Evidently, yesterday must have been a popular day to visit the park! I got in right at 9, so I took advantage of the ERT.

Positives from this trip:

• It was great having The Beast for ERT for a whole hour. Pretty much all walk-ons.
  
• The park looked fantastic.
  
• I had a Cinabon, and it was awesome…the girl that waited on me was really nice.
  
• Waterpark addition looked really nice.
  
• The floral clock was starting to come together!
  

Negatives:

• Long lines very early in the day, well before noon, for everything-would have been a great day for Fast Passes.
  
• Pizza went to $8.19 for one slice (with breadsticks), the two-piece deal for around $6 something was always my mainstay.
  
• Got in line at the former Hank's to get a salad..after 10 minutes of the same person being rung up and the line not moving, I decided it wasn't worth it and left. Seemed to be understaffed.
  
• No shows at Festhaus during the week at all (from what I gathered on their website, but not before my trip). This was a real bummer for me. I thought it was pretty nice to have a live show to watch while I ate lunch/dinner.
  
• With Diamondback and Invertigo down, no shows in the Festhaus, no show in the KI Theater, and no show in the Int'l showplace, the park just seemed a bit "off". I would really feel for the family who chose their lone day to visit the park as this day. Even if you're not into all of that stuff, I think it's nice have them going on while you're at the park, and would probably somewhat help with the lines on the rides.
  

Some random pics of the park:

Glad to hear you had a nice day!

I completely agree with you about the park feeling "off" yesterday. Not having any shows and Diamondback/Invertigo being down really seemed strange!

Oh my gosh magic floral pony! Great TR, like said its a great day for Beast ERT

I'm really digging the new Soak City entrance, it lightens up the whole area.

Nice photos and report!

I was there too...got there around 10:45, walked back to The Beast, rode twice with a 5-10 min wait each time.

Lines for everything else were longer than I would ever wait in.

Yesterday would have indeed been a poor day, should it be the only day a family went to the park for the season. No shows ( I was hoping to see the Ed Alonzo show for myself), not much really to do, we went over the the waterpark, and wasted the day away there.

My only complaint about Soak City, though, is, women over 300 lbs should NEVER, EVER be in public with swimwear on. Same with men over 400. No one should ahve to watch two ton Tina eat her third plate of food in two hours in her moo moo bikini, or whatever that style of suit it is.

No one needs to see that, ok? Cover it up. All of it. Stores have miles and miles of fabric. Use it.

Rant over. Ugh. See what happens when there are lines?

I read in another post that only one side of Racer was running (and the line was well into the midway by 11), Flight Deck was running two trains, Invertigo was closed, Diamondback was closed, Adventure Express had maybe the longest line I've ever seen in that queue, and Vortex's line was like when I first rode it in '92-to the end of the cement planter. Add in the loss of shows as compared to last year, and the understaffing at some dining locations (not scientific at all, just compared to what I remember before), it came across to me as a major staffing belt-tightening by the park.

I have not seen both Racers running since opening day, though I'm sure that the blue one has been running since, it has not been in any of my 6 trips since.

I wonder why that is?

I was at the park yesterday and I agree it felt "off." GREAT pics thought. Thanks for sharing.

Racer was running both sides on Sunday. Can't speak for a week day.

Your camera takes some clear pictures! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! All those lines gave me the opportunity to do probably my favorite thing there…just walk and take in the scenery.