Six Flags Great Adventure: Oct 8, 2006

Well, this is the most fun I've ever had at Six Flags (at any amusement park for that matter)
First off, I went on Batman: The Ride
After that, we got the Flash Pass (if you have the money it is SO worth it)
With the flash pass, we went on Kingda Ka. We got front seat along with the seat behind it.
Afterwards, we went on El Toro. Twice. That was simply phenominal. What else can I say?
After El Toro, we hit up Medusa, Superman: Ultimate Flight, and Great American Scream Machine. Medusa and Superman: Ultimate Flight were both very good, but Great American Scream Machine HURT! I suggest not going on this ride if you are shorter than 5'6" tall. Superman was the better of the three.
After all this, we realized that we hadn't gone on Nitro yet. So we went over to Nitro and reserved the time with the FlashPass. The thing is, the lady monitering the FlashPass line wouldn't let us in. After Dippin Dots and a Jalepino and Cheese Pretzel, we eventually sneaked past her and into the ride. When we got off the ride, we were pretty impressed. We realized the FlashPass still showed that we were in line. So we went over to the lady and told her the FlashPass was ready, and she let us on! We were so cheap, but we got on Nitro twice in 10 minutes.
After Nitro, we sprinted over to Kingda Ka for the second-to-last ride of the day. The guy monitering the FlashPass line here was a moron too, and appearantly they weren't letting on FlashPass people! We waited about half an hour, then we made it onto the ride. I got front seat, and it was almost too intense for me. I got off with a headache, and I thought I was done for the day.
We then jogged over to El Toro, and got into the FlashPass line. After waiting about 10 minutes to get to the spot where the lady checked the FlashPasses, she told us that we had to wait another 45 minutes (which was complete BS) We had to leave in half an hour, so we couldn't wait that long. Sneaking past her would have resulted in ejection from the park (considering there were 2 security guards there at the time). So we just took her crap and left. This was not a very good way to end the day...but then we found something that cheered us up.
For the FrighFest (Six Flags' Halloween Festival) there were people dressed up like zombies carrying shovels and fake chainsaws. These people were chasing guests around the park. We found that pretty funny (at least I did). When we each got home it was past 11:00, and we figured that it was a good day spent.

As we were going home, we realized this: We rode 10 coasters rides, the ride length averaging about 1 min per ride. This means that out of the 9 and a half hours we spent at six flags, we only spent 10 minutes riding coasters! When one looks at it this way, it seems kind of depressing, yet still funny. 10 minutes having fun, 9 hours 20 minutes walking from coaster to coaster, getting snacks, and waiting in lines. (this nine hours isn't even including the drive there or back, whcich accounted for 3 and a half hours of our day)


Pictures coming

Cool, but how can you say Superman was better than Medusa. Are you insane.
And I'm pretty sure it's called Q-bot than flash pass. But it's great that you went. IT's a really fun park.

Oh my oh my, what a day. That was the most fun I also had at a park too. The weather was absolutely perfect as well. I still don't know why I got that bloody nose on Kingda Ka, but I don't care because the front seat made up for it. Also, that coin trick on Nitro was funny.


We have to do that again someday.


^It's called Flash Pass now. I'm pretty sure they changed it this year.

lol coin trick.

First and possibly only pic of us at the park:
On-ride photo of us 4 on El Toro:


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lol top left is drummerkid, bottom right is me. top right and bottom left are our friends.
Drummerkid looks angry, I look a little too excited. The friend next to me is like "what coaster?" and the friend next to drummerkid looks like he's crying (don't worry he's not really)
We don't know the two people in the middle, but they look funny
The one on the left is short and obese with big manboobs, and the one on the right is tall, skinny, and has hair down past his shoulders. lol it would be funny if they were brothers (the ultimate stereotypes)




They call it Flashpass b/c of The Flash, who is a superhero who fights along side of Batman, Superman, and Wonderwoman. (as his name hints, he can run superfast, this is why they name the pass after him)
The company that makes the flashpasses is called Q-bot

LOL I never get tired of this photo. I believe this was the second time on El Toro too.

I'll try to get around to scanning and uploading the Kingda Ka on-ride photo, but this one is funnier.

your pic reminded me of one i had of me and my friend on Texas Giant. we posed to look like we didn't notice we were on a ride. it worked out really well. kinda looked like we were sitting on a motionless rollercoaster train

i was going to go at the end of this summer to see the g-parents and to ride El Toro, but i ran out of time. [:(] and superman is NOT better than Medusa. that's nutty

lol there was another on-ride photo (superman: ultimate flight) where the kid sitting next to me in this el toro photo was so calm that he looked like he was posing for a school picture. That's how calm he was on all the rides (with the exception of kingda ka where he was holding on for dear life!)

About the superman>medusa...I like superman better, it's just a matter of opinion. But I feel that if superman was as long/fast/tall as medusa, you would like superman better (just kuz of the flying feeling). Please remember that I am comparing the mid section seats of both.

YOU CAN SEE NEW YORK CITY FROM THE TOP OF KINGDA KA!!!!!!!!!!!!! (on a clear sunny day)

EDIT: sorry for the double post

....and Philidelphia.