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No Wildcat love? I just ran out of time to get on Wildcat. That trip report lasted until 7:30, 8 and the family was already drained from such a long day. It looked like a fun woodie but I don't have any regrets missing it like I do with Storm Runner.

Thanks for the explanation michelle. It's a miracle in itself that they were launching the ride for tests runs yesterday if they had a cable break. I'm assuming they are feeling the pressure of having the ride up and running since this could be the busiest day of the year with Rihanna in the park. It'd be interesting to see if anyone was at the park today.

I just went to the park yesterday (8/20) and it was my first visit in over 10 years. The park was very crowded today, but I always anticipate a lot of people on Friday, Sat+Sun. One of the rides I was really looking forward to was down the whole day, and that was Storm Runner. The park teased the crowd with test runs throughout the day, but the ride never opened up the public,very disappointing. Great Bear- 25-30 minute wait. It's a great ride but I've ridden too many of these B&M invert clones to really be wowed by it anymore. Still a fun ride and the placement of it next to the water and SDL was interesting. Lightning Racer x 2- 40 minutes. Great Ride, one of the more smoother woodies I have ever ridden. Green Side seemed to dominate today as I really didn't see red get off to a good start on the hill at all. Still, it was fast, smooth, and the drop was great. Fahrenheit- 90 minute wait. This was the first ride on our list and by 10:30 am, the snake lines were all the way back to the sign. The lift and drop was a first-time experience and it was a great, but my body really took a beating after the drop, specifically cobra roll. The coaster gets complaints of being too slow after the drop, but I felt it was flying throughout the whole track today. Great ride, but 90 minutes was way too long. Trailblazer- 5 minutes. Great kiddie ride, enjoyed the turns towards the end of the ride. Sidewinder- 30 minutes. Wow, this ride hurts. I remember the rush on the Chiller ride in great adventure, so I thought I would give this boomerang a try. They need to change the restraints because a person of my height just gets destroyed. SuperDooperLooper- 5 minutes. Not a bad ride for its age, and I think it could've benefited from a better drop into the loop. Otherwise, it's a fun one and I'm sure it was a technological achievement back in the day. Always fun to go through a loop without shoulder restraints. Roller Soaker- 60 minutes. Just looking at the ride, i knew it wasn't going to be worth the wait but this was the most anticipated ride from the family. Very random ride in terms of getting wet. Sometimes you will get drenched, and other carts may not get those small geysers to pop up at all. It would've been funnier if you could drop water on the crowds going from the log flume to the water park. Sunoco Speedway- 30 minutes. Something for the kids, really not worth the wait at all except to see their smiles. Didn't get a chance to ride Comet, the line was moving at a snail's pace (over an hour wait) and I just got my woodie fix in at Lightning Racer instead. The Water park seems nice, but it was so packed that the family didn't want to get burned waiting for a 20 second slide. One odd thing I noticed was that there was a line for the wave pool there, first time I've seen that in a park. Maybe on non-crowded days there isn't a line, but I just found it funny that you were forced out of the pool after a specific amount of time. All in all, it was a fun day and we just tried to ignore the fact that Storm Runner wasn't operating. Maybe one day we'll get to ride it, but it's a long driving distance and not worth the risk of coming just to see if it's running or not. Apparently, there was going to be a huge concert on Saturday with I believe Rihanna performing, so I hope the park didn't give Storm runner a day off just for it to be ready on that concert day. It would've been a bush league move on their part, and I'm curious to see if anyone can confirm the ride's status.