California Great America (CGA) Discussion Thread

[rolercstrluvrWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

I'll probably go to the park on friday to go check everything out and continue my journey to 200 rides on FD. It'll change to 300 once I reach my goal.

[Angry_GumballIt's All About Quality!]

I honestly lost count how many times I've ridden Flight Deck now...perhaps now would be a good time to start counting and move on from there.

[rolercstrluvrWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

I'm at 150, my opening day run really helped me get started.

[JeffyJosephNorCalI teach at the school of donkey!]

Just got back from a long day, got to the park a little before 11:30 and left around 8:20. Got on the last ride of the night on FD for the first time ever and in the front which was fun, the ride crew towards closing became Super Tight Line Nazis but more on that later.
Decent sized crowd. The longest wait was Tiki Twirl, though I would assume the reason being was that there wasn't a real grouper assigning people to the 4 "color" groups anymore since the Survivor Theme is gone, and that the queue in the loading area is all confusing since they removed half of it, but that's another story.
They are definitely taking control of the lines with all the Fast Lane/Groupers at all the major rides which is great as it does help the lines flow so much smoother. They were grouping people at Drop Tower and assigning them cabins (so the spiel they say when they say "walk to your assign cabin" finally has real meaning now lol). They did assign rows at Vortex even though there was no line too.
FInally saw Happiness Is Snoopy, definitely a great show, highly recommend for the families.
Back to the Line Nazis, towards closing, the FD crew were getting extremely strict on people abusing the Fast Lane Line to get back in line instead of going all the way to the front, who didn't have FL wristband. I saw a group of nearly 10 people get forced to walk to the front. At least the line jumping is being addressed...
It's nice to know both SFDK & CGA this year are getting more in control of the lines and overcrowding at the stations which is a good thing, even though to the GP it looks like the line is long, it helps with the overall flow.

[CoasterBeagleHave I mentioned how awesome donkeys are?]

Just got back from a long day, got to the park a little before 11:30 and left around 8:20. Got on the last ride of the night on FD for the first time ever and in the front which was fun, the ride crew towards closing became Super Tight Line Nazis but more on that later.
Decent sized crowd. The longest wait was Tiki Twirl, though I would assume the reason being was that there wasn't a real grouper assigning people to the 4 "color" groups anymore since the Survivor Theme is gone, and that the queue in the loading area is all confusing since they removed half of it, but that's another story.
They are definitely taking control of the lines with all the Fast Lane/Groupers at all the major rides which is great as it does help the lines flow so much smoother. They were grouping people at Drop Tower and assigning them cabins (so the spiel they say when they say "walk to your assign cabin" finally has real meaning now lol). They did assign rows at Vortex even though there was no line too.
FInally saw Happiness Is Snoopy, definitely a great show, highly recommend for the families.
Back to the Line Nazis, towards closing, the FD crew were getting extremely strict on people abusing the Fast Lane Line to get back in line instead of going all the way to the front, who didn't have FL wristband. I saw a group of nearly 10 people get forced to walk to the front. At least the line jumping is being addressed...
It's nice to know both SFDK & CGA this year are getting more in control of the lines and overcrowding at the stations which is a good thing, even though to the GP it looks like the line is long, it helps with the overall flow.

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

[JeffyJosephNorCalI teach at the school of donkey!]

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

Was wearing a yellow and grey shirt and was sitting in the front with a family of 3.

[CoasterBeagleHave I mentioned how awesome donkeys are?]

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

Was wearing a yellow and grey shirt and was sitting in the front with a family of 3.

yea because I would've been checking your seat at the end. I was loader. I was actually limping a little if you noticed. Do you remember if I did anything specific besides say "good". I'm trying to remember what you look like lol.

[JeffyJosephNorCalI teach at the school of donkey!]

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

Was wearing a yellow and grey shirt and was sitting in the front with a family of 3.

yea because I would've been checking your seat at the end. I was loader. I was actually limping a little if you noticed. Do you remember if I did anything specific besides say "good".

I remember a Latino looking guy checked my seat who was at Safety (if that's what it's still called; I used to operate Top Gun back in 2000, can't believe it's been 12 years lol) I was sitting on the back before I went back in line for the last ride of the day and remember a girl checking my seat, was that you?

[CoasterBeagleHave I mentioned how awesome donkeys are?]

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

Was wearing a yellow and grey shirt and was sitting in the front with a family of 3.

yea because I would've been checking your seat at the end. I was loader. I was actually limping a little if you noticed. Do you remember if I did anything specific besides say "good".

I remember a Latino looking guy checked my seat who was at Safety (if that's what it's still called; I used to operate Top Gun back in 2000, can't believe it's been 12 years lol) I was sitting on the back before I went back in line for the last ride of the day and remember a girl checking my seat, was that you?

Yup, my name tag says "christina". Did I say anything specific? Safety is called Unloader now. I guess its called unloader because the person is on the exit side.

[JeffyJosephNorCalI teach at the school of donkey!]

Hmm what was the shirt you were wearing on the last ride for flight deck?

Was wearing a yellow and grey shirt and was sitting in the front with a family of 3.

yea because I would've been checking your seat at the end. I was loader. I was actually limping a little if you noticed. Do you remember if I did anything specific besides say "good".

I remember a Latino looking guy checked my seat who was at Safety (if that's what it's still called; I used to operate Top Gun back in 2000, can't believe it's been 12 years lol) I was sitting on the back before I went back in line for the last ride of the day and remember a girl checking my seat, was that you?

Yup, my name tag says "christina". Did I say anything specific? Safety is called Unloader now. I guess its called unloader because the person is on the exit side.

I remember a girl telling us in line for the front that the last ride was the next so 2 people went to the back after I recommended them, did you have short hair? Oh, when I worked there Level 1 was Control, Level 2 was Safety (The other dispatcher by the queue line side), and Level 3 was Exit (which is now unloader from what you said), I miss those days!