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Seriously... what is so freaking special about B&M Dive coasters? They look so boring to me. Boomerang is still very popular and pretty reliable, so I don't see it going away anytime this year at least (especially with how over budget this summer has gone). On a personal note, I LOVE being able to tell people the Arrow/Vekoma story and then point out that there's a Vekoma Boomeramg on the site of the old Arrow Corkscrew. It's such an amazing and super shady amusement park history story. It's not about what is special to enthusiasts. It's about what wow's the guests. A vertical drop certainly qualifies as something that wows. Boomerang might be "popular," but it's also low capacity and very old by today's standards. With riptide gone, unless they replace that with another flat ride, the logical thing would be to clear out boomerang too (which can likely be sold to another park) for expansion. There's a vertical drop only 100 yards away from Boomerang...

Seriously... what is so freaking special about B&M Dive coasters? They look so boring to me. Boomerang is still very popular and pretty reliable, so I don't see it going away anytime this year at least (especially with how over budget this summer has gone). On a personal note, I LOVE being able to tell people the Arrow/Vekoma story and then point out that there's a Vekoma Boomeramg on the site of the old Arrow Corkscrew. It's such an amazing and super shady amusement park history story.

Probably closer to an hour. Most school will be out by then, and it was always one of the longer lines even before the refurb.

Thursdays aren't as busy as Sat or Sun, but Fast lane is probably a good idea for summer season. Make sure to check out all the new entertainment shows as well as the rides (which Fast lane will help give you more time for).

Air temp and wheel temps could make a difference.

Just thought i'd share a brand new coaster that just came out. Seeing something like that makes me want to go visit there Until then maybe visit here *shoulder shrug* http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=28853 Tbqh, *shoulder shrug* is also my reaction to everything about Valravn

From what I've heard, the right side has been corrected. It was running left only when I visited last week and I'd say it got 90% of the way there. Breached the red zone, but not by as much as I remember being the norm.

There was a train car on a crane today at Ghostrider. Tried to get a pic, but it was too far away and the angle was weird.

YOLO, Tatsu, and X seem to be the rides where the lines pretty much never die down. Twisted Colossus is really popular, but always running three trains keeps it moving along at a decent pace. If you run to Revolution really quick, then you can hop off and still be in the same neighborhood as X and Tatsu. I guess you just have to decided which set (X, Tatsu, Rev vs YOLO, TC, Drop of Doom) you're most excited for.

Another reason might be that Kingda Ka got a lot of American publicity when it opened, and Formula Rossa got almost none.

i forgot to ask about a single rider line, or a line for the front. seems when i was there yesterday, and pics from the weekend that the front is almost always vacant. Interesting you mention that. I saw several trains cycle through with nobody in the front car, and I thought it was kind of weird. It's still weird though, that they would send it empty instead of with guests in goggles.

I had kind of an oddball idea that sounded impractical at first, but actually keeps getting better the more I think of it. Regarding YOLO's terrible capacity. While riding yesterday, I was like "ugh, my legs are feeling really smushed and I have to wait another minute for them to send the train in the station so I can get out." Then when I did get out, I thought "Geez, Premiere, could you make your trains any harder to get into/out of? No wonder your capacity sucks." Then the two thoughts came together and.... What if they retrofitted the holding block into an unload platform? The train has to park there for 30-45 seconds anyways. When you think about how much time it takes for people to just stand up and walk out, the unloading train would be empty by the time that the one in the station was ready to launch probably 90% of the time. The second launch already acts as a block brake in case the unloading train isn't clear, and the two platforms would have direct line of sight for communicating any reasons to hold operations (guests in wheelchairs who need extra time, stuck restraints, etc). It could even work as a means to pre-load guests in wheelchairs, so they never have the navigate the tight quarters of the current station. Not having the load vs unload cross traffic at the station could probably shave 20 or 30 seconds off the dispatch time and get the ride up to a respectable capacity. They could perhaps bypass it on slow or one train days when they don't have the demand or the staffing. It would probably be prohibitively expensive to construct it as a retrofit, but it seems like something that should have been a no-brainer for the folks who do this stuff for a living.

To be fair... stopping on the lift hill is a pretty rare occurrence for most coasters, and it happened to Fury three times in one week. That looks bad, even to me as an enthusiast. It has the appearance of an issue that isn't being fixed correctly, and I understand why that scares some people.

Visited today. Weather was gorgeous, and lines were very short all around. Couple things... New Rev is only worth riding with the VR. It looks even slower than I remember it being. Overall I thought the VR was pretty fun but I got super nauseous during the last 15 or so seconds of the ride and had to take the headset off the instant we hit the brakes. Also, the dispatch times are pretty bad. Summer time is going to be REALLY rough unless they can figure out a way to demonstrate proper headset fitting to people before they sit down. 2:00-2:30 to send a train of 20 people. My horrendous luck with racing on TC continues. 3 rides today, and didn't race a single time on either side. Also got stuck on the brakes for about 5 minutes due to train technical issues in the station. Up to 11 rides and still have yet to race on green (only done it twice on blue). I saw something odd happen 3 times today (including on one of my rides). Blue was catching up to Green on the lift, and the trains were just about to allign. But then, the blue lift slowed to the same speed as the green lift about 1 second earlier than it should have and green took off first, remaining an entire train length ahead for the whole course. Something's wrong with the programming, cuz it wasn't an issue of blue not having time to catch up. It caught up 90% of the way, and then just stopped trying. One of Scream's trains has been recolored to match the track. Black seats/harnesses, and blue/orange carriages. Tbh, I hate this color scheme, but looks like its here to stay for a while. Ride is definitely starting to shudder during the course, but a rough B&M is still pretty comfortable overall. Batman running one train and still using the grouper outside the station. I've been noticing this on several rides a lot more in 2016 than I have in YEARS before. Keeps the station vibes pretty chill, but always makes the line seem long. Tatsu and Ninja were down when I arrived but went up later in the day. First ride on Ninja after all the tree removal... definitely detracts from the experience. Superman was running the right side today. Seemed like it was running about 95% power. Cars did break into the red zone, but only by a few feet.

For any fans of killer belting... pre-Disney Jodi Benson as Florence during the LA premier of Chess. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Girl could WAIL back in the day. I was not expecting it.

Tatsu does close for wind, I'm not sure what the speed limit is, but 40 is probably pretty close.

I thought it reopened in May (to be exact, May 27)? It was originally going to open with Ghost Town Alive on May 27th, but ran into a snag and lost a couple weeks. OSHA

Super random Dragster question that I've always wondered.... When it has a rollback, how long does it usually take for them to try another launch? Is there an inspection process, or do they pretty much just wait for the tanks to recharge and go?

Any updates on Superman? Is it still coming up short on the tower?

Forgive my squirrely ignorance, but... didn't the park say that removing trims from the ride would be part of the renovation? Or was that just speculation on the board? It honestly seems like it has MORE trims than I remember.

And all of this is less than an hour drive away from Ferrari World, which is expanding like crazy right now. I think I know where I'm going in 2017. Now to start training for that 16 hour flight. Oof

I saw a few posts about that on Instagram. This is great news. I really hope it gets repainted back to orange and tan. IMO the blue columns do not fit the rest of the theme. I suspect 2017 will be Fiesta Village's year, as by then, every other area of the park has had a major renovation in some way. I hope so. The area has been horribly neglected for years. My other dream project would be a new Mystery Lodge show. It's still got lots of magic, but its age is showing and there have been several canceled shows due to technical problems lately.

The old show had both a well fall and a high fall, so I imagine they would continue to be two separate things. Looking into the venue from the gates, it looks like the well is staying put and the high fall tower is more or less in the same spot as the old one.

I'm glad they are redoing the stunt show as part of the Ghost Town makeover. The old show was fun, but it had gotten stale after seeing it so many times. The article mentioned a 70 foot fall twice, so I sure hope it's a 70 foot fall as that would be awesome to see! It's 100% not a 70 foot fall. The new set is already framed out and it looks like the top level is about 20-25 feet.

Oh My God, the ABYSS!! Wow, I forgot until you mentioned it. That was a great water slide too.