PTR: July 4th at SFOG

[WillMontu]

For the long weekend, Erik Johnson and I went up to Six Flags over Georgia. Crowds were moderate, but wait times were not too bad (most attractions were less than 15 minutes, including Goliath, Monster Mansion, and Scorcher)

 

Having visited the park a month earlier, a few things have changed. Acrophobia is back up and running, but we missed out riding it in favor of getting more rides on Mindbender. The new Papa Johns location is also open

 

Since I had already visited earlier in the year, I only took a limited number of pictures. Many of these are night shots and came out quite well. I used a standard Canon IS lens for most of these with a long exposure (with a steady hand, not a tripod) for the night shots.

What could be more American than riding the Great American Scream Machine. As far as I know, this one will be sticking around. Unlike the other one, it doesn't hurt people.

Or should I say, doesn't hurt people as much

Now this ride does hurt people. Too bad it didn't get washed away with the floods last year

I was smart this time around by not riding

The famous Riverview Carousel is a must-do on any visit to SFOG

Hey Chuck! It's still there! The Joker must be up to his tricks again

I have yet to do the rapids ride here, especially when there are people manning the water cannons

The log flume, as seen from the train

The new Papa Johns location

Monster Mansion

The ride is almost comparable to Disney or Universal quality dark rides

Erik and I agreed that Mindbender and Goliath are the best rides in the park.

Motion blur

Gotham City by night

Being the 4th of July, there were fireworks

Note to self: Clean camera lens

 

The cycle on Crime Wave was slow and short.

Even with the fireworks going and less than an hour until closing, Mindbender was dispatching full trains most of the time

Goliath as seen from Gotham City

A train going down the first drop

Walking through the "tunnel"

Georgia Cyclone lit up. A train is barely visible at the top of the the drop

Goliath's helix at night

Closing time

Georgia Scorcher cycling the last of its trains for the night

Goliath at night again

On the home stretch

Mindbender was completely dark at this time. Nothing that a long exposure and a steady hand can't fix.

Looking under Batman's lift

Batman's loop

Batman's lift

Batman's station as seen from the parking lot

Another long exposure of Batman.

 

Thank you for reading

[spaceace12]

Cool pictures, sometimes I enjoy spending hours taking pictures where I am (theme park, nature park, etc.) then I do actually doing things there.

[PKI Jizzman]

I suggest investing in a small tripod. You can you it to stand on a garbage can or whatever surface; especially if the legs can adjust to an uneven surface, and it really goes a long way. Keep it up!

[BaMiTsPaT]

Awesome photos! This is one of the parks I really want to visit. It looks really clean and well-themed compared to other parks in the chain, and that dark ride does look pretty cool! Keep up the awesome shots!