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I would be all for that; SDC has the best food!

I am pretty sure we did both parks in a day without a problem. We started the day at Mount Olympus at park opening. Mt O is renowned for terrible operations; expect one train operation with slow dispatch times.

For all saying that this is a steel coaster because of the hollow steel rail is not supported by wood, I counter with this picture from earlier in the thread: Most of the thickness of the track system is wood. I haven't run the numbers, but I am pretty confident that the wood adds significantly to the overall strength of the rail system. At what point does a wooden coaster become a steel coaster? If we add another layer of steel that is on top of the track on every wooden coaster, is it a wooden coaster still? What about three? Four? At what point does a wooden coaster become a hybrid?

That looks more like a kuka robocoaster than the original Pandora's box. That is a lot of dough for a ride.

Thanks for the report Adam! I wonder why the park switched up the menu on the all you can eat buffet. Will there be less food waste with the pizza and pasta which can be left out under a heat lamp with minimal downgrade in taste compared with burgers?

I would think that TTA is more in the category of transport ride/train, even if you start at exactly the same place. Does one scene make something a dark ride?

I may be wrong On this but i think that The topper track wouldn't behave the same way if the wood were not there either. It is much much stiffer, but still nowhere near stif enough to support the loads from a train without working in unison with the layers of wood below.

We must have gone through relatively close to each other because my experience was the same. It was a beautiful Maze but really really disappointing that you could miss virtually every scare.

I have Both Euromir and Eurostat on my iPod. So jealous of eerie type on the trip being at Europa! Have fun!

^ I think that is more likely, though with Rocky Mountain, who knows!

That duck is not one I have in my collection. The Big Man looks to have added ducks from my original shipment!

That first one looks intersting, sort of like a 4D coaster in the horizontal direction. I wonder if they are thinking of something in particular.

Hmm interesting question. I would say that the Jungle Cruise is more of a dark ride than Living with the Land. To me the darkness allows for more control over theming etc, and the Jungle Cruise does just that.

I'm with you Chuck. I found Hades to be rough as hell.

They could always take one train out of commission at a time, but I'm guessing along as it's not a safety concern, modifications will occur in the offseason.

I will definitely try and make it out here this year. It's more of a funhouse than a haunt, correct?

I'm sure they will market it a bit more than that, but I agree I prefer this to all the hype that some new rides get. Over-hyping by a park is a much worse offense than under in my book.

When I went to Hungary a few years back, my friend Alissa and I were practically the only people in Vidampark and had every ride we rode to ourselves.

Thank Bill, though I will likely still not attend, it's a bit far of a drive

Was there any equipment to do the demo? It's odd that there was none in the picture.

It really is a shame that SFNE's Cyclone has Changed so much from when it was Riverside. Between the first drop change and seeming lack of maintenance it is a much worse ride

^The only problem with afternoons and coffee for me is the caffeine is usually enough to keep me up at night. I don't exactly trust decaf either. Dues the shop have enough non-coffee drinks to satisfy?

Though it will likely mean they need to close the dragons durning construction to ensure a clear rider envelope. (sarcasm)I guess they could build a dueling inverted coaster next door to ensure continuous operation of that ride system.(/sarcasm)

^I was hoping that they had figured out how to do wing seats without Baco's bouncing/flexing.

But why do they need continuous operation of that ride system? Was the resort that hurt when spidey was down for some maintenance? I am not saying they should or should not build transformers, but I think the reasoning tied to the possibility that someday spidey might need to be rethemed is poppycock.