Other Amusements in Illinois (Santa's Village July 31 TR)

[Ilovthevu']

Santa's Village Trip Report July 31

Overall it was a great day, and maybe I will give the park a higher than 8 rating. 9/10 instead
It wasn't crowded.

My two favorite rides were the Yo Yo and the Dragon Coaster which I cleared more than 15 times on each.
YO YO (It's on this page.)
http://www.santasvillageil.com/sv_coneyrides.cfm

Dragon Coaster (Sorry, it's not the best pic. This ride is different from the carnival dragon coasters because instead of going up and down, it makes a speed turn to the right. I consider it better than some GAm rc, but I'm not saying which ones.)
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery ... ?Picture=4

Things I noticed:

The Himalaya didn't have much of a "plastic" roof like it did before and it only ran forwards. Also, it looks like they just put new boards on the platform of the ride. The Yo Yo needs a paint job pretty bad. Even though I knew this last year, the bumper cars are still more like a raceway than actual bumper cars. Every chance I had to bump somone, I tried though.

Typhoon is still the piece of junk since it first opened. The Typhoon also needs a paint job. It's hard to hit the burning house on the fire truck. The balloons are much faster than SF and there are four less. The Merry-Go-Round needs the blue floor painted and it is slow. (Since someone will ask this, Kiddieland is a "kiddie" park and they have a much faster Merry-Go-Round.) Also, the Frog Hopper has left, and the jets look brand new. There's a lot of goats.

Touching the North Pole, Priceless. It was little melted, but it was warm outside to.

Ride Count:

Merry-Go-Round: 1
Balloons: 1
Typhoon: 1 (too many)
Antique Cars: 1
Galleon: 1
Parachute Drop: 1
Snow Balls: 1
Skyliner (Chairlift): 1
Bumper Cars: 1
Train: 3
Himalaya: 3
Tilt A Whirl: 4
Ferris Wheel: 1
Fire Truck: 1
Yo Yo and Dragon Coaster: Too many to count

[Iggy ACE]

I too was at SV on saturday with my two kids and my neice. I was expecting long lines but was surprised that hardly anyone was there. I really liked how this park was themed. I must be one of the few that didn't mind the Typhoon. It was rough but not that bad the second and third time around. As with any coaster you need to learn how to ricde it. Typhoon was my 8yr old sons 115th coaster.

[Chitown]

They removed the Frog Hopper?

Heck, they just put that ride in like 4 years ago and it replaced a good size kids play area with the balls, etc.

What is there now?

[Ilovthevu']

There's just a Frog Hopper box in it's place. I should have asked the Dragon Coaster worker what they are doing with it.