It was a very disappointing Coastermania this year. Maverick was listed as a 90 minute wait but it was only 40 minutes since there was no fast lane to slow it down. The Maverick crew was very fast. We decided to do a 2nd ride on Maverick after looking at the SV line. It was just 20 minutes for that one. SV was still not open at that point so we decided to ride Mine train and Gemini. Gemini had no trims for our ride and was the fastest I ever remember it going. We were in the front row and were actually getting good air time. We were whipped into the helix at the end.
We were pissed about the Millennium Force ERT as it was almost 30 minutes late starting because some idiot had their cell phone out on the lift hill so the E Stopped the train. It took a bit to reset and then they had to clear out the queue of the daily riders. We were able to get 4 rides in and then someone vomited on the yellow train. Then it got stuck on the lift hill. We knew at that point it was going to be a bit before it ever was working again so we ran over to Valravn to get a ride before ERT closed. Coastermania 2018 we were able to get 12 rides in for ERT and that only took about an hour. The lines were less than half the length that year and got down to just a few trains worth of people by the end with us going right from the exit gate to the loading platform. They must have sold at least 2,000 ticket this year versus the 1,200 tickets in 2018. Our tickets were 1276 and 1277 for the Cruise and there were quite a few people in line behind us.
Steal Vengeance was late starting because it took all night for repairs on the ride. Someone in line for Maverick was staying at Lighthouse Point and said they were working on it all night. In the Q&A they let us know that they are hiring 8 carpenters for that ride so they can get it opened earlier.