Rivertown Rider

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.

I agree with Chris. I thought Time Warp would be the worst coaster I rode that day then I rode Flight Deck. Who would have thought that riding around in a glorified cage wouldn't be the worst coaster. Then Flight Deck banged my ears half of the ride.

^ That's why they are called one and dones.

Guardian when I was at Wonderland in 17 wasn't well maintained from a screen standpoint. Hopefully if we do get a dark ride they use some static figures along with AAs. I think the old Crypt building would be a great place for a dark ride though.

Flight Deck at Canada's Wonderland would be my worst, followed closely by Time Warp at CW. Vortex at Carowinds, T3, and Nighthawk round out the top (bottom) 5.

I'm fine with some of the regular refill stations as long as they are open. The one back by The Beast arcade was rarely open last year. I prefer the Freestyles, because I don't drink soda so having Powerade Zero (with a variety of choices) as an option is nice.

I wonder if they will keep the Xbase theme with the expected coaster. I could see them completely retheming that area in 2020. I am hopeful we see some improved landscaping, a restaurant, bathrooms, and a Freestyle location back in that area over the next couple of years.

This is very interesting. While the park has made strides with Food and Beverage (Winterfest and Coney BBQ) there are still opportunities. Hopefully we will see more Freestyle locations stay open and a better variety of food options.

Here is a tweet from a few days ago. I really like how the covered bridge looks in the back.

If this works it could lead the chain being more likely to add and keep more flat rides to the parks.

I still regret never getting to ride Screechin Eagle. I didn't start riding the big coasters until after my last trip there. Their log flume was one of the best I ever rode though.

Another example of Intamin is that Volcano broke down in June and never did reopen.