Great Adventure Outpost
Industry => Trip Reports and Meeting Plans => Topic started by: Bubba Z on August 02, 2006, 07:19:46 PM
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After finding out I fit on S:ros on Tuesday, I decided to go back with Drkliter (Tom) and meet up with Frissbeking (Rob), and Mike on Thursday. This time the traffic was much worst and took around 4 hours to get there. Once we parked at Cooks in the Kitchen ( 5 dollars cheaper) we headed over the bridge to met Rob and Mike who had been at the park since opening.
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They had already purchased a gold q-bot so we headed straight for S:ros.
Signature shot One
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S:ros was very forceful in the second helix. That, or the heat and not eating was killing me so we headed for a a slice at Papa Johns. After this we decided on walking to the far end of the park for Batman the Dark Knight.
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First off, we had to say hello to Kevin Smith's favorite character before we rode.
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I found the back much smoother than the front.
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This shot cost me 5 bucks as I couldn't fit the whole sign in a picture. Next time your at the park try it for yourself.
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Since the Superheros rides were done, we headed back to Thunderbolt, but first we got a little looney
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^They must of rubbed off on us because we actually stopped and rode an open Mind Eraser that we heard might be down all season.
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Tom found out Vekoma Hang and bangs aren't that fun and they should stick with Mad Houses, not coasters.
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Rob looks like he is having fun.
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After that quick ride we rode scream and made or way over to an empty T-bolt station.
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The ride doesn't look like much but it did deliver a couple of surprises.
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Next we found ourselves in the back row for Cyclone, Wow talk about getting your spine adjusted. I could only imagine going down the original first drop seen here.
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If that wasn't enough we rode catapult. This is one of the Craziest flat rides ever. The restraints kept on getting tighter and tighter before the ride even moved. I was worried about the ride breaking again upside down, but luckily it never happened. Here is the new queue.(Sorry I didn't get the ride , it was closing time when I took it)
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Another crazy flat was the Huss Frisbee. This was my first and last time going on one of these as I almost made a friend with a tree after my ride.
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We forgot Tom's token credit on Flashback and than headed for
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Fun ride but we spun more in the final break run than the whole ride it's self , oh well. This ride also offers the single rider line for you sad and pathetic riders.
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Now for some night photos and a quick walk back to S:ROS
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OK, so we made it back
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Back inside the station the crew was on fire with 2 minute dispatch times.
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This sad and pathetic guy kept on holding the train for some odd reason.
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Night rides are insane! After 7 laps I was now understanding how good this ride really was. Too bad it broke on lap #8
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No more trains for the night.
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We Stopped for some snacks while
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Tom white Knuckled
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No Tom ,that's not you.
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By the time Tom finished his ride on Night Wing it was time to head home.
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This might have been the only time I've been to a Six Flags park where every ride was open, Great Job SFNE we had a blast!
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Thanks for reading.
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Great TR man, Thunderbolt is more that it looks and Catapault is my favorite flat ride, SROS is my #2 ride, MF just didnt beat it, That park is a great park and good pics you got there!
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Great TR
I got to get up there to ride S:ROS
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Great TR. I love those Night photos you were able to capture. I just wish I could figure out how to do that on my camera. Looks like you had an awesome time up there.
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Great TR, I love the pictures, it makes the TR so much better.
Let me guess, that Ikea must be the one on the turnpike.
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^It's the New Haven store in CT, not the Elizabeth store on the NJTP exit 13.
Anyway thanks for all the nice replies!
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Great TR! I also love S:RoS at night, it's amazing (I got on it about 15 of my 26 rides at night on my visit in 2004 when it was T-O-T-A-L-L-LY empty for 2 straight days due to threat of rain).