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at first I was surprised that Hakugei was not in the top 10 (not to mention top 3). . . but I totally realize that just not a lot of folks have gotten to ride it. I'm sure will move up in next year's poll as more folks get to ride it (once travel restrictions further relax).

no worries.. it's coming soon. . can't wait for this place to be year round operations! the amount of new stuff coming? it's very exciting!

scroll back a page. . it's been talked about, and they also told us about it at Winterfest. they have an exclusive contract. . it will be the only one in Texas. it's a skycoaster but instead of 2-3 folks "flying" it's a "Disc-o" type seating for up to 24, i think they told us. it free-spins during the ride (after the free fall, while it's swinging)

looking SO damn good. . that's a steep lift hill: and adding one from his twitter from ground level. . this thing is gonna DOMINATE the park skyline

^ shhhh. don't TELL everyone!

I was gonna suggest going to San Antonio first and hitting SFFT. . .but looks like their pass to allow admission to other parks is ALSO $169 now.

thank you for the comments on my posts, glad you enjoy them

nothing to do with Politics, and everything to do with facts and glad you think "thousands without power, when it's 19 degrees" is no big deal and "Abbot's plan worked well" https://abc13.com/texas-power-outages-why-is-out-winter-storm-arctic-cold-front/11535009/

but the weather isn't stopping them at the park!

oh. . Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio are all SHUT DOWN. . .

yup. . and the Governor has been on TV all day today (and most of yesterday) telling folks that if the GRID fails, and it WON'T. .he says. . . it's not his fault. because he's done NOTHING to prevent the same failures they had last year. . . other than block bills to fix issues at the plants. no really. he actually said "if you lose power, it might not be the grid..it might be a tree fell on a power line" really.

TERRIBLE weather tonight and thru next few days. . not letting it stop them!

you know what this means, right? Cedar Point ripped out Wicked Twister, so they can put in a Skyrocket II with comfort collars!

Fiesta has a ton of space behind the boardwalk/Pandemonium. . . and it goes all the back along the side of the Parking lot, and behind the Employee offices over there. I'm still hoping we someday get a woodie out and back tho. . as that would REALLY fit the boardwalk theming there.

^ we always stay here. Close to the park, and as a branded Courtyard Marriott? you know what you're gonna get, and it's a clean, comfortable hotel. it's also close to Colonial Williamsburg if you wanted to do that too. https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phfwb-courtyard-williamsburg-busch-gardens-area/?scid=bb1a189a-fec3-4d19-a255-54ba596febe2&y_source=1_NjUwMzE1LTcxNS1sb2NhdGlvbi5nb29nbGVfd2Vic2l0ZV9vdmVycmlkZQ%3D%3D

SFFT has removed all the plexiglass between loading on the Coasters and on the train. so . . um. . not sure what that means either. here's Iron Rattler's station last Sat. . no more plexiglass

^ Boomerang: Coast to Coaster !

I think Dollywood actually will happen this year for me. . . from Winterfest, was given a free day admission (and the folks I was with gave me theirs. . so I have 4 passes (ie: 2 days for Spouse and I)). So absolutely NO excuse *not* to try to get a visit in. . maybe fly on Friday, stay in Gatlinberg (that's close, right?), and go to the park Sat/Sun. . fly back Mon. certainly looking into this seriously now. Nick can't ride much, but with so many shows/non-ride things at Dollywood, and free admission? yeah, think it's finally time to attempt a visit perhaps over the late summer.

^ you also need to factor in Staffing is a *major* issue. so yeah, that's affecting the hours. During the Winterfest SFOT presentation, a question was asked about the early hours meaning no fireworks, and the park rep. noted that by not using the fireworks during the slower periods, they are able to save them to use for bigger events that have yet to be announced. so yeah. .that's factoring in too. . budgets.

they're gonna Patina the gold as well. . to make it look kinda rusty!

aww. . thanks so much for the Happy Anniversary Card, Bill! it just arrived today, and your timing was perfect (since no mail on Sundays, so it would have been here yesterday on our Anniversary) So sweet!

found what you were referring to in the pics that ACE posted from the event. . yeah, he played it as a joke (oops. that wasn't' supposed to be in there!!). . but yeah, that's also right where he confirmed another coaster coming in 2023, and the audience question if it would be "another wooden coaster" in Texas. so yeah. . apparently it was there, but I didn't register it as anything "newsworthy" because it was clearly a jokey-teaser (I mean SeaWorld teased that 2023 concerts were coming with Nickelback and Britney Spears. . and that was clearly a joke too. . and they said it was a joke during the presentation). but yeah.. saw what you were referring to in ACEs post about the event on FB

it was 100% confirmed there will be at least 1 more coaster added. that was stated

fun swag from the SFOT Winterfest presentation yesterday. in addition to a 1 day admission ticket, also got a Pirates of the Spelunkers Cave keychain, and an Aquaman Power Wave metal bottle. (they showed slides as of Friday of the Turntable concrete support being put in, and noted they had to move the queue line due to the adding of the turntable. . so that's added to the time for opening it. . . but they look like they are about to start installation of the turntable shortly) oh, and interestingly, a question was asked if they could operate the ride with no splashdown option for the colder months. . and the response was along the lines of "I've heard they can do that. . and wouldn't it be fun if we are able to do that?"