PTR: Adventureland, Robb, Elissa, and Kidtums in Iowa????

[steel]

Yep. All the rides have only one train.

Well technically, Tornado has two, but it hardly ever runs.

Don't worry about lines. You usually will never wait more than 15 minutes, and that's on a crowded day. The only thing to watch out for is Sawmill Splash. If the queue extends back into the queue house, it's not worth waiting for.

[snorkymn]

^ Great, thanks! I'm hoping to kind of hit the park and all the best rides a time or two in just 3 or 4 hours. Sounds like that might not be a problem?

[snorkymn]

I managed to visit Adventureland this past Sunday and have to say I agree with the earlier posters. The staff was great. Very friendly.

 

Also, the park in general was a nice little park, with fairly short lines for just about any ride.

 

Though I have to say that the coasters DO beat the heck out of you a bit, but compared to some other coasters more famous for beating you up, they weren't bad. And actually, I was surprised that Tornado had a spot that had excellent airtime, as I was literally thrown up out of my seat, to an almost standing position, when coming up over one of the hills.

 

Oh, the circus they had there was pretty decent as well. Definitely worth the 30 minutes out of your day to see it.

 

Oh, and Outlaw wasn't a bad little coaster.. Definitely a much little brother to Renegade at Valley Fair.

[robbalvey]

^ Happy to hear you had a good time. I *swear* I will have the pics from our visit up soon! I've gotten side tracked by DVD orders and TPR trip planning!

 

--Robb

[snorkymn]

Heh.. I'd rather have you work on the trips Robb than the videos.. Especially since I'll be on one of the trips!

 

Oh, I forgot to mention Dragon at Adventureland. I can see why people have given it a few negative comments about it being too rough. When I was in the back, that thing was swinging us around so much, the shoulder harness was just NAILING my neck, like someone was punching my neck with their fist. I almost felt like telling my buddy to just punch me in the neck a few times and I could pretend I just rode the Dragon. The funny thing is, I thought Dragon was rough until I rode the back car of the Timberwolf at WoF the next day.. now THAT is one rough MO FO!

 

For those wanting to chance the roughness of the Dragon at Adventureland, my only advice is to hang on tight! No hands is just too rough. They really need to find a way to smooth out the Dragon and the Tornado. Outlaw wasn't too bad, but could have used a bit of smoothing as well.

[rbpia]

^ Happy to hear you had a good time. I *swear* I will have the pics from our visit up soon! I've gotten side tracked by DVD orders and TPR trip planning!

 

--Robb

 

DVD orders? You mean people want their DVD's right away? Make them wait another month or two.

 

Trip planning? Oh come on, how hard can it be to plan a trip for a group of people at multiple parks 1/2 way around the world?

 

Snorkymm, I'm glad you had a good day at our little jewel of a park in Iowa.

 

 

Ron "Don't make me start a 'Hey Robb Pictures!' thread" Patton