nbadude44 Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 (edited) People: Myself My mother Rides: Bizarro 8x (dead serious) El Toro 2x Batman: The Ride 1x GASM 1x Rolling Thunder (right) 1x RMT 1x Skull Mountain 2x Blackbeard 1x Parachutes 1x erUPtion 1x Parachutes 1x Big Wheel 1x Twister 1x Fling 1x TR: Myself and my mother were 2 of the lucky few people who got in the park for media day for free and we arrived at the park around 9:30. Since we had a while until Bizarro opened for us, we had a little snack at the Conestoga Wagon and quickly went on Runaway Mine Train. Then, I jealously watched the ribbon cutting ceremony and the Golden Ticket winners get to go on the first train. Before long, we were able to go on and I stopped to notice all of the new queue theming. I liked how they sort of kept the "Medusa Mining Company" moniker on the wall facade. I was luckily able to ride Bizarro 4 times in a row by occupying random empty seats, including the train with Mr. Six on the front row! My mother was also able to ride it twice, which to my knowledge is her first major coaster at GA since Lightnin' Loops. After an attempt to ride El Toro (which I abandoned after seeing the HUGE line), we headed out of the park for lunch at Burger King. When we got back into the park, I went to the Lakefront section and rode Skull Mountain twice, Blackbeard, and Fling. When I went over by Bizarro, it had already opened to the public and had its queue completely full. Luckily, I tagged along with two random guys with Flash Passes and got to the front . I was able to ride Bizarro another 4 times; lucky me! After Bizarro, El Toro's line never cleared up, so I decided to ride Rolling Thunder, which was about a half-hour wait, which felt like FOREVER. Also, before I rode, I noticed Josh getting on the ride. If you're reading this, then I'm the one you said "Bizarro..." to because I was wearing the purple Bizarro shirt. Then I headed over to the Boardwalk, and was able to ride the Parachutes, Twister and erUPtion. Superman had too long of a line and GASM was temporarily closed so I headed back to the Internet Cafe where my mom spent half the day reading magazines. We went on the Big Wheel together and then she went back to the Cafe while I rode Batman. I was able to get an empty seat on the front row . Since Nitro and Dark Knight each had really long lines, I went back to El Toro which had a much reduced line since the park was going to close soon. It was about a thirty minute wait for the third-to-back row, followed by a re-ride on an empty seat. Since I had only half-an-hour until the park closed, I went over to The Boardwalk to ride GASM, and Superman was down for the rest of the day, so it wasn't possible. I met up with my mother again and before long we were on our way home. Overall: 9/10. Aside from Ka still being closed and the ridiculously long lines, it was a perfect day at the park. Riding Bizarro 8 times wasn't bad either . I'll post my pictures later when I have time. Edited May 23, 2009 by nbadude44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbadude44 Posted May 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Pics: GASM up close The reason why were here GASM testing Ka is still closed The star of the show Mine Train testing The lucky ones... One of the first trains departs Now THAT'S bizarre! Trains look awesome And even Mr. Six stopped by for a ride! New Queue theming Interesting... Bizarro's opposite looks well These things are kewl. Blackbeard's always fun DK was very crowded that day. Parachutes were running Fresh... Uh... you do know your baqckwards self just got here and... "Which one's the yellow one, Medusa?"- My Mom Nice view of the rest of the park Corkscrew lovers... I didn't forget you Spooky... Last ride of the day New ads like these were posted all over the park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Nice pics, that's neat they had Mr Six ride Medusa. Those smart cars are not too cool in a crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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