Comments on: Earthquake Shakes Kings Dominion & Busch Gardens

By: Gatorfan9513

Gatorfan9513 — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:54:22 +0000

it was crazy, then it got annoying when they had to stop at each platform on their way down :p

By: 2coastercrazy

2coastercrazy — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:39:37 +0000

I have never experienced a earthquake before but I have always dreaded the fact that not one, but TWO theme parks could possibly be caught in one. But you cheered saying no one was hurt and I cracked when you made the Hurler joke – THAT, my friend, is very funny.

2coastercrazy

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:24:03 +0000

I thought that word, 'surprise', would get a comment. Obviously an earthquake in the East is much more of a surprise, but you're right all earthquakes are a surprise.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:01:33 +0000

It was pretty bizarre. I've been to Great Adventure a lot and I've never seen anyone go up the tower. I mean, it's one thing to be in the train and go over, it's a whole other thing if you're just walking on the catwalks. If it was me I would be a bit freaked out.

By: Gatorfan9513

Gatorfan9513 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:53:43 +0000

I was actually waiting for kingda ka at tht same time too, i have to say after the near 2 and a half hour wait, it was so worth it :p, it was also pretty bizzare seing the guys actually take the elevator to the top and start inspecting it!

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:08:53 +0000

we were at KD during the earthquake yesterday but we did not notice anything! We may have been on a water slide at the time though.

By: rebelwuf

rebelwuf — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:02:43 +0000

Aren't all earthquakes a surprise?

By: Coastercrazy 9

Coastercrazy 9 — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:50:13 +0000

I live in South Jersey and my whole house was shaking!

By: Kristofer

Kristofer — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:43:40 +0000

In pittsburgh I felt it, but I don't believe they closed anything at kennywood.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:14:19 +0000

I was actually at Six Flags Great Adventure yesterday and my friends and I didn't feel a thing. My relatives in New York and Connecticut easily felt it, which is weird, but I guess it depended on whether you were in a building. We were waiting in line for Kingda Ka at the time and the usual "Kingda Ka is experiencing minor technical difficulties" came over the PA system. I can't tell you how many times I have heard that in the years I've been going there so I didn't think much of it. I checked Facebook on my phone to pass the time and there were a bunch of statuses about an earthquake. About a minute later, an announcement came over the PA again stating that the park had just experienced a minor earthquake and would be shutting down operations. My friends and I were like "really?", because living on the east coast, we're obviously not used to that. Everything was shut down as they had to re-test all the rides. We saw two workers go up Kingda Ka's tower and check all of bolt connections from the tower to the track on each of the catwalks. As time went on, rides continued to re-open in batches with Nitro and El Toro both testing about a half hour after the announcement while Ka took about 2 hours to reopen. Unless I make it out to the amusement parks out west, I doubt I'll ever hear that announcement again, but I'm glad the park re-checked everything to make sure they were safe to ride.