i305isdaddy

This is really an incredible addition to Carowinds! Man this park has been killing it for a while now, Cedar Fair is really investing the money they need to to make it a destination park. My only complaint when I went this year was their staffing issues where many many rides didn't open until 1pm or so, but in previous years I had never seen Carowinds have that issue. Seems like that might not be unique to Carowinds w/ the issues Kennywood is having right now. As for the Cedar Fair vs. Six Flags thing, it just seems like Cedar Fair views their parks as more long term investments where Six Flags scrounges up some pennies to toss a ride where possible. For example, this Copperhead Strike addition comes with a refurbed restaurant, it's own area, a really long coaster layout from a comparatively expensive manufacturer, the hotel... this is a ton of cash invested. When I see that and compare it to my home park of SFGAm I can't help but see the huge difference. YES an air-powered launch is going to be very intense and unique, I cannot wait to ride Maxx Force (that inversion looks insane) but it's a ~15 second ride. Joker and Goliath, our last 2 coasters, are also infamously short and neither of them came with other large investments into the park. That said, I'll take one of those 400' Star Flyers or 17 story Giant Discoveries any day of the week, Six Flags is doing that part right at least.

If you look around twitter (@ItsMikeSimon 's replies) you'll see an off-ride video of what it was doing last night, and it is not pretty. It's far more than a slight trim, it's enough where neither the front or the back row have any air off the MCBR now. On opening day videos that specific hill looked ridiculously fun... so it has no doubt neutered at least one fun part of SV. Sigh... I missed it by a week.