VorteX2012 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I am planning on heading down to Georgia to go to Six Flags for opening weekend. Anyone have any tips? Best rides/coasters? Anything is appreciated! Thanks in Advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 My best piece of advice: Don't go on opening weekend. Seriously. I've made that mistake in the past. The extremely short off-season means they aren't exactly prepared for full opening. Expect late openings on everything (it was after noon before a single one of the coasters opened, many didn't open until 3 pm), one train operation on every coaster, and a few may not even open at all. When we made that mistake in 2010, Goliath, Superman, Mind Bender, Batman, and Georgia Scorcher all had over an hour (sometimes hour and a half plus) wait all day (a relative term as they were only open for a few hours) despite a fairly small crowd because of one train operation. Great American Scream Machine wasn't open, and I don't believe Ninja was either. We spent most of the day riding flats and Georgia Cyclone. For the first two hours we were there, we could only ride the train because it was the only thing open. I've heard the two years since then haven't been exactly peachy either. We also had problems with our season passes scanning for parking and admission (we'd processed the prior year), only a handful of food stands were open with long lines, and just generally seemed like everything was in chaos. I'd recommend that you wait a few weeks for them to get it together. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBEW_Sparky Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Georgia, peachy, I see what you did there 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VorteX2012 Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 My best piece of advice: Don't go on opening weekend. Seriously. I've made that mistake in the past. The extremely short off-season means they aren't exactly prepared for full opening. Expect late openings on everything (it was after noon before a single one of the coasters opened, many didn't open until 3 pm), one train operation on every coaster, and a few may not even open at all. When we made that mistake in 2010, Goliath, Superman, Mind Bender, Batman, and Georgia Scorcher all had over an hour (sometimes hour and a half plus) wait all day (a relative term as they were only open for a few hours) despite a fairly small crowd because of one train operation. Great American Scream Machine wasn't open, and I don't believe Ninja was either. We spent most of the day riding flats and Georgia Cyclone. For the first two hours we were there, we could only ride the train because it was the only thing open. I've heard the two years since then haven't been exactly peachy either. We also had problems with our season passes scanning for parking and admission (we'd processed the prior year), only a handful of food stands were open with long lines, and just generally seemed like everything was in chaos. I'd recommend that you wait a few weeks for them to get it together. Thank you so much! I'll definitely have to keep that in mind! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoaster Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 try to ride monster mansion: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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