Photo TR: Knoebels, DP & El Toro land

[Ccron10I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

Some things I want to say.
1. When I went to Dorney in August Steel Force's Line was so short that I only had to wait at least 2 or 3 minutes (possibily because they shut the ride down for 5 minutes for, I think a the train not coming back on time).

2. I rode Talon 2 or 3 times in a row and I have to admit that I did kind of gotten worn out, but that's because maybe I was walking around the park all day.

By the way great TR!

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

Thats awsome that Hydra has that tiwst in the beginning before the lift!Looks like you guys had some fun !

[grinch1313Full Fledged Hand Dryer enthusiast]

Awesome trip report! The pictures all came out really nice, but I especially liked the Knoebels pictures!

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

After Ka we headed straight to El Toro. The wait was about an Hour and gave us plenty of time to drool. We rode the backseat and it was just one of the most amazing rides ever. glass smooth, Monster Airtime, lightning quick turns, huge hills. The ending was pure insanity and this ride never let up. It just leaves you speechless.

I don't know what else to say except ride it!

The whole theme area around El Toro was excellent as well as the music BUT why would you have authentic hispanic music in the whole area but LOUD Club Dance music in the Que line?????

Here is the video
http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/vi ... hp?t=29602

And here are the pics

Enjoy, JEFF

[CoasterEricHPI just swallowed a whole donkey!]

Nothing beats motion blurred coaster shots with lights.. Great pictures!!

[CP_RULESOnly 1/2 CP fanboy]

I guess I have a few new videos to DL tomorrow. Great TR, I cant wait to watch the vids, yours are always great.

[YoshiFanDon't make me kick you in the donkey!]

It seems like a lot of people have been having problems with security and picture taking at the park this year:
http://www.gadv.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10351

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

Great song choice for the El Toro video!

[HerculesThe Resident Vegetarian Hippie]

Kingda Ka anywhere near the back is the biggest no-no. I'm sure you know that now though Jeff. It is much, much smoother in the front. And yes, you felt the three pulses for the launch correctly. That was one of the "improvements" made to the ride. Instead of one big launch out of the gate, Kingda Ka was made to have those pulses as you described them.

[pkdcoasterAll I want is a chainlift!]

Well as for the rest of the park we did not get to do that much due to the long lines and our day cut really short by Rain/storms.

There were many rude employees as well (I asked for a plastic bag from a gift shop to keep my camera dry and was denied-I had to buy something)

We got on KK, El Toro, Medusa, GASM, Nitro, Skull mtn. I still did not get my Superman credit cause they were only running one train
We were in line for Batman when it started raining and heard numerous warnings about your clothes might get soiled blah blah for about 4 cycles then they CLOSE Batman because of this!!! (it didnt happen to anyone) it is just their policy Nitro was running in the rain!!! and we were stuck next in line for the front. after about a half hour we left.

It was alot of little things like that, that just kind of ruin your day, especially after paying a ton of money for 6 rides. It wasn't so bad for me cause I have been on all these coasters before but 2 in our group had not been on these coasters and they were really looking forward to them.

Hopefully our next visit will be better but I really left the park not to thrilled especially at how the staff was acting and most of the major coasters not running at capacity or slow/not enough ops.

Chris has some things to add I'm sure

JEFF