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IS BBQ has pulled pork with Mont. Inn Sauce. And Rivertown Junction has Mont. Inn pulled pork.
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Backyard BBQ They also had potato salad, and hamburgers. No chips or pretzels. They had 4 different types of ice cream, which were very good actually. You get the price of $9.99 with your gold pass compared to $12.99
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I'll give this place a try, we ate at the backyard BBQ for $9.99 and looks to be quite a step up for only about $4 more.
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I think the park/ryan stated Dead Awakening would not return the 2009 season. As for the Stuntcrew Grill haunt idea, remember the tables are IN the concrete there. But thats a great location.
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Marty's Party
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Sept. Is typically pretty slow.
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If Nick was to go, I wonder if the flume would return to Rivertown.
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better coaster Millinuem Force or Diamondback?
TOPGUN1993 replied to diamondback1's topic in KI Polls
What did you just say? -
I thought you went to Universal?
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Arrow Dynamics.... could anyone of guessed that?
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Firehawk has to have the train in the station in the station before another can leave. Thats because of block reasons. And i have been told by some ride-ops who work there that it is not an easy ride to run at all. Then how did I get this photo?
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Big Bad Wolf closing
TOPGUN1993 replied to Aaron88stang's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
Why don't they just rename the place, B&M Gardens?...................... sigh -
If you were a parent of a 6 yo and 4 yo riding Sponge Bob
TOPGUN1993 replied to khaoskat's topic in Kings Island
You could of went to the bottom of the theater and watched in the non-motion bench seats. Is a 4 year old really tall enough to ride Action Theater? (not meant to be a rude comment) -
TG93 SixFlags Great Adventure PTR
TOPGUN1993 replied to TOPGUN1993's topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
Runaway mine train was next. It had only a station wait. Another cool photo imo. Mine Ride was also a surprise during my visit. I understand why people call it "Mini Magnum" with the airtime it has. Runaway Mine Train 7.5/10 Time for Bizarro! We waited upward of 1hour to ride Bizarro, the entire que line was full and they only had two trains operating. MJ video played in the que along with Six Flags commercials. They were fixing the sound speakers while we waited inline so out of know ware the sound would go off and on. In line I bought a $4 lemonade, but it tasted more like water than lemonade. As for the ride, it was excellent! I realllllly liked it. The fire effects are actually really neat and the ride just is fun to watch. Although I was bummed the onride audio wasn't on. But I only noticed it was off when we returned to the station after our ride. Bizarro 10/10 El Toro was NEXT, I've been really looking forward to this ride from claims its just as good as Voyage. One hour line, with less shade than Firehawk was uncomfortable. Although it did proof to be a great spot to get photos. You come over the TOP of this hill and pretty much ever other one at at least 35 mph. This ride deserves many photos of it, in this PTR. Alright, as for the ride.......... It's INSANE!! you get yanked out of your seat over the top of each drop so forcefully than any ride I've rode. A very cool thing happened when we returned after our first ride in the last car (6-2) The row infront of us had no one waiting in the airgate so we rerode, with a 1 hour line! I must say this ride is slightly better than Voyage. I could go on and on how great El Toro is. El Toro 11/10 Rode Rolling Thunder both sides and it was just a average ride. Nothing wow, but you have to remember 15min ago I rode El Toro. I must say it wasn't as bad as people say it is. (Buzz bars make rides cooler) Rolling Thunder 6.5/10 Kinda cool image from Rolling Thunder's station I think. Heading over to Great American Scream Machine I passed this pressed penny machine... OLD Thanks for reminding me Six Flags..... El Toro def. made up for Ka being closed, but it would of been neat to compare it to Dragster. Rode the Parachute ride next to GASM, this ride is very lame from todays standards but back in the day it was big. As soon as we got off the Parachute ride GASM we spot stuck on the main lift. At this time the only coasters that I wanted to ride and haven't were Superman, GASM, and Batman-The Ride. So I figured If I rode Superman by the time I got off GASM would be open. Got some cool photos from superman, I wasn't expecting much from this ride from all the poor reviews I've heard. And it wasn't "wow" like the 2 previous coaster I recently rode. Superman Ultimate Flight 7/10 I waited 45min for Superman and by the the time I got off GASM was still closed. I shot this video of the the train stopped at the MCBR and being released while inline. By now my dad only wanted to say 45min longer so we could be on the road before night. So we left the boardwalk area near GASM and went to Batman The Ride. On the way these cool stature lady posed. The line for batman was about 45min so it would be the last ride of the trip. I really liked it, mostly because of the zero G roll and corkscrew. But the que stairs are very annoying to be in. I liked Great Bear just a tad more. While on batman I noticed the kiddie coaster in the loonytoon area of the park vallyed.Batman The Ride 9/10 We headed for the exit but first stopped in a few gift shop on mainstreet and some of you know I "do" like amusement park merch. But even I wouldn't buy the crap Six Flags was selling. They had no variety of anything and all the shirts were rather ugly. I was mainly searching for enamel pins and postcards but couldn't find either. So I decided I would ask the cashier for a plastic bag so I could put some maps in it to carry out of the car. But lone to behold you have to "Buy" something inorder to get a bag. The cashier was being very rude about it. So I just carried my maps and we headed for our hotel. But lookie hear as we were in the parking lot Great American Scream Machine was open..... Ah well maybe next time, I'm just very thankful I had the chance to visit this park. Thanks for Reading -
TG93 SixFlags Great Adventure PTR
TOPGUN1993 posted a topic in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
My Dad and I drove to Jacksonville, New Jersey from Atlantic City on July 15. First after Hersheypark we headed straight east stopping nearby Six Flags Great Adventure to have lunch. We spoke to a friendly security officer in the SFGA'd parking lot and she suggested we go to this little off-the-road location that over-looks the pond to have lunch. After relaxing for a while along the shore we headed south to Atlantic City. We arrived at our hotel, "Caesars Palace", soon after. Our hotel was REALLY nice and absolutely huge, it felt like it's (and I'm sure it is) just like the ones in Vegas. We headed to the boardwalk directly next to the hotel and strolled it. We went out on the Caesars mall pier. I really like this photo of this seagull for some reason. Looking across you could see "Steel Pier", another pier along the shore. We would walk over there in a couple of days. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe, always a fun place to eat. Although its tough to eat a meal with a huge elephant right next to you. Finally it's Wednesday and we're ready to travel from Atlantic City to Six Flags. But why go to Six Flags when next door is TOPGUN paintball? Six Flags Great Adventure is more off the beaten path than I imagined it would of been. And "You's All" thought Cedar Fair was bad! First thing we see as we walk up to the admission stations was this sign... Although it's quite a bummer I wasn't at all surprised from what I've read. The entire Hydrolic machine that powers Kingda Ka has to be replaced. At this park if you bring in "ANY" empty Coke can you can get "Buy one admission get one free" on any weekday. So that came down to $25 each for myself and my dad. Not a bad deal at all. While waiting maintenance was checking their skyflyer ride. We got inside the park at about 11:30 and we decided to head to Nitro first. In order to get there you must first pass by the huge Ferris Wheel which we sadly we didn't have enough time to ride. Time for Nitro, I was anxious to see how it compare to Diamondback. With only a staircase wait we quickly took a seat in row #2. The 4 across seating is weird after riding Diamondback 75 times. I'm glad KI went with the "V" shaped seating. As for the ride itself, I was rather let down. The 2nd hill you turn left suddenly and you don't get the airtime feel on that hill and my dad and I both blacked out on the helix before the MCBR. But I must say the bunny drops on Nitro are great compare to Diamondback. That being said, Diamondback is better IMO. Nitro 9.5/10 I went to the nearby Batman the Ride next, but people were leaving the entry plaza saying it was over a hour. So I went to the neighboring Dark Knight indoor coaster. I really liked the Wild Mouse at Hershey and that is exactly what Dark Knight is with themeing. So I also liked this coaster. I waited only about 15min. The finally brake run makes you jump more than the actual ride! (If you have rode it you will understand) Dark Knight 7.5/10 Skull Mountain was next. Skull Mountain was a weird ride I must say. The queue is very nice yet very long. However the ride seems smaller than a wild mouse and awfully twisty. Something I noticed on this was when you slow down on the brakes strobes flash and you get a chance to look at the ride structure. But why the heck is a Giant pumpkin doing in the middle of the ride? and scary faces to the right of brake run? (You have only like 3 sec to look at these if you know where to look) Skull Mountain 6/10 After my two laps on Skull Mountain we ate lunch at "Grannys" a indoor chicken eatery. Black Beard's Mine train was near so we took a lap on it. This ride was much better than the beaverland ride that was at Geauga Lake. Blackbeard 6/10 A quick hello to marvin martian before getting line for the Log Flume. We ended up waiting 45min to ride. One of my favorite photos from the trip. The Log flume was better than expected. It was very long and had 3 good drops. The double dip out on the island was surprise, indeed. Really?! 8 people in a boat. At Kings Island the max. is 5 -
Well Dave isn't crazy.
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Yeah, I used a Tripod. EXIF?
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I have alot more. I've printed nearly 250 of my favorite photos. I'll try to post sometime.
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I remember in the fof que they use to have red sirens flashing, and spotlights shining on (the yellow jump suits) in-sink with the video. And the entire que room would switch colors from purple to green, etc.
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Yeah, the way to go it the 75ยข lockers even if you pay each time.
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GINORMOUS PTR/VTR: SFKK, Holiday World, and KI July 20-22, 2009
TOPGUN1993 replied to gigacoaster2k's topic in Trip Reports
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Dark Knight was 2008, and I think Manta or Diamondback will most likely win.