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I think he did that to rule out KI as the likely candidate, which, I agree with. It ain't coming to Mason.

I'm thinking I'll be booking everything soon, especially with both Carowinds and Dollywood requiring reservations (more concerned with the later).

I think KI is also due for a decent flat, something on par with Delirium.

So most of my visits to the park in 2004 were post-cicada invasion so I'm not privy on riding things with them. Anyone who remembers that year have any tips on riding with bugs hurling by at 50-90 mph? 'Not riding' is not a valid tip.

^No one here is asking you to reveal if you did or not.

And if you're confusing HIPAA with ADA, the ADA doesn't cover that either unless there's a bigger disability in play.

Racer used to have chaser lights all the way down to the turn arounds.

My idea of a minimum wage should be a wage you can live off of and only work 1 full time job to do it. It should also be tied to inflation. Shouldn't matter where you work. Tying people's alleged value to where they work needs to be a concept that needs to be reframed. The concept of work and wages needs to be drastically changed. Also, countries with higher minimum wages aren't devoid of small businesses. This'll be the last post I make on the matter to not get too political and whatnot.

^The countries with $15 minimum wage and higher would like to disagree. They make it work fine, can't see why the US can't. There's also little if any correlation between prices of things and higher minimum wages.

I was mostly thinking it with on-ride policies. I'm prepared to keep wearing my mask on rides, especially if they're going back to full loading capacity. I'm not high risk anymore, but I live with people who still are, even with the vaccine.

Will CF parks allow people that want to wear masks to continue to do so? I'm not ready to go mask free quite yet, even with what the CF parks are implying.

I remember this being one of those smaller rides that enthusiasts and the industry had big hopes for. Now, not so much. SFDK didn't even have it for 2 years yet.

B&M for me is Mantis when it was still a stand up. Rougarou mostly improved that from my experiences and is one of my favorite steel coasters now. I always rode Vortex in the very front or back because anywhere in the middle that wasn't 5-1 or back was pretty rough. Son of Beast for anything wooden (and ever) by a mile, particularly post 2007 'refurb'. Even as bad as Mean Streak could be, it had some decent moments here and there. The roughest steel coaster I've been on was Viper at SFGAdv. A Togo sit down looping coaster which boasted the first ever inline roll and a wicked bad inclined dive loop to boot. Restraints were awful and made worse and claustrophobic by the support ring design.

Yeah, I'll be going cheap in Charlotte since its only 2 nights. I may go a bit nicer for a hotel in TN. This isn't a terribly expensive trip if I go super cheap, so I have room to splurge on things including nicer hotels and even go FLP at Carowinds if I want to go nuts. Most of the Gatlinburg/PF stuff I want to do is on the cheap side or even free, I have Platinum from 2020 for Carowinds. Dollywood is the only big expense outside hotels. Would like suggestions for a good Carolina style BBQ joint in Charlotte (outside of Carowinds). May venture downtown depending on what time I get there. The target week I have in mind is July 18th-23rd.

The one thing I need to do early at Carowinds is Vortex, mainly as stand ups turn my legs to Jell-O if I ride them later in the day.

^Dollywood just completed the loop between Thunderhead and Tennessee Tornado the last time I was there. I've been there 3 times and know enough what I am doing there, even with the new stuff. I also know what I want to do in G-burg/PF. This will be my first time to Carowinds. The itinerary as of now is leave for Charlotte on a Sunday, Carowinds on a Monday, travel to Gatlinburg on a Tuesday and wing it the rest of the day there, and spend Wednesday-Friday in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge (one day for tourist-y stuffs, one day for Dollywood, one day for GSMNP). I am going to try and get in at least 2 alpine coasters as well. Want to get to at least one restaurant in TN that serves good rainbow trout, too.

What would be the better day of the week to visit Dollywood- Wednesday, Thursday or Friday? Think mid-July.

Anything and everything from the Off the Charts band.

Capacity is overrated in terms of helping KI get rides truly unique to the area.

For example, while most of the coaster lovin' world clamors over Skyrush and Mavrick, I find both to be highly overrated.

^Make sure to invite @Hawaiian Coasters 325.

So, I've been thinking about a possible trip this year, and I feel my options are a bit limited due to how parks have been functioning due to covid issues. I feel the best course of action is to do my initially planned SE trip and trimming it down to just Carowinds and Dollywood with a few days in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge thrown in. There is only a slight possibility I'll throw in KD, but I won't be doing BGW. I am trying to go on a bit of a budget since I am saving for bigger life things for 2022. There's also a chance I may do short trips to CP and/or KK in there as well. I'm mostly familiar with the TN portion, but any additional tips on that (since I haven't been down there in a decade) and on Charlotte would be of great help (particularly lodging for both). The trip will likely be in mid-July. I'll likely be doing 3 full days in Gatlinburg (1 for the Gatlinburg strip, 1 for GSMNP, and 1 for Dollywood). I'll be doing Carowinds first.

I would love to know how you would even be in the know that Formula Rossa runs consistently unless you somehow live in Abu Dhabi and work at Ferrari World without our knowledge. Also, it spends a fraction of a second at 149.9 as it launches into brakes. Kinda lame (also a problem I have with Maverick, launching to 70 mph right into trims). If you're gonna go that fast, let it do something with that speed.

From my encounters with the GP, they adore GateKeeper and Valravn as much as the Intamins, maybe even more so concerning Valravn.

So, I got part 1 of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. I have a auto-immune programmed immune system, just without the organ my body was auto-immuning, so it hits viruses and the like pretty hard from the get go. As expected for me, I did get a little sick, but only mild achiness and head grogginess. If I had to work today, I probably would have. Just throwing this out there in case anyone here has someone affected by auto immune disorders and wants to know how they may affect them, albeit anecdotally.