Jeff Wesson

There are a couple of things they are doing different now that help improve the dispatch times. First, they aren't allowing preferred seating anymore. A person now tells you which row to go in. Also, they are no longer using the unloading area that they used to. The trains are brought into the main area and are unloaded and then loaded at the same time. This seems to speed things up dramtically so that almost as soon as a train is coming into the station, the other one is already leaving. I couldn't believe how quickly they were getting the trains out of the station. A huge improvement!

Just to clarify something, when you are just cresting the lift hill, the voice doesn't say "We are high up", it says "We are un-hooked". Basically this happens right when the train is disengaging from the chain lift, so it is appropriate. I thought X2 was way better and smoother than the old X. I used to not be able to handle X more than about two times per trip, but at the campout, I did 8 with no problem. At night with all the effects running it was the most extreme experience I've ever had! And I couldn't believe the red carpet that SFMM laid out for us. Thank you so much to Jay, Niel, and Tim for all they did to make this such a special experience for all of us. The park has never looked so good and never run better than it does right now! You guys rock! Jeff

For those of you who may be planning on attending the camp-out, I have some info I just got from group sales regarding the weather. I asked if you had to camp-out or if you could stay in a hotel and just come very early in the morning. I was told that you had to camp-out, and that the window to be let in is only from 10:00pm - 11:00pm. I was told that if it ends up raining we would be moved somewhere indoors. Lastly, the area they will have us camping does have grass, so if you don't want to mess with an air mattress or cot, you'll probably be perfectly comfortable in a sleeping bag on the ground. That's all folks! See you all there! It's gonna be a blast! Jeff.

I just received my tickets for myself and my two kids, so count us in and add us to your roster. We can't wait!

Actually, my kids & I we're so stoked when we took a trip to SFMM maybe a month prior to the Tatsu Media Event, because as we we're leaving the station, they did dispatch both trains and we had a killer race on our hands! And I did have my video camera, so I taped the whole thing. It really adds a new dynamic to your on-ride videos, when you are able to tape a train from the outside, and only a few feet away! I guess sometimes you get lucky.