Yoshi Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 When the park has opening day on a Saturday, if possible I try to go on a Sunday since crowds are usually lower. This year it was the opposite with Sunday more crowded since the weather was nicer. I got to the park around 2:15 and all the food places near the entrance had a lot of people in line. I ended up going back to Totally Kickin' Chicken near El Toro since there were only a few people waiting. I wanted my first coaster ride of the year to be Nitro so I took the Skyway back to the other side of the park. Both sides of the Skyway were running which was nice to see. Nitro had 2 trains running and was just under 20 minutes. Even though it was just over 4 months since my last trip to the park, it was nice to be able to ride Nitro again after the cold winter. Skull Mountain had a long line and I heard it was running 1 train with about a 45 minute wait. It's not worth that wait so I went to The Dark Knight instead and then walked to The Boardwalk. The Parachutes had all 4 sides open with no wait. I went to Green Lantern next with a station wait and back to Frontier Adventures. Runaway Mine Train didn't have much of a line but took longer than expected because only 1 train was being used while the other train got cleaned off because someone got sick on the ride. El Toro was next with about a 15 minute wait. I haven't ridden Kingda Ka since last March because the few times I tried to ride the coaster after that last year, the ride was broken down or the line was too long. Although I was looking forward to riding Zumanjaro, since it was closed Kingda Ka's line moved much faster and took around 10 minutes from entering the line until I was boarding the train. I was able to ride in the front row since there was an open seat and hadn't gotten the front row since 2014 or possibly even 2013. What a difference the front row makes compared to the other rows. It was a lot smoother and made the ride much better. After dinner I walked back to Adventure Alley to ride Sky Screamer with a 2 cycle wait and walked past Skull Mountain again. It still had what looked like at least a 30 minute wait. I walked towards Nitro and saw the stairs to the station were empty so I'd take a 1 or 2 train wait at Nitro over 30 minutes for Skull Mountain any day. It was just crowded enough to have to walk around. I saw in the Studio 28 Arcade, the popular Wizard of Oz arcade game is gone and has been replaced with a similar type game with a circus theme and instead of cards and chips that you take to the counter, the game dispenses tickets. I wonder if the park will still accept the Wizard of Oz cards that people were saving (since if you got all 7 characters, there was I think a 5,000 point bonus). The trip to the park was a nice way to start off the 2017 season. Joker was closed all day. I liked the new prize selections at this game stand. And I liked these prizes even better. This was in Adventure Alley, it might be somewhat new? Of course I had to include a picture of my favorite ride in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 Great report - I was there also that day, although I went upon opening and left around 3 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 It would be really cool if you won one of those! Probably cheaper in the long run to buy one, but winning one by chance would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 It would be fun to win, maybe I'll try once or twice this season even though it looks likes a difficult game to win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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