This was my first time to this park, and I had a very enjoyable time. This park reminded me of a cross between magic mountain and my homepark Lagoon(probably many of you haven't heard of). The coasters were great, just short, in length and in height, nothing over 120 feet in height, and nothing over 3,000 feet in length (I'm pretty sure anyway). Lines got a little big, but nothing too extreme. Loading times were slow, and the rides did break down more to what I was used to, but it was no biggie. The park was clean, and there was plenty of shade and the cool bay breezes came every so often to cool us off from the heat. Anyway on to the ratings of the coasters-
Vortex-(4/5) my second stand up, although not that tall and not that long, I love this coaster, it's a lot more intense than I expected, the loop had some great +G's, it had plenty of twists to make the ride exciting, also I love the corkscrew on this ride, and you can get some -G's going into the brake run. Fun.
Top Gun- (5/5) my second B&M inverted. This ties with batman, if it was a couple hundred feet longer with a couple more inversions it would beat Batman, but this ride was very intense, my sight was going very blurry after the helix after the loop, talk about intense, the loop had so many g's my head seemed as it was going to explode, the barrel roll was also a highlight of the ride, then came the corkscrew, what else can I say except for intense, same goes with the diving helix literally a few feet above a mossy pond, then like all other rides at PGA it came to an end after the short ride. But that's ok, I don't know if I could last much longer with that much intensity. Get the front on this ride, the dive above the pond is great, especially when it's dark and your lucky enough to get the last ride of the night in the front seat, he he.
Grizzly- (2/5) slow, boring, and rough. I need more out of a woodie. First drop was fun though, the rest was pretty much a yawner.
Invertigo-(4/5) my first one, like a boomerang, except you face the person in front of or behind you, lot of fun,especially if your facing down the lift hill going up, it scared me though. That's what's going to be a fear factor on Deja Vu.
Greased Lightning- Closed, though I enjoy Montezuma's Revenge, I'm pretty sure this one isn't too much of a difference.
Psycho Mouse- (3/5) it was alright, though too many brakes, the highlight of the ride is when you hit the first drop out of the series of the sharp turns. and since when did a wild mouse have banked turns? all well, it was what I expected.
Demon-(4/5) fun and intense, they were only running one train since they had to test a brand new one right behind it. Loops were intense, the tunnels were fun, especially the one shaped like a demon and then you're turned sideways for a second before you hit the corkscrew.
Stealth-(5/5) Slow loading time, but the ride makes up for it, there is nothing like being turned face down like that, it really has a cool flying effect, all the elements were a lot of fun, not a boring part on the ride, I really like the part after the turn around after the loop where you drop and you're a few feet above a tunnel on the log ride, very unique. I liked this ride a lot, just needs to be longer.
This park was more crowded than marine world, a lot more teenagers too, I guess cause it's more of a coaster park and doesn't have animals. I was sad to leave since the next morning I was to leave from the beautiful bay area to back home, I hate coming home from vacations.
*** This post was edited by Coaster Steve on 8/13/2001. ***
*** This post was edited by Coaster Steve on 8/13/2001. ***
