Comments on: Featured Photo #3 – The Best Thing to See at a Theme Park

By: CFC

CFC — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:22:13 +0000

Yeah, seeing that is a great feeling at an amusement park. Though usually, that means that either:

A) It's raining or just rained.

B) The ride/park is closed.

C) Hardly anyone is willing to ride it anymore, due to pain or something(think final years of Drachen Fire).

Still, getting into a good ride with an empty ride is great.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:19:20 +0000

That's a very good point. Last year at Six Flags Great adventure we went to Kingda Ka ASAP. We got two rides in a row and left. When we came back it was down. All I could think was at least we got two rides in at the start of the day. It did get back up and running eventually only to go down again. We did get 4 rides total though.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 20:01:06 +0000

What time of year was it when you went?

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:58:46 +0000

i went to cedar point last year. It said a 80 percent chance of rain. It sprinkled for 5 minutes. All rides had a 15 minute or less wait. Magnum had a 0 minute wait. Best day ever.

By: MDC

MDC — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:28:20 +0000

Earlier this year, I got a walk on queue that looked like this on Lakeside Cyclone. That was awesome!

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:50:57 +0000

Good to know it's not just me. When I travel to new parks that I know I won't be back to in a while if ever, then I'm a little paranoid that the ride could break down any minute. That could also explain my pace as I run through empty queues. At least I'll rationalize it that way.

By: Quil

Quil — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:49:23 +0000

"A land whos' coasters I love!"

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:44:03 +0000

this is exactly the way magnum xl 200's queue looked when i was there last year. only three words came to mind when i approached it: "God bless America" haha.

By: Judy P in Pgh

Judy P in Pgh — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:23:24 +0000

Unfortunately. this is how many of the queue lines looked at Geauga Lake the last season it was open.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:20:19 +0000

I may not flat out run, but I definately power walk with authority through an empty queue, occasionally swinging under the switchbacks as they get in my way. Love me some good weekday coastering!