[Kevin Kolodziej]

As I predicted, the amount of FIRST people in attendance made the park seem extra full. A normal day here is probably half of what we contributed. I was there on Friday only, and while the lines did get bigger as the night went on, they were never really that bad. Except for Ultra Twister (which I should have gone to first...I never did get to ride it ), but that was because they were only running two of the four cars, which only hold six people each. I thoroughly enjoyed Viper and Texas Cyclone, and wish I would have investigated Greased Ligthning (to find no wait) and XLR8 (to find a half backwards train).

Fortunately, while on Viper, I noticed a very small line for Swat. I had seen it testing earlier in the night, but never saw people on it. I'm glad I went over there (with my Wildstang buddies) because we got on what I believe was the first public ride! It was supposed to open to the public on Saturday (but never did from what I hear) and so Friday night would have been a soft opening. With it test so much before we rode, I'm positive that we got on the first ride. And then probably only a half hour later, it broke down, as mentioned above. I'm just happy to have been the on the first ride of anything, let alone such an intense ride as this! Good job S&S!!!

Overall, I was impressed with the park despite its small size. A comparison to Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, or Great America is not fair, as those are the flagship parks of the company (as well as Over Texas down the road a bit). What I noticed most were the lights. At night, the park was so colorful. Great America has virtually no color at night, other than the rides themselves. This aspect reminded me of Disney I guess. I was satisfied with my three hours, but would have liked to have ridden a lot more for $20. Four coasters and one flat in 3 hours is fairly decent, but I've been known to do 26 coasters in 5 hours before

These are my thoughts...anyone else?

Kev