Photo TR My Holiday In America

[CoasterB]

Hello, I just got back from my holiday it was amazing and I couldn't of wished for a better time. My main reason to visit was for the parks.

 

I started of with Six Flags Great Adventure on the 30th June. This was my first Six Flags park ever and I was very impressed. The park has a great ride line up and I was just so buzzing to get on all the rides. I started of with Kingda Ka, I waited for about 20 mins and that was the longest I queued all day. The ride was amazing, being my first 100mph+ coaster I just loved it. I then rode, Green lantern which was fun and actually not too uncomfortable, Then El toro which marked my 100th coaster credit. This coaster is insane and is one of the best coasters i'v ever been on. I then rode everything else. Nitro was fun but kind of disappointed me, I was expecting something like Shambhala but it was nowhere near as good. Superman surprised me too, the only other B&M flyer i'v ridden is Air, so this was cool, the pretzel loop is what surprised me. Zumamjaro was fun I rode 4 times and was a walk on every time. Batman was shut but opened up on my second day as Namtab. This was my first ever Batman clone, and man the forces where crazy. The third time I rode it actually messed me up and kind of ruined the rest of my day, luckily it was near the end of the day. The park was great the Ride attendants were really quick at loading and unloading. And the staff were really helpful at guest relations with helping get a cab to my hotel.

 

The next park I visited was Magic Mountain. After being in New York for a bit I flew over to LAX and spent four days there. I popped over to Magic Mountain on the 2nd of July around 6pm to catch a ride on some of the main attractions as I was worried about the crowds over the 4th of July weekend. I managed to get on Full Throttle, 45min wait. Twisted Colossus 5 min in single rider line, Tatsu, 15min, X2 15min, Viper was a walk on, Apocalypse was also a walk on, and then Superman which was a 15min wait. I was pretty happy that I got 7 coasters done in 3 hours. The next day the 3rd of July was Crazy! I every other coaster in the park, But rides like X2, Tatsu, Full Throttle were 2/3 hour lines. So I gave them a miss. I queued 30 mins for Ninja as they only have one train in operation. and Scream & Riddlers were walk ons. Everyone else at the park were in line for Twisted Colossus and I mean that line was crazy! I was kind of worried that the next day the 4th of July was going to be really busy and I was prepared to buy a flash pass, but the park was kind of empty and I rode every coaster in the park twice. Viper was a tad rough and I was reluctant to ride again, Green Lantern was the surprise one for me, it was really different experience to what I had in mind. Twisted Colossus was fun, A much better ride at the back compared to the front, I Rode 6 times and it only raced for one of those times. The ride attendants do all they can to make it race but it comes done to how quick everyone is at getting into the ride and placing there things at the side etc. I loved X2, it was one of my favourites on long with Tatsu and Superman. And I got to ride a Batman clone forwards which I preferred to going backwards. The firework display was really good and the general atmosphere around the park was really lovely. I wanted to visit this park since I was 6 so it was really special for me to be there and I had the best time. And again the Ride attendants wee really quick at dispatching trains.

 

On the 5th of July I headed to Knott's Berry Farm. I thought The Whole Park was really beautiful and well laid out. Ghost Rider was down for the morning, so I headed straight to Silver Bullet, It was a fun B&M not very forceful but I really liked it. It is probably the Quietest Coaster i'v ever not heard lol. Xcelerator had a one train operation so it had a small queue, but that was one of the only queues along with Sierra Sidewinder of the day. Montezoomers Revenge was great also my first Shuttle Loop coaster and I loved it. Boomerang was just a Boomerang. Pony Express was fun but very short. Ghost rider finally opened, and it has to be the roughest coaster I think i'v ever ridden, which was a shame as I was really looking forward to it, I actually pulled a muscle in my back and didn't ride again. Never again. I did have a great day I didn't get to ride Voyage of The Iron Reef as that was the one attraction that did have a queue but I managed to ride every coaster twice if not three times. I did find the staff at this park rather slow at dispatching, Some times I was waiting for absolutely no reason, But all the staff were friendly and made it a nice day for me.

[bert425]

great pictures!

 

that shot of Silver Bullet over the water is just beautiful!

[TBpony414]

The only thing that could have made your trip better would have been a stop at Cedar Point! Great pics, especially the sunset one at SFMM. I'm surprised the lines weren't longer considering the dates you visited but being a single rider helps a lot and going in the evening is smart too. Thanks for posting about your fun trip to the USA!

[tanthonyam]

Looks like the Revolution still gets a line. Or it was a very busy day.

[CoasterB]

That was a busy day, but the line was about 20mins. Luckily the ride offered a single rider line. I actually really enjoyed the Revolution it was alot better than what I expected.