coastermatt

Hey guys, I'm leaving Monday to visit Hershey Park, Kings Dominion, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I would love recommendations and/or tips any of you guys might have for the parks, such as rides or shows you think are amazing that are overlooked or not well known. Thanks guys!

That would explain the feeling me and my buds had after riding Goliath 6 times in a row during ERT Biggest pet peeve? Probably slow operations/rides not operating to their full potential.

Love the Family Guy reference. Cool TR, and glad you got to ride BTMR with the fireworks in the background. That's always awesome!

I couldn't agree more dude. I absolutely love Screamin' and am so glad it's at my home park, but nothing bums me out more than getting on a Screamin' train where the audio isn't working/the audio cuts out half-way through the ride/the audio screws up and restarts half-way through the ride. Lately I've been noticing it get worse and worse, and I really hope parks can figure out an easy way to maintain these audio systems on their rides. I had never thought about it before and would always just think to myself, "Why can't the park keep this system going?", but Tim's point at last weekend's Q&A on the subject made a lot of sense. I had never bothered to think about it just cause I was always just too upset that the audio wasn't working, but all the vibrations that thing experiences every single cycle must be nuts, so I understand the issue. I just hope it gets resolved soon!

I know this is a little off the current MM topic, but after having an absolute blast with some X2 ERT at WCB last weekend, I'll say that it actually really bums me out about the problems they're having with the SOBAT. I know Tim said they're working on getting it fixed and keeping it that way, but with them taking out Apoc's audio system, what do you guys think about the chances of it really staying? Maybe it's just me, but I'm the biggest fan of SOBAT's. I just think they make coasters that much more entertaining.

I hope not, Colossus is one of my favorite wooden coasters.

EDIT: I won't be able to make it. =/

Creative TR! It's nice to see a little humor in a trip report, helps spice things up.