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Oh yeah, good callout. I had forgotten about that one too. Look, I'll be first to admit I know next to nothing about roller coasters. If it's not in the Midwest, I probably haven't ridden it. But I do not think it too much to expect that people who care enough to post on a theme park forum about launch systems on coasters in other continents will know about high profile parks in an adjacent state. Context is key here.

Buzzsaw Falls, the Premier coaster, did not have a launch. The launch was entirely S&S's work. It is also the exact same technology that is being used on MaxxForce, so no, the assertion that this is a first of its kind in North America is just wrong. It's literally been in the next state over for a decade and a half.

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That looks so great! Enjoy!

That looks awesome! Glad to see Sea World getting into the after-hours parties as well.

Oh yeah, there definitely hasn't been another one in the Midwest for the last 15 years.

Trip report forthcoming.

Locals generally refer to it as SLAM, and they even advertise it as such on the radio. Sometimes you feel like a t, sometimes you don't.

Glad you had fun, though you got one thing wrong: That place is SLAM'd everyday!

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Ooh, shiny.

Disney building a park in Texas was not a rumour, it was a scam. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-disney-park-scam-lands-texas-man-in-prison-for-17-years/

Oh man, that crazy inversion/drop at the beginning...phew...

The only reason the KCK waterpark is in the deal is to prevent anyone else from re-opening it. CF has no interest in running 2 waterparks in the same small city. They do have an interest in not having competition that might actually be able to run a waterpark competently.

FTFY.

I did exactly the same thing. That's a good way for them to get into the Texas market. Smart purchase. The option on the KC one is basically so they can keep anyone else from re-opening the waterpark. That place is done. Fortunately it's also in a growing commercial area near lots of stadiums, so the land has got to be worth more than $6 million.

Oh that's cool. Worlds of Fun had a blue fountain when the Royals won a few years back. Nice way to celebrate.

Nah, once I'm done it's in the recycle bin. But I did buy several six packs while I was in Texas, to enjoy over the next few weeks. So many good breweries these days with a small distribution radius, so I like to get what isn't available in Missouri when I travel.

It's really fun! When I think about what coaster I have had the most fun on, it's that one. So it's #1. Millie was my #1 before riding Steel Vengeance You're not alone in that. Millennium Force is still my #1 after Steel Vengeance. SV is very, very good, but the end of the day (literally), I wanted that last ride on MF.

I'm always for a new bar.

Oh that's awesome! I had no idea they did that. There were several awesome employees at Knoebels I totally would have wood coined if I had known.

Oh cool. I don't remember a mural. Maybe it's been too long since I've been to the zoo. But yeah, trains are the shiznit.

It's never warm enough for that water park. Still a really good one though. Just get a Platinum Pass and go enjoy the cold water for part of a day then head back into CP after that. It's a good time.

Yeah, the corrugated metal tunnels. Eh, it beats walking. That zoo is enormous.

Awesome! St. Louis Zoo is one of the very best zoos out there, and it's free! I love the sea lion show and the penguin/puffin exhibit. Glad you got to see both of those. The zoo was actually built for the 1904 World's Fair, and the birdcage is part of the original fair zoo. It's a lovely and historical exhibit (and the inspiration for the pterasaur cage in Jurassic Park 3). Forest Park itself originated as the 1904 fairgrounds. So you were at an amusement park (the remnants of one at least)!