July 19, 2009

Six Flags over Georgia

Welcome to Six Flags over Georgia

My first ride of the day would be Goliath

"SoGo" as I call it was running like crazy today

It has a funky little helix over the lake

For a B&M hypercoaster, it has a ton of airtime

Next up was Batman: the Ride

I never get tired of this layout - no matter where it is 

I love Mindbender!

This old school coaster just makes you feel so vulnerable

The reason I am here is because they completely redid Monster Plantation
and now it is Monster Mansion - all new animatronics and more!

The boats don't look much different, but...

You get inside and you can really tell the difference

I love that they kept the theme song and this guy

Ok a quick trip on the minetrain

Time to head out.  I still got another park to do today


Carowinds


Welcome to Carowinds

The first coaster of the day would be Afterburn

This B&M inverted coaster is one of the best out there

Unfortunately it is at Carowinds, so it tends to get overlooked

Want to ride a couple of rough wooden coasters?  Ok, here's Thunder Road

Carolina Cobra is a half-way decent boomerang

Goldrusher was next - it's kind of a minetrain

Carolina Cyclone is the park's resident Arrow looper

If you really really like a rough wooden coaster - try HURLER

Time for a mouse coaster - RICOCHET

Drop in any time.

The park has an older B&M standup coaster called Vortex

It's not that bad actually

The park has a Vekoma flying dutchman called Nighthawk

It's fun, but it takes forever to load

The park has a few kiddie coasters - this is Runaway Reptar

This is the Fairly Odd Coaster

Here's Taxi Chase

Final ride of the day was the Sky Cabin

Looks like something big is coming to the park next year

Until next time.

July 18, 2009

Alabama Adventure


Welcome to Alabama Adventure

This is the Main Street area 

The Ferris Wheel features spinning carts (if you want to spin)

This is the kiddie coaster - of course I rode it

The park's Boomerang is called Zoomerang

The park has a double shot called Stratosfear

Let's take a look at the park's flat rides.  Here's a Break Dance

Scrambler

Enterprise

Musik Express

Carousel

Wave Swinger

Bumper Cars

The park has a couple of water rides including a Log Flume

and White River Gorge rapids ride

The real reason anyone comes here is Rampage

The coaster dominates the back of the park

It is really a large pile of lumber

I was impressed with the amount of airtime you get on the ride

I am glad I got to ride this monster.  It was worth coming to the park for