I left Milwaukee at about 415 AM, 15 minutes late. The traffic there was non-existant until we hit St. Louis itself. We ended up getting into one traffic jam and that was on the bridge over the Mississippi River. While we were at a dead stop our car was bouncing up and down because there were so many people on the bridge, kinda a freaky effect. I also loved the Arch, it was a lot bigger than I expected it to be.
So we got to the park around 1015 and we immediatly went to Mr. Freeze. I've gotta admit, these trains are small. I'm only 5"9 and I had some trouble sticking my legs somewhere. My dad was unable to ride because his legs didn't fit at all. Overall I really liked this ride espicially in reverse. Going backwards through that horseshoe style inversion was simply amazing with lapbars. Its the first time I've experianced an inversion with a lapbar. There was SOME scenery, but not a whole lot. 9/10
Next we decided to backtrack and take it to B:TR. Really nothing different here than at SFGAM's batman. I know can say that I understand the term "batman blue" though. I though it ran fine, exactly the same as ours. I liked this coaster but the queue line was enourmace (sp?). Overall a 7/10
Now we started walked up the park (phew, these hills are pretty steep eh?) and the next coaster we came across was The Ninja. A Vekoma looper that i could've mistaken for an old Arrow any day. It reminded me just of Demon, espicially the corkskrews. I put my head to the right corner of the shoulder harness and didn't bang my head at all. I really enjoyed the ride sense there was literally no line whatsoever. I thought it was better than most people think though. 7/10
Walking up the hills more we came across the River King Mine Train. I expected it to be quite light, and i was mostly right. It was a pretty fun ride in all though, perfect for the little ones to start out on. And i can't say i was expecting the neat little drop at the end. 5/10
Next stop was Screamin' Eagle. Just a typicially out and back style coaster. We went right for the backseat (again no lines) and lowered our lapbars somewhatly close to our legs. It had the new seatbelts ::sigh:: that the operators are so kind to tighten for you. Personally i really liked this ride, it throws you around in the back a bit but I love that in a woodie. I had some decent spots of air and i thought it was a REALLY fun coaster. 8/10
So we kept walking to our next woodie The Boss. Man this thing looked HUGE. While we walked through the queue line the train flew past during its final helix at atleast 45/50 Mph. This ride is fast and can really throw you around in the back of the train which i made the mistake of doing first. It hurt. But i decided to give it another go in the front seat and I though it made a lot of difference. It was a smoother ride overall and just nicer. That double drop on the first drop scared the crap out of me the first ride, nice effect! I liked how it was also built into the hilly terrian. I also liked the Articulated style of trains and not PCT trains, gave more space. Overall a 8/10
Some notable flats were:
Excalibur:First of all, I don't really do spinny rides, the make me get sick. This I think was an exception. It had excellent G-forces and when you went totally upside down it was an amazing site. Also had some nice scenery around it.
I would also recommend the Scooby Doo Shooter ride. (Sorry I forgot the name
) If it doesnt have a long wait it's definatly something you should try.
Overall I think this park is way underrated in the SF world. The coasters it has are pretty nice and I think its a well kept park (even if it was opening day). Their queue lines were very long to walk through even if there was literally nobody at the park. The longest line there was the season pass processing line which had to be nearly an hour long. I had a very nice day at the park and I think it started off my season quite well. I definatly recommend this park to others.
