07-13-2011, 09:15 AM
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OK so we got a bit of a late start on Monday because we had no idea LK wanted to hit GA on Monday. Good thing Matt called on Thursday! He managed to do one service call and get home in time to meet up with them by noon.
So, we get to the park and we're assaulted by some Russian kid taking pics. We forgot to grab it going out to go home at the end of the night.
I really wanted the pic with all of us together.
Anyway, Max, his daughter, was a little nervous about hitting the coasters so we figured we'd go light on her and hit Superman first. That kid got off that thing with the biggest smile on her face and from then on, she was hooked. A true adrenaline junkie! Did I mention she has never been to GA nor been on a true roller coaster before Monday?
Next? What next - we were going to go on something light but fuck it - we hit the kid with Kingda Ka! HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT THING IS FAST AND AWESOME! There are T-shirts that say Kingda Freakin' Ka and they are right!
Kingda Ka is a cat-shot (hydraulic) that shoots you 128 MPH off the shot straight UP a 90º climb - NO chain pull up! all momentum!
At the top at like 451 feet, you drop straight down 410 feet! Everyone says don't look down. I did, all I saw was the car in front of me. Yes, a true vertical drop and then around and a two brake pass before getting back to the station. Took all of 28 seconds. Max had an ear to ear smile again. She conquered the fastest and the tallest metal coaster in the North East. She has something to brag about.
The park was surprisingly empty. We never stayed on line longer than half an hour and the longest was the log flume which was a gyp. We hit that because it was HOT out there. Low humidity but it felt like we were on the surface of the sun all day! I thought Barb was going to have heat stroke after Kingda Ka! Got her to buy an ice and gulp it down to cool off from the inside. So, after that we bought the big free refill water/soda cups/jug whatever it is, and kept very hydrated.
We hit every coaster and I skipped out on the last two. I had a massive adrenaline headache and figured that since we go a couple times a week anyway, I'll do the rides later.
I poked LK to come out again with just him and Max in Sept when we can get them in free. It'll be even more empty there and we can hit the coasters twice in half the day! We did do Batman twice in a row. No lines there! It's great, the older coasters have no lines where all the new ones have huge lines. I'm OK with that. We just work the park backward instead.
Rolling Thunder was closed for the day.
No racing coasters! damn them. So we made the kid hit El Toro next door. 75 MPH wood coaster! Another shit eating grin from Max. She's a serious adrenaline and coaster junkie now. She couldn't get enough.
We also found if you flip off the cameras on the coasters they will chuck you out of the park for a year! Kodak has a no free speech policy. Bastards! We had a great photo on Superman! Oh well. But here are some of the other pics on the other coasters we got.
El Freakin' Toro
LK and Max
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Me and Matt
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Bizarro (I was so wishing that kid would get his sticky arm off me - kid to my right, not Max)
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Last ride of the night was Green lantern.
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Max got to meet the Caped Crusader and his sidekick!
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And here you can see the view of El Toro from the walkway and in the background the very top of Kingda Ka.
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So, we get to the park and we're assaulted by some Russian kid taking pics. We forgot to grab it going out to go home at the end of the night.
I really wanted the pic with all of us together.
Anyway, Max, his daughter, was a little nervous about hitting the coasters so we figured we'd go light on her and hit Superman first. That kid got off that thing with the biggest smile on her face and from then on, she was hooked. A true adrenaline junkie! Did I mention she has never been to GA nor been on a true roller coaster before Monday?
Next? What next - we were going to go on something light but fuck it - we hit the kid with Kingda Ka! HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT THING IS FAST AND AWESOME! There are T-shirts that say Kingda Freakin' Ka and they are right!
Kingda Ka is a cat-shot (hydraulic) that shoots you 128 MPH off the shot straight UP a 90º climb - NO chain pull up! all momentum!
At the top at like 451 feet, you drop straight down 410 feet! Everyone says don't look down. I did, all I saw was the car in front of me. Yes, a true vertical drop and then around and a two brake pass before getting back to the station. Took all of 28 seconds. Max had an ear to ear smile again. She conquered the fastest and the tallest metal coaster in the North East. She has something to brag about.
The park was surprisingly empty. We never stayed on line longer than half an hour and the longest was the log flume which was a gyp. We hit that because it was HOT out there. Low humidity but it felt like we were on the surface of the sun all day! I thought Barb was going to have heat stroke after Kingda Ka! Got her to buy an ice and gulp it down to cool off from the inside. So, after that we bought the big free refill water/soda cups/jug whatever it is, and kept very hydrated.
We hit every coaster and I skipped out on the last two. I had a massive adrenaline headache and figured that since we go a couple times a week anyway, I'll do the rides later.
I poked LK to come out again with just him and Max in Sept when we can get them in free. It'll be even more empty there and we can hit the coasters twice in half the day! We did do Batman twice in a row. No lines there! It's great, the older coasters have no lines where all the new ones have huge lines. I'm OK with that. We just work the park backward instead.
Rolling Thunder was closed for the day.
No racing coasters! damn them. So we made the kid hit El Toro next door. 75 MPH wood coaster! Another shit eating grin from Max. She's a serious adrenaline and coaster junkie now. She couldn't get enough.We also found if you flip off the cameras on the coasters they will chuck you out of the park for a year! Kodak has a no free speech policy. Bastards! We had a great photo on Superman! Oh well. But here are some of the other pics on the other coasters we got.
El Freakin' Toro
LK and Max
[attachment=1749]
Me and Matt
[attachment=1751]
Bizarro (I was so wishing that kid would get his sticky arm off me - kid to my right, not Max)
[attachment=1750]
Last ride of the night was Green lantern.
[attachment=1752]
Max got to meet the Caped Crusader and his sidekick!
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And here you can see the view of El Toro from the walkway and in the background the very top of Kingda Ka.
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