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The Launch speed of Lightning Rod has been decreased.

^ After re-reading the article that was posted a couple pages back, Survey says:

Knott's fanbase is too ungrateful for Hangtime.

Well there is the saying "The bigger you are, the harder you fall" that was partially inspired by a dude named Goliath...

With every construction update I'm seeing of this thing, it's looking more and more likely my big trip next year will be BGW/KD. As excited as I am for that trip, it'll mean missing out on Knoebel's.

Son of a motherless goat. At least this gives me all the more incentive to purchase the season pass when the timeshare I'm staying at in March is next door to the Orlando location. White Lightning looks so unassuming. And then you ride it. It's better than it has any right to be. It was also my 100th credit, so I gotta love it. Especially my triple zen ride in the back. Riding the Kissimmee Paratrooper earlier in the day did not prepare me for this one. Hell, I didn't even know it went backwards until it started going in reverse. At least you got to wait off the ride for an operator. After the cycle on their Enterprise, the op unlocked every cabin but mine and my companion's before leaving to operate another ride. Of course we were on the far side of the attraction and had to flag down another op to let us off.

When I've heard stories about stuff nearly coming out or actually coming out of cargo pockets on Lightning Rod's Quad down, I wouldn't trust something like the Disney pocket on El Toro. Disney can do this because in most cases, their rides aren't that intense. Where could such a pocket even go on an S&S 4D free fly? Lockers in general are a cash grab. Though I will agree that the metal detectors at the ride entrance and the no cargo pockets rule to create mandatory paid bunnies...I'll let Jeff Goldblum take this one.

How bad is it compared to Dollywood's?

And then the ride ops have to clean up whatever mess is still on the train or the nice guests get angry. And the guest files a complaint against the park/ride op for spilling soda on them. And the yellow jacket swarm is a lawsuit waiting to strike. So as enjoyable as her sticky screams would be, he who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves.

Granted, but it's a TOGO. I wish The Room was on Netflix.

The press release also made a good deal that Voyage will get some track work done. While that surely sounds like a good thing from all the recent reviews I've read, I'm not sure how much can be done with what's left of 3.5 million after the kiddie slides/wave pool and hedge maze.

^We're getting one in 2018. Odds are we won't get one in 2019.

While it might be the cheapest to build, I think eclipse is the easiest to manage and might be cheaper to operate. Eclipse is the only model with a single platform with only one entrance and exit. Everything else will have two separate stations, and two lines, or a split. But in the live video interview, Skyline said that the Horizon had the option of running a single train--eliminating the possibility of separate loading platforms.

Okay everyone, put on your tin foil hats and bear with me for a minute here: Last I heard, the Cedar Fair plan to add a dark ride to every park in an "empty building within the park" has been put on hold. Many have speculated that Valleyfair's dark ride would go into the Galaxy Theatre--which has not been used on a daily basis for guests in the past couple years. But I've always predicted that it would go into an expanded Bumper Cars building. Dorney just re-added their bumper cars in 2017 after their removal in 2009. So CF apparently wants to keep their bumper cars. So it got me thinking: that Wild Thing Helix is still open. That helix is located in the nostalgic section of the park: Route 76. The bumper cars initially opened with the park. Sue-happy America would whine if a Wild Thing rider were to drop something on an attraction put in the helix. Bumper Cars in general have a roof. So, some quick armchair engineer Google Earth measurements later, the bumper cars appear to fit in the open helix. Theoretically, the dark ride would overhaul that entire midway that goes under Corkscrew while expanding that building for a brand new, state of the art, dark ride. While the bumper cars take a year or two off for refurbishment/the park buys an entirely new set, and are rebuilt as the newest addition to Route 76. But plans can and do change. Who knows what the new CEO will want. But hey, at least dreaming is free.

While I'm excited enough for the train reveals of Twisted Cyclone, Oscar's Wacky Taxi, Harley Quinn's Crazy Coaster, and Time Traveler, I think I'm most intrigued about what is going to become of the putting a Larson SooperLoop in parks with the Skyline line up of attractions--if anything happens at all. Specifically within Cedar Fair and Six Flags.

Welcome to Adventure Kingdom! The park would open with the following attractions: Roller Coasters: -B&M Invert: Wyvern -RMC Topper Track woodie: Chimera -GCI woodie: Gunslinger -Vekoma Family suspended: The Ogre -Intamin Hyper: Atomizer (think the love child of Expedition GeForce and SFNE's Superman) Thrill Rides: -Intamin Sky Jump: Space Diver -S&S Screaming Swing: Swingshot -Gerstlauer Sky Fly: Cyborg -Chance Unicoaster: ShakeDown -Zamperla Air Race: JetScream -Zamperla Disk’o : Firestorm -Zamperla Endeavor: Centrifuge -FunTime Starflyer: Whirlwind -ABC Tourbillion: MindWinder -Skyline Skywarp: Cthulhu -A frisbee from someone: Vertigo -A Log Flume: Timberwolf Lumber Co. Family Rides: -Intamin Coaster Wheel: Wyrd Wheel -Zierer Wave Swinger: Swing-a-Round -Sally Dark Ride: TBD -Larson Flyers: Fairy's Wings -SBF Wave Rider: Surf's Up -Tilt a whirl: Spinamajig -Scrambler: Mish-Masher -Carousel: TBD -Train: Adventure Express -Antique Car Ride: Flashback Boulevard -Swinging Ship: Blackbeard's Bounty Plus some kids rides and shows.

Definitely: -Valleyfair -Nickelodeon Universe -Fun Spot Orlando/Kissimmee -Adventureland Likely: -Busch Gardens Tampa One of the following options TBD: -BGW/KD -Hershey/Dorney/Knoebels -Dollywood -WoF/SFStL -Carowinds -CGA/SFDK -SFGAm

While I'm sure this Buzzfeed article is loaded with inaccuracies, I couldn't get past the first one.

IAAPA starts in a week and we still don't have an official Hangtime POV. I wouldn't be surprised if it debuts at the Gerstlauer booth.

Theoretically, the Yo-yo is closer to county fair, correct? Does the park really need two versions of the same ride with the addition of Zephyr?

This is what passes for pop culture?