pkdcoaster Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Well I toughed it out and just as I was getting over my cold and sore throat, I get to go out when all the trees are budding and pollen is a plenty and I am really allergic to pollen! The ONLY thing that was changed besides The new slides was the Ticket building being taken out! I could not believe it! In 1993 (Paramount's 1st full year) it was like walking in a brand new park on opening day. I was pretty shocked. Opps forgot one other thing Anaconda now has seat belts WTF! (see pics below) Most rides were the same with a few exceptions. Anaconda- 1 train with seatbelts! first time ever Anaconda had a longer line than Volcano!!!!!!! IJTC- No fire at all but everything else worked. XLC- I am betting this is this rides last year no matter what. I rode the Front seat (only had a 4 train wait) and it was the worst ride I have ever had on it. It was incredibly violent! Usually the Hill is fun but it was awful today and of course the rest of the ride has always been piss poor in quality and design. Grizzly- Seemed to not have the airtime it did through the 2nd half of the ride but the good news is it got retracked from the hill over the tunnel all the way to the turnaround and they FINALLY got rid of that pothole on the rise into that turnaround. Crowds were light and the rain held off. Most of the crowd was a school group from georgia. (Middle school drama is like OMG sooo amusing!!) Another livley group insisted on quotes from the movie "Boomerang" While riding Volcano STEEL VAGINA! Enjoy the pics, JEFF You like it! KA CHOW!!! Don't fret there is a new wavepool just as small (if not smaller than the old one) He makes flushing noises in his sleep BA WOOOOSH! Somebody will appreciate this pic some newness Still great! got 5 rides today line went down to the puddlefront Boo! Another gorgeous park day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffon Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 So, is it safe to say you have paid your final respects to Hypersonic Ride of Pain like I did last year? Also, that last picture of Volcano's line is both scary and exciting at the same time. I think I'm a little disappointed now there weren't more changes. I'm glad you got some good pictures despite the clouds though, thanks for the update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjgx Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Nice TR... King's Dominion looks like a nice park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 It shouldnt surprise anyone that CF added seatbelts to all their Arrow loopers because Corkscrew @ CP had a little incident that made them add belts to it, so they're just making sure that doesnt happen again at one of their parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snuggles Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 What do the seatbelts matter? I mean... they do make it safer. You can just unbuckle it going up the lift hill if you have to ride it with no seatbelt.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted April 2, 2007 Author Share Posted April 2, 2007 What do the seatbelts matter? It is not a moan against safety, It is against loading times. For a ride that has not had them in 16 seasons and then they are there, they added about a minute to loading times each cycle and they were already running only one train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 ^Anacaonda with a longer line than Volcano? It's the end times, I tells ya! Hypersonic did seem a little shakier in the second half on Saturday, too. Maybe they can con Cypress Gardens into buying it because it's a "classic." Glad the pollen didn't keep you down, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShannonSomerville Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Anaconda wasn't the only coaster that have seatbelts now. The Mack wild mouse coaster,Ricochet,also has seatbelts on the sides,also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Damn you, Kings Dominion and your flying eagles. Shari "still bitter here in Cincinnati" Shoufler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
49ers4ever Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Nice trip report and pictures. Maybe Anaconda line was longer than Volcano because it was closed the first half of the day, and once they opened it up everyone made a mad dash for it. That's my theory and I'm stickin to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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