DoomPlague

Would be nice if our country clamped down on "service fees"

Not just the investment that they get but the fact that CP has no shortage of flat rides. Does anyone in the chain even come close in that regard?

Hard to imagine any of the flat rides being straight up demolished aside from the Drop Tower. Some are fairly new including a star flyer, a NebuluZ and a discovery. Looking at what they have I realized the park technically has two "flying dutchman" rides, which is kind of funny. Ragin' Cajun probably has a shot too.

When they talked about offloading or closing parks, this is the one that popped in everyone's head. So yeah, not a huge surprise. Always a shame to lose a park though and I feel terrible for the people nearby who actually enjoy SFA despite its reputation. I've never been there, so I may have to see if I can get there before they close. Sounds like the county wants them to find a buyer and keep it zoned as entertainment but the corporation would rather redevelop it and get some people to drive to KD, it would seem.

I hope everyone gets a chance to ride. I was lucky enough to get 2 rides a year ago and it was fantastic.

I believe they would need one more along with Siren's and TT2 to match Energylandia.

On one hand CF was wanting an excuse to close TTD which was expensive to maintain and while I imagine X2 isn't a great ride to keep running, it doesn't seem to be TTD level of problematic. But on the other hand, they've been on a spree of closing down rides and SFMM, probably more than anyone, needs to cut out some fat.

We're definitely reaching a saturation point with B&M models but that probably won't stop them from putting a B&M dive everywhere they can.

I would be more excited now for a Mack than I would have been a few years ago. They arguably made the two best new rides of 2024 and are safely in the top-tier of coaster manufacturers now. But I'll echo what others say about B&M. They are just the boring, safe manufacturer now and their quality appears to have gone downhill. Also: S&S. I was interested in where they take things and its only been disappointing.

A couple weeks ago I met my family inside the KI Starbucks after I grabbed food from LaRosa's. Part of me worried if someone was going to say anything but I was with my group and it was a cold, rainy day and there was plenty of space in there. Honestly, that Starbucks is a waste of indoor dining space in the park, even if G&G is next door.

I might ask to look at my parents' photo collection. The may have something, since we used it a few times in the 90s. I recall it having an actual picnic shelter.

I have trouble deciding between: -The speed hill on Orion: great airtime at high speed -The consecutive banked hills on Mystic Timbers, if you can count that as one element -The double helix on The Beast or... -The drop into the double helix: It's just so weird and unsettling building up speed at a steady but slow pace, and you're banked for the whole drop making it extra awkward, but in a fun way.

We got an invert right across from an old invert and a new wood coaster in the same area of the park as our most famous wood coaster. So at least those B&M's are in different parts of the park

I recall some expressing that the park should focus on operating its existing rides before getting a big new coaster. ...someone should tell that to Magic Mountain.

I know its operating temps have been discussed but Adventure Express would be fun for Winterfest. They could have some fun with the theming.