Saw mill log flume great adventure12/18/2023 ![]() ![]() Instead I passed up Dark Knight for some more funstruction. ![]() Next I eyed Dark Knight, which had a small line but had also just closed the pre-show doors meaning at least a 15 minute wait right there. Nitro was running pretty nice on Saturday with a lot of floater air over the final set of bunny hops. All in all I waited about 10 minutes before hopping into the back car. The sprayers on this flume are pretty bad, dumping a nice robust stream of water right into the log I didn’t really want to risk my camera with those.Īfterwards I walked through The Lakefront, into Movietown and got in line for Nitro which had a wait starting just before the stairway into the station. Of course I’m referring to those sprayers that cost a quarter or so to use. I thought about riding until I saw the steady stream of people using the “a-hole devices” next to the flume. Next I walked through Frontier Adventures and saw that the Saw Mill log flume was open an original attraction at Great Adventure. Six with the word Funstruction screamed out next to him. There really wasn’t a whole heck of a lot to see over by Bizarro I was hoping to see maybe a test train, or some workers, or maybe even Lex Luthor himself. ![]() Towards the end of last year the bridge was closed for repairs, resulting in a dead ends by El Toro and Medusa. Instead of bull riding, I walked over by Bizarro via the re-opened bridge route, over the stagnant creek that runs through Frontier Adventures. That’s not too bad of a line, but I decided to pass as I knew it would be less later on. Upon arriving at The Bull, I noticed that it had a line that took up the entire far switchback and into the closest one. The first order of business would usually be to get my season pass validated, but I had the piece of plastic all ready to go so instead I made a beeline to El Toro. I was partially right, they were kind of annoying but they didn’t over run the place. I had heard around that May 2nd was cheerleader day or something like that and feared that there would be throngs of annoying cheerleaders around. I got to the park at around 2:00pm and found that the lot wasn’t too full (yay!) As I walked in, a song with the lyrics “It’s gonna be a good day” (or something similar) played over the speakers foreshadowing maybe? You won't be disappointed.I took a solo trip to Six Flags Great Adventure on a cloudy Saturday, May 2nd so that I could do whatever I pleased and stop for as many photos as I saw fit. Also the derelict water front with vacant arena recalls a time when there may have been waterski shows or something like that. On rare occasion though you may come accross a ride or game operator who seems to think his job would be better if there weren't all these people around. Most are happy and smiling and ready to be helpful with an answer to a question. Great Adventure's shortcomings is in its staffing. I've never stayed into the evening, but anyone who has says the crowds thin out to almost nothing as people like me had left before nightfall. Try to come mid week at the end of the summer to avoid long lines. My first grade daughter loved it! Her friends did not.) There's plenty of other rides, games and attractions for the younger ones. I was stunned to see the requirement is only 48 inches. Got kids? All the signature rides have a pretty tall height restriction (except El Toro. Admission tickets at the gate are expensive too, but there is always some promotion running on-line or through a retail partner like Dunkin' Donuts or Coke so check that out before you go. I am not a fan of Green Lantern because in the standing position one's head bumps around a bit more as the ride twists and torques around. (I'd like to recommend Kingda Ka too but it was down with maintenance issues.) Superman, Batman, and Bizarro are winners too. They're both over ten years old now so they don't hold records that they once did, but they awesome rides, especially El Toro. If you a coaster head, you owe it to yourself to ride El Toro and Nitro. Great Adventure has always felt like good amusement park that falls just short of great. ![]()
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