6/9/17

[Yoshi]

I'm taking a break from my Florida report to post this one first.

 

I haven't been to the park in almost 2 months and even though I wasn't sure today would be the best day to go with all the class trips on a Friday plus SeniorNite, I took the chance and went to the park knowing I won't be able to get there next week and probably the week after that as well.

 

I got there around 2:45 and the park was much less crowded than I was expecting. There were some buses and a small amount of cars.

 

Nitro was first with a 1 train wait for the last row and all 3 trains running. Dispatches were fast with a train halfway up the lift hill with one in the station and the other train getting to the final brakes.

 

Skull Mountain had a mostly full station and still only a 4 train wait for the last row. At the bottom of the first drop there is a new set of orange lights. I miss the glowing track that might have been blacklight paint.

 

The Dark Knight had about a 1/2 full pre-show room with a few minute wait after the pre-show.

 

Joker had at times no wait up until where you go to either the green or purple side.

 

I hadn't ridden the Log Flume since 2015 because my trips to the park last year were in March, April, September, October and November. Even with no one at the sprayers, I still got soaked.

 

Runaway Mine Train had no wait and it was the same at Bizarro with all 3 trains running. Like at Nitro, dispatches at Bizarro were faster than normal with hardly any double stacking.

 

Parachutes had 2 sides open with about a 10 minute wait.

 

Kingda Ka was the only real wait of the day with it taking about 25 minutes for a front row ride. I saw someone with their phone out in the station but they didn't get caught. There were times that only 1 train would launch between Zumanjaro cycles even with both trains running in the launch track area.

 

Zumanjaro had no wait.

 

Sky Screamer was a 3 cycle wait. 2 sets of seats were closed off.

 

I went back to Nitro and Skull Mountain before leaving right before closing.

 

There were a lot of people entering the park I think for SeniorNite since the park was open from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for them. I thought they would be getting there earlier since 4 hours doesn't seem like that much time for a class trip.

 

 

 

Fidget Spinners are everywhere, as prizes for games and also at some temporary rolling carts that are set up.

 

Wrecking Ball is gone and replaced with this new game.