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I got four rides on it today, and it didn't disappoint. The hang time on the first drop-version is solid regardless of where you're sitting, and everything that follows is an element or strong transition to an element. The headchopper after the keyhole is cringeworthy, because that roll seems to go on forever. It absolutely dominates the midway in that section of County Fair to the point that you have to weave around those who just stop to gawk at it. Mid-summer waits for this thing will be unbearable.

Thanks for a more than exhaustive report. The shots through the Demon corkscrew really give a good perspective of how massive this thing is.

Little Amerricka's Meteor, at about 10:30 this morning.

Funny to see one of the first parts of Iron Wolf to go was the wooden exit sign from the wall. Fun time on the last train out last Monday.

Perhaps they can't put Daredevil Dive in because SF doesn't actually own it.

I can't wait to see the mass of humanity shambling around near the Iron Wolf queue at about 6:55pm on Monday.

Yeah, that AE bounce has been there for many a moon. It used to be pretty evident at the base of the lift, but I didn't notice it on opening day. Maybe it's a seat thing. I prefer to remember Iron Wolf in its pre-1995 days, before it scrambled my potentially unborn children.

Lets hope you don't. I'm glad to see it running well, but this statement makes me uneasy.

Mean Streak, hands down. I suspect it may have given me the cancer.

I would happily post in an "lol, Gravity Group" thread. About what I have no idea, I just like the sound of it. We're taking our first CP trip this weekend, and I'm certainly not all twisted up about STR not being open. There's more important things on my mind, like the Cedar Creek Mine Ride.

I was in town over the weekend for an adjacent function, and managed to snap a few pics. I didn't know about the demonstration until after the fact; I'd assumed that small crowd was people who wandered away from the Kentucky Flea Market at the Expo Center. Already not looking too hot. Leaves now, debris later. The weight drops no more. Road Runner Express hides behind the well-traveled Greezed Lightnin'.

We managed to hit IB for a quick four hour trip this Saturday, and the Hawg did not disappoint. The lift hill feels steeper than it looks, and the ascent is over before you realize it. The lack of banking on the turnaround gives some solid lateral force, and the first drop is as solid as it looks (albeit a bit short). I didn't feel uncomfortable at all during any of the elements, even the outbanked turn. And the visual of rushing toward the ground during the declined heartline is quite unique. Capacity could be a problem on busier days, but the ops seemed to know their business (and compared to the one-train operation on Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, a twenty minute wait felt like a breeze). The queue stairs put you this/close to the final brake run, so at least it gives you something to look at. It sure beats peering over the fence at the adjacent bungalows, and what seemed like a score of fat, shirtless men playing bags. In closing, SH seems to be the only thing at IB that hasn't been sitting there since 1963. Man, I love that park.

Congratulations from the ARN&R family!

I once got queasy driving past Frontier City. I believe that Psyclone's next rehab should involve fire to the point of overkill. Elizabeth Shue does not convincingly play the part of a doctor in Body Wars. I am "down" with the SLCs. And I love hate mail.