Hi, I'm GalaxyTrooper, and a major fan of this site and Great Adventure in general! While I must admit I have never visited the park, my fascination with it is as large as my local park, Beech Bend, which myself I have been growing a collection of memorabilia and discovering new facts and historical figures about. I do plan to finally visit this summer, not due to the rides or seeing the park in general (I do want to see it though, no doubt about that, heh.), but to get as many rides as I can on Parachuter's Perch, a ride that is one of only two left in the world, and may not have much time due to the addition of Zumanjaro, not to mention its age and Six Flags not choosing to use Texas Chute Out as spare parts for it.
For a short time, I actually had played Minecraft and built an entire little amusement park (most of it being non-functional) with many ride types taken from Great Adventure. This is where my avatar and name originates from, as I had built a parachute tower and decide to name it Galaxy Trooper, due to its tall presence in the game seeming as if it reached into the night skies. It was quite difficult to create, as I literally had to do what most manufacturers have done with prototype rides with building it first in a different location for accuracy and scale purposes, then building it in the area it was to be placed. While I may not play the game anymore, the time building the park gave me a dream that I eventually can help design landscape plans for where ride will be placed and how they will change their surroundings in the amusement industry.
Anyways, that's enough with my babbling, I hope to enjoy chatting with all of you and discussing Great Adventure, probably even more so once I visit it this year!