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How busy honestly depends on the weather. Being a smaller park however it can feel busy but rides can be either a short wait or walk on. The peak for this park ain't as bad as other parks (GC based). Usually what makes them busier, is the staffing arrangements. Running too low attendance (figures, this running lower staff numbers) when the park gets busier and it can't be changed accordingly. The rides that usually have the biggest lineups in peak are, •Wildmouse 30+ minutes •Volarè 20+ minutes •Sledgehammer 30+minutes (this ride has two queue lines much like pandemonium) The only other slight issue that affects high capacity rides at the park is the fact you need to scan a wristband at the turnstiled to gain entry into each attraction. So, even tho would get told to put the band on your right hand many don't (scanners are located on the RHS of the guests at rides). I'm assuming over the winter the numbers might pick up a little. The beauty is the Park is small. Having rides that everyone can ride also means everyone is somewhat spread more than we used to be when visiting before the upgrades.

Being bad at communication and being bad at project management aren't that far away from each other. It's interesting that another Gravity Group \ Martin & Vleminckx collaboration, listed with a March 2020 manufacture date opened in May of 2021. That's around a 14 month build time (And by a park that was building FIVE new rollercoasters that same year) Side note - that last link was an IAAPA article about coasters opening in 2021, so there were a lot of different parks and manufacturers listed including: Bombay Express - Dubai - GCI - Still Under Construction Boomerang - Sydney - Gerstlauer - Opened October 2021 Fly With Flap - Doha - Extreme Engineering - Opened 2021 Jersey Devil Coaster - New Jersey - RMC - Opened June 2021 Kondaa - Belgium - Intamin - Opened May 2021 Leviathan - Gold Coast - Gravity Group \ M&V - Still Under Construction Monster - Sweden - B&M - Opened June 2021 Now You See Me - Dubai - Maurer - Opened January 2022 Phoenix - New York - Vekoma - Opened July 2021 Power Coaster - Tennessee - Wiegand - Opened March 2021 Steel Taipan - Gold Coast - Mack Rides - Opened December 2021 Tidal Twist - Ohio - Zamperla - Opened July 2021 Wooden Dragons - Shandong China - Gravity Group \ M&V - Opened May 2021 I guess what we can take from this is wooden coasters sometimes take longer to build?

Happy to report about the new cycle on Sledgehammer. It is indeed much better and longer. I did not time the cycle but its definitely longer than what used to feel like 1 minute. It seems like a solid two minutes now. It still swings only to the 240-degree angle but does not go full power from a standing start. The Gondola seeks to spin a little more also when the ride starts. Great changes, the only slight letdown might be on busier days, now with a longer ride time it will make the whole waiting process longer given how this ride usually operates with one operator and one attendant. On my visit (Saturday) it was just the one ride op.