What are your Great Adventure opening plans?

[29yrswithaGApass]

When will you be going and what will be the first things on your agenda at the park?

[Yoshi]

I'm planning on going April 5th. The last time I went on opening day was in 2012 on the Thursday before Easter and the park was very crowded (30 minutes for Runaway Mine Train to give an idea of crowd levels) and with it being a Friday with almost all schools closed, I am expecting it to be very crowded again. Most other years since getting a season pass I usually go on the Sunday of opening weekend and crowds are usually low and with it being Easter I expect crowds to be very low, especially in the earlier part of the day.

 

I am probably going to start the season with Kingda Ka since I normally select that as my first Great Adventure coaster ride of the year and couldn't last year.

[Chiller]

I probably wont be able to get to the park until April 18.

[29yrswithaGApass]

Counting the days to April 3! Most likely will go on the Safari first. That seems to be a tradition for us going back to the days when it was a drive thru. We always use to hit it before the theme park opened for the day.

[scott]

We are on the fence in my house. Opening day or Easter. I was thinking opening day but I was there one Easter to renew our passes and the park was empty. It seems like a good choice. The weather may help me decide also.

First ride for me and my girls is normally the tea cups. Get a good spin in and move on.

[gencx]

Plan on being there opening day. Always like to start a new year of Great Adventure with a lap on Nitro to get the blood flowing.

[jdc12192]

Counting the days to April 3! Most likely will go on the Safari first. That seems to be a tradition for us going back to the days when it was a drive thru. We always use to hit it before the theme park opened for the day.

See you at SORA maybe!

 

Im expecting to go sometime during the week that it is open, depending on when i have off of work

[KK456]

I probably wont go on Friday, as I have a half day at school. But I will definitely be there opening weekend! I plan to ride Zumanjaro first as I've only tried it once, definitely hitting the big 3 (KK, Nitro, El Toro), then going on the B&M loopers. Im especially going to ride Batman a lot since it may be backwards for a while after that!

[DANofNJ]

im not going till El Diablo opens

[robertleax]

I was planning on going April 5th, but now we might be going to visit my Dad down in Virginia that weekend. If we do, might stop by Six Flags America on April 6th instead. It will feel weird because my daughter and I ended up going to SFA on their last day and now we might be starting off at SFA 1st before going to Gadv.

[Pineracer]

I wanted to go last year but it never solidified, hopefully this summer, my go to new England this summer as well or instead.

[The Master]

Depends on what the weather will be.

[hollyferry]

I'd love to go during opening weekend...however my husband is having surgery (ahem, no more kids for us)...and I doubt he'll be wanting to walk around the park that weekend ;-)
Maybe I'll just take my 2 older kids with me.

Edited March 19, 2015 by hollyferry

[MarioSonic94]

I will definitely make it some time during spring break, except for the 5th (Mad Men above all else)

 

As for the first ride, it'll either be Kingda Ka/Zumanjaro or El Toro.

[KK456]

Just bought my passes yesterday! I'll be there opening weekend!

[jonlee]

I have no idea what i'm doing. Last year was a complete bust. I only went maybe 10 times. Normally its over 20 times! I am off that monday so i might go sunday? i just don't know.

[errico5errico]

only 1 week left. I'll probably be going on superman first since it usually has a long line during the day. I looked at the weather for Friday and it looks like rain, hopefully not enough to close any rides

[KK456]

I'll be going twice this week, so Im probably going to marathon every ride, especially Batman. I also want to focus on Zumanjaro since I've only went on once late in the season and I absolutely loved it. A 400+ ft drop tower might sound like a gimmick, but it's really not and it makes a difference! Just a few days left to go!

[SAM527]

As of right now I'm planning on going Friday or Saturday. I'm sure everyone will agree, this was a LONG winter and Great Adventure opening will put winter behind us.

[The Master]

I am going to wait for the midweek, hopefully it should be less busy than the weekend. Also hope Megcon or whatever it is doesn't return on the day I go.

[jdc12192]

They shouldn't. They aren't really a group anymore and I don't think they left a good impression on the park. However 'vine Stars' will be having a concert during the summer in the batman stunt arena. That day will probably be crazy. VIP tickets are already sold out.

[Nitro#1]

I'm going Easter Sunday. Will it be crowded that day?

[Yoshi]

It shouldn't be that crowdwed, especially earlier in the day. I went last year on Easter and my longest wait was 20 minutes for Batman. Before that I went in 2011 and the longest wait was around 30 minutes for the Log Flume since it was around 80 degrees out.

[KK456]

Anyone go down to the park today? How was it, and was it crowded? (Get all of the details!)

[errico5errico]

Park was empty today, the rain was on and off but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I got the first ride of the year on Nitro in the front row.