Six Flags Darien Lake

[coasterbilly]

sorry it took so long for me to get my 2nd park on my vacation up you guys, more vacationing time, so i have no work and time to take advantage!!

We took 1 and a half days at the Lake, we arrived on our way to Niagara at 3:45 and got in easily with our SP'S. It seemed to be a nice little park, this is my 6th SF park and knew they had only a couple coasters but i was still excited none the less. First off we hit Predator, the parks lone woodie, it is a Dinn woodie, so I knew it would be a little rough, or very rough, but the layout looked pretty good!

Predator- It was 10 minutes for the front, the trains were comfy as usual and we started our trip up the lift hill of 95 feet. The drop was good, some good ejector air on the second hill then the third hill with the turnaround was good. And then bam, all of a sudden the speed was slowly decreasing, even the banked down curve to the right wasn't very speedy, instead of having good speed and getting great airtime over the last couple of hills, we crawled over them. The ride was decent, but I expected a lot more, it had good length (3400 feet) and a great looking layout, but it was a disappointment 5/10.

Well since it was right next door, we decided to hit Superman: Ride of Steel. I knew this was their most recent coaster (1999) and I'm really hoping SF will give this park some love and give them a new coaster of some kind, 6 years since a new one has arrived, and I knew this had the same layout as SFA's, and that one was good, but this one went over water, so I was rather excited for this one.

Superman: Ride of Steel- We only waited 5 minutes for the 4th row, it rounded a flat bend after the station and traveled up the 208 foot lifthill and sailed down the 205 foot drop, very good drop, and hit our top speed of 73 mph hit the banked left bend over the water and up the second hill with killer airtime, wow and of course the amazing downward double helix which you just fly around, it was spectacular. Then the straight piece of track over the water was freaking sweet and the upward helix which you lose a little speed on, but the s shaped small bunny hop which whips you out of you seat makes up, then the 2 small bunny hops before the breaks deliver killer ejector air, holy crap what a ride. I don't remember having this much fun on SFA's, I just think the water had a lot to do with the speed aspect, this ride was knocking on the door of my top ten, Kraken had #10, so another ride, but in the front, would be the decider, what a ride 9/10, just because the shin restraints were a little painful and it was a little jerky in places.

I headed to Boomerang, my dad doesn't like it very much, so i went by myself, but um, i got on the train and the lift system broke down so I had to get out and it was going to take a while they said so I said we're coming back so let's go.

Then it was black outside, very black, meaning a huge storm was calling, so we decided let's leave since we'd be returning. We got out of the gates and the rain started pounding down, i whipped off my flip flops and sprinted with my dad to the van, we all got there safely and man it was like a hurricane outside, day 1 ended with a shower .

Day 2

2 days after our 2 hour day we returned at 11:00 ready to tackle everything else in store for us. We decided to hit the waterpark since it was free with admission to start, we hit the new Tornado, the funnel looking slide that is popping up everywhere now, very cool ride. Then we did the other 4 or 5 slides they offered, very small waterpark, but it does have room for expansion, it did it's job, cooling us off from the 94 degree weather that day. Since we were damp, dad and I ventured to the park to hit the water rides, we hit Shipwreck Falls which only had a 10 minute wait, row 1, didn't get that wet. Then Poland Spring Plunge (log flume) we waited 20 minutes and didn't get that wet either. We returned to the waterpark, got changed and got ready to hit the park at 3:00.

We started with Giant Wheel, obviously the Ferris Wheel, which delivered some nice views and good pics of the coasters.

Next up I tried Boomerang again, and with my freaking luck, I got into the train, then they announced difficulties with the restraints, so we were stuck for 10 minutes in the station, we got out, and then the lift system was coming down rather quick I noticed for the test and BOOM is slammed into the back of the train and pushed it 5-10 feet forward. I was like no way, 2nd attempt it breaks again, I left again saying hopefully after dinner it'd be better.

So I went on UFO, which SFDL explains it as a Back-to-the-wall, 360 degree turning ride. You did that, i've never been on something so cool, you really are 360 degrees standing with your back to the wall, couldn't find who made it, but dude it was neat and rather intense!

After that was Viper, the first coaster to loop 5 times, made by Arrow Dynamics...oh boy .

Viper- Waited 10 minutes for the 3rd row, traveled up the lift of 121 feet, dropped 75 feet into the loop which wasn't too bad, but I speak too quickly, because next was the Batwing element that murdered the shoulders, very cool element but we went pretty quick through it that totally bruised us up. Next was a mid course break which was nice, then a right hand drop into the double corkscrew which wasn't too bad and then the downward helix underground out into the breaks. Not a bad ride, but not a good one either, only a ride i'd do if their was no wait, the underground part was the enjoyable part on this one 6/10.

Next we had dinner right next to Viper of pizza, deep dish pizza that proved to be very tasty!

Right after Mind Eraser was calling our name so we headed over to the SLC that you see almost everywhere.

Mind Eraser- A 10 minute wait for the front was all that was in front of us as we hopped in, the front on these are actually pretty good. The lift is always neat because of the neat below you and you actually see yourself getting higher. The drop was fast and the Roll Over was pretty sweet, then the Sidewinder and the turn. The double inline twist is always freaking nuts and disorientating. I actually enjoyed myself on this, the front proves to be the best obn these and having been on 3 other ones, you know how to ride without getting beat up so bad, probably my favorite so far actually 7/10. The only thing was, they have mist on this one at the bottom of the drop, but they turned it off in mid afternoon for some reason, so we didn't get to experience the mist on it .

Next was the Batman show, identical to many, the Joker as the villain and booming and bamming and them not talking, but a tape, i enjoy these shows even though I've seen them before, just because it's stunt stuff, and this one was inside, so it was different.

Following that was shot #3 at Boomerang, I got in, pull down the restraint, felt a little bang from the lift and winced thinking they'd say difficulties, but NOPE not this time!!!

Boomerang- Been on many of these too, and I go on them because they are just simply fun. This one was no different, i love dropping through the station and going backwards, some are rougher then others, and this one wasn't too bad, finally getting on it made me happy 6.5/10, since their was a nonexistent wait and my family didn't arrive at the meeting spot yet, i took another spin, but in the back instead of front to get a different sensation.

Next it was 8:00 PM and my bro and mom were getting tired, so instead of waiting until 9:00 to get out night ride on S:RoS we hopped in line at 8 instead, getting a dusk ride instead of night. The blue train had broken down while we were in the waterpark, so it was only red, which helped to increase the line which turned out to be an hour for the front. Much different from our previous ride, darker and the front, the onslaught of speed and the water really added more this time, I absolutely loved this ride, and it did crack through Kraken and hit at #10 on my list . Bought a Superman shirt afterwards and headed home at 9:30.

This was a nice little park, I was surprised at all the flats they had, I wish I could've done more of them, but being with family can limit you, this pushed my coaster count up 6 more, oh yeah i did manage to get on Brain Teaser, the kiddie, the guy didn't care haha. The only thing was lack of shade and benches, it was good but compared to other SF parks it was the worst, Superman stands tall and I really hope SF will give this park some TLC and give them something else to take the weight off the Intamin masterpiece, B&M shood definitely make a mark here sometime soon, they have room. Here is my coaster count at SFDL!

S:RoS: 2 (#10 steel)

Boomerang: 2

Predator: 1

Mind Eraser: 1

Viper: 1

Brain Teaser: 1

Thanks a lot for reading everyone! Marineland is on the way!

[KIBeast]

Good TR report, coasterbilly. BTW, where you been?

[The-Snapper]

I wanna ride superman