Thank you!! Finally I don't feel like I'm losing my mind!
Ka look I get it...but people were reacting like their puppy was murdered. I am sorry, it was long a worse version TTD and worsening over time. If ya never did it, OK I get it, get your experience, but if you did it once, you're good. A few times? You're very good. I always said you can get the same experience having a car crash on the highway. I never even bothered to look at Ka the last several times I went.
As for the others, agreed everyone hated Lantern, I heard nothing but dislike, why pretend to be sad now its going? Most the others were indeed not anything special. Its like OMG they're gutting this park its evil! Nah not really lol I'm with you, Parachutes brings a twinge of "aww" I also recall it from my childhood, but even that like....we aren't really gunna cry over this?
I say this as a born and raised NJer who has spent most of my life here: This park hasn't been good in ages. When I was in HS in the stone age of the early/mid 2000s we made fun how the park was kinda dumpy, half assed etc and its gotten progressively worse over time. So many rides were removed over time, granted I recall many never operating, its felt worse and worse, eventually it got to the point where I'd go for a few rides and leave. I used to tell people, IRL and on forums, I'd not be sad if they took the few good unique coasters, moved em to other parks, levelled this place and made it a state park (or bc this is NJ...apartments lol)
So yeah Im actually glad investments are coming. It will take a while but maybe this park will become GOOD and not just a big area with a few good and unique rides, of which all will remain except Ka which struggled to run and felt like car crash. This is not a hot take or edgelording I've long felt this, and I am truly glad that hopefully investments are coming to this place and just bc its a gem in the SF chain doesn't mean lots of these meh, poorly/rarely running rides should be missed.
Ya know it makes me chuckle, so many people saying "This park doesnt care about its guests!" yo I (and others, its true) have felt this for like 15 years lol
So that out of my system I too am curious what the future holds. I'd have little faith in SF handling big investment well, with Cedar Fair involved, I am more hopeful. On a rare positive note: I do think Flash looks cool. I'll go for that, on a weekday off season, assuming it does indeed open this year XD