I spent less than 2 hours at the park today(Sun).
I was able to get 2 rides on TS and 3 on Goliath.
My last ride was on GASM, I was curious to see if they did any work to it during the off season.
On my way out at about 12:15 I saw park president Dale K out front. I asked him if they were still on schedule for the re-tracking of GASM for it's 50th anniversary in 2023. This time the story seemed completely different from the last. He of course blamed Covid for them being behind but he also seemed he backed away from the words I used re-tracking.
I may be wrong but i'm betting the fantasy of a refurbished GASM seems unlikely now. I think they may do some patch work but I remember being told specifically the track was being replaced almost entirely.
On another subject he did give me some details about Mindbender. Instead of (2) 7 car trains there will now be (3) 5 car trains. I'm sure that means they have to modify the braking/staging system to accommodate the extra train. He didn't tell me a time frame for it's opening, but I would think Memorial day would be a good guess. The track looked complete from the angle I was looking but it still needs to be painted and tested.
I imagine the park will be packed by mid day today, it was getting pretty crowded and there was still a long line of cars waiting to get in.
Everyone really wants to get out of the house, please be safe!!!