El Toro opening Vs May 29th
Today my wife (Jill) and I were kid free for a few hours. We don?t dump are kids on anyone so it?s a rare moment. We started are day on El Toro, which opened with the park with 2 trains. We waited a total of 6 mins. It?s the first time I?ve waited in the queue. I was lucky enough to get a few rides at last years press day and that?s the last time I?ve ridden it. Jill and I took the very backseat. I rode the seat a few times and preferred seat over the others. But I do know there truly isn?t a bad seat on the ride.
The lift was as fast as ever. I think it?s faster then Rolling Thunder Down the first drop you can here the up stop wheels hit the track. To me that?s saying this first drop is STEEP! This coaster truly needs its upstop wheels or it would spell disaster. The out run was filled with all the air I remember and then some. The turn around was much faster but was a little bumpy. But I think the bumpiness gave it some true wood coaster qualities. On to the straight away, this was the only part I thought the coaster really slowed and I thought they could have done something better. Well that was last year. I was surprised with air not but once but twice. The crossover hill was just as crazy as ever and the finally S turns were intense and amazing. The proof was us flying into the brake run when last year we crawled over the last hills. El Toro has truly broken in.
Just a reminder, there is an ACE Preservation Con in August 4-5, 2007, and they are serving up late night ERT on El Toro from 11:00pm to 12:00am.
http://www.aceonline.org/flyers/PreservationCon2007.pdfThis Con includes Coney Island which after this year will never be the same.
Bret
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