Visited today for the first time in 3 years. WoF is geographically my home park but SDC is spiritually my home park. With that in mind...
The park looked awesome, as good as it has since the hunt days.
First went to Prowler, it was closed. Did a nice hour or so marathon on Mamba, as good as ever. It was hauling and the midcourse was fairly light. Some of my best rides ever on it.
Skipped over to Patriot, was fun, I'm not a big invert guy so whatever.
Did steelhawk for the first time, terrible ops but a decent ride.
Jumped over to Timber Wolf. Through the new turn, was fantastic. But my God the last turnaround and everything after was absolutely brutal. Unrideable IMO. I love the ride but it was baaaaad.
Did another few laps after that on Mamba again. Not the most intense ride but running like it was today, I can't refuse airtime.
Made it back to Prowler and did 5 or so laps. It's my favorite ride in the park, with some RMC level intensity on a GCI ride but the helix turnaround makes TW feel like Millennium Force. Just some awful jackhammering. Front seat, back, no matter the train it's awful. The first half is top 10 worthy, the rest needs some TLC. Plus the stacking meant if you were in the first half of the train you baked on the brake run for 5 mins.
Wrapped up with 2 laps on Patriot and the GOAT flat ride Cyclone Sam's.
All in all, a good day. Park is beautiful. But damn they need a top level coaster. I dream of a mini Cheetah Hunt on forum hill, and as sacreligious as it is, just RMC Timber Wolf. If you aren't GCIing the whole thing you just need to give up. Also every single beer stand was closed.
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Ops were not great but most people were in OOF so it was manageable. I am just bummed at how much potential this park has but I'd much rather drive the 3.5 hours to SDC (where I have a SP) than the 45 mins to this place.