Now having a seasons pass and having visited this park 6 times since i moved down here this past year. I have expeirienced the wonderful days of being able to just sit on one of the magnificent coasters and ride it essentially as many times as I wanted. I also went on a day in spring break knowing how busy the park can get. So when heading out in the summer I expected a little bit of madness, which is fine. How ever I'll get to my issues at the end. I arrived to the part at 2:30 after a much delayed morning. In the heat of the afternoon, it was about 103 at the park.
The crowds how ever where not the problem. There wasn't much of a crowd or lines, save for X2 (2 hour wait) And Tatsu (Roughly 45 Minutes) Everything else was either walk on or about a 10 minute.
First up Revolution. *walk on* I rode this once in the winter near the front and it was a painful mistake. This round I rode last car, and it was actually smoother and I enjoyed it alot more. Certainly Won me over.
Next Viper. Rode in the middle, waited about 5 minutes, still a good ride, seemed to be running speedier than normal.
After that there was an issue with one of our party members with heat stroke... got him to First Aid, which there is only one station in the park... and its out by batman. Completely opposite side of the park from where we were... This is my first bone to pick since this was the first time we needed First Aid, only one station in such a massive park?! And no easy way to get there for someone who can't walk... We got him a wheel chair but still... They need to create another station thats better situated for that half of the park maybe?
After that I hopped on Collosous. I rode in the back, Which I always enjoy and seems to make it a bit better, still a bit of a rough ride but fun.
Went on Batman, which we had to wait about 20 minutes for, not becuase of malfunctions but because their ride ops. where horrible at cycling the trains...
Made it on scream and got two rides in a row. THis is by far my fav. coaster in this park. Although they seemed to be having alot of techinical problems with it that day.
We decided we needed to cool of and watch the CSI:Live show.... my goodness that was a horrible show... I don't suggest watching it at all...
We used fast passes on Tatsu, I forgot how amazing that ride is, smooth, fun, and that pretzel loop is by far the best feeling one could get on a ride.
I most likely could have gotten on more rides, how ever here was the biggest PROBLEM I noticed that day compared to my other visits. The ride ops. could not cycle the trains to save their lives. Every ride that should have been running smoothly and at a decent capacity seemed like it was the worste. I dont know if its the heat, or what. Which for working in that heat I give them all major credit, but my goodness.
TO sum it all up it was dissapointing, hot and a drag. I like this park alot, it has some great rides, but I'll just wait for a weekend in fall when its cooler and people can function well. Also so I can get on X2 at last with a 30 minute wait versus to a 2 hour one
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