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SFGAm 10/29 - See You Next Year

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Postby DejaVuGurl1203 on October 30th, 2006, 1:31 am
Those god awful words when you exit the park...well, here's to hopefully a better season in 07.

So we got there at 11:40. We headed straight to Deja Vu, of course. Had to get on it in case it might close later on (though I did not think that would happen all day). So I noticed that they had the line blocked off, but it was open and people were getting on. I know it was having many problems, but why do they do this exactly? So anyway, we wait. We're watching the ride go through the cycle... and the second that I actually was paying attention, I saw it go up the second tower a bit and IMMEDIATELY it came back down and right that second I just died laughing.

So many people left the line that was outside of the queue. I witnessed my first miscatch. While we waited, I said to my boyfriend "I bet you that when we are gonna be waiting behind the gates in the station, that it will miscatch." It was fixed in less than 10 minutes, and then they opened the line up. It was only a one train wait after this. The ride is cycling, we're behind the airgates, and sure enough out of nowhere we just heard the brakes from the 2nd loop. I was right. When we were on it, there was no miscatch, of course... Great ride though. I didn't know it would be my last ride of the season though :(

Next we got in line for Viper. While in line I noticed that something on Vu didn't seem right... then I realized it miscaught. I couldn't see the train, but I still knew. Heh, that whole miscatching thing was just so funny. Anyway, we waited about 30 minutes for row 2 on Viper. I guess all 3 first rows are good for airtime purposes.

I'm pretty sure we went on Bull next. I think we waited 30-40 minutes, for some reason I don't quite remember this part of the day, all I remember is trying to watch Deja Vu while in line. Next was Revolution, for the first time in my life I decided to wait through those few switchbacks. We waited about 15 minutes, nice ride. Then we waited 20 minutes for IW.

After going out to the car to eat, I think we headed to... King Chaos. The line was a bit long but since every line was starting to get long it really didn't matter. Did they screw up the program or something? Every time it cycled, it would only flip 2 or 3 times. One of those cycles, it got stuck while it was in the process of flipping. No, the car was not upside down, it swung until it decided to stop. The way it got stuck was...weird. Then we finally got on, which was about 15-20 minutes after getting in line. We only flipped twice, almost a third time but it stopped upside down for a second and didn't make it all the way. I kind of enjoyed it though.

Then, we waited in the hour long line for BTR. Gosh, 1 hour in front of 3 immature girls was way too much. Seriously, every 10 seconds they would either "accidentally" poke one of us or fall into us. How much closer do you want to stand next to a complete stranger? Why do people stand SO close to other people in line? I swear those girls were practically... I'll stop.

Next was Iron Wolf... good night ride. It was a 20 minute wait. Then, I wanted to ride Vu again, but someone else complained it would be too long of a wait, and though I told him it wouldn't be that long... we just decided to go to Bull. I could wait until close to ride Vu. So we get in the long line for Bull, and 15 minutes later, it breaks down. After a while, tons of people left the line, and they had to evacuate people off of the yellow and red trains, which were on the brakes. No idea what happened. Teal was in the station. It was down for nearly 30 minutes. 1 hour and 15 minutes total, and we went in the back. I expected this to be my last ride on it this season.

Next was Viper. The line looked short... and it turned out there was no grouper. Well anyway, after a 30 minute wait we went in the 3rd row. I love riding this at night, and damn I love those headchoppers! Especially during that awesome airtime. Then we bought some candy, and then went over to Superstition. The line was outside of the queue. We waited to see how quickly the line would move. It moved way too slow, so we just decided to go to Vu. I noticed how lonely it looked over by the entrance... I prayed it wasn't true, but it was. :( At least I got on it in the morning, and witnessed a few miscatches. :)

So we decided to end our season with Bull. Much shorter line than earlier. We waited about 20 minutes. We had time to get another ride in... so, we got one of the last 6 trains of the night. We were in back row. Great ride...

As we exit the park we heard those god awful words... 'Have a great night, see you next year.' Thanks for another great season. It's those darn offseasons that keep me coming back!

Vu- 1
Bull- 4
IW- 2
BTR- 1
Viper- 2
King Chaos- 1
Revolution- 1
Total- 12. Yep.. crowds. Great day though, despite all the reeeally annoying people and linejumpers.

For those of you who were at Bull trying to get last train of the night... lol did you guys think I was trying to get last train? I wasn't even trying, the reason I let those guys go first is because I didn't want my last ride to be on the teal train, and plus they had originally let us go in front of them. lol if I was trying to get last train of the night, you wouldn't see me that close to the airgates, nor in the back row probably. I just wanted to get home. :)
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Postby rich12_16 on October 30th, 2006, 1:45 am
sounds like fun, as usual with you.

Depressing words.

See You Next Year!

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Postby rb1 on October 30th, 2006, 9:37 am
It sounds like you had so much fun. Too bad you didnt had that much ride total. I must have had a better season ender than you.
VU- We skipped it because we know it would break down who cares I had enough ride time on it all summer 30.
V2 - 4
Bull - 4
Viper - 2
Eagle Red - 4
Iron Wolf - 7 yep this is the only ride that had a short line all day.
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Revy - 4
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Oh well at least you enjoyed your season ender. I know I did. Have fun next year.
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Postby FRD714 on October 30th, 2006, 9:57 am
^wtf thats opening day stats right there.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on October 30th, 2006, 12:15 pm
that doesn't seem right rb1.....the line wasn't completely short all day.....



it was a good day....


sorry amber, we didn't know what you were doing at bull at night....we just wanted to ride back row for last ride.....you weren't there to see the big argument that broke out between us and some creepy LAFF junkies......
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Postby Danhockey04 on October 30th, 2006, 1:08 pm
Iron Wolf's line at one point was 1 hour long, so it wasnt the shortest in the park.
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Postby rb1 on October 30th, 2006, 4:46 pm
Maybe because we rode it at night 4X and 3X in the morning when the line wasnt that bad I guess we didnt notice it at all because were on another side of the park when it was busy. Hold Up was boring, Susan Rosen was funny it was worth it watching the show. When riding condor you can see what looks like Tripple Plays cars in the back storage area newly repainted. Have a great winter Dan and Laff, DeJaVUgurl.
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Postby themanoftheland8 on October 30th, 2006, 5:11 pm
LAFFfan4lyfe wrote:sorry amber, we didn't know what you were doing at bull at night....we just wanted to ride back row for last ride.....you weren't there to see the big argument that broke out between us and some creepy LAFF junkies......


Yeah.... I hope you're not talking about me (the other tall dude who was going to take back and easily submitted to letting you have it).
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Postby diggerg56 on October 30th, 2006, 5:38 pm
DejaVuGurl1203 wrote:Those god awful words when you exit the park...well, here's to hopefully a better season in 07. (snipped)......


After going out to the car to eat, I think we headed to... King Chaos. The line was a bit long but since every line was starting to get long it really didn't matter. Did they screw up the program or something? Every time it cycled, it would only flip 2 or 3 times. One of those cycles, it got stuck while it was in the process of flipping. No, the car was not upside down, it swung until it decided to stop. The way it got stuck was...weird. Then we finally got on, which was about 15-20 minutes after getting in line. We only flipped twice, almost a third time but it stopped upside down for a second and didn't make it all the way. I kind of enjoyed it though.



I noticed yesterday when I was watching that it was just barely making two flips. They must have backed off the program.

Also early in the day Revvy only spun one direction on a few cycles.
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Postby LAFFfan4lyfe on October 30th, 2006, 6:04 pm
themanoftheland8 wrote:
LAFFfan4lyfe wrote:sorry amber, we didn't know what you were doing at bull at night....we just wanted to ride back row for last ride.....you weren't there to see the big argument that broke out between us and some creepy LAFF junkies......


Yeah.... I hope you're not talking about me (the other tall dude who was going to take back and easily submitted to letting you have it).[/quote


i know who you were, i was the short girl with the blondish hair...and no, i was referring to those two people, the chick with the frizzy huge hair and the dude with barely any hair who yelled at me several times during the LAFF season.......
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