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By Edwardo
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It was time for an impromptu trip to my favorite Six Flags park, thankfully only 4 hours away.

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Traffic by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Traffic on the way out of Charlotte was not fun.

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Yay! I'm here!

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Goliath just dominates the front of the park. It's a fun ride, but I've actually switched to Diamondback as my favorite B&M Speed/Hyper coaster.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Having said that, this was the reason I was here. Didn't get to come down to get my credit last year, but I wasn't missing out this year.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

While it wasn't the best ride evar, I was quite impressed. Love the restraints, smooth ride, and a lot of fun.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Its the kind of ride that SFoG needed. And its quite popular.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

I'm not a fan of vertical lifts, but at least it isn't a huge lift.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Next up was Mind Bender. This is still a great ride after many years. It's no Shockwave, but, then Texas is a lot further away.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Goliath is great. Its very consistent. I enjoy it every time. Diamondback was better, but I really like having 2 decent B&M hyper coasters not too awful far away.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

The first drop is excellent.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

I always hated Georgia Cyclone. Rough and not fun. But with just a little topper track from Rocky Mountain Coasters, it's actually quite fun now. I wanted to marathon it at the end of the nite, but it rained for the last hour of operations.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Watched the new show at Crystal Pistol. It could use some work, but it had potential. Needs a bigger theater.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Kids, smoking and tanning is bad for you. This picture does no justice. And of course, you didn't see her crispy legs. Ugh.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Monster Picnic! Monster Mansion is great fun. Just avoid the swamp.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

When the sign says the line is 30 minutes and it looks short, it's all lies. It was more like a 90 minute wait. Why can't they figure out how to make the dual station work?!?!

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

One of the better rapids rids I've been on.

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Front plaza at SFoG.

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Superman panorama

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

Goliath Panorama.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

One of the best themed Six Flags parks.

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Six Flags Over Georgia 2012 by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

The line was too long, but this is a great kids coaster.

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Untitled by Edward Beavers, on Flickr

So much better this time.

And that's that. You can see all of my pix Here.