Haymaker

One would expect that with each new season you go in expecting improvements that should or could be addressed as far as in operations and aesthetics but yet again seems to have taken a turn in the wrong direction. Lack of new paint and cracked pavement may just seem cosmetic to some but to others it conveys an image of the owners not taking care of the park. Nothing quite like seeing rust develop on coaster track. Sad to hear the operations have continued to be lackluster this year. It doesn't help that the park has been run by at least three different operators in a ten year span. I take the new owners are just as tight with the wallet at CNL was. Having been to the park multiple times this year, the doom and gloom about aesthetics is IMO mostly unfounded. Other than Viper's station house, which I havent been in this year, I have not seen any poorly maintained buildings or pavement that others mention, and im a pretty OCD person.

I think y'all make it sound worse than it really is as far as appearance. If you ask me, the park looks fine appearance wise. Its Buffalo... pavement is going to crack no matter what. The blacktop is resealed yearly, its not like theres potholes everywhere. And the half painted coasters (ROS and ME) have been that way for years, its not something new.

Key word in my post was "some"

Were getting to the point where some of the downtime might be staffing related. College students head back this week I believe.

Doug is everyone? He didnt go from DL to FI, there was another stop in between. Looks to be a promotion vs. a lateral too. Yeah, but my point is that more positive and interesting things are heading towards Fantasy Idlands way. Like what?

Doug is everyone? He didnt go from DL to FI, there was another stop in between. Looks to be a promotion vs. a lateral too.

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The only long time mechanical downtime was Thunder Rapids which is now fixed. Dont take this thread as a sign of the parks condition, the park is in good shape with occasional breakdowns that every place has.

Boomerang was the only ride down yesterday. I spoke to the ride op on Thunder Rapids and he said the second hill wont have water on it this season because the pump broke and it doesnt affect ride functionality. He also said its the oldest ride in the park which I didnt know.

Park is PACKED today. Kingdom Bound part of the reason. Ive never had to park as far away as I did today.

A friend was at DL on Friday and TR was down again, another ride op said its for the season... we'll see if thats the case

Judging by the background of these pics, the PAC had a lot of cosmetic work this year. http://galleries.buffalonews.com/default.aspx?id=8711

It was today

Maintenance was working on it again today, no water flowing though, just in the pools.

Meh, was always pretty brown. I think its just the lighting.

Shortly after I took this pic they ran some logs through the ride but kept the hills dry. The larger hill had water running on it before but was off for the test. This was after 6pm so there wouldve been no point to opening it for an hour, maybe itll be open tomorrow...

This is behind the PAC lawn emergency exit doors. Unlikely to be anything more than maintenance in that location.

Coming soon

Twister operating today. Maintenance seen working at the top of the small Thunder Rapids hill. A ride op on the Grizzly Run said it should be operational sometime this year.