Recent content by Hutch

Man they really don't care about what their rides are called these days huh? No wonder they don't mind keeping ArieForce One's name. This looks pretty good otherwise.

Grain of salt, but I heard somewhere that John Arie kept calling Knoebels regarding a sale and it didn't seem like they ever took the idea seriously. This all happened way quicker than I expected! Still glad I got down there before closure, but, selfishly, it would've been nice to hold onto the...

Damn. I'm probably going to do a Mexico trip next year and this was up for consideration, among a few other regions. With creds out of the equation, I might sack off Guadalajara in favor of other locations (too many places to consider and not enough time). I'm not entirely surprised given...

Your thoughts on Steel Vengeance sum it up pretty well. I wouldn't say any individual moment is among the best of the world, but put it all together and get on one of those seemingly endless night rides, it turns into something special. Even on repeat trips I always do multiple days at Cedar...

Dollywood itself has set the expectation on aesthetics given how the rest of the park looks, so it's fair to critique them on something that's below their standard. Just look at Blazing Fury in the other side of the park. Yes the Nightflight warehouse is much bigger, but Blazing Fury's show...

Doesn't make it look any better. Also I thought the theme was some sort of nighttime river quest thing? Unless the aviation theme is their excuse to leave exterior mostly barren.

Never really occurred to me but I do like the idea that one could start off in the front row for the first half of the ride, to all of a sudden you're now in the back row for the second half (while still facing forwards). That'll offer a unique experience of forces.

Yeah, they've got some decent landscaping on the pathway approach but the warehouse still looks bad. It desperately needs some sort of facade so it doesn't look like I'm entering a Home Depot.

Day 3 - Alabama Adventure Like Lake Winnie, Alabama Adventure was never a park I thought I’d get to anytime soon, but here we are. It’s two and a half hours from Atlanta (Lake Winnie a little under two), so it’s actually pretty reasonable for a day trip if you’re based there. Especially if you...

Day 2 - Fun Spot Atlanta and Lake Winnepesaukah I had originally planned to hit up Fun Spot on Saturday afternoon/evening, with Friday being more of a “bonus” day since I flew in early, but after ending the night off in not a great mood, I honestly considered not even bothering. Ultimately, I...

I must be a hard face to remember (and I'm sure you interacted with dozens of goons) because I definitely said hi and shook hands with you as we sat down on that train. 😅 Your local friend was flabbergasted that it was my first time at the park haha.

After doing a bunch of traveling in the first half of the year, I decided to take a break from planning things and more or less keep my summer open. Well, it’s a good thing I did that as it meant I could book an emergency trip to Atlanta on a few weeks’ notice to grab ArieForce One. Once word...

What a relief! Still need to grab it and explore the islands anyway, but glad to know it would've been (somewhat) of a waste to attempt it.

By the time I arrived in Toronto proper, it was already after 5, so while sightseeing time was already cut short, I at least had the next morning. No regrets though. I’ll happily trade a bit of sightseeing to actually enjoy my hobby more. I got off at a train station downtown, and our hotel was...

Day 2 - Canada’s Redemption I had originally planned to explore Toronto that day/evening (a friend and I had another hotel lined up in downtown as well), but I was feelin’ a redo on some things at Canada’s Wonderland. The idea was to go in for an hour or two for any missed creds and some...