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9/3/07

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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on September 5th, 2007, 3:19 pm
To start off, it was a great plus to have absolutely no traffic whatsoever on the way there. First we stopped at McDonalds to eat. Then we went into the parking lot and parked in the preferred parking. It was around 9:30. Once the park opened, we ran towards Batman, since I figured Deja Vu would not be open. We first hopped onto Cajun and got first ride of the day. Fun as always. Then we went to BTR, and walked on the back row. We also stayed on for an extra ride. My boyfriend said there was people in Vu's line, but I didn't see any and I didn't believe him.

Then we hopped onto V2 in the back, then Spacely's, and then Iron Wolf in row 2. Revolution was not open at this time, sad. Oh yeah neither was KC. So we went on AE Red in row 2. For some reason this ride on it seemed a lot more fun than recently. Next, we were walking and noticed people in Vu's line... dammit now we have to wait instead of getting first ride. :) We went in the back row, the wait wasn't too bad...

Then we went on Demon, and then Viper. I hate when Viper's station is crowded... Then we went over to Bull, which had NO LINE. I was shocked as ever. We walked on in row 8. I made my boyfriend go back on cause of the short wait, so we waited a train for the back row. Sweet. By this time we had been on all the coasters except for Whizzer and Superman. And it was 12:30. We hopped onto Sky Trek and I took some pictures.

Then we went off to McDonalds for lunch. When wee came back, we had to park in the bus lot, which by the way, there were absolutely no buses. So we were far away, but oh well. We went into the water park. I really didn't want to go that much because half of the slides were closed. Only one slide complex was open, excluding the body slides at the top, Tornado, and maybe one or two in Skull Island. It was absolutely ridiculous. So we started out in the wave pool for a while. Once it was time for a safety break, we decided to wait in line for a slide. We had to wait forever for a tube. There was this lady behind us really complaining about the park. Read bottom of my post. Once we got the tube, we hardly had to wait any longer. We rode the Typhoon bowl slide. Then we went back into the wave pool until there was another safety break. We waited again for a slide, I think we went on Baracuda, the teal slide.

We went into the wave pool again. Man was it crazy in the wave pool today. I almost got injured. Then we went over to Skull Island, rode one of the slides, and then rode Hammerhead at the slide complex. There was this lady and her child behind us, and she just went right in front of us when it was our turn to go. They had to check the child's height, she was too short, so the lady was going to ride the slide alone. She seemed to have a hard time deciding which one to ride, and also seemed to have a hard time understanding anything the lifeguard said. She had been speaking another language. She got into the water, finally, and she was able to go but she would not go. Oh my gosh this was so annoying, we had already been cut by her, and it was already taking forever. Gosh!! She sat theree and wouldn't go. Finally, she got out and left. So, we rode the yellow one, Hammerhead. This one was fun, we hardly ever go on it. Should go on it more often. Then we went on Vortex.

We went in the wave pool again, and within minutes, they said it was almost time for them to close. We had to make some noise for another few cycles of waves. Those last waves were fun. Then, we went into the lazy river but had to get out at the other "exit/entrance". Darn. I wanted to go on Tornado but the line was super long the whole time.

We went back in the park and rode Whizzer. Wanted to go on Deja Vu to end the day, so we went over there. DARN, it's closed. Why in the world did they close it? Had to be earlier in the day. I had noticed that there was a new sign on the chain at the entrance, so I went to take a look at it. I should've taken a picture. No big deal though, just a sign with a wrench on it and whatnot. :)

Vu - 1
BTR - 2
Cajun - 1
Bull - 2
AER - 1
Viper - 1
Whizzer - 1
Spacelys - 1
Demon - 1
V2 - 1
Iron Wolf - 1
Sky Trek - 1
Vortex - 1
Typhoon - 1
Baracuda - 1
Hammer Head - 1
Skull Island - 1

Notes:
-The lady behind us in Hurricane Harbor. She was a season passholder, and pretty much said she's gone there ever since it opened and will never buy a season pass again. She basically said the workers are jerks for not having more of the slides and rides open, complained about prices of food, quality of food... I know there's more I just can't remember. Just something I thought I'd point out. Oh yeah she is also one of those people who says Deja Vu is dangerous and she'll never go on it.
-A lot of the time while in the wave pool, it was just absolutely insane. A huge amount of people would just all go to the same place and get all so close to each other. So you'd get hit, kicked, pushed, drowned, whatever... My head got hit by other heads about 3 times, I got pushed WAY back and was underneath people underwater and got elbowed and felt like I couldn't get back up, and after that I was coughing a lot. Someone's head also hit my nose... that hurt. I'm surprised it's not broken.
-OH and then there's the rental tubes... those drive me INSANE in the wave pool!!! One guy said he got hit in the eye with one. I honestly don't know why Six Flags allows this, I thought they weren't allowed in the wave pool with so many people.

It was mostly a good day.
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Postby cycamps on September 5th, 2007, 6:25 pm
Seems like you had a great time in the wave pool. :lol:
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Postby rcoaster on September 5th, 2007, 9:10 pm
I hate it when people complain and complain.... When they do I just wanna turn around and tell them to shut up but if would say that they would complain about me and how there are jerks like this in the park... :roll:
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Postby Trailblazer Tony on September 6th, 2007, 4:34 pm
^A cranky customer is still a customer though. :wink:

Glad you got on a lot of rides!
RIP: Trailblazer and Deja Vu...heck, even Alien Encounter :(

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Postby rb1 on September 6th, 2007, 6:59 pm
That lady ruined youre fun day. Dont you just hate people like that complaining about something so maybe they can get something for free then dont go to GA then or shop or eat at restaurants they wanted to go. Well Im glad you still had a fun day and got all that rides. I hope you dont meet another person like that lady next time you go.
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Postby Bob O on September 8th, 2007, 11:51 pm
I dont know why the lady she mentioned would ruin her day??? I think she was just commenting on what the lady was saying but she still enjoyed her day at the park. (imho alot of what the women said is correct)
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