TopThrill Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hi there, Since I work over 80 hours I got four free tickets, so my dad wanted to come after I got off of work at Four o'clock. I clocked out at 4:07 and meet up with my dad at our Van so we could eat something before going in, so we didn't have to pay those high prices. Anyways I reentered the park at 4:31. I brought my Cannon Power Shot A510 with me. First we headed over to Action Zone to see what was running, Drop Zone running so we headed over to it. We got in line at 4:42 and waited about 15 mins, I got seat 32. So we headed up and you can really see the GWL still being built, along with the slides. Anyway we dropped at 4:54. After that we got on Top Gun with little wait. When walking to get to Son of Beast line I snapped some shots of Drop Zone. Now I heard some good stuff on there about Son Beast being beater, we got in line at 5:18. It was about around a 50 min wait, it started off good the drop from the station to catch the lift, first drop was good, the thread hill was ok, but man the first helix was brutal. But the loop was breath taking, to me there was some improvement. All in all, to me its still the same as the last time I rode it, I can only ride it ounce now pretrip. After that we got on Adventure Express, which was a walk on, but still and good ride. Left October Fest and went into Coney Mall for The Racers. We first rode Forwards, and let me tell you that in the front car the ride was 100% smooth, no rough spot, no jerky spots, just a perfect ride. We didn’t race that time but the next two times we did. The second time we rode it on the backwards side we raced and won that one by a car length. We got on it again for a 3rd time going forwards, and just lost by a car length again. Earlier in the day I though the park closed at 8 o’clock, but after hearing that it closed at 10 o’clock we stopped off at Skyline Chili to eat a bite, I had a single cheese Coney with everything on it and a reguraler size Coke, same for my dad. Its hard not make a mess with the cheese. I shot some pictures of the Eiffel Tower with the sun next to it. We headed over to see what the wait for Flight of Fear was, the line was trying to come out of the building so we skipped it and headed over to Vortex. Walking through the park as a guest is very weird Im used to working. Vortex at 7:01 it had a short to no wait on it, we grabbed the front seat. It was neat be going up the lift and seeing the second train going throw the mid-course break and going throw the corkscrews. We rode it two more times. After Vortex we heading over to FX Theater for the Hana-Barbera film at 7:27, it was good and fun to see the HB family on the big screen. After we got off FX Theater we headed over to IJST at 7:41, got on it at 8:08 with a 38 minute wait. It was still good and fun as last year. We got off and got on The Beast at 8:22, again little to no wait depending on what seat you wanted, it was a good, had a nice kind of roughness. We got it three times in a row. We then got on IJST again, it got dark around 9:04. We got the back car at 9:10, in the back car that’s when you get a little spray, night rides on IJ are so neat, seeing the police cars on and the other lights on. After that since Delirium wasn’t running earlier we headed for it. We got on it at 9:40 with a 10 min wait. After that we saw Drop Zone going so we grabbed another ride on it at 9:49. The night ride on both Delirium and Drop Zone were perfect! To end the night off we got a front seat ride on Top Gun, again perfect night ride. When we got off we stayed and watched the fireworks, I shot some pictures of them going off throw SOB’s lift hill and then up by SOB’s restrooms. All in all we had good half day trip. We left the park at 10:09. I may but some of my pictures up from my photo web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nemo Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 What an enjoyable trip TopThrill. Happy you had fun, It was a nice day to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gburn07 Posted May 27, 2006 Share Posted May 27, 2006 So whats the average wait time for SOB now? If its 50 mins now..I can imagine it being much worse ont he 29th and 30th of june when i'm there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted May 27, 2006 Author Share Posted May 27, 2006 Hay thanks it was a nice day, and when we got in line for SOB the line started just pasted the turnstyles. I can ride it put only one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersRZ Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Yikes, you have a photographic memory for exactly what time you did everything? "It got dark around 9:04." But a very well written trip report!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkjkj Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 so are they doing fireworks everynight the park is open till ten, or were thos for memorial day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Yikes, you have a photographic memory for exactly what time you did everything? "It got dark around 9:04." But a very well written trip report!! Nah. Nobody's perfect! He said this: After we got off FX Theater we headed over to IJST at 7:41, got on it at 8:08 with a 38 minute wait. Now, I am NOT picking on him. And I was impressed with the report. But 7:41 to 8:08 is only 27 minutes. He must have spent the other 11 minutes waiting for Outer Limits, back when it opened! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Hay thanks for replying, I now the fireworks nights are when the park is open till ten. And I just carred a little note book pad with me for making notes. It was hard to read it after words, scene I was walking and trying to writte at the same time Heres some of my favorite pictures I shot. Drop Zone- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3651.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3661.jpg IJST- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3680.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3677.jpg Vortex- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3669.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3670.jpg Son of Beast- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3653.jpg Night Time Photos- Drop Zone- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3684.jpg Deleirium- http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3696.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3697.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v466/top...nt=IMG_3698.jpg Tell me what you think about my picture's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingMaster Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 Anyone else notice the completely re-done soundtrack in conjunction with the fireworks? It makes the experience much more enjoyable with an updated musical score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted May 29, 2006 Author Share Posted May 29, 2006 Anyone else notice the completely re-done soundtrack in conjunction with the fireworks? It makes the experience much more enjoyable with an updated musical score. Last night closeing when thay came on I noticed the newer sound track, it does sound good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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