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Imagine pitting Gringott's against literally every other ride listed. There's no contest for weakest.

Went to Coaster Christmas on 11/9 after skipping last year in a fit of annoyance over the snowstorm the year before. We got very lucky with the weather, 50's and 60's, the rain mostly stayed away other than some very light drizzle and moderate fog. The fog actually enhanced the whole experience as it was almost as good as a night ride and since it made the Christmas lights more visible during the day which gave the whole thing a cozy atmosphere. During the traditional cinnamon roll and coffee/hot chocolate with a presentation Brad Thomas went back over all the details of the hotel. Nothing more that what we already knew other than to state that prices would probably be in the same neighborhood as the DreamMore and that they basically levelled off the top of a mountain to create the space for the hotel. For those that know the area the park now owns land that goes all the way from the present park to the Dana's BBQ in Branson West. In other words they have a lot of room to work with. Of course people were trying to trip him up into revealing more information on future projects and of course that did not work, although it got entertaining and he was good natured about it. He did emphasize that the hotel was simply phase 1 of a planned decade of growth and investment and that both the park and undeveloped land would benefit from the investment. Later I talked to a local business leader that said it was basically an open secret that a new water park will be happening. This makes total sense since they do not even own the land that the current water park is on and that would allow them to entice people to stay at the new hotel and spend the bulk of their time in a SDC bubble. We then had ert on FITH and I was grateful to get some more rides on it as there really is a whole lot to take in. As for other rides during the day TT had a lot of down time on Sat, I really don't think it likes the misty dripping weather. We did get a ride in on it during one of the small up times but it was running great on Sunday. Wildfire ran like a champ both days and with two trains and it's high capacity we never waited more than 10-15 min and that was because we did front row. Diving into the fog on the first hill was amazing. Powder Keg had the longest line so we hit that first thing after open on Sunday and caught it with only about a 20 min wait. OR only had one train but it was either a walk on or station wait most of both days. I just don't think a lot of people make it all the way back there, lol. It was also a lot of fun in the fog and even better after dark in the fog. They opened up the culinary school building across from Heritage Gold Hall for the event attendees for about 3 hours in the afternoon with apple dumplings, cinnamon ice cream, hot chocolate, cider, wassail and a deck that overlooked TT. Nice touch. Short but colorful Christmas Parade, but I still say that the face of the candy cane makes it look like the most stoned thing I have ever scene!

Christmas in July could work as a special event.

Rode Ka 5 times tonight (including the 5th to last train or so...didn't want to be a part of the fight for the last train) and also rode Lantern once. Didn't feel like riding anything else, the rest will still be there tomorrow. Cool atmosphere. Queue was full most of the night and Flashpass was upwards of 30 minutes. People were pretty pumped up, some were quite sad. This ride is a big part of the Great Adventure fabric. Waited for the front once, just under an hour as the line was partially down the ramp. Storm Runner (and I'm sure Xcelerator) have fun and punchy launches. Nothing will ever replicate the hydraulic launch to 128 mph. Sad to think that era of coasters may officially be over. Who knows, maybe when opening day comes in March it will be open and they'll just be like..."oh, you thought it was gonna close? Weird." Long live the King.

You're forgetting Xcelerator & Storm Runner. I prefer them both over Ka.

Thank God. We were getting spoiled.