I'm a ride operator at Great Escape. I'm glad you enjoyed your visit and your first ride on Bobcat! People really do hate on that SF park way too much for what it is.
It gets way too hate because it compared to parks 5 times its size… Great escape feels like a truly small time regional park. I absolutely love that. I’m so happy they stripped out all the DC and Looney Tunes stuff after only a few years. I don’t really feel like it needs to grow much rather it just needs to be improved upon. Now that they’re about to be in the same chain take what Knotts Berry Farm does so well to Ghost Town and apply it to Ghost Town here, that would be amazing!
I didn't know they returned the skyline building! Wow! But you're right, from what I've seen, this park gets way too much hate. It's also nice to see more picnic tables. It's also nice to see they saved at least part of Paul Bunyan with the dump bucket. I'm going for the first time in over five years next week and this is really hyping me up! I've been been craving that drop tower! The way they changed the Cinderella pumpkin/castle layout is wild to me. I remember riding in the pumpkin with Cinderella when I was little 😮. I can't imagine riding everything once and leaving. We always spend the whole day and ride things like twice (the raging river and sasquatch at least three😅). Gotta get your money's worth.
This is the first year the swan boats have operated since I think 2019. During the off season they replaced the dock and dredged the river. Bobcat is such a great addition. I live about 20 minutes from the park, so I'll probably be going more often now.
The comet from crystal beach park in Ontario Canada, I rode this coaster every weekend, I sure do miss it, it was my first big coaster when I was 11yrs old, crystal beach park closed down in 1989
The great escape is amazing all the hate it gets is from spoiled brats who don't understand why the great escape is so special it's one of the last parks out there that hasn't been taken over by pop culture and stupid CC u can actually go and enjoy a day with ur family.
