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August 11th Update |
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| The Safari Exploration Station looks great, and seems popular | |||
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| Great topiaries | Great new Safari T-shirts | ||
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| Cleo demonstrates her artistic abilities | One of Cleo's works | Kumai | |
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| One GIANT bunny! | The snakes | ||
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| New sign | |||
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| Lots more new shirts are out | |||
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| All 8 parachutes were running! | |||
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| Finally some explanation of the discounts! | The tortoises now have a sign | The new basketball game | |
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| The line for the Pat Benetar concert | Big crowd | Pat sounded great | |
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| Scream Machine's signs are all lit now | Weird new prizes | New sign for Movietown Water Effect explaining its hours of operation | The new sign on Chiller...now if they'd only update the website |
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| The night parade seems more popular than the daytime version |
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July 21st Update |
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| New ticket discount offer | I wonder how they got a deal with ESPN? | ||
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| Good pricing though we thought it should have been $66.66 | Sale merchandise! | Great to see some f the little stands open which always used to be closed | What month is this? I don't know whether Snowy's is jumping the gun or way behind... |
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| There are now coloring books in the shops | Could this be a preview of things to come next season? | Nathan's go some nice new garbage cans | Looks like the tree at the entrance to LTNP is coming down |
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| The landscaping looks really good right now! | It's a shame to see so many of the show facilities sitting unused this season | The lake looks pretty as always | |
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| I liked the clouds behind this sign | I like the sun setting behind this one | ||
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| I'm still baffled by the Six Flags ESPN connection ;-) | Another preview for next year's coming attractions? | Always impressive against the sunset | |
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| For some reason the lights of Granny's were out on Saturday night | The lights seem to have been replaced in Skull Mountain though | ||
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| The yellow track has grown on me over the years | Scenes for the 9:00 night parade...just don't forget it goes the opposite direction! | ||
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| More shots of the Night Parade | Wow, those new streetlights are BRIGHT! | ||
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July 17th Updates |
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| Lots of new shirts | Great to see the Safari represented | ||
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| New Nitro shirt | New Medusa shirt | New El Toro shirts in green and red | |
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| New green mugs | New El Toro hats | ||
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| New Kingda Ka shirts in both adult and kids sizes | More new Superman merchandise | Lots of new prizes | |
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| More personalized Safari merchandise! | Cute new kid stuff | Philly... | ...or Jersey |
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| Chiller is still down | Great to see both sides of the Skyride running! | The old fireworks barge was replaced with a much smaller one | |
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| Super Teepee is still just full of odds and ends | This fountain hasn't been running all season for some reason | Papa John's Barbeque Sauce at Bets of the West? | Time to Wiggle |
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| Twister FINALLY got a sign! | Superheroes on the job | Skull Mountain's eyes are glowing again | New theme elements added to Wiggles World |
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| It only took 8 years to get a sign | Both El Toro and Kingda Ka seemed
to be running very well, dispatching regularly |
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| Houdini's new screen | Portable bleachers are up near the Festival Stage | Samuel Adams Beer seems to now be a sponsor | The magic show outside of Houdini was fun |
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| First time this season I've looked at the bumper cars, and I noticed they got some "new" ones | |||
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| The park always has great signs | Great new souvenir bottles that actually feature the park's coasters! | The Relaxation Station... maybe the new Relaxation Station approved by the Planning Board is going into the old Pendulum site? |
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June
23rd Through July 8th Updates |
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| Apparently any crappy movie can buy ad space in the park | Nice sign, and accurate | ||
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| Can you tell Starburst is a sponsor yet? | If you're brave enough to ride a coaster, you're ready to be a Marine... | That's a lot of character appearance signs! | Now instead of just being harassed by time share sellers, guests are being harassed by a "modeling agency" |
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| New Dolphin Photo Shoot | At least these Starburst ads are kind of funny | You might be a redneck if you've ever heard of this guy and his show | Dolphin Discovery has its own Code of Conduct |
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| Wow, the Golden Kingdom really is starting to look like a jungle! | The flowers are filling in nicely | Looks like some concrete resurfacing is being tested out here | Robin cycled (with its 5-car train) on Sunday the 8th. No signs of life for the Batman side. |
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| Tango was shut down the other day, and parked at an angle for some reason | Its base scenery was somehow damaged | On the 8th, Runaway Train broke down at one point with a train stuck in the mid course brake run | The passengers were walked off the ride |
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| The security booth near Nitro was moved a few feet over for some reason | Best of the West got some snazzy new fixtures to go with the new tables this season | Johnny Rockets umbrellas look great | |
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| Wonder Woman is finally getting her due with a great new display of all the new merchandise in the Justice League Headquarters | Calling all fact checkers... | Matching Johnny Rockets garbage cans now too! | |
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| Billboard on the Pennsylvania Turnpike | Discounted souvenir bottles available on your way into the park | The heroes are on duty (although the Flash is turning pink from being in the sun so much!) | |
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| The Runaway Country show was pretty good | The Festival Stage was drawing a small crowd for the Live and Local acts | The sort of creepy marionettes were in the Parade | |
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June 10th & 17th Updates Theme Park & Hurricane Harbor |
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| Now, you can rent a cabana at Hurricane Harbor | Sample cabana | ||
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| Papa John's looks like it needs some TLC | The new cabanas along the wave pool | One of the cabanas | The summer flowers are in all around the park |
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| Superman's "S" got some fresh paint at last! | The palms are back in Plaza del Carnaval | New show at the Cargo Shoppe | |
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| Fort Independence has its hanging baskets now | On the 10th, both trains were down with lapbars out | On the 17th, one train was running while the other is still apart | On the 10th, Nitro had some down-time |
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| The video screens are now working in Wiggles World | A new sign on the Nitro side entrance | New Stroller Parking signs are up | New mister fans around the SS Feathersword play area |
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| More advertising is up all over the park | |||
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| Starburst must have paid A LOT of money for this sponsorship deal! | At least the Starburst ads are funny | ||
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| The Ballpark Franks banners are all just kind of weird | A slew of new food carts has arrived | This year's parade is a huge improvement! | |
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| There are now enough operational vehicles that the parade lasts longer than 30 seconds... | |||
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| ...it's still no Disney parade, but it's a major improvement! | |||
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| This was the first time I've seen Aquaman in the park | Good to see all the parade vehicles out! | ||
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| There was a special Father's Day Hero lunch | Upgrading to a Season Pass is being HEAVILY promoted throughout the park | Finally some better signage on the exit gates! | |
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| Lost & Found is now in the Lockers building | The Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huckjam tour was in the park the 16th & 17th | New face painting stand in the Golden Kingdom | The Batman side of Chiller looks like it's ready to start testing. Water dummies are waiting inside the station platform. |
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| Great new signs have been added to the character appearance areas, with times of their next scheduled meet & greets | The Flash seems to be a big hit with kids! | The promised rechargeable arcade card
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| Batman & Robin always draw a crowd | Two more performers have been added to the Fireflys show | ||
 The Merchandise Department is doing a great job adding new products and promoting the Six Flags brand throughout the park, including Great Adventure specific merchandise which has been lacking until now |
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| Card slots and card dispensers have been added to the arcades. | |||
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| New coaster score card books are in stores now. | These toothpick holders are great old fashioned souvenirs, like the park used to have! | This is a great new T-shirt design that actually features a skyline which looks like Great Adventure's rides (instead of Magic Mountain's!) | |
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