Grsupercitys quest for coaster credits

[grsupercity]

For weekend trips we dont have to many options for Amusement parks in Michigan in Feb. We decided to fly to Dallas and go to the mine train capital of the World Six Flags Over the Texas. The OG Six Flags. Runaway Mine train was fun. The surprise drop out of the barn was the highlight. Mini Mine train was a credit. The Judge and the Joker were both closed. I expected some closures being the off season. Batman was as forceful as every other one I have been on. Love that foot tingling goodness. Runaway Mountain was a nice surprise. I knew nothing of the ride and it was smooth and fun. Pitch black. Were there supposed to be strobe lights? We did not have time to ride any of the run looking flats like the ABC ride or the Riddler. We only had about 6 hours at the park and we crammed alot in. We also did Downtown Dallas, Parks, Museums, the Reunion Tower and the awesome Epic Waters indoor water park. I really enjoyed this park. I really wish I had more time at it. We wanted to do San Antonio instead but Sea World was closed this weekend so Dallas and its direct flight won that battle for now.

Our first Ride of the day was this beauty. It was only about 50 outiside so it was running slow. We walked onto the very back and very front

I can not believe the hate this thing gets. Its fast, smooth and that one airtime hill is great. Also death helix is superb

This ride looked great from everywhere in the park

I love the Pandemonium clones. We spun like crazy. Got good views of the new Aqua Man power wave coaster

Only running coaster we did not ride. I have never seen a line move so slow. They would not let me ride the chance big dipper either

This was our final ride of the day. A milestone coaster for me. I enjoyed it. At 3 people per car though ouch it went slow

[Canobie Coaster]

Nice report!

 

I agree the indoor drop on Runaway Mine Train is great. I had no idea it was coming and it really isn't talked about enough.

[grsupercity]

Some things to add. Our memberships got us in about 13 minutes early. That was great as we got 2 rides on New Texas Giant and 2 rides on Titan with no waits. Walk on. The layout of the park was a little odd. A lot of dead ends. Six Flags was very smart making this park 365. By the time we left the park it was slammed. Goes to show a sunny day in Feb will still attract large crowds. I really liked this park.

[coasterbill]

Nice report!

 

Elitch Gardens sucks and needs to hurry up and close. You should always expect multiple closed coasters on every visit just because it's a terrible park. Great SFOT report. I'm glad nothing noteworthy was closed.

Edited February 18, 2020 by coasterbill

[IronWolfman]

As an Elitch local, I have very little desire to go back. Sidewinder is my favorite coaster in the park, and most often closed, followed by Half Pipe in both those regards. I've been plenty of times, and with the likely hood that nothing significant (or even any new rides at all) will ever be added again at its current location, it's not very enticing. I do hope they relocate again, as it'd be a great opportunity with how much Denver is growing/will continue to grow over the next few decades, but that's pretty unlikely.

Lakeside on the other hand is a lot of fun for good value, and Cyclone is my favorite coaster in the state. I'd like to go see their Pinfari Zyklon if that opens this year.

[Taylor Finn]

I really had a nice time at Lakeside, but was very sad about my visit, too. More potential than practically any park I've been to. Honest to goodness, $500k-$1 mil would probably turn the park around overnight.

 

-Fix the rides with missing vehicles and remove Starride structure

-Replace any broken lights

-Landscaping and sidewalk repair

-Remove the hoarded old parts/games/vending machines

-TLC on the Tower of Jewels

-Add a basic gift shop in an existing building (remove some of the arcade, e.g.)

 

Instead of purchasing the Pinfari, if they had done all of these things, the park would be looking great!

[grsupercity]

Lakeside looked like a beautiful amusement park that opened in the 60's and was left unattended in the 60 years since. I would love to see a chain like Cedar Fair get there hands on it and really put some tlc into it

[grsupercity]

So me and the Wife drove around the pond from Michigan to the amazing Wisconsin Dells. We stayed at Mt Olympus. I think this little gem of a park is very underrated. I first heard about this park in 2006 when the travel channel had the new Hades on TV. Since then I have read 15 years of negative trip reports lol. The park is in no way perfect but we had a blast. Hades was a great ride. It was about 92 degrees both days we were there. Hades drops into that cold tunnel and it was very unique. I found Hades 360 pretty smooth for how aggressive of a ride it is. Zues was crazy smooth. Props for whatever company retracked it. Cyclops' legendary death drop did not provide as much airtime in the back row as I was expecting. Pegasus was awful. I like most of CCI junior coasters but the wild mouse transitions did not go well on a 20 something old woodie. This one was a one and done. Poseidon's Rage was incredible. That 9 foot wave was so much fun. This place has a great alcohol game. Real bartenders actually mixing real drinks. I was drinking Mai Tai's and they were strong and good. Only other real negative is the dry park could use a couple more flats. The 5 free go kart tracks were nice though. I would recommend that if someone is around the dells to check this place out. Hades 360 is a very good aggressive coaster that's worth a 5 hour drive to get to!  

[grsupercity]

The family and I decided to brave the hours of corn fields for a trip to Adventureland! My first time in Iowa. The whole state looked very clean and new even though it wasn't. We stayed at the Adventureland Inn resort. Originally I was laughing at them calling it a resort. Then I saw the place. Very large. 2 huge indoor pool area's with swim up bars. We ate 2 meals at the attached sports bar spectators. Very good food and very nice place. Anyways the park. Looked very clean and well kept. At opening I ran to the monster. Great coaster with great hang time. This was my first infinity coaster and it was glass smooth. After exiting I walked onto the tornado. It was smooth but did not really have any airtime. Didnt do much. I knew nothing of the underground other then its a cci. Very neat old school cheesy dark ride. Outlaw was the surprise of the trip. It reminded me of cornball express. Pretty decent little coaster. The newest coaster Phenoix was fun. I like these Maurer spinners. This whole section of the park looked new. New fencing, New looking Chinese food truck ect. What used to be next to the teacup? Was it a top spin? Water park was also very nice. They fit a lot in a small area. It was a beautiful labor day weekend in Iowa. Thanks for reading

Love the hangtime on this ride

One of the few whippy elements

About as much as you can see on this ride

I love that most the rides and ques are shaded or covered

You can walk 360 around this ride

I got a good view of dt Des Moines

If the lift hill was 15 feet taller it might have some airtime

Fun ride sounded like crap lol

mini cornball

The waterride next to this looked sweet. Very spinny tube ride

This looked way better then steel dragon at Waldameer. Looked more permanent

I went down the first drop backwards. This and the Monster had crazy fast dispatches

Super clean and nice park

Very nice hotel. Free trolly shuttle service

[grsupercity]

So we finally got to Kings Island. Everytime we planned on going in the past something would come up that would prevent us from going. We went Saturday the 24th. Thank goddess for fast lane! It was also our first experience with funpix. We have avoided parks this summer that required masks but with how chilly it was the mask was actually nice to keep the cold air off my face. 

 

We started the day off with Banshee. I have never met a B&M invert that I did not love..... Until this ride. The vest got tighter and tighter throughout the ride. I have been on all 5 coasters in America with the vest and they are not for me. It also had a vibration that I am not used to on inverts. I could see how the layout would be very good otherwise sadly. 

 

Next was the Bat. This was a very fun coaster. Good swinging. Way better then Iron Dragon which is my only other suspended coaster. 

 

Invertigo and Adventure express opened late so headed over to the Racer. We did the blue and red side. I found it to be a pretty smooth ride given its age. Decent pops of air!

 

Orion was next. My first ride was underwhelming. My later ride which was a fastlane walk on was better. It had warmed up and felt fast. Smoothest coaster in the park. Someone else said it best that it is a gentle giant. First drop is steeper than I anticipated. First drop and speed hill were best parts of the ride

 

Backlot stunt coaster was the surprise hit of the day. That death delix out of the launch was great. This would be a perfect coaster for spinning cars 

 

Flight of fear was fun. Launch was good. First cobra roll and ending corkscrew were great. Everything in the middle didn't do much. Rougher than other premier coasters that I have rode. But Banshee and Diamondback were also rougher than their counterparts so theme of the park lol 

 

Beast is a legend among gp and enthusiasts. A ride so big in lore, The world's longest wooden coaster. Broke every record out when it opened............Was not for me. Grouperut me on a rear wheel seat and I felt every bump and pothole. Between the trims, and rough ride and lack of any airtime this was a one and done for me. I can see how it could be fun with some drinks and a night ride but a midday sunny ride did not live up to the hype

 

Mystic TImbers was my most anticipated ride in the park and it did not disappoint. Had a bunch of quick transitions and quick pops of airtime. I am torn between this and Orion as the best ride in the park. I am leaning towards Mystic though! 

 

Diamondback was fun. Grouper actually gave us back seat. Had a noticeable rattle but did not take away from the ride. Had that nice classic floater air these are known for. Third best ride in the park after Mystic and Orion. The hammerhead turn around felt more forceful then others I have ridden 

 

Adventure Express was a neat mind train. Liked the theming on the final chain lift 

 

Invertigo was fun. I used my SLC trick, I hold my head all the way forward out of the restraint to avoid any head banging. I am sure I look stupid but makes them good rides. I would say most forceful ride in the park 

 

Skyline chilli lived up to the hype. We had a 3 sample tasting card in our group. We tried pizza and cupcakes with the pizza being the better selection 

 

We walked away with way too much merch. Great Merchandise in this park. Sorry I had my phone in a locker most of the day so not a lot of pictures Very very very nice park. Easily in my top 3 Cedar Fair parks. I hope to return soon 

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GRSUPERCITY

[PKI Jizzman]

Aw man sorry to hear you had a ~typical~ ride on Banshee, it's been running SO SMOOTH 4/5 visits this year for me. But yeah your review is on par for how it has run since day 1 in my opinion. Front row rides are the smoothest.

 

Glad you had fun, fast lane is crucial this year with how crowded it has been + 2020 ops.

 

Great report(s) thanks for sharing! 

[grsupercity]

We did a quick trip to fun spot and old Town. I got the new credit. Ironically next we went to wild adventures. Its an easy drive from where we stay in Orlando. Unfortunately it was our first visit today and we only had 4 hours since a bad thunderstorm rolled in. Park was way nicer then I anticipated. Twisted Typhoon was my 150! I have a 2 and 4 year old and there were so many things for them to do. I can see why coaster enthusiasts don't like the park but for a young family it really works well. Great kids activities, animals and rides. Typhoon and Boomerang were fun. Swamp thing gave good views of the mister twister and my 2 year old got her first credit on swamp water snake

[thrillseeker4552]

Nice photos. I have always been intrigued by Wild Adventures. Even though their coaster collection is mostly off-the-shelf clones, the park seem pretty well-kept with nice paint jobs and rides and lots to do outside the coasters. I'll definitely make a trip there sometime in the next couple years once I move to Florida in a few months.

[grsupercity]

For a small park it had some pretty solid looking flat rides. It was very clean. Workers were holding animals everywhere so guest could pet them. Lots of costume characters and areas to take photos in front of Wild Adventure signs. Sadly we only had about 4 hours at the park. Since its right off of 75 and on our way to Florida we will stop again in the future. Hopefully we see Steel Cheetah or something like that.  I was bummed seeing Cheetah sbno

[grsupercity]

Beech Bend was a fun little park. Sadly a lot of stuff was closed. Spinning out and Air Race were both closed through out the day. Other rides were off and on. Some rides had operators rotating which is understandable giving that all parks are having staffing issues. Zero G was only loading 4 people. It seemed like it was having issues with the restraints. I only got one new coaster credit, and luckily it was Kentucky Rumbler. Very solid ride. Back seat was better then the front. Log Flume was down half the day. I lined up twice for the wild mouse and it kept braking down and kept getting stuck on the MCBR. The water park was fun. The green saucer slide was the highlight and was very fast. Kentucky Rumbler was worth the trip. We also checked out the lost river cave tours boat ride. It was okay. Thank you for reading!

[grsupercity]

We visited a newer little park in northern Michigan. It is home to the worlds only jumping flume of its type . 

You actually get a nice pop of air when you leave the track

The first half of the park is nicely themed and shaded 

The newest sections of the park have no trees lol

The park has a lot of refurbished retro rides. Everything looked in great shape

They had a rare roll o plane!

Neat little park. Its part of a big complex called Cedar Valley. It has a massive glampground with 2 gold course's as well. I also whored my self out on a tiny coaster at a park called arzo in alpena. 

[ytterbiumanalyst]

Never heard of Cedar Valley, but a jumping log flume sounds great to me!

[grsupercity]

I have a 4 year old, a 2 year old and a newborn so Santa's Village seemed like a good choice to visit next. It was much nicer then I was expecting. Lots of fountains and water features. Santa meet and greets. A good selection of rides and animals. The tiny water parked looked like enough to cool off little ones. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw this place actually sold alcohol! Parking lot when we left was actually full! Even with a full lot lines were one or 2 cycle waits. The 2 standout attractions were the jolly trolly and the fire truck ride. Both were different but short. Jolly trolly goes through Christmas movie scenes that kids will never understand but parents will laugh at. The fire truck drives up to a fire which you can shoot water at. The larger coaster super cyclone has a pop of air but the comfort collars ruin it. The other credit is a wacky worm. Same area has an inverting pendulum and a larson drop tower Fun! Fun little park. If your in the Chicago land area I would recommend a visit 

[grsupercity]

 First timers experience at Universal. Even with going to Orlando a lot lately this park and Disney were never super high on my must visit lists. I am not really a dark ride person. When Velocicoaster opened though this park shot up my to do list. 

   We went on the busy Saturday of January the 8th. We bought a park hopper ticket and express passes. We entered Islands of Adventure at 8:45 and straight lined it to Hagrids. We walked up to a worker holding a sign saying the line starts here with an estimated wait time of 2 hours. Dang. We backtracked and started with VelociCoaster. This coaster was easily one of my most anticipated new coasters in a long time. Wait time said an hour. Trains were dispatched faster than I have ever seen. We were off in about 40 minutes. Was I in for the ride of my life or about to be Jurasicaly disappointed. Well... It was good. Really good. Just not as good as I was expecting. The worker really stapled me. First time ever being uncomfortable on an Intamin coaster (have not ridden skyrush) I am a skinny guy and it was B&M vest restraint tight on my crouch. The layout and theme and launches were great though. I really regret not riding again to see if It could take out Maverick as my number one. We walked back to Hagrids for another try. Estimated wait time of 75 minutes. We were off in about 75 minutes. I do not follow Harry Potter so I don't really know the characters. Que line had lots to look at and was all set up nicely. I am assuming the dog walking around was projection mapping? This ride blew my expectations out of the water. I was not expecting much with it being a family coaster. The launches had some punch, the transactions had Intamin Snap. I sat on the motorcycle and my wife had the side car. The motorcycle did not feel like a motorcycle but an elevated coaster seat.Great ride. We finally got to start using our express passes. This is not my favorite system. I wish they would use a wrist band system. I did not like having to put everything but a little paper card into a locker and then not losing that paper card. Flight of the Hippogriff was nest lol . I liked the big bird thing in the queue. The trains had a neat looking zero car with the same bird. Harry Potter and the forbidden journey was awful. Coasters do not make me sick but this torture device did. First couple screens were fun. After that I had to close my eyes and wait for the ride to end. This ride really soiled my lukewarm reception of dark rides even more. I was hesitant to ride more screen rides after it. We ate at the comic strip cafe next as we were starving and thirsty. Quick service with a large AC restaurant. We then angered a big green monster and he threw us around like a rag doll lol. I am not one to gray out on rides but between the stupid forbidden journey, the heat and still being a little dehryated the zero g roll, cobra roll and small loop all made me see black dots. That was a first for me. For a beemer looper I actually really enjoyed the ride. We toured some stores and then walked over to studios. We quickly boarded the Hollywood rip ride rocket. The groupers were leaving a lot of empty seats which was annoying. I did the special sound track code 306 for Eminen and it added a lot to the ride. This ride gets a lot of hate on the internet but I enjoyed it. Reminded me of a chinese knock off Blitz coaster that had a baby with a euro fighter. Some of the mcbr's had some really good pops of air. We explored studio's. I liked that this park had a 100% different feel and vibe then Island of Adventure. After some more shopping and eating we found the escape from Gringots. This ride was okay, Did not get me sick and had some surprises in it. Crazy seeing some people quit after the elevator. With all the projection mapping in areas it can get hard to tell what is real vs fake. Our last ride was MIB. Thankfully this ride did not have screens. My gun did not seem to work half the time but it was fun for what it was. I wanted a lard land donut but the long was crazy. I wanted a duff beer but the line was crazy lol. We explored a little more, did more shopping and finished our day. All in all a fun day. I definitely preferred Islands of Adventure. After this trip and being a coaster enthusiast for 30 years I can say I am still more of a six flags or Cedar fair kind of guy. I did like the theming and emergson in certain areas though. Thank you for reading, Only took a couple pictures since my phone was in lockers all day from ride to ride.  

[grsupercity]

We have 3 little kids. One turning 1, one turning 3 and one turning 5. So we hit a series of kid friendly parks. We visited Sesame Place, Dutch Wonderland, Delgrossos, Lakemont and Idlewild. 

 

Our First park was Sesame Place. This was my most anticipated park. Turned out to be my least favorite. Felt like a big parking lot. Oscars Wacky Taxi was the ride I was looking forward to the most. It was closed. Operator across the midway told me it was staffing which I find it hard to believe you close your biggest ride for staffing. When we went to ride Vapor trail we were turned away upon boarding since my daughter isn't 3 yet even though she's 37 inches tall. That and oscars put a bad taste in my mouth. When we returned later we boarded no problem so we got the credit. Actually a fun forceful little family coaster. We saw one show that was decent that the kids enjoyed. Park had a nice selection of flats that were very accommodating to different heights and ages. My oldest really wanted to see Big Bird that we never were able to find. 

 

We did Dutch Wonderland the same day. This ended up being my favorite park of the trip. Great atmosphere and shade. Lots of quality rides and the dinosaur island was great. Kingdom coaster was a decent coaster and Joust is a big dipper that I am very used to with my home park having the same model. Merlin's Mayhem ended up exceeding my expectations. The seats and restraints were great. Very comfy and open. The ride only had a slight vibration and had a fun little layout with some nice on board audio. The park is loaded with transport rides. A train, monorail and skyride. Loads to do for the whole family.  I wish we had more time at this park and didn't split the day at Sesame place. They both could have had a whole day 

 

Delgrossos was the nice day. Charming little park. Main road seperated the dry side and waterpark with a crazy long bridge over the road. Only park I have ever been to where the water park opened before the dry side. We did not know that going in and were surprised when none of the dry side rides were operating at opening lol. Dry side was very shaded with a huge kiddie area. The park also had a nice selection of large thrill rides including a larson drop tower! The coaster selection was okay with a wacky worm that was actually smooth and a zamperla spinning coaster. The water park was very modern and fresh looking. We ate at the award winning restaurant and was very impressed with it. I had fresh spaghetti and the rest of my family had pizza. 

 

Later that day we did a stop at Lakemont for the world's oldest roller coaster leap the dips. We all enjoyed it. Bouncy little ride. Love the minimal restraints. Skyliner was sadly closed. 

 

We finished our trip the next day at Idlewild. Interesting park. We arrived 20 minutes before opening just to sit at the parking kiosks until the official park opening. This park did not have a normal entrance. Some parts of the park had rides clustered together and others were very drawn out. Loved all the play structures and other kid activities. Waterpark had some tube slides that kids under 42 inches could ride. That was very nice. Also I heard rumors that this park has beer jail which it does not. Wild Mouse was a fun mouse with some wicked turns, a funky lift hill and some pops of air. Still not as good as arrow mice or wild chipmunk at lakeside!!! Rollo Coaster ended up being one of the best coasters of the trip. Smooth fun little ride that gains speed as it goes down the hill. This park was the worst for merch. 

 

I would recommend these parks to any family with young kids with Dutch Wonderland being my favorite! 

 

[grsupercity]

We spent the weekend in the Cincinnati area. We did a quick stop at Scene 75 in Dayton and was impressed. Lots to do. The sbf visa coaster was larger then some of the other models I have ridden.

 

Newport Aquirium was slammed. Reservation only and we struggled to get one. I liked the whole entertainment district it was in

 

Coney island was extremely almost unenjoyably busy. They had a big air balloon event going on. The old amusement park side had lots of food trucks, games and fun houses ect

 

Our last attraction was the exclusive Strickers Grove. This park was soooooo busy. I never would have guessed so many people can fit into such a small park. They had a unique flat ride that in my 40 or so parks i have never seen. It was called tip top. It was like a tea cup missed with a Tagada. Teddy bear was a smooth little coaster. Only 35 inch height limit. Buzz bars with no seat belts. That resulted in very quick dispatches. Which was good since the line was 100 yards into the midway. Tornado was the larger coaster. Buzz bars with Seat belts. For a smaller park it was fairly smooth. There was a weird double down element that had a great pop of air on the exit. Good selection of flats for small park and a nice train ride. Empty ride pad some locals told me used to be a small drop tower. Pirate was closed unfortunately. Park needed the extra capacity. This park is weird since it's only open to the public a few nights a year. No gift shop. I would recommend a visit just don't go on fourth of July

[AmyUD06]

I was there yesterday too!  I made the exact same analogy about the Tip Top, too LOL.

In the back row of Tornado, that "pop of air" was the most intense ejector I've ever felt.  It was absolutely insane.

[grsupercity]

So we have not been to Carowinds in about 6 years. Park has had some nice improvements since then. I really liked Harmony Hall. I think Carowinds camp snoopy is nicer than Kings Islands planet snoopy. The highlight was finally riding Copperhead Strike. After reading negative reviews I went in with super low expectations. This ride was great. Easily a top three coaster in the park. Excited to go back in a few years to see the new aviation themed land

 

Way back from North Carolina we stopped the creepy clown park Camden Park. My 36 inch tall daughter was able to ride all 4 coasters. She loved the haunted house and big dipper. A little TLC and this place could be very nice. Big Dipper had 2 really nice pops of air. I have 3 kids that are 1, 3 and 5 and this park has a nice selection of kids rides. Lil Dipper was pretty forgettable. We had a pretty off centered trip on the SPF Visa and had some good spins. Park had a nice gift shop with good prices. Biggest negative I will give the park is the food selection. Only thing we could find was hot dogs and pizza. The only closed attraction was the train. We almost rode the log flume but after 20 minutes of waiting we gave up. It was very hot and humid and it was the only ride with a wait. Looked like a nice flume. Hopkins? Big Dipper I believe had NAD trains? Very comfy with minal restraints. Most of the park was old classic rides but they do have some newer SBF rides like a spinning pendulum. If you are traveling through West Virginia I would say it's worth a couple hour visit. Driving through Hunington VW I will say its the most hillbilly town I have been in lol 

 

[grsupercity]

So with my crazy work schedule and passion for parks we do a lot of quick trips. Fly into a town hit the park and fly home the next morning type trips. I want to do a quick west coast trip. My idea is to fly into LAX and hit Magic Mountain and then head up to Great America to experience it before it closes. What is the best commuter options? Normally we rent a car but I wasn't sure with LA traffic. Is Amtrack a viable option? Are amtrak stations close enough to both parks to make bus or uber options? Is renting a car the best bet? Any locals to Cali that can give me good advice?

[grsupercity]

Six Flags Over Georgia! We flew in Saturday morning. Had some spare times before the park opened and got breakfast downtown. We arrived at the park about 45 minutes before opening. I was shocked to see some coasters already running with people on them. Turns out a group of people paid for ert. We purchased the flash pass in advance and it was worth the money. As the day went on the park got busier and busier. I wanted to rent the watch but we opted to just do it on our phone. It worked great until I accidentally cleared the screen and it would not let me log back in. We were able to skip every coaster and get multiple rides on Goliath and Twisted Cyclone. This park has a very solid ride line up. It may be my favorite Six Flags I have visited. It's up there with Great America. Every coaster was running. Almost every food stand and store was open. Most parks we visited this year looked horribly under staffed but this park seemed to be running pretty good. I have said this on previous Six Flags reviews but it seems to be getting harder and harder to find non dc magnets and merch. Onto the rides 

 

First ride of the day was the Georgia Scorcher.  We sat in the back seat and the pop of air on the first drop was good. This one was fairly smooth for a stand up. I like the newer paint scheme it had. 

 

Our second coaster was Goliath. I had the highest hopes for this ride. I love long sustained g's like the death helix on Titan at Over Texas. Goliaths downward spiral turn around looked great. This ride really looks great over the midways and throughout the park. Its placement in the middle of the park really looks good. Goliath has a good layout. Some nice floater airtime. Some actual whip near the end of the ride. The spiral helix turnaround was really good. Unfortunately this is the bumpiest B&M hyper I have ridden. It even has more rattle then Diamondback. I had multiple rides in the very front and very back and all the rides had the rattle. It was still a great ride though. Can the regulars tell me if the trains just need some love and new wheels or is the ride just getting old?

 

We then reserved Dare Devil Dive. This ride is the smoothest coaster I have ever been on. Very enjoyable ride. Not as good as Monster but easily my second favorite euro fighter style coaster

 

Dare Devil Dive, Riddler and Batman kept going down after we would reserve them. We managed to switch out reservations and crank them all out 

 

I really enjoyed Shock Wave at over Texas but felt Riddler did not hold a candle to it. The new trains were nice enough though and I loved the bright green track. Who manufactured the new trains? Premier? 

 

Batman was next. Don't need to write too much about this ride. I have been on lots of BTR clones and they are amazing. Foot numbing goodness!

 

I got to experience the new generation Vekoma looping trains on Carolina Cobra and loved them. It had me very intrigued to try Blue Hawk. This coaster is beautiful on the lake. The dark gray supports and blue track looks sharp. The new trains absorb alot but you can still feel the awkward transitions though. Least it was a unique layout with loads of great headchoppers. 

 

Great American scream Machine was listed as closed for the day on the flash pass app but was open and the attendant let on right on through the flash pass entrance. I have heard many horror stories about this GASM. The ride does have a shuffle but the airtime hills provide air. The solid floater airtime was worth the jittery trains. 

 

Superman is no Manta. I thought it was closed. Turns out it was just extremely slow dispatches. The pretzel loop was as intense and disorienting as them all. The rest of the ride just kinda meandered around. Waiting on the break run forever was getting uncomfortable.Would be nice if on the brake run the trains transitioned back into the sitting position. 2nd station was not running.  

 

Dolonga. Dahhlanga. Dahahalonga. Dahlonega mine train was a long multiple lift hill old school mine train. It was as janky as a 1960's arrow coaster should be. 

 

I love chance rides and was excited to ride a super sized big dipper. Joker fun house coaster is a perfect first coaster for kids. Fairly smooth, long layout, nice interaction with tunnels and midways. Trains can actually fit 2 adults or an adult and a child. 

 

Twisted Cyclone was our last coaster to knock out. Like Goliath we got multiple rides with some in the front and some in the back. This ride is the star of the park. May be my favorite RMC. It may be short but every element pops. Love the white wood and blue steel track. Cyclone and superman were seeing who could have slower dispatches. Watching women and kids trying to lift the lapbars was sad.They were just awkwardly heavy with nothing really to grab to pull them up. The whole park had a weird policy where you could not lower your own lap bar. Almost every ride the ride attendant would lower it for you. Really slowed some dispatches down. 

 

We tried mobile food ordering for the first time. Our food was supposed to be ready between 2:30 and 2:45 and we finally got it around 3:20. People in the regular line were getting food much quicker. My wings were great but my wifes burger was awful

 

We did a little bit of the Halloween stuff. Did some of the scare zones. We did not pay for any of the upcharge walk throughs. The disco train was fun and you could tell the operators singing and dancing while dressed up really enjoyed their jobs

 

It was nice to do a quick trip without our kids. We were able to do some stuff in downtown Atlanta and visit a new great park in a short weekend. Grand Rapids to Atlanta flights are quick and easy. Rental cars are plentiful in Atl and the drive was not bad to get to the park. I would recommend any enthusiast who has not been to Over Georgia to give it a visit.My count is now 196 and I need to figure out what my 200th credit will be!