The Theme Park Thread • Page 8

I can walk there from my house so they give us free tickets but otherwise, try going to a local Dunkin' Donuts for coupons or bring some cans of Coke

 

Yeah soda cans using have promotions. Also chain restaurants in the area typically have them too, I know Wendy's and others had some for Busch Gardens and Herseys, etc.

 

We bought Disney World passes a year ago and they expire at the end of June. Now that school is out here we're going to hit up one last blaze of trips. We're going to Hollywood Studios tomorrow, Animal Kingdom to check out Pandora on Wednesday, and then bouncing around the parks on Friday and celebrating my daughter's birthday at Magic Kingdom on Saturday. It's been a blast getting to do this so often with my daughter, because none of it has gotten old to her at all.

 

Rode Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland three times today, 306 feet at an 80 degree reaching 92 MPH

Whole day was a riot, barely any lines, think I hit twelve coasters in six hours

 

At knotts. I have a fast lane bracelet which is ridiculously expensive and I never would've bought it myself, but it's been nice. My stomach is def weaker than it used to be. I have a longer recovery time lol. I cant do spinny rides anymore and i think The Silver Bullet with all those corkscrew turny twists was too similar to spinning. If the ride had been any longer I may have gotten sick lol. I like more straightforward fast rides

 

Can't do anything remotely spinny, even coasters with cork screws fuck me up. Much prefer ridiculously high/fast coasters with no inversions.

 

I think one time when I went when I was like 18. My cousins somehow convinced me to go on the silver bullet at least 5 times.

I died that day and I am now a ghost.

 

My sis and brother in law are about to go on it for the 4th time. I cannot lol. I couldnt even keep my head up during it because gravity was forcing it down lol. I love the pony express tho. I can do fast, high, upside down, turns, etc but i have like a 2 corkscrew limit and no spins allowed lol .

 

Checking into the thread.

Silver Bullet is my favorite ride at Knotts and I'm bummed Boomerang is done now (or in the process of being done).

The one ride that's made me pretty nauseous was Tatsu. We were kept in the suspended on your stomach position for three to four minutes before starting and that loop just fucked me up. I made it through though.

 

Universal - they rule for having so many misters and splash pads. Only theme park who did and it made it so much more bearable. Was my first time since they built the Harry potter world so that was exciting! I didn't get to go into Hogwarts cause the line was 120 minutes tho. I also expected the land to be a bit bigger/immersive but it's still magical. Butterbeer tastes kinda like cream soda without the carbonation. Upset I also didn't get to go on the Mummy ride and studio tour cause they're staples, but I did make Jurassic which is another staple for me. First time in the walking dead walkthrough. It was fun but short. I needed another hour or two in the park and it would've been better. We had to leave early cause my uncle drove us and has to work early in the morning so boo.

 

120 minute wait for a ride sounds brutal. If any ride is even close to that wait, I just say forget it and find another ride.

 

The Guardians of the Galaxy at CA Adventure ride was getting times north of that when it first opened but I only had to wait around 70 when I went. Much better than Tower of Terror imo although I will miss the aesthetic of the hotel.

 

When I went earlier in the week guardians of the galaxy was 120 minutes. I don't watch the marvel movies and I like creepy things so I miss the tower of terror!

 

When the new Avatar rides opened last month, the lines were over 4 hours long. I would never

 

I think the most I've waited was like an hour and a half for Transformers but that was only because my cousins wanted to go as a group.

I'm the type of person to go with family and still rather do single rider to make it quicker.

 

always made me shed a tear

 

My daughter wanted to go on those when we went the week they opened. We had fastpasses for the boat ride, but the wait said 4 hours for the other one when we left our house to go there. When we got there it was 2 hours and she insisted on waiting. We did, and I still can't believe my 6 year old made it waiting for 2 hours. There were a lot of different things to see along the wait at least.

 

I've been watching ride POV's on youtube for Disneyland Tokyo and what the heck. They have all the cool rides.

 

Is that Son of Beast?

 

Universal has big fans and misters in the lines for the rides so it feels way more tolerable to wait longer. Idk why Disney doesn't do that

 

Yep

 

I never rode it but wasn't it hated by most enthusiasts because it was too rough?

 

It was pretty rough, but I loved it. I could only ride it two times in a row at max, but it was great fun. It was really rough at the tail end of the ride. Not sure why they couldn't fix it.

 

Not sure either, I guess because Cedar Fair felt Banshee would be a better fit for that area. My all time favorite coaster/wooden coaster is El Toro

 

D23 Disney parks panel tonight y'all