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Vacation Day 12
Jun. 7th, 2005 05:25 pmSix Flags Over Georgia and the RCDB page
We started with the Georgia Scorcher which is a Stand up looper with some very nice pacing. Then went to the Mind Bender which is a Schwartzkopf looper – 2 verticle loops, one other horizontal loop) which was so much fun we ran around and rode it again. Ahhh, the brilliance of Anton. Too bad he is gone and so few places see the value of rides that are just plain FUN.
Batman the Ride is like all the others but nice enough. We then went on Thunder River (White Water Canyon) and it was COLD but fun. Deja Vu (boomerang type but huge) was down all day (as of August it still says 'opening later this season' .. huge track with vertical tails). So, off we went to the Great American Scream Machine which is a nice out and back woodie made by John Allen (who made Beastie and Racer at PKI plus Yell and Scooby at PKD). Very nice ride (out around a lake with some nice bunny hops and skids).
Then to Superman Ultimate Flight which is a flying coaster and a VERY nice one. I think I have to ride the one at Great Adventure and this one again to really decide between them (the things I will do for ratings). Very large and swoopy, unfortunately, due to power problems from storms in the area the rides were up and down a bit.
Then over to the 1908 PTC Carousel with HUGE horses (some of them are larger than Dancer was). The features were slightly coarse for a PTC and I didn't notice any PTC trappings but the expressions were darling and the forelocks amazing. This is the first carousel that I have ridden with 4 separate armor horses. Cool! Then we got some food (pizza) and tried to ride the tiny coaster but it was down.
Off to the Mine Train which was rather excellent and the Georgia Cyclone which has TINY seats but a nice ride. The flume was reasonable but wetter than we anticipated. Off to grab the camera and take pictures (from the train among other ways). Then a storm headed our way and we were in-line for Superman (after the power had been up enough to get it running again) and were next to ride when they closed the ride down (we later heard that there were tornado watches in Georgia), discretion being the better part of valor (esp. with the camera with us), we left before the worst of the storm hit (got in the car and SPLAT fell some large drops on the windshield). Off for dinner and I couldn't remember where the CrackerBarrel was (oops), had a nice dinner (when we finally found it), and headed back to the hotel to pack and relax before coming home.
I really liked the rides at this park and wish that the storms and power problems hadn't made it difficult to get some of the re-rides I wanted. I also wish I had time right after the trip to write the whole thing up but alas, it wasn't meant to be. We started write ups while on the road but were sometimes too tired.
We started with the Georgia Scorcher which is a Stand up looper with some very nice pacing. Then went to the Mind Bender which is a Schwartzkopf looper – 2 verticle loops, one other horizontal loop) which was so much fun we ran around and rode it again. Ahhh, the brilliance of Anton. Too bad he is gone and so few places see the value of rides that are just plain FUN.
Batman the Ride is like all the others but nice enough. We then went on Thunder River (White Water Canyon) and it was COLD but fun. Deja Vu (boomerang type but huge) was down all day (as of August it still says 'opening later this season' .. huge track with vertical tails). So, off we went to the Great American Scream Machine which is a nice out and back woodie made by John Allen (who made Beastie and Racer at PKI plus Yell and Scooby at PKD). Very nice ride (out around a lake with some nice bunny hops and skids).
Then to Superman Ultimate Flight which is a flying coaster and a VERY nice one. I think I have to ride the one at Great Adventure and this one again to really decide between them (the things I will do for ratings). Very large and swoopy, unfortunately, due to power problems from storms in the area the rides were up and down a bit.
Then over to the 1908 PTC Carousel with HUGE horses (some of them are larger than Dancer was). The features were slightly coarse for a PTC and I didn't notice any PTC trappings but the expressions were darling and the forelocks amazing. This is the first carousel that I have ridden with 4 separate armor horses. Cool! Then we got some food (pizza) and tried to ride the tiny coaster but it was down.
Off to the Mine Train which was rather excellent and the Georgia Cyclone which has TINY seats but a nice ride. The flume was reasonable but wetter than we anticipated. Off to grab the camera and take pictures (from the train among other ways). Then a storm headed our way and we were in-line for Superman (after the power had been up enough to get it running again) and were next to ride when they closed the ride down (we later heard that there were tornado watches in Georgia), discretion being the better part of valor (esp. with the camera with us), we left before the worst of the storm hit (got in the car and SPLAT fell some large drops on the windshield). Off for dinner and I couldn't remember where the CrackerBarrel was (oops), had a nice dinner (when we finally found it), and headed back to the hotel to pack and relax before coming home.
I really liked the rides at this park and wish that the storms and power problems hadn't made it difficult to get some of the re-rides I wanted. I also wish I had time right after the trip to write the whole thing up but alas, it wasn't meant to be. We started write ups while on the road but were sometimes too tired.