Jon's 2012 Coaster Season - WI State Fair

Basically I decided it would be easier to post all my 2010 trip reports in one neat little thread instead of in a bunch of different little threads. Enjoy.

2010 Reports:

Six Flags Great America May 1
SFGAM June 5
BONUS Hellcat pictures
Little Amerricka Part 1 June 12
Little Amerricka Part 2 June 12
Little Amerricka Part 3 June 12
Little Amerricka Part 4 June 12
Little Amerricka Part 5 June 12
Little Amerricka Music Video
Busch Gardens Tampa June 22 Written Report
Busch Gardens Tampa June 22 Photo TR
Lowry Park Zoo June 24
East Troy Fair July 4
Italian Fest July 15
Timber Falls July 24
Mt. Olympus July 25
WI State Fair August 7
Wisconsin Fear Grounds Review
Nickelodeon Universe October 28

2011 Reports:

Six Flags Great America June 20
SFGAm Fright Fest October 1
SFGAM Fright Fest, Iron Wolf, X Flight Oct 1,15&30

2012 Reports:

Saint Louis City Garden, Arch, and City Museum April 20
Six Flags Saint Louis April 21
X Flight May 12
WI Dells July 21 - 22 2012
WI State Fair August 8 2012
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Yesterday I went to Six Flags Great America to meet up with Cameron, Griffin, Father Griffin, Jeremie, Jo, Nathan, Averi, Craig, and Craig's two sons Gage and Casey. It was a great day and I should have taken a lot more pictures but since I didn't I'll just do a lot of talking.

Got to the park around 9:30, went to the flags to find Cameron, Jo and Jeremie where we waited for everyone else to arrive. Went into the park around 10:20. Most of the day was pretty cloudy and it drizzled for about 10 minutes. For the most part waits weren't too bad. Anyway onto the ride reviews:

Rue Le Dodge - We had a few pretty good crashes within our group. While I think the seatbelt are weird, they don't hurt you when you slam into someone *cough*Little Amerricka *cough*

King Chaos - First time on King Chaos. I think it looks scarier then it really is, but it's still an awesome ride and is now my favorite flat in the park.

Batman - Rode in the sixth row. Intense as always but I did bang my head when leaving the second loop, which has never happened before.

East River Crawler - Always a fun ride, but no one was able to find a Schwarzkopf sticker on it

Whirligig - Ride failed to start while we were in line but after about 3-5 minutes it did. Nice little ride

V2 - Got on with Griffin, Cameron and Jeremie. After sitting there for a minute or two and no launch yet, the ride ops called maintenance and got us off the ride. They looked over the control panel, got a ladder, a new part, and put it on the train. Then we heard the "Lost" siren, the train launched and completed the test run fine. We got back on...only for the same thing to happen again. Two more test runs, got back on and got our ride. As usual it was awesome.

Loggers Run - Rode with Jeremie with Nathan and Griffin right behind us. I got pretty wet but dried off quickly.

American Eagle - Rode on red side only. A little rougher than last season but nothing too bad. Saw a glimpse of the Chang track from the exit ramp.

Demon - Rode in the rear. Great airtime down the first drop, no head banging on the loops and very little on the Corkscrews.

Iron Wolf - Rode in the last car. I didn't think it was too bad. Shaky throughout the whole ride, but only banged my head when leaving the loop and entering the corkscrew.

Raging Bull - Rode in the rear, kinda shaky at the bottom for the drops but nothing too bad.

Viper - Running much better than last season. Wasn't at its full airtime ability but still very good.

Chubasco - Rode with Griffin and Father Griffin and spun a lot. As Griffin said I would I felt my throat touching my spine

Triple Play - They really need to get all the restraints to open at the same time. That buzzing noise can get very annoying.

Revolution - Another very fun ride, I like the way the ride ops interact with the riders.

Whizzer - Got on the last train of the day. They really went insane with the Karate Kid ads. Hopefully they'll take them down on 6.11

Giant Drop - Great airtime. While we were in line for Demon it broke down with people at the top. They were up there for about 10 minutes before they were brought down elevator mode. Only one car got stuck.

Fiddlers Fling - I love this ride, good forces.

Orbit - I choose not to ride the painful way as Griffin and Nathan suggested. I'm happy I didn't as I could hear them through out the whole ride and it didn't sound good.

I think thats everything we rode. After the park closed Griffin, Father Griffin, Jo, and myself went to Jersey Mikes for subs. It was delicious. Wisconsin needs one! As I said before I didn't take a lot of pictures but here are the ones I did.

[Nicole.I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Thanks for sharing this! Seems like you picked a good time to good day to go. The spiral lift hill shot was amazing. Nice TR!

[traincrossinWisconsin Dells Fanatic]

You got a much prettier day than I did Jon, nice trip report. We gotta meet up sometime this season, i'm sure that we'll have plenty of opportunities!

[IggyACEI'm a know-it-all about donkeys!]

Great to meet you Jon, Still waiting for the Stripper pole dancing Casey picture from Jo! Tell you mom thanks again for hanging out with Casey!

[Jojo19799Someday, I hope to find my own Indiana Jones.]

^Done! It's been uploaded to Facebook, unless you wanted me to post it on here as well.

^ Put them here! We should have a whole thread about Casey! He's just that awesome!
Also this Photo TR was mentioned on Scream Scape for the Little Dipper Construction photos.

[KingsislandfreakThis B&M donkey is so smooth!]

amazing TR

[KingtravelI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing these beautiful snap shots. You had really great day there, rides sound pleasurable and look like worthwhile destination for a day trip.

Best Regards,

Went to the park yesterday and for a Saturday it was really empty. No waits over 20 minutes, practically everything was a walk on. The only somewhat long line was for Loggers Run and even that was only 20 mins. Also after yesterday I have ridden everything in the park besides the upcharges. All I had left were Little Dipper and a few water rides. Everything was open for at least some of the day besides all of BBNP. I also got to see some TPR members again which is always great. Here's my ride report of change or notable things from my last visit.

Raging Bull- While still shaky it didn't seem as bad as last time. The crew was amazing. Even with all three trains there was no stacking and no waiting in the station.

Dark Knight - Better than my last ride. They put people in the pre show room no matter where the show was. It was nice not having to watch the whole thing. All of the effects were on unlike my last ride. The only effect I don't really get is the disco light. I like it, but I don't see how it fits in.

Viper- Rode after it rained. It was AMAZING. It really flew through the course and had great airtime. A million times better than last season.

Batman- All the queue effects were on. The ride seemed a little rougher but still nice and intense.

Overall even with the rain it was a great day. Probably my best visit to the park. I don't remember ever getting on so many rides and waits being so short. Here are the few pictures I took.

BONUS PICTURE TIME

I found a few pictures of the Hellcat from Timber Falls. I'll post a full report of the park when I go this summer. Enjoy the bonus pics!