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Okay.. It's okay.. I really liked the launch. Have to say it's 50% of the fun on this one. The instant 0-70 intense speed is tons of fun. Then up and out of the Volcano. This is where, much like the parody video, it becomes... Meh. It's repetitive and slow. The rolls, while fun, provide hang time. But with three in a row, I lost a little interest. Then it's a nice big sweeping speed turn to a stop.

It's definitely lacking a little more excitement. Could've put a loop somewhere along the way it seems, into and out of the mountain maybe. I don't know. It's a fun ride, but not one I'd want to wait 2 hours for. It's a 30 min tops wait. It's also over really fast IMO. I rode it a few times. Queue line needs a little more interest along the way. I remember the old Haunted Mountain and seeing broken remnants in the dirty decay don't really pay homage to the past. I looked down in there and was kind of saddened. Just remove it at this point. And for the Smurf Mountain loading area above, I think it would be cool to have one of them peaking over the railing or something. Their attempts at nostalgia really fall short for those that remember the real mountain from the past.
 
For those of you keeping track at home, Volcano has been down for four days. Anyone heard anything about the reason?
 
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There were a bunch or rides down for at least part if the day today. Makes me wonder if the heat is causing problems.
 
Nicole said:
Wow.  My source said it was down.  Interesting.
It was most of the day I was in the park till close to 5 I was not aware that it ever opened. Staff were opebly saying it would not be running when i enquired in the morning. Glad to hear it was up and running even if I didn't get a ride on it.


RollyCoaster said:
I rode Volcano today? Was it not supposed to be open? I know the Drop Tower closed around 2 but thats all I saw down.

Volcano was down for a while. And Anaconda was e stopped and down for at least an hr early in the day before reopening. Dominator was also down for a while.
 
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RollyCoaster said:
Perhaps I wasnt paying openly attention. I rode it during ERT. During morning I was in Safari Village, around 12 I headed to the Grove and the rest of the park. Perhaps it went down and I didn't notice? I never ride Anaconda so I would have no knowledge of it being down.
I got there around 11 yesterday's and it was blocked off and definitely closed at that time. A staff member told me it was down for the day but I can not confirm that is I didn't stay all day. Anaconda was E stopped with an evac from the brake block over the lake don't remember if it came back up or not.
 
I assume it will be closed during the 2017 season so they can announce a Planet Snoopy expansion for 2018.

But seriously- goddamn. At the moment, this means the park's coaster lineup is down THREE coasters from last season. Yikes. Hope the ride gets fixed quickly.
 
This isn't to say that I believe Volcano is going to get shut down, but I wonder just how long Volcano will remain active (get it?). It's loved by guests, but its the only one of its kind so I would imagine replacement parts are going to be harder and harder to come by. Its not an Arrow where there are tons of coasters like it where parts are easy to come by.
 
Anyone know if Volcano is back up??? I checked out the KD website this morning and it no longer says the coaster is temporarily closed for maintenance. Someone on the park's instagram page said it was closed last weekend, but claimed they saw test dummies on it.....
 
RKRCC said:
Anyone know if Volcano is back up???  I checked out the KD website this morning and it no longer says the coaster is temporarily closed for maintenance.  Someone on the park's instagram page said it was closed last weekend, but claimed they saw test dummies on it.....
It wasn't running this weekend but if it's not listed as down on the website odds are it's open or opening soon. But be warned that they don't run every ride every day this time of year do to staff shortages during the week.
 
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