The first time I rode it, my friend and I sat in the front, and WOW, it had just a spectacular feeling of airtime on the first drop and throughout the ride.
Back at the station we switched to the back, and man, what a mistake that was. The bottom of the first drop had such wiplash that it knocked the wind out of us. Painful. This ride is a jem, if you stick to the front of the train. Stay away from the back seats.
As a side note, this ride was moved to Lakemont in 1989 from a park in New York.
UPDATE: Rode it several times this September, and it looks like they did some work to it, but it needs some more work. The train was in 100% working order, and the ride was smoother then before, and it ran faster. The top of the first hill has great airtime, better then ever. The problem (well, maybe it is a problem  ) is that the station brakes tend to fail. It only runs with one train, so there is no safety concern, you just end up doing another circuit.
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