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The poster size park maps are definitely my favorite (I have several)!

Maybe they can print a limited amount for the season and number them.

Since Six Flags makes changes/additions to every park every year, a limited number of maps for the year should ensure little to no inventory at the end of the season.

Coaster Dynamix models would be great also. I have several from the Cedar Fair parks.

HITP just keeps getting better every year! Hopefully the weather cooperates!

My father and I are planning a few very ambitious trips for the spring and summer of 2019.

We're definitely going to be hitting our home parks which are Great Adventure, Dorney Park, Keansburg Amusement Park and iPlay America.  We're also hoping to make it into Nickelodeon Universe's Media day, and attend it multiple times if possible.

The first large summer trip would bring us down south, and then leading into the Mid-Western region of the U.S.  The parks that we'd hit (in order) include Kings Dominion, Carowinds, Dollywood, Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom, Kings Island, Cedar Point and possibly a Pennsylvania park such as Waldameer, Kennywood, Knoebels or Hershey on the way home.

Our second large summer trip would bring us up north into Canadian Territory only before hitting New York parks, and possibly looping into Ohio.  The park we'd hit (again in order) would consist of Darien Lake, Canada's Wonderland and Cedar Point.  This trip isn't as far in planning as the other trip, so there is a possibility of use hitting other parks such as Great Escape, Michigan's Adventure, and even Quassy.

There is a possibility that we'll hit other small parks within 2 hours of our home, but we haven't made any plans to do this quite yet.  Let us know if any of you are planning to go to any of these parks, and maybe we could meet up!

List your tentative 2019 amusement park and theme park plans here!

Boy, its sure gonna be cold up there but a great view depending on where you sit.  The more rides open , the better to absorb the crowds.

Six Flags has always wanted a property in Florida, just saying.

I don't think Bizarro is going anywhere anytime soon. Bizarro and Nitro (which has the highest guest capacity in the chain) have the highest guest capacity in the park which really helps out on those busy days (like Frightfest ).

Hey fetish911, we did our passes last Saturday , a little bit of a line but it was quick, and they just added the renewal to our old passes. The fright fest pass had to be picked up at the extreme ticket booth by the parachutes and the picture pass at the main photo center by the fountain.

Just now, Squidy2201 said:

I am certainly not dissapointed but I think another theme would have been better.

I would agree with that.  Or maybe if they just kept the Wonder Woman Theme, and changed the name a little bit it would’ve been good.

11 minutes ago, mugnezz said:

spoiler:
https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure/attractions/newfor2019-prep
 

Well, I And many other people called it!  It’s going right in freefall’s old spot and Cell Block 6’s former location

I know everyone else is saying the same thing, but I have to go with We Like To Party by Vengaboys.  Can never forget that Mr. Six commercial!  Also, the Holiday in the Park theme song played when the Celebrate The Season show is going on reminds me of Great Adventure's Holiday In The Park

I'm pretty sure we're getting a Discovery, it would be a great fit for the area and the GP love them.

I would bet that MM gets some sort of dueling coaster (maybe even a dueling TRex) based on the land area they have available and the fact that it is open year round. SFAmerica is going to convert Apocalypse to a floorless (best bang for the buck, Rougaru comes to mind).

As far as the rest of my predictions.... That will be on my YouTube channel real soon (Coliwood Studios).

Whatever Great Adventure gets is going where Freefall used to be. We were in the park last Friday and the surveyor was taking elevation shots in that area and he told us that is where the new ride was going. Its a pretty decent sized area around 4 acres. I would put my money on a Giant Discovery, it would be a good fit and would look good swinging out over that whole paved area. Second maybe a Skywarp  or even an S&S Screamin' Swing. Third by a long shot would be a coaster, either a Raptor or Chance (since track was spotted heading this way, but probably going to the port for shipping). 

On another note: It would be nice if Six Flags played the national anthem each morning to open the park like the Cedar Fair parks do, just sayin'.....

1 hour ago, pashacar said:

Wow, I can't imagine riding Toro 25x in one day. What seat(s) were you in? Was it painful after a certain point?

We stayed on a non wheeled seat for a few Ride Los Angeles (2nd to back), but then had to sit in the 3rd to back and it didn’t hurt at all!  I could ride it all day and not feel a thing!

On ‎7‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 11:18 AM, Medusa42 said:

It's crazy how small of a footprint the Skywarp has (120 ft x 30 ft).  If they put one next to Joker, it could be called Catwoman Whip, Two-Face, or even Batman & Robin.

That location has been like that for quite some time now because they use that plot of land as a great viewing site for the fireworks.  They make so much money off of people paying for V.I.P. seating, that they wouldn't get rid of that plot of land by using it for a skywarp when there are so many other, better places for their 2019 attraction.  (And so many better choices for their 2019 attraction)

I'm still staying with my prediction that they're getting a raptor or t-rex in either Metropolis or Golden Kingdom.  I do believe that there is a chance that they could get both a raptor/t-rex and a skywarp or other flat ride to compete with the opening of Nickelodeon Universe in the Meadowlands.   

Hershey is great!  At this point it's my favorite park, but that may change after my first ever trip to Cedar Point next week!

Definitely:

Great Adventure- Home Park

Dorney Park- 2nd Home Park

Kings Dominion

Cedar Point- OVC Trip

Kings Island- OVC Trip

Knoebels- OVC Trip

Kennywood- OVC Trip

Keansburg- 3rd Home Park

Probably:

Playland’s Castaway Cove

Maybe:

SFNE

Six Flags America

Busch Gardens Williamsburg 

Casino Pier

Jenkinson’s Boardwalk

Hey, so I just wanted to let everyone know the dates I’m going to the parks on my Ohio Trip. 

Here are the dates:

Knoebels- Saturday, July 21st 2018

Cedar Point- Sunday, July 22nd 2018

Cedar Point- Monday, July 23rd 2018

Cedar Point- Tuesday, July 24th 2018

Kings Island- Wednesday, July 25th

Kings Island- Thursday, July 26th

Kennywood- Friday, July 27th

leave a reply if you can meet up with me at any of these parks, and I’ll be sure to look for you!

@philthynj and I had an AMAZING day at Great Adventure and Hurricane Harbor Thursday.  We stayed from opening to closing because the park was DEAD on a Thursday in the summer!!! The park was dead mainly because there were thunderstorms in the forecast, and there were only two instances that were a slight rain, but nothing much.  Hurricane Harbor was also dead, so we managed to do every main slide there other than King Cobra as it was closed.  We also ran into the YouTuber MillenniumForce which was pretty cool.  I got LROTNON (Last Ride Of The Night On Nitro) which was very awesome in the front row!  I was able to successfully do the T-Pose on Nitro and El Toro.  I also beat lots of my own park records yesterday!! ————————————————————————

Here’s the ride count:

El Toro 25x, Bizarro 2x, Kingda Ka 4x, Batman 1x, Nitro 17x, Justice League 3x, Joker 2x, Skull Mountain 1x, Log Flume 1x

Me: 56 Rides

The Four Winds 4x, Big Wave Racer 1x, Big Bambu 1x, Reef Runner 1x, The Falls 2x, Bada Bing Bada Bang Bada Boom 4x, Tornado 1x, Hurricane Mountain 5x

Me: 19 Slides

75 Total Attractions!!!

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I beat my record for riding El Toro in one day, as I rode it 25 times yesterday.  I broke my record for riding Nitro in one day, getting 17 rides.  I also rode more rides in one day than I ever have before at 56 rides.  For Hurricane Harbor, I broke my slide count for one day getting on 19 slides.  And we actually went back and forth from Parks which I’ve never done in one day.  In total, I rode 75 Attractions which I’ve never even came close to!!

I had a good short day at Great Adventure last night!  El Toro was upsettingly closed for the day, which is probably just as bad as Steel Vengeance being closed for the whole day . When we were collecting our pictures, an awesome employee named Shakim helped us out and took time out of his day to crop all of our photos to perfection, so a big thanks to you Shakim!  The lines were very minimal, especially after most of the chorus groups left the park.  I did have a very bad experience with a ride attendant at Nitro last night.  When I was getting my last ride of the night in the back right seat, she came over and literally jumped on the restraint, making it so tight, I actually couldn’t feel my legs.  She made my last ride of the night on Nitro suck, and even after I said “oh my god, that’s hurts, it’s so tight!” She didn’t bother to ask me if I was ok.  The restraint was so tight, she pushed it passed the lowest click, jamming it in.  The whole operating team on Nitro last night were running with extremely slow operations.  There was one train that someone got sick on, but even with the other trains, the operations were just horrendous.  Even Ka’s operations sucked, partly due to the Zumanjaro crew running the ride way too often when there was basically no one on the ride.  The sugar shack’s signature sugar burst’s weren’t available due to the machine being broken which was very unfortunate.  We also got stuck on Justice League for a good 15-20 minutes which was cool until we realized how much time we lost as the park was almost closing.  Here was my ride count: Kingda Ka 6x, Zumanjaro 2x, Bizarro 2x, Runaway Train 1x, Justice League 4x, Batman 1x, Nitro 5x

Me: 21 Rides

The ride is looking great!

Does anyone know how far back this ride’s queue line will go.  Would they be able to fit another flat or a raptor behind it/next to it?

Had a great day at Dorney Park last week, and got on a lot of rides.  The crowds were very light and the weather was perfect.  Unfortunately, Hydra closed mid-day and didn’t reopen.  In the one front row ride I managed to get on Hydra, I had a very rough ride, and I don’t know if it became rough over the off season, or if it just had bad wheels. Thunderhawk was also closed due to retracking, but we did catch some test runs from it!  I decided to take a ride on Monster which ended up being a huge mistake.  I felt so nauseous on that ride as the cycle was too long, and I never feel sick on rides. Demon Drop was actually open and I got a few rides on it for my first time.  It was easily the most intense drop tower I’ve ever ridden, and maybe even the most intense ride at Dorney.  It still absolutely hate their no re-ride policy, and if that didn’t exist, I would’ve gotten so many more rides on the coasters.  That policy majorly impacts my experience at Dorney in a negative way, and I hope that policy is repealed soon.  We also spotted some reminiscence of Stinger in the form of T-Shirts, magnets, candy, and actually a sign pointing towards Stinger Dorney forgot to take down.  Here was my ride count for the day: 

Talon 4x, Hydra 1x, Possessed 2x, Steel Force 4x, Demon Drop 3x, Monster 1x, Kaleidoscope 1x, Cedar Creek Flyers 1x

Me: 17 Rides

Here’s a rendering of a possible spot for a T-Rex/Big Raptor I made that fits where Rolling Thunder used to roar.  It fits perfectly in that spot.  I’d definitely rather see a Coaster than a flat package over there.

I’m insterested to see if everyone agrees with me that it’ll be a RMC T-Rex or Raptor in 2019 or 2020.

Great Adventure - 4 times so far

I Play America - 1 time so far (rainy day)

Dorney - 1 time so far to process Cedar Fair passes (way too expensive!!)

Knoebels - Booked

Cedar Point - Booked

Kings Island-Booked

Kennywood-Booked

Casino Pier

Keansburg

Clementon - Maybe

Kings Dominion - Maybe

Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Maybe

SFNE - Maybe

SF Darien Lake - Maybe

SF Great Escape - Maybe