My first hint should have been when the ride op told a train ahead of us to "enjoy that bumpy ride". Wanting a credit above all else, I greedily ignored this warning. After all, Predator looks like a great ride with a lot of airtime. Boy how wrong I was. Predator is the worst woodie that Ive ever been on. I feel it beats you up more than Son of Beast. I rode in the second to front seat, and got the hell beat out of me. I should have known. With such notables as Mean Streak and the recently razed Psyclone, Dinn Corporation is not known for producing quality wood. There is a dusty plaque in the station displaying some obscure coaster club award that Predator won in the early 90s. And I dont doubt that this was once a good ride. It certainly looks the part. I even noticed some brand new track showing a feeble attempt to correct nearly two decades of neglect. A partial re-tracking is useless when the whole ride blows. Burn this thing down. Put anything in its place. Even a $5 stale pretzel stand that constantly runs out of salt and mustard would be an improvement.
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