AmyUD06

If you've got time, try to hit the two Fun Spots (Orlando and Kissimmee). The Orlando one has a solid GCI woodie in White Lightning, and Kissimmee has Mine Blower which is a love-it-or hate it woodie with a barrel roll. Both parks also have some awesome go-kart tracks if you're into those. Both parks are open late (until midnight), and also can be done pay-per-ride.

I stopped by SFA Yesterday from around 1 PM through the 7 PM closing to catch the two credits I was missing from this park, get some final rides, and take some pictures to document the park's existence. Gotta say this is probably the first time I've ever encountered other enthusiasts (identified by wearing shirts from non-local parks and their dialogue) at this place. The park generally looked in much better shape than I've ever seen it, but it's still SFA at the end of the day. Rides ridden: -Ragin' Cajun: One of the missing credits. 32 minute wait, including a breakdown. Whatever, it's a spinning mouse. 3/10 -Wild One: 15 minutes for row 2. Wasn't terrible; definitely a lot smoother than I remember. 7/10 -Great Chase: The other of the missing credits. Whatever, it's a kiddie coaster. 3 laps. -Skywinder (aka Mind Eraser): 23 minutes for row 4, only running one train. Better with the new trains, but still awful. 2/10 -High Seas (their swinging ship): One cycle wait (at the request of a friend). -Joker's Jinx: 45 minutes for front row, including a breakdown, only running one train with no other trains in sight. This is clearly superior to the FoF clones....smoother ride, and so much faster through the second half due to no MCBR. I know it'll be parted out to support the remaining 3 of these in the chain, but they really should just plop the whole ride as is inside Flight of Fear's box at Kings Dominion. 7/10 -Superman: 30 minutes for row 2. New trains are nice; they are still the same restraint style (but now have ankle/calf-bars). Only one was fully assembled and running. These will serve Darien Lake well. 8/10 -Batwing: 1 hour and 15 minutes for back row, including two breakdowns and them only running one train (with no other trains in sight). Remembered why I preferred these to the B&M flyers: The loop is so intense. Also remembered why I prefer the B&Ms: The inline twist at the end is truly awful. RIP, Vekoma Flying Dutchman. 6/10 -Superman: 30 minutes for front row. Still not an exciting layout, but the pops of air are nice, and it's easily the star of this park. 8/10. The most entertaining moment of the day came when the panel operator at Joker's Jinx (during the breakdown), asked the crowd in the station if anyone was sad the park was closing at the end of the year, and no one made a sound. I had to laugh about that. Fun Fact: This is the only park I've ever been to where the crowd self-regulates in the station of coasters - without the presence of a grouper, they still line up with only enough people for the next train per row, on their own! I was shocked. Photos/videos to come later maybe.

SFA is actually only its second home, but yes, kill it with fire.

Surprising absolutely no one. I'm honestly very surprised it lasted as long as it did. It's a shame about Wild One (from a historic perspective only; it rode horribly when I was last on it a few years ago). Guess I better make a trip there for the one credit I'm missing (Ragin' Cajun).

Glad you had a good time!

I'm kinda surprised it took this long for them to give it a retheme - still waiting on KD to retheme theirs to mesh with Jungle X-Pedition LOL. I like the concept too, and I love how the description on their webpage still talks about it being a movie-set-simulation-thing (lest people think they'll be shot at from a helicopter driving through Cincy).

Most waterparks don't have swim-up bars.

Queue Times is predicting moderate crowds: https://queue-times.com/en-US/parks/55/calendar Looking at past Aprils, there always seems to be one week where it's pretty busy, likely in conjunction with local spring breaks. Big Bear was fun but it is decidedly a family coaster. Queue Times says the average longest wait time was 60 minutes, and that takes into account weekends, so if you call an hour "long" then yeah it's a long line.

Yeah, like Elissa said, planning later in the year would the safest bet if you really want those two rides. I booked my trip to CW for October based partially on the uncertainly around AlpenFury's opening date. If it's any consolation, CP's website does say that that Siren's Curse is scheduled to open "early summer" and with the track work being (edit: nearly done) I see no reason to doubt that (barring any sort of TT2-esque nonsense). Remember that the new "Six Flags" parent company is like 99% old Cedar Fair employees and Rapterra was good to go at King's Dominion on their opening day 3 weeks ago. And yes, the "legacy" CF parks all have separate phone apps, and you need to log into each separately. It's been so long since I've done it I can't recall if its a single account/login (I'm pretty sure it is but I could be wrong) or if you need to load your pass in to each one separately. Is your pass purchased from a SF park with the All-Park add on, or from a CF park with the All-Park add on? I bought my pass with the add on through a CF park, and when I load it into the SF app it doesn't show up as an actual season pass, but rather a "Gold Pass Daily Ticket" that doesn't expire. Not sure if that would work the other way around too.

Sorry, I misphrased that. Sunday crowds should be between a Saturday and typical weekday. I'll edit my original post to clarify.

In my experience, Sunday crowds will be less than Saturday but busier than a weekday. Check this calendar for last June: https://queue-times.com/en-US/parks/50/calendar/2024/06 You can also change the year at the top to look at historical trends (but don't count 2021 since some COVID restrictions were still in effect). They also have predictions for this coming June but I have no idea how they arrive at those predictions.

@Mustangman55This is the answer right here. The only advantage of booking an extra day is insurance against foul weather.

My guess it's for the people who like camping for the sake of camping? I mean, I don't get it, but I'm sure people like that exist.

You'll still have a lot of fun. First time at the park?

My request is even simpler: So, back when the ride had skidbrakes, it actually slowed the train to around the same speed that it does now with the magnetic trims, you just didn't notice it since it was a slow, gradual speed decrease, not the jarring, throws-you-forward experience that it is now. Just make the magnetic trims graduated through the old-MCBR-shed (it's certainly long enough) so that it feels like it used to.