Photo TR: Great Adventure June 21, 2010

[Zack44]

Report: I've been wanting to post this for a few days so I'll try to be brief. I went to the Safari and the Park this time with my mother, sister, and her friend who had never visited the park before. Saying that my sister's friend was excited by all of the animals in the Safari would be an understatement. Anyway, we went to the Safari at about 9:30 and entered the park at around 10:45. I headed to Nitro first, but it was closed for the first few hours of the day, so I decided to go on Batman, The Dark Knight, and Skull Mountain, all of which were either walk-ons or had less than 5-minute waits. I took the Skyway to the western side of the park and rode Runaway Train (walk-on), Kingda Ka (three trains including the Karate Kid one), El Toro (two trains including the Stride gum one). Superman was still closed by the way, although there was no construction on the supposedly-sunken-in pretzel loop present on that day. We all had lunch outside of the park at Burger King at around 12:30 and by the time we got pack, the crowds were starting to increase.

 

Nitro had opened up when we got back and the queue was already 90% full, so I decided to ride Fling for the heck of it. Then I headed over to the Boardwalk and was kind of surprised of how empty(er) the section seemed with Superman closed. Houdini, erUPtion, and Twister each had one-cycle-waits, and then I rode GASM (which operated all day and was COMPLETLEY FINE by the way ). I later went back and rode Nitro after the line died down to a 15-minute wait. Then I met up the rest of my party and we (except for my sister) rode El Toro (even snatching a re-ride on a completely free row in the back), Rolling Thunder (both sides were open, but the right side had both trains while the left side only had one train running ) and Bizarro. We all left around 6:30 because we all had tests/work the next day, plus I was surprisingly more tired than I have ever been before because of the heat.

 

Overall, the day was alright. The crowds got hectic and summer-like during the middle of the day, but fine during the rest of the day. I'd say 5 out of 6 Flags.

 

Ride List: El Toro 3x

Nitro 1x

Kingda Ka 1x

Bizarro 1x

Batman: The Ride 1x

The Dark Knight 1x

GASM ( ) 1x

RT (Right) 1x

RMT: 1x

Skull Mt. 1x

Fling 1x

Houdini 1x

Twister 1x

erUPtion 1x

Skyway 1x

[Zack44]

Pictures:

 

Sing it with me now: AMERICA! F$#@ YEAH!

 

This one was taken by my sister

 

Don't worry, with the power of 3D, these deer can be right in front of you!

 

Don't ya just love group shots?

 

Did I mention that my sister's friend has never seen most of these animals before?

 

"Just roll up that window and I won't have to use these horns on that car of yours!"

 

*cue shriek #37 from my sister's friend*

 

Now THESE two have the right idea!

 

Another one from my sister...

 

I hate it when animals moon us.

 

*cue "awwwwww..." #183 from everyone else in the car*

 

Gee guys, thanks for the extra reminder...

 

"Hmm, yeah, what about baboons?"

 

This one taken ONE second after one of the babies tried to climb the fence.

 

I don't know what's more sad: the fact it was closed or the sign's *cough* makeover.

 

The Big Wheel was also closed in the middle of the day for no good reason.

 

I can't believe I've never taken this shot before.

 

I hope this isn't the last time I see the Boardwalk like this...

 

Eh, why not?

 

I just had to see it to believe it.

 

Our two woodies.

 

At least this one's not going anywhere any time soon.

 

100 points to the one who sees the 2nd train in this shot first!

 

For once, this coaster is completely empty.

 

No construction, as you can see. Thanks for reading!