Darien Lake Theme Park
Corfu, New York
Negative-G 2012 Road Trip
May 25, 2012
Page Eleven






The Ride of Steel is the reason to visit Darien Lake and as the night came on it seemed like the train got faster and faster and the rides on it just kept getting better and better.



Despite the bad time at Darien Lake it is a pretty park.



As the sun sank below the horizon Predator's silhouette looked cool.  Get rid of the roughness and the spit and this could be a hell of a coaster.  Sadly it isn't. 



For a final photo from Darien Lake the question is how many park personnel does it take to untangle a seat belt on Ride of Steel? 

The answer is six.

Darien Lake understandably is a little paranoid about the restraints on Ride of Steel as in 2011 a Veteran who had no legs talked his way onto the ride and as a result of  him having nothing for the lap bar to hold him down with he flew out of the car to his death.  Still if a seat belt gets tangled ten minutes before the park closes just rope the seat off and direct people to ride in other seats instead of making us all wait for twenty minutes while six maintenance and management people figure out how to untangle it.

  I had high hopes for Darien Lake being ran by Hirschend Family Entertainment and with Ride of Steel but sitting here weeks later writing this I really don't want to go back.  Maybe they'll get their act together but thankfully for the people in the region there are better parks to visit like Canada's Wonderland, Martin's Fantasy Island (both of which we'll be visiting next) or Seabreeze Park.  Get your credits and move on to somewhere good. 

God it sucks having to write that.

Coming up next on the Negative-G 2012 Road Trip:  Martin's Fantasy Island and Niagara Falls 



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