SFGAm, 06/27, a few hours of fun.

[Chitown]

Going to make this TR short and sweet.Picked up my daughter from her babysitter at 6:00. Got to the park at 6:30.Park was moderately crowded. Took a first spin on Demon with a 5 minute wait.Next was Eagle red forward. For some reason I just love this coaster. Been riding it since it opened and never get sick of it. I took some pics of the 3rd shiny Blue train and hopefully Dave from SFGAmworld gets them put up. If not, oh well.My daughter loves Giant Drop, so we took one plunge on this. Free falling is a cool sensation.Made the dash over to Viper which turned out to be a 25 minute wait due to the mad chaos in the station house. I absolutely love this ride but the station situation just flat out sucks.Got off Viper and hit RB. 3 train operation was in full swing so we got on in about 15 minutes. Great night ride. The park was now officially closed.Here is where I got really aggravated. It took us 45 minutes to get out of the parking lot. I mean come on!!!! The traffic light at Grand Ave. wasnt staying green long enough for people to exit and the fact that the Washington St. access road is no longer used really added to this mess.They need to at least have the Washington st. used for an exit at the end of the day. I used to love leaving out that way. Most people didnt use it.Oh well, besides that, we had a great 2.5 hours of fun.Thanks for reading.

[CoasterDave316]

Good TR Chitown.Heres a tip for the traffic light on Grand Ave. When its backuped, get over to the right lane and make a right onto Grand Ave. Then get to the left lane on Grand Ave, and make a left turn on the first block you see. Right when you turn you will see a church's parking lot, which is a perfect turnaround. Turnaround there, then make the right on Grand Ave. and your headed on your way towards Gurnee Mills within about 3 minutes. Whenever its backed up I use this way of getting out, because usually the right lane is empty coming out of Great America.Also BTW, I put those pics up you sent me. They are in the Eagle's 3rd Train Topic.

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Glad you had a good time. I used to use the Washington entrace all the time. Anyway I had this idea for a while and Im gonna tell you it. I bet other people had this idea too but here it goes. They should build a coaster in the bus lot and make one of the drops go through eagle. Since the dont use the Washington entrance they can put a drop right where the road goes under eagle. Kinda like what they did with the Steel Phantom (now Phantoms Revenge). I think it can be done.

[whiteygabe1998]

yea we can call it shockwaves revenge lol

[Aero737]

I too hate the madness in the Viper's station. I dread getting in there and waiting 45 min in a hot crampt station. Its one of the reasons I dont like riding that ride. People just keep on smashing in there...

[CoasterDave316]

In Vipers station, go and smash in over at 1:3, usually you only have to wait about 5 trains. Since the rails for front row prevent people from making a line there. All you have to do is squeeze into that corner behind the rail.

[T_Biggs]

Dave, don't give away that tip, now everyone will do that!

[DejaVuGurl1203]

Not everyone, Travis... I'm sticking with the back row, lol.

[SFGAmfreak4life]

Back row for me

[SFGA 11]

Yep, me too. I usually go for the back or second to back. I tried 1:3 once but I didn't like it as much as the back... Oh, well.

[Aero737]

I dont like the front. It seems like you get a pop of airtime and then the lag kicks in and you get thrown forewards (painfull last time I rode 1:3). in my opinion, back is better, and thats where I will always ride.

[CoasterDave316]

I always used to ride back thinking it was the best. Then I moved up to 1:3 and 2:1, at first it felt odd. Since you don't really get airtime on the double down and the first drop, turn, and drop after first turn feel very slow. But then I realized how much airtime I got everywhere else in the ride. The hill after the double down throws you out of your seat, the two hills in the middle of the ride throw you out of your seat. And the biggest airtime hill on the ride is the last ride, it really ejects you out of your seat. Don't give 1:3 just one shot, ride it a few times and you will realize how much better it is then the back. You just get airtime in different parts of the ride, not the parts you are expecting it in while riding back.

[Chitown]

Not only do you get great airtime in seats 1:3 and 2:1, you also get killer laterals in the turnarounds. Thats something the back doesnt have much of.