I had my car in a show in Gurnee and remembered it was Coasters After Dark so I left there around 8:30 and headed for the park. Would've thought the rain earlier would have got-rid of the crowds but no. The park was still swarming with 8th graders and field trip kids and such.
After walking around looking for a short line I found Iron Wolf with no line until the station. Can't remember what row I rode but it was actually quite smooth.
Then headed for V2 which had almost no line either until the station and saw a kid freak out when his mom tried to force him on the ride. V2 was fun, but has anyone noticed a new noise coming from one of the LIMs when V2 takes off? It sounds almost like the LIM is still firing well after the train went by, but I'm no ride mechanic.
Continued walking and found myself at Dark Knight which had about a 20 minute wait in Royale and another 20 minute wait after the preshow. Got a decent recording of the preshow video that you can watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67z3F_Hms6c
Figured everything else would be packed so I headed home.
Only photo I shot at the park that night: