Well after 6 months of coaster withdrawal I finally woke up at around 545 in the morning, cleaned off the Fiero, and headed towards Gurnee.
Watching TV and waiting at the gate around 7:30:
Parking was completely disorganized today. Not only did they REALLY push regular parking (by having 2 people walk to the line of cars outside the gate and push regular parking on the people), but when I pulled up to the toll booth she immediately requested $25.00. Then when I mentioned I wanted value parking she acted all WTF? It took a supervisor to come out and remind her about Value parking.
Yay!
Carousel Gifts sporting new doors and such, more on that later:
How to make a thousand ACErs cry:
Then there's this guy:
They had the chain set up in Hometown Square near Amazing Alfredo, which makes it convenient to get to pass processing before the drop. But now you can't stampede to Southwest territory, you have to stay behind a bunch of rides supervisors and if you attempt to run around them security yells at you.
First coaster of 2008 ended up being Viper:
Viper sportin' awesome new decals:
Whee!!!
This would be an amazing pic if a train were coming down the first drop:
"HAY SIX FLAGS! You didn't forget about me, did you?"
Sad.
See ya in Idaho...
That game they put up in the former queue house, it's more annoying than the one at Cedar Point by Demon Drop:
Just not the same...
What remains of Splashwater Falls:
The rock sign is still there, lacking the signage though:
More deconstruction:
County Fair was completely deserted:
Camp Cartoon. I never really got why they called it Camp Cartoon Network when they never had any Cartoon Network-themed rides to begin with:
Even in death DejaVu is still an amazing sight:
Met up with some friends and decided to head toward Viper. Then saw this in the station:
Viper awesomeness:
I can never go a day at Great America without riding Demon:
Even better, the station was DEAD:
Triple Play is another "can't miss" ride:
I don't think this guy's having fun:
Spinners being photo-shy:
I'm loving the second line:
Carousel Gifts' new interior looks great:
"Money's tight, I'm outta' work, bills are comin' soon, things don't look too good for me"
Random shot:
Wind and towers don't work well together:
Since nobody showed up for the SFGAmZone Meet-up I went back and hung out with some other friends and left the park for lunch. We decided to take a "quick detour"
"I'mma goin' tew Idaho, YEEHAWW"
Dark Knight track outside Superman
Got back to meet up with Mrs.V2 and noticed the arch sign gone:
Mack in the Box towering over Orleans Place:
Theater Royale in disguise:
Superman sporting new TVs:
Stupid tape! Ruined my Mack in the Box shot:
Mack waiting to go into the box:
Cars still in boxes:
Power Dive! (or Power Drive if you go by the pennant)
We watched them put a Superman train on the track from the storage shed, and I shot a quick video of how they move the trains which I'll post soon.
Mack in the Box construction:
Royale in black:
No moar Superman on-ride photos?
Condor doesn't get along well with the wind either:
As soon as trains started test-cycling a line formed stretching all the way to Dodge's entrance:
Entrance to the Mack in the Box:
Then headed to Mack in the Box's older cousin for some fun:
Shot these while my friends went on a smoke break:
And found another one of these:
And ANOTHER one on the Batman restroom drinking fountain:
Batman is so photogenic:
What?? I can't get my Fruit Salads today?!
American Eagle's sexy new train:
FUNNEL CAKES:
Now with hawt dawgs!!
Tweety Bird Company is now Tweety & Friends
Former DejaVu Short Shot:
Re-united!
The "Robb Alvey shirt"
Anytime is Whizzer time!
Spiraly goodness:
"I STILL TOWUH OVER JOO!!"
Superman's day didn't last very long apparantly:
Johnny Rockets Mardi Gras' new paint job reminds me of when it was New Orleans Grill:
Jester the molester has a less-creepy looking sign:
Marathoned Batman for awhile:
This guy had no line whatsoever:
Sun sets on DejaVu's remains:
Making the dash to Eagle for the final ride:
Front row on Eagle red rocks!
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Pretty good day, low crowds. The wind really hurt the park today with all the closures.
