Beore I begin my report I would like to say that I rate rides 1-10, 5 being normal, and the higher the rating the better the ride.
I was so excited for this day and it finally came- I get to visit another amusement park outside of New England for the first time in like four years and I was really excited to finally get to go there. So after an hour of driving from our vacation cottage in LBI we arrived at the park. One thing that I noticed about the park is the exceptionally large waterpark that is right next to the park. Can a season pass get you in there? Anyway, after getting cut off a few times by New Jersey drivers we (being my family) arrived at the SFGadv parking lot and promptly parked by the Season Pass entrance. Right away I was impressed by Six Flags by putting an easier entrance for season pass holders to get into. Anyway once we entered the park we went on.......
Sombero- cool ride, tickled my stomach, but not too exciting I give it 6/10.
After Sombrero we walked around the park and noticed Viper was closed, so looking for a coaster to do we went on........
Runaway Train- Now this is a fun ride, not intense but fun and it didn't have a wait, the only thing this ride needs are larger trains and it would be even better but for now I give it 7/10.
So after getting our coaster fix we headed to the center of the park to Fantasy Forest and it's loud annoying music coming form the ice cream truck! Oh well, after finding out Evolution was closed, we rode.....
Black Beard's Treasure Train- Fun short, kiddie coaster and nothing more. 5/10.
After riding the Treasure Train we finally did a coaster that I was anitcipating and that was......
Skull Mountain- Now this coaster is cool, I loved how the line was indoors with black lighting, and the ride itself was tons of fun. This coaster was also running to a great capacity and we only waited about five minutes for this ride. I just love coasters in the dark and the first drop was really fun and so was the rest of the ride. 7.5/10
After a nice ride on the Mountain my family decided to ride the......
Bucanneer- standard swinging ship ride, nothing more, nothing less 5/10.
So after a nice flat ride we went to the old country part of the park to do... yes you got it! more flat rides and they were....
Musik Express- I'm so angry SFNE removed theres a while ago cause these things are fun 7/10
Pendulum- I didn't like this one as much as the one at SFNE because it relied a lot more on spinning and a lot less on rocking, thus not giving the really cool weighless, and tummy tickling sensation these rides can give. 6/10.
Ok, by now I had had it with flat rides and desperately wanted to do a coaster at this coaster rich park but first we had to have lunch so we decided to eat at the Wok and Roll next to Skull Mountain. The food here was very good and not as expensive as I thought it would be. Anyway, enough about food and more about coasters. After eating we finally went on a big coaster and that coaster was.....
Nitro- Wow, is this ride a capacity machine, the line was completely full and we waited less than 45 minutes to get on this ride. It also helped that Six Flags was running three trains. Anyway this ride was great. However, I don't think it's as good as Supmerman Ride of Steel for a few reasons. One is that the stupid lap bars don't give you the same nice airtime that Superman does, two there are no tunnels, three the first drop isn't nearly as intense as Supermans, and finally the ride was a little shakier than Superman's silky smooth ride. But this ride had two nice advantages over Superman, one was the capacity and the comfy trains- not lapbars, and the other was that the directional changes on B&M's are so much more fun than others coasters, but thid did not give enough positives to overcome Superman 9/10.
ok this is taking a long time so now on I'll just name rides I rode and tell about them and save comments for later...
Batman the Ride- this line took a long time! it's deceving how long this line is... anyway we waited an hour for this ride and I felt that it was well worth it. This Coaster is so much smoother and better than SFNE's Mind Eraser. this ride packed so much intensity that after the wicked first drop (I sat in the back right) and first three inversion I didn't know where I was. However, I do remember that this ride was great and I especially like the intense corscrews which really whip you around if you're sitting on the side of the car. 9/10
Batman and Robin the Chiller- rode the Batman side and this is definitely my FAVORITE ride in the park. the line wasn't too bad at about 50 minutes, and it was worth every second of waiting time. the launch on this ride is the most intense thing I have EVER experienced in my life. and the inversion are disorientating at the least and are wicked intense. this thing is an intensity machine and the headrests are padded like boxing gloves so even though you hit your head a lot it really doesn't hurt. 9.5/10
GASM- Great Arrow Mega looper, my first ever and hopefully not my last. The line was really short and the first three loops on this ride were very intense, however my favorite part of this ride is the hill into the brake run which give awesome air time. there is a little jolting around on this ride but it's not that bad. 8/10
Turbo Force- Worth the 8 bucks, reminded me of the Zipper at a much higher scale. And rocking at the top is extremely scary. 9.5/10
Sling shot- Now this thing is INTENSE, I always wanted to do one of these and I finally had the chance. This ride gave me the willies and I really can't describe the experience too well. It was over very quickly but what an experience it was. 10/10
Centrifuge G-Force- Best scrambler I've ever been on 7.5/10
Jumpin Jack Flash- Wow! how come there aren't more of these? this thing spins so fast and in so many directions you really can't tell where you are if you tried. Also the bouncing action was really cool too. I think SFGadv stole this ride from NASA headquarters. 9/10
Rolling thunder- Worst wooden coaster I have ever been on and I rode the left side. Anyway this ride provided no airtime and was a boring standard up and down coaster. It also loses points for the horrible screeching noise it makes while performing turns. Tear this down or fix it up but I can't stand to watch this thing suffer. 3/10
Medusa- What.... a..... ride. Did I mention that I LOVE B&M's? This ride is silky smooth and the inversions and directional changes are so much fun. And I did not find this ride forceless at all. The zero g-roll delivered possibly the coolest experience I have ever experienced on a looping coaster. This coaster also had the most enjoyable cobra roll I've ever experienced along with awesome whipping action of the corkscrews from the sides made this an unforgettable ride. 9.5/10
Anyway, I had a great time at SFGadv. The operations at this park are outstanding- every coaster was running to maximum capacity and even though the crowds were huge, the lines weren't. The one thing that surprised me about this park is how much smaller it was area wise than I thought it would be. It only seemed about 20-30% bigger than SFNE (including waterpark). But anyway this park had great capacity, five world class coasters (GASM, Medusa, Chiller, BTR, and Nitro), and has an awesome selection of flat rides that are run really well. Color me impressed. the overall park gets a 9/10 from me.
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sigh, SFNE goes "tiny" for 2001
