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Yeah we were there on Saturday and I was a bit surprised how well hidden the new coaster is behind the construction walls. We had some nice views of it from on Manta and from the walk up to the SeaLion theatre but other than that it's surprisingly well tucked away. Does looks to be a fun little coaster though, we'll definitely be making another quick trip down after it opens. On Saturday Ice Breaker had about a 45 minute line both times we walked by it, I don't know how accurate the que time boards at SeaWorld are but the covered que building was mostly full. I don't think I've ever waited more than one switchback for that thing so maybe the change to 48 inches is paying off now.

I took some pictures on Thursday, it looks like it is going to be a fun coaster. They have these signs up in multiple spots in the park, there is all a billboard on I-4 East advertising the ride.

I don't think I even SAW that Escalator (or the Church). . were they at the very front of the zoo? I must not have made it all the way up there - which is odd, as I thought I had walked at least most if not all of it. I rode Wildfire I think 4 times during ERT and once earlier in the day. . and it made me have to pee every single time. Not sure what the deal was, but clearly the restraints laid different on me than other RMCs, or the forces just put strain just perfectly on my bladder. After the 4th time sprinting to the toilets down the hill, I just enjoyed watching others ride.

Kolmården Wildlife Park is the second park on the trip that Misty and I had previously visited in 2019. It's quite large, very hilly, and mostly a zoo. But it does have a two big "worth the price of admission" attractions, at least one of which I really like. 19: Another Way to Stimulate Lions The park was considerably less busy than on our previous visit, but nonetheless opened up the back parking lot and gate for our group, so we could start and end near the good stuff. Safari is a 26-and-a-half minute sky ride over large naturalistic animal enclosures that crisscrosses itself several times. For me, this is the highlight of the park, and I rode it 4 or 5 times on this visit. This animal is called a "giraff" in Swedish, which is not as interesting as I thought it would be. How straight men sit together on a bench seat. Björn. Watusi Boskap Älg and bebis älg. Löpeld As the park was not at all busy, Wildfire only ran one train all day, making it quite tricky to get a decent photo of the ride with a train in it from Safari. I do wish the gondola in the lower left was less behind a tree, but at least you can also see what a pretty area Kolmården is. A backstage tour of where the gondolas sleep at night and recharge the batteries on their audio systems. (Onboard narration being available in Swedish, Finnish, and English.) Now on foot, we explore the other animal areas of the park. Where all the cool kids hang out. "Man, screw you guys." Saddest show ever. (But good on them for still doing it, I reckon.) Smisty learning that we cannot, in fact, leave the park to visit the aquarium on the other side of the main parking lot, because Kolmården Wildlife Park does not allow reentry, and you can't even buy tickets or enter within 2 hours of closing time. This was 3 hours before park close, but that would've only given us an hour to cross the parking lot on foot, visit the aquarium, and hoof it back--with failure to reenter Kolmården in time meaning we would have to walk around the park on winding mountain roads (without sidewalks) to get back to the rear parking lot and the bus. Hey guys, whatever your beef with the aquarium is, leave us out of it. The escalator of shame. The park covers 1.5 square kilometers, which is approximately 370 McDonald's parking lots in American. Discovered an area I hadn't seen on the previous trip. Not really sure what it was. Maybe like a summer camp? But this building was open--and having never seen a horror movie, I ventured in. At which point my skin started burning and I had to flee. I'll be safe here in Tiger World! Best photo ever? Two slices of cheese on a basic theme park burger?! Are we in Wisconsin? Well, a lot of Swedes are. Hmmm. Wildfire's cool but weirdly-orientated sign. Where the Wildfire trains sleep at night. Snapped this pic while no one was looking. Now I have the plans and can build my own! I gave it a courtesy ride during ERT. That's 2 rides total now. I guess I like it slightly more this time? Oh, is this a good time to mention that I'm an RMC hater? Hater is probably too strong. To me, they're basically just fast, forceless, family coasters that are hard to breath during due to the restraints. Lots of folks seemed super into it, though. And I'll admit that it's pretty. One more shot of Wildfire for you. For you. Not for me. Erik's Score: 5 Next up: The park Wildfire would be in if there was room for it there.

On Thursday night, my leg got trapped under 200 lbs of falling material at work. Nothing was broken on me and my leg is just sore with some minor swelling (now gone). I still took the rest of the shift off to go put my leg up. If I wasn't wearing steel toed-shoes, I likely would have lost something.

I just watched a video from a reputable source on youtube. In a nutshell, an alarm in the control system was triggered during the launch. The brake fins on the launch track came up, as they were supposed to during an alarm. The last brake fin on the launch track was misaligned, due to poor maintenance and fatigued bolts. The train struck the brake fin on the way forward, which caused it to not have enough speed to clear the hill. The train rolled back and struck the newly damaged and even more misaligned brake fin. This caused the magnets on the train to become damaged. The train rolled back and hit an empty train (I think) in the station, forcing the empty train out of the station. No deaths were reported, but there were multiple serious injuries.

The word for that is "indefinitely."