Labor day at the Chicago area mega park.My daughter and I left our house from Elgin, and made the trek to Gurnee. Got to the park around 2 and when I approached the toll booths, I saw a front lot that was maybe half full.
Wooohoooo, gonna be a good day. The threat of rain all day, chilly temps (upper 60's), and the fact most people would rather be BBQ'ing on this day made the park pretty dead.Every coaster we got on had no more than a 10 minute wait which was for RB. Viper was practically a walkon, V2 was a 1 train wait, Batman was walk-on, and whoa, I had to take a second look here. S:UF had a line that only made it just out of the station. We were on this flyer in about 5 minutes. Backseat goodness into the pretzel loop gets me everytime. I will never get tired of the intensity that this one element provides.Besides the coasters, we took a spin on Orbit, and I promised my daughter that she could ride the Turbobungy ride in Hometown Park. The operator said it was a 2-minute duration which made me cringe at $7 a ride. However, she was nice enough to let my daughter jump, bounce, and flip for around 5 minutes.We were only in the park for about 3.5 hours but we got 5 coasters in, 1 flat, and 1 upcharge attraction. We took our time circling the park and really enjoyed the lack of crowds considering the last month and a half has been a madhouse at this park.Well, thats about it. We are really looking forward to Fright Fest this year. Bring on the ghosts and goblins.Thanks for reading.
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