#1
Posted 28 July 2009 - 08:40 PM
I'll try not to bore you guys, but...EVERYTHING about this park is absolutely WONDERFUL! The landscaping, the food, the theming, the friendliness of the staff. Everything is as good as it can get. The park is absolutely gorgeous and all the rides fit in with the terrain and landscaping well.
Pics are from my phone...
We got to the park at around 9:30. We entered, and waited. Off to Griffon we went. We ended up getting on in like five minutes, and ended up riding three times to start off the day. Griffon is one of the coolest experiences you could ever experience. After going up the lift, you get a great view of the bay and the beer factory, but then you're hanging 200 feet above the ground. Straight down you go, and into the immelmann. The forces and airtime of the ride took me by surprise. The ride has insane positive Gs all the way up to the mid course brakes. Down the second drop and into the second immelmann. The hill after provides some decent airtime and the water splash is just cool. Griffon fell in at number 3 in my top. The only buff I have with the ride is that it's just a bit short, but that's not too big of a deal.
Next was Alpengeist. We got on quickly, and were thrown into submission. The ride was much better than I thought. The drop was fast and the immelmann had good forces. The loop intensified those, and the cobra roll put you through a centrifuge. After the mid course brakes, you dive down into a 0-g roll and then a corkscrew. The final turns make you nice and dizzy before heading into the brakes. We heard that the ride was one of the most intense out there, and it sure was. Alpengeist was number 10 for me, but was short lived when we rode Apollo. We got in line again for a front row ride.
Since we were in the area, we went to Darkastle, which was an interesting ride, but not much to talk about. The A/C felt nice after being in the 90+ temperatures all day. We skipped Big Bad Wolf for now due to the long line.
Apollo's Chariot was the surprise of the day. I wasn't expecting anything special from this, but I was blown away by the airtime that the ride was hiding. For those who say that there is no ejector on it, they're on cocaine. I left about four inches inbetween my lapbar, and I was off my seat over every hill, especially in back. The terrain interaction was great, and made for some awesome drops with insane airtime. It's enough to make it my number 6. We got a reride right away.
Lunch was a cheese steak and fries for me. We ate right under Apollo's lifthill.
Loch Ness Monster was next. I thought it was a cool ride, but nothing special, other than the interlocking loops and the triple helix.
Finally, we headed back to Big Bad Wolf. The wait wasn't too bad now, so we did it. We waited for front row, and once again, were surprised. The first few turns were great and pulled great forces. The second lifthill was good suspense for the final drop and turns, which were almost too intense for us. It'll definitely be a loss to the area when this ride closes.
We headed back to Apollo's Chariot next for another ride, and then went to Grover's Alpine Express so we could ride it. We then took the sky ride to France and then went to Griffon and Alpengeist again. We then went to Trappers Smokehouse for dinner. We got a ton of food and couldn't finish it, and it was delicious...with a capital D.
Two more rides on Griffon, and one more ride on Alpengeist, Big Bad Wolf, and Apollo's Chariot were enough for us. We headed home after having a great day, and we look forward to Thursday.
Ride count:
Griffon x6
Apollo's Chariot x5
Alpengeist x4
Big Bad Wolf x2
Loch Ness Monster x1
Grover's Alpine Express x1
Darkastle x1
King's Dominion is next!
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 08:55 PM
#4
Posted 28 July 2009 - 09:25 PM
But great trip report, none the less. Did you ride BBW in the back?
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TehMike23 (9:32:15 PM): cockscrew, then station
MaXair732865 (9:32:28 PM): cockscrew? what the hell is that?
MaXair732865 (9:32:44 PM): sexuall? Innuendo much?
MaXair732865 (9:32:55 PM): Dang
TehMike23 (9:33:06 PM): ahahahah
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#5
Posted 28 July 2009 - 09:34 PM
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Posted 28 July 2009 - 10:13 PM
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#7
Posted 29 July 2009 - 08:13 PM
#8
Posted 29 July 2009 - 08:33 PM
What a woman.
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God I really wish I wasn't so damn busy with swimming to go on these trips. Get some good pics of Project 2010 Marc!!!
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#9
Posted 29 July 2009 - 08:55 PM
after seeing that monster, we drove over some bridges and saw Virginia Beach. We then drove through three or four rain storms. It was nuts. Visibility got down to probably 200 feet. We then arrived in Ashland. Since we had so much time to kill, we decided to get dropped off at King's Dominion.
We entered at 6:00 PM and headed for Dominator. The first thing I noticed is how you can walk under it. It looks so nice in it's new area. We got on it, and climbed the lifthill. Down the first drop and into the loop. The loop has nice hangtime and the following turns have nice forces. The cobra roll is decent as well. The trims don't bite as much as I remember and the corkscrews are taken at a decent speed. Dominator has definitely moved up in my list.
Scooby's Ghoster Coaster is really ugly, but probably the smoothest out of the four clones I've been on. Nothing else to say.
Avalanche came next. It's nothing special, but it was a fun ride. There was a bit of a vibration, but I think that's because the sled I was in was covered with large Canada stickers.
Volcano was next. It was our longest wait at 15 minutes. We waited for the front row, and everything was awesome. The launch is pretty intense and the immelmann pulls some nice forces. the heartline rolls have nice hangtime as well. If only the ride was longer.
We hit flight of fear quickly. There's nothing special to say, since we rode it's clone at KI a month and a half ago. It was fun, and these rides are underrated in my opinion.
Anaconda was our last credit tonight. We both agree that it looks just like a ride taken out of RCT and it sure rode like it. It wasn't terrible, but we're definitely not riding it again tomorrow.
We ate, and then got one more ride on Dominator in the front row before calling it a night to come waste a few hours on the laptops...how sad...We ended up getting half the park's coasters done in 2 and 1/2 hours. I'll leave you guys with a pic of Dominator at dusk:
More King's Dominion and Washington DC tomorrow!
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#10
Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:01 PM
I only waited one cycle, and Pat sat it out. This ride was great. It was suspenseful, intense, and actually made me gray out a bit. I walked off the ride dizzy. It's definitely better than it's big sister at King's Island.
We walked over to Shockwave, but it wasn't open yet, so I went over to Drop Tower to get a ride. I got on in five minutes and ascended to the heavens. Down we went, and while the freefall was good, I remember Drop Tower at King's Island having more airtime.
Shockwave was next. After a 15 minute wait, due to slow loading, we were on. The ride wasn't very good. It was a bit rough and had minimal airtime. Skyrider at Canada's Wonderland was better.
We walked over to Rebel Yell, only to find out that they were running only one side. When we got to the station, we then found out that they were only running one train. This ride's operation was a failure, and fortunately we found a short row to wait in. Overall, the ride wasn't terrible, but it wasn't as fun as Racer at King's Island.
Ricochet was right around the corner, so we hopped on that and didn't have to wait too long. They actually cleared the line after us. There's nothing special to say about this ride other than there's a ton of lateral Gs.
Across the midway was Hurler. We hopped on that and were rattled around the turns, but the hills had some decent airtime.
We got some food next and headed to Grizzly. I never realized that this was a clone of Wild Beast at Canada's Wonderland. This was all around smoother, but Wild Beast had a better second half to it.
We headed up the Eiffel Tower to get some pictures. After snagging a bunch, we headed to Flight of Fear to get a reride on that. This was our longest wait today, which was about 25 minutes. The air conditioning was comfortable though.
To end the day, we headed to Dominator for three consecutive rides. We then left around 4:00 and started driving to Washington DC. We arrived at 6:00. We instantly looked up some restaurants and found a steakhouse around the block from the hotel. I got a 14 oz. Delmonico Bison ribeye topped with lemon butter and a side baked potato. It was delicious...with a capital D!
Tomorrow is Six Flags America.
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#11
Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:05 PM
Sounds like a good visit though. Still laughing at you for missing that credit on Yell though.
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#12
Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:30 PM
#13
Posted 30 July 2009 - 09:41 PM
KD: I wish Volcano was open when I went, I love hangtime. Seems like lines weren't to bad for you. I hear Dominator is usually a 30-40 minute wait.
Can't wait to hear what you have to say about S: ROS, and if it is really better then AC.
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#14
Posted 30 July 2009 - 10:14 PM
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MaXair732865 (9:31:57 PM): seriously, i need a really compact layout
TehMike23 (9:32:07 PM):drop, loop, diveloop, zero-g, up into break run, helix..
MaXair732865 (9:32:12 PM): im not going to post this, dont worry
TehMike23 (9:32:15 PM): cockscrew, then station
MaXair732865 (9:32:28 PM): cockscrew? what the hell is that?
MaXair732865 (9:32:44 PM): sexuall? Innuendo much?
MaXair732865 (9:32:55 PM): Dang
TehMike23 (9:33:06 PM): ahahahah
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3-Millenium Force
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5-Apollos Chariot
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Posted 30 July 2009 - 11:58 PM
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Posted 31 July 2009 - 09:23 AM
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Posted 31 July 2009 - 10:18 AM
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Posted 31 July 2009 - 10:20 AM
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