Starting from the excitement with the announcement in '99, the slow drag of the off-season, checking the web cam and CP Place every day for an ounce of new info, watching the clock turn slowly at work the day before (5/16) you can go (5/17), the pure terror that sets in when you first see it on the Causeway, the anticipation and frustration of a 3 hour wait, the last gasp of air at the top of the lift and the smile you have the rest of the day when you see the on-ride picture.