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You did, but only because I forgot to write it first. The first drop for us was backwards and off-kilter, and that angle straight down is maybe the most intense first drop I've ever been on. More than Outlaw Run. The rest of the ride backs off from that intensity and is just flat out fun. No part of it is too much, and that's really good because this coaster does so many things. It pretty much has something for everyone. It doesn't spin much at all, just kind of rotates to a new angle at each drop. Really mixes things up and makes it a unique experience. I hate spinning rides in general, and I can barely stand spinning coasters. Time Traveler is awesome.

Yes, all the restraints in one car lower at once when the op pushes a button. They prompted us to raise our hands when it was time.

Yeah, totally with you on that. I hear about a lot of these incidents in my job, yeah different from actually experiencing them I know, but I've learned to avoid some places based on many, many horrifying stories.

Photo TR: Time Keeps On Spinnin', Spinnin', Into the Fuuutuuure. Today we went to Silver Dollar City to ride Time Traveler and see all the new stuff in Valley Road. We got up early and got to the park around 9AM for a 9:30 opening. There were thunderstorms early today, but scheduled to end around 9AM, so I knew they would scare off a lot of people while leaving a perfect day for us to enjoy. When we arrived at the park, we discovered this jackass parked his car in the road near Tram Stop 2, despite plenty of parking spaces available, hundreds in fact. On the way out of the park, we sat in the very back of the tram and I was chatting with the...er...conductor? Not sure what his job title is. The guy who sits in the back and has a radio. Anyway, that guy said the car had been towed to another section of the parking lot. I was glad to hear it wasn't towed off the lot, but on the other hand this guy did park in the road about 4 rows in, and was totally blocking everyone from leaving. Hope he found his car eventually but also had a lot of difficulty so that he uses an actual f*cking parking space next time. We got into the park in time to line up for rope drop about 9:20 AM, and didn't see too many people ahead of us, so I was feeling optimistic. We went straight for Time Traveler and I measured my son...51 2/3"! Good enough for time travel! The queue is fantastic, and easily on par with any of the other queues at Silver Dollar City. For those saying it's too sparse...really? There's literally always something to look at that's not your phone. What else do you want? Y'all are crazy. I should also mention the soundtrack in the queue. They play bluegrass instrumental versions of pop songs related to time, such as Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle," Coldplay's "Clocks," and yes, the one I am on record in this very thread for recommending..."FLY LIKE AN EAGLE" BY STEVE MILLER BAND!!!! BEST COASTER EVAR!!!!!!!!!1!!! On a more serious note, I applaud the queue design for allowing for easy grouping. The last few switchbacks are very short and have a path kept clear with only a simple chain to the switchbacks, making it easy for the grouper to find just the right person, and for that person not to have to push past people awkwardly. Absolutely brilliant. I've never seen this before, but every coaster should have this. There are not enough superlatives to say how wonderful this is. The station itself is vibrant. The pulsing light and moving gears really give a sense of anticipation, and I felt like I was participating in an event more than simply going on a ride. The cubbies that are accessible from both the secured and unsecured sections of the station were very much appreciated, as well as the ability of non-riders to go right into the unsecured part of the station and watch. Mega kudos here. No coaster experience would be complete without a ride photo, but this one is done before the ride, as a part of the queue rather than on the ride itself. You're given a ticket before you ride, and you can scan it at the kiosks and order a photo if you wish. The system is quite intuitive, and though I passed on the photo (we're totally going to be riding this a lot, and there will be more opportunities), it's a really great system that I would like to be replicated. Exit through the gift shop! Lots of fun steampunk stuff here. I may end up getting some of it, but honestly probably not. I really don't own much SDC merch, as I'm there literally every other week or so. Looks really cool, and if you're wanting a souvenir, this is a good spot for it. They have some "stats" shirts, but plenty of far more classy ones too. The coaster was only one of my major goals for today, and the other was the new shops and restaurants on Valley Road. They've accomplished a great feat in making Valley Road wider and also moving it away from Flooded Mine enough that its exit no longer opens directly only onto a main path. There are so many improvements here, it feels like a whole different park now. We ate lunch at a couple of the places, gathering at the picnic tables behind the restaurants with our various goodies. We got the Ultimate Grilled Cheese and Grilled Chicken and Cheese, and Chicken Sandwich from Traveler's Stop, and the jambalaya from the newly relocated/expanded Buckshot's Skillet Cookery. There are more good things than we could eat in one day, so we'll just have to go back! After that, we had to hit our favourites in the Grand Expo and Fireman's Landing, as well as the rest of the coasters throughout the park, and we ended our day in Half Dollar Holler. Everyone had a great time and was exhausted but happy by the end of it. Good to see SDC back in action, and absolutely better than ever.

Wildfire this afternoon.

Agreed. For all the craziness in the world, that's one aspect where the kids are way ahead of us. Gives me hope that as long as they can keep from doing fatally stupid things, the future might be ok after all.

Not to tell Cedar Point how to run their park, but I don't think they should be outing guests. That's best left to the guests to decide for themselves the best time to come out.

Raglan Road looks really great. There have been several reports from Disney Springs now that have been amazing. Seems like the renovations are a hit.

Considering the coaster has only been open for two days, and neither of them a weekend, it's far too early to say they "ditched" anything. SDC often runs fewer trains if they can get away with it, and their one train operations are great, so it's really not a problem. It has to be super busy for them to run both trains on Thunderation or all 3 on Powder Keg. So hearing that they ran two trains yesterday seems legit, and especially that they found a faster way to load/unload with only two trains. That's totally the sort of thing they do.

I saw Luke Skywalker's lightsaber at a toy store. When is the last time you said something that has absolutely no way of not sounding really dirty?

Labour Day at White Water Branson. When was the last time you had pie?

That looks cool. Love those 360 videos on my phone. It's fun to look around.

Great report, very detailed. Brings me right back to my visit there. Love that VR isn't a thing anymore. I tried it, it was all right, wouldn't do it again.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at their Trailblazer add-on and it looks like you can use one skip per day on Time Traveler. If I remember correctly, the park did something similar for Outlaw Run as well. Did that last for the entirety of Outlaw Run's first season? Yes, for 2013 and 2014 both. Then in 2015 they switched and allowed one skip on Firefall. The last couple of years there haven't been restrictions.

Sounds right. Outlaw Run had a 3 hour wait opening day. This is Spring Break for most area schools, so that's not unexpectedly busy.

Doesn't surprise me. People don't often compare final cost to final cost. A lot of hotels compete on price based on the room rate, so it's a fairly common tactic to add fees for other things to get that room rate as low as possible. Parking and wifi are two things that were almost always free 5 years ago but now are starting to see fees in more places.

Though Hawking's death always seemed looming, he did so many great things all the way to the end, even coming up with the theoretical basis for quantum computing. He was the greatest scientist of our time and will be missed. The thing about science, though, is that someone else will come along and build on what Hawking has done, and will rise to even greater heights.

I'm sure there will be once the park opens to the public. Fortunately, there's only about 6 more hours of offeason left. Looks great! That station is incredible; LOVE the moving gears.

Mine too though. It's not overrated if it delivers the goods.

Wow, that's almost minimum wage!

Yeah man, Poltergeist is awesome. I'm sure most of these people complaining will like Time Traveler once they've given it a chance. Usually works like that, and it just makes the complaints that much stupider.

Well, you know what they say. When a park's market is small, maybe other things are small too.

That's not strictly true. I've had the membership for a while now and they did raise the monthly price once, by about a dollar a month or so. I got about 2-3 months' notice, but I had to either accept the new price or cancel.

What a day to be super busy at work. Just catching up on all this. Awesome, Robb, to get a shout out from the park. Love the offride video too. I would say I can't believe people are already complaining about this, but after 6 years on a theme park forum...I can. I totally can.