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Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
silver2005 replied to silver2005's topic in Trip Reports
Knoebels TR Knoebels more or less turned out to be a slightly longer Dorney Park venture. Being the last park on the trip, I was very tired by that point and the heat wasn't helping. I did get 4 on each woodie and 1 on the other coasters, which, Flying Turns happened to be open so got lucky there. Seriously, between dodging the rain and Tempesto opening at BGW, Flying Turns and Skyrush being open (Skyrush opened later in the season, too), I feel I got some pretty good luck on this trip. Google Maps did give me a good way to get to Elysburg, the problem is a lot of roads aren't marked well in the middle of the PA countryside. Next time I go, I'm sticking to numbered routes. Had a good burrito for lunch. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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I drove from Allentown to Zanesville non stop because I always try to stop on the Zanesville exit that has an A&W. I wish I had that or a DQ in my neighborhood. -
Did I enter an alternate reality when I went on my trip where Kings Dominion sounds like its having a better ride op situation than Kings Island?
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Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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I'll do a Knoebels TR later. But seriously, if you guys are ever in the Philadelphia area, visit Longwood Gardens and do all the fountain shows. Great place to relax. -
Could the World Cup have determined our future coaster?
silver2005 replied to SonofBaconator's topic in Kings Island
Kings Island would do a Reds or Bengals themed ride before a soccer theme. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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Tip for Phoenix- if you want the magical launch to the moon airtine where you are nearly standing up, ride in the first car. -
Fury 325 Support Failure
silver2005 replied to Oldschool75's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
Good googly moogly that was fast. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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So the idea behind saving Knoebels for last was to make it an ease down day before a relaxing day at Longwood and Philly. However, today is the hottest day of my trip. Slight humidity, but also just straight up hot. -
Raises hand. I rather like them along with looping ships.
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Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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I'm pretty sure Flying Turns trains are recliner chairs on wheels. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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Twister and Phoenix still run like a dream. Twister maintains atop my wood coasters. -
Duck Rides Millennium Force
silver2005 replied to IndyGuy4KI's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
If it did I'd be surprised if it wasn't concussed, injured or dead. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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Hersheypark TR I was planning at being there at opening, but a car crash on the section of PA Turnpike by me took me an hour to get out of Allentown. I left before 8:30 with the intent to be there between 9:30 and opening at 10 since I had a LOT of construction on I-78, but I didn't end up walking in the park until 10:45. I-78 and US-22 has so many trucks going that route which didn't help the congestion. The lost half hour didn't really hurt the day at least. I, being the Hersheypark connoisseur that I am, knows how the crowds go in the morning. Crowds look crappy early on weekdays because they all flock to Candymonium and Comet early, not unlike how you don't go to GateKeeper or Raptor first at Cedar Point. I made a beeline to the back of the park and checked coasters on the way back. I did come armed with Fast Track, but it only does so much. The merge points are usually just before ride stations. Laff Trak has its merge outside the building, so if you have a full queue there, FT still gets you a minimum 20 minute wait. Ride crews are fine for the most part, but have moments of slowness every once in a while. I may have a high bar from my visit at BGW, so they're probably fine at HP and I'm just going off of recency bias. Once the crowds spread and/or headed to the water park, the only real uses for the FT were Fahrenheit, Wild Mouse, and Laff Trak. Coal Cracker and Comet had a little bit of a wait all day. Had pizza and a salad for lunch. The park still sits solidly at being my 3rd favorite park now, park smelled and looked great throughout, just a nice day at one of my happy place parks. Ride Count 1- Skyrush, Jolly Rancher Remix, Trailblazer, Fahrenheit, Wild Mouse, Laff Trak, Coal Cracker, Kissing Tower 2- Candymonium, Sooperdooper Looper, Wildcat's Revenge, Storm Runner 3- Great Bear 5- Comet 6- Lightning Racer Went over the woodies already. I'm still not a fan of Skyrush. JRR is a nice facelift for the Boomerang, though, I wish they actually used on-board music instead of just pumping music outside the station. Looks snazzy at night. Great Bear, among the B&M inverted coasters I've ridden, still retains being the most re-rideable of them IMO. I had one of the better rides I've had on Fahrenheit. Storm Runner is still amazing and the ride confirmed to me that I prefer it to Pantheon by quite a bit. Candymonium- This feels extremely out of place, almost kind of a reverse Thunderbird situation. I prefer the old entrance but understand why HP had to do it, but Candymonium kinda sits by itself with the carousel that they moved way out front of the rest of the park. I kind of lost track it was there for most of the day it feels so isolated. The ride itself is pretty good, kind of a faster paced Diamondback with the way it rode. The area by the fountain could be spruced up a bit, seems a bit barren. At last plant some more trees around the entrance, its kind of a concrete wasteland. Wildcat's Revenge- I'm finding with the newer RMC's that they kind of tamed their shaping a bit. It and Twisted Timbers have fewer moments of that jerky ejector air that Storm Chaser and SteVe has loads of. It also has a nice lack of intensity than most of the other RMC's which was kind of a pleasant surprise to lay back and enjoy the layout without having to brace so much. There is an unbanked turn past the halfway point which it flies through and has lateral forces on par with Thunderbolt and Legend, albeit brief. One moment you're climbing up the airtime hill prior, the next you're slammed against the side. It probably has my favorite pre-lift of the RMC's I've ridden as well. It sits pretty close with TT for me, I prefer it to Storm Chaser and Lightning Rod, but SteVe still reigns as my favorite RMC. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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So Comet is running perfectly per usual, and while Lighting Racer is still very good, it does need a decent bit of patch work. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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So Hershey's Fast Track works like many of Cedar Point's FL rides, you skip most of the queue up to the station. -
It might be Kings Dominion, you'd see Orion from that angle with WindSeeker there.
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Canada's Wonderland's Next Coaster
silver2005 replied to SonofBaconator's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
How does Canada's Wonderland have 18 coasters and only 1 mediocre cloned launch coaster? Yeah, they need a decent launcher. -
If you think Dollywood taking over Charlotte ad space is bad, there's a billboard on I-95N between the Ashland and KD exit that's got DarKoaster plastered on it. The Williamsburg hotel I was at only had BGW pamphlets. I stayed just a tad further with my family back in 2003 and I remember seeing both KD and BGW pamphlets.
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KDs still has fire, it's just on the track level to the left and not the explosion on top like KIs.
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Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
silver2005 replied to silver2005's topic in Trip Reports
These next few reviews will be shorter as I've been to the next 3 parks and most of it is rehashing. Hershey will obviously get a little more time with 2 new coasters for me. Dorney Park TR This was kind of like my visit to Stricker's on the 4th, get in, ride the good rides once, and leave. Rode Talon, Hydra, Possessed, Dominator, the flume, Thunderhawk and Steel Force. Didn't even bother with getting FL. Skipped the Mouse as its braked to death. SF feels a little more intense than my last visit, Thunderhawk kind of lost a bit of its airtime but still running comfortably. I've also gained an affinity for S&S towers that launch you up the tower. My 3rd favorite park awaits tomorrow. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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The way I came in to Allentown also happened to be the route I will be taking to Hershey, and a good chunk of it was under construction and down to 50-55 instead of 65. Giving myself at least an extra 30 minutes to get there. I'm also looking forward to my drive to Elysburg later, too. -
Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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So going to 11 different parks in 5 different states requires a lot of looking up and adapting to all the different policies. Does get jarring pretty quick. -
^Kings Dominion has ads for a similar type campground all around the park for comparison.
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Top Thrill Dragster Incident
silver2005 replied to BoddaH1994's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
Giving TTD a gradient color scheme would be cool.