TR: Kingda Ka & Seaside Heights, NJ

[ECZenith]

Hey all, just got back from my two day trip to NJ. We arrived there Wednesday around 10 am. The crowds were actually pretty light, but we still got a Q-Bot knowing Kingda Ka's line would take a big piece of our day.

 

After we got the q-bot, we all managed to get into the standby queue before the ride had even opened for the day. We waited about 15 minutes and a train full of riders crested the 456' top hat without rolling back. The line (which was out towards the tiger gift shop) moved extremely fast and we were on the second to last row of seats in about 40 minutes. Front seat is my fav on this one. This was my second trip to SFNJ in two months and on both trips I managed to catch a ride on KK. Definately worth the wait, not my favorite coaster (compared to SFNE's SROS) but a nice rush.

 

Other coasters we hit were SUF, Medusa and Scream Machine for which we used Q-Bot to skip the lines. Nitro kept breaking down so we didn't bother q-botting it. Even Skull Mt's line was pretty bad. We headed out early to get to Seaside Heights, about 45 minutes East.

 

Wednesday nights at Seaside Heights have fireworks at 9pm. I saw some great rides on the boardwalk but we waited until the next day since we didn't have much time left for rides. Casino Pier and Funtown Pier are the town's two amusement piers. CP has a Star Jet coaster, which is a pretty good sized Miler coaster built out onto the water, a couple of nice airtime hops, great view of the Atlantic. They also have a Miler mouse, kiddy coaster, Zamperla Power Surge, Huss Enterprise, Chance Inverter, Skyscraper, Slingshot, ferris wheel, and several other unique pier rides. THe park has a great ride on haunted house, Stillwalk Manor. The house is themed wall-to-wall, no cardboard cutouts here. Good to see modern haunted houses making a comeback.

 

The other pier, Funtown, has gokarts, An Interpark loop coaster, another Miler mouse (much older) just like Treetop Racers, a Miler Family Coaster, S&S Turbo Drop, ferris wheel, and several flat rides. The coasters here were OK but I like the Star Jet best. This park also has a great haunted house, but a walk-thru. The outside makes it seem small but it's really quite long.

 

I love the boardwalk parks, very well balanced with some unique stuff. Overall a good trip, thanks for reading.

 

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[Canobie Fan]

I loved Starjet. I havent been on j2... But as of now StarJet is my #1 coaster in the state of NJ :o

[CycloneMan]

I like S:ROS at SFNE better then KK. But it's very close. Nitro follows right behind ka.