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Just like how the skyscraper was lot was vacant at Dorney up until Voodoo was built. Although I am annoyed that a coaster hasn't been gained since 2001 with Talon (since in 2003 Hercules was removed for Hydra and with Voodoo we are losing Laser), Cedar Fair really has added a lot to the park in 15 years 1993 was White Water Landing, 1994 was Thunder Canyon and Road Rally, 1995 and 1996 I am not sure about, 1997 Steel Force, 1998 Hangtime, 1999 Dominator, 2000 Wild Mouse and Camp Snoopy, 2001 Talon, 2002 Meteor, 2003 10 new water slides, 2004 Revolution, 2005 Hydra, 2006 2nd Wave Pool, 2007 Aqua Racer, 2008 Voodoo. The haven't announced 2009 plans yet. As for it running 2 trains, I have heard of it happening but in all my visits in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (48) total, I have never seen it run more than 1 train.

Even the indoor stuff? It is supposed to be all indoor attractions open at 6, all outdoor attractions at 7

Yeah it's operating schedule has been kind of random for the past month. Someone on DorneyOnline said it is being operated on a day to day basis. I went on Sunday the 5th and it was closed the entire time I was there. I plan to go 1 or 2 more times and it's very fusturating knowing I might have had my final Laser ride in August. As much as I am going to miss the ride, it really doesn't work well in Dorney. It takes about 5 minutes for each cycle and with 1 train running, it makes the line move slow where a 3 train wait can be 15+ minutes. 1 person checking restraints and added seatbelts make it worse.

They need more people checking the seatbelts. Last time I saw a show in there was in April or May. Only 3 out of 5 rows had people in them and they had 1 person checking the seatbelts. It took forever. I can only imagine how long it would have taken with a full show.

Yeah 20 minutes is a long wait for me too but I am used to Dorney where everything is almost always a walk on. I guess it didn't seem as bad as it normally would since I know Fright Fest always has a reputation of horrible lines like today where I read that Nitro was 90 minutes and KK was 2 hours.

And only 1 side of KK was running. I didn't think it was that crowded last night. My longest wait was a little under 20 minutes for the Dark Knight.

Yeah, the 8:00 closing on Sunday's last year meant just the indoor houses were open. That meant crowds were almost non existant every Sunday in 2006 and 2007 though which was nice. This year they are open until 10:00 so I am not sure how that will affect crowds but during the day this past Sunday the lines for the coasters were all under 5 minutes except Thunderhawk.

I hope it happens, I remember they had to go for the approval to build a Tornado for WWK for the 2007 season. Then they cancelled it because it was later discovered Hershey was getting the same slide for 2007. I'm still shocked Voodoo was approved with the noise and how close residents are to the park.

That would be awesome Mario Kart is my favorite game series, I'd want to see it every visit if there wasn't a long line.

I agree, that's why I don't understand why at SFMM they removed the antique cars for a kiddie land (Thomas Town). They get rid of a family ride and add stuff only for little kids. Not exactly my idea of catering to families (more like catering to little kids)

Rolling Thunder left. Around 1994, when I was 11. Even though I did go to the park as a kid in the 80's, I don't remember anything other than kiddie rides at that time.

I wish they would have kept the ride or added a newer type of car ride. The park is really lacking in tranquil rides and this is the perfect ride the whole family can enjoy.

I think they should just have allowed people to use the bring a free option for another day. However in the guest's defense, they really need to update ahead of time for early closings or closing for the day (for all SF parks)

Crowds look very comparable to last night, maybe just slightly more crowded (though that isn't saying much). At least they were open for 5 1/2 hours.

Thanks for the info, it really didn't seem like it was that many. I guess the park is so big even that many people still made it feel empty. I just read on another site the park closed at 4:00 today and he said it was so empty he rode ET 3 times in a row in the front seat. I just checked the website and it still says they are open until 10:00 tonight! I know hours are subject to change without notice but you would expect them to change the website like they usually do like 3 weeks ago when they closed at 2:00 due to the horrible storm. What if someone checked the site at 5:00 and saw 10:00 and figured they had a few hours to go to the park only to find out it closed.

I think the park should have told anyone that called was that it is very possible or likely that they will be closing early. That way people expected it and didn't have to drive up to the park only to be turned away or only get in a few rides before they had to leave. I wish they gave the exact number since it really felt like it hardly anyone was there to the point that you kept running into the same people various times throughout the day and recgonized almost everyone you saw, it wouldn't surprise me to find out it was less than half of that.

I even called before I left and asked if the park was going to be open and what the time the park would be open. They said it would be open and be open from 5 - 10. I agree that had to have known hardly anyone would show up. I guess they figured it wasn't worth it to run the coasters with single digit riders (and in most cases less than 5 riders) on basically everything except El Toro which didn't even have half full trains but they didn't want to tell people they were closing the park due to attendance. I am satisfied with the amount of rides I did get in that short time but it would have been nice to stay until 10:00.

They said the park closed because it was unsafe to operate the rides? It only misted/drizzled the entire night and at 7:30 it wasn't even raining. Plus there was always Skull Mountain and the Dark Knight. I was there from around 5:15 to the 7:30 closing no lines for anything, Nitro was closed the entire time, I didn't see KK run once but others said it ran a few cycles. Batman was closed most of the time as well. I would guess around 200 people at most were in the park tonight.