Rollercoasters: a Young Man's Game
C wanted to ride rollercoasters for her birthday.There's a regional amusement park about 45 minutes from here. Six Flags bought it for (presumably) a song recently as they scoop up smaller parks with poor cash flow and high debt (again, presumably).
It was 80% empty, and I can't imagine it being open much longer. The location is terrible, advertising is rare, and there's no real reason to pour a ton of cash in it for improvements.
They had four rollercoasters, though, and three were open.
Two were wooden, and one, in particular--"Shivering Timbers"--is the fourth longest wooden rollercoaster in the world.
It was rough. Wooden coasters are way more physical in general, and this was no exception. Not from the height (it's very tall), but from the track itself, which gave us a real pounding. Still great, though.
The best park about a semi-abandoned theme park? The lines. We never waited for more than 10 minutes for any of the coasters. Shivering Timbers basically had no line at all.
C screamed her lungs out on all of them and is hoarse today. A good time was had by all.
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