"Pictures don't do it justice"

I just made my first visit of the year on the past Monday June 5.

I was so excited to ride the new Voyage, and what a ride it was. I actually made 6 sailings on The Voyage during my visit. It was even more exciting than I thought it would be, the videos and pictures really don't do it justice, because when I saw it my mouth literally dropped open.

I could see it from nearly everywhere in the park.

I brought three friends with me, one of whom had only made one visit when The Raven opened back in '95, but was only five at the time, so couldn't ride. She really enjoyed the park.

And then one of my other friends hadn't really conquered his fear of roller coasters yet, so we took him on The Raven first, which was just about the only coaster he had been on before. He was really nervous when we pushed him into the queue line of The Voyage, but when we got off he gladly yelled, "That was awesome!! Let's do it again!"

We all had a great visit, and even my younger brother and my parents who don't go on too many rides enjoyed shooting the turkeys on Gobbler Getaway, even though my mom was confused at first on which way to shoot the turkey call, and was shooting herself in the face during the first half of the ride. LOL! But she eventually got the hang of it.

I was really surprised by the wait times for the lines. I actually got to go on The Legend twice without having to get off, and the first ride we rode when the park opened was The Raven, and there was only like a 15 minute wait, when I usually have to wait around an hour at the opening time.

I am always reading the HoliBlog, and I had remembered reading something about Will ordering the wrong colors of boats for the Raging Rapids, and when we got on, the hostess looked at us and said you guys are very lucky, you get the only blue boat on the ride this year. I thought it was quite funny and told her I had heard about it in the HoliBlog, she let out a small giggle, and wished us a great ride.

The Bahari River was good, but I'm not sure which one I like better the Bahari, or The Congo. I guess I will have to decide next time I come.

I am definitely making a second or maybe even a third trip back this year to ride my new favorite coaster The Voyage. I should be coming back in August with my church youth group.

I can't wait to see you all again soon.

In my opinion The Voyage should make the rating as #1 coaster on the planet by the end of this season.

Your coaster loving friend,

Josh H.

P.S. I saw the park on the Travel Channel yesterday. I was so happy to see it. Great job making it.