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Greased Lightning is an awsome piece of history, but I think Schwarzkopf's Montezuma's Revenge at Knotts has more of a kick to it. Still a great ride. The other Schwarzkopf ride in the park, Viper, was also a great ride, with awsome visuals and headchoppers. It just shows what you can do with a little creativity.

I did enjoy the chance to ride Ultra Twister. It's the first Togo I've ridden and actually enjoyed, and was by far my favorite ride in the park. I was disappointed that it was missing the vertical lift hill seen in other Inline Twist coasters, but is was still fun. The quick drop to vertical is the most intense I've ridden, and the twists were really cool. It's a shame more of these were never built in North America. It seems that Togo rides can be non-painful as long as there are no curves.

On the other hand, Mayan Mindbender was a mess. The line fed into a large loading room, and there was a cattle pen feeding each car (that held one person). There was no line, so every time a train arrived, there was a big argument over who was next to board. To make it worse, even though the ride lasted approximatly 30 seconds, they were only sending off a train once every five minutes, because it took them so long to check the restraints.

Batman: The Escape had the best queue I'd ever seen in a Six Flags park (although not up to Disney or Universal quality), although the back story was a bit weak ("Criminal activity detected in the area. An escape vehicle will be arriving shortly to take you away" -- so why did the escape vehicle return to its starting point?). It started out with the same layout I've come to expect from the B&M non-inverted batman rides, but I really missed the interlocking flatspins (corkscrews) finale that have become a staple of this genre. The end without it was a bit of a letdown.

Texas Cyclone was an awsome Cobb coaster, and just what I expected from a woodie of this era. Nothing special, but still an awsome ride.

Serial Thriller was a standard Vekoma SLC Heartbeater, but I have to say it was the smoothest one I've ever ridden. This is a Vekoma I could actually like! You should've seen the look of shock on my face when I got off.

Nothing else that I rode really stuck out in my mind. I was disappointed that I didn't get to ride the Sky Swatter (Swat), as I am a huge S&S fan, and wanted to try out their latest.