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Had a great time at Worlds of Fun yesterday! They really put the park in amusement park - everything was super well maintained, clean, and nice to walk through!

Ride Count:

Patriot (1x)

Spinning Dragons (1x)

Boomerang (1x)

Zambezi Zinger (2x) - so surprisingly amazing - the layout had many unexpected surprises and felt longer than I expected! Not sure why the lift hill is enclosed - anyone know? Also, I agree with others that GCI's new trains really need to fix their restraints; they get so tight by the time you pull into the break run.

Prowler (2x) - so fun - I liked the Titan Track sections, but I do miss the intensity that wood provides

Mamba (2x) - I grew up riding Steel Force, I found this slightly worse - the end bunny hops were not as powerful imo. Loved the view of KC skyline from the lift hill - I can't think of many parks where you get skyline views like that so that was super cool!

Operationally, I find that the Enchanted Parks' staff are super chipper and welcoming - this was a common theme at both my visits to this and SFSTL and I hope it continues. However, I hope EP can standardize operations more. At SFSTL, everything was on two trains with fast dispatches (except Batman where they clearly communicated it would be one-train ops with a sign outside the station). Everything at WoF was 1 train except Zambezi and Prowler. Meanwhile, Spinning Dragons was basically a 1 train operation because they literally waited until each car was fully stopped from spinning and through the final break run before sending the next train - that line truly crawled and is unacceptable because by comparison, Pandemonium is operated really well by SFSTL. Spinning Dragons needs to be allowed more than 1 train to be dispatched! Even so, all the coasters felt like they took longer to dispatch trains than they should have.

I know EP leadership have said they want SFSTL to be the flagship park of their chain, but I hope WoF gets more investment too because I feel like there is so much potential here! (let's get them a launch coaster - something like Copperhead Strike maybe?)

Edit: forgot to mention that I think it's strange that Timber Wolf opened in the fall but is now closed until June. Oh well, I guess it's something to look forward to on a future visit

Had a good time at Six Flags St. Louis opening weekend (was there Sunday so did not see the fight). Didn’t notice too much change with the new owners. Employees were certainly energetic. Biggest change was lots of new blacktop and blue and orange banners were seen around the park. Was weird to see the fast lane branding in a Six Flags/Enchanted Parks Park - goodbye Flash Pass I guess. Ended the day with 5 in a row on Mr. Freeze without leaving the seat (towards the back)!