Screaminkid2005's 2013 Coaster Adventures!

Hey Everyone! I just got from a road trip around PA where I went to Knoebels, Hershey, & Dorney Park! Be on the lookout for a few new trip reports over the next few days!

Hey Everyone! So at 5am on June 29th, Kyle, Nadine, Greg, and I all began our weekend road trip to PA! The first park of our trip...

Knoebels!!!

Man have I missed this park! I honestly thought I wouldn't visit the park again for at least a few more years, but I'm glad I had the chance too! We arrived around 10am to a relatively full looking parking lot thinking that they're might be long lines. Wrong! Every ride was a walk on or a one cycle wait except Black Diamond and Phoenix which were three cycle waits at most! Having missed the credit by a little less then a month last season, I was really excited to ride Black Diamond after hearing all the great reviews! While watching the construction of the coaster, I was a little confused as to why everyone was going crazy over it. After riding it, I thought it was amazing for what it was! It had great scenery, pretty decent speed, and great hidden drops (even if they were trimmed!). We decided to only stay at the park until about 4 due to it being about 108*. Over all I thought the park was tons of fun and I can't wait to go back in the future!

The Pictures!

Such a simple but amazing flat! And they even have a TV showing off its history and rules!

Such a great coaster for such a little park!

The Haunted Mansions line all day long! =D

It's so crazy to think that its ok in PA to walk on the track while the train is cycling!

NO GATES!!!!

A nice little log flume that gets you slightly wet!

My favorite flat at the park!

After leaving the park, we decided to drive around Hershey, PA for a little bit to see what the city had to offer. Granted we only cared about one thing!

Lightning Racer greeted us as we drove into Hershey!

The New Hotness! Can't wait to try this out tomorrow!

Hes shy! =[

After driving around Hershey, we drove a half hour to our hotel! After a 6 hour drive in a car with no AC on a 108* day, the only thing we wanted to do is chill and swim. Once everyone recovered from their heat exhaustion, it was time for dinner! Luckily for us, our hotel was on a main road with plenty of restaurants. Everyone decided that we didn't want something that we can get back home and the first thing we saw was Fuddruckers. As soon as I walked into the restaurant I fell in love. Why you ask?

<3

While at dinner, we decided to check what the weather was going to be like for the next few days. Saturday and Sunday were going to be hot in high 90's low 100*. Tonight not so much! I opened my phone to see a massive storm heading right for us!

It's trying to poke us!

Once we were finished eating, we decided to head over to Walmart to get a few things then play storm chasers!

The regular view from our hotel.

Once the storm came!

We watched the storm get worse and worse as the night continued and then just decided to go to bed due to the long day ahead of us tomorrow at Hershey Park!

Be sure to post, telling me what you liked, didn't like, and what you would like to see more of!

Thanks!

-Kevin

Hey everyone! Sorry it took me so long to make the next update. As soon as I arrived home, work basically consumed my life for the next few months then school started and blah blah blah... Anyways here it is! Hershey Park: Rush to the Sky!

After a crazy storm the night before, we awoke early the next morning. Our hotel was about 45 minutes from Hershey and we thought we should be there as early as possible to get in as many rides on Fahrenheit and Storm Runner as we could before the park opened to the public for the day!

Time: 8am-11:30pm

Weather: The day was a hot one with temps in the high 90s with! Thankfully that night it cooled down to the mid 70s for the night ERT.

Crowds: The park became really crowded by noon with most lines full by 1pm until about 8:30-9pm.

The plans for the day!

I thought the entrance plaza was one of the most beautiful I've ever seen at any park!

Beautiful but small Main Gate.

After waiting more then 10 years, I'm finally here!

After the park let us in, we were told Storm Runner would not be ready until about 9:15 so my group went right to Fahrenheit! On the I noticed the parks has beautiful landscaping everywhere!

I see you Fahrenheit!

After 3 great back to back rides on Fahrenheit, we decided to head over to Storm Runner to see if it was open yet. Sadly it still wasn't ready so I took some more photos of the surrounding area. While waiting, Sidewinder began testing which gave us a few good shots. We were also pleased to see that it had the new boomerang restraints with the padded vests, so we had to check it out later!

It was great being able to get so close to lift 2 & loop.

Sexy new restraints!

After about 10 minutes of waiting, Storm Runner opened! I thought the ride was great! It had some great spots of airtime and hang time. But there was one weird head banging turn right before the break run that I wasn't to fond of. After 2 more rides it was time to head over to Skyrush to so we could be the first in line!

This was the line at about 10:15am

It doesn't look very tall from a distance but once you get next to it, its massive!

While going up the stairs to the station, you get this great view of Great Bear!

After riding Sky Rush, we decided that we should get some drinks since it was around 90 degrees. Thankfully the park gave us a wristband for unlimited free drinks! After our drinks, we did another lap on Skyrush then went over to SooperDooperLooper to check out its new trains! This is when the park began to become very crowded!

This was the like around noon!

Such a weird looking support!

After waiting about 30-40 minutes, we got on the ride. I thought the ride was pretty good. I thought it was going to be longer, but it wasn't bad at all. The restraints seemed very similar to Runaway Mine Trains at Six Flags Great Adventure which could be a good or bad thing depending on who you are. For me, I was indifferent towards them.

We then headed over to Great Bear! The line looked very deceiving. We thought it was going to be much longer then it really was! We only waited about 25 minutes for it, which we were happy with. But as soon as we got off and looked at it again, we saw that the line was pushing a hour wait with almost a full line!

Noted!

After Great Bear we did the Flume, Condor, and a few other flat rides around the park. Greg and I decided to head over to Roller Soaker to ride it while it was still hot. I realized Hershey does a really good job at hiding the lines. When we got in line we thought it was going to take about 20 minutes since we were at the bottom of the ramp. Wrong! It took a little over a hour because we didn't know that there was a switch back inside of the station. Over all, while I wouldn't wait for it again, I did think it was a great family ride and it sure does seem popular!

Does this get you wet?

Move along... nothing to see here...

I think Wildcat is a very under rated wooden coaster. Is it the smoothest in the world? No. Have I been on worse? Hell yea! and plus its very photogenic!

No was the moment I've been waiting 12 years for! Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to ride Lightning Racer! I remember watching it on some roller coaster show where they built it along with Steel Dragon 2000. We walked over to it and excepted at least a 20 minute wait for it, but to our surprise there was no line! The first side we chose to ride was Thunder. This also was my 100th coaster!!! When we got off we were so confused as to why this coaster had no line... It's freakin GREAT! It has so many great elements to it, it keeps a great pace threw out the ride, and its pretty smooth being 12 years old! As soon as we got off we got right back on! This time we road Lightning! Over all this a great under rated coaster that should get a lot more attention then it gets!

The old switch backs for Lightning Racers! Sorry for the poor quality!

When I said there was no line, I meant there was NO line!

After riding Lightning Racer, we decided to get some dinner at the all you can eat buffet that was in the Trailblazer catering area. The food was pretty good. For some reason I found their potato salad to be addicting! After dinner we walked around and road some more rides, chilled, and took some pictures of the park.

The park has so many beautiful photo ops for their rides!

The Night ERT started a tad late because they had to clear out Skyrushs line. They did however keep SooperDooperLooper open to make up for the late start! They also had Comet open for us and I must say Comet is a really smooth coaster! We were also really happy to find out that they put the new padded train on Skyrush for the ERT and you can really tell the difference! In total we road Skyrush 8 times during the ERT and Comet once!

Overall I had an amazing time at Hershey Park! It really did live up to everything expectation that I thought it would! Hopefully I can make it back there at some point next season!

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my trip to Hershey Park as much as I did!

-Kevin

UP NEXT: DORNEY PARK!!!

Glad to hear you had a good time! I agree with you about Wildcat; very nice coaster! I beg to differ about Comet being smooth though... ouch!

Really? lol I rode it in the front and thought it was really smooth!

Really? lol I rode it in the front and thought it was really smooth!

Maybe I caught it on a bad day. Glad you enjoyed it though!

Thanks for a great TR! Is it wrong that Roller Soaker is sitting fairly high on my ride bucket list? Something about the uniqueness of it I guess...

Thanks for a great TR! Is it wrong that Roller Soaker is sitting fairly high on my ride bucket list? Something about the uniqueness of it I guess...

Its not wrong at all! Besides the slow loading process, it really is a fun ride! The one thing that sucks is that the seat belts in the "Normal" Seats aren't all the same size, so the second time I tired to go on with everyone I had to get off because we couldn't get it buckled. It really wasn't that bad though because I didn't want to run the risk of being soaked for the rest of the night. Also the staff was really nice about it asking if i wanted to wait for the next car and I respectfully declined. They seemed pretty confused too because i'm not even that big of a guy, but w.e. i'm over it. =]

Hey everyone! Welcome back to another exciting edition of Coaster Adventures! =D

I left you guys off with my amazing trip to Hershey Park. This adventure brought me to Allentown, PA and down to Dorney Park!

After about an hour or so drive from our hotel in York, PA we arrived at Dorney Park! I was really excited to go to this park because I have never been to a Cedar Fair park outside of Cedar Point. Although I was excited, I really wasn't expecting to much. From what I've heard, it was a park that had horrible operations and mediocre rides at best. Heres what I thought...

I see you Dorney!

We arrived in the parking lot around 11-11:30am. We saw a good amount of car in the lot, enough to make us slightly nervous about long lines.

Pretty main gate!

Thankfully, most of the people in the park were heading to the water park because it was a sunny day in the high 90's again. Fearing the lines would get worse as the day went on, we decided to head right over to Talon to get it out of the way. Now this is a coaster I've been wanting to ride for years! I've watched it on numerous coaster shows over the years and I was extremely excited to finally get to ride it!

The sign looks pretty cool! =]

A crazy mess of track and supports!

Such a photogenic coaster!

After walking through the line, we were greeted with NO line!!!

I really enjoyed Talon. I was expecting it be a little more forceful then it was, but it was no where near as forceless as Silver Bullet! Overall the ride had a great layout and the crew was doing there best to make sure the ride remained having no line! I'd give it a 8/10 for the day!

Next up was Demon Drop. This was the main reason why I wanted to visit Dorney Park. You may be thinking, why would someones main reason to visit a park be for a first generation Intamin freefall? Well it mainly comes down the fact that i've never ridden one. The only time I saw Great Adventures running was in 2005 and my friend opted out of going on it because the line was to long. When I went to Cedar Point, Demon Drop was just relocated to Dorney. So after years and years of wanting to go on one, I finally got my chance!

On the way down to Demon Drop, I saw something that I thought was very strange to see in the middle of summer. There was virtually no one in the park!

See! No one!!!

I see you Demon Drop!

See I wasn't lying... The dry park was legit empty!

I don't know what it is about them, but I think these rides are beautiful!

So purttty. =]

Overall I thought Demon Drop lived up to my expectations. The ride was pretty thrilling and didn't hurt like many people said 1st Gens do. Also the freefall was better then most drop towers that I have been on in the past! I'm going to give this a 7/10!

Next up we wet on the parks Log Flume. This ride had the longest wait of the day with a unbearable 10 minute wait! The ride in general was pretty great. I personally loved how it had some great views of Hydra! Speaking of Hydra, that was our next coaster!

The entrance sign!

This is probably my favorite picture of the trip! Don't worry, this was taken after my ride and as we were exiting the ride platform. =]

Such a funky yet pretty looking B&M!

While the coaster is very pretty and looks cool. I personally thought it was very blah. Hydra has some pretty cool elements like the Jojo Roll and I did like how it used the terrain to its advantage. But I thought it was weakest (force wise) B&M i've ever been on. I'd give it a 6/10 and thats pushing it. Next up was Meteor!

So Pretty

I was excited to ride this because I haven't seen one of these since Six Flags New England got ride of Time Warp! Time Warp was my favorite flat at SFNE as a kid so I was ready to relive the experience. The one major difference and I thought was kind of weird was that it was three across. Knowing personally that 3 across rides are a pain to attend and operate because people always want to split up. I was super nice to the attendant and she was super nice back! So nice in fact that I wanted to right a complement about her but i couldn't find where to do that. Any who the ride was great! The one down side was the rides metal floor was redicuouly hot due the 90* weather and all of us had flip flops on. Needless to say, we all burt our feet pretty bad. I'd give it a 7/10. Now it was time for Thunderhawk!

Cool name!

The rides lift hill. Sorry this is the only picture i got of the ride.

Looking at the ride, I thought it was going to be pretty fun... WRONG! This was the worst wooden coaster of the trip! The ride was so painfully rough that I was in the brace position the entire ride! Hopefully they re-track this ride asap so that it can live up to its full potential! I'm giving it a 3/10. Now off to Steel Force!

Mantis Sign?

I see you hiding...

"Airtime" Hill.

Now I was pretty excited because I've always wanted to ride a Morgan Hyper Coaster! This ride is massive and goes along the whole park! It has height, it has speed, but thats it. Sadly this is probably the coaster I was most disappointed with on the trip. Maybe I caught it on a bad day or sat in the wrong seat, I felt like this coaster just didn't do anything. I thought it was going to be an airtime machine, but it didn't even feel like I was getting off my seat at all. Hopefully I'll change my opinion of this ride when i return to Dorney Park in the future. 5/10

After Steel Force we decided to go check out Stinger. Sadly it was down do to a gate not properly working. We decided to just go get some other credits out of the way then check on it later.

Just incase anyone was wondering, the park was still dead!

I love how they have half melted candles on the sign!

Pop, Lock, and Drop It!

Possessed was a fantastic ride! This was my first impulse coaster that still had the holding break and I loved it! I also loved how creepy the operator sounded and how they would say different things every time: The ride will possess you 3,2,1...Goodbye. or You'll be possessed in... no time. Over all great ride! 8/10

Stinger was still down so we headed over to Dominator.

Red, Green, White???

What the hell??? Fake Tower?

Nadine and I went on the drop tower while Kyle and Greg went on the shot tower. Ok I really need to ask. Whats up with this ride? Was there 3 working towers at one point? Is it incase they want to build a 3rd? Why not just do the Great Escape way and build just two towers? Does anyone know the real reason behind this? I thought the drop tower was pretty good. Nothing to write home about. 6/10

By this point, Stinger was once again operating so we went over before it went down again.

Da Sign

Da Ride

This was my first invertigo coaster so I was excited! I think the ride was just what the park needed! It filled the need for a major coaster that had a ton of g's on it. Overall i thought it was a great coaster and i'm giving it a 8/10.

After Stinger, we got the mouse and kiddie credits and decided to head out. Overall I thought Dorney was a beautiful park! I do agree that most of the coasters are mediocre, but I believe that they are moving in the right direction with the addition of Stinger! I'll give the park a 7/10.

Thanks for reading everyone! Be sure to be on the look out for a new update soon!

-Kevin

What seat did you ride Thunderhawk in? When I rode in the back in August, it was crazy awesome and filled with air. Same goes for Steel Force... Too bad you didn't like it that much. It's a very fun ride! Nice trip report, by the way .

Thunderhawk was towards the front and Steel Force was in the last car. I really wanted to like both of them, especially Steel Force, but Thunderhawk kicked my butt and Steel Force was just there. Oh and thanks!

Steel Force is much better in the front car, awesome floater air!

I thought I was probably sitting in the same seat. So do you know anything about the fake tower at Dominator?

Dominator has always been like that but I'm not sure why. I'm sorry to hear that you didn't like Thunderhawk. The second seat from the front is my favorite.. that ride can be fun in the right seat.

Regarding Steel Force... I completely agree with you on this. It's the world's tallest and fastest mine train coaster. I have no idea how a ride that tall and that fast can be that boring.

I'm glad you enjoyed Stinger but I just can't get past the fact that they removed a great Schwarzkopf coaster for a boomerang.

Hey everyone! Now that work is finally starting to settle down and end for the season, I finally have time to start writing about all of my coaster adventures from this year! Thanks to Robb & Elissa, I had the chance to check out a bunch of awesome new parks this year and I can't wait to share everything with you guys!

-Schlitterbahn- (Page 5)- Click Here!!!

-Six Flags Fiesta Texas ((Part 1)Page 5)- Click Here!!!

-Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Part 2)Page 5)- Click Here!!!

-Sea World San Antonio (Page 5)- Click Here!!!

-Six Flags Over Texas (Page 6)- Click Here!!!

-Summer Adventures at Dallas State Fair Grounds (Page 6)- Click Here!!!

-Magic Springs- (Page 7)- Click Here!!!

-Silver Dollar City- (Page 7)- Click Here!!!

-City Museum- (Page 8)- Click Here!!!

-Six Flags St. Louis- (Page 9)- Click Here!!!

-Mount Olympus-(Page 10)- Click Here!!!

-Little Amerricka-(Page 10)- Click Here!!!

-Six Flags Great America- (Page 10) Click Here!!!

-Cedar Point- (Page 11)- Click Here!!!

-Conneaut Lake Park- (Page 11)-Click Here!!!

-Waldameer Park- Coming Soon!

-Darien Lake- Coming Soon!

Disclaimer! There will only be a couple photos in this TR. I wasn't feeling very daring bringing my camera & phone into a water park. I promise i'll try to keep it short and stick to key parts of my adventure.

Arrival.

After traveling half way across the country from Massachusetts, I arrived in San Antonio the day before. Being my first TPR tour, I was very nervous because I have never met most of the people on the tour. Thanks to the hotel bar, everyone became very fast friends! After a night of drinking and meeting a bunch of awesome new people, it was off to bed.

Schlitterbahn.

The next morning was an early one. We headed down to the lobby and met up with all the other TPR members. After a quick meeting of the tour rules, it was off to Schlitterbahn!

When we got to the park it was already pushing 90 degrees. We walked into the park and saw an amazing Texas style breakfast buffet! After the breakfast, the staff handed out goodie bags filled with photo frames and sports bottles! After all this great hospitality it was time for our hour ERT. But there was another suprise! The ERT wasn't only on Masterblaster, but the entire slide complex!

Signature Shot!

A big thanks to Schlitterbahn for the special ERT session which helped us beat the lines. Later on in the day the line was at least 45 minutes for all three of the slides. After hitting all three slides, my group decided to ride lazy river of death. Why do I call it that you may ask? When riding in what seems to be an average, calm lazy river, you notice that the walls get higher and higher. Then all of a sudden you see massive waves about 4-5 feet tall barreling at you! If you catch the wave just right, you can even ride it for a little bit! After a few laps, it was time to meet up with the group so we could get the first ride on The Falls.

What The Falls basically is is a really, really, really long lazy/adventure river that connects two parks together so you keep cool on those hot texas days! The first half of it I thought was quite uneventful, but thats because we got off right before it got good. The ride does have some cool features, one being that you can ride the tube conveyor belts. The second half of the ride or the return trip to the first park, was where the ride got fun. Much of it was sudden drops and waterfalls that got you soaked which i totally didn't expect.

The main reason we traveled to the second park was for Dragons Revenge! All I can say about this slide is WOW! It had some awesome theming right from the second you walked into the line. It also had some amazing special effects in it and a great final drop! We were going to ride it again but the line was getting way to long, so we decided to check out some other rides.

After spending some time in the second park, we decided to take the shuttle over to the 3rd, final, and original park. Now this park is made up of some really old school slides which i've never seen before. The cool thing is that most of the water they use in this park is pumped in from the near by river! The best slide at this park in my opinion was the old school mat racer that goes over the entrance. No word of a lie, I came close to a foot off the slide! It was so much fun that we did it a second time! The old park was one of the best i've been too just because it had some very unique slides that you wont find anywhere else. Also the park kept its charm over the years by not interfering with the natural beauty of the river and the surrounding area.

After hitting a few slides in the old park, we decided to head back to Blastenhoff so I could check out the Sky Coaster.

One thing I was really excited for on this trip was being able to get a bunch of Sky Coaster credits! Being a site controller, every one I went on was free which saved me a ton of money! This Sky Coaster was one I was really looking forward too, due to it being the first one i've seen in a water park. Saddly it did not live up to my hype. It felt like there was almost no free fall on it. But it was cool in the fact that you got to fly out over the wave pool. =]

After Sky Coaster, we had a quick bite to eat, and then back to the hotel we went to get ready for the welcome dinner!

I just wanted to give a special thanks to everyone at Schlitterbahn for an amazing event! I can't wait to go back soon!

Next Park: Six Flags Fiesta Texas!

Oh my god! I totally forgot about the mat racer! It was so much fun and it has the best I have ever had at a water park. Treble down if I wasn't mistaken?

Hey everyone!

So since the last update didn't have that many photos and was tons of reading, i'm just going to jump right into the first official park of the Texas/Mid-West Trip and get onto the photos! Also this going to be a two part update due to the large amounts of photos.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Part 1)

Its 7:30am and time to get our stuff together for a fun filled day at the park!

Before you even step foot into the park, you are greeted with this beautiful entrance plaza!

It's only 9am and its already 85 degrees, good thing there is plenty of shade!

Where are we again?

Once inside, you're greeted by beautiful theming such as this.

Not your typical Main Street!

So pretty!

I think this might be one of the prettiest boomerangs i've ever seen.

So many trees!

Woah, a Sky Screamer that doesn't have a rainbow color scheme.

Since Iron Ratter was still closed due to the incident on Texas Giant. The park went out of their way and gave us ERT on Superman instead!

This is why I love ERT's!

First official ERT of the tour!

This became my favorite floorless coaster!

It does a few funky cliff interactions which make it pretty awesome.

...and you can't forget about all that!

The park then walked us over to Poltergeist to get a quick ERT on it before the park opened to guests!

Poltergeist has one of the coolest themed stations i've seen on a coaster!

Being in charge of Scream at SFNE for the past two seasons, I was really excited to see how another park runs basically the same ride. So right at park open, we jumped on for a quick ride!

I thought the color scheme was kind of funky at first, but it really grew on me during my stay.

At 11am, the park opened the Fiesta Boardwalk section of the park for another ERT session on Pandemonium and Scooby Doo!

I was really excited to see how this ride also compared to the one at SFNE.

It thought it was so strange to see two cars being loaded at the same time!

I see TPR members!

Fiesta Boardwalk had some other family rides such as the Ferris Wheel...

...A frisbee...

... and a Scrambler!

Alright thats it for the first update. I hope you enjoyed it! Look out for the next update within the next few days featuring tons of Iron Rattler photos!

Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Part 2)

Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay with the updates, I've been pretty busy doing a bunch of different things and I haven't had a ton of time to make a trip report. Now that I have a little bit of free time, I'd figure why not finish this TR and show a ton of photos of IRat from TPR back stage tour! Enjoy!

What's that way off in the distance?

Oh hey girl!

Aww... It's closed. =( Yea knew before arriving at the park that it was going to be closed. But being the awesome park SFFT is, they gave us an amazing Backstage Tour of the ride!

After meeting up with our tour guide, they lead us though a secret entrance that allowed us to get some awesome shots of IRats neighboring rides!

Part of Gully Washer's backstage area.

The road up to the top of the Quarry. More on that later. =]

The closer you get to it, the more massive it becomes!

The tour allowed us to get REALLY close to the ride!

First drop!

The tunnels entrance.

You also got to see cool things like this.

The park also allowed us to walk on this little dock to get better view of the roll!

So pretty. =]

Hey gully!

I just couldn't stop taking photos of it.

I don't know why but I love this photo!

The park then took us to see the control room for Gully Washer... Or was it IRat? Maybe someone that was on the tour remembers. =P

Woo... TPR members!

Just when we thought it was over, they told us that they were taking us to the top of the quarry! The drive up allowed us to get some really cool shots of IRat & Road Runner Express. (Sorry for the glare in some of the photos.)

Hey Road Runner! =D

Top of the lift!

Dropping into a bush!

Everything's so close to the ground.

The crazy turn!

So twisty!

Beautiful!

Close up of one of the over banks.

Watch out for rattle snakes! No seriously, that was one of the things they said to watch out for up here.

Another turn!

Semi artsy shot.

I wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the tour possible! It was an amazing experience I will seriously never forget! After the tour we just walked around the park hitting up random rides and just taking in the parks atmosphere.

I really enjoyed this model. It's always fun to ride another one of these that doesn't have the ball around you!

One of the prettier swings i've seen.

Kiddee Coaster!

Why so sad Marcel? =P

Every time I see this ride... All I can think about is that stupid dragon! Lol =]

Hey it's Goliath! The first of many Batman clones on the trip!

You can get really close to this ride!

It's cool to see a mirrored clone. =]

Well, that's all I got for Six Flags Fiesta Texas. I would like to thank everyone at the park for going out of their way to make our time at the park an unforgettable experience and for their amazing hospitality!

Be sure to comment below telling me what you thought about the report and be sure to check back soon for the next update!

Next Update: SeaWorld San Antonio!

Wow, great stuff! I have no idea how I've missed pages of trip reports. Can't wait to see more, and look through the rest of the photos I missed!

Great photo's Kevin, can't wait to see more TR's from you.

Great pictures! Can't wait to see the next update!

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I'm glad you guys enjoyed it! =D

Well, it's time for another for a update! This time it's to SeaWorld San Antonio!

Hey SeaWorld!

Hey Shamu! =D

Woo its time for the first of three ERT's of the day! Journey to Atlantis was a cool ride in that it turned you around at both top sections, but besides that it seemed like a normal fun flume ride. Oh and it's always a good time when TPR breaks the ride and you get stuck! =P

After two laps on Journey, it was time to head over to the next coaster.

The station had a nice theme to it.

This is why I love TPR ERT's. Even with one train operations, there are still NO LINES! =D

Steel Eel is a very pretty and underrated coaster. It was by far one of the best coaster surprises on the trip.

It might not be the tallest or the fastest coaster around, but it sure does pack a punch!

The midway went right under coaster allowing for so awesome shots.

After Steel Eel, the park walked us over to our third and final ERT of the day.

Yup, another Batman clone, get used to seeing them because they are at a majority of the parks we visited. Not that i'm complaining. =P

The station allowed for some awesome shots you can't get waiting in line for those other Batman clones!

After all the ERT's it was time for lunch. The park gave us an amazing buffet of fajitas, rice, and other amazing food! We saw that Steel Eel was running empty trains, so we decided to head over because we figured there wouldn't be a line. We were right!

We then decided it would be a good idea to whore Shamu Express and then do a Rock n' Tug take over!

Hey! =D

After that we ended up riding the rapids ride (which got us all soaked!) and then just walking around, before heading back to the bus. Overall I really enjoyed the park. This was my first to any SeaWorld park and I honestly didn't know what to expect. I really thought it was going to be a bunch of fish with a random coaster here and there, but it was so much more than that. I didn't go into any of the exhibits or anything because my group and I really wanted to focus on rides... Well, that and every time we attempted to see a show, the show would start in 10 minutes and we'd be on the complete opposite side of the lake. Any who, I had a great time at the park and if i'm ever in the area, I would love to go back and visit.

Thank you to everyone at SeaWorld that helped make the event awesome! =D

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Another great TR, I really want to go to this park. I'll get there someday.

It was a really fun park. It irritates me though that Steel Eel is so underrated. No matter where you sit on the ride it has great air, speed, and forces. It's like it's a hidden gem.