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The Mystery of the Golden Nugget is finally revealed

That Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Here's My top 10: 1) Phoenix - Knoebel's 2) El Toro - SFGAd 3) My Favorite Steel (Nitro, SFGAdv) 4) Comet - Hersheypark 5) Great White - Wild Wheels Pier 6) Lightning Racer - Hersheypark (Both Sides) 7) Wildcat - Hersheypark 8) Thunderhead - Dollywood 9) Rolling Thunder - SFGAd 10) Twister - Knoebel's

Thanks again to everyone for all the feedback, it was really helpful. Anyway, I thought I'd post a TR of my experience at Hersheypark in the Dark. While there were no haunted attractions, I thought they did a good job decorating the park. There were a few light displays, the rides were renamed all with new signs, and there were little details that were pretty neat, such as a witch crashed into a Skyway pole. We got to the park a little before the 2:00 opening and went to Chocolate World. We waited about 5 minutes for the ride. The ride was decorated for fall and had haybails, cornstalks, pumpkins, and fall leaves scattered all around. Heading to the park gates, there were HUGE lines for security checks and tickets. We waited for about 15 minutes, and while in line, we caught that Storm Runner was on the 'Temporarily out of Service' board and came to realize that the ride was closed all day. Upon entering the crowded park, we headed towards the way of Midway America, catching a 1 cycle wait on the "Raven Claw". What was pretty cool, was that when the ride swung up above the grassed section. there was a witch lying on the ground, looking like she had fallen out of the ride. Moving on we caught a 25 minute wait for FEARenheit. They were only running 2 trains and the third was nowhere in sight. Great ride as usual. Next, we walked to Mouse Stew (Wild Mouse) and caught a 10 minute wait. We crossed over to Scaredy (Wild) Cat and waited about 15 minutes for the second row. Being my first ride on the Wildcat, I actually thought it was pretty good, and much better than Thunderhead which I rode this past July. 7/10. Wicked (Lightning) Racer's line was to the entrance, so we skipped out 'till later. From there we took a walk to Pioneer Frontier, my favorite section of the park, to catch a few more rides, the first one being Scare (Side) winder. 1 cycle wait for the second row. This ride is truely terrible. It really makes me sick, which no other ride makes me feel. Plus the headbanging which is even worse. I would see no problem in the park removing this ride. *Calm* Boo (Trail) Blazer was next. 2 train wait and I was able to see some of the theming on the train which looked really cool, although I didn't have a chance to ride. Next we went over to ride Bats in the Belfry (Kissing Tower) and get some fries (yum). Since we were pretty close to Great Scare (Bear) we took the 15 minute wait for the back seat which I actually enjoyed more than my summer ride in the middle. Reese's X-Scream Cup Challenge had a *heated* 5-10 minute wait all day, so we took 2 rides. We took another 25 minute wait for FEARenheit, a walk-on for Howler and a 1 cycle wait for Ghostly Galleon (Pirate). Since we still didn't get a chance to pick up a ride on Wicked Racer, we walked to Midway to take another ride on Mouse Stew (10 minute wait) and to find that the line for WR was STILL in the same place. Since I didn't yet have my credit for Thunder Side, I braved the 25-30 minute line. The reason for the line was, of course, because they were only running 1 train on each side. (I prefer Lightning over Thunder) To finish off the night, we took a few rides in Comet Hollow. Our first 2 were on SooperBOOperlooper which were both walk-ons. I really liked this ride; the loop, hill, tunnel, and last helix was great. 2 rides on Comet (10 minute waits, 1 time in the front) finished off the night and gave me a new favorite woodie at Hersheypark. I had a pretty good night and I hope I'm able to get back out next month for Christmas Candylane.

^ All rides ran 2 trains for most of the day (Lightning Racer only ran 1 train on each trach all day). You should have an awesome time. I got on all 9 coasters with second rides on 4 and a few spins on some flats. The crews were actually the fastest I've seen at the park. Have fun!

Cool! I was there the same day and was pretty disappointed about Storm Runner, too. I rode Fahrenheit twice and the line was 25 Mins. both times (timed). Wildcat was actually running 1 train until about 3:30 when they transfered a train onto the track while I was in line. Great day to go. ^Comet was my last ride of the year.

I'm just checking to be safe, but for most of yesterday, the site was down and everytime I logged in, I got the same message that I did when it was hacked. Around that same time, I got an email from 'robbalvey@themeparkreview.com' with some...uh...not very appropriate language and a link to their site. I did NOT press the link. I was just wondering if I, or anyone else needs a second password change. Thanks.

I guess I should have read some of the more recent posts in the KBF Discussion Thread...

I wouldn't take it too seriously since it hasn't been officially confirmed yet by either of the parks.

^ I don't think parking will be an issue as I may just get dropped off possibly in the Chocolate World parking lot. It's pretty much a 100% that I'll be going on Sunday since it's my only free day this weekend. Forecast is looking pretty good. High of 57.

My school also had a dance last night too. Grinding was a bad issue last year but after the last year's 8th grade class moved on, I only saw 2 people doing it last night. Kind of nasty for the ages of some people.

Since the weather isn't cooperating and HPITD was closed today due to weather, I'll be rescheduling the trip until next Sunday. Thanks for the responses.

And would rain change anything? Do they have any policies to close things even if there are no signs whatsoever of a thunderstorm?

Upon looking at the forecast, this sunday's high temp. In Hershey is 47F with a 40% chance of rain. Brrr. So I have another question. What are the temperature closures? Are there some rides that won't be open under certain circumstances. Hopefully, this may work to my advantage by scaring others away, but just to be sure, does anyone have any insight on ride closures?

^ Eh, sometimes. I usually sing the song that's stuck in my head even without an iPod. ^^ Cool! I've wanted to get one of those Nike + iPod things. Let me know how it works!

^ I agree. On Facebook, for almost every message they post, there's usually at least one comment on FT. A few times I've responded telling the people that the park's doing it's best and it will be open when it's ready. And I can't imagine the amount of emails they get asking them when it will be ready.

Good luck. Do you know how long your courses are?

^ Haha. Nope.

I just won a trophy in an XC invitational yesterday!

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52326 Scroll down a bit and you'll see the discussion.

^ No, thanks. I'm actually supposed to meet up with some friends that I haven't seen in a while, so I would probably rather spen some time with them. Thanks for the offer, though!

BABOOM! What can Chuck Norris NOT do?

^ because some people can't handle the pain of Vekomas. Why did the chicken REALLY cross the road?

That might explain why he hit the ride...Did this guy expect him to hit the brakes while he was unconscious??

They mentioned water bombs and gunshots in the PointCast. If they can make thatwork, it'll be cool.