Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Review, Most Unique Six Flags Park?
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2020
- Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California is an amusement park and zoo combined into one theme park. This park has some great roller coasters and cool animal exhibits, but do the operations hold this park back?
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I think its incredible that they fit a lot of their coasters at the front of the park. It looks very compact.
The coaster areas are distanced from each other, but the coasters in that cluster are close.
Canobie Coaster its not really that distanced when it comes to the roller coasters in the front of the park. its some on one side, & some on the other.
@@preciousgreen6105 True there are two areas up front, but it's still interesting to me that they fit so many of their coasters in that former parking lot.
I remember it when it was Marine World Africa USA in Redwood City. When it moved to Vallejo, we attended and enjoyed it as an animal park. When they began to add rides, I rode a few of the roller coasters, including Boomerang, Vertical Velocity and Roar. I was warned against riding Kong because of its roughness, and I'm afraid of Medusa because of its big first drop. I would like to try the Roar-converted-Joker, though.
Joker is even wilder than Medusa. I would recommend trying Medusa first.
@@CanobieCoaster I'm terrified of Medusa's first drop...
I agree that this could certainly use some updates such as better operations and maybe also replace the current restraints on Kong and Boomerang with the ones found on The Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags New England and The Flying Cobras at Carowinds respectively. Never the less, I could still see this being my favorite Six Flags park if I ever visit there. For one thing, the mix of thrill rides with animal encounters makes this park feel a little bit like a Six Flags version of Busch Gardens Tampa and that park is my favorite of all time.
I thought the park felt like a bizarre SeaWorld with the mix of rides and animals.
the roar coaster is probably the only reason i can ride the other coasters now. i rode it when i was about 9 before they made it into joker and it really was a really good transition into riding the other ones... they should really make something similar for the people that are scared of medusa and superman and such
This park desperately needs a non kiddie coaster that doesn't go upside down.
This is my home park. I live about 40 miles away. I wholeheartedly agree with you about its operations. They have always been abysmal. I remember I would get season passes every summer and every time I'd go the park would be packed and almost every coaster only had 1 train. Operations definitely need to be fixed.
A drop tower is for sure needed and it's also missing a signature dark ride. And although it has a nice collection of coasters, I think it needs to invest in a standout coaster, especially to compete with California's Great America which is in driving distance. With Great America's opening of the first single rail in Northern California I think it definitely has potential to overtake DK as the thrill capital of Northern California.
I really wish this park was run better.
i feel like if six flags would work with chance, a hyper gt-x would be perfect here
I'd love a Gravity Group woodie. It would have a lower height requirement for families and give them a wood coaster again.
@@CanobieCoaster yeah that is up there too
I actually had a great day at SFDK. The crowds were low, so the one train ops didn't matter; and the ride operators were all quick and friendly. And then I had the opposite experience at CGA the next day. I feel pretty lucky since I've seen a lot more reviews of Discovery Kingdom in line with what you experienced.
I agree the ops are friendly at SFDK. That has never been an issue. I don't remember this park getting all the negativity when I originally visited in 2014. I really want to see them improve their ops since the park has so much potential.
I had one day here, the Saturday after Halloween last year. It was packed! That meant that multiple trains were running on Joker & Medusa (after Medusa's 5-hour downtime). I did the platinum flash pass, because I knew my day would be packed. I still made time for the animal exhibits and the shows, including both dolphin shows. I really loved how well-rounded the park is, with great rides plus animals, and the surrounding beauty. Harley Quinn never opened, and neither did the kiddie coaster. That parking lot is ridiculously far from the entrance. I wish they could have put the new lot closer to the entrance, or at least run more trams. It also took me 30 minutes just to get parked. The cars were backed up so far.
You didn't miss anything with Harley Quinn although I do consider myself lucky to have ridden it since I hardly see a report when it's operating.
They need to connect the area near Medusas exit to the boomerang.
I wish!
I just went here and had to leave a comment. I had some similar operation issues as V2 is closed for the season and Joker ran the whole morning but opened at 2:00, ran two cycles, closed because the ride was moving too fast or something, and didn't open again until 90 minutes before closing. I was lucky to get a ride and loved the coaster and the ride was actually running two trains along with Medusa. The park has operation issues and lacks a deep ride lineup, but I enjoy the park for its strong atmosphere, underrated top coasters, good staff, and for me, an overall enjoyable experience.
With good ops, this would be one of the better Six Flags parks.
Great video dude.
Thanks!
I like how Discovery Kingdom spreads the animals throughout the park unlike Great Adventure that has just the safari.
Agreed!
Nice review. I love how the lead car on Joker wears a mask better than most of this country.
Lol
I really like the length of this video!
Thanks!
Canobie Coaster would say: There are two Vekoma coasters in Boomerang and Kong. The latter is considered by many, myself included, to be one of the _ _ _ _ _ roller coasters in the world. Which word is missing?
Worst
Now I say this a lot. I am biased towards this park. Espescially now as a ride op at DareDevil, Kong, and Cobra. Now I definitley understand the one train ops issue, but they are definitley getting back into the swing of thing. Now even though I am currently not trained at kong I can say that it sucks that they almost always have one train even if it is an slc. And it seems as if the other rides are getting the operations better. Joker, Medusa, and Kong are the 3 that come into mind as they are always pushing those dispatches.
That's awesome Joker's dispatches are better since that had a painfully slow crew in my past 2 trips.
@@CanobieCoaster I am honestly really happy the crew is a lot better. Most attendants are enthusiasts so I got 3 inches of room this Sunday as I was off. They also always strive to roll trains.
I just bought a Season Pass since the park is due to reopen next week in time for 4th of July.
Nice!
Great review. I think that Joker is incredible and that Superman and Medusa are also really good but outside of that I’m not a big fan of this park.
I think that a good amount of the animal enclosures could be improved and the operations and ride closures are laughably awful.
To make things even worse I believe they only allow you to ride Joker once with any of the flash passes, though that might differ per day.
The one animal enclosure I thought looked poor was the dolphins. I just wish this park was operated better.
Did you like Boomerang at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom? Why?
It's ok. Forceful but unoriginal.
Who puts 1 train on a B&M floorless. That is unnecessary B&M floorleses are really long coasters especially ones like medusa. Now we gotta wait like 3 minutes for the train to come back. The only floorless that is fine with operating just 1 train is Batman at Six Flags New England sence that ride is like a floorless VERSION of Batman the ride and is not that long. What's next if they get a raptor I bet they will only run 1 train on the raptor that is always moving. They need two trains on Joker sence that is probably the most popular ride same thing with medusa and kong.
The operations at this park really hold them back.
Its Unique alright for its park layout.
The layout is weird, but the attractions are good.
They can put a drop tower in the D.C area and name it Harleyquinn Axe blast or something to replace Harleyquinn crazy coaster.
Any drop tower would be great.
Great review! The ops at this park get worse and worse each year.
Sad to see since the park has so much potential!
I never realized this park had no family coaster. Must've been too busy on Medusa and Joker!
That's why they need Sidewinder Safari so badly.
Wdym? The cobra coaster is literally a family coaster lol
Unmitigated disaster, why did you say that with Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster in this video?
It was a rough and awful ride.
This park needs a drop tower and a hyper gtx. Not to mention they should remove Harleyquinn crazy coaster. That's just a waste of space that could be used for a drop tower or another amazing flat ride.
I think Harley Quinn is done.
@@CanobieCoaster Well thank gosh.
I wanna go here!
Everything there is great except the operations.
What means "unmitigated disaster"?
Complete disaster
I think the animal enclosures need a lot of love and care. Same with the animals.
I agree some of the tanks seemed small.
The ops are bad but I do like this park for the zoo and rides.
The audio was better on this video.
Thanks! This was my first video recorded with my new mic/pop filter.
SFDK- Six Flags Doesn't Kare about capacity
Lol
Bro i live near there and my friend works there
Cool!
Also. My home park is discovery Kingdom and I doNot think anything you said is true I am proud of my home park and I think it is better than not for a farm and some of the bigger parks
It's definitely a unique home park to have
It’s my home park too, but I’d much rather make the trip down to Magic Mountain any day
2:17 Alton Towers: *Hold my beer*
I didn't have a car when I was there, but the walk from the hotel was a half hour.
Magic Kingdom: *chuckles*
the flatrides around boomerang kinda suck. if they arnt just closed.. think one of them is actually permanently closed.. the one next to the swing... the park def. needs some work, but it is the six flags iv been the most since its my home park... i like it.
The flat I wish they had most was a drop tower. I know they can't go above 150 feet, but that would accommodate one of those awesome Larson ones.
I have been twice. Only Joker is in my Top 50, and it is #10 of the 11 RMC I have ridden. I like Flash, Medusa, and Superman. The free spin is OK as well, but other than Wonder Women that is about all I want to ride at this park. Both times I have gone I got there for opening and left by 5 or 6 to go to CGA for night rides on GoldStriker and RailBlazer. I guess I'm lucky both times I have gone Joker ran two trains. And I agree rides break down often here. This is the worst SF park I have been to.
I can't say it's the worst Six Flags I've visited since the ride lineup and animal exhibits crush several of the chain's other parks. I definitely prefer Great America to this park.
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Thanks!
This park sucks compared to the other Six Flags parks. It reminds me of a flea market with animals and rides 🤦🏾♂️ Location, Location, Location
I agree it's not one of the best parks in the Six Flags chain. It needs better operations. It has everything else.
The worst park I've been to
Yikes! I can see how the ops could do that, but I think the ride lineup is too strong to be the worst overall park for me at least.
@@CanobieCoaster I've been not in many parks, so the statement isn't as significant as you might think^^