nbadude44 Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 Yesterday was the only free day I have in the foreseeable future before Memorial Day (when things start to get busy at the park), so I went to the park on a whim. Turns out it was the perfect day to go! The weather was really nice (sunny & no higher than 75 degrees) and the crowds were almost non-existent. The only ride that had a wait of more than 15 minutes was Superman, and that's only because only one train was running. On the other hand, some rides actually had more trains than necessary. For example, Kingda Ka was a walk-on because it had 3 trains running. Also, they apparently can't operate Ka without having a full train, so I was able to get three consecutive rides without changing seats (after my third ride, Ka had technical difficulties, so I lucked out there). Not to mention, the new single rider lines also helped a lot since I went by myself. Actually, I was able to to get tons of re-rides yesterday; specifically 4 on El Toro (which is running much smoother than 2 years ago, when I last rode it), 3 on Medusa, 2 on Jersey Devil, and 3 on Nitro. By 1 PM, I had also gotten rides on Runaway Train (where I literally had a train all to myself), the Sky Ride, and Skull Mountain. After lunch at Granny's, I made a personal goal to ride every single coaster at least once, and I got it done by 5 PM (plus a ride on the Parachutes) and left shortly afterwards. This is actually the 2nd time I've been able to ride every single coaster at least once in a day. The other time was in 2008 on the very last day of Fright Fest when in was 13. While sitting in traffic on the way home to Long Island, I remembered that Luna Park in Coney Island is getting a new roller coaster that intertwines with a new log flume. I had no idea if it was open yet or not, so I thought, "Well, there's only one way to find out!" The bad news is that it's not ready yet. The coaster (Tom's Express) is mostly finished and the log flume (Leti's Treasure) still needs plenty of work. They're gonna be conveniently located in between the Thunderbolt coaster and the Parachute Tower, and all of the remaining pieces of both rides are sitting behind it fenced off, right next to the baseball stadium. The GOOD news is that I got credits on the 2 coasters that opened last year at the Deno's Wonder Wheel Park: the Vekoma family/inverted Phoenix, and SkyFlyer, a kiddie coaster that makes Lil Devil/Road Runner Railway look like a B&M Gigacoaster. I left Coney Island after only an hour because it was getting chillier as the sun was setting. Final Ridecount: Great Adventure: El Toro 4x Medusa 4x (aka the coaster formerly known as 'the coaster formerly known as Medusa') Kingda Ka 3x Jersey Devil 2x Runaway Train 1x Sky Ride 1x Skull Mountain 1x Lil Devil 1x Harley Quinn 1x Joker 1x Dark Knight 1x Batman 1x Green Lantern 1x Superman 1x Deno's Wonder Wheel Park: Phoenix 1x Skyflyer 1x 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbadude44 Posted May 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 Great Adventure photos: A few observations: This might be the last time I see the 90's-eraSix Flags road sign since they're replacing it soon. There was some promo event in the back of the parking lot hosted by BMW. They had a bunch of tents and cars out for test drives. The Wiggles' stage is completely gone and the concrete foundation for the re-located Barnstormer looks like it will be set any day now. There's a boardwalk game booth set up behind the abandoned Paintball building now. As if we need more unnecessary things blocking that path... There are new electric car charging stations next to Green Lantern's queue, which is neat. The big Adventure Crossing pavilion down the road from the park has had a ton of progress. It looks like the vertical construction on the new Marriott hotel began recently. Also, a new Popeye's and Taco Bell in that pavilion are already open, plus a 7-11 with a gas station that's almost done. Everything else still has a long way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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29yrswithaGApass Posted May 3, 2022 Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 Thanks for sharing your great trip report and photos! You really made the most of the day visiting both parks! It's nice to see the updates of GA. I hope to get there in the next few days. As for Luna Park, someday I'll get there. I only visited once in the dead of winter and there wasn't much to see. The daily news reports of crime in NYC are sort of discouraging me right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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