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Anaconda at KD

For a chick flick, I thought this was actually a good movie. Definitely a great movie to watch with a significant other.

My wife and I will be hitting KD this Saturday... got an all day babysitter so we can go and enjoy ourselves! Can't WAIT!!! Weather forecast isn't looking so good right now... Upper 50's with a 50% chance of rain Does anyone know what rides they shut down during rain? I haven't been there during rain in a very long time.

Yeah, whatever happened to the I-73 they've been talking about for years? How long's that gonna take anyway? All that red tape really slows stuff down...

Please don't even joke about that. I'm going to have nightmares now. hehehe Sanjaya's comin to GETCHA MUWHAHAHAHAHA!

I agree, they really need to get the traffic situation figured out fast before they have a bigger problem on their hands... either way, people are going to show up in droves when it opens, but if they want people to keep coming back, they need to figure it out, quickly. I know I can't wait to head down there once it opens! Sounds like it is gonna be a great park to visit!

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door for Gamecube (Experiencing it on my Wii, working on Chapter 3 right now) Love it! Can't wait till I'm done so I can run out and grab Super Paper Mario

Because he's there week after week just reinforces the reason why I don't watch anymore... it's not a singing competition anymore, it's now become a popularity contest.

I'll be getting it as soon as I complete Paper Mario 2. I'm just now getting into the Paper Mario world with this GameCube classic, and it's awesome. Now I'm trying to hurry up & finish Paper Mario 2 so I can start playing Super Paper Mario. Can't wait!!!

Talk about "best and worst" Saw "300" a few weeks ago... amazing movie. Saw "Premonition" a couple of weeks ago... I wish I could get that 2 hours of my life back.

Well the votes show that the majority would like a Simpsons park, but most of the posts agree that a section of an existing park would work better than an entire park. I agree, I think a section of Universal would be cool. Or even better, maybe a brand new Fox park would work. They could do everything from the Simpsons, to Star Wars, etc. Virtual American Idol anyone?

Go Niners is right! Good to see a fellow fan here on these boards!

It's definitely running right now, or at least it was on opening day. I would like to see it go, and put nothing in it's place. That whole area of the Grove seems a little crowded anyway... if they would take it out, it would seem a little nicer over there. There's already four other coasters touching that small area anyway, so taking XLC out won't hurt at all. My 2 cents worth

Nice trip report and pictures. Maybe Anaconda line was longer than Volcano because it was closed the first half of the day, and once they opened it up everyone made a mad dash for it. That's my theory and I'm stickin to it

I also remember riding this attraction when it first opened in '91, back when I was in the sixth grade... I've always been a HUGE BTTF fan, love all the movies. I don't remember it being so jerky or causing me any pain... of course, back then, it had just opened so it was new, and I was also a kid, so that might have something to do with it, also. I will miss not being able to ride it again.

First post here - good website, good trip report. My family (me, wife and 1.5 year old) went last Saturday, and we enjoyed ourselves quite a bit, especially considering it was our first theme park trip with our young child. We had a great time... especially enjoyed the weather. Upper 60's and partly cloudy. We still got a little red in the face since we forgot the sunscreen. The line to the season pass office was quite long, but didn't take but about 30 minutes to get our passes and picture taken (we didn't get there until about 10:15AM). I'm guessing the line was really long considering that it was KD opening day. Next time we'll be able to just waltz right in. After we got in, we were able to get a parent swap pass from one of the employees at the turnstiles, since the line to guest services was kind of long. If you and your spouse are by yourselves with children, this is a great thing to have so one of you can go up to the exit and get on once your spouse has ridden a ride. The only hiccup we had was at the Italian Job, as the employee didn't seem like he fully understood how the parent swap pass worked. He thought the card meant you had to come back AFTER 15 minutes, but the card says to return WITHIN 15 minutes, meaning you can ride right away, or come back within 15 minutes to ride. He admitted that he was mistaken after we pointed it out to him and apologized, and let my wife right on. We rode the Scooby Doo Ghoster Coaster, Avalanche (twice), Italian Job (twice), Tomb Raider Firefall, Scrambler, Ricochet, Carousel, Blue Ridge Tollway, Eiffel Tower, and the Action FX Theater featuring SpongeBob. None of the lines took more than 15-20 minutes to get through, it was really nice. I was disappointed to see the Shenandoah Lumber Co. (log flume) shut down, we were looking forward to riding that one, a favorite classic. Didn't feel like getting soaked so we skipped the White Water Canyon even though it was open. Firefall was a walk-on in the evening about an hour before closing, looks like they can fit a lot of people on for each ride. Got a funnel cake, tasted great. Got the "Flight of Fear" special, which was a funnel cake with either strawberry or chocolate topping (we got them to do half and half), then a load of soft serve ice cream on top. I agree, the ice cream was nothing to go crazy about, but the dish as a whole tasted quite good. We packed our lunch so we didn't feel bad about splurging on a dessert. We never like spending a ton of money on KD food because we've always felt like it's way overpriced for the quality and quantity you get. We always pack our lunch because it's way cheaper and tastes just as good. They have picnic shelters out in the parking lot so that is a nice option, you could probably even bring a grill if you wanted to tailgate; someone correct me if KD has a rule against that. Anyway, Italian Job was our favorite for the day. I'm not a huge extreme roller coaster fan, so this is the perfect ride for me... it's got speed and some air time, but nothing crazy and high off the ground. We also attended the Nick Jr.'s Dora the Explorer Sing Along Adventure. We thought the show was highly entertaining. The actors and actresses they hired are very nice, energetic, and seem like they enjoy what they're doing. If your kids like Dora, don't miss this one, it's worth it. The show was only about 30 minutes long. Overall, it was a fun trip, and we can't wait to go back in a couple of weeks. See you there!