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Lightning Rod: the holy grail of airtime

I have been 8 times this year, every time on a Sunday. There haven't been lines over 15 minutes with the exception of Lightning Rod.

I felt the jolts in the same places as well, but, like everyone said, if you sit on the odd rows, it seems to disappear. Aside from that, LR is easily my top wooden coaster, and 2nd favorite out of every coaster, behind Fury 325.

^ Thanks for the info. Im going to try my luck tomorrow and drive up. Hopefully 7 times the charm. Lol.

Has Lightning Rod been running today by any chance?

B&M: Georgia Scorcher Intamin: Cheetah Hunt Schwarzkopf: Mind Bender (SFOG) Vekoma: Ninja (SFOG) Gerstlauer: Dare Devil Dive Arrow: Dahlonega Mine Train RMC: Should be Lightning Rod, but we all know how that has went. Chance: Wile E. Coyote Canyon Blaster Dinn: GA Cyclone GCI: Thunderhead Mack: Will be Cobra's Curse this October. PTC: Great American Scream Machine (SFOG) (If you couldn't tell, SFOG is my home park.)

Lightning Rod is closed today.

Thunderhead at Dollywood.

Any news on Lightning Rod?

Any news on Lightning Rod?

As of now, LR's train is sitting on the launch track. Hopefully, it will be running soon.

At this point, I think anything and everything is an option.

Any luck yet? Not yet. I asked again a little while ago, and they said they weren't sure if it would open today or not.

^ I asked one of the hostesses about it, and they said that there is a high chance of it opening later today.

I'm on my way now. Hoping this is true!

I went to Dollywood yesterday, and of course I was bummed about LR being down, but that didn't stop me from having an amazing time. I had probably the best eating experience ever at a theme park (Aunt Granny's Buffet), and the rides weren't too shabby either. My family and I started off the day with Barnstormer. OMG! What a crazy, fun ride! If that's not the definition of airtime, I don't know what is. We then trekked over to Wild Eagle, FireChaser, and Tennessee Tornado. I rode WE in the front and the back, and what a fun ride. We then walked over to FCE. This is definitely the best family coaster I have ever ridden. TT was amazing as well! Who knew Arrow could actually make a pretty smooth coaster? We then all hiked over to Rockin' Roadway to get some great views of LR. We ended up getting stuck and evacuated, which was a fun first-time experience for me. We ended up riding this about 4 more times throughout the day just for the pure fun of it. We then saw the Brad Ross Magic Show, and it was really good. We then walked over to Thunderhead, and OMG OMG OMG!!! I rode in the very back of this coaster for the first time, and that was the second best experience I have ever had on a coaster, behind Fury 325. We ended up riding 4 more times, because the ride was a walk-on. After that, we took the short walk to Mystery Mine, and this was far from disappointing as well. The fire just added to the great overall experience. We went around riding everything else at least two more times before closing out the night with the last ride on WE. We are going back Wednesday and are hoping for the best with LR. But if it's not open, I'm sure we will have just as fun as we did yesterday!

Ninja @ SFOG.