PeoplemoverMatt Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Robb, I wouldn't blame you one bit if you never held another WCB because you just couldn't bring yourself to deal with all the terrible obnoxious entitled @$$holes in SoCal. We're overflowing with them, and it seems like they're multiplying faster than ever. What you do with this forum is exactly what I wish I could do with the 405 freeway on a daily basis. Oh, the relief that would be. Anyway, it can't be repeated enough that some of us really do love and appreciate everything you guys do, especially the efforts made to include us in your adventures. It's amazing that you're still willing to tolerate humanity on any level after everything you've been through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILinator Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I had a chance to go to a shoot for the Travel Network show "Bert: The Conqueror" on Shivering Timbers at MiA, and took my son. We got to ride ST a handful of times, got some food, and got free admission to the park. We had a blast, and in spite of not ending up in any on-ride footage they shot, it was a great event, and both my son and I will always treasure that experience! SWEET! Did you get to meet Bert? Yup! Funny guy! What you see on the show is him, the entire time, even off camera. He had this idea for this cheesy group walk thing, that we all did, and they used that. So hilarious! It was the lone time you actually saw me in it! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasBaby Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I had a chance to go to a shoot for the Travel Network show "Bert: The Conqueror" on Shivering Timbers at MiA, and took my son. We got to ride ST a handful of times, got some food, and got free admission to the park. We had a blast, and in spite of not ending up in any on-ride footage they shot, it was a great event, and both my son and I will always treasure that experience! SWEET! Did you get to meet Bert? Yup! Funny guy! What you see on the show is him, the entire time, even off camera. He had this idea for this cheesy group walk thing, that we all did, and they used that. So hilarious! It was the lone time you actually saw me in it! Lol My kids and I used to love watching Bert the Conqueror, glad to hear he's a cool guy in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Coleman Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Went to the park yesterday to check out hangtime and really liked it. I think knotts really has a winner on their hands and wouldn't mind seeing more of these infinity coasters pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Went to the park yesterday to check out hangtime and really liked it. I think knotts really has a winner on their hands and wouldn't mind seeing more of these infinity coasters pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdaun Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Question for you Knott's regulars, I'm visiting family in Orange County for the 4th of July, and was thinking of adding a trip to Knott's. But the only days that I can do are the 5th or 6th. I figured with it being summer Friday would be busier so I was curious if it would be better to try for Thursday or Friday? Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 ^^ LOL, you guys look like you had a pretty good time there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I had a chance to go to a shoot for the Travel Network show "Bert: The Conqueror" on Shivering Timbers at MiA, and took my son. We got to ride ST a handful of times, got some food, and got free admission to the park. We had a blast, and in spite of not ending up in any on-ride footage they shot, it was a great event, and both my son and I will always treasure that experience! SWEET! Did you get to meet Bert? Yup! Funny guy! What you see on the show is him, the entire time, even off camera. He had this idea for this cheesy group walk thing, that we all did, and they used that. So hilarious! It was the lone time you actually saw me in it! Lol That's so great. I hear from just about everyone who has met him that he is such a classy guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebird81 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Question for you Knott's regulars, I'm visiting family in Orange County for the 4th of July, and was thinking of adding a trip to Knott's. But the only days that I can do are the 5th or 6th. I figured with it being summer Friday would be busier so I was curious if it would be better to try for Thursday or Friday? Thanks in advance! Thursday would be better. The 4th is the most crowded day of the year and the crowds tend to be a little smaller the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdaun Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Thursday would be better. The 4th is the most crowded day of the year and the crowds tend to be a little smaller the next day. Ok thats what I was thinking but wanted to get a second opinion. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I'm definitely going to be hitting the park this year. It's been a while since I've gone. The new ride looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalJasonland Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) I went to the park on Thursday for a couple of hours. The park was busy because of all of the school groups, so I pretty much got my Boardwalk BBQ, Monte, and a few flat rides before leaving. SOL Spin is for Dummies. Wipeout's pad is almost ready for its return adjacent to the Sky Cabin. Hangtime waits haven't been added to the app yet but appeared to be about one-hour. Plus, I love cat filters now. SOL Spin for Dummies New Wipeout pad Hangtime I waited 20 minutes for Monte so the wait times weren't too accurate Edited May 26, 2018 by SoCalJasonland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastin' thru life Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Is ghostrider open today? I know the schedule says tomorrow but was hoping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Even though I didn’t like the ride much, it’s nice to see Wipeout come back. Hopefully it gets a spiffy new paint scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeboy Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 it'll be interesting to see if Hangtime has any affect on the Ghostrider queue. I'm kinda guessing not, but now I know when visit the park, I'll have to make a choice of what to run to first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimiGeek Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 it'll be interesting to see if Hangtime has any affect on the Ghostrider queue. I'm kinda guessing not, but now I know when visit the park, I'll have to make a choice of what to run to first. About 1 pm last Friday when hangtime opened it had less wait then ghost rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 (after looking at wait times on previous page...) Whoa. Jaguar ~ Thrill Level......HIGH? The same Level as Excelerator is? April Fools is long gone, by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Hangtime is pretty good, the first drop surprised me as well as the pops of airtime. Great addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Last Thursday I went to Knott’s to ride the new HangTime. It was awesome and I got three rides on it in the course of my day. I love having this and Xcelerator so close to each other, it’s going to be my hangout area of the park when I go visit. Anyways here are some pictures of mostly HangTime on my day there. I didn’t make it to the park until 1PM, but I went straight for HangTime. The fountain by the entrance of the revamped Boardwalk looks nice. My first in person view of the completed HangTime. They were sending some test trains and were temporarily down so I went to fill up my souvenir drink cup. By the time I came back from filling my drink cup HangTime was reopened so I got in line. The line took just under 30 minutes and I was on board. As soon as I got off, I got in line to ride again. The line got quite a bit longer and was about an hour wait to ride the second time. They had some nice touches in the queue line like these Boysenberry colored flowers by the footers. They also had some mini palm trees planted by the HangTime footers to fit into the Southern California beach theme. The first time I rode in the back row, the second time I rode in the front row. I liked the front row a bit better. HangTime was running three trains. I don’t know how much of a difference the third train makes as the first train didn’t get dispatched until the third train hit the brake run. The line was moving constantly and the ops were pretty good though. HangTime cresting its lift hill. HangTime holding right before the drop. And HangTime going down its 96° drop. With HangTime’s line getting longer I decided to move on to other things after two rides. There wasn’t too much general public on this Thursday but there was a quite a bit of school buses. I love the way HangTime takes its inversions. Since Xcelerator had an 1hr 15 min wait, I decided to ride the Sky Cabin next for the views. Here’s the view of HangTime right before getting into the Sky Cabin. Here’s the birds eye view of HangTime from the Sky Cabin. These guys are ready to drop. Great views of the rest of the park! Ghostrider was closed btw. Knott’s full scale replica of Independence Hall and Soak City which opened the next day. Silver Bullet and Timber Mountain Log Ride which I rode later in the evening. Supreme Scream and Xcelerator. North end of Knott’s. Xcelerator view from the Sky Cabin. Coast Rider and the west end overflow parking lot where I parked during Boysenberry Fest. Time to hang loose for a bit. I had ribs w/ beans and cornbread for lunch at Boardwalk BBQ. They had one of these machines promoting the new Barrilitos Aguas Frescas line at Boardwalk BBQ. Move over Boysenberry, I’m trying the new Mango Lime! (Which was really good btw). After lunch I was ready to ride Xcelerator since the line had shrunk considerably. Even though Xcelerator was only running one train, I only waited about 30 min. After Xcelerator, I rode Supreme Scream, Jaguar, Montezooma’s Revenge, Sierra Sidewinder, Silver Bullet, and Timber Mountain Log Ride all with minimal wait. Of course Sol Spin was closed being in the cursed Windseeker spot. Here’s the money shot I got right before boarding the Silver Bullet station. Love having these two rides back to back in the Boardwalk area of Knott’s. HangTime going down its beyond vertical drop. View of HangTime from the Log Ride queue. After the Log Ride since Ghostrider was closed I went back to HangTime. It was after 7PM now and I waited about 20 minutes to ride. I was going get back in line to ride again but it had technical difficulties shortly after I got off and they weren’t letting more people into line so I ended off the night with a ride on Xcelerator. I waited about 15 min for Xcelerator and these lights came on at 8PM right when the park was closing. HangTime is great addition to Knott’s and it now feels more like a complete full day park with this. Xcelerator is still my favorite but I think HangTime might be my new #2 at Knott’s - I need to ride Ghostrider again. I’ll have visit Knott’s later on in the summer when the park in open later to get some night rides on HangTime. After Knott’s I finally tried the Chicago themed Portillo’s near the park. I got a Hot Italian Beef w/ a chicken noodle soup (it was 66°F during the day at Knott’s and was down to 60°F at night which is cooler than normal for late May in SoCal) and a chocolate cake shake which was all good so I can recommend this place to others. It’s a lot more than just hot dogs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Great report! I agree that Xcelerator and HangTime complement each other really well, not just in ride experience but in looks as well. It's nice to have Xcelerator, HangTime, and Sky Cabin all open. The Boardwalk is finally alive again! Also, I couldn't help but notice all the empty seats on HangTime. It looks like it's between 1 and 3 almost every train. I wonder why Knott's (or Cedar Fair for that matter) hasn't considered single rider lines, considering their popularity at Disney and SFMM. And if they are triple stacking all the time, a third train makes almost zero difference. It's only useful if they dispatch a train while the previous one is still cycling the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeboy Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 I totally second the idea of a single rider line. They do assigned seating, and while YMMV depending on your grouper, ours denied our request to try out the front seat (we've already been in the back twice, but never been in the front). In the meantime, tons of empty seats are going by. They do occasionally shout for single riders in the line, but very few volunteer. I also think it's a bit odd they run three trains when there's nearly always two sitting on brakes... but maybe that's something that will get worked out over time. I do think park of the problem is the semi-unusual release mechanism for the seat belts. It's not super intuitive, and a lot of people have trouble releasing the seat belt, often causing delays getting people on the next train. But really... if they're going to continue doing assigned seating, they really need to add a single rider line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laqueefa Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Awesome report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarFlags Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I totally second the idea of a single rider line. They do assigned seating, and while YMMV depending on your grouper, ours denied our request to try out the front seat (we've already been in the back twice, but never been in the front). In the meantime, tons of empty seats are going by. They do occasionally shout for single riders in the line, but very few volunteer. I also think it's a bit odd they run three trains when there's nearly always two sitting on brakes... but maybe that's something that will get worked out over time. I do think park of the problem is the semi-unusual release mechanism for the seat belts. It's not super intuitive, and a lot of people have trouble releasing the seat belt, often causing delays getting people on the next train. But really... if they're going to continue doing assigned seating, they really need to add a single rider line. I agree on single rider, but it's doubtful... none of the other rides in the park do it. But, cross my fingers. Re: the seatbelts. My friend was one of the actors in the safety video, and he told me they just did a re-shoot specifically regarding the seatbelts. The hope being that it'll help people not get stuck trying to exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skittles Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 ^^^^^ AWESOME photos, Andrew! Hey everyone. I'm preparing a bit early, but can someone help me with how Sunday is going to look in terms of crowds? (I'm going to KBF on Sunday the 3rd) I'm at 49 creds, and want to make HangTime #50 (HangTime will be #50 no matter what, I have every other credit at Knott's except Timberline Twister because I'm too tall), but is that the coaster I should run to? Keep in mind that I'm going to be there the whole day (this is my yearly KBF visit), so I want to ride as much as possible. Should HangTime be first, or should I follow a different plan of attack, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalJasonland Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 ^^^^^ AWESOME photos, Andrew! Hey everyone. I'm preparing a bit early, but can someone help me with how Sunday is going to look in terms of crowds? (I'm going to KBF on Sunday the 3rd) I'm at 49 creds, and want to make HangTime #50 (HangTime will be #50 no matter what, I have every other credit at Knott's except Timberline Twister because I'm too tall), but is that the coaster I should run to? Keep in mind that I'm going to be there the whole day (this is my yearly KBF visit), so I want to ride as much as possible. Should HangTime be first, or should I follow a different plan of attack, basically. The park has been really busy this week, so this Sunday should likely be busy too and it will be hot near 90 degrees. I would run to either Ghostrider or Hangtime first. Both coasters will have waits in the 1:30 - 2-hour ranges. Xcelerator and Silver Bullet will be closer to 1 to 1:30-hour waits. The rest of the park will range from 10 minutes to an hour waits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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