 Yesterday Matt found himself back in a familiar place, Silverwood, to get another look at Stunt Pilot. With some HUGE thanks to Carter and Stephanie from Silverwood, this time we didn't just get pics from outside the park, but were let behind the fence for a great tour of what is going to be an amazing ride! Let's head in! Written by Matthew Nelson  On the road again. 24 hours ago this was all snow. Springtime in Idaho!  Hello again Silverwood!  Last week we were out here  This week we're in here!!  This thing is beautiful  Any park that says they don't have room for a coaster needs to see this ride.  The queue is all under the ride area  Stunt Pilot will have the moving walkway system, not air gates    Stunt Pilot is right on top of the walkway  We walked up on the lift of log flume to get some pics  Hey Fred!   For all you coaster station nerds. You know who you are.  Hard at work on Stunt Pilot!   We got to go to the paint shop to see the Pitts Special plane that will be part of the theming     A whole bunch of Tremors track is missing at the moment   They're doing so much work on tremors     Timber Terror got a bunch of new wood on the helix - hard to get a pic, but you can see shiny new wood  Got to see Corkscrew's first test run of the season  Hi Knott's!! To wrap up:
And again, a HUGE thanks to Jordan and Stephanie for reaching out after our update last week and offering us this amazing tour. We are so thankful for stuff like this. We can't wait to see the rest of the rides construction and of course it's opening this Summer. Related Videos
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Today Matt drove out to Silverwood to take a look at Stunt Pilot to see the progress on the newest RMC creation. Enjoy this quick update from the park! We can't wait for opening day! Written by Matthew Nelson Hey there Silverwood!  We set up shop across the interstate where we could get a look at Stunt Pilot.   Mmm, Aftershock Towers.  Oh, you're here to see Stunt Pilot!   It's really hard to convey in pictures how bright white Stunt Pilot track is. But it looks amazing!   How many coasters do you see in this shot?    Now that RMC is done in Tennessee, we should hopefully see more track going up here very soon, and much better views from outside the park.  It's going to look simply fantastic in this area of the park.    The end! Hope you enjoyed this quick update from Silverwood! Related Videos
Related Updates  Happy Monday everybody, welcome to our first park update since, checks calendar, March 6th!! Wow! Today we have an opening day update from Matt who went out to Silverwood on Saturday for their opening day. We realize theme park openings aren't really the most important thing going on in the world (or even in the top million) but we hope you can take a break from all the pain going on right now and enjoy some awesome theme park pictures. Take care of yourselves, and everybody else! - Gregg Written by Matthew Nelson Welcome to Silverwood Opening Day 2020!  Bag Check  This is a GOOD sign  It's good to be back! Every visit to Silverwood starts with a walk under Highway 95.  Good place for a quick breakfast snack / coffee   People waiting in the park for the rope drop at the end of Main Street   Social Distancing Sasquatch  They're even asking you to social distance before you get the scoop from the Dippin Dots Guy   Clear plastic panels divide the line where it doubles back on itself.  Scarywood Stuff!  My favorite part of the park  Excellent wooden coaster - especially at night  Spin Cycle has hot pink Sasquatch prints  So the line is split in two- then merges up near the station. There's SUPPOSED to be a team member at the merge, but we never saw that Saturday.  See, just like the sign says  When we first were let in, Aftershock was not quite ready to open- they still had the ropes with "Ride Closed' across the two walkways toward the ride.  Wiping down the coaster after each cycle.  Our first ride of the season at Silverwood, this is a really good solid mid level wood coaster- it's fun and thrilling enough for a grizzled veteran coaster rider, but it's also an excellent 'starter' coaster because it doesn't deal in any extremes. This season, it has sadly gotten rid of the buzzbar restraints for individual ratcheting lapbars. Theoretically, this will make the ride more efficient to operate, but there's still some bugs to get worked out- we waited extra long because the train didn't park properly in station- so the air gates couldn't open.
They had to cycle the train around again to get it in to the right spot. On top of loading every other row, and wiping the train down between riders, it was a fair delay. It took us about 45 minutes to board.  This would have been a throw away photo, but the bird made me laugh.  I tried to ride this later in the day. It broke down, but not before taking 45 minutes of my time (including a fair amount of time slowly rocking back and forth, then stopped but still restrained).   More cleaning  Tremors      The park has a lovely picnic pavilion   A really good deal and nice shady spot to eat/rest/recharge  You can eat mac and cheese until you EXPLODE! We hereby give Silverwood permission to use that line in their advertising.  You can get some nice shots of Aftershock from the back pavilions.   New sign for this season.  Hi Knott's!   Some kind of work under Corkscrew  Roaring Creek Flume Ride  Some coaster action shots, just because.      If you look closely, you can see that a lady lost her hat as the train went over the drop- you can see the hat in the middle of the track, a few feet from the top.  SO good, especially on hot days.  Ice Creamery at the end of the day. Note the people completely ignoring the Sasquatch markers.  Heading out for the day  What an excellent skyline. Related Videos
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