Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 12/27/09

[Changsucks]

I went to Holiday In The Park at SFDK a couple months ago and had good time. The weather was pretty cold but I think that scared people away as it was pretty much empty! I rode Medusa seven times, Roar five times, Roadrunner once, the Sled Hill twice (closest to sledding I've ever gotten), and the Thomas Town train once. The park was very nice and clean as usual.

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, one of my favorite parks.
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Here's Medusa. Good or Bad, it's definitely a B&M.
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It sure does look exciting...
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But besides the first drop...
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It isn't anything special.
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Medusa and the moon.
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Medusa...avoiding the trees!?!?!?!
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Okay okay, here's your Medusa through the trees shot.
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Off to Kong...
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Which I didn't ride...
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But I still went in its station to get a picture of this random christmas tree...
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And this poor vandalized Vekoma wheel.
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Just couldn't fit my camera through the fence for this shot...
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Got this from Medusa's station.

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Didn't ride Boomerang either.
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Really, why re-ride Vekomas when you have the credit?
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Successful reflection shot!
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V2 was closed for rehab, so SFDK thought putting reindeer up there would make up for it. They aren't gonna fool me, those reindeer are FAKE!!
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Roar. You'll never hear the end of it...
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Decent ride during the day, great ride at night.
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Who cares if I used a puddle for my reflection shot, it worked!
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Too bad that hill is very B&Mish.
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And so is the one below it.
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Roar through the flowers, yeah yeah.
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Hmmm...
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F*ck you whale!
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Here's Tony Hawk's Big Motion-Sickness-Hater
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Sorry, Millennium Force's overbanked turns are better.
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And lastly, here is Kong at sunset.

The End

[Austin]

Nice TR. I'll add it into SFDK's page in a moment. I love how our vekoma didnt get catwalks up the lift lol. Get stuck then I guess were're screwed lol. But go to SFDK you can get off and enjoy other rides. Haha. Jeez cant wait to get to florida to get on the Elite Vekoma coasters, RNR(only launched Vekoma I know of) and SM.

I liked the reflections shots lol.

[bobbinbop20]

Ah, I loved SFDK.

I love there version of V2 because it's unique. I rode it 30 times when I was there :)

To bad six flags decides to close the good rides during HITP

Did they have the animal exhibits open?

[Changsucks]

^^ Thanks. SFGK?

^ I loved V2 the first time I rode it (July 2008), in fact I placed it at #2 in my Top 10! As time went on and I re-rode some other coasters, I wondered why I liked V2 that much, and dropped it a few spots. I was really looking forward to re-riding it (July 2009), and it was seriously nothing special at all. I don't even think it's in my Top 25 anymore. Just the water exhibits were open.

[bobbinbop20]

SFGK?

what?

[Changsucks]

Austin said "go to SFGK"

[Austin]

Typo. I type pretty fast so stuff like that happens a few times.

[Changsucks]

So did you mean SFKK or SFDK or SFGE or what? Haha.

[Austin]

SFDK lol

[palmer]

It's funny how your were talking about Medusa and the trees, when Medusa (now Bizarro) @ SFGAdv has a tree branch that hits the train every time it goes through the dive loop.

[Austin]

LOL epic six flags fail. Btw, I love how Medusa is built on a parking lot. Whats sadder is, they didnt even bother to remove the parking lot. Great theming for a roller coaster lol.

[bobbinbop20]

There's also a tree on BTR at SFGAm that hits my leg about 5 times out of 10 right after the zero g.

[palmer]

LOL epic six flags fail. Btw, I love how Medusa is built on a parking lot. Whats sadder is, they didnt even bother to remove the parking lot. Great theming for a roller coaster lol.

That's the same thing with scream. Some peopl I know who live near SFMM call Scream ,the Parking Lot Coaster.

Plus, it's Six Flags, theming is very minimal. At least we aren't like some park chain (CEDAR FAIR), one that names coasters Flight Deck or their kiddie ride Boo Blaster on Boo Berry Hill

[Austin]

Flight deck isnt a bad name. I mean the ride is based off of a navy aircraft which launches off a aircraft carrier's "Flight Deck" so it technically fits.

[palmer]

^Not really. There is better names that "Flight Deck". Just pointing out, there is no theming on Flight Deck, neither did Top Gun when it used to be called that. That was a fail by King's Island. Yet, Canada's Wonderland and California's Great America seem to theme their Fligth Deck/Top Gun. That seems to be odd.

[Austin]

KI did have theming. Giant models, alot of graphics in the station. I cant think of another name that suits it better.

[bobbinbop20]

Ok, scream is badass I don't care what anyone says, I love it!

[palmer]

^Imma let you finish Scream!, but Bizarro is the best Six Flags B&M Floorless that isn't on a parking lot OF ALL TIME! LOL

[Changsucks]

Scream is no where close to badass. Anyway I hate when people rip on SF parks for not having any theming because they have way more than Cedar Fair (not that that says anything, but Six Flags at least tries).