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This ride flat out upsets me. the hill and turns to the lift hill are great. very rarely does a coaster pick up speed like that before the lift hill. the top of the first drop offers a great view of the lake and the banked turn at the bottom. The first turn around is very extreme, being a mere few feet above the lake, and shaking all the fillings out of your teeth. now for the reasons i rated the ride so low. the first drop has a brake on it! this break completly ruins the ride! because of it, the coaster loses all its speed once it gets to the top of the second hill. the 2nd half of the ride is basically a figure 8 with some banked turns. the banks were designed before the brakes were added, the result is the coaster limps thru the turns. if you are on the high side of the banked turn, you fall into your friend on the low side. if you go to this ride early in the morning, they only allow you to sit in the first 2 cars. only as a crowd develops do they allow people to sit in the back. this is also due to the brakes on the 1st drop (need to keep the weight forward). the 1st year this ride opened, those breaks were not there, and this was a great coaster!
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