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^ I would recommend checking out Apocalypse at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Where Six Flags proved they could ruin a GCI in less than 8 years. It has been about a year since I was on the ride but it was just painful and I think might be rougher than Mean Streak before it closed. Thankfully we have a maintenance crew which have proven they know how to take care of wood coaster track.

Wood coasters get rough over time. Right now with the wood is still brand new so the ride is extremely smooth. I would compare it to Diamondback. Millennium Flyer trains will help keep it that way but it will get rougher in the future. A large part of this in the future is park maintenance as well since they need to go in, recognize and replace damaged wood.

Not really, I typically prefer drinks without carbonation but just for preference reasons. I would be happy if the park served beverages like diet Sprite, or Minute Maid light lemonade. Although I still think the best option is more freestyle machines. When the park puts 40 fountain nozzles next to each other I want to see more than 8 total options, the bottleneck is scanning the barcodes anyways. Make one or two of the machines have healthy choices or just have more variety. Why not put in gold peak tea, fuze tea, one or two flavors of Fanta since there are about a half dozen, cherry Coke, one or two flavers of HI-C, etc. Obviously the park cannot put in every option but it could easily add a little more variety. All of this is easily available from the local Coke distributor and all of it is Coke products. I would love Powerade Zero but I have never seen it from a fountain before and do not believe it is available as a bag in box syrup.

The freestyle machines have been removed from Hanks. I think they were moved to Jukebox diner. I expected it but I am disappointed in the lack of no/low calorie drink options on the Coke machines. It makes no sense to put almost the same drink options on 5 machines next to each other. I really just wish the park had more freestyle machines. I would love to see some Powerade zero options in the regular Coke machines but am not sure if it is even possible.

There was speculation about the restraints on Drop Tower. They are the same restraints but the hard foam has been completely replaced and they have a lot more room. Last year I had to get a little help to push them down, now I can easily fit. So anyone who has had trouble before I would try again. EDIT: Just to add the ride does have at least one short seat belt. I think it was seat 33 but it is easily an inch shorter than the other seats I rode in today.

The camera is on the first drop and I am pretty sure it is on the left side of the track.

Here is my attempt at a spoiler free review of the shed. I think the ride is better with the shed and it is a nice way to end the ride instead of just sitting in the brakes waiting for the train in front of you to move. It seems really well thought out, and should tolerate a minute or two wait when loading hits a snag. There is a good attention to detail and it is a level of theming I am not used to seeing at a Cedar Fair park. I really want to see this continue on other attractions. But the park made too big a deal about the shed and basically it does not live up to the hype. I suspect the negative reviews of the shed are due to the park setting expectations too high.

The idea is that the park is showing off the new attraction to the media. Which basically means TV, radio, newspaper, on-line reporters, etc. It is park of the marketing for the new ride. The park invites a coaster club or more than one to make the ride look better by filling the trains with enthusiastic people. For this event, the park invited members of ACE, the American Coaster Enthusiasts to come and ride Mystic Timbers.

Quick review, the ride is fantastic and a great addition to the park. It is one of the best rides in the park and I could see it being considered the best ride in the park. From the first drop until the brakes it never lets up and there is very little straight track. Tons of airtime throughout the ride. The shed is a nice addition to the ride and provides a good finish. The park has a really good competitor for best new ride of the year.

When I was at the park for media day I noticed that there have been some changes to the interior of the Reds Hall of Fame Grille. The wall directly in front of you when you enter is now plain red with what looks like a serving window. There were two Coke machines sitting in the window which took up most of the space. It looks like the park has made changes to how the restaurant will operate and I am not certain it will have servers.

I would not say everyone but a decent number. I am busy riding and not sure how much I should say. The coaster is amazing. The shed is a fun little ending but it feels like the park spent too much time hyping it.

Several Six Flags parks which have just as cold of winters including Great America outside of Chicago have been operating select coasters during Christmas events. It is very doable but can be a lot of work. Heaters under the track in the station to keep lubricants hot while the train is sitting, brake heaters to keep brakes from freezing, etc.

I do not know about Dollywood's but it is not just Cedar Point which has had problems with an S&S Screamin Swing. Both Knott's and Dorney had Screamin Swings, they have both been removed and to my knowledge scrapped. Since Cedar Fair has already removed two I would be very surprised to see them purchasing more.

I suspect the reason the Rivertown Potato Works was removed from the meal plan listing is due to a change in the menu. It will likely be on the meal plan but will not reappear until they finish the entire listing for this year.

At Kings Island, my personal experience is that Drop Tower does have the tightest restraints. Beyond Kings Island, the one coaster which I can think of that you might still have a problem is Wicked Twister at Cedar Point. Those seat belts are just extremely short. Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great America which is the same ride and has the same restraints has a couple of extra inches on the seat belts.

I doubt they have been painted. The colors are off in the picture. Just look at how dark the tower itself is.

I am guessing the "They're coming" is talking about park guests because the park opens in a few weeks. Sometimes it is better to not over analyze these kinds of things.

I hope we also get a shooting gallery while Daniels Wood Land is at the park.

Depends who makes it, a ZacSpin from Intamin is terrible, there is a reason Six Flags only ever purchased one. While an S&S Free Spin is actually fun and enjoyable. I would prefer a Sky Rocket 2 if the park wants something compact.

The 24 hour events at Disney were only for The Magic Kingdom and Disneyland. The other parks were closed. From what I have read about 2015 had very low attendance. No all night events occurred in 2016 and so far no signs one will occur in 2017.

Due to terminal velocity Drop Tower does fall faster than rain. It obviously depends on drop size but the terminal velocity of rain is around 20 MPH. Kings Islands Drop Tower is listed as having a top speed of 67 MPH.

Since you gave some examples I found 9 to 5 on YouTube. This is a great example of the kind of music I was thinking about. Looks like rolls 6852 and 6853. Still have Paint it Black from The Rolling Stones stuck in my head since it sounds great on a Piano I bet it would be good on an organ.

That recording sounds fantastic and I look forward to hearing it in person. Suddenly reminded of Westworld and wondering about rolls of modern music. It would be interesting having the organ play popular music from the last 30-40 years. I would hate for it to be done on a year round basis but might be fun for special events.

According to the CP Food Blog, only three Cedar Fair parks have not released their 2017 meal plan menus. Kings Island, Cedar Point, and Michigan's Adventure. I expect everything will be finalized soon.

^ Mack has only built two coasters over 200 ft tall, both are 200.2 ft. tall and the second has not opened yet. Building a Giga would be a giant leap for Mack. Do not underestimate the difficulty of building a bigger coaster.