I hate giving a wooden coaster a bad rating, but this one deserves it. I went in open minded too. Even though I have bashed it in the past before riding it, but I thought that it might show me something. It did, but it was nothing good. Besides the constant deafening screeching, jerky ride, uninviting look and uncomfy seats, there is a good ride somewhere here. I cant believe that I am saying this, but it was very rough. I am all for rough coasters, but Im all about broken rib rough not make your entire body ache all day rough. I gave it multiple chances because I thought I could find something in there, but other than the first drop, there is nothing for me. I made up my mind when one ride, there were a couple of college guys in front of me... pretty big dudes. Their dialouge for the ride went a little something like this: First drop "WEEEEEE" The rest of the ride "OWWWWW... ARGGGGG... UGGGGG... UGGGHHHH" Then when pulling into the station one yelled "Shut this thing down". That did it for me. Not that I wont ride this thing again, but it just doesnt do it for me. Hopefully when they get the left side retracked it might, but not now. Oh yeah, and the ride ops are just breed to be slow for this thing. But, Viper deserved to be built next to this heap of wood, because they had something in common... they are the two worst coasters in the park.
EDIT: 4/16/05 - I went on this ride 3 times today, all in the next to last car. The ride ran a little better than what it did the last time, especially from the back, but it still does not deserve an upgrade in rating. The main reason that I went on so many times during the course of the day was to see what was going on with Kingda Ka.
P.S. - It is still a racing coaster that does not race. However, I did see guys working on retracking the ride today.
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