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Well I decided to opt out and Veg for a bit on the Zoombabwe ERT so I waited till about 5 till 10 and headed for the park.
HW at opening on saturday was obviously busy so I did the park backwards, Meaning Fourth of July first!
First ride on Paul Reveres midnight ride and I am spinning like crazy and found this almost as insane as that octopus at Lakemont. :) Im having fun now!
I stroll back and take a ride on the Howler, A great little kiddie coaster and I enjoy it and I head for the next ride which is the Eagles Flight. No snappage but it is still fun and the ERT on this night featured much longer rides :)
I then met up with Chis and Nikki Trease and we take another flight and then hit the Raft ride. HW has a great raft ride and chris and nikki were soaked! Oh well, they were going back to spashin safari afterward anyhow! We are definitley having fun now!
I split up with Chris and Nikki and go for my first Legend Ride of the day.
Legend Day 2: Well the first thing I noticed was the line was not bad at all. I had visited the park on a July 4th before to find legend had about 45 minutes to a hour and fifteen minute waits all day when I was at the park last when it was this busy. WOW only 15-20 minute waits or less all day! That second train makes a huge difference!
I op for seat 2 as I find that gives the best airtime on the double up and the first half of the ride was as good if not better than it used to be with the G train and I got mass air on the double up and that pattened slam upon landing that I remember clearly but now it dosnt hurt because the seats are super soft :) I even got a pop of air on the top of the spiral drop that was clearly missing the night before but Legend kept getting better all weekend!
I still felt the second half of the ride was considerably slower than it was before but I did get a few rides later that night that did come close. I really think when the wheel bearings finally break in, Legend will be as good if not better than ever! I talked to Jeff a bit and my delima was answered. Train B had about 1/3 the use as train A so I chose train A the rest of the night and had a ball. Legend is great but it still wasn't out performing it's little brother up the hill.
Raven, Was it insane friday night? Heck, I think it got even faster if thats possible! I hopped in the backseat and tightened my belt real tight as I know this is nuts. Whoa, I was completly standing with my feet off the floorboards on two occations! The second drop and the fifth drop and I even got air on a spot I had never gotten air before, The third drop!
On this weekend, Raven kicked my but all over those woods and there is little doubt of why this is many peoples #1 coaster including mine on this weekend!
HW had a great picnic for SRM and another night of ERT and it was great to be among friends and the great people of HW. One thing that cheered me up was a certain ride op that in the past was know to do backflips but she was full of good cheer and good cheer is contagious!
Thanks HW, I had a ball! I never think twice about mentioning your park to others and will continue to do so.
Charles Nungester, SRM Junkie!
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Charles Nungester
Lesourdsville Lake, The great American amusement park opens the season June 6th Thurs-Sun every week. Park phone is (513)539-2193
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