darkridelover
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Lightning Rod was absolutely insane. It's hard to understand from the POV how intense it really is.
I would easily rate Dollywood as having the best Christmas event. There was more to do than is possible in a day considering the volume of entertainment.
its pretty bad here in TennesseeDollywood evacuated due to forest fires. Sounds serious.
Yep, rode it in June, such a great night ride too. You can't see anything.So Lightning Rod is operating regularly now? I thought I read recently that it wasn't.
That's not an actual inversion at the end. It's a non-inverting half loop.My favorite part of that ride is that final burst of airtime hills near the end of the ride as you scale down the hill before the final inversion. That part got me everytime I went on it lol.
This has already been debunked, it is not true.Reports are that Lightening Rod has reduced the launch time making it so the ride crests the first hill at less speed. Apparently the slight loss in speed doesn't change the back half of the right but the front half is slightly less intense.
I saw recent comments on reddit that it was true, but I haven't seen an official statement either way.This has already been debunked, it is not true.
Well I rode it right when it reopened for the summer (when the rumors started), so I guess you could count that as an official statement in some wayI saw recent comments on reddit that it was true, but I haven't seen an official statement either way.
(6/21/17) Just a quick note regarding the status of Lightning Rod. Since the coaster reopened last week, some rumors have started claiming that somehow it had been slowed down. Screamscape went right to the source on this one and contacted Dollywood who assured us that while the maintenance performed on Lightning Rod involved many systems, including the launch system, the coaster is still launching out within the same speed window as before, no trim brakes were added anywhere, and that the trains are still achieving the same 73+ mph top speed as before.