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I don't think anyone can judge a ride's speed by looking at off ride footage or POVs, especially when it's testing. Everytime we see a new coaster test it seems half the comments are about how fast it looks, while the other are about how slow it looks. Besides the fact there are so many factors at play here (empty trains, different wheel composites, trying different launch speeds etc), it's just difficult to tell how a coaster will feel by just sitting and watching it on a computer screen. For example, I always think Skyrush looks pretty average, but my shattered thigh bones beg to

Promise I have a 1994 POV of Mr. Rodgers on a VHS tape at my parents home. Will get that up over the next few weeks. Losing that was a tragedy, I have no idea what the new version looks like.

Steel Pier I had tried going to Steel Pier once before in 2017, but the park closed shortly before I arrived. This is one of those parks that has a rolling closure depending on attendance. So this time, I made sure to arrive midday. I parked across the street at the Hard Rock Casino and made my way to Steel Pier. Like many of the Jersey Boardwalk parks, social distancing and mask compliance was an afterthought to most guests. However, the park was reasonably dead in the afternoon on a weekday, so it wasn't an issue for me. I was in and out of the park in less than an hour.

Universal Orlando has announced the grand opening date of Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, as well as the reopening of Loews Portofino Bay Hotel! Dockside Inn and Suites will open to guests on December 15th and Portofino Bay will reopen on December 1st! Universal’s Endless Summer Resort – Dockside Inn and Suites, the newest hotel at Universal Orlando Resort, will open to guests for the first time on December 15, 2020 with an impressively low starting rate of $79 per night. Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando will also resume operation

Just came back from a visit here. I chose this day specifically because it was a weekday during the magic time between fright fest and HITP where the whole park is open but there are no special holiday events to drive up crowds. It turns out, today absolutely was the perfect day to visit. The weather was beautiful, everything I cared about was running, and the crowds were super light - I rarely waited much more than 20 min for a ride, and many rides were station waits! Arrived around 12:30 and left at 7 (park close). Mask wearing was decent enough (maybe 75%ish wearing it correctly)

Zach Riddley from Walt Disney Imagineering has shared this new sneak peek at the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind coaster trains! https://www.instagram.com/p/CHN7LPLB_5C/ Here is an exclusive sneak peek of two of our ride engineers as they prep some of EPCOT’s Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind vehicles at our warehouse in Florida. If you look closely at the colorful paint design on the vehicles (called coaches in roller coaster engineering parlance), each one is unique with different wear patterns and impact marks. Imagineers were inspired by markings that appear on

Did they happen to mention how heavy that train is?

Looks like they are setting up for Holiday in the Park according to this video show by Santa Clarita Drone. 0:00 - Holiday in the Parking coming? Decorations say possibly. 1:42 - Raptor area, no visible construction 3:03 - Construction in front of ticket booths. Temperature check area? 3:35 - Random park shots

Please reopen California’s amusement parks! Done, thanks for the help on this. I don't think it'll do much good, but I did my part! I really miss Magic Mountain!

The new coaster