Blitz Arrives!

It's always exciting when a new attraction arrives at the park, and the past couple of days have been no exception.  On Monday, Blitz rolled into the Team Member parking lot, and in just two short days was already set up and cycling, slowly, up and down.  We plan to commission the ride this afternoon or sometime tomorrow, which is basically a fancy term for accepting the ride from the manufacturer and saying "ok, we'll take it."  ...kind of like driving a new car off of the lot.  The area in front of the ride is a big cement pad at the moment, but that will change before park opening--we're installing astroturf on the existing football field, so we don't have to worry about any drainage issues any longer.

 

The Thomas Town pop-jet fountain is also coming along, and. contrary to previous reports that it was going to be installed next to Harold the Helicopter, it's being plopped down right in the middle of the Thomas Town area.  The pavillion that used to reside in that spot has been moved to a location next to the Carousel to house a new set of lockers that are coming in for this year.  

Ride training is well underway, although we still have a lot to do.  Jen and I are both working 70+ hours a week right now--and with Opening Day less than three weeks away, I'm sure that number will increase even more fairly soon.  In fact, as I'm writing this, Restricted Area training is going on at Batman, and Jen and I are about to head down there to get the trainers trained on Attendant and Operator positions.  

Ok, it's training time. 

-John