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That's a shame, it is one of those hidden Easter eggs per say. At least they kept them at the front.

Thanks!! I was under the impression that all passes were biometric at Six Flags Have you got your finger scanned? If so, then yes, you can use that pass. I use the app all the time.

You do know I was being sarcastic right?

Actually, I was at the park a couple of weeks ago and they would not help someone on Mystery Mine. They made his family members come over to help. Can also confirm that from a trip in May.

Didn't you hear? I sued the park because they violated the copyright on my park. (Marriott's American Adventure) I won the park and bought all the rides. This is all going to he in the 1975 update for my park. In all seriousness, don't know. But I would like to see it back.

Have you ever heard of sensationalizing a story? (It is television after all, they pick and choose the best parts.) All you are doing is adding wood to the fire. Were they in a hurry? A little bit yes, but they still spent the extra time and money to get it right. Also, please read the whole topic before you comment about the engineers.

If you are that annoyed with the Full Throttle auto correct, just put two spaces between full and throttle.

Another long pause eh? Well almost a year later we are back in action. Need a recap? 1960: Park opens abet smaller then originally planned. 1961: Park adds worlds first pivotal paratrooper ride. 1962: Mid-season it is discovered that the CEO and COO are embezzling money, park is shut down, no new rides. 1963: ...... Well everybody, welcome back to the 1963 season of Marriott's American Adventure from Mr. T. From last Autumn to this Springs has been a whirlwind. Mr. Marriott fired just about everybody in the management team even though everybody not charged in the initial raid was not found guilty. I was one of the last ones he talked to and after several hours I saved my job. My job has changed a little bit, I now am an advisor to Mr. Marriott to the park. Basically him and his team run it now. But enough of this, lets get on to what's going on. The view coming in hasn't changed much. Here is the former bus drop off. The bus service was removed as it was found to be a money pit, even more so with limited riders. Currently it can be used to drop off people. This view is subject to changed in the next few years, hopefully for the better. Here is a view you don't see to often. It really shows how much foliage is in the park. But like before, some things are going to be changing here soon enough. So what changed this year you ask? Well a few things. This is our new maintenance bay. This was a huge trouble spot behind the scenes. Prior to the building of this bay, the only other spot was the Hurricane maintenance bay which was already to capacity and too small. Not only does this bay service Road Ralleye, but can handle other ride repairs as well. As the park expands though, plans are to build an even bigger service area. Well not a new ride per say Road Ralleye got a major face lift. This was deemed to be the best path forward for this year. Arrow Development came in and re-profiled the whole track making it much longer. In addition more cars were added for an increased capacity. This year also starts a new trend in foliage. Rather then spend ludicrous cost in mature trees, saplings are now planted. It will take a few years but is cost effective. A look at the Hurricane infield. Hurricane is one of the few wooden coasters built in the last decade. Roller coasters and amusement parks in general have been suffering lately which may explain the low attendance rates here. This year Hurricane got a new train, a five car three bench Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters train. The objective is to reduce operating cost with one train while keeping a modest capacity. Skip forward towards the end of the season the grass is starting to grow around Road Ralleye. But the bigger news is what is behind that fence? Yes folks, we have started on our brand new attraction for 1964. What is it? I guess you will have to find out next year. As you can see, we have already moved land behind Paratrooper. Construction is expected to continue into the new year with the opening of the ride on opening day of the park. Below we have already cleared a path from the parking lot. Thank you guys for checking in. I'm sure everyone will be excited with what is coming in 1964. This is a huge investment and could make or break the park. We hope to see you there!

Dang, those are some great pictures, my favorite is the second one. I personally use Photobucket.

Hey everybody, I'm still trying to get all the photo's together from my trip back in May. In the meantime, here is something to keep you entertained. For those who don't know I live in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and just happen to work at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. In terms of parks and coasters, we are the only thing in this part of the state. The parks down in Denver are meh at best. The next nearest major park? Lagoon north of Salt Lake City at nearly six hours away. I've thought of doing this park several times recently and after putting it off several times I finally decided to do the long day trip on a Tuesday. How early do we have to get up? That early. Full of gas and ready to go. A preview of the next couple of hours. Leaving Colorado... ...and saying hello to Utah. Did I mention the speed limit? Some odd hours later we arrive in the Salt Lake City area. And an hour after that, this. Our first ride of the day is Cannibal, that has this bizzare mural which sets the tone quite nicely. Thanks to the single rider line I did it three times in a row in about 15 minutes or so. But for now lets visit the other side of the park. The sky ride is the perfect way to get there and includes great views. Watch your feet! I see loops. Well at least what gives the park its name is here. The next order of the day is Colossus. The queue line offers great interaction opportunities. Final Thoughts: What a fun coaster. The first drop if you sit in the back slams you to the left for a great out of control experience. There is a bad transition at the bottom of the drop leading into the loops but other then that this coaster is butter smooth. The loops really aren't that forceful for a Schwarzkopf which I didn't mind. The ops that day were one train but with the fast dispatches (a huge theme at Lagoon) there was usually no wait. The one really weird thing I found about this coaster is that will in the station the train is moved into position to engage the chain. Now I saw the signs warning of this I just wasn't expecting to be so noticeable. (The train moves a couple feet.) Rating: 4/5 Next up was Colossus's next door neighbor, Wicked. For those control panel enthusiast. One of the more bizarre zero g rolls out there. Final Thoughts: I rode Wicked three times, two in front and one in back. With short trains that makes very little difference. The launch is excellent especially as you go vertical. There is a really, and I mean really bad transition at the pullout of the first drop. That combined with the fact you restraint tightens due to the g forces make that part up to the turn around really nasty. From the turnaround to the mid-course is a fun wacky ride. The second half the ride is slowed down so much that it is just a boring ride to the finish. I do appreciate the restraints loosen on the arrival brakes. I heard people now compare it to Cannibal which I think is unfair. Rating: 3/5 This side of the park has quite a bunch of coasters packed in including a Maurer Söhne wild mouse. Nothing that special besides some nice pops of air near the end. 3/5 It also host on of the more bizarre top spins you'll ever see, Cliffhanger. It may as well be called Soaked: The Ride as that is exactly what happens. I always enjoy a good spinning coaster and sounds like I caught Spider at the right time. Supposedly the ride previously didn't spin on the first half, but now it does. Final Thoughts: Obviously your spinning is determined be weight distribution and ours was not bad, but not good. The layout is a nice change from traditional spinners. The end though when the car is to be straightened got a nasty jolt. Other then that, a nice solid spinner. Rating: 3/5 Alright, now it was time for something a little bit more historic. The Roller Coaster at Lagoon is one of the oldest coasters in the world, being built in 1921. As wood is being replaced, Lagoon is forgoing the white paint leaving the natural wood color instead. Final Thoughts: A most excellent wooden coaster, especially for the age. The ride was very smooth, probably in the top five of wooden coasters with plenty of airtime and the perfect length. Lagoon has really taken care of this ride and it shows. This is where however Lagoon's random no single rides back row policy really irked me. Why do it on a coaster that has the same trains as dozens of other coasters world wide? That aside, I really enjoyed this coaster and would rank it high on a wooden coaster list. Ranking: 5/5 Next I decided to head to the back of the park to the log flume. Frontier Town is one of the older parts of the park. If I had more time I would of explored more and insist that anyone visiting take a look around. This is the real deal. Ultimately the line for the flume was atrocious and running few logs, so it was a skip. So onto a very interesting coaster... BomBora is Lagoon's first in house coaster. The only special about it really though is that it has a working sound track, kind of. 3/5 Enough credit whoring, lets move onto something more exciting. Jet Star II is well exactly that, a Jet Star II model from Schwarzkopf. Final Thoughts: As you may well know, this ride has a strict no single rider policy. I happened to get lucky and one kid in a group of three needed a partner so it work out. This ride is balls out intense, period. If you want an out of control experience this is your ride. I would of rode it more but with nearly no line it would of been hard. It's good to see another classic ride running to its full potential. Rating: 5/5 Next it was time for flat ride goodness in the form of Air Race. However issues arose and after waiting 15 minutes on maintenance I turned away. So next I headed to The Bat. This bat was out for blood, literally. Final Thoughts: I've never ridden a Vekoma inverted and this reminded me why. For such a small slow coaster this was nothing but a head bang the whole time. I found this surprising since this is Arrow's inverted track which wasn't too bad. Maybe it was the fact the cars don't swing. Either way I will continue to stay away from these guys... Rating: 1/5 Now back to the regularly scheduled programming over at Air Race. Or not, this time while on the ride. Appeared there was an issue with the control panel recognizing the restraints being locked. There was some confusion if we could stay on the ride or not so I got off and waited. A little bit later they got it back up and running. Issues aside this is just a (mind the pun) plain fun ride. You can't help but crack a smile on it. 5/5 From the top of their dry/but it really is just a water slide you get a good view of how close this park is nestled among the mountains. Never been a fan of drop towers but S&S ones always look like a blast. (Literally and figuratively.) Best flyers I have ever been on. Turns out these are easy to snap as I didn't know how to snap and I did it. And finally back to the star ride. But seriously this ride is wacky awesome. Final Thoughts: What a unique, interesting, awesome coaster. There is never a dull moment in this ride. I got several rides both back (3x) and front (3x) and it is hard to compare the two. The first drop feels like it never ends and the lagoon roll, my legs were actually hurting from the hangtime. What a fantastic ride, and then you forget it is a hyper coaster as well. Lagoon really hit this out of the park. Rating 5/5 With that in mind is was time to head home. But before I left I almost forgot the dark rides. I only found Terror Train and that was almost an accident. Tried to look for Dracula's Castle but didn't find it. (Now I know where it's at.) Anyway, it was good corny fun and there was one actually scary moment if you don't think about it. Time to head home. Decided to give myself a changed of scenery and avoid the traffic and took the other back. (US-40) This reservoir may look big but it really isn't. The sun sets as we approach the border with Colorado. And we are back. Thanks for taking a look. If you thought that was a lot of pictures, there are even more here: http://s908.photobucket.com/user/ACER1238/library/Lagoon%202016?sort=9&page=1 Next time I head even further west for a lot more then coasters. I always welcome criticism on how to improve trip reports. However please refrain from things I've addressed before and anything negative/condescending.

If you haven't fingerprinted they will still fingerprint you there and that would be the one that goes in.

If you need any further proof purple is running. Two train day, opened an hour late.

Haha, yes. Currently working on getting all the pictures together.

I was there on July 13th. Don't know why I quoted the wrong coaster as being the highest. Ah, I was there from 2:30 till closing that day. Well nice meeting you, kind of.

What day did you go to the Caverns? I was there this morning and yesterday morning. (I work at the base.) ((And it is the Cliffhanger as North America's highest full sized coaster.))

Dominator at KI, which I now regret.

The crowds have been circulating at the water park. One moment a ride is a walk on, next you know the line is out the enterance. I think the Fury crew got 46 dispatches in an hour until it reset.

As promised...

Well, heading back to the car. I would have to say they are definitely training on it. Such a shame but still enjoyed the park otherwise.

As I mentioned, I'm at the park with my phone using my data. I'll upload it tonight to YT.

Actually open? Hmmm. I was down just the other day and just saw the March 2016 or Spring 2016 ones. What did this one say? Lightning Rod Now Open or Now Open Lighting Rod can't remember. It was on I-40 EB just off the I-75 interchange in Knoxville. I'm curious on this one because it is electronic so it would be easier to pull or change. You're right, with electronic signs they can just change them then and there. For it to have the words "Now Open" in there leads me to think a weekend opening or early next week? If you could, try and get some launch video for us so we can see exactly how fast this thing is going now to settle this 80mph dispute. Funny you should ask, got this when we entered the park. I'm really thinking this weekend, and by some luck today. They don't bring catering in the day before... Edit, sorry for the mp4, at the park and uploading by phone. tmp_4662-20160520_113955-274565709.mp4

So at the park. Lightning Rod testing very often with water dummies. Also saw catering being delivered into the station area...

So will be at the park tomorrow. Anything special I should know? I'm expecting some crowds since it is Saturday but the park is open till 10 so I'm not concerned.

Actually open? Hmmm. I was down just the other day and just saw the March 2016 or Spring 2016 ones. What did this one say? Lightning Rod Now Open or Now Open Lighting Rod can't remember. It was on I-40 EB just off the I-75 interchange in Knoxville. I'm curious on this one because it is electronic so it would be easier to pull or change.

Just checked into our hotel at Gatlinburg. There was one electronic billboard declaring LR open but I take that with a grain of salt. Either way looking forward to a fun day at the park regardless.