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Possibly. I kind of intend for the KC portion to be pretty laid back as the bulk of activities for me will be focused on StL and Branson (I have a LOT planned for StL). I have to pace myself due to my medical condition (digestive kind) and WoF seems like a nice relaxing middle park. I have optimism about my pass working at SFStL and WoF as it worked fine at MIA. I will venture downtown KC as I plan to get there early. BBQ is a must as well as voicing my displeasure in the direction of Arrowhead Stadium. 😉

I think I found my Reds game replacement. Missouri Botanical Gardens is real close to downtown and looks like a nice time killer (minus fountain ERT on par with Longwood but close enough).

Kentucky Kingdom TR 7/12/26 This was meant to be a pretty relaxing trip. Just get the new Flying Fox credit, check out the new section, and re-ride LR, WR and WC a lot. So the area around Flying Fox does make the entrance a bit narrow and cluttered. I'm guessing they won't add much else to that area as there is no room to do so. The area going back to Wind Chaser is what I do like. I like how they spread out and relocated some rides to spruce it up, the ship ride by MHF was particularly a clever addition. I did pick a good day for re-rides as there was a basketball event at the convention center and rain in the forecast. Got a few sprinkles and a bit of a brief downpour, the later resulted in a lightning delay for over and hour. Everything was walk on or 1-2 cycle waits tops. Pretty good day to take your time. Ate a burger at Swamp Water, though, I was impatient getting food and should have waited for the BBQ place by Woodland Run to open, but I managed. Not to hot with some humidity, especially after the rain. Was hoping to get a post-rain ride on Woodland Run, but with the length of the lightning delay, it was dry by the time I got to it after the rain, though, I did manage to get a rain ride on Kentucky Flyer. I go back and forth on whether I like Lightning Run or Wind Chaser more. Today I was feeling a bit more in the mood for intensity, plus, doing CP so close with Magnum, SteVe and Maverick did make Lightning Run feel tame. The new track on the drop and the pseudo-bunny hill on Woodland Run are great. A little bumpy, but I got used to it. Ended the day on a front seat ride on it and it didn't disappoint. Flying Fox- This definitely was a surprise. Might be the smoothest coaster I've ridden. Having a lap bar on such a smooth suspended coaster with some great pops of air and low curves was such a free feeling experience, and I almost feel they went out of their way to add the dip below the path. I think ratings wise I'd put it above Iron Dragon but not quite as good as Bat. With that, I am set up for, as long as everything is open for the 3 Missouri parks, the push to get to 200.

@IBEW_Sparky for Woodland/Thunder Run, the back seat is the best for the first drop because it's steeper and it gives a nice yank, the front seat is better for everything else. The one iffy spot is an annoying but tolerable pot hole on the final low curve before the brakes.

I will say, between Siren and Flying Fox, it's weird mentioning Vekoma and the words 'obnoxiously smooth' in the same sentence.

So I should probably mention there is 1) a threat of rain and 2) a basketball event that has the convention center parking lot filled, I suspect both are keeping KK slow. I had to circle the whole conversation center and happened to luck out with a spot close to the park. I think more food opened after I ate. I may do a 2nd meal before I leave to check out the BBQ. I only intend to stay until 530/6 ish.

Its a little rattly but smooth enough where I can get used to it. The later bits are comparable to the last half of Ravine Flyer II IMO. Keep in mind I have a weird tolerance for roughness compared to so enthusiasts. For example, while most people didn't like Wildcat at HP before it was RMCed, I still loved it. Good news- park is dead and everything is walk on. Bad news- 2 food stalls open.

Love the retracked section of Woodland Run. It really yanks you down the first drop in the back.

Lighting Run and Wind Chaser feel tame after doing Magnum, Maverick and SteVe.

I really like Flying Fox. Lapbars on a suspended coaster is really free feeling and it's a fun and interactive course. Love the colors.

It is looking rainy, potentially stormy, in L'ville tomorrow, but I'm going to stick with my KK visit for tomorrow a I want to do KI and possibly Soak City next Sunday. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much else Herschend has spruced up KK, especially after my last visit.

Now they just have to add the Skyline breakfast items. 😉

If you think parking lot coasters look bad, try one made for flatter terrain on stilts or epic terraforming.

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

I think I will be heading to Louisville to check out the new stuff at Kentucky Kingdom this Sunday.

So I'm thinking of switching out the Reds game in St Louis for the zoo or something. They've been pathetic. I'll still swing by Busch Stadium for sure, just not to see the Reds get destroyed. Any BBQ recommendations for StL or KC would be appreciated. 😉

I was honestly hoping for a larger version of this as the replacement for the big metal box in Rivertown (to pay homage to KCKC), one with an additional lift and splash.

Really like the theme and the path interaction with this. Creative way to use the water park as theming.

Also 2 of the upper tier coasters (IMO, at least most here would agree on one, the other, or both) at Cedar Point are Intamins.

Steel Vengeance and Magnum are understandable why they load quickly as they can't stack trains due to how their brakes were designed (Magnum was built in 89 and they didn't think they'd need the first set of brakes out of the last tunnel due to practically designing it to force efficient loads, Steel Vengeance's final brakes are actually too short). But that training trickles down to the other rides and there has to be a way to load efficiently without treating the guests like crap. I used to bare it because Magnum and SteVe are 2 of my favorite 3 coasters at CP (the other being MF). But yeah, I felt that kind of arrogance throughout the entire staff in some way. I think normal guests and most enthusiasts view sheer throughput as 'good operations', but for me, if you have to yell at your guests to do it (especially with the speakers on SteVe turned up so high), then it is certainly not good. I also had a weird FL experience on Gemini where they'd send like 2-3 cycles before even acknowledging the Fast Lane line.

I might need a break from Cedar Point for a while. I still rather like the park. Its more about how they have rides designed to force supposed 'good' operations. I know why Magnum and SteVe need to have faster loads and unloads, but its annoying the way the crews treat guests. And while other rides don't have that, there's this arrogance that the staff has that's been rubbing off on me the wrong way my last few visits. I'll probably swap in either Philly or Gatlinburg next summer instead (probably the former as I've been craving fountain ERT at Longwood, HP and Knoebels something fierce). I'm going to wait until July 4th to make my decision for Missouri. At the very least, I'm planning on keeping SDC to get Thunderation before it bites the dust. St Louis and KC are iffy depending on how gas prices go the next month (can't discuss further as it breaks KIC's TOS). Kentucky Kingdom will be some time before that in case I am making the push to 200 coasters ridden.

So yesterday at Cedar Point went mostly well. Had a few snags like MF only running 2 trains all day, Siren having hiccups, Maverick being down until 5/6 pm, and an hour rain delay (didn't rain, but there was lightning in the area), but overall had a good day, especially the evening. Today's forecast is all blah after 5, so I'm ditching CP (didn't ride any non-coasters unfortunately, was going to remedy that today), but I'm just going to chill on the lake today (my hotel is on the lakefront in Port Clinton). Possibly wanted to do the R&RHOF again, but I'm to tired to drive to Cleveland and back.

I have to say, one underrated part of the CP layout is when you're circling clockwise on the loop, as you pass the Magnun station, there's that added sense of busyness after the quiet walk through Frontiertown that's underrated.

Per usual, SteVe, Raptor, MF, Magnum and GK are running sooooo goood. Glad to report Blue Streak running well. No Maverick or Mine Ride. Siren is having hiccups.

So weather is looking both good and bad for Cedar Point. For both days, it looks pretty dry for the most part. The problem comes at night. I'm seeing rain chances at night, particularly Wednesday night. Could put a limit on night rides unfortunately. I really want to at least do MF at dusk and SteVe at night. If I can squeeze in Magnum, that'd be great, too.