Gadv ptr 4/2/10

[palmer]

Well, I would think that Good Friday (a very religious day) would be an empty day at the park. Boy, was I wrong! It was PACKED. More than I have seen in years! Well, at least I got to hang out with some friends, renew my pass completely, takes some pics, see how shiny Nitro lap bars are, and ride a couple rides (only three.....)

Ride Count:
GASM 1x
Nitro 1x
Kingda Ka 1x
Season Pass Processing 1x


Now here is where I spent my day:

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Bye Mr. Gieco Geeko

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Ka, from the Lot

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First ride of the day (and ever on this ride)

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To be honest, this was longer than some of the ride waits. Let's just say rides like El Toro and Kingda Ka were 2 hours long.

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The Batwing

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This was in GASM's queue and it was the Movietown (excluding Medusa) one with pics of Chiller, Nitro, B:TR, TDK, MTWE, and Stuntman's

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Whoa, Fly Me to the Moon is being "funstructed"!

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O Boy, not this again....

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Thank you, only 56 days away! (If my calculations are correct)

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Sorry Bruce, I missed you today. Maybe next time.

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I'M SCARED!

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EVEN MORE SCARED!

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I scream, because I see ice cream!

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Well, you'll be crowded in July

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There it is....God I need to ride it soon!

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Toro and Ka, two great coasters, two outrageous wait limits.....

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"Call me Mr. Renovate, I can make you train stop!"

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Concerts already?

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Bizarro #1....#1 in line length. It was all the way to the Bizarro entrance sheild.

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How I spent my time for two hours in the sun on Kingda Ka's queue

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If I were GADV, maybe changing Rolling Thunder to Constantly Stopping on the Chain Lift Thunder would be a good idea....

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Caught the blue-black train's tail!

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Kingda Ka's cool tiger thingy

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Launch! Zoom!

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Back already?

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Operator booth shot, only just in front of it....

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Nathan's Not really that famous Hot Dogs

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The Wheel was going as usual

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El Toro facts? Where the hell am I?

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El Toro? WTH! I went on line for Season Processing and I get a random El Toro sign. Maybe they had an April Fool's Joke, and forgot to change it.

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Super-Insanely long line-man in action

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Little world record coaster shot there

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The nice bright Parachutes.

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Superman once again

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Wait....where did Nitro's track go?

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Partial fail, but I got Nitro and the train! 50-50

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Just a bit of Nitro's guts

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The pretty skyline of GADV, in a different angle

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Let me end it with a Chinese bus.

Hope you enjoyed the PTR!

[nitrofan]

I moved this to the proper forum.

How far was El Toro's line out of the switchbacks? I have been told it only takes 25 minutes to get through the switchbacks.

It's crazy how packed Gadv has been this past week! I wouldn't expect Good Friday to diminish the crowds. It's a highly religious day, but it's not a huge religious holiday like Christmas or Easter.

[palmer]

Sorry, my bad, I couldn't find the TR area. I'm just too lazy. :D


Anyway, El Toro was only towards the bridge to Bizarro, only completely under the hill that you can go under. Easily 2 hours. Even though El Toro, with a full scale crew, can load fast. Yet, Batman and Nitro had an average line for an average. Batman was under the shelter before the pipe and fan and Nitro was only 30-45 minutes for back row. And you would never believe this. I waited 20 minutes for GASM. It has a line! But it wasn't that bad. I say it was worth it.

[nitrofan]

I heard GASM was in the switchbacks yesterday. I think that may be a record in the past 10 years. haha

Batman's line doesn't sound too bad, but that's insane for El Toro! It sounds like today was a Flash Pass day.

[palmer]

They sold out of Flash Pass.....


And yeah, GASM, when I got off, was like one row into the switchback, which wasn't that bad because it was two trains and was moving quickly.

[nitrofan]

They sold out of Flash Pass.....


And yeah, GASM, when I got off, was like one row into the switchback, which wasn't that bad because it was two trains and was moving quickly.

That many people were willing to cough u[ $70? wow Lots of Flash Pass users just makes coaster lines take so much longer too.

[palmer]

What pissed me off is with the Flash Pass is that when I went on Kingda Ka, the riders could pick their seats. Meanwhile when I went on GASM, you only go on Row 7-8 (which is car 4) and no where else. That's so stupid, gathering that we had to wait like 2 more trains because of it.

[nitrofan]

What pissed me off is with the Flash Pass is that when I went on Kingda Ka, the riders could pick their seats. Meanwhile when I went on GASM, you only go on Row 7-8 (which is car 4) and no where else. That's so stupid, gathering that we had to wait like 2 more trains because of it.

At least it's better than SFOG. We had been waiting 2 1/2 hours for Superman and hadn't moved in 1/2 an hour because every train had been full of 100% Flash Pass users. Something must have been wrong with their computer system to send that many people.

[Austin]

Nice trip report. I'm assuming you didnt know Fly Me to the Moon is on the way out to one of the Texas parks?

[palmer]

^Alright, if your trying an April Fool's joke, it isn't working. SFOT is getting Robots From Mars (i think it's SFOT).

And Nitrofan, ouch. Welcome to Stupidity Island, Six Flags.

[Austin]

Im not, read that screamscape post lol.
A new rumor from Six Flags over Texas claims that the ill-received Fly Me To the Moon film in the Adventure Theater may be replaced with Robots From Mars this season. Also the Gator McGee’s restaurant near Runaway Mountain will become J. B.’s Smokehouse this season.

[palmer]

You worded it as if you were saying that Fly Me To The Moon is going to SFOT. FMTTM at SFOT is being removed to recieve Robots From Mars

[nitrofan]

And Nitrofan, ouch. Welcome to Stupidity Island, Six Flags.

Yeah, I called Guest Relations from the line and chewed them out and everyone in line started chearing. haha I don't think the person I talked to cared though.

[palmer]

I don't think the person I talked to cared though.

They never do. They just want their money and want to get the f*** out of there.