MikePattonFan

It's probably jinxed now

Like I said, I didn't know it was Bring A Friend Day. Anyways, my aunt and uncle are going in August and have a couple extra tickets, so I will be returning then

I wouldn't have gone if I realized it was Bring A Friend Day. When I go later this summer, I'll be sure and check on it.

My last trip to PKI was the last day of the season of 01 (my mom won tickets on the radio). It was packed and we hardly did anything. My previous trip was on the first Friday in June of 00 (I've taken a few years off to go to other parks). I decided to go with my cousin yesterday because I figured crowds would be dead like it was in 00....boy, was I wrong. It was even more crowded than Cedar Point on a weekend last August. We got to the park about 11:15 and went to Face/Off first and got in line. We didn't realize how long it was, so we got stuck in line. It took an hour and 45 minutes. Next, we headed towards Son of Beast. Surprisingly, the lines weren't nearly as long as I figured. After an hour and 5 minutes, we were on. I'd been waiting to ride this thing again, and it seems much smoother now. After, we ate at Bubba Gump's, and decided we'd check out Flight of Fear next. The guy at the queue told us it was 2+ hours, so we then went to The Vortex, which had a ~105 minute wait. We didn't want to wait, so we just went to Tomb Raider since we both hadn't been there since it was opened. Surprisingly, it was the shortest line of the day. A pretty cool ride that was worth the wait, in my opinion. Next we waited an hour and 45 minutes for The Beast. Did they make this faster or more rough? I got the wind knocked out of me and my back is still aching, but it was fun. After, we checked lines which were all still very long, so we went to a shop and then left. I'm really irritated because I feel I didn't get my money's worth. There was about 8 more things we wanted to do, but couldn't. A few kids I have classes with say they went on a Tuesday last July and that the longest waits were 25-30 minutes. I'll probably go again. Hopefully it doesn't suck next time.