If you haven't noticed, I copied this straight from my sfgamworld trip report, because I'm too lazy to write another one.
Hello all,
Seeing as this is my first TR, forgive me if it is god-awful. I'll get better with time.
Well, we (mi padre y yo) met up with Chris Chavan, who works at the park (he is Coasterfreak11892 on youtube). We met him at the arcade going into Movie World, and we went on our way to credit whoring. Our first stop was Batman, and that provided a good ride. We were in the second row. After riding that, we went over to Skull Mountain, and rode in the back row. That was a surprising ride, because we got amazing airtime off the first drop and waved to a pumpkin :D . Next we went over to Road Runner, which actually wasn't a bad kid's ride. Our last kiddie ride (Batman is not included in the group) was Blackbeard. It was a good ride, with lots of jerking on the left side.
Then started the big kid rides. Our first one of that sort was Rolling Thunder (left side). We got second-last row, and the air-time was great. Next up was THE El Toro. I can honestly say that this was not only the best ride of the day, but the best ride I've EVER been on. We got ejected from the seat on the 76* drop from the back... amazing. After that, we went to Medusa. I believe we were in row 4. It was a really good ride. Good to go to after lunch.
This was when it got really fun. After Medusa, we went over to Superman, my first time on it, and wouldn't you know it, we got stuck in the brake run for about 20 minutes. After we got moved to the holding pad (while another train takes off) we got stuck there. We ended up getting Exit Passes, which we then used on the Dark Knight. Unlike all of the bashers, I actually enjoyed the ride a lot. For all of you who bash it, the only advice that i can give you is to accept it as a wild mouse, and a very good one at that. Next we went over to ride NItro, which was the ride that i was most afraid to ride. This was our longest wait of the day, about 45 minutes. I loved this ride. The airtime was great, the hammerhead was awesome, it had the second-best helix i've ever been on. We got a reride on it, and rode it in the back. It was incredible.
Then came the time for what i went there for... KINGDA KA!!! It loomed over everything ever since i came into the park (i could see it from Nitro). We got in line in no time at all, and waited all of maybe 1-2 trains before ours came. We got up to the launch, and my legs were quiverring. Chris and Mike (little brother) gave us a countdown, and i almost passed out. I'll spare the rest of the details, just by saying that the ride was awesome.
After that adrenaline rush, we figured that Chris only had 1 ride left, and we saw that GASM was a walk-on (it had a 30-45 min wait earlier). So we chose that to go on, and i must say, it was a great way to close out the day
Once we finished our goodbyes, me and my dad headed over to Batman, for a second ride (my dad passed). I waited about 10 minutes for back row, which was the most crowded (even moreso than front). It was an awesome ride, and i still have some occasional lapses to this day biggrin.gif. Then I went over to Rolling Thunder to ride the right side, which had the biggest whiplash i've ever had (until the Cyclone... but maybe more) on the first turn. That was overall a good ride. On a funny note, a little kid behind me was riding with his dad, and he said that Rolling Thunder was 3 times as fast as El Toro...
Our final ride of the day was the Runaway Mine Train, which was actually a good ride at night. It had broken down earlier in the day. Overall, it was a good ride.
Me and my dad finished off by shopping for souvenirs. We got 4 shirts and a glass.
Thanks to all who waste their time reading this and if you could critique, that'd be great
RIDE COUNT:
Batman-2
Blackbeard-1
El Toro-1
Kingda Ka-1
Medusa-1
Mine Train-1
Nitro-2
Road Runner-1
Rolling Thunder R-1
Rolling Thunder L-1
Scream Machine-1
Superman-1
The Dark Knight-1
Total-15 :happi: :happi: :happi: :)
I all ways wanted to go to SFGA one day. But I live that damn far. :(