Austin Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Me and my friend decided to hit some rides after school yesterday. We got there around 4:30, and as soon as we got out of the car, it started pouring, of course, with our luck. We also noticed the 2 million buses in the parking lot and forgot it was the math and science time of year. We headed to Flight of Fear, the only major ride open, and rode that. The wait was about 30 minutes. They had some of the maintenance lights on, on the ceiling, but it was still a good ride. It's pretty bright in there with all of the show lights. The guy said that they didn't know how to turn them off, but no big deal. We noticed they took our picture, but then the photo booth was closed , so basically we were blinded for no reason We then booked it to Crypt. The rain was slowing down. The new "ride enhancements" were pretty cool, but it's not like they completely re-themed the ride or anything. After that, it was about 5-5:15, so we decided to eat. It had stopped raining so we made our way to Action Zone. We stopped at the store on IS on the way and I got a shirt. We rode Drop Tower, and we only had to wait for it to run once and we were on. We were slightly disappointed because we got a seat facing GWL, we wanted to drop facing the park. We then went to Flight Deck. It had some cool music playing in the station, and the guy on the mic was saying some funny stuff like, "Please keep your hand off the metal grip as we check your restraint to avoid awkward handling." and then he said stuff like, "Enjoy your ride on FD, the best ride in the park!" The new paint looked nice and spiffy We headed over to Coney Mall. Adventure Express was down, so we went to Racer. There was a funny guy giving movie trivia and stuff, and at the end of everything he said "noodle salad!" We rode in seat 12, the best seat of any wooden coaster with 3 rows per car! I don't care what anyone else says. It was smooth, and we got lots of air! We then went to ride Vortex. The back seat is ALWAYS my favorite, but the line was long for it so we rode in 5-1, the supposed "magic seat." It was a good ride, but I still think the back is my personal magic seat Because then, you don't have an obnoxious girl screaming in your ears behind you on the first drop, making you go deaf, like what happened to us that time... I don't know if it was because it was wet but it seemed to just fly out of the MCBR, it seemed a little dangerous... We rode backlot afterwards. It was about a 10 minute wait. It was a good ride. We noticed the new lighting effects from the helicopter, and the opposing wall. That was pretty neat. Afterwards, we headed to Beast. To be honest, I had really low expectations. I'm so used to it being trimmed to death and slow, but I was really impressed. We waited about 10 minutes. Seat 12, the magic seat, had no wait. Maybe I shouldn't post the secret seat on here I barely felt the trim on the first drop, but we did feel it on the second hill and on the brake shed a lot. The retracking really made it run so smooth! And it must have been because of the humidity/wetness/heat that made it so fast. We barely felt the trim after the second lift, and it didn't crawl up the last hill into the station, it was pretty fast. It made me almost love The Beast again (juuuust kidding, I DO like it!) We then went to Diamondback, rode in the second to last seat. I forgot how good that was, too. I remembered it as being forceless, especially after riding Maverick and seeing I305, but we did get a lot of negative G's. After this we went to go ride Firehawk. They were running only one train, and at this point it was around 9:30. The line really wasn't moving. We eventually left, and instead went to Flight of Fear to get the last ride of the night. They turned the lights on, and it was epic! After that we went home. It was a pretty good day! I took some pics of WS, but they're nothing special. It went up a little bit and we saw some guys up there walking around the circular platform that holds the seat arms. I also have no complaints about the music. It was a lot of 90's/classic rock. That's my favorite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 So someone getting out of school is "upset' to find lots of school kids at the park! Nice report, it sounds like you had a good time and you express it well. I also have no complaints about the music. It was a lot of 90's/classic rock. Oh yeah...those old classic 90's...such a long time ago! There is nothing so depressing as when you find out the music from your youth is considered oldies. (But mine is way before the 90's.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 So someone getting out of school is "upset' to find lots of school kids at the park! Nice report, it sounds like you had a good time and you express it well. True.. however we are not an obnoxious swarm of little kids! We actually had a line jumping issue with them. We were waiting for Drop Tower and they had 2 people in line, and a bunch of others just pushed past us to get with their group. I didn't say anything to the ride ops, as it didn't cause us to have to wait another ride. However, I did complain about them to my friend, making sure they could hear , they were so rude when they pushed past us, and we tried holding them back by putting our arms out on the rails and taking up a lot of space, but... it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standbyme Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 ...we tried holding them back by putting our arms out on the rails and taking up a lot of space, but... it didn't work. Yeah, i've played that game before...sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. It's fun to pretend that you don't notice them continually saying "Excuse me...excuse me". I don't really sweat line cutters too much. I figure it's not worth letting it ruin my mood for possibly one ride later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerRider Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 So someone getting out of school is "upset' to find lots of school kids at the park! Nice report, it sounds like you had a good time and you express it well. True.. however we are not an obnoxious swarm of little kids! We actually had a line jumping issue with them. We were waiting for Drop Tower and they had 2 people in line, and a bunch of others just pushed past us to get with their group. I didn't say anything to the ride ops, as it didn't cause us to have to wait another ride. However, I did complain about them to my friend, making sure they could hear , they were so rude when they pushed past us, and we tried holding them back by putting our arms out on the rails and taking up a lot of space, but... it didn't work. It's sad when I am a teenager, and I feel like I want to yell at kids older than me that are line jumping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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