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Just thinking out loud here, but the removal of the car could be making way for a newly-routed queue.

I was at Worlds of Fun two weeks ago for the very first time, and the 'trimless' Mamba completely took me by surprise. The final hills were incredible, and the ride exceeded my expectations. By far the biggest surprise I've ever had. The operations were also fantastic as well. All of the heavy-hitter rides were down the first hour after park opening, but after that, I had an enjoyable experience at the park. Looking forward to Zambezi Zinger!

So I'm getting caught up on posting reports, and realized that I never posted my brief report from DelGrosso's, which I stopped in at on my way back from Cedar Point in late July. Seeing as the last report from this place was posted in 2013, I figured I might as well provide a bit of an update. Without any further ado... DelGrosso's Amsusment Park, July 28th, 2022 DelGrosso's is a small, family-owned, amusement park located about 15 minutes north of Lakemont Park (home to Leap-the-Dips) and about 2 hours west east of Kennywood. If you're going to either park from the east, it's worth a stop, but honestly there isn't really a whole lot to say about this park. It's small, it's free-admission and either wristband or pay-per-ride, and has two mediocre coasters: a Wacky Worm (that adults can ride) and a Reverchon spinning mouse. I basically grabbed the coasters, took a bunch of pictures, and headed on home, but not before getting the best theme park cheesesteak I've ever had from a restaurant in the water park, which happens to have an old-school up-hill water slide. Unfortunately I was very short on available time and didn't have enough to spend in the water park, which actually seemed quite nice. Enjoy the photos! Entrance sign and the foot bridge over the roadway separating the water park from the rides. A few classic rides which are slowly disappearing: Another also ever-disappearing sight at parks: A theme I had never seen before for a Rock-n-Roll: They have a ton of kids X-goes-round rides. A classic mini-Turtle. Some history plaques: I also really liked their height grading system: And one of the ticket booths: The water park, as I said, seemed very recently overhauled and very nice: Yes, it was "delizioso"! They do not mess around. And finally, the aforementioned uphill slide. Anyway, I know most of you find small parks like this mostly pretty boring, but I hope some of you enjoyed.

Missing launch cable means nothing one way or the other. It would need to be removed and replaced prior to reopening again anyways. Steel cable sitting stationary for 12 months = no bueno.

Before I get to the park itself, it's time to talk about Trimper's Haunted House. This is an incredible two-story Bill Tracy dark ride, built in 1964 by the same family that runs the rides park, and is still family owned and operated. That said, it is not officially part of "Trimper's Rides" and wristbands or park tickets from there do not work here - it's a $7 flat fee, and is absolutely worth it. The course is super long (it takes around 15 minutes to get through), there are a ton of animatronic props and physical gags (for example, going over railroad ties before a freight engine in front of you lights up and blows the horn), there are live costumed actors roaming about to scare passengers, and I mean, c'mon, the cars are coffins: This is easily the very best dark ride that I've ever been on (sorry, Knoebel's Haunted Mansion), and is worth much more than the $7 they charge. Absolutely incredible, 15/10. Enjoy some more photos.... History sign (they say 5 minutes but I swear it was more like 15): The ticket booth: One of the actors, on the balcony: The loading area: And an animatronic "host": Seriously, if you go to Ocean City and only do one thing, make it this. Moving on to the park itself, Trimper's Rides Why yes, that is another Bill Tracy attraction there on the right... Pirates Cove, a walk-through attraction that I have to imagine is pretty similar to the one I sadly skipped at Waldameer. This one has been updated with some neon, but is otherwise great with a ton of physical gags and animatronics. 9/10. Trimper's is also home to the rarely-seen Mondial Electric Shake, this one themed to Magnum PI. C'mon, just look at that background art. I skipped this, as I valued the contents of my stomach, but wow this looked crazy. Just check out this video of the full ride cycle: VID_20220816_221731634.mp4 Trimper's has two coasters, one being a Vekoma Boomerang called Tidal Wave. It still runs the original trains, but it does have a decent light package on it. I actually didn't ride this on this trip, but rather a few weeks earlier when I came here with a friend from college, his wife, and kids, and had a walk-on experience for front row. It was quite a "not-fun boomerang," in my exact words...why any of these don't have the new vest-restraint trains is beyond me. 2/10. They also have a figure-8 SBF Visa spinner, literally called "Spinning Coaster," that gives you seven laps. Whatever, I got the credit. Otherwise, it's another typical collection of your standard boardwalk fare, including... ...a Yo-Yo... ...a kiddie whip... ...a Rock-n-Roll... ...kiddie swings... ...Gravitron (in which they do not let people turn sideways or upside down...are there any of these left where the operators allow that?)... ..balloons-go-round... ...mini-Teacups... ...Tilt-a-Whirl... ...a Zamperla Endeavor, which was non-operational... ...and a Himalaya, which I did ride. This one was quite a surprise...it started backwards, and was kinda slow during that phase so I wasn't expecting much, but once it went forward they cranked the speed up to 11. Trimper's also has a vast collection of indoor kiddie rides, much like Gillian's Wonderland in the other Ocean City. I very much doubt they pay royalties for the graphics on these... I'd never seen an elongated boats-go-round, so I thought this was kinda cool. I absolutely loved the original carousel ticket booth they had on display (would've been cooler had it been in use) and this "picture with a pirate" bench. And, that about does it for amusement parks in Ocean City, Maryland. Obviously, there's not as much to do as in Wildwood, but the Trimper's Haunted House makes a trip down here worth it for any enthusiast. I wrapped up the night with a tasty adult beverage at Seacrets, one of the coolest bars/nightclubs I've ever been to (seriously, they have tables in the bay), and headed home. One last thing from Ocean City, though: Yes, that is a banner for the "teen night club" they have, a genre I could've sworn died off in the mid-2000s. Brought back a lot of memories of going to teen nights at Temptations in Seaside Heights and Club Abyss in South Amboy. Anyway, thanks for reading everyone! My next report will be a blitz weekend I did of almost every park in the New England area.

Yeah, thanks! Fixed it.

Great report! I work at Adventure Park and work the Wildcat from time to time, and the one train operations really make the ride a little tedious to run. It's always unfortunate to see a crowd of eager riders, knowing they're going to wait several minutes to ride because we only have one train. Luckily, Adventure Park is rarely crowded.I haven't been to Ocean City in so long, but I always do enjoy my experience there.

I traveled for the first time on Wednesday and I was impressed for the most part. I understand staffing issues during the end of August, so when it comes to several flat rides being closed, I can understand that. I work at a smaller park called Adventure Park and even there, everyone going back to school has forced us to keep a lot of our attractions closed during weekdays. Great Adventure just had some rides closed, most were open. Kingda Ka was almost a miss for me, but it opened last minute and I was able to collect that credit. I was more intrigued to see my friend's reaction since I had already ridden TTD, and she was impressed. I like TTD more I think, but this one was still an amazing experience. A wonderful last ride. The biggest shock for me was how much I disliked The Green Lantern. Listen, I know stand ups get a bad reputation, but in juxtaposition to those criticisms I've always enjoyed them. Sure, I had only ridden Vortex at CGA and Shockwave at KD, but I thought I had a grasp of what to expect when it came down to them. Green Lantern was just a case of it being too intense for my legs, I felt like they were going to go through the floor. It hurt. I appreciate the ride on one hand because it's a great layout and I do think there's a good ride in the right seat, but I was too strained from that first ride to go and try again. I sort of wanted to savor every mundane flat ride this trip as I always just coaster count - but this time I wanted to enjoy the park. The Scrambler, called Deja Vu is a short cycle, but it was my first time riding one since I was like 10 (I'm in my late twenties now) and it packed a punch. I also did Buccaneer, which is an intamin pirate ship, and it packed a lot more punch than the travelling models from Chance. I won't say Huss as those are still my favorite non-inverting ships. The last of the mundane flats I tried was Houdini's Great Escape, a vekoma madhouse, which had 25% of the effects working in the preshow. Still impressive, but even with the motion sickness pills I took, I don't know how much longer I could take. It was disorienting. Onto the more exciting flats, or seemingly exciting flats, let me start with the Cyborg spin. I heard people talk about it being a let down, but it really just suffers from a poor cycle. When it gets going, it's fun, but then stops. The restraints are far from comfortable either. They needed padding. I was sad that the top spin was closed, I always love those, even the ones with bad cycles. The Spinsanity was incredible, you get some good airtime and hangtime. The biggest thrill about it though was getting pulled back, the amount of speed you feel on the descent. Amazing. The water rides were all fun, and gave me that nostalgic feeling. I particularly loved the old arrow log ride, it was long, and had decent drops. It's a soaker. That last drop does not play. The only downside was the rumble of the chain lift. Jersey Devil was a roller coaster I was excited to ride, I'd only ridden Trailblazer, and for me it felt like a more complete version of that. The mid breakrun didn't slow the train that much, so I had a decent amount of speed going through those last elements. I think Nitro was my favorite, it was long and had some great moments of airtime. The most intense part for me however was that helix. I had never ridden a Batman clone before this one, and out of all the intense B&M inverts i've done,. backseat on Batman was so wild. I never gray out on rides, I've ridden I305 on opening day and never greyed out, but this time I definitely felt myself greying out. It could be the difference in my age, but wow. Anyways, for a Six Flags park, I was impressed. This has a LOT of roller coasters, but it also has just so many rides for the family. The fact it has so many indoor roller coasters, and a great dark ride (which combined physical and digital sets well) - plus many kids/family rides just show it's a park for everyone. This park has the full package

Yay for parks opening new attractions when they open for the season!

Launch cable is gone as well as the car in winners circle