I think I’ll include only the interesting stuff, so there isn’t as much to read :)
Iron Dragon: I ended up riding this twice (my cousins wanted to!) The second time I rode it, I was talking about how the ops sometimes tell you to fasten your seatbelt. When we were leaving the station, he asked us in the back car if we had our seatbelts fastened.. strange coincidence, considering that this is the first time out of eight total rides that they told me that.
Eerie manor: The most scary part about this haunted house was when many young girls suddenly decided to go backwards! The resulting traffic jam was quite frightening.
Magnum: While in the station, we heard the ops say that the ride lasted two minutes and thirty seconds. A man exclaimed “Two minutes thirty seconds? That ain’t nothing, I’ve done two minutes forty seconds!” LOL
Disaster transport: This ride is better at night. No seriously, it is….there is no light leaking into the building, making parts a truly dark ride, not just a sort-of-dark ride! The updated effects made the ride a little better because it made it easier to see the trough in some parts, but I couldn’t hear the “I’m losing control!!! We’re going to crash!!!”
Halloweekends decorations: DM the GM now has a tombstone. It said “DM the GM. He cared more about amusement parks than how the west was won” or something similar. We also saw a goose eating one of the tombstones! It was on the frontier trail, near the “Mrs. Mann” one.
The crowds: Pretty crowded! The power tower wait started at 45 minutes (space shot was about 35 min!) and got longer. The haunted house was about 20 minutes. Magnum was 45 minutes (advertised as an hour.) plus a sixteen-train wait for the front seat. MF was advertised at 1:45 every time we looked. Because of this, nobody in my group was willing to ride it. This is a time when I wish TTR was still in effect. Even if the overall wait for TTR isn’t any shorter, we probably would have ridden it (because other people don’t know that!) Strangely, DT was a walk-on (the line didn’t extend past the stairway) along with BS, even though I have seen longer lines on these rides on less busy days. I guess it just depends on when you go. My mom rode the Ferris wheel, and said the main lot was completely full. I didn’t see it myself, but I did see that cars were parallel-parked along the edge of it. The day before, when we got our AAA tickets, AAA said that they had sold many more tickets than usual for today. I guess it just depends on the weather forecast (we were unlucky enough that the only day this year we had free was the one with beautiful forecasts! And most people consider good weather to be a blessing :) )
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A bad day at CP is better than a good day at work.
You bet it was crowded! When I rode Space Spiral, the lot was completely full. Despite that fact, I still made it to the 12 major coasters that day, and we have one less Millennium Force virgin out there.
Let's see...I made it to Pharaoh's Secret, not a whole lot to report here. There was some Egyptian (much of it incorrect) theming while waiting in line, but once I got inside, there was nothing. It was kinda lame, but I did spot some old Disaster Transport props inside.
Jmstuckman, I also noticed the lack of the voice in Disaster Transport, as well as there being no sound effects whatsoever.
Also, a question? Has anybody spotted the dude that roams around Frontier Trail? He is often sitting on the bench right after the Tunnel? He is so cool!
Even though the park was crowded, the weather was gorgeous and I got to end the evening on Millennium Force, which never ceases so amaze me.
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Tyler Adams