Then we went on the Wild Thang cause I had to try it out. It was cool, gave me a bit of a headache and a little queasy, but still cool. Next we went on Big Bad John. This was a pretty neat ride, best part had to be the tunnel which I was not expecting. A bit on the rough side but not bad. Next was Diamond Mine Run, which was a 5 minute wait. Average kiddie coaster, it was neat.
We went by Twist N Shout, but it was stuck on the lift and they started letting people out of the car. We headed to the Gauntlet, and went in 2nd row. This is pretty much the same as Thunderhawk at GL, not too rough. I'd hate to go on the really rough SLC's. Then, we went on Twist N Shout because it was open and we got right on. It was fun, but it hurts on those tight turns, worse than RC at SFGAm.
Then, we went to the way other side of the park, to Arkansas Twister. We went in front row first which was only a 1 train wait. I expected it to be rough, but it actually wasn't that bad. I really enjoyed this coaster. They let us reride, so we switched rows and rode it 3 more times. Front is definitely the smoothest, and we never went in back because I refused to. We stayed in the first 6 rows. Some parts are shaky, but it's really enjoyable especially if you're in the front.
After AT we had some lunch, where we had a view of X Coaster testing. At one point when it tested, it completely reminded me of a miscatch on Deja Vu... because that's pretty much what it did. Looked like it wasn't going to be open for a while. We were walking towards the Gauntlet, when we heard a random, somewhat loud rumble of thunder. I figured a storm was going to start, but it was the only thunder we heard all day. After riding Gauntlet, we went by X Coaster to see if it would open. Nothing was really going on, so we went on Dr. Deans Rocket, a drop ride right next to the entrance to X Coaster. It was fun.
Then we rode Twist N Shout again. We really wanted to ride X Coaster a bunch of times, but since it was closed there was really nothing to do... We gave up hope on X Coaster, it really didn't seem like it was gonna open for the rest of the day, and I was pretty upset about that. At least we got on it. We went on Gauntlet again, this time in front. I really like this ride in the front.
Then headed to Arkansas Twister, and rode that twice. This is one of my favorite woodies. Then, we got some Dippin Dots since we needed to sit for a while from all the hills and the heat. Then, we rode Hawk. I actually thought this ride would make me sick, but it didn't and I enjoyed it. Around this time we went into a candy shop, and bought 2 things of candy and a Gatorade.. The total was only 5.70 and we wondered why it was so cheap... this morning when we got home we found out that the cashier only counted 1 bag of candy, so we pretty much got 1 for free.
We went in front row on Gauntlet again, good ride. It was nearly 6, the time we were getting picked up, so we ran to Arkansas Twister for one last ride. We got in 2nd row, and we ended up getting stuck in the station for about 5 minutes. Not really sure what happened. There was a line to exit the park! Most of the people were coming from the water park.
Overall, it was an okay day. It was fun, disappointing, annoying, somewhat boring, all at the same time. It would've been nicer if it wasn't so damn hot, and if X Coaster wasn't being a Deja Vu. This park could do a bit better in my opinion. Then again, we didn't go to the water park so that also made it less fun.
X Coaster - 1
Arkansas Twister - 7
Gauntlet - 4
Twist N Shout - 2
Wild Thang - 1
Hawk - 1
Big Bad John - 1
Diamond Mine Run - 1
Dr. Deans Rocket - 1
Total - 19
