… would be Six Flags. Though, in New Jersey, we don’t call it Six Flags. It’s Great Adventure. The official name is Six Flags Great Adventure, so you’re not wrong either way.

I am far too tired right now to do much writing, but I must note that I’m pretty jazzed about two of the roller coasters we went on today - Kindga Ka and El Toro.

With Kingda Ka, it’s all about the bragging rights; it’s the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world. It gets up to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds (via a hydraulic launching mechanism - fancy, and has to be sprayed with water after every launch since it gets ridiculously hot - or so people were saying). The main tower the coaster climbs after the launch is 456 feet high. Then we all dropped 418 feet straight down. Allow me to provide a visual representation:

What was especially nice was that we did this first thing in the morning when we got there, at about 11 a.m. Hence, the wait time was about 25 minutes. This was pretty terrific since it was up to 2 hours by the time we got off the ride. It was thrilling and exciting. Honestly, I didn’t feel very connected to my body at all through the whole ride. I had the distinct feeling that I was looking out through someone else’s eyes, though that impression passed rather quickly once we got to the little hill post-418′ drop.

And #2, El Toro. It also comes with some bragging rights, and I think my sister said it best, “El Toro wins today.” It has the second steepest drop of any wooden roller coaster in the world (76 degrees). It’s third tallest (188 ft) and third fastest (70 mph) in terms of wooden roller coasters around the world. The first drop is 176 feet down, followed by hills measuring 112 feet, 100 feet, and 84 feet. While this may not sound like much compared to the 418 feet of Kingda Ka, El Toro was actually a much more frightening/exhilarating experience.

Just by way of comparison, when we got off Kingda Ka, we didn’t really have any problems walking a straight line. It was intense, but there weren’t many lasting effects. After riding El Toro, we all felt a little drunk, had trouble walking straight and had some mild headache action.

But we had funnel cake and corn dogs (healthy theme park fare) and lots of overpriced lemonade, so it turned out OK. It doesn’t look or feel like I burned (I applied sunscreen a few times) but I’ll be certain tomorrow. I can’t feel much right now… just the Tired.