Went today to be one of the first riders to Firefall. Due to the cancellation of the event a while ago, it seems very few people showed up for the rescheduled event today. There were so few auction winners there that they were taking anyone standing anywhere near the ride to be added to the first riders. Not very exclusive anymore. They also gave all those people t-shirts like we had that said "Firefall First Rider" on it. I understand that this whole event didn't go as planned due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, but seems the only thing I got for winning first seat was some fruit, shrimp, chicken wings, and soda. Normally I wouldn't care so much about all this, but even with the "freeloaders" (none of whom I blame for being in the right place at the right time), they still didn't manage to fill up the entire ride with riders. Plus I still even got sent to the back row while the other guests got the front row. No organization was done for the actual winning auction winners. Adding to all:
1) The ride was obviously not new based on the discoloration of the seats and the lack of cleanliness all-around,
2) The fire effects were still not functioning, and
3) The ride program was very simple and boring. I'm not even sure the vehicle made one complete flip around, even after watching it full of people when the ride was officially open to the public.
Sadly, most of us auction winners sat around for about 45 minutes (as instructed) to wait for our first ride when a few regular park guests just got to walk up, grab a shirt, and grab first row for the privilege we paid for.
To not sound overly negative, the people working at the park were nice and it is nice to finally see this park get something visually interesting (once the fire gets working, that is).