the setting really sold this park for me (I get to it on my next update too ) . . . but those hills were killers to walk.
I thought Thundercoaster was by far the most painful ride in the park - yeah, even the Vekoma was smoother! and I recall being shocked how shaky Storm was for a brand new ride!
agree 100% everything down in the Viking section makes it TOTALLY worth the walk back up from there.
as to the food, I think I recall liking the food in the sit down Italian place . . I think I had the lasagna. tho the ordering/ serving was a mess, and you could tell that they were not used to having so many people in at once, as they were mixing up the orders. but I remember the food was decent.
edit: confirmed I had the lasagna here, as I took a pic of it
great update.