J man Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 (edited) Okay I just got back from SFMM this morning so I'm still a bit tired from the bus ride there and back so I'm going to keep this short. My trip started on Friday night at my church where we got on our buses. I tried to sleep on the way there but it's hard to do when you're on a bus full of teenagers who are all excited about riding rides the next day. We arrived in Valencia around 8:30 A.M. We then ate a healthy meal at McDonald's and got back on the bus and waited for the people who ate at IHOP instead. We didn't leave for the park until 9:50. That pretty much ruined our chances of getting on X with a short wait. We walked in the park at around 11 which sucked cause every ride had a long line by then. So then we met up with Robb and Elissa who were there taking update pictures. They gave us some pointers and fastlane tickets (which we didn't get to use unfortunatly because I had 8 other people with me). So after walking around for about a half hour, we got in line for Goliath. Just as we got into the station Goliath broke down. Luckily they had it up and running after 5-10 min. After Goliath we got on Scream! and Colossus. After that we rode on Batman: The Ride, and we went on Scream! again in the front row! After that we decided to go on Riddler's Revenge, which was a bad idea. There was only a few people running Riddler and they took like 5 or more minutes loading and unloading each train. We waited in line for 2 1/2 hours. After that it was about 6:15 and we didn't ride anything else because we were too busy trying to find the rest of our group who didn't want to ride Riddler with us. Eventually we found each other and got back on the bus and left. For those of you who don't have the time to read the above I have pictures that give you summary of my trip. I'll have more pictures up soon. I just need to get the film developed. A cool pic of Riddler going into the station. Apparently you can't ride Riddler's Revenge if you have a hairy back. Riddler's Revenge. Batman is a fun ride. Here we are on Colossus. In line for Scream! we could see that Goliath broke again. Goliath broke down while we were in the station. It didn't take too long to fix. We saw a HOLY rock while in line for Goliath! Goliath. (insert funny comment here) Since we got to the park late X's line was long. Here's the sign that said so. This is the line of people waiting just to get into the park! I need to clean off my lens Here we are at the front gates. Yippee! This is Mike, one of the youth group leaders that went with us, being weird on the bus. IT'S A BUS!!! Edited November 16, 2005 by J man
robbalvey Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 What happened to the photos? I just looked at them, and then the next moment they were gone! Oh, well... Anyway, it was good meeting you all yesterday. About 10 minutes after we left you guys I was frantically trying to call you as we were back by Deja Vu and the whole back area of the park was EMPTY! Riddler's had about a 10 minute wait, Gold Rusher had no line, and Deja Vu was sending trains half-empty! It seemed like EVERYONE was at the front in line for Goliath (as it turns out so you were you guys!) I tried to call about 3 times to tell you "Get out of line whereever you are at and get to the back of the park!" Oh, well....I hope you guys at least had a somewhat decent time even with the insane crowds we saw yesterday. --Robb
J man Posted November 6, 2005 Author Posted November 6, 2005 Oh man! We were headed back that way too. But we all thought we would ride Goliath while we were walking by. Oh well we still had a good time anyway.
SharkTums Posted November 6, 2005 Posted November 6, 2005 Yeah I highly recommend avoiding "Friday Night Live" days whenever possible at SFMM!!!! Glad you managed to have a good time though!
Kforces Posted November 7, 2005 Posted November 7, 2005 You so need to post your thrill picture from Scream! It was flippin' awesome!
J man Posted November 7, 2005 Author Posted November 7, 2005 Alright here it is. Don't we look thrilled?
J man Posted November 15, 2005 Author Posted November 15, 2005 Alright here are the rest of the pictures. I also made a video from the stuff I filmed at Magic Mountain. You can watch it here. And make sure you are tall enough to ride BEFORE you get in line. ... but it messes up your hair! Scream is cool in the front row... It's okay to pick your nose, it's not okay to pick Goliath's nose. We even found time to hang out with Mr. Six! My posse at the entrance. Me and Matt decided to fight... Batman Style!
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