July 22 and 23

[MRHSfalcon]

Saturday July 22, 2006;

TIME AT PARK:
10:00 - 10:00

BREIF:
I went to the park to go to the 1986 gaints champ. event. I arrived at 9:30 went and waited for them to open the gate. Watched the opening celebration, and was going to head to Kingda Ka but saw that it was not testing. So i decided to head towards nitro, i got to that side of the park and Nitro had not open or even tested. So i decide to go over to El Toro, i got in line for El Toro. 15 minutes later i was on the ride. The park was crowded in the morning but after the second storm it emptied out.

Rides
El Toro 4x
Medusa 2x
Nitro 5x
SM 1x
RT 2x
RMT 1x
BTR 2x
GASM 0x
KK 0x

NOTES:
- Kingda Ka had had some issues the day before
- Nitro, and El Toro did not open with the park
- There were two Thunder Storms
- GASM had some wheel issues
- Eruption is still closed

Sunday July 23, 2006;

TIME AT PARK:
12:15 - 9:30

BREIF STORY:
My mother decided that she wanted to take my sisters to GADV. We arrived at 12:15, when we El toro was closed. Then they went to test it, and the A train had a axle break on the return trip (unfortunly i did not get any pics of it). the mecanic inspected the track along were the axle broke, and at around 4:00 they reopened the ride with one train, and at 4:45 the A train returned to operation. I will be puting up a full trip report from the weekend soon

RIDES:
Nitro 2x
El Toro 3x
KK 2x
RT 1x

NOTES:
- the night parade was a lot better
- the mechanics fixed El Toros A train very quickly
- the Sky Ride broke down
- the employees were very freindly
- the park crowded

PICTURES:

Saturday July 22;
http://usera.imagecave.com/NJamusementparks/Park_update_7-22-06/
Sunday July 23;
http://usera.imagecave.com/NJamusementparks/Park_update_7-23-06/

VIDEO:

will be up soon

[WadeJ]

/\ Links not working?

[MRHSfalcon]

I fixed the isssue, the links work now, sorry

[Robert T Ackerman]

The 4th pic in the first link of GASM... am I the only one who noticed a piece of track missing? I think it might be more than just "a wheel problem"... unless the wheels caused the track to fall apart 

[MRHSfalcon]

from what ive heard they remoed that peice because of damage 

[CoasterPete]

I assumed they found a stress fracture in that piece.  I remember a few years back Viper had a similar size piece of rail missing at the beginning of the season.  Let's hope it takes a short period of time to fix. 

Pete

[rjholla2003]

You didn't know that GASM is now a jumping coaster?  They apparently wanted to put the 'Scream' back in 'Scream Machine'...

[Robert T Ackerman]

Hahaha! That would be a horse of a different color!   

[overlord]

Here is a picture that I was able to snag. Sorry that its kind of dark. I'm still getting use to my camera.

[WadeJ]

MRHSfalcon - nice TR (trying to stay on topic lol)

I have to admit that I can't remember the last time I did a open to close visit!

As for GASM, just be glad they do inspections, etc.  Gadv really does keep a close watch on these rides for our safety.  I really don't think this is a big deal.  Trust me, GASM has had MANY welds over the years as well as many sections replaced.  You just don't always see it during operating hours or even during the season so I guess it couldn't wait.

[overlord]

So are we looking at a repair weld or a brand new piece of track being made?

[rjholla2003]

Looks new.  The piece is unpainted and the last I saw it, the piece appeared not to be welded to the adjoining segments of track yet.