Rockit was not open last year. Its fate this year is still TBD, but I definitely wouldn't hold my breath on being able to ride it the first weekend, unfortunately, but who knows. It is listed on the map posted over at HHNRumors, but I guess that could be subject to change.
After a little bit of digging, I found the patent:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4jgm0ywmtdd
It's all in German, but the drawings are definitely pretty interesting.
In other non-April Fools day news, it looks like Busch is constructing another permanent building for one of its HOS mazes:
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7022/hosbldg.jpg
Wonder if this will be for a new maze, or if we'll finally see an end to the tent house behind Gwazi?
Sorry to ruin anyone's fun, but that's just a poorly done photoshop.
a.) The colors are horribly edited, it just screams "Photoshop!"
b.) Wasn't taken with a cell phone, exif data says Canon Powershot.
c.) Photo was taken September 28th, 2008.
d.) This is the original photo:
http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/manta/sw150a.jpg