Wow, what a day! SFWoA just impresses me more and more after each visit. I went today as my 5th time to the park on my season pass. I took along my cousin, whom many thought was my girlfriend but actually wasn't, for her first trip to the park now that it carries the Six Flags name. The day in a nutshell - she loved it, my favorite day. I'll expand on all of this, many stories.The day started off with the hour drive from the Mogadore type area that I live in and I picked my cousin up. I arrived at the park around 10, actually a little after because the national anthem had already paid. I used my season pass, my cousin used a complimentary ticket that my mom received on Friday after the Batman was stuck on the brake run and they had to exit over the brakes with the temporary floor. So, we headed straight to X-Flight. I had to laugh when I saw how empty the park was. The wait for X-Flight - 15 minutes. I have never come a little after opening and had a decently short wait for this ride. Well, X-Flight is still a great ride and among my top 3 favorite rides at SFWoA. The crew is very friendly and they are efficient with what they have to work with. One of my favorite crews, but we'll get to that later.We exited X-Flight and went to S:UE and started something that ended on number 35. We rode our first few rides, just staying on the train for rerides. It was awesome how empty the park was. The Superman is a great ride, anywhere on the train. After about 4 rides, we decided that was enough for the time being, but because of the holding brake and just because of the short lines... my cousin and I like it more than Wicked Twister. So we got off and went on to tackle the entire right side of the park, Mind Eraser, a favorite of mine, the Big Dipper with some more incredible air time in the front seat (don't miss this ride in the front seat, it will truly blow you away! Everytime I am afraid I will be let down, but it was fantastic!) So we rode Mr. Hyde's Nasty fall and they had to check the hands for coins, but we cheated the system and got to watch a penny in the freefall. I love that with pennies, but I'm extremely careful. We went and rode the Batman. My cousin absolutely loved this ride and since ride one in the front seat, she wanted to ride it all day. I didn't argue, but she quickly discovered she liked the Superman more. So after a ride in the front, back and middle - talking to the ride op Katie there, who has recognized me because of my constant rerides at least twice a week on the ride, we found out she has never been on the Batman. She said she was coming back after she got off to ride some rides. I'll get to that later, it is a story in itself. So we got off and headed to Raging Wolf Bobs for our sterilization. You get banged around so so so bad on the first half. I can't stress enough how rough this coaster is. It really needs the first half retracked. Easily, my least favorite coaster in the park! Enough said.So since we were close to the old Sea World side we took a walk to the wonderful little cove with all the flat rides. We rode each one about twice and could just stay on for rerides. This is a nice addition to the park last year and I must say I really like it. We had to take the walk over to the Starfish ride, which is so much better than the other flat rides they could actually put it by itself. Incredible ride, great speed, very thrilling. I can't go to SFWoA and not get my starfish! We headed over across the bridge and grabbed a bite to eat.In order to keep this decently short I'll say that we rode all the coasters in the afternoon and even managed many of the flat rides. With headaches from the heat, humidity and what not we went to the parking lot for some tylenol and came back ready to finish the night off. In the afternoon we saw a family go crazy after their 4 kids got stuck at the top of Mr. Hyde's Nasty fall and then I was also attacked by a group of kids that had a fight and I got hit with peaches. Crazy day.! So anyhow, we are cheap kids, so we always pack our lunch and dinner. We went straight to the Mind Eraser and got numerous rides here. Well worth it. Then we went to the Superman for a good ten more rides and headed to X-Flight. Now, the line had quickly died down and was only about 10 minutes. Just as we left, it started to pour. It was okay though, the ride was great! I love X-Flight. My headrest was a falling off just a tad so every time we flipped over I got whacked in the head. After our ride, we knew it was time to migrate to the other side of the park. We got a front row ride on the Serial Thriller and met the guy that works there, Andrew. He told us we should definitely get jobs there next year as we were very interested and will soon be 17. I am pumped and would love to work there. I think ST is a great ride, but others will disagree with me on that one. We headed to the Batman and saw Katie again. She said she was getting off at 8 and would ride rides. We wanted to get her on the Batman and she said maybe. So my cousin and I headed to the Superman.The best op in the park, Sandy called my name out. I was afraid I was being stalked and she knew way too much about me. She knows I post on here. She knows I was at the park on Saturday. She knows I love the Mind Eraser and rode it 11 times straight two weeks ago. Crazy I tell you. Well, she reads Coasterbuzz and noticed me. She finally put a name to a face when I wrote about a past op that I talked to. Well Sandy is awesome and the Superman crew is very friendly and always very efficient. I got to talking to Sandy about just about everything at the park through my almost 20 rides in a row. We both agree on one thing, the back is the best. She taught me all the op signals and even told us the best way to ride the Superman. I heard so many stories from her, and it was really cool. When I said I was going to go catch a ride on the Batman at dark, she was disappointed we were leaving because her and Lyndsey, another great Superman op who was in the box the whole time, liked having crazy guests on the ride like my cousin and I and people to talk to. Well, we heard a story about a girl that rode it 1000 times in one season and then we were off. Down to the midway, we saw that X-Flight was closed and went straight to Batman.Ironically, on our way to the Batman we saw the Batman op with her mom. She wasn't going to ride any rides but was there to see the park. I don't know, I was confused. She said she might ride the Batman, so we walked with her to the Ferris Wheel where she blew us off and went with a group of her friends. No BKF ride for her. She said she was afraid of heights, but day in and day out she reassures guests that it is a fun and safe ride. She has never even sat in the seat. I'm confused on that one. So my cousin and I got 2 great rides on the Batman, back seat. This is my second favorite coaster in the park. On our trip back to S:UE at a quarter til closing, we saw Katie again. This time she talked a bit longer but said she had to go to see her other friends. I was shocked we were considered friends and I told her she didn't even know our names. We told her and clarified that we were cousins. Yes, that was a major misconception of the day, and I was complimented by her and the S:UE crew. Very ironic we couldn't get the Batman girl to ride the Batman... hmmm... Okay, so we had to finish off the night on the Superman.We had wanted the train to ourselves all night. We kept scooting back and until finally we were in the back seat. It was all ours and the train emptied. What we thought to be our last ride, number 34 actually wasn't. They locked the harnesses fast and did a quick chech through on the train. The phone rang - the dreaded closing call at 10:02. But - we got one more ride. It was so awesome. We pretended we were running the entire time and it was a blast. I love S:UE and I never realized how cool the crew is. I gave them all a high five and promised I'd be back - I know I will within the next week, hopefully. So we loaded up the car and headed home. The day ended with 15 BKF rides, 2 on X-Flight, 5 on ME, two on all other coasters and a whopping 35! on S:UE. I'm up to 100 on the season, so I'll see if I can come close to the 1000/season record held by some Julie. SFWoA has made a complete turn around this year and is excellent! Thanks for reading, sorry it was so long.-Zach
Amazing TR. 35 rides on S:UE wow thats great. It seems that you are very popular with the ops there . I've always wanted to go to SfWoA, but haven't had the chance. I am going to Cedar Point next year and was wondering how far apart the two parks are? If its not to far maybe I'll swing by there .
Wow that's awesome! It's pretty cool that the ops talked to you and told you all the hand signals and such... I only know one signal... It's the one to release harnesses. Cool day though for you! I wish GAm would be that empty sometimes (other than Last Blast)!
Yeah it was really cool getting to talk to them about things 99% of guests don't know. We talked about coasterbuzz and all sorts of cool things. And, how the back of S:UE is awesome! I love that ride, even more than V2 or WT because it is original!
SfGaMownz wrote:I am going to Cedar Point next year and was wondering how far apart the two parks are?
They are close enough. I didn't go from one directly to the other, but I'd guess they are a hour and a half apart, at most. Definitally worth the trip. I spent less than 5 hours there, and it was worth the $20 admission I paid (Coke cans have buy one get one free.) I got more rides than a full day at Great America on an average crowd day there.Oh, and SUE is not V2. It's missing the pond, and in my opinion the pond is what sets V2 above Wicked Twister. SUE just has a "Super Storage Shed" below the spiral, it doesn't add a whole lot. On impulses, location is everything. If Wicked Twister was over water (well, over anything but concrete or the sand its already over) it would easily be the best Impulse around.
. I've always wanted to go to SfWoA, but haven't had the chance. I am going to Cedar Point next year and was wondering how far apart the two parks are? If its not to far maybe I'll swing by there 
. V2 is just a bit bigger than S:UE but its still the same ride.
