Yesterday I joined Mike, his older brother, Breon (interesting Irish names), and his fiancee Jill for a day at Six Flags New England, which also includes the medium-sized Hurricane Harbor water park. I love fast, tall roller coasters, and the purple Bizarro ride fit the bill quite well. In the morning we tried out each of the four main roller coasters -- Bizarro, G[???] towers (new this year), Batman, and MindEraser (a painful, small hard-corkscrewing stell coasteR).
After Breon began to feel quite ill, we headed over to the water park and hopped around on various water rides, all of which exist in bigger and better form at Noah's Ark, but nonetheless were generally pretty fun. Mike and I then split for the final two hours and had two front-row rides on Bizarro, which were just awesome. Nothing beats sliding slowly over the pinnacle of the first drop right at the start, watching as the track shifts quickly to what seems to be a pure vertical drop.
The rest of the park, though, has a distinctly depressing feel to it -- a contrived fantasy world absent any real character or charisma, along with any water fountains (water bottles $3.50, what a crime) or sensible food. Though I am well aware that such places will charge a big premium for food and I am okay with that, a single slice of pizza should never cost $9. Ever. During the course of the day, my meals consisted of fries, more fries, and an almond Snickers bar.
After Breon began to feel quite ill, we headed over to the water park and hopped around on various water rides, all of which exist in bigger and better form at Noah's Ark, but nonetheless were generally pretty fun. Mike and I then split for the final two hours and had two front-row rides on Bizarro, which were just awesome. Nothing beats sliding slowly over the pinnacle of the first drop right at the start, watching as the track shifts quickly to what seems to be a pure vertical drop.
The rest of the park, though, has a distinctly depressing feel to it -- a contrived fantasy world absent any real character or charisma, along with any water fountains (water bottles $3.50, what a crime) or sensible food. Though I am well aware that such places will charge a big premium for food and I am okay with that, a single slice of pizza should never cost $9. Ever. During the course of the day, my meals consisted of fries, more fries, and an almond Snickers bar.
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