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I was wondering for Knotts, if I wanted to work there next summer, what could the choices be for me to start out with? How long would I have to work there to advance to ride operations?

^According to rcdb, Diamond Back at Frontier City launches 45mph.

They have most of the pieces of that car sitting on the side of the brake run still. I visited the park tuesday and took advantage of the empty boardwalk during the first hour. I rode Xcelerator and Supreme Scream 6 times each with out leaving my seat. Surprisingly SilverBullet had a 2 minute wait the entire day. Revolution and Big Foot were both closed for the majority of the day, and a good amount of the mazes are starting to pop up now, around Xcelerator, Silver Bullet, bumper cars, and behind the Mystery Lodge. Hopefully I can finally make a first visit to the Scary Farm this year. Overall, great day with many re-rides on a summer week-day.

^I was also thinking about that too, but how fast do those coasters accelerate?

Batman (SFMM) Top Gun (Flight Deck) Great Bear Silver Bullet

I never noticed Demon ever being bumpy or rough. IMO, Vortex is the only "bad" coaster. I don't even find Grizzly to be that rough, only very slow. It's too bad this park doesn't receive more attention. I wish I could go for a longer visit sometime because I really did enjoy the park.

It's surprising they were able to get it up and running so quickly again. It sounded like there was a sincere amount of damage done. It's too bad, especially with it being a brand new attraction.

Hopefully they won't add all the same effects that X2 and Terminator received with audio and fire. Two rides is good enough for one park.

I would sort of like the idea of holding the trains at the top of the tower, a bit like vertical velocity, and then having a surprise free-fall section of the ride. Also, is it possible to make "less" noise with the launch, and not being able to hear it from halfway across the park?

It seems like there could be a few other parks also entering that "contest". Kings Island, Kings Dominian, Carowinds, and even Canada's Wonderland are all close in competition for number of coasters. Of course, they would all still have a good amount to go before even having a chance with Cedar Point or Magic Mountain.

Thanks for the review. I'm hoping to come here often this summer, and I haven't been in a while. I'm a lot more excited for it now.

Boomerang at Knotts Last run of the day, my friend and I had the whole train to ourselves and sat in the back.

I'd say once July hits, it starts to get a bit more congested.

Revenge of the Mummy is by far the best, although I really miss Kingdom of the Dinosaurs at Knotts Berry Farm.

Hadn't they just renamed all of the separate buildings? And I also heard they are taking out all of those cool waterfalls near one of the towers. But it's good they are giving the hotels so much attention.

1. X2 2. Tatsu 3. Goliath 4. Batman 5. Deja Vu 6. Terminator 7. Riddler 8. Viper 9. Scream! 10. Superman 11. Ninja 12. Colossus 13. Goldrusher 14. Revolution 15. Canyon Blaster

The new water structure is a good edition. It's.....colorful. You can get a really nice view of it from Yosemite Sam's Sierra Falls.

I was also at the park yesterday, and was able to get in almost everything once. Terminator didn't have any effects running for my ride, and X only had audio when I went on at about 4. Pretty crowded day overall, but still able to do a good amount. Only complaint is from Tatsu. The ride ops were very lazy and the main person kept on singing very loudly over the mic. in the station. Even with the dual station working, it was about a 45min. wait when it should have only been a 15min. wait. Riddler looked very long most of the day as well. Anyone who went yesterday, were they only running one train? While waiting in line for Batman, I probably only saw Riddler go around maybe twice. Very fun and windy day with a first-time friend. Did everything except, Riddler, Superman, Scream, and Colossus.

The only coasters to give me a hard time are Psyclone and Revolution at Magic Mountain, and Vortex at Great America.

Definitely love Riddler. Very smooth and intense. I also vote Vortex at Great America for worst B&M stand-up. It's just not enjoyable at all with the head-banging on the restraints.

I hope so, I was planning on using that this friday. I think i have over twenty coke cans in my room with the six flags thing.

I visited the park for the first time on saturday the 22nd. I'm not gonna lie, but I was a little disappointed The rides were...ok, though I was very pleased with Flight Deck and Demon. Invertigo was closed, Vortex was very painful, and Grizzly was slow. It was a bit odd, I thought, how so many rides were closed at opening with major cherry-pickers and mechanics, and were open later that day, such as Drop Tower, Firefall, and Survivor. My overall complaint though, is the Vortex. It is just too painful to enjoy, which is just too bad. It is a really unique ride, but the restraints just kill the entire ride (and your ears). And also a quick question, why did they remove Greezed Lightning? It didn't seem that there was anything in place of it. Oh well. Overall, it was a fun first-time experience and recommend going if you haven't. ~Ride Counts~ Demon - 3 Flight Deck - 1 Vortex - 2 Grizzly - 2 Survivor - 1 Wild Mouse - 1 Drop Tower - 1 Firefall - 1 Logride - 2

Vortex at California's Great America

I believe so. Great America looks like a lot of fun! Can't wait til next week!

Sounds like a nice idea. I'm up for it. I had an idea for B&M to bring back stand-up and suspended: combine them. Think about it, swinging at angles more than 90 degrees while standing! Just an idea though.