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^Boss just happened to be running absolutely AWESOME the day I went. Normally it's really rough and not so great, but it was running flawless on Saturday around 12:30. As for Ninja, there is only one spot where it has always headbanged, which is right at the spot with the picture captioned "AAAAAH headbanging!" The rest of the ride is great!

Please excuse picture size and quality, they are low quality stills taken from the video I shot (which can be found on page 2). This is the second time I went with T-NADO (an anti-drugs club at my school) to a theme park. This time it was SFStL and we had a great time. I woke up at 6:00am and got ready to hop on the bus at 7:30. The two hour bus ride to SFStL wasn't so bad. We got to stop at an Elissa friendly restaurant on the way there! We got to the park at 10:15 but didn't get in until 11:00. Since we had so many people (61), we had to wait in the 45 minute guest relations line to get our tickets! While I was waiting outside the gates I noticed that B:TR was running GREAT operations! Way to go Six Flags! When we finally got in, my friends and I headed straight for Mr. Freeze. We waited about 5 minutes before we had gotten into the station building. They were only running one side but right when we had gotten to the split they opened the other. We quickly went into the open side (avoiding at least 15-20 more minutes) and I got next in line for the front seat. However, right when we got there the ride broke down. We decided to stay and got on the ride after waiting only 15 minutes. The launch wasn't as strong as I remembered, but I still had a great ride. Man, does this thing ROAR! Ice can only travel so far in the heat before it needs some love from the ice fairy. [/sad attempt at a funny caption] I LOVE the hangtime on the backwards run through the top hat. I happened to notice that Freeze has some new trains. One train was completely new (and sexy) and the other one just had a new front car. Forwards or backwards? The world may never know. Next it was time to head over to the Boss. The Boss was running the best I have ever seen it. It was smooth, fast, and had tons of air! I am BOSS, gimmie some candy! The MCBR was barley on. Boss made it back into my #1 woody spot after Saturday's ride. Would this be a photo TR by me if there wasn't a picture of brakes? Next we headed over to S:ToP. The sign said it was only a 45 minute wait, but after you made it through the main switchbacks there was a giant hidden extra section that made our wait top out at 1.5 hours. Still a great ride, but definitely NOT worth the longest wait of the day. The only thing the extended line was good for was taking pictures of Eagle. After S:ToP we looked for a place to eat. Everywhere had a line (and I was hungry) so we ended up eating at Calico Sal's Famous Fried Chicken. It was pretty good, but not worth the $14 I paid for it. After checking in, I got a hold of Jim (jimths08) and headed over to Eagle. Jim and I chatted about coaster nerdy stuff for the 15 minute wait, then went our separate ways after riding. It was pretty cool getting to talk to another "coaster nerd" like me. Eagle was running decent, but it still isn't what it used to be. After putting it off due to the wait, we decided to go ahead and wait in the one hour line for THBS. I was disappointed with the theming on SFStL's version in person. SFFT's version has a great queue line with all sorts of theming. SFStL's version was just a bunch of switchbacks covered with a giant canopy (probably part of the old show building). The entrance was cool, but the theming just wasn't what I was expecting. However, I did have a lot of fun on the ride itself, ranking it above its sister at WOF. The first drop is a lot of fun, and wheels make a cool squeaking sound on the mouse turns. This version is a lot quieter than WOF's version. The helices were pretty dang forceful too! Don't forget the airtime! You get some here.... ...and some here! The only rough spot on the ride is just before you hit the ramp (which IMO looked pretty lame). In my video you can see that guy get jerked at this point. Next we head over to Batman just to learn that it broke down and will be down for one hour. So we decided to head over to Ninja (which was a walk-on). AAAAAH! Headbanging! Clink clink clink clink CLINK! Nothing beats the airtime on the first drop in the back seat. Hi Derek. The trees are just starting to bloom. One of the best parts of the ride. Body, meet restraint. OMG a six foot drop! *wets pants* This shot is sad for two reasons: 1. This is the only good part of River King Mine Train... 2. Ninja needs a paint job so bad that the rails are red! After Ninja we headed back to Batman just to hear that the downtime had gone from one hour to an estimated 3-4 hours. I guess we wont be riding Batman today.... After our sad realization we headed over to Freeze again for another ride. We only waited about 20 minutes as it had just broken down (apparently the wait was an hour before the breakdown). Another great ride on Freeze was what we would end the day with. We only had about 15 more minutes in the park when we say Batman was back up. I managed to get some footage of it, but unfortunately the wait was already 30 minutes by the time we got there. Maybe some other time. I didn't really miss Batman's forces, as Mr. Freeze had already done me right. Patriot's zero-g is better. Got your Kleenex Derek? Such a great ride. Flatspins are BANANAS! B. A. N. A. N. A. S. Footchoppers please! (This looks A LOT closer on the ride!) Thanks for reading and check back soon for a link to my video.

Exactly what day did you go? I went on Saturday (May 5) and it was PACKED! You really missed out on Ninja if you didn't ride in the very back seat, that's where it's the best. I don't know why you didn't like the Boss, though. It was kicking ass and taking names on Saturday, best ride I ever had on it! Only the helix was rough. Nice pictures and great TR.

I have always thought the roll looked horribly shaped, and I'm sure the location after a 70 mph launch doesn't help anything. I really hope that the entire roll isn't removed, and that they are just modifying it. It looked like an awesome element! These are most likely the three sections being removed.

Wow, I never realized how much this park looks like a fair. Oh well, KR looks great! Thanks for the pics!

When I was there yesterday it didn't break dowe once that I saw. Ive never noticed Spinning Dragons breaking down either. Heck, I had never even heard of Gerstlauer spinners breaking down much until you just said something! Maybe just bad luck?

^Were the front and back seats being used to test with human riders, or did you just not feel like putting water dummies in them?

This is in the wrong forum. We have a great place for all of your questions for the Alveys right here

^The sad part is, most of the queues actually fill all the way up! Ever waited through the entire queue line for Raptor? It sucks! -Justin "Hopes he goes on a day when the park is dead" Seabaugh

The "G" on that Swingshot logo has been totally PWNED! Nice pics, Kennywood looks really nice.

I live that shot where PR looks like it just ends after the tree. Cool photos, I like the UFO ride.

In that pic you have of Ninja in the preview, that is the only place in the ride that inflicts any kind of severe headbanging. Otherwise it's a really great ride! Thanks for the update, I was disappointed with THBS's location in Britannia too, but apparently its supposed to be an extension of BBNP. How did you make the cars spin so much? I could never really get SD to spin unless no one was sitting in the other side. SFStL looks a lot nicer this season. That Papa Johns looked really nice! I cant wait to go this Saturday. Thanks again for the update.

Boss has pretty much always been rough, but it's getting worse. They need to get new trains for it and re-track it. I'm really glad to hear you liked Ninja. It was my first looper and I really do like the ride, even if it is a bit rough.

This park looks really nice. That splash boat is insane and I can't even believe that air hill on Speed. Wow, nice photos.

It's a GCI, so...not so much. Sucks, too, since airtime is the one thing keeping GCI rides from being REALLY good. They got the whole speed/twists/lateral forces/comfy trains thing nailed. Thats like saying there cant be a smooth Vekoma. Just because GCI rides don't generally have a lot of airtime, doesn't mean Renegade wont. It's less of a twister and more of an out and back (something GCI hasn't really done before now). I wouldn't be surprised at all if this thing had a lot of air.

Yet another update, you gotta love 'em! I spy TRACK! Looks like this thing is going to be done in time after all! There's airtime to be had on this beast! The entrance? Aaaah, the trains have arrived. Looks comfy. Really comfy! It almost looks like a sofa! http://www.valleyfair.com/public/information/photo_galleries/index.cfm

^RTFT. That was posted on the previous page.

I'm going with my school. Is that going to be any kind of special day at the park (i.e. a school day)? It seems every time I go to SFStL with school the park is so crowded you cant get any rides in. Either way, it might be cool to see a fellow TPR member there. We might just have to ride something together and talk coaster nerdy talk. -Justin "POST NUMBER 1000!" Seabaugh

I really hate that they put a Tony Hawk themed coaster in the middle of the Britannia section, but it does look like it at least fits in with the environment. I cant wait to get over to SFStL and ride this thing May 5th. Great photos of a great park, thanks a lot.

When did mind eraser get a new paint job? It looks, dare I say it, really nice! Nice TR Chuck, I have always loved reading yours.

Situation #1: A bunch of fat people fill a train. Train goes FAST! Situation #2: They run the train empty for morning testing. Train goes SLOW. It all depends on the weight of the train. Every ride will have a different speed, its never the same. As to why they don't market it as one number, I'm not sure.

Griffon is extremely sexy! It looks like you all had a lot of fun (especially the kids). Great pictures, especially the one of the brakes...

Wow, GREAT pictures! Looking at all of them made me miss the park really bad. It looks like all the renovations they did this season make the park look a lot nicer (not that it already wasn't nice). I cant wait to get over to the park now, thanks again for the pics!

And I was stating mine.

This is definitely good for Missouri and it seems like a great place to put the next Disney park. We're right in the middle of the country, and Branson is already a big theme park area/ tourist destination (similar to Orlando). If Disney move into the Show-Me state, I will be ecstatic!