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I was always found it ironic that such a crap ride is surrounded by a really cool precinct (IMO). Moving Batwing there and adding a second accompanying drop tower probably wouldn't make enough sense, and they already have a star flyer down the road. It costs money to pull it down obviously, so they'll delay that expense as long as they can if the past is any indicator. Maybe the maintenance designation can be changed to extended decommissioning lol. I did Dream Circus at LPS on the weekend and that set a new baseline for utter shit, so I'm being pretty kind to DD right now.

I rode something that I believe had similar technology at Old Town in Florida called G-Force which was basically a sedan shaped race car on a flat track that accelerated in a straight line. That really took me by surprise, so I can only imagine how crazy Dodonpa was. I hear Moonsault Scramble at Fuji-Q was pretty crazy too, some said it should be illegal lol.

That is a bummer, I would have loved to have ridden this - but understand why they had to close it. Missed Hypersonic XLC at King's Dominion by a year too.

I went Fri and Sat night too. I'd never been on Leviathan before, so I spent most of Friday riding the beast. Pleasantly surprised at the wait time and it was running so well at night. I'm not sure if the wet track helped. Leviathan impressed me, kind of a cross between Twister at Gronalund and Ghostrider. I really liked the upcharge back row (just the ride not the upcharge). I caught a little of the show on Saturday and that looked spectacular. Otherwise, it seemed quite sparse, but the performers present were doing a good job. I tried the seafood boilup near Dockside, that was very average and poor value. Definitely worth it for the night rides on Leviathan and Jet Rescue for me personally, definitely not for the event alone (I don't have a season pass).

I'm on way there now. Thank you Parkz for managing my expections. Doubt I'll my first ride on Leviathan tonight lol

What have the lines been like for Leviathan and Jet Rescue during Carnivale?

Back row late at night (during Howl O Scream) on Iron Gwazi blew my mind. Personally I think the Premier Sky Rockets are vastly superior to sky loops like Buzzsaw. They don't make B & Ms like Montu and Kumba anymore. Arguably (as sum of all parts) the best coaster line up in Florida, and one of the best in America.

It sure had a kick to it, even caught me by surprise. Maybe it used a similar compressed air launch like Dodonpa and Hypersonic XLC. Lol I'm actually having PTSD about Old Town from that trip. Went to buy cheap tickets there for Universal and got hooked into a time share seminar to get discounted tickets. Now that was an interesting experience.

White Lightning at Orlando Fun Spot I thought was a fun little coaster. When Kissimmee Fun Spot was just Old Town they had this ride called G-Force which was just a race car on a track that launched on a straight track and it really packed a punch. I think it might have been an S & S death machine. Shame it disappeared.

I got to experience that too, it was awesome - and the long queue walk, people were lost in there when I went. What a loss, it's a shame they couldn't keep Dragons and still get Hagrid's.

I went in 2022, and was so impressed with the 2 newest coasters. Miraculously I was on Hagrid's at 8.10am the day I went, I expected a couple of hour wait to get on. Hagrid's would be amazing at night I imagine, as would Velocicoaster. I got a pretty rough ride on Hulk, which was surprising, I was front middle, but my two friends on the end seats were fine. The park is great, it will be really interesting to see what they do with Lost Continent. Hopefully they retain Mythos at least, that was a fun place to eat. And with Epic Universe coming, which is bigger than both parks combined, the future is looking bright.

Please no lol.

Sigh, it meant no Halloscream mazes in the big top this year lol. I got an email about this and skimmed through thinking it was a temporary thing for summer. Not for me, but I hope it goes well for them.

I was just at staying at Knott's last month and Six Flags seemed a world away. I thought about going, but I wasn't that enthused about going all that way and nor was my local mate who would have been driving.

Lol talk about merging chocolate with dog poop. In all seriousness, like others have observed, if the Six Flags parks started being run the Cedar Fair way in general that should be an improvement. I believe they only have competing parks in LA and San Fran (and California's Great America was closing anyway before the merger), and Magic Mountain and Knott's have co-existed for decades - it would be an interesting hypothetical if one of those 2 closed how much would the other benefit in terms of attendance. And Six Flags is a brand that has recognition, but is not necessarily an attractive brand - I'd never go to a park because it's Six Flags (probably the opposite) and the general consumer market I doubt cares either.

Checked the mouse out going up the Hair raiser yesterday. No real change to previous photos people have put up. On a side note, Halloscream has regressed significantly from last year (which was excellent) - I guess cutbacks were necessary to improve profitability, and freeing up the big top for events (rather than mazes) makes sense. The performers were killing it though. Got a new season pass yesterday, and they told me you can tap your pass at rides now rather than getting a wristband - didn't try it out because they gave me a wristband when I purchased an AP anyway.

I took videos of every maze at Universal Hollywood and Knott's. I'll get them up on youtube when I get chance.

Lol don't I know it, only way I could work it into my schedule. Knott's and Uni Hollywood absolutely knocked it out of the park this year. I took video of the new mazes at Knotts, and they took over 8 minutes to get through without any stopping.

Going this Saturday, hopefully the crowds won't be absolutely crazy (do have express). After doing Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Scary Farm last week nothing would shock me lol.

Lol I wish I'd known that before I bought the maze only Fast Track, WWE being included would have been the tipping point.

Village will keep pushing the envelope until they hit a tipping point as people have observed previously in the thread. Speaking purely as a customer, I'm really not seeing value this year, and would have given Fright Nights a miss it if I hadn't made plans with other people prior to knowing the offerings for this year. I'm going to Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood and Knott's Scary Farm the week before, ignoring the exchange rate, they are much better value and have unlimited express. What's interesting about Universal in Orlando, is that two parks combined have less capacity than any one of the Disney parks yet they are doing comparable attendance numbers to 3 of their parks if you believe TEA. It's quite striking - Islands of Adventure has 29K capacity and Studios 27K. Disney on the other hand Animal Kingdom and their Studios are 60K a piece, and Epcot is 110K and Magic Kingdom 100K. I guess time will tell with Village. I also see anecdotally on every village post on facebook an avalanche of complaints. And I think a lot of parents just want to keep their kids amused so why not head up the road to a better value option.

Thanks for that. I could have sworn previously when I was weighing up Underground Package versus fast track, the extra rooms were exclusive to Underground. Maybe I missed this or it changed, but cool, even more incentive to get fast track now.

I considered the Underground Package, but I didn't think it was good value; and I'm not really into clubbing. I am surprised the package sold out. I imagine as it's the only way to get to the special rooms in three houses it would have been attractive that way too. I don't know anyone personally who went for it.

Yep, since I posted I've heard that fast track hit capacity so they had to stop selling the package. As regular fast track is still available, logically capacity may be tied to accessing the special rooms.

Interesting, the underground package has dropped off the ticket offerings and been replaced by a $75 cover charge to get into the Underground Club. I don't know if the package sold out or they withdrew it due to lack of sales (if so, not many people will get access to the special rooms).