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Please identify a single wooden coaster of the same "scope" that would fit in roughly the same footprint as Wild Mouse. The smallest one I could think of is Mine Blower which is at least twice the length of the Wild Mouse footprint, or maybe Roar-a-Saurus, the latter of which I waited 28 minutes for at a park with 1/100th of Cedar Point's attendance. Not exactly "high capacity." If they run Wild Mouse with multiple cars on the circuit at a time, they could easily exceed that. "Well, they could've just not built that new restaurant which serves dog food." How would a single rider line in any way help a family coaster? This is not for the single-rider enthusiast. Just accept that you do not agree with the direction the park took with this area and call it a day. Continuing to argue about it is getting no one anywhere.

@SharkTumsIt looks like a lot of fun! I was never a big hater of stand-ups (either the B&M or Togo varieties) in the past and actually enjoyed them; hopefully this model does well for B&M and spreads.

Unless they turn the new space into parking lot and develop the old portion of the lot.

Or the mice at KD or Carowinds. One car out on the track at a time? No thank you.

You mean while they're waiting in the 4+ hour standby line for the same ride? I'm sure they'll be laughing.

Good report! Just one nit-picky thing driven by the former-English-major in me: Duel. The word here is "duel."

It was small enough to fit the area, is decidedly a family coaster, and meshes well with the "boardwalk" theme. It was also likely substantially cheaper than any of the options you mentioned, none of which would fit in the defined area*. They have plenty of non-spinning moderate coasters for people to ride (CCMR, Blue Streak, Gemini, Corkscrew, the kiddie coasters). They're also likely spending goo-gobs of money on whatever is happening with Dragster, so there's that too. Don't forget, they still had a portable "carnival" coaster in their lineup 11 years after Millennium Force opened. This is totally on brand. *Except the "dark-ride-in-the-first-floor-of-the-ballroom" idea, which I absolutely love, but that still would have left a gaping opening in the new Boardwalk area.

We knew a month and a half ago. Also, I'd hardly call a change in the early entry lineup a "major change" to pass benefits.

Cool, so don't go. No one will miss you.

I don't know if I'd call it worthless when it gives you an opportunity to ride the brand new, low-capacity, coaster without the entire park full of people.

That last bit would make it enticing enough for me!

It shouldn't come as much surprise. Disney's attorneys are quite possibly the sharpest legal minds in the English-speaking world, whereas DeSantis and his cronies are petulant children who think if they repeat a lie enough it'll become true. Sadly, the true victims in this are the remaining sane Florida residents who will foot the bill for the DeSantis administration to unsuccessfully defend this lawsuit (and now to fund their own against Disney, apparently) through their tax dollars.

Are people counting log flume credits now?

I sure as hell hope Knoebel's is paying their staff more than the pitiful minimum wage.

Even though it wasn't the worst SLC I've ever ridden when I rode it last year, good riddance.

I was at Holiday World on Friday, July 1st last year and didn't encounter any substantial lines. Here's my report from last year. I opened the park with Voyage (14 minute wait for the front), then did Thunderbird (15 minute wait for the front), then ducked into the water park where the waits for the water coasters were in the 10-15 minute range (admittedly using the single-rider line). When I came back to the rides, I had a two-train wait for the front row of Raven, a walk on to Howler (the kiddie coaster), and a three-train wait for the front row of Legend. None of the other lines seemed to be substantial either, and it was an absolutely beautiful day. I think you'll be fine.

Yep, nothing but win right here. The only way it could be better was if the restriction was under 18 instead of 15 and older. Parks should not be used as babysitters. That said, I'm not entirely convinced that all of the problem children from past incidents would have been prohibited by this policy.

I thoroughly agree with this assessment.

Yeah. Apparently Tom + Chee has moved into the old Hate Chicken spot.

Is Mind Eraser not being accessible really a loss? Really?

I'm glad that someone appreciated it, all this time later haha.

Hey, it's on topic! Check out my last report from possibly the last day of the last Kings Dominion Haunt before they make it a separately ticketed event! Oh, and what's this? I have an almost-forgotten Winterfest report as well? Hot damn! Who doesn't love Christmas in April? Photo TR: Kings Dominion Winterfest - Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 I arrived a little before 5:30 (for a 6:00 opening), and found the outside-the-gate tree properly decorated. I of course snapped a picture of Dominator that everyone takes from the smoking zone. And a shot of the nobody-sees-these-decorations. As always, hats off, KD. They opened the gates at 5:30, and allowed people in. Enjoy a bunch of pictures from the International Street area. Yep, it was a cold and ride-less night for me. Unfortunately, the frosted pretzels were pre-frosted, so I couldn't re-create my high-school "frosting on a normal salted pretzel" delicacy. Still good though. Awww, cute little mini-tower. Seriously, who rents these igloos? There were some delays before the opening show, but it still went off without a hitch. Of course, a video of the whole thing: Opening Show - Trim.MP4 Next up was the 2022 version of Tinker's Toy Factory, thankfully now indoors at the Kings Dominion Theater as opposed into the semi-outdoor theater in Planet Snoopy. Maybe something similar to the Halloween show happened where the production company bailed out, because this lost a lot from last year's show. Like...there was no positive message. Santa got hurt, elves freak out, turns out he wasn't as hurt as everybody thought he was. What's the message here? Trust people when they tell you things? A lot weaker than last year's theme of "even the simplest things can being people happiness." Did not cry. Anyway, enjoy some highlights. Tinkers 1 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 2 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 3 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 4 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 5 - Trim.MP4 Yeah, like I said, no coasters tonight. The star at the top of the Eiffel Tower has seen better days. At least the lights streaming down from the tower were refreshed, now with the newer high-resolution version. Big Tree - Trim.MP4 Candy Apple Grove's light-to-music synchronization has gotten better, but still nothing like it was when Winterfest was first a thing. Candy Apple Grove 1 - Trim.MP4 Candy Apple Grove 2 - Trim.MP4 Still the extent of their "winter holidays other than Christmas" display. Weak. Some of the other musical acts (that were totally not my speed). And finally, a bunch of pics of the various decorations across the park. I left before the parade, but I'm sure it was the same as last year's. See you next year (maybe), Kings Dominion! Thanks for reading everyone.

Who loves reading Halloween trip reports in April? I know I love posting them haha. Go check it out!

On the way back from Cedar Point (normally a 8-9 hour drive), I decided to "stop by" (ignore the fact that it adds 6 hours to my total drive time) Kings Dominion again to try to catch the full Queen's Ball show, that I missed during my initial Haunt trip here and my attempt after Kings Island to catch the show. Was I successful? Spoiler alert: I was! BONUS! Kings Dominion Sunday, October 30th. My only rides of this trip were Reptilian (3 train wait, front row, maybe my first time on this at night) and Intimidator 305 (13 minute wait for row 2). But rides were not the purpose of this trip: I did, finally, on the last day of the season, get to check out the Queen's Ball musical portion of the show. My review: Heads Will Roll (the 2021 Haunt show) this was not. The Astaroth and Burnette characters had almost all of the songs, and it actually had a cohesive plot to it, which is always nice to see, despite being substantially shorter. I was informed that the show production company that had put together previous shows had backed out of the contract with the park at the end of August, and the in-house park staff were left with two weeks to put something together, and this is what they did. Massive shout outs to George (Astaroth), Alex (Burnette the Barker), and Sheri (Queen) for putting together an awesome show on short notice, as well as David (unofficial park photographer) for the info on the production. They all have awesome Instagram profiles, go check them out. Tons of pictures: And of course, here is a bunch of highlights, in video, for you to enjoy: Queens Ball 1 - Trim.MP4 Queens Ball 2 - Trim.MP4 This guy's range will never cease to amaze me. Queens Ball 3 - Trim.MP4 Queens Ball 4 - Trim.MP4 And her powerful voice...OMG. Queens Ball 5 - Trim.MP4 Queens Ball 6 - Trim.MP4 Queens Ball 7 - Trim.MP4 On with the rest of the TR! Apparently they had been setting up for Winterfest already... But all of the Halloween Craft Booths were still set up. I of course had to head down to the Cleaver Brother's Stage for some more of the multi-talented Burnette the Barker, who is always hilarious. Barker 1 - Trim.MP4 Barker 2 - Trim.MP4 Barker 3 - Trim.MP4 Of course I got a picture with the man himself. Hey look, they fixed the winking tower! And that closes out my Halloween park trips for 2022! Thanks for reading everyone, even if some of it was a few months late.

And onto Cedar Point Day 2, Saturday October 29th, 2022. Same format as before.... Ride wait times and/or commentary from my notes (all times with FL+, arrival around 11:30) -Iron Dragon, 3 train wait, next-to-last row. Running kinda slow. -Millennium Force, 20 minute wait, row 2. -Gemini, 1 train wait, row 2, red side, did not win. -Steel Vengeance, 33 minutes (from entering line to locker retrieval), front row. -Maverick, 15 minutes, back row. -Raptor, 8 minutes, back row. -Maverick, 24 minutes, back row. -Midnight Syndicate show 2022. "Nowhere near as good as last year's, but very similar to last year's in that it seems to drag on and do nothing and then gets really cool right at the end, and then its over. So that's kinda meh but still good." Bonus here! Actually encountered another trans person in the wild while waiting in line. Like, I know that other ones of us exist, but it's always refreshing when you run into one at a "normal" venue like an amusement park. -Blood on the Bayou maze - A long, meandering walk through the Millennium Island with very few actors and very few decorations and kinda a whole lot of nothing going on. It took twice as long to walk to it than it did to walk through it. My sympathy to the kid who was having a panic attack near the end of it. -Cut Throat Cove maze - Not as good as last year; pretty much the same props but a lot less actors. -Maverick, 19 minutes, front row, to close out the night. So yeah, that was my experience at Cedar Point's Haunt, 2022. Overall a good time as always, but not a whole lot of innovation on the Halloween-y stuff front, and pretty much helped solidify my almost-definite decision to not renew my CF Platinum Pass for 2023. Anyway, may the pictures flow.... My favorite! Nerd shot. Busy busy. This is a panorama, gotta click to view the full thing to get the best effect. Kinda blurry, but this was the closeout on all of the remaining Top Thrill Dragster merchandise...the first clear indication that the ride would at least be getting a new name in the future. Motion blur intentional. And that puts a wrap on my 2022 Halloween park adventures....or does it?