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Are you kidding me? Six Flags wouldn't have started construction for a 2022 ride this early. Cedar Fair, on the other hand, could wait until the nearly the off-season to break ground and still have it open for next year's opening day. Orion wasn't announced until mid-August. Cedar Fair also rarely teases new rides prior to the formal announcement.

In theory, scheduled for 2022. Don't believe it was ever scheduled for 2021. In reality, it's Darien Lake, so it'll probably never happen.

You mean one actor per haunt? This is Six Flags after all.

On the plus side, does this mean that Carowinds has had some pretty lax policies concerning their Flyers?

No idea; I didn't try.

@disownedpearIt looked like everything was running, including the lazer tag and tank-control bumper cars inside the arcade. The place was pretty packed for a FEC. Interesting about the Wildcat. I would totally believe that it doesn't have a functioning anything, given that the ride op needs to push the car in the station. When I rode it a few months back, I had never felt less safe on a ride; I constantly thought some bolts were going to rattle loose and it would collapse in on itself. That said, it was fun, and I would totally ride it again if there was no line. And yeah, that is stupid expensive for a wristband...I guess they need to make up for letting people on rides for free LOL. I can't speak for how much the other rides are, but yes the two coasters are $8 a piece.

So, on my way back from Lakemont Park today (report here), I stopped by Adventure Park USA to get the Zamperla Windstorm credit, Wild West Express, that I didn't get on my first trip here a few months ago, and maybe take another spin on the Wildcat. Well, first off, the Wildcat was still running just one 4-seater car. No others were anywhere in sight. Thus, it had a line, that I estimated at about a half hour. So yeah, let's skip that. I added $8 worth of points to my card, and headed over to Wild West Express, for a one-train wait. Amusingly enough, the card/wristband scanner was nonfunctional, so the lone ride op was just letting everyone on if they had something to show. $8 down the drain LOL. Anyway, WOW this surprised me. I'd never been on a Windstorm before (in fact, the only Zamperla coaster I had been on before this was a horrible Volare at Rye Playland), and this was a LOT more forceful than I expected. Particularly in the weird not-quite-an-upside-down-inclined-loop shown here, and yeah there were no trim brakes in use anywhere. The helicies were also quite forceful for what it is. After that, it was back on the road home. A worthwhile stop on a trip that was otherwise a waste of time (seriously, read the Lakemont report). Farewell, Adventure Park USA.

So, in the aftermath of my cancelled Western PA Trip (which would have encompassed Lakemont, Idlewild, and Kennywood), I decided today to take a ride out to Lakemont (about a 3.5 hour drive) to get their credits, namely Leap-the-Dips. Being able to say you've been on the world's oldest operating coaster carries are certain amount of coaster nerd cred, haha. Knowing that this place is kind of a shithole, and occasionally decides to not run rides even on perfect-weather Saturdays, I checked their website and social media for any news of closures. None found. Good news? Of course not... Underneath that little bit of red magnet in the bottom right corner of the park map, is in fact, Leap-the-Dips. God damnit. Upon closer inspection, there was a nice sign out front saying that it was "closed for maintenance," but notably in the hour I spent at the park, I saw no one working on it. I was both amazed and not surprised at all that anyone could very easily walk up and sit in one the car that's on the course. Anyway, made my way to the other end of the park, dropped the $6 and change for 6 tickets, and hopped on Skyliner for two solo rides - one in the front row and one in the 2nd to back (they weren't seating anyone in the very back row for some reason). Decent enough for a woodie of its vintage, especially in the back where I caught a couple of pops of air, but holy crap is that first valley at the bottom of the main drop a jarring jolt. As everyone knows, the only other rides they have beside the two coasters is a train ride, go-karts, a kiddie coaster, drive-'em cars, and a laughably sparsely decorated kiddie monster trucks ride. Oh, and a "water park" consisting of two kiddie splash ponds. So yeah, nothing else here for me. The mini-golf looked kinda cool, but who plays mini-golf by themselves? I did try a burger from the Lakeside Cafe, for $6.75, which was disgusting and barely edible - I finished about half of it. Which isn't saying much, since it was tiny (quarter included for size reference). After that, I took off and headed home (with a slight detour to Adventure Park USA for the Zamperla credit there). Kinda a waste of almost 500 miles worth of gas, but whatever. I'll try stopping by sometime on my way to or from Ohio parks in the future to get on Leap the Dips. At least the place is pretty? Aside from the rides...yeah, seriously, paint the coasters. Lots of pictures incoming.... So long, Lakemont. Please, can Knoebels save these coasters?

Sometimes, according to the website.

Talon is easily the best coaster there, by far. Sit in the back row. Steel Force is probably number 2 or 3. I kinda like the front for speed on those type of coasters, but you can get some good air in the back, especially if you leave some gap between your body and the bar. The "Magnum Trick" (slide forwards while they're checking the restraints, then slide back on the lift) kinda works here, but the tightness of the seatbelts doesn't matter as much since the hills aren't shaped like triangles. Oh, and don't waste time on Wild Mouse until you've done everything else you might want to do. It's the only ride in the park that gets a substantial line (showing 60 minutes right now LOL).

Meh, in my opinion prepare to be underwhelmed. It's not the worst floorless (looking at you here, Firebird), but its far from the best. I'd recommend doing one lap, doing the rest of the park, and then hitting it again if you have time, and have already done second laps on the better coasters (all of them except for Wild Mouse and the kiddie coaster) unless it has absolutely NO line. Seriously I'd rank any of their flats ahead of a *second* ride on Hydra.

Yeah, the log flume is awesome. You will get wet, especially if the boat is laden down. If you split into two groups (one adult, two kids per boat) you might be only slightly dampened and not completely drenched. As for Hyrdra, the back is the best for forces, but the front will probably give you a smoother ride. Either way, it's worth it for the jo-jo roll.

Wrong picture. Iron Dragon has always been Iron Dragon. I'm honestly surprised that was the only non-CP image in the video; local news stations are notorious for getting things wrong about amusement parks.

1. No idea, I would presume yes. 2. Yeah, with time to spare. 3. They have some classic flats that are getting more rare - looking at you Enterprise and Apollo. Their Whip isn't half bad either. Not to mention Demon Drop, the only 1st gen Intamin drop tower left in the US. 4. Not in the dry park.

Glad I decided to skip stopping by on the way back from my folks' house.

Yeah, so it's apparently not doing it anymore. Problem solves I guess.

I've been saying this ever since I first experienced it in 2017. No waterpark should ever have a 2 hour wait for the lazy river nor the existence of a queue line for the main wave pool.

Maybe he was referring to the Log Flume getting stuck at the turn into the station? Not exactly "going off into a maintenance area."

Back in the good ol' days, we could smoke in line too.

Right, they're going to open their new big draw during the time of year that's absolutely the busiest anyway. That makes perfect sense.

Having worked at the park myself for 6 summers, this is absolutely false.

You may need to put the phone in the pouch under the seat, if they're still there. As for the hat, your best bet is to stuff it into your waist band under your shirt before you get in the line.

You know, prior to Mine Blower and White Lightning, the same could be said about either of the other Fun Spots.

Yep, doesn't matter what time of day it is, if you've got it on your pass you get a wristband. Unlike some places *coughSixFlagscough*. EDIT: Within reason. I have seen the dedicated redemption centers closed an hour or so before the park; doesn't mean you can't redeem it, just not there.

Superman has two road wheels per side per axle, like most Intamins. El Toro has only one. If a wheel blew out, the train was scraping along the track the entire way. And that picture is undeniable.