5/12/04

Spent just two hours in the park, in part to wish a guy good luck on "his" new park.

Briefly, the park again looked fresh with the new paint here and there. Always looks a little bare that first week or two on the main midway until they can plant the beds.

Raptor was my first ride of the year. Walk-on, three trains, half-empty. Crew is a little inconsistant, but doing OK for being new. Good to see only light trimming again at the mid-course this year. Good times!

Went to Wicked Twister next. They've cut back again on the ride. Second pass in each direction is the full height, but they backed off on the first reverse pass. Bummer. I wonder what their reason for that is. The good news is that the crew had no problem beating the auto-spiel to dispatch.

Passed by Stop Still Dragster twice, both times it was down, though it appeared for short bursts. Bummer. Still only four rides on that damn thing.

On a schedule, I hit Magnum and it delivered. One-train wait with two on. Ran pretty well in the second half, even with the trims on hard.

On my way out, I made the connection that the police seem more visible at the entrances. Saw them out a the marina gate was well.

Sounds like you had a better day than all of us kids in school. Nice first trip to CP TR. It's a shame that TTD has started so uneasily this year. They were seeming very optimistic last year. Hope your luck with the ride gets better as the season goes on.

i went this day. it was a great day to go took the day off from school and headed there with 3 of my friends. really good day, the weather was great most all rides were walk ons i even got 2 walk on on TTD. it was great! i didn't have to worry about lines and waiting all day. one of the best times ive been to CP in a long time.

I should beg my parents to let me skip school and go to CP with some friends. I used to do it all the time in like 3rd grade and stuff :P