So I did end up going to the park yesterday afternoon driving from Boston to DC. I saw they updated the ride list online and had Shellraier open again so it seemed
worth it to make a quick stop.
Park was a ghost town, most everything I did was as a solo rider but the park didn't make you wait around to see if anyone else would show up, so that's cool. I did Shellraier 5 times, the first part is awesome, the second part rattles the whole way but the pause before the drop is neat (long) with a view of the Manhattan skyline out the window. I did the other two open coasters twice. The pipe is great with the lapbar. The chance thing is fun but has tiny, tiny cars and I couldn't keep my glasses on while riding (but could on every other ride) also, the ride slams to a stop at the end and makes a horrible screech....not sure why they didn't just go with mags....it also only has a single train so I'm not sure why it needs to stop so violently.
I saw the Intamin test 5 or 6 times, the turntable moves really quick, ride looks fun.
The spinner was down with no signs of work, meh.
They were welding the S&S tower, so it was closed (but had been running a few days ago) the Zim ride (flippy bumper cars) was closed, not sure if it's ever opened yet.
The park itself is just a big empty warehouse. It's really kinda...sad. uninviting/uninspiring? Hopefully they fix that sooner than later. I also found it strange how they were actively moving big machinery around the park with guests inside.... like high reaches and cherry pickers just driving on past?
Outside of nice signs at ride entrances, there is zero theming inside... I think they're also expecting this place to become massively popular since most of the queues were designed to hold hour + lines...for a place that currently had maybe 50 people in it.
Might also be worth noting that none of the food stands were open, the gift shops were still under construction and only one of the bathrooms was open, ha.
The rest of the mall is strange since it's so massive but not actually open...saw maybe 10 people at the ice rink and i looked in the viewing windows for the waterpark that should be opening shortly. Never made it down to the ski hill thing.
