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This is a very good ride. Starting at the Alpengeist type drop its speed is eye watering. After the drop this thing screams up into the sky over the station. Then it takes its infamous plunge down the cliffside ducking under the thunderbolt before arcing back up the hill. It then makes another short plunge, shooting back up under the Thunderbolt and does a flyby the stationhouse. PR then does a couple of hops as it turns around and enters the station house. Between the drop and the brakes this is almost a 10. The lack of contour to the 2nd drop keeps it from a solid ten. I like a slightly rounded drop, it hides the track and builds suspense. Now for my real complaints. The day I rode they ran one train. Later in the day with a 90+ minute wait there was still only one train running. The ops looked like the cast of extras from "Dawn of the Dead." So did the public for that matter. We all shuffled along the walkway inch by inch. I started to count the gum on the one roof. We saw a rabbit. The monotony occasionally broken by the lift chain engaging the train. The lift is sooo slow. It easily takes up 3/4 of the ride. Then in a blink the ride is over. It is too short. Unfortunately its location doesnt give it any options to expand. I think my 7 is generous.
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