Well well well, it's been a while, hasn't it! I'd like to apologize for my abscence. I ended up travelling a ton ton ton during the summer and fall and then was a little burned out with parks and didn't visit at all in the winter and early spring. But I'm finally back and am planning on visiting these parks we know and love more!

That brings us back to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom! To be totally honest with you, not a whole lot has changed since my last visit (outside of a new animal show!) but it was good to get back. Let's take a look at what has changed since I last visited and get reacquainted with the park!

New "So Flippin Fun" Show

The newest thing since my visit last time is the new dolphin show in Toyota Stadium: So Flippin Fun

The interior of the theater itself has been refreshed

And the show itself is so much more high energy with this DJ playing music essentially the entire time. This is also the dance competition where two audience members compete by dancing with the dolphins

Kids get brought up from the audience to feed the dolphins as well

But it's largely the same show we've had for years!

Expect animal interactions

Splashes

And of course, flips!

Overall, it was a good update to a show that had been getting a little long in the tooth. I love to see the park continue to refresh this stuff that they very well could leave as is.

General Updates

I was surprisingly excited to visit the park again after not having been in a while! Love this view walking in

Let's start near Tava's Jungleland where the former reptile exhibit is still closed

The animal bursery has some new residents

Including a very cute tortoise

And little fox

And interestingly, this little hospital area opened up at the rear of the building

The old stadium near Sidewinder Safari and Cougar Rocks has been torn up

This thing hasn't been used since I've been going in 2019

It'll be very interesting to see what comes of it

The splash pad in Tava was working today which was amazing on such a hot day

Embarrasingly, the snake head on Sidewinder Safari is very broken

The former Toyota stadium next to the current Toyota Stadium still sits empty

And the former Pacific Rim theater wears its Halloween getup year round now apparently

The old souvenir stand near Medusa and Cobra was replaced with more tables

The pengiuns are finally back out!!

Remember the former walrus exhibit that at one point had a coming soon banner on it?

Well, it's still empty

Flash is finally back open!! And of course, as soon as I got in line for it, it broke down. Next time for me!

And finally, the Rainforest Trail sign on the ground is looking pretty terrible at the moment

Rides & Animals

And now let's finish the update like we usually do and focus on some of the rides and animals around the park!

Medusa looks so grand with its new paint!

Messing with a little long exposure work on Monkey Business/Thrilla Gorilla. Turned out pretty good I think!

Despite it being pretty warm today, the animals were pretty active, like the giraffe

Or the cheetahs

Or the lions

Or even the tiger!

Actually, the coolest thing I got to see was a feeding of the gators!

On the ride side, I wish that Kong rode as good as it looks

I really enjoyed taking pictures of it

I have a friend coming out to visit SFDK for the first time and I dread him asking me to ride with him

Might just let him do it alone

I thought about getting on Medusa but with a posted 30 minutes for Fast Lane I decided to pass

Pay no attention to this sign, the rafts got stuck on the lift

For most of the day, everything was just fine!

So good to see this ride running again!!

This one though? I can pass on

Minus the missing head on the sign, I do really like Sidewinder Safari!

Ultimately it was a really fun trip to the park! I really enjoyed being back for the first time in forever and I can promise that this won't be my last update this year like last spring's was! Although I won't be able to make it to CGA's opening day, I will definitely be there the weekend after!