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I saw the Instagram post yesterday, I can appreciate the park trolling people. I'm sure they're just retracking some of RFII but I think whoever runs the Instagram likes to mess with people.

I must be honest I completely missed that they opened the campground, sorry for my unintended snark

"did not technically open this year"? The park didn't even theoretically open this year, it was completely closed. Is there a possibility they could get something else? I suppose, but I would put the likelihood at about .005% if I'm being generous. They're just getting wahoo wave if you ask me and that's perfectly fine, I would rather Six Flags doesn't throw around money that they don't have at this moment to do what they can to avoid financial problems. (all that said if Six Flags adds more than what they announced last year for parks like Darien Lake I'd be amazed, but also pleased)

Comet at Waldameer. Last year my daughter rode it with me once and then was done, this year (at 4 years old) she wanted to ride it over and over, which is great.

Villain was bad, it hurt a lot. I don't know if I'd say it was the roughest I ever rode, but it would be hard to pick one that I have a worse memory of riding.

Interesting thing is season pass holders don't need to make reservations, so hopefully that works well for them (I'm sure they know what to expect for numbers from season pass holders from previous years). Don't know how much I'll make it there this year, but I may get a pass just to support the local park.

Glad to see Hershey can open in a few weeks. Their county goes "green" next Friday, yet Erie and Waldameer are just stuck waiting. Kind of a bummer that I'm heading to Harrisburg this weekend instead of 4 or more weeks from now.

I'll be going to Waldameer when it opens to support my local park, and BGW in August if it's open. If masks are required that's fine we'll manage, with everything happening currently who knows what the world attitude/regulations will even be like that at that point.

I'm sure other small parks have gone through major challenges somewhat like Conneaut Lake, but being close to Conneaut Lake I don't know how they continue to survive, they're the little park that keeps chugging along. I hope they survive this just like they've survived all the challenges that have already faced them.

It was nice to see the park kind of coming back (even if slowly). I hope they can survive this

I liked Possessed, but overall I really won't be that sad to see it go. Without the holding break it's kind of "meh" for me. Very happy for Dorney Park if this happens. (pretty much anything will be better than what Stinger was, that was the most unpleasant coaster experience I had ever had)

I rode it both before and after. I didn't hate it. In fact I was able to ride it a ton of times in one day (there wasn't ever any real line when I was there), the problem was none of the rest of my family was able to do the same. Probably because I was short when it was open I didn't get my head boxed by the restraints the same way older/taller riders did. I enjoyed it as a kid, but I completely understand why it doesn't exist. I'm probably more sad that it was part of what helped kill Arrow (of course there were many other things after Drachen Fire)

Day 4: "I have found the queue for Dragon Mountain. It's really dark in here. Did I go to the right place, is this park even still open? I haven't seen anyone for days." In all seriousness I have fond memories of Marineland from my childhood, but the only other parks I had visited at that point were Waldameer and Conneaut Lake Park

Dangit!

Geagua 3/20/20 Update

This is looking great so far, I hope to get out there sometime fairly soon to get a ride on this thing

It's insanely impressive that they're already testing.

I agree, at the moment the area looks very plain, but I have to imagine there will be some trees and landscaping. It is still a construction zone there after all

I was actually logging on just to post that Ravine Flyer shot. Thanks for posting all those

it's just the internet... it's kind of stupid sometimes

Oh internet... You see a crane (not even very close to Tantrum it would seem) and you over react. Ripping out something you already paid for that is still practically new would be stupid and the people who think it's happening aren't thinking.

I purchased my tickets for this summer last week, these behind the scene pictures just make me that much more excited

It's going to be a very light year for me in terms of amusement parks Definitely Waldameer Busch Gardens Williamsburg Maybe Idlewild (my 3 year old is really into Daniel Tiger currently so she'd love some of the attractions) Kennywood Unlikely but Hopeful Hershey Park Six Flags Georgia (if I have to go to Atlanta for a work trip)

7/21 should work with no issue for Waldameer, but Conneaut Lake will not be open, it's only open on Thursday - Sunday. Not a reason to not do your trip like that, but something to at least keep in mind (spend more time traveling/more time at Waldameer without feeling rushed to get to Conneaut Lake)

^ Thank you. I look forward to checking it out on Sunday, it will be the first holiday event I've been to, and my first time at the park. A bit of a bummer that I won't be able to hit Kingda Ka and El Toro, but I'm happy that I'll have the opportunity to make it to the park at all.