Steel Vengeance

Looking for short lines for SV on a Saturday is the equivalent of looking for a Cleveland Browns win on a Sunday.... neither exist.

That said, shortest GP line of the day will almost always be jumping in line right before close.

^Honestly not so sure about that. We showed up right at 10:00 on Saturday night, and the line was really deep into the queue. I think some friends waited about 100 minutes. Best bet is to show up plenty early if you have early entry, and wear your running shoes if you're looking for a short line.

Although getting into a long line at closing is a good way to extend your day. Instead of waiting in the line during the day you can do other things and save the long line for last as everything else will be closed while waiting in line. It's a good way to get your fill of all the other things CP offers while still getting a ride on Steel Vengeance that night.

Yea, seriously. Any ghost of a chance for a reasonable wait (30-45 min) would be at early entry at the Magnum/resort gate right at rope drop, then a brisk walk back to the ride. Other than that, expect long waits all day.

I've never waited longer than 20 mins for Steel Vengeance.

On opening day, I was at the resort Gate by 7:30. I knew it was a big deal, and gave myself extra time. Did the running of the bulls, and only waited 15 mins.

I was also there last Sunday. Got through the gate at 8:30, and was on the 3rd train of the day. Later that evening, the line never got longer than 20 mins. Got 2 rides back to back.

If you don't have early entry, and aren't lucky with a dead day early in the season, you're basically screwed, and will have to deal with a long wait.

The Standby Line will move much faster after closing as FL+ won’t be taking half the trains.

Dvo said:

Best bet is to show up plenty early if you have early entry, and wear your running shoes if you're looking for a short line.

Yeah, but what *size* running shoes, though?

Fat Man Tarkey said:

I've never waited longer than 20 mins for Steel Vengeance.

On opening day, I was at the resort Gate by 7:30. I knew it was a big deal, and gave myself extra time. Did the running of the bulls, and only waited 15 mins.

But wasn't your actual wait time 1 hour and 45 minutes, since you had to wait at the gate for 1.5 hrs.?

This is a bit of a random question- while in the queue for Steel Vengeance, we noticed an odd smell. Best description I could come up with at the time was hot dog water mixed with sawdust. Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, so I figured I'd ask. Maybe I need to get my nose checked out.

Wilson King of Prussia said:

This is a bit of a random question- while in the queue for Steel Vengeance, we noticed an odd smell. Best description I could come up with at the time was hot dog water mixed with sawdust. Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere, so I figured I'd ask. Maybe I need to get my nose checked out.

That absolutely pleasant smell is the smell of bugs literally cooking. Look at the lights under the ride when you're in the queue and you can see thousands of them on the lights. Sometimes you can even hear them going snap,crackle,pop. It was an issue when the ride was Mean Streak that I'd hope they'd remedy with different kind of lights but alas.

Hah! That possibility actually crossed my mind when I saw those lights. Thank you for the answer.

It was an issue when the ride was Mean Streak that I'd hope they'd remedy with different kind of lights but alas.

I hope they get LED lights, but they keep the same golden tone with the structure because it looks so cool.

Just wondering, From a personal opinion why do you care if the stationary fixed color flood lights are LED or not?

XS NightClub said:

Just wondering, From a personal opinion why do you care if the stationary fixed color flood lights are LED or not?

So that people waiting in line aren't subjected to the smell emanating from the mufflehead skillets.

Weird. I thought that would help cover up the in queue body odor sauna smell.

And besides, fired bugs on a skillet has an authentic old west camp cook out feel to it.

At least it's not this kind of authentic old west camp cook out smell.

Wilson King of Prussia said:
This is a bit of a random question- while in the queue for Steel Vengeance, we noticed an odd smell. Best description I could come up with at the time was hot dog water mixed with sawdust.

It's just the leftover food from the Kinzel era. People gotta eat.

Be sure to wash it down with one of those tiny plastic Kinzel kups!

Actually it's the muffleheads being fried to death by the light.

XS NightClub said:
Just wondering, From a personal opinion why do you care if the stationary fixed color flood lights are LED or not?

LEDs produce far less heat, meaning less roasting bugs,