thrillrider Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I don't think I posted these pictures before, so here ya go. I have been to sfa several times, and although it's not nowhere near my favorite park, we were in the area so we stopped by for a few hours. It was a stop for us between kings dominium and six flags great adventure in Jersey. We stayed at a hotel near the park the night before, and it was located right across the street from andrews airforce base. Park sign. The park has a really nice looking gate. The main entrance and midway looks great. One of the best looking main streets of any park. Cool looking fountain. The grand theater. They had an american themed show in there. The show was "meh", but it was nice and cool in there, so that made up for the show. A shot of the show. All the costumes were out. The first ride we came to. Oh yea...and there was this guy. A shoe swing ride. got ham city. The main reason for our visit to this park. But first, we should ride this. Jokers jinx is a very good coaster. No headbanging at all. Just a mess of track. It was a walk on like the rest of the rides in the park. Both trains were in operation. Something about this picture makes me want to laugh. Random water slide in the middle of the park. The avalanch. It was closed. And now....the ride of steel. But first, we had to pay to put our fanny packs in a locker. Not sure why, we have been on every hyper coaster in america, and never had to do this. It was a walk on as well. And it was a saturday. The lift. Lot's of airtime on this coaster. Next up was the parks flying coaster, batwing. I was not looking forword to the beating I was about to endure. It looked like some kind of midevil torture device. Nerd shot. Next up was roar. It was a decent wood coaster, but a little ruff. It was also a walk on. Random flat ride. Next up was skull mountain. The last few trips to the park, this ride was closed. I was excited to finnaly get to ride it. Station shot. There was maybe a 10 min wait to ride. As you can see, you dont get that wet, but it is a fun ride. The rides boat. The ride had lots of theming. I found it funny that they play the pirates of the carribean song durring the ride as well. The final splashdown. Next up, we made the mistake of riding this. Brutal is an understatement for this ride. They should just tear it down. The guy holding his head says it all. The bumper car building looked pretty cool. Bumper cars. They had a cool looking saloon with a show. We made the mistake of eating lunch in there. There was us and maybe 2 other people in here. Random flat ride. This ride was actualy really good. Looks to be a german built ride. Not sure. Next up was wild one. Not sure why there is a ride car sitting in the grass. You guessed it....another walk on. This was a really good woody. Very under rated. The next ride we went on, was the worlds most ghetto looking train. I see you ultra twister. Reverse P.O.V The backside of superman, looks better than the front. Got ham city, and wild ones lift. They have a western show that was really good. Wild ones turn around. We did one more ride on jokers jinx and superman, and left for another park. Our hotel was right across the street for the air force base. This was the view from our room. Water tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Nice TR, I hated how the last time I went, I only got to ride Superman; worst of all, I put the lap bar on too tight (my first giga coaster), so the ride tried tearing my spine apart on the air hills oww. I've always wanted to ride Joker's Jinx, how was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 I think I like jokers jinx better that the flight of fear rides. It was a smooth ride, with good transitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 More... Roar sign Wooden madness Whats left of the invertigo coaster. The gigantic lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArizonaGuy Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Love the Pics. Looks like it needs a little help in the Landscaping department.....well at least for some areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Yea. There were areas in the park where it looked like they just plopped a ride down to fill in an empty space. The park kinda looked like a carnival in places, but also looked really nice in other parts. The got ham section of the park looked the worst. The main street area looked almost as good as something Disney would do. The area where skull mountain was, I was not sure of the theme they were going for. Part of the area was themed to pirates, and part of the area was themed to the old west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Of Spades Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 This park has always been so strange to me, I mean, I know this isn't how it really was, but it's like they tried themeing it and just gave up the farther back they went, until Bat-less Wing. It reminds me of my past RCT efforts. Anywho, great TR! Nice to see so many angles of SFA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Thank you. They do have the thomas town now, but the rest of the park is just a mess theming wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardCraze Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Nice TR. So sorry about Mind Eraser, hopefully your recovery will be swift from that terrible design of head-banging, headache-giving, pain iducing death trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillrider Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 After riding the slc at Michigans adventure within a week or riding the slc at sfa, I am amazed at the difference. The slc at sfa was BAD. I have been on most of the slc coasters in america, and this ranks as the worst. We even rode the front seat on this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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