Well, I Went to BGE today just to ride Griffon with the GP and I got to the gate at 9:50 and power walked back to Griffon and to my surprise there was already a 40min wait for Griffon (Wow!).
Now MANY people were VERY pissed with the new bag policy and security at the ride and they had every right to be! Imagine getting in line by the Skyride entrance, waiting in line for 15-20min. till you get to the front entrance to be told you must put that in a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo, fine, These people would go pay $1 (outrageous and this tells me this is just a $$ making scam, rant for another day) They would accept the fact that they lost about 15 places in line and go back to the front entrance "sorry you have to go to the end of the line" WTF!! So you just waited a half an hour to put your crap in a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo.
There was almost a fight between this guy and the security guy and even the people in line were behind the guest and yelling at the guard. needless to say within the hour they were at the front of the line letting people know.
I will give the Griffon crew this, They were SMOKIN FAST! in the morning but kinda cooled off in the afternoon. I got in line for my 2nd ride of the day at about 2 and it was down but they just started cycling empty trains. They cycled empty trains for over 30 mins!!!!! and there is NO shade in the overflow que and there is no "solid" roof on the covered Que houses which is so stupid, So I got a tan. The ride is great and a big crowd pleaser but I hope all this mess will be fixed after the hoopla dies down.
Can't wait for the new coaster in 2015!
Enjoy the pics, JEFF
also added a video of the floor retrating since it is nothing like the other floorless coasters.
I could never imagine how they'd get the floor to come up, but wow, they actually did it. It really looks like a machine with all those parts moving around at the same time greeting passengers as they get on.
