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Seriously though, it's hard to remember everything but here are a few things from just the last few years: - Quimera derailed and killed 2 people - Two frisbees overseas broke apart and killed a bunch of people - Valravn crashed in the station - Boulder Dash crashed in the station - Top Thrill Dragster was closed for half the summer in 2019 and a year or two prior it basically vaporized a brake run and was closed for a month then too - Steel Vengeance trails collided on opening day - Hersheypark and Kennywood are determined to have one or more coasters closed for entire seasons at a time because they suck basically every year. A band new hypercoaster is closed for an entire season+ - Xcellerator closed for half-a-year - A frisbee at the Ohio State Fair broke apart and killed people - An inverted coaster in Scotland totally derailed and crashed into a nearby kiddy ride - The Smiler accident, people lose limbs - Daytona Beach coaster derails because of an elaborate cover-up to hide all maintenance issues - Tons of people drown in wave pools - Tons of fights every Halloween everywhere - Disney Skyliner crashes a hilarious number of times - El Loco at the Adventuredome throws a rider - Crackhead builds a waterslide that decapitates a child in Kansas City - Castle Park log ride did exactly what Great Adventure's just did - Timber Mountain Log Ride did exactly what Great Adventure's just did - A kid died on Hoosier Hurricane because of a pre-existing condition - Star City burned to the ground entirely - An entire section of Europa Park burned to the ground - Six Flags over Georgia's train bursts into flames ... and I'm forgetting a ton.

This... 100% this. The only thing about this year that seems totally unprecedented is the staffing situation. There are horrible accidents that kill people every year and chain lift snaps and cable snaps are even more common, it just so happens that right now some of them are on high-profile rides. Demon at Great America has been closed for weeks with a chain snap but it’s not on the list because literally nobody cares.

Well would you look at that... https://www.cedarpoint.com/live-video

I'm not married to anything on the Jungle Cruise. Whatever the catalyst is, if it ends up with them updating the animatronics and modernizing it then I'm 100% on board. Plus, yeah... the last time we rode it there were some "How is this scene still a thing?" moments. It's not like everyone didn't see this coming.

The Log Flume has reopened.

So why exactly does Ghostrider have bad capacity? I’m just curious since I’m not that familiar with the park and it doesn’t seem like a wood coaster with Millennium Flyer trains should be that atrocious.

Harmony Hall for both

The front is easily the best row on Steel Force. If you ride up there it kind of feels like you’re riding a rollercoaster and not sitting on your couch. That’s the only place on the train where I’ve experienced that sensation.

Please discuss this in the Canada’s Wonderland thread.

You could also just move it.

What an absolutely horrible story.

Glad you had fun! Jersey Devil is a blast. I can’t believe it’s at Great Adventure. The lineup is just totally stacked. Flash Pass at Great Adventure is kind of like Cedar Point’s Fastlane. Some rides, it’s amazing. Other rides it helps but only so much. Kingda Ka and Wonder Woman come to mind as rides where it can back up a lot, El Toro has that potential but it depends on the day. Nitro is usually awesome unless it’s just stupid, stupid packed.

Cedar Fair... why are you like this?

A smart company that insisted on budget cutting that hard would just open the park 2 hours later and close 2 hours later but I mean... you do you Cedar Fair

Joker, Kingda Ka and Jersey Devil require lockers. El Toro does too but obviously it won’t be open.

And I’m betting that Hershey gets it open around Summer of 2023 because it’s Hershey and that’s how they roll...

Remember when Ice Breaker tested like crazy and then it tested with riders and then it did team member previews and then didn't open? The bloggers freaking out about this apparently learned nothing from that.

Well if a games attendant said 2-3 weeks then I suggest we all book flights and hotels for July 22nd.

Is it bad that the fact that the upstop wheel in the back car just absolutely couldn’t deal any more after 2 days of 100 degree rides makes me love El Toro more in a way?

Well I mean... yeah lol

I remember a few years ago we were out to dinner with a big group and I had an hour drive home so I just looked at the beer list of like 40 beers and saw that Yeungling had the lowest ABV of anything respectable (see: Not Coors Light) so I ordered that. Yeungling is my boring "I have to drive later so I can't have much" beer.

I do like how they never can make up their mind on this. A few years ago it was "Bring in a bunch of chains / franchises" then it was "Get rid of all of them and make it all our own shit so that we can put it on the dining plan and handle it all ourselves" and now it's "Bring in brands again". It's a cluster...

This has the potential to be really cool but probably won't be because lines will be 50 people deep and moving at the pace of Wonder Woman's line in the height of covid.

After seeing the photos of this thing in it's current state I mean... I'm not an engineer and maybe this is irrational but I'll let you guys go first.