Kumbarider1993 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Hello everyone! on April 18th, i went to my first amusement park of the year and only though that it would be appropriate to use it for my first photo trip report. I apologize for posting this so late, i was so busy with school and other things to take the time to post this until now. I was there two days after their "new" mouse from Kentucy Kingdom and the newly re-tracked Cyclone which was running really well. Bizarro, Bat-mouse, Batman were also running really well that day. Thunderbolt was closed and getting re-tracked which was good i guess because it really needed it as you can see in a few of the photos, oh well, i'll come back another day to get the credit. It was pretty cloudy today, so please excuse some pictures that were ruined by the weather. Anyways, onto some photos now: Hello, Mr. Cyclone! Top of the mornin' to ya'! One of my favorite pictures i took that day. I found the line cutting sign quite...well..Interesting! Yup that's the train. Your butt goes in that Just in case you forget what park your at. I immediately noticed the new wood atop Thunderbolt this wouldn't be a six flags park without a tall phallic object! It was nice to see six flags taking care of their oldest woodie These men were gradually giving it wood The structure looked pretty dilapidated. Foghorn says sit the hell down or he'll beat you to death with a wooden spoon I mean seriously, Wht is it with six flags and their phallic objects?!?! New hotness is the first thing you see when you walk down the stairs now. Bizarro is still the star of the show and was running awesome today! it's now my new #1 without a doubt. Although i admit the first drop and speed bump finale was better on the other two. The first airtime hill and this drop were the real highlight of the ride for me, It was a real gut-buster! Signature shot! although i think everyone must have this one Three trains in one shot! This ride was a lot of fun the whole thing was unbraked until the big drop and was a helluva lot of fun If you go down the handicap ramp, bizarro flies right over you! The speed humps really deliver! although i thought Darien Lake's were still better. Bizarro....though Bizarro! Can you ever have to many pictures of this ride? That hill was ridiculous in the frontseat. I still need to go to germany for the best steel coster in the world. Laviola! Airtime! Signature Shot! Onto the new hotness. It looked vewy pwettay! It really rounds out the coaster collection in the superhero area, saw tons of kids riding it with there parents One of the ride's turns. The make you get VERY comfortable with your riding partner! Everyone really seem to love the new ride. Didn't see one person on it who wasn't smiling. You're probably all wet now. I don't want to try to write a caption for this photo! Hot Wheels! The themeing wasn't universal quality by any means, but i still think it was very nicely done and it didn't have to be over-the-top to be nice. The ride was non-stop fun The cars were very cool. They were all themed to different batman villans. This is the two-face car People who say these train don't track well have no idea what they are talking about. This ride was as smooth as a little swiss baby's bottom like every other intamin. And the restraints don't "kill the airtime" or anything stupid like that. Obviously i can't vouch for people of all sizes as i am skinny, but i only noticed the lapbar in the station, lift, and brakes. The airtime still lifted me out of my seat and these restraints are far more comfortable than the old restraints that were on the ride from 2004-2008. Since there are no bars and shin gaurds digging into your legs, there is alot more room. The original T-bars are still superior, but these restraints were still very comfortable Yeah, the kiddie coaster. should have rode it, but didn't. oh well, i wasn't feeling like a whore today anyways. :3 Ouuiiiiii!! More hot airtime action! The trains just fly over these two hills! Batman's hiding in there somewhere Even the joker thinks poop is funny The scarecrow car. There was alot of mist machines on this ride. Now you all can live out your fantasies of "riding" in catwoman! Theres quite alot of wanted signs around the queue. It reminded me of the signs leding up to batwing's area at six flags america The finale is the big drop i through the mist into the ace chemical plant See! It was a fun drop. I was riding with my sizeable friend nate and the lapbar only closed the the first ratchet. i had a good 7 inches of space and got practically ejector air on every drop! So at the top these signs are on the edge of every turn and you get a good look at it before being whipped around the turn! it's quite cool for six flags theming! I really like this picture of the train in the tunnel. Coaster nerds, get the tissues! This is a box. Some say leprechauns live inside it and run on little hamster wheels to power the coaster. Bizarro is still going fast and furious. The speed just never lets up! although i will admit Geforce and the Mega-Lites look better, Bizarro is still an amazing ride and will continue to be my #1 until i can ride those other coasters. I'm in lesbians with it! <3 So these mystery footers were in the lawn next to the coaster. I assume they were for the Dark Knight coaster or something Photos of the resident flora. Only two cars weren't on the tracks today. The operations were the fastest in the park still, i was only in the line for say 10-15 minutes which isn't bad at all for being a brand new coaster. Another one of the signs at the top of the ride Sounds like a painful place to be These cars were the Joker and Riddler cars. The riddler car. The joker car. This one was my favorite as far as looks go. That's not very funny Well, maybe in Kentucky Another view of the ongoing work on thunderbolt Horray for re-tracking Kinda crummy that you can see all the power supplies, but it is cool because you can see how they supply power to the coaster. All the lift hill enthusiasts need tissues, stat! And i'll end part 1 with this cool-ass gear i saw the will make the lift hill enthusiasts even wetter than they already are. Well, if you've come this far thank you for reading part 1! please excuse the little white borders around the pictures, i cropped these as quickly and as best as i could. Anywho, stay tuned for part 2 of this TR featuring the newly re-tracked cyclone, newly re-painted mind eraser, batman, rides from astroworld, & more! 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Stitch_101 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Awesome so far! Seems like a whole lot has changed since the last time I made it to SFNE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumbarider1993 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thank you for the reply! i had quite a good day even though it was in the mid-50's the whole time. The crews were good except for Cyclone but we'll get to that later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
560Poundcyclist Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 wow, thats some pretty classy pictures there, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietcokevan Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great photos. I really miss this park a lot...or it could be I miss Bizarro. What'd you think of Cyclone in more detail? I didn't really like it, I would like to summarize Cyclone to me with a quote of the guy behind me on Cyclone on the brakes "I just got the biggest @$$ whopping of my life." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio111 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 The new trains track well, but not as well as the old ones. IMO. People who say they don't track well are most likely comparing them in terms of what the ride used to have. Its still a smooth ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumbarider1993 Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Great photos. I really miss this park a lot...or it could be I miss Bizarro. What'd you think of Cyclone in more detail? I didn't really like it, I would like to summarize Cyclone to me with a quote of the guy behind me on Cyclone on the brakes "I just got the biggest @$$ whopping of my life." Don't worry i'll cover cyclone in part 2, it's on the way . actually just wrote it but i accidentally navigated away from the page after going through 50 pictures, and now i have to do it all over again. oh, well guess that's life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDo217 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Has GCG opening made Bizarro's wait any shorter? Nice TR btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumbarider1993 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Alright time for part 2! The Cyclone was running very well when i was there, it seemed the trims were barely on and almost half of the coaster has been replaced with topper track. The ride was very smooth for a wooden coaster the end of the curve after the first drop was the only sorta rough spot but it wasn't painfully rough. It was a little wierd only half of it was done, i wonder if therest will be done over this off-season. I didn't ride in just any seat as well, i rode over the rear axle in the backseat and it was an AWESOME ride. especially the first drop. mmmm, yummy ejector air. Anyways onto some photos, i hope you enjoy part 2 and don't forget to post your comments! There's a few more shots of GCG It's very re-assuring they don't know how fast or which way it goes Bad but interesting picture It's actually a false rumor that this is themed to batman. The theme really is that you are driving in your car and you have to take a detour This would be a station. it's the closest thing those coaster cars have to a home, so respect it! I love thunderbolt's sign. It much better the the kennywood's IMO I don't understand the single rider line for this. Instead of putting you on empty seats on the ride, it brings you to another tower and you don't have to wait in line. Even though they say you can't choose your seats, they let you anyways? im still confused but w/e My favorite first drop on any wooden coaster. The ejector air was awesome in the back! Great negative g's! You can see Thunderbolt's ongoing track work pretty well as you are walking over toward cyclone. Rough (ruhf) Adj - 1.having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth 2. Characterized by unecessary violence.... I love how the ride just ominously looms over everything around it. The spinner. looked fun, but the line was wayy to long. i'll ride it another day. The Good, The Bad, And The Tasty! The spinner spinning and doing it's spinny thing This half of the ride was what got the new track so far. From the camelback hill, around the top, and down the big drop was new track as well as the helix finale. You can see alot of it in this picture Catapult. This ride is INSANE! But it's loads of fun. This definetly is the most messed up, wtf?!, awesome ride in the park! Cyclone. Now equiped with awesome! This badass thing is in the middle of the turns. Texas Cyclone had one just like it. yeah The helix was my favorite part. The laterals and speed were awesome! Here you can see the new wood. Signature Shot! Artsy shot of the old timbers. The underside of the new track. It was very smooth! The other side still needs it though... Nerd shot this side is still all old track, but the lower part in this picture is the only rough. to be honest, i didn't really notice it. Can someone explain to me why people think the ride's not wild anymore. The trains SOARED through the track here. It was even sort of intimidating, and the ride is still very wild and crazy I noticed some left over wood from the track work. Sexy. Sexy in a vintage kind of way Foghorn was just chillin' up there Orgiastic scream in the second row! Another pretty coaster picture. i would have waited for a train, but the operations sucked so much it literally wasn't worth it. Once you were done with the ride you sat on the brakes for close to 5 minutes. They didn't even let people in the station and start the loading process until the other train was finished and sitting on the brakes. Terrible. but at least the ride is full of awesome. This hill was a nasty surprise in the back seat! > Ultra close up on the new rails. Here you can see where the old track ends for now. Cyclone rockin' the new track Alot of the railings and catwalks were replaced as well and had yet to be painted Cyclone being the sexy beast it is Hello back seat, you're awesome Great ending, sucky brakes Am i in the twilight zone, or did the gates use to be on the other side!? This station was really cramped. It almost doesn't work. God help us. Why did the skid have to go?! guess six flags operators aren't smart enough to use them So the mind eraser got painted over the off-season. But i wasn't in the mood to get my head bashed with baseball bats today. But it did look nice. But i saw the bat signal and ran to this. This ride was kicking some serious ass today as well! They even added a tunnel thoguh a show building! Well, not really. But it was still running awesome today! I didn't like it as much as Kraken, but i did like it better than Dominator and Hydra. Hi, i used to be at atsroworld, wanna ride? Hell f***ing no! it's like 50 degrees out! They all look so innocent and pretty. Some say they are rougher than a night with a 480 lb hooker. :3 Wow, what a nice picture. could use a train. BUT WAIT! So i was just thinking of riding the SLC and torturing myself for the credit, but i thought i would take a few more pictures. But then.... IT BROKE. the train was just sitting there on the brakes. Bizarro. It's a great ride. It was no ruined in any way by the new restraints. For comparison, they look very similar to the ones on El Toro. Delicious airtime. Layers. Like a cake. Or onions OMFG! The girl the the left of mr. six! Lol! Went over to check out Thunderbolt. LOL! Gettin' artsy with it Love the old signage. I'm happy to see the skids are still on this one. Shame about the airgates and buzzbars though. As you can see, it really needs the trackwork! This ride was pretty dam good too. Yup. Tomahawk Of course i had to get my picture with the furries. This one came out blurry That's more like it! Well that was my day at SFNE! i hope you all enjoyed and be sure to post your comments! Signature shot! What TR would be complete without a sexy, "no trains" shot! SIGNATURE SHOT! This is my favorite photo i took all day without question! ROAR! Why do cyclone's operations have to suck so bad! RAWR! Why is this carousel so slow, and why does it have seatbelts!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumbarider1993 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Oopps, those last 6 picture are out of order and they are not showing up in the editor. The 3 of cyclone go with the cyclone pictures, The one of bizarro goes after the no train shot of the overbank, and the two of tomahawk go before the last two picture. Sorry for the error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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