10/5/2014 - A little chilly but still a good day

I arrived at the park around 11:30AM yesterday. It was my 7th visit of the year. I was there with a few friends, one who goes with my frequently, one who hasn't been there in several years, his girlfriend who's never been there and another friend who is a regular member of this site.

First, we started our day on MF. 15 minute wait at the bottom of the ramp. This ride is where I felt the chill the most. Still an enjoyable ride. Then we went over to Mantis which was a walk-on. It was a fairly good ride today. It looked nice with all the new paint. Looking to forward to experiencing it in a new form next year.

Then we made our way back to Maverick. About a 20 minute wait. Since we were back there, we headed to Mean Streak next. We saw Mean Streak Henry on the ride. I rode the front seat of MS, and I can say that is one of the better seats on the ride.

After MS, we went to Pipe Scream, nearly a walk-on. After that, we took a drink break at Coke Freestyle. Since we were in the vicinity, we headed to Gemini where I also rode front row. Great ride from the front.

Magnum was next. Line was just a little past the stairs. Someone lost a hat on the ride, it flew right past me on the ride. Next we saw TTD was running and rushed over to it. The wait was 45 minutes by the time we got over there. It was down for about the first 3 hours of the day, most likely due to high winds.

By this time, it was after 3PM and some in my group wanted to get a pretzel. So we went to Auntie Anne's. Since the haunts were open we decided to hit them up.

Since Eerie Estate was in the vicinity, we hit that up first. Waited about 15 to 20 minutes. This haunt was done nicely. The atmosphere was great and I got startled a few times. The actors did a nice job.

Next we went over to Gatekeeper, waited only about 5 minutes for the front row. This was my first front row ride and I must say, the difference between front row and another row was night and day. It really added to the flying experience.

Since we were in the vicinity, we checked out Hexed. There was nobody in line for this, and they let us go into the Fright Lane. I liked the atmosphere of this one. This one was a little confusing and hard to see, my one friend kept bumping the walls and went the wrong way once.

After we came out of Hexed, the parade was coming down the midway. It was a really nice parade. The band did a great job and the floats were nice.

We hit up Maxair next. Walked right on. Next up was Raptor, waited about 20 minutes. They were only running one train.

Next up was Zombie High School. Waited about 15 minutes. This haunt was nicely done. I liked the school theme. The screamsters did a great job here. The slamming of the lockers startled me a few times. And I liked the cafeteria where there were brains and body parts in the pots and on the food serving counter.

Next up we hit up Iron Dragon. Walked right on. It's a shame the "oh yeah" guy is done for the season. That really made the wait for that ride fun. Then we took CP&LE back to Frontiertown.

After getting off the train, we went to Eden Musee. Minimal wait. One of the screamsters really did look like wax. Great job by the make-up department there. It was a nicely done haunt.

After Eden Musee, we went to Maverick. It was my second ride for me, first for my one friend and the rest of the group sat out for that one. We waited about 15 to 20 minutes for front row. It was getting dark and I liked the ride at dark.

After Maverick, we went to Eternity Infirmary. I think they let too many people in on this one and that kind of broke the immersion and scare factor. But it was the end of the night and the night and they most likely just wanted to get everyone through. I wasn't really targeted by an screamsters in this one. The atmosphere and theming was great. Then we took CP&LE back to MF midway and ended the day.

This ranks in one of my top visits of the entire season. I accomplished alot, even exceeded expectations. I really liked the atmosphere of the park with all the decorations. I though the ogre was cool. Was a great day although it was chilly, but still manageable.

Thanks for sharing your experience! We were there yesterday as well. :) That's awesome that you only waited 5 minutes for GK.

We were there on Sunday as well. Was not a terribly bad day, I think the weather improved as the day went on...turned out pretty nice -compared to our Saturday weather!