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There's a better chance of them paving the parking lot than getting Joker open within 2 weeks.

#TeamPanda had a great weekend. Smooth sailing as always for us while everything else was a sh*t show. Just like Holiday in the Park. When we get a Chop Six I might legitimately lose my sh*t.

The glass blowing theater is pretty cool so I'm glad to hear they're improving it even more.

^This

Yes, but every row on Fury is perfection.

That's a shame, it was worth the expense. They turned a terrible coaster into one of the best floorless coasters in existence. Rougarou would be the best coaster in a good number of parks. Even at Cedar Point I now consider it a must-ride.

Is the "s" at the end of "trains" a typo? I wasn't aware they even had another one since we usually go during Fright Fest and they still run 1.

Dammit no matter how hard I try I can't work Knoebels into this one so I have no suggestions. Lol

I love how you say "today" as if this hasn't been the policy on almost everything at this park every day, forever.

Regarding the mirrors there is a reason for it and I believe Disney pioneered it. It's about guest flow. People wasting time looking in the mirror increases congestion and wait times for restrooms so many parks have taken it down to one mirror or eliminated them altogether. Edit: sorry, just realized I double posted.

Oh you have no idea... Anyway let me be the first of like 100 people to answer this with the same thing. Yes!!! Cinnamon Bread from the grist mill (the building with the water wheel). It'll change your life... not just by taking a few years off of it (which it will) but by being the most delicious amusement park food in existence anywhere.

Awesome. I think I'm picking up what you're putting down. Lol

^^ I thought it was funny how after one ride with an empty station one op basically ran down the train to tell everyone they could re-ride. They might as well have been begging "Please make this train as heavy as possible so we don't valley it". lol I know you can't really answer this but by any chance is one train slightly faster than the other? At the end of the night you obviously have no choice but to throw caution to the wind and send an empty one to get the other riders off and that could have been an interesting scenario the other day. (Or could you park it at the base of the lift and bring water dummies out in the morning?)

I never said I had a problem with someone doing it. I said nobody was going to. Millions of people will claim they're boycotting the state and approximately 7 of them might have actually have been planning to go there. This is true every time anyone of any political affiliation decided to spread the word about boycotting a state. Anyway can we talk about opening weekend? Edit: Okay yeah this guy has been whining about Carowinds for years. I'm sure it was real high up in your travel list to begin with. Sounds like he just wants another excuse to talk about how he's not going to Carowinds

Oh this again? Anyone who claims they're boycotting a state because of a political decision was never planning to go anyway. You just want an excuse to talk about political and social issues on a coaster forum which nobody wants to do.

Agreed, most rides didn't have greeters the other day. I know Superman, Bizarro and El Toro didn't. I actually don't think Kingda Ka and Nitro did either. Batman, Dark Knight and Skull Mountain were the only rides where I remember seeing greeters.

This. The thing was running at a ridiculous speed again yesterday with a half empty train. Also DO NOT, DO NOT, DO NOT miss Safari Discoveries. The main entrance is closed, go in from Golden Kingdom by the Sea Lion stadium entrance or from the split of Golden Kingdom / Frontier Adventures / Plaza De Carnival through the gift shop (I think it's called Coasters and Candy). Or just ask someone where the Lion and Tiger cubs are. It'll only take you 5 minutes but you have to see these things. And ride Skull Mountain. F**k's wrong with you?

There probably won't be any lines to skip anyway on a Tuesday in March.

This was always a spoof. I think Absolutely Reliable News and Rumors made it.

See, while this is perfectly executed sarcasm I'm always hesitant to post something like this because it doesn't seem too far off from actual posts that people would actually be dumb enough to make and I always assumed people would feel the need to respond as if I was being serious.

I don't care about the VR but I'm so thrilled they finally added new trains with lap bars to Revolution. Great job Six Flags!

So we made our first visit to the park this season yesterday. I have to say I was impressed with a lot of what I saw. I'll save the trip report but here are a few key points... 1) El Toro Crew (and Ryan)... OUTSTANDING JOB!!!! They let both trains ride again last night at the end of the night (and Ryan appeared to be the one telling the guy at the panel to do it, though he may have been telling him the train wasn't parked in the right place, couldn't tell. lol )The ride was running flawlessly, still warming up but honestly the difference between a slow ride and a fast ride on El Toro is minimal. It delivered ungodly airtime everywhere. 2) The new Safari pathway... good god. They have a lion cub, otters and then the even smaller and cuter lion cub and tiger cub together. Go NOW before they get bigger. 3) They made a fast recovery from Holiday in the Park. 2 Trains on Superman and Batman and 3 on Nitro. I don't know or care what Green Lantern was doing. 4) There were some nice improvements all over the park, many coasters had re-painted trains and the Skyway cars got a much needed paint job. It looks like the flume is getting some trough work too. 5) All rides ran great and crews were pretty good for opening week (except the Bizarro crew of course, they were horrendous. They only have 2 trains now but they're still stacking like it's an olympic sport, hopefully they run 2 all year because all running 3 accomplishes is a ridiculous amount of time stacked in the brakes). 6) Around 7:00 we were debating what to ride. I was leaning towards riding Kingda Ka in row 1 again because I love that thing to death but Brit decided to ride Superman. Once we rode that we figured it would be fun to ride every respectable coaster in the park on Opening Weekend so we rode the train next and for the first time in forever actually managed to ride all the coasters in one day. Obviously I'm not including Green Lantern or the kids coaster... neither of which I'd be caught dead riding ever. Anyway thanks for a great day Six Flags! I'm sure it'll be a great season! Kingda Ka - 1 Ole' - 4 Get Twisted - 1 Safari Off Road Adventure - 1 Skyway - 2 Pointsetta Peak / Boldikus Mountain - 1 Nitro - 1 Dark Knight - 1 Batman - 1 Superman - 1 Choo Choo - 1 Pictures, I apologize for the quality. Hard to get a good picture of these two, you have to come see for yourself. These otters are awesome. Beautiful day Zumanjaro was stuck with riders at one point and it was cool to watch them drop each car individually. The ride was having issues all day so we never got to ride it. Picked up some new Skull Mountain Swag. I'll probably never wear this in public but I felt like a higher power was telling me I needed to buy it. Lol The new Skyway cars look great! Last train of the night!

Snapped these two today at Great Adventure.