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Hey, Will be at the park around 3:30. Will be wearing a black baseball cap and a plain oversized gray shirt and jeans. Be nice to run into someone.

I really don't see Wild Thing getting new trains anytime soon. However, it would be an amazing hyper if it got the Steel Phantom treatment (Morgan track with Arrow Chassis's on the trains) or something similar. Does anyone know what the track-gauge is for Chance/Morgan's? I'm curious if Morgan and Arrow use the same track gauge width on their coasters, as Morgan is more or less an off shoot of Arrow.

I find my self spending much of my time spent in line wondering if I know anyone in the vicinity and un-intentionally eavesdropping on fellow riders, all the time wondering if I know them via their internet message-board persona.. As far as working at VF, I have heard very mixed accounts. A few people have told me that no matter how much you are into coasters or theme-parks in general, that working at VF can get very old very fast (as can anywhere). Others have expressed how awesome it is and never getting old. Hopefully I'll find out first-hand in the near-future.

^^ Mostly all of the Haunted-House type attractions I've been to abide by the "if you don't touch us, we won't touch you" policy. I would assume it's fairly universal, given our high propensity for lawsuits in America. Don't quote me on that though. As far as the quality of VF's haunted attractions, I haven't been there in a few years but the last time I was there, both the general theming throughout the park, and the mazes were top-notch. And, from what I've heard, it's gotten a lot better. The only minus for me, was the fact that only a couple of the rides were operating at the time I went, Wild thing, and High-roller (maybe Corkscrew), but that's probably subject to frequent change. If you're already in the area, and assuming you have extra cash to spend, "Spookyworld", which is about 5 miles away is an awesome haunt too, and it takes a good while to see everything. It's called something else now, have to look it up. It's on the Renaissance grounds.

I love Arrow's too! My biggest coaster-related regret is not being tall enough to ride Shockwave at SFGA back when it was still there (I think I was 6 ) Hopefully I can make it out to SFMM and get to ride Viper while it's still there. And yes, Arrow's chain-dogs are almost hypnotizing.

Superman: The Escape at SFMM. Like fifteen-twenty years ago, I was 5 or 6 and loved it

Assuming I could ride one of each, for an Invert, I'd definitely say Alpengeist, for a normal-steel coaster, I305 or Smiler. Wooden: The Beast (original) or Outlaw Run. This thread is such thought-candy

The first, and only Intamin coaster I've been on is Steel Venom at Valleyfair, (an "Impulse" coaster similar to Wicked Twister at CP.) I'm hoping to make Skyrush my first full-circuit Intamin next Summer

I'll be going to VF tomorrow to finally take advantage of my"one free-pass" that came with my 2015 SP. (or I guess it's today now,(Sunday ). I will definitely be doing some visual-surveying. I'll post anything that seems worth posting.

*Drool* This is awesome, feels like I'm trying to decipher clues for the STP Winter-carnival medallion, except oddly, the prospect of figuring this "puzzle" out is even more exciting, to me. Gary- I was actually going to ask if anyone here had been to the Wilderness in the last year or so, in my last post but I got the dreaded "blue screen of death" right before I could hit "submit". I was scanning the dells on Google Earth a few days ago and couldn't believe how massive that place has gotten. How were the other amenities there overall? Also, how many individual "water parks" did they have? From G.E the whole complex looks like an amazing twisted labyrinth of indoor/outdoor slides, snaking throughout the resort. I'm thinking I might stay there next time I'm in town.

I just got my 2015 season-pass a week ago. In fact, I plan on enjoying my complimentary "one free-admission" this weekend, assuming it doesn't storm on Sunday (Weather-channel keeps going back-and-forth). I'm hyped, I haven't been out to VF this year yet, and plan on doing some careful observation/surveying. And no, I haven't been to Mt. Olympus since "Family-land" WP was still next to it. I'm out there quite a bit, as my dad makes frequent business-trips to that area of WI. However, I spend most of my time at Timber-falls (freaking love their mini-golf course(s), best in the Dells IMO), and occasionally Noah's Ark, or Kalahari if it's winter. I checked out Mt. Olympus last year, and turned around at the admission-gate, after viewing what I thought to be ridiculous prices.

Lol, your browser-windows are almost identical to mine at the moment. As far as VF getting a giga, B@M or otherwise, doesn't VF have a 275' or so height restriction, owed to Flying Cloud being just a couple miles to the north? If so, I don't see a giga in VF's future ever. Nonetheless, I still like the layout you have outlined. I am actually in the middle of making a GE overlay with a similar layout, except mine involves the removal of The Wave. It's just a pipe dream though. However, I think taking out Excalibur and building something on that plot of land is a tad more realistic. That plot of land is definitely big enough for a nice, compact B&M like Batman or Afterburn. I think I'll try and lay something out there on GE after I'm done with this one (yes, I live an exiting life, i know)

I know that many here will disagree with me, as they were notorious for being painful, but I would love to ride any of the old 7-loop Arrows. Specifically "Shockwave" at SFGA. At the time I visited, I was an inch short of the 54" height requirement. By the time I made it back there, Shockwave was being demolished However, I was able to take about a dozen cycles on Vortex at PKI during that same road trip, so that was a good consolation. I know Viper at SFMM is still around, but don't expect to make it out there anytime soon. There's just something about those old sit-down, custom loopers that I love. Not to mention the nostalgia.

I don't know why I didn't think of this before.. I really hate the hold-brakes (the ones that engage for a half-sec at the peak of the rear-tower) on those iIntamin, "inverted impulse coaster's" IE.. Possessed at Dorney, Steel Venom at VF (in particular). Those are just painful, with the chest-restraint pushing up onto your chest. It's still worth it to me though. Those types of coaster are super fun, IMO.

The first one that comes to mind was on Wild Thing at Valleyfair. They were running all three trains and got into a screwy hold-pattern and the train I was on came to a sudden, and startling halt on the Mid-course brake-run, which usually slows the trains by maybe 10-15 MPH before descending into the tunnel and hitting a set of "bunny hills". Definitely caught me off guard and took the smile off my face.