Lizardgi wrote:Has anyone been to a Friday Fright Fest this year? Just curious how the lines for rides (not interested in mazes) and food has been. Thinking of making a trip this Friday but it would be a 2.5 hour drive each way. Thanks!
I was there this past Saturday and the park was packed. Most coasters had waits of close to 2 hours, Goliath and Raging Bull were close to 3 hours. Food lines were pretty busy as well, but I typically avoid the food court for that reason.
Dan The Coaster Man wrote:Was at the park today. One take away: Terror Twister 2 is just simply the best. It's defiantly now a "must ride" for every Fright Fest visit.
Agreed. I go hard on TT2
Yeah I'll agree with this too. I do wish it could be like that the hole season though.
I was there on Saturday too and can confirm it was as packed as I've seen it.
We bought the express Haunt pass and we like to go through the haunts early and be out of the park by 8:30 (I go with my 11 year old). Every haunt was a walk on up between 6-8 that we went on with the exception of the Manor, which for some reason had 25x more people in line that any of the other ones.
Overall, we were very impressed with the haunts.
We did do the zombie hunt and my son loved it. I'm not sure the scoring system was accurate though as I am certain we were both "bit" at least twice, but it never showed up on our score. The novelty was cool though. I think you only need to do it once though, I don't think the replay factor is very high. The haunt that replaced the Mausoleum was very well done and was our favorite.
Even flat rides had very long lines. Revolution was close to 30 minutes.
We went on Sunday October 4th, and the crowds were very light. My longest wait was 40 minutes for Goliath. Whizzer, Viper, and Demon were walk-ons the last couple hours.
It seems like the other side always wins on American Eagle Also, I've ridden Goliath 23 times in one day. HBU? (Sorry in advance for unnecessary commas and parenthesis every where)
Nice to know that Sundays have been quieter than Saturdays. I was at Magic Mountain on Sunday the 4th and the park was very manageable. Longest wait was about 45 minutes for Apocalypse which was in one train operation. Everything else was less than 30 as long as you were riding at the right times, with non-signature coasters being a walk-on. Twisted Colossus was absolutely awesome. The times we were racing it probably was one of the funnest coasters I've been on. Goliath packs a bigger punch, but the length of Colossus and multiple elements for me made it a better experience.
It seems like the other side always wins on American Eagle Also, I've ridden Goliath 23 times in one day. HBU? (Sorry in advance for unnecessary commas and parenthesis every where)
What would you guys consider the best horror maze this year? I'm going to FF for the first time this Saturday so I'll like to know which ones are worth doing and which ones aren't.
Rue Le Dodge is also fun with the fog and blaring music. Drop, Condor, Chaos, and Revolution are also supposed to operate on different cycles from the regular season.
It seems like the other side always wins on American Eagle Also, I've ridden Goliath 23 times in one day. HBU? (Sorry in advance for unnecessary commas and parenthesis every where)
MMC and Gates of Hell are pretty cool. I suggest doing GoH multiple times because there are a couple different paths to take. If you get cold, do MMC because that one is heated.
It seems like the other side always wins on American Eagle Also, I've ridden Goliath 23 times in one day. HBU? (Sorry in advance for unnecessary commas and parenthesis every where)
jmanporty7 wrote:What would you guys consider the best horror maze this year? I'm going to FF for the first time this Saturday so I'll like to know which ones are worth doing and which ones aren't.
MMC for sure! Manslaughter Manor is also good. Fear and The Abyss are kinda lame.
Possibly going to SFGAm on Haloween Day. What kind of crowd should I expect? It doesn't really matter but I'm interested if it would still get the average Saturday Fright Fest attendance.
In 3 visits to Fright Fest here's how I rank the haunted houses. 1. Gates of Hell 2. Massacre Medicdl Center 3. Manslaughter Manor 4. Zombie Apocalypse 5. Abyss 6. Fear My favorite ride was TT2. Also I was able to ride a coaster on its first train of the day. Front row on Eagle (Red Side).
I'll be at the park from opening to about 3 or 4 today. I'll be in shorts and a Six Flags Over Georgia sweatshirt (black with neon green) so if you see me stop by!
