Rivertown Rider

Someone hasn't been to Six Flags St. Louis. lol. The Boss' queue makes The Bat look short.

I hope to ride Copperhead Strike in about a month, but Time Traveler was exceptional and very thrilling.

A couple thoughts: Apple turnover must have the dessert of choice in the 70s. It would also be nice to see a Fried Chicken house come back in some form. KD's Country Kitchen was very good last year.

Here is an aerial shot the park posted to Instagram. It gives a good perspective of the layout.

^Agreed, if it weren't for the GP we wouldn't have parks to go to because the enthusiasts are such a small percentage of the overall attendance.

Great news everyone. This will be the last month this year we won't be able to attend the park. We only have 7 more weeks to go.

On the locker issue, Cedar Fair would be smart to roll out roving lockers across the chain. Either that or only charge a $1 for a locker at each ride like I saw at Six Flags St. Louis last year.

I doubt they would have saved it as it had become too notorious. When the best part of a wooden coaster is the steel loop you know you have a problem. It was a great idea in theory and I will always have found memories watching it being built in '99 but it being gone is for the best. Banshee and Mystic Timbers are a significant upgrade over what Son of Beast was.

I thought it was a great article. Amusement parks are supposed to be fun and a lot of time we get caught up in our personal preferences but it is good to have varying opinions on rides and manufacturers and parks. My wife doesn't ride most of the coasters with me so a lot of times as a single rider I get put with other riders. Two of my more memorable experiences last year were with younger riders. One was on Racer and one was on FOF. It was great to see the sheer joy and excitement on their faces. Sometimes as enthusiasts we forget that feeling. Every ride is probably somebody's favorite so we should just relax and enjoy it.

I'm glad to see they are going with the pouch solution. Hopefully Twisted Timbers does the same at KD.

I really don't understand this move by the park. For a park like Carowinds that gets so hot, they need more dry park water rides not none. Hopefully the park gives it a refurb like Knott's is giving theirs. While that location would be great for a GCI, I can't see that happening for at least a few years. The park would be better off giving Vortex a floorless conversion and refurbing the Rapids ride.

Also in this pic is probably our first official view of the Firehawk-less sky behind Racer.

Great photos Matt. I'm a little surprised that the Balloon ride is going. It was a fun little ride and visually appealing. I've always kind of hoped that our kids area would get one of those someday. I'm looking forward to seeing the continued improvements to KK. A strong KK and HW lead to a stronger KI.

I would agree with others, it is still a great lineup without so I don't know that it is a need. If we do get a giga I will be very happy though and I think it will something that appeals to a lot of people.

I voted for the 10s. I feel the strides that the park has made this decade adding Banshee and Mystic, two great additions to the park, along with correcting some of the late era-Paramount blunders with bringing back the Eagles and Antiques. They have also improved the landscaping and added solid food options. I was young in the 80s but I have great memories of going to the park some and remember Vortex's early years. The 90s was when I first started riding the big coasters so it also holds a special place but the 10s has the best decade overall.

If Paramount still owned it, we would probably also get "My Heart Will Go On" on loop in the queue line.

One of the things if they have removed the trees from IS is I hope they were able relocate some of them within the park if they were able to be relocated. Action Zone and the area over between BLSC and Diamondback could benefit from mature trees.

Happy to see the Antiques on the ERT schedule for the first part of the season.

I really like Wicked Twister so really the only reason I could see it going is maintenance related costs.

I also could see Wicked Twister going. It seems to be one of the least popular rides in the park in terms of ridership.

That's a cool way to honor the anniversary. Now if only they could reroute service roads to bring back the lake/pond.

^ It had been down since the end of May 2018.

I feel for KD, they have lost now two coasters in Shockwave and Volcano in just the last four years. Obviously Hurler is better now as Twisted Timbers, but that park needs a great, ground up coaster drastically. I understand that it has to be difficult competing with BGW but Cedar Fair needs to give the park another headliner, now that Volcano is gone.

I'm very sad about the removal of Volcano. Volcano was always a bucket list coaster since I first heard about it in the 90's and I never made it to KD until this past year. Unfortunately it had went down a couple weeks before I was there and never re-opened. KD was still a great park without getting to ride Volcano though. The footprint that Volcano took up really was not all that big. If Griffon wasn't an hour away it would be a great location for a dive. You could potentially start a Wing coaster there and then wrap it back towards the front of the park although it would be tight.

While I like the trees, I think with good landscaping they won't be missed that much. The fountains and the Tower are the two most important features of IS to me and I think the fountains have the potential to be better than they have ever been with the upgrades.