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I didn't realize operations were that slow at the park, now I don't feel so bad about driving right past it on the way to Montreal a few years ago without stopping.

At other parks, I sometimes see people rushing to board the coaster train while the air gates are closing. I wonder how many people have been hit with the gates at that coaster.

My favorite is Runaway Mine Train at Great Adventure. I like how it has individual lap bars which are better for taller riders than the original Arrow Mine Train lap bars and how it only has 1 lift hill. I don't like mine trains with multiple lifts since it seems like every time the ride starts to pick up speed, there is a brake run and another lift hill. The layout is really good too with the double helix at the beginning, the banked drop after the MCBR, the small ejector air time hill and the turn right over the water.

I'm surprised it is 48" to ride alone. That seems kind of high for a kiddie coaster.

Pogs, I had a large collection of them and remember back in the 90's, it seemed like you could get them with any design on it you wanted from sports teams to even slammers at a museum or an aquarium themed to the location.

Cedar Fair definitely goes overboard with the height restrictions. I remember hearing when they bought the Paramount parks the mine train at Carowinds went from a 36" requirement to a 48" requirement. That must have been upsetting for kids who used to be able to ride the coaster and then were no longer able to. Even with the old style restraints for Arrow mine trains, Trailblazer at Hershey was 36" (and still is 36" with the new individual lap bars). It's bad for other parks like Dorney too. The only coaster for anyone under 44" is Woodstock's Express and even if someone is 44" and can ride the Wild Mouse, they recently added a rule that you have to be at least 44" and 8 years old so anyone under the age of 8 and under 48" can only ride Woodstock's Express.

It's always good to see parks that don't have maximum height limits on rides like that Roto Whip so anyone who wants to ride it can.

I had another coaster dream last night. I was in the Magic Kingdom and Space Mountain had reopened up with a new track. Instead of a double track it was a single track, with individual cars that only seat 1 rider. After going up the lift hill, I realized it was a spinning coaster and had some out of control spinning that caused me to get dizzy. Also for being a new ride, the coaster was really rough and gave me a headache.

I have only ridden Green Lantern and like the coaster. The first few times I rode the coaster it really hurt my legs but after I got used to the ride it hasn't been a problem and it's a weird feeling to be standing and riding a coaster. Maybe it's because it is the newest coaster at the park but Green Lantern is very popular at Great Adventure and can have one of the longer waits in the park (they usually have 4 people checking restraints so dispatches aren't too bad).

Dorney: A GCI wooden coaster. It has been rumored since 2008 when the park got Possessed instead and after Hercules was removed, the park could use another wooden coaster besides Thunderhawk. Great Adventure: An interactive dark ride. The park has enough coasters and added some flats/non coaster rides recently and a dark ride would help round out the park's collection of rides.

I was also hoping for a March opening after the website for the park said "See you in March" at the end of the season. April 12th was really late for an opening day and I was disappointed about that so the week earlier is a little better.

I don't think so, the park hasn't posted any updates or mentioned anything. Hopefully they start soon. Also it was posted on Great Adventure History that opening day has been moved up to April 5th. I'm glad they decided to do that since April 12th seemed very late for opening day.

Looks like a fun coaster and after watching a POV on YouTube, it looks good that it appears to be completely dark in the indoor portion of the coaster compared to some other coasters where a lot of light gets let in.

It's nice to see Dinosaurs Alive included with the Gold and Platinum passes. Hopefully other parks in the chain try it, especially at the parks where the attraction has been open for a few years.

That's good for anyone who just missed being able to get the old belts buckled. For some reason Impulse coasters have different seatbelt lengths. I have heard Wicked Twister has much shorter belts than some others like Possessed.

I like them, just in case I missed something that I wanted to read when browsing the site/forums.

Those are some cool looking coasters with how little space they take up. I liked that Dive Machine the best.

Great photos, it really looks like Kennywood did an awesome job of decorating the park with so many lights everywhere. Hershey also puts Santa and reindeer on the lift on Comet similar to Thunderbolt.

Pinfari, the coasters I have ridden from them have been horrible. As some examples Rollie's Coaster has OTSR's with no inversions and Sea Serpent at Playland's Castaway Cove is the worst steel coaster I have ridden. The only tolerable part of the ride is the loop.

The park looks very nice. Now after seeing the pictures, I wish I would have time to stop there for a few hours when I was in Pittsburgh in July (the only park I had time for was Kennywood).

Like others, I'm really glad to see they released a statement. I haven't seen the film and don't expect to see it but was planning on going to Sea World next time I am in Orlando (I need all the credits!) still hope to if I have time whenever that next trip is.

Yeah the stairs are especially bad for Batman at Great Adventure. Even when it's a walk on or station wait, just walking through the stairs is annoying.

I'm surprised they don't have Exterminator open since it would probably be a big draw in the region to have a coaster open. Maybe because it's somewhat away from the other rides that are open?

I also never heard of this until now. I would have never thought there would be guys into My Little Pony until I saw this thread.

Its strange to see an Arrow looping coaster with a single corkscrew since most of them had back to back corkscrews with a few exceptions. It would be good if they could get at least 1 coaster operational again or get a new coaster to replace one of the SBNO ones.