Day 1- Thursday
Got to SFGAdv around 6 PM after the Phillies-Cubs game (Phillies won
). It rained for a long time before I got there cause the park was soaked. I first went over to Movietown, saw BTR had a giant line, so I went over to Chiller. Closed. I then checked Nitro, and it had a giant line. So at about 6:30 I got in line for Medusa. Waited like 20-25 min. During the wait I saw KK running with people! Great ride I loved the Zero G Roll. I then went over to Rolling Thunder. That ride blows. NO airtime at all, and its really rough. Only good part was that I got to see Viper's trains (GO TOGO!!). I then went over to KK and the line was closed, still running with people though. Staff said it would be in full operation the next day. Sometime during that night I went on GASM twice. Too rough. Also went on Robin side of Chiller. Good ride but capacity is a joke. The queue has amazing AC though. Finished off the night with two rides on Nitro. Amazing ride. Favorite ride at the park. Not as much air on the first drop as Bull, but the rest of the ride you get awesome air. Was my fav. coaster at the time, but that was before SRoS the next week.
Ride totals for Thurs.
GASM-2, RT-1, Robin: The Chiller-1, Medusa-1, Nitro-2. Total-7
Day 2- Friday.
Got to the park around 8:40. Ka didnt open til 9:20, and I got in line for front row. Waited around 20 min or so. The anticipation was crazy. The launch was unbelieveable. So fast. I could barely see at the end of the launch track. GREAT view from the top at 456 ft up. The drop is sooooo quick. By the time you realize your going down it its over lol. Not my fav. coaster but its in my top 5. Went on it again right after. 2nd row is the best pick. Line is so much smaller and the view is almost as good because of the stadium seating. Headed over to Chiller for the next ride, walk on. Then headed over to B:TR, I needed my credit. Walk on. But right as the front car got to the lift it broke down. Had to be evacuated off. Got an exit pass, but it wasnt valid for KK. Went on Nitro a few times in a row since it was a walk on. I love that ride. Better than Bull. I then went on Skull Mountain. Boring ride. Just goes in circles in a dark room. Around 1:30 or so I went over to Ka and got on back row with only a half hr wait. You gotta do Ka first or 2nd row, back row wasnt nearly as good. Ate at Ted's Cheesesteak for lunch. You get 25% off with a season pass at Gadv on food and gift shop items. Tried to go on Ka around 4:30 but it broke down and didnt open til later that night. Went on GASM 6 straight times later in the day. Went on Runaway Mine Train too. The lap bars for eachrow are linked with the other rows in the car so each bar is down the same amount. Since im 6'2" I had to cross my legs to fit in. The turn after the second drop was incredibly painful. I didnt yell any obscenities thought cause there was kids on board. Went on SUF around 8 cause I really wanted the credit. Waited around a half hr because they were only running one train. Used my exit pass on Chiller around 9, then got 2 rides on KK to finish off the night. The ride op mentioned that you could see Philly from the top, so a couple Eagle fans by my got an E-A-G-L-E-S chant going
I think I swallowed a bug on my last ride. You should of saw the pic. Priceless.
Ride totals for Fri.
GASM-9, Medusa-5, KK-5, BTR-1.5, Nitro-3, Chiller-2, Skull Mountain-1, Runaway Mine Train-1, SUF-1. Total-28.5
Day 3- Sat.
Got there around 10:05. Went on Chiller first. Not much to say about this day, KK broke down around one and didnt open the rest of the day while I was there. Lines got long in the middle of the day, but not as long as I expected them to on a Satuday during RTS. Left the park around 6 so we could get to NYC.
Ride totals for Sat.
Nitro-6, Medusa-3, Chiller-2, BTR-1, RT-1.
News and Notes- Not NEARLY as crowded as I anticipated. Since it was like 95 the whole time thats prolly why.
Batman The Chiller wasnt open nor testing the whole time.
Medusa ran 2 trains the whole time. The way that crew was working 2 wouldnt of helped at all.
Nitro ran 2 trains most of the time also. I saw a 3 train stack while they were running 3 trains on Saturday I think.
The park is GIANT. Takes a while to get from Medusa to Nitro. Twice the size of SFNE prolly.
I liked SFGadv better than SFGAM. Kingda Ka puts it over the top. Plus, Nitro is better than Bull. Medusa and Chiller are sweet too.
Ill have pics up during the next 2 days, whenever I feel like uploading them.
Correct me if im wrong, but arent I the only member of this board that has been on Kingda Ka?
