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In ACTUAL news, Screamscape got a photo from a source of the new statue for themeing around El Diablo: Pretty bad ass to me!

Screamscape. And I'll bet dollars to donuts that Screamscape got it from enthusiasts crossing their fingers and wishing.

Obvious job is obvious? http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Obvious+troll+is+obvious

You just couldn't resist, could you?

Scrape together the money to get FL+. It's totally worth it. It made such a difference when I visited in 2013.

I'm just going to leave this here: When to Use Capital Letters

I honestly don't forsee them reusing Chiller's station. I know that Fitzgerald hates it. I've got a feeling that once they do renovate over there they're going to raze it and start from the ground up.

Agreed. The double down on Jack Rabbit at Kennywood is still one of my favorite elements on a coaster.

When I saw this photo: I thought to myself, "This can't be SFMM, right?" Glad to see such a major step in the right direction.

Haha yea. Once I saw that, I just promptly deleted the email and went on with my day.

The email I got just said "select rides", too, nothing specific. I'd just print the voucher and get the wristband - no harm in being prepared, especially when we're talking about nearly zero effort here.

#thinningtheherd

Awesome trip report! For those in the United States that are interested, there's a Diggerland located within our borders. It's actually just a few miles down the street from me in West Berlin, NJ, not too far from the Cherry Hill area. I haven't been there yet, but I've heard great things. www.diggerlandusa.com/

I visited KI on a Saturday in 2013 (granted it was July, not May, but still), and I really regret not getting FL/FLP. I was intending to save a little money, but in retrospect, it was a poor decision. I'd just go ahead and budget it in, it'll make the day much more enjoyable.

I've only been walk-of-shamed a couple times (not counting the times I've had to use the fat seat), but that first time, man...it really gets you. I had really let myself go by that point, and when visiting Dorney Park in October 2012 by myself for the first time in years, I tried to ride Possessed but didn't make the cut. To add insult to injury, I got walk-of-shamed on the very next ride I tried, that spinning ride between Possessed and Steel Force. I was definitely a little depressed after that, so I made a vow to myself that I'd get back in shape and come back to Dorney to get the credit. The next year, after dropping about 30 pounds, I fit onto all rides with ease, even getting a couple extra clicks down, too! I know it sounds weird to be an enthusiast happy about tightening your restraints even more, but let me tell you, that felt gooooood.

I ended up not being able to make it. I forgot my wallet at work and didn't realize until I was halfway home. I wouldn't have been there until after 8pm. Oh well, glad everyone had fun!!

I'll be there, too, but probably won't get there until later. The main drawback for working in Delaware! (Aside from the fact that I have to be in, you know, Delaware)

There's been plenty of coverage. I've got it all over my social media outlets from non-coaster-related sources. A shot of Santa on a roller coaster is a hard one to pass up. Most of the Indiana rhetoric has died down by this point anyway after they modified the language of the bill. Media coverage did what it always does: move on once the next story comes along fifteen minutes later. But enough of that. Yay Thunderbird and all it's glory! +1 awesome point for HW.

Didn't want to make it seem like I was accusing you or anything, just trying to back up Ryan's post. I agree to an extent about your gripe on all new employees, but sometimes that's just the way it is. Nothing you can do if most, if not everyone, who worked it the previous year decide to not return to the park, though.

One train operations were the norm during spring break but I can assure you the ride almost always runs with two trains now. As for the crew, they just need more time to get adjusted. Toro's crew this year is almost entirely new. I only have been there once so far, but when I was there, even though operations on El Toro were a little slow, you can tell it wasn't a result of laziness or sluggish employees. It was new employees working out kinks and getting used to the process in a real-time environment. Totally understandable in my book. You can have someone sit in a training class or run simulations all you want - there's no true substitution for the real thing, and there are always some growing pains. If it's like this a couple months from now, sure, there's room to gripe IMO, but until then, I'll reserve judgment.

I still regularly see two, maybe only one on occasion when there's an extraneous circumstance (walk of shame, etc).

^When I used to live right by the park, I would occasionally visit on a Saturday during Fright Fest for a couple hours just to see how crazy it can get. It's interesting to see how the park functions when near capacity. I always make sure I leave with plenty of time, though; I've been stuck in enough late-night-end-of-season parking lot traffic for a lifetime, thank you very much.

One of the main reasons they used to crank out the trains is because they used to actually staff the ride instead of just having the minimal requirement in the station. I really wish they'd reconsider that cost-cutting tactic. They don't need to have it like Dorney Park where there's an obscene amount of workers on Talon, but even just adding two more workers per major ride (Bizzaro, Nitro, El Toro, S:UF) in order to cover the second half of the train would help capacity immensely.

Me too. Rules are rules!