operates it when there was a full moon the night before, it's between Labor Day and Memorial Day and it's between the hours of 2PM and 2:07 PM. We got paired with another group which is awesome because that's not awkward at all on a Log Flume when you have a complete stranger between your legs. I've never seen another park group people on a Log Flume but I guess Great Adventure decided to start caring about capacity for the first time in the history of ever (and not pass that information along to the ops of any other ride)... who knows. When we tried to ride it again later around 7:00 PM they cut the line off despite the wait being about 45 minutes long because it's Six Flags and there's nothing that makes them happier than budget cuts. Okay... no more complaining I promise. Anyway, despite the grouping the Flume was great. It was nice to finally be able to ride it again. After that we headed for the Safari which was fun as always, they have 2 bear cubs as well as Stubbs the lion cub in Camp Aventura now and they're really cute (and very active). They were pulling wood slats off the top of their enclosure which was fun to watch and basically doing whatever they could to break everything in their cage. The guy standing there was saying that that was normal as they're pretty mischievous. We love the Safari as you always see something different both on the ride and at camp. By the time we got off Safari we realized that we had been in the park for about 5 hours and had yet to ride a coaster, so we headed for the Skyway (which was running both sides) and then got in line for Nitro. Nitro was running great, fun ride as always and only about a 20 minute wait. After Nitro we headed over to Batman to get one last ride on it before they turned the trains around for 2 months. It was running 1 train with the backwards train in transfer so the line moved a little slow, but one train is better than none and we were just glad it was open. A front seat ride was still only about an hour wait and the ride was running great (of course). Easily our second favorite coaster in the park after El Toro. After Nitro we kind of hopped around, getting a front seat ride on Kingda Ka (which was having an Intamin sh*t fit for most of the day but luckily got it together later on), getting a second ride on Skyway, a ride on a totally empty Runaway Mine Train (which we never ride but it was fun), a walk on ride on Bizarro and then we ended the night with 4 consecutive rides on El Toro without getting off. There's nothing to say about El Toro that hasn't already been said... it's just an amazing ride and now that I've finally ridden Wicked Cyclone I can confirm that as great as that ride is, it doesn't even belong in the same conversation as El Toro. Last night it was ripping through those final turns so fast that I couldn't believe the track wasn't just ripping itself apart but the ride was as smooth and great as ever. God I love El Toro. Rides: El Toro: 4 Skyway: 2 Zumanjaro: 2 Bizarro: 1 Batman: 1 SORA: 1 Runaway Train: 1 (ahem...choo choo lol) Nitro: 1 Log Flume: 1 ... I think that's everything. As a side note by the way, El Diablo looks great and we would have ridden it but the line was pretty long. It's great to see a ride with that kind of lighting package at Six Flags, the statue looks great and it really brings that midway to life. It's funny to hear the ride ops all talking crap about it though. An El Toro train came in and when they asked how the ride was nobody said anything so the ride op said "Okay that was mediocre so I'm going to send you to mediocre rides, be sure to check out El Diablo". The Kingda Ka people said basically the same thing. Nice touch... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Going to the park by my self tomorrow so if any member wants to meet up drop me a PM. I was planning on Wednesday or Thursday first but as it looks like there will be raining and possibly thunder both those days I'm not taking any chances with closed rides, and I'm flying back to Europe on Friday. Weather looks good tomorrow but as it's a Tuesday I'm hoping it still won't be too crowded. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil009 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You know a park has really drilled professionalism into their employees when you hear them dissing the park's new ride in front of guests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Going to the park by my self tomorrow so if any member wants to meet up drop me a PM. I was planning on Wednesday or Thursday first but as it looks like there will be raining and possibly thunder both those days I'm not taking any chances with closed rides, and I'm flying back to Europe on Friday. Weather looks good tomorrow but as it's a Tuesday I'm hoping it still won't be too crowded. What do you guys think? It shouldn't be too crowded, but schools throughout the region are now out for the year so it really is a crap shoot. If I were you I would just go on Wednesday anyway because even if there is a torrential downpour, everything except KK remains open (unless there is indeed lightning in the area). An added bonus is that even the appearance of rain keeps the majority of potential park-goers at home. Unless you really, really want to get on Ka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Going to the park by my self tomorrow so if any member wants to meet up drop me a PM. I was planning on Wednesday or Thursday first but as it looks like there will be raining and possibly thunder both those days I'm not taking any chances with closed rides, and I'm flying back to Europe on Friday. Weather looks good tomorrow but as it's a Tuesday I'm hoping it still won't be too crowded. What do you guys think? It shouldn't be too crowded, but schools throughout the region are now out for the year so it really is a crap shoot. If I were you I would just go on Wednesday anyway because even if there is a torrential downpour, everything except KK remains open (unless there is indeed lightning in the area). An added bonus is that even the appearance of rain keeps the majority of potential park-goers at home. Unless you really, really want to get on Ka. Unfortunately Ka is one of the two credits I still need in this park so I really want to ride it. It was closed on my visit last year. I'll check back on the weather later tonight. If there are pockets without rain during Wednesday or Thursday I might reschedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 FWIW, I checked the weather before (because I was contemplating visiting this week as well) and the forecast I saw wasn't calling for rain on Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanLegend Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You know a park has really drilled professionalism into their employees when you hear them dissing the park's new ride in front of guests. At Cedar Point in 2013, I remember one of the employees at Maverick openly insulting GateKeeper to anyone who wanted to listen. Kept calling it a '$20 million mistake' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I really don't mind some light hearted ribbing of other rides. It leads me to believe that the ride ops take pride in the ride they're running and therefore take some pleasure and pride in what they do. Whether or not that's actually true I don't know, but that's the impression I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You know a park has really drilled professionalism into their employees when you hear them dissing the park's new ride in front of guests. At Cedar Point in 2013, I remember one of the employees at Maverick openly insulting GateKeeper to anyone who wanted to listen. Kept calling it a '$20 million mistake' Well the employee was wrong, it was a $25 million mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassinthegrass Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Oh come on now, you can't beat them up too much! It's one pretty looking lawn ornament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerManic Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 IMO its pretty ugly. I wish they would have boarded up a wall extending to the supports to make a faux base. That would make them look a lot more permanent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just saw the morning passholder ERT for this Friday includes Bizarro. Guys that means Bizarro will be open @ 9:30am. Aka get your affairs in order, for the end is near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 never went on July 4th but my family went to HH on July 4th a few years ago, maybe 2011 when it was on a Sat and the water park was packed. Couldnt even find seats, they were turning people away. Said it was the worst dec they ever made. But that was the water park so not sure how GA would be this Sat, if its nice out it will probably be crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Grrrr I have two people asking if I want to go - one wants to go Friday, the other Saturday. As of right now there is a chance of thunderstorms on both Friday and Saturday. Obviously this can and likely will change BUT Saturday it looks like it gets worse as the day goes on but Friday looks to start crappy and clear by evening. I have work on Friday (half day likely) but thinking Friday afternoon/evening might be the move for me. Hopefully the early rains will keep the park empty at night. We'll see how this shakes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Grrrr I have two people asking if I want to go - one wants to go Friday, the other Saturday. As of right now there is a chance of thunderstorms on both Friday and Saturday. Obviously this can and likely will change BUT Saturday it looks like it gets worse as the day goes on but Friday looks to start crappy and clear by evening. I have work on Friday (half day likely) but thinking Friday afternoon/evening might be the move for me. Hopefully the early rains will keep the park empty at night. We'll see how this shakes out. You should try to swing by tomorrow when I'm there! Call in sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 We got paired with another group which is awesome because that's not awkward at all on a Log Flume when you have a complete stranger between your legs. I've never seen another park group people on a Log Flume but I guess Great Adventure decided to start caring about capacity for the first time in the history of ever (and not pass that information along to the ops of any other ride)... who knows. They aren't supposed to put strangers in the same section of the boat. I have been put in the same boat with strangers but with the seat divider I have always had my own section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namurt28 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just saw the morning passholder ERT for this Friday includes Bizarro. Guys that means Bizarro will be open @ 9:30am. Aka get your affairs in order, for the end is near. This really sucks, considering how great Bizarro is and how much room the park has. Hopefully they're not removing Bizarro just to do a Rougarou treatment to Green Lantern. Also, #S&SFreeSpinConfirmed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Just saw the morning passholder ERT for this Friday includes Bizarro. Guys that means Bizarro will be open @ 9:30am. Aka get your affairs in order, for the end is near. This really sucks, considering how great Bizarro is and how much room the park has. Hopefully they're not removing Bizarro just to do a Rougarou treatment to Green Lantern. Also, #S&SFreeSpinConfirmed I don't think Bizarro is going anywhere, I believe the poster was just making a quip on how Six Flags rarely opens rides on time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
necoastergp Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Or maybe the fact that bizarro rarely has a line anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 LOL way to twist my words guys haha. If you ever go to the park in the morning you know Bizarro never opens with the park, its usually not until 11am, or sometimes noon. They never include it in morning ERT, so I thought it was interesting. I said absolutely nothing about it being removed lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Also, #S&SFreeSpinConfirmed That's as much a confirmation as me saying it. Just because someone claims to have spoken to the Park President doesn't make it true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This really sucks, considering how great Bizarro is and how much room the park has. Hopefully they're not removing Bizarro just to do a Rougarou treatment to Green Lantern. Also, #S&SFreeSpinConfirmed I don't think you're being unreasonable at all by jumping to any of the conclusions you just jumped to in that post. A post stating that Bizarro usually opens later in the day than most rides and a post on Instagram very likely mean that... 1) Bizarro is probably being removed 2) Green Lantern is getting the Rougarou treatment 3) We're getting an S&S Free Spin I'm not sure why everyone is so skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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