Monday 12/15 was a great night to see the Christmas lights with snow completely covering the ground. The crowd however was very low but park management did a great job tonight. They kept the park opened for the advertised hours.   Racer and Flight of Fear were operating all night.   Racer was just operating the red side and the blue side still has snow on the tracks.    Mystic Timbers, Soap Box and Sol Spin were closed.    The train and Shake Rattle and Roll closed early and most of the outdoor entertainment was canceled.  They also quietly closed down the duplicate restaurants earlier in the night (pizza, burgers). But there were rides open until Park close and restaurants open until at least 930.  

The Schwarzkopf type monster is a trade-off.   It is quicker loading because all gondolas load at the same time, but it does not have as high of a range of motion of their arms so it’s a bit less thrillIng ride 

Sea Warrior at Indiana Beach is similar(ish) to Monster....fun ride, I think it's better than Monster honestly.  All of the ride vehicles are loaded at once on the ground and are independently able to move up and down throughout the ride cycle.     

Noooo way! Until they are able to transport people in and out of the back portion of the park (whether it be by ferry, monorail, etc. or some sort of mainland parking), taking out parking spaces (that are absolutely full at multiple points of the summer/fall) is not the answer. 

Lakemont Park has become incredibly sad....it's not even an amusement park anymore IMO. The last visit I had, Skyliner and Leap The Dips were all that was worth doing. There used to be much more and it was worth the stop. It's sad that the partnership lost sight of what the park is/was. It's hard to make $ (after you sell most of the attractions) when you have little to bring guests in, weird hours and ride status unknown (on the 2 rides worth doing anything).