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It was a very windy and kinda chilly day today at SFFT - which kept the crowds down, and most all of the coasters down as well. Roadrunner Express & Wonder Woman are really the only coasters that operated all day - tho Batman made an appearance about an hour prior to close, and operated as well. The wind gusts also kept several of the "big" flats, including Scream drop tower, Skyscreamer swings, and Joker Pendulum down most of the day. But most of the flats operated, and had an incredible time riding what was up and running despite the cold & wind. And YES.. Daredevil Dive was operating. . tho in "wind" mode, meaning the plane chassis didn't go to the top of the tower, and the planes flipped at ground level. . but was still a great ride. I got to ride in the Mardi Gras Parade, and also was able to get an up close tour of Dr. Diabolical's Cliffhanger post Parade - that was offered to those of us who had attended a casual meet up today for a Texas based group called Thrill Seekers United. . . and the absolute highlight of the day? Park President Mr. Jeffrey Siebert hopping onto our 3pm casual train ride (to ooo and ahhh over the coaster construction) and commandeering the mic at the back of the train to provide commentary and stats on the coaster being built! I'm not sure if most of the folks on the train realized.. but I sure did, and wow was that a wonderful treat. I'll have a full report up in the coming days over on the "Bert visits Texas Themeparks" thread but here are a bunch to share now: NOT the sign you want to see out front. . but we were expecting it due to the forecast. . lots of wind gusts, and chilly weather kept most of the rides down all day Skyscreamer is no longer on Flash Pass. . instead, that "lane" is now a dedicated lane for the "flight option" Mr. Siebert told me that they have 4 harnesses ready, but are only using 2 for the moment, and will keep them up until Spring Break to see how demand goes, before deciding if they want to install the other two Harness set ups. at only $5 a pop? that's SUPER reasonable! not many of the big rides are open today due to wind gusts, but the ones that are open? don't have much of a wait I got a Cajun Bloody Mary with my lunch today Holy . .that's a LOT of pig. look look look what's open!! yes, it was windy, and a bit chilly. . but you know what that meant? yup. . NO LINE! flume walk on. . . I'll bet CoasterBill thinks I have my priorities correct we got "moist" but not soaked. . as the spitting dragon wasn't on today. these are sprinkled thruout the park for the 30th Anniversary. . and I love em. hope they stay up for a long while. lookie who's on the mic for our ride on the train heh. . one more drink - frozen Hurricane this time - and I was certainly up for getting dressed up and riding in the Mardi Gras parade. it was fun to throw out beads to the folks watching the parade route. our crew of 4 on "our" parade float beaaaaaaaaaaaaads. . from the up-close construction tour. This coaster is gonna be amazing.. that lift his is steep - 45 degrees! these supports will be getting a patina. . and the two closest to the train tracks will be the "tester" ones. . so keep an eye on em!

Jurassic Quest! If you want to see some realistic looking dinosaurs....go watch the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies. If you want to see some awesome looking animatronics that look like real dinosaurs that are roaming this planet.....go to Universal Studios and ride some of their rides. If you want to see some robots that move about 2 inches that closely resemble some type of dinosaur....then Jurassic Quest is right up your alley. My boys have been enjoying the Camp Cretaceous show on Netflix so they were really excited that Jurassic Quest was coming to town so they could see some dinosaurs. There were a lot of animatronics, some bounce houses, some areas to "Dig for Dinos" and some "rides". It was a fun way to kill about an hour out of a day (and $35 per person!!!!!) so here's what we did. Enjoy the pictures! We are ready for Trailer Park Dinosaurs! This way to all the excitement! At least they gave us a very detailed map of where everything was! And here is the "Quest" part of Jurassic Quest! Find the clues, answer the clues, and get something at the end. Can you guess what it is? Read further down to find out.... "insert John Williams Jurassic Park theme" Here's some Dinos! And some more Dinos... The boys were pretty excited to see "Bumpy" from Camp Cretaceous. I think Jurassic Park may have taken some liberties on what the Velociraptor looked like. I wouldn't be terrified of these "birds" Oh my god! A Griffinsaurus is being hatched! Or it was just another egg from this weird looking nest. It's a Jacksonsaurus Rex! I would be terrified too if a dinosaur had red lights coming from its mouth! Cool fact...these are real dinosaur fossils and such. Another cool fact, this area had to be kept cool in order to preserve the artifacts. And then we saw a real dinosaur! It was a baby triceratops. And of course when we went in to take a picture, it started eating Griffin's hair. This was a cute little experience. Speaking of cute, look at that giant Allosaurus wanting to eat the baby Stegosaurus...that's so adorable! Moving outside, there were some larger dinosaurs on display. This Gigantosaurus was too loud for Griffin. And this one had a tail gone rogue...it was swinging wildly in the wind! Why are all the dinosaurs mouths open? Maybe that's how they really died...from swallowing things they weren't supposed to since their mouths were always open. Check out this guys fur coat! I'm sure Cruella De Vil is jealous of the fur! Best part of the whole experience (and the only reason it was sort of worth the money) were the awesomely themed bounce houses. Can't go wrong with a dinosaur on the loose trying to eat you as you are sliding down a slide! Some of these houses made me wish I was still a kid! But then I see some bounce houses where you slide into a dinosaur's butt and I'm glad I am not a kid anymore. Either way, the bounce houses were a hit and a great way to let loose some energy! Racing slides? Yes please! Continuing to stroll around, we came across some other, fierce looking Dinos. Spinosaurus anyone? Finally found the Tyrannosaurus and his little baby Rex. And when there's a Tyrannosaurus rex...there's almost always either a Triceratops or Stegosaurus fighting them. I guess those guys just never got along. And of course there's a Triceratops you can ride on. Speaking of "rides", you can "ride" some dinosaurs. They move about 1 foot and shake. It's like a massage chair on top of a dinosaur robot. But at least they have different ones you can "ride". But the best ride was being able to go on these "walking" dinosaurs. Griffin was so excited that he got to ride Bumpy from Camp Cretaceous! I don't think Bumpy was too thrilled.... There was also a place to dig for Dinos! Time to check out some underwater dinosaurs. But first....the Megalodon mouth! This thing was HUGE!! Actual Megalodon tooth. (Like how is says "Real Fossil" next to it......) I personally think the mouth was more impressive than the animatronic. But my boys thought the thing was HUGE and "just a great white shark". Hey Jeff Johnson...how's it going? (You thought I'd go a whole dinosaur report without that reference? Never!) The boys finish the "Quest" and got their prize! It was ... drum roll please ...... a tattoo and/or a sticker. Wow....it was totally worth it. So if Jurassic Quest ever comes to your city and you just so happen to have an extra $35 per person to spend on about an hours worth of time....maybe spend it on this attraction. That's all folks! Thanks for reading.

Don't worry I was joking, it goes like an absolute rocket through the death roll and the whole layout.

Go on Saturday. Fastlane is awesome at Kings Island.

This seems like the kind of thing that they’ll figure out as time goes on. I doubt it stays this strict for too long.

^ I hear what you're saying, but for a new ride that's just poor design... Today's forecast is for breezy conditions. Let's see what happens.

Maybe they were worried about it valleying, it seems to go pretty slowly through the death roll

They are probably waiting to see what lockdown measures Comrade Pritzker will have in place when it gets closer to opening day.

That 90's commercial for the Jurassic Park toys was awesome. Back then, even the boys paleontologists toys rocked chain guns and flame throwers. "The dinosaurs at Jurassic Park are on the loose, again! Now, Grant is armed to the teeth, and Malcolm's loaded with weapons!!!"

Here's the pizzas I had in the past couple of weeks, "across the street." All as good as ever. And this Wed. I am repeating my "salad & meat balls" order, w/different salad. And ordering a pickup pizza for later in the evening. It's all good. My 'casual place setting', lol. A repeat of their special "woodcutter's pizza". Or (as it's called) the boscaiola Pizza. Awesome repeat. And I saved a piece for David. This week, I noticed something 'interesting' in the beverages menu. "dat juice, would crush" ..... ???? I mean what does all that mean? I must ask, next visit. Double Pepperoni with Mushrooms added. All nice and chewy with the chile oil.

And do what, exactly? Yell at them yourself? That is absolutely not your place. Listen, I hate when I have to wait any longer due to boarding pass people jumping me by using the exit ramp as much as everyone else. But the park has deemed it appropriate. Some people have injuries or disabilities, or got stuck on another ride and were compensated with exit passes. You don't know. If anything, having them use the FL is a preferable solution, this way they don't "surprise" anyone by taking their row from the exit ramp. I'm also disgusted that you call them them "boarding pass abusers." Not all disabilities are visible.