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Thank you. July 4 Six Flags Great Adventure continued Great Adventure has a lot to offer. Without making this extremely lengthy, here are a few additional highlights. Dark Knight. While this is a pretty basic Wild Mouse coaster, the theming of this ride makes it really cool. You enter a room with a large group of people. You watch a snippet of a Batman movie. Then you go into the queue to ride. One thing to keep in mind is if you are the last train on this ride and no one is in queue from the next group they may let you ride a second time. (We re-rode.). One ride I most looked forward to riding was not a coaster, but a flat. While I love coasters, I love good flats. Houdini's Great Escape is a dizzying experience. If you easily get motion sickness, it would probably not be a good ride. I thought this was cool. The theatrics (for lack of better words) was decent. I really enjoyed this ride. Kingda Ka was the coaster I most looked forward to riding. I have not rode TTD at Cedar Point. The first time we went to CP the line was long then it began to storm. The last time we were there, it was not operational. Ka is an amazing ride. It's fun. It's smooth. It's fast. I loved Ka. Zumanjaro (The Big Droppy Thing) it is absolutely worth waiting in line to ride, however the lines move slowly (I did not know at the time Ka and Zumanjaro could not run at the same time.) it goes up fairly quick (I think 30mph) and drops you at 90mph. The drop is intense and awesome. Watching the fireworks from Zumanjaro is awesome. Unfortunately I did not get a chance to ride Green Lantern. I had rode it when it was Chang at Kentucky Kingdom and had hoped to ride it again. I suppose that is as good of an excuse to go back as I really need. The only major line we experienced was for Zumanjaro. Considering it was a holiday weekend I could not be more pleased. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It saved a small fortune in gas. I even got a roll back in your car. July 4 second stop. Six Flags Great Adventure. With my first experience ever being at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom I was not entirely sure what to expect with other Six Flags parks. Six Flags St. Louis a couple weeks ago was decent. I enjoyed the park. So I was a little more optimistic with Six Flags Great Adventure. If you have not gone to Great Adventure, do yourself a favor and go. The park is worth the drive. The employees are great. The themes are wonderful. They have a wonderful assortment of rides. It's simply an excellent example of how a park should be ran. El Toro. I have to admit I had a walk of shame on this ride initially. I was sitting on the very back seat. I was a bit discouraged because I has seen people bigger than me on there and I've been trying to lose weight. I exited the station and waited for the group. With encouragement from the group I went back and was able to ride and ride comfortably. El Toro is a beautiful wooden coaster. I cannot say it's my favorite woodie, that would be Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer in Erie, PA. I really need to go back to Six Flags Great Adventure and see if I can place El Toro as #1. Bizarro - love this ride. It was a lot better than Hydra. More to come. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love NJFTP. It's a very happy place. I will elaborate later. I love Ka. It's just awesome. TTD was not open last time I was at CP. Last year we were going to ride it after Millie, but it began to storm. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I agree! It may not be a destination park, but would love to go back. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

July 4 Well not only are we crazy to do a trip like this, but there was a hurricane in the forecast. Thankfully it only rained at one park which was our first stop. Dorney We arrived about the time the park opened. It was rainy and actually chilly for a summer day. However, due to the rain virtually everything was walk on or a train wait. Talon was our first ride. It's a decent coaster that is pretty smooth. Next was a top spin called Hangtime. Hangtime was fun and better than the one we broke at Worlds of Fun (it shut down after our ride). I love top spins. Next was Hydra. Hydra is my very first floorless coaster. While I did not like the roll at the beginning, it's a good ride (just my least favorite floorless). Next was Thunderhawk. It's the oldest wooden coaster I have ridden. It was built in the mid 1920's. Very rough coaster, but enjoyable. Steel Force. What an awesome ride. I want to go back and ride on a sunny day. It was raining pretty hard when we were on it making it feel like a million little daggers were hitting our faces. The Whip does exactly what the name says, it whips you around. It's an old school flat. Possessed is a lot like Wicked Twister at Cedar Point, but has one end that is straight. I liked this one. I wish they offered steps up though for short people on rides like this because it's quite the work out jumping up to the seat. Meteor was an awesome flat. I think Dee has pics of it in motion. Wild Mouse is good, but so many seem similar. I strongly prefer the ones that spin. I love the paint job on the trains. More to come soon! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

As you all know we went on a whirlwind tour of 5 parks over the July 4th weekend. Several KICers took part. UnrealNightmare (Zach), NoChickens (Rick), MrsNoChickens (Dee), Andrew (Andrew on here I believe), Beastie1980 (Melissa), Princess Sparkles (Katie) and myself. This trip was originally planned for August, but Katie would have missed two days of school to go. We were told by many people we were crazy to plan a trip on a holiday weekend like this. While I cannot deny that we might be a little (a lot) crazy, we experienced minimal crowds for the most part and had a great time. I want to say a very special thank you to Zach. He's pretty much my partner in crime. He comes up with ideas and I say ok. Thank you for planning this trip. I was having a very difficult time and you've gone out of your way to help make this trip stress free for me. I needed that. Dee and Rick - I am so happy you all went with us. Thank you for allowing the girls to ride with you some for more leg room for us. Dee you're a great friend who gives the best hugs when you need them - I don't care what others say about hugs. Andrew - thank you for tolerating the craziness of our group. I know we are a handful and loud at times. Thank you for letting us take your car, too. Melissa and Katie - I love you two. Thank you both for having great attitudes during this trip as the three of us pursued our 100 coasters. Melanie - thanks for being an amazing friend and for trusting us with your most valued treasure. (Melissa's mom, momofbeastie1980). The only thing that could have made this trip more perfect is if you could have gone with us. The girls really did not know where we were going except Katie overheard me talk about our final stop. The parks included Dorney, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Gags America (oops Six Flags America), Kings Dominion and Carowinds with an additional trip to Hendricks Motorsports Museum. This will take a couple of days to compile due to work and Katie's birthday tomorrow, but I will try to break it down so it doesn't get too boring. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You're taller now. It makes you look 13. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We are hoping to be there by 2:30 tomorrow if anyone is interested in meeting up. This is subject to change if someone calls in. In that case, it will be later in the day. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I wish my daughter and I could be test monkeys for the after 4 ticket. We will be there after 4 on Thursday. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sooo, now that you own two theme parks, do all KIC members get in free?! Update: sorry I missed your post about your friend. My thought and prayers go out to you and your family and your friends family. I wish I owned an amusement park! Thank you for your comment. I appreciate it. Upstop - Julie was not an enthusiast. She liked coasters though. Thank you for your thoughts.

I am going one day this week! Hope it's me! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

After seeing what appears to be some kind of construction site at Carowinds, I presume they are getting a coaster (no clue on type at all), I would guess Cedar Point would get an additional flat. I would love a Falling Star or top spin type ride. I know both are unlikely, but I can hope. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Intimidator was a really good ride. I think Afterburn was the best ride that we rode. I think I like it better than Patriot at Worlds of Fun. We were on a restricted time frame and did not get to ride a few rides and I did not have the opportunity to re-ride most of them either. Hurler was a surprise to me. After riding the one at Kings Dominion, I was apprehensive to ride it. The two rides do not compare. KD's is exceedingly rough. Carowinds is a fairly smooth ride. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We were just at Carowinds and this sign was hanging up behind Hurler. Things appear cleared out from what Zach said. I am too short to see. They are clearing land at the front gates, too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you. That's sweet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have lost 14 pounds since April. I have 75 more to go. I am not so worried about losing fast. I want it to stay off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We are heading to Carowinds. It's good to hear positive things about the park. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I love Kings Dominion. We spent almost all day there today. To bad you all weren't here at the same time as us. Glad you're feeling better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you for posting this. As you know, we are at KD today. My experience was similar on Hurler (the chiropractor.) My neck got adjusted and I have to say my neck feels better than it has on a long time. I had expected pain though. Hope you're feeling better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rolling Thunder has closed. Bits and pieces remain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Big Droppy Thing is officially open! Got a ride tonight during the fireworks. It's fun. It is fast. NJFTP is a great park. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

How timely. Maybe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Invertigo is my least favorite. Boomerangs are all created equal (bad). I don't think I would have loved them even if I was young. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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I don't know where to post this because I just have to get it off my chest. Due to the request of others I cannot say anything on Facebook. So, this seemed like a more logical place. My friend Julie lost her battle to cancer yesterday. While I am going to miss her, I am so happy she's no longer in pain. Her daughter contacted me Sunday and told me I needed to come see her because she had gotten worse. So Princess Sparkles and I went to visit her and I am so happy I was able to tell her I loved her one more time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk