nbadude44 Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Report: I wanted to go to the park one last time before the season ended, so I decided to go with my mother to the first week of Fright Fest. We entered the park around opening time and not a lot of people were there at first so I thought that it was going to be a day without many lines. I managed to get on Superman, the Parachutes, and Kingda Ka without any waits and Rolling Thunder with only a 5-minute wait since only the left side was open. (By the way, I noticed the Red and White Scream Machine Trains were sitting inside of Rolling Thunder's turn ) My mother went off by herself to ride Houdini and joined me afterwards to ride Runaway Mine Train, the Log Flume, and Bizarro (which I rode twice), each with waits under ten minutes. So we left the park around 1:00 for lunch at McDonald's and I thought that the rest of the day was going to be smooth sailing. It was not... When we came back, we took a tour of the Safari and this time we actually stopped to visit the Exploration Station. It was a very impressive place, but I was honestly expecting it to be larger; oh well. We came back into the park at around 3:00 and by then, the park was PACKED. Almost every coaster had full queues, some even had extended lines, so I just decided to ride Fantasy Fling for the heck of it. After wasting half-an-hour in the Studio 28 Arcade, I was just barely able to catch a new show in the Showcase Theater called Ghoulmaster's Ghosts, a dance show complete with references to Jersey Shore and a Michael Jackson medley. About an a hour later, I got to catch the Awakening in front of the Big Wheel, and there was a HUGE crowd watching the show, so I thought by the time that the regular Dead Man's Party started, the lines would diminish. I left in the middle of Dead Man's Party only to be greeted by huge lines on all of the Movietown coasters, so I just rode the Dark Knight anyway, a forty minute wait. Fortunately, Great Adventure is doing a Facebook campaign during this years' Fright Fest, so I was able to score a free exit pass to get out of any line. After a quick dinner at Best of The West, we used that exit pass to get on the second-to-last row of El Toro (at night no less ). Oh, and the attendants at El Toro never looked at/took the exit pass (which, either way, was good for 4 people and it was just the two of us) so we managed to score a ride on Nitro around 8:00. After that, we had to leave since the lines were atrociously long by then and we were both tired. Overall, I wasn't expecting such long lines at the beginning of Fright Fest, but this trip was still awesome thanks to the shows and that exit pass. 5 out of 6 Flags. Ridelist: Bizarro 2x El Toro 1x Nitro 1x Kingda Ka 1x Superman: Ultimate Flight 1x Rolling Thunder (left) 1x Dark Knight 1x Runaway Mine Train 1x Parachutes 1x Fantasy Fling 1x Log Flume 1x Ghoulmaster's Ghosts 1x The Awakening/Dead Man's Party 1x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbadude44 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Pictures: They've already started advertising, put it looks kind of boring wihout a real logo. I think it's now a tradition for me to take a pic of the Kool-Aid fountain. Houdini is in fact open! My mother's in for a surprise... All that remains; the park feels so empty without it. Gee, I wonder why?! I swear, I did notice that guy's fingers until AFTER I took the picure. Kingda Ka's ramp gave a good view of the new track! Is it me, or is it like a dull "laser green"? Proof that the tigers are completely gone. The parking lot is starting to be ripped up. I wonder when they actually will paint that lift hill base... Hope construction starts soon! "Look, if the rest of you guys can't clean up then I'm out of here." Oh yeah, there's an audio tour now. You have no idea how many cars lined up for this guy. About to ram the car in front of us... *cue Apocolypse Now theme* Try not to be hypnotized... That gazelle on the right better start running. Of course the giraffes move the second I take the picture. This is how far the zoom goes on my camera. *sigh* I could just imagine "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book playing in the background. Oh boy... You two haven't seen any new arrivals lately, have you? How about you? Any comment on the Facebook conspiricy? How about y- oh wait, nevermind. "Ha ha, I'm on the other si-ide. Na na na na na na." You know, this doesn't even crack the Top 5 worst things I've seen at the Safari. Gives me chills every time. Eh, might as well... Bonus points for appearing in the 1986 World's Fair. Nothing says kid-friendly educational center like realistic spiders and skeletons! Albino boa constrictor Skulls and bones not for Halloween? Preposterous! Those poor souls had to wait at least 15 minutes just for the train to load! Chiller and Musik Express: The real ghosts 'round these parts. A rarely photographed section of Batman The line for El Toro at midday. Bizarro's line at around the same time. Mandatory artsy shot. Yep, Ghoulmaster got a haircut. The Awakening/Dead Man's Party was as amazing as ever. Didn't intend for this pic to be this creepy. Thanks for reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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