Let's start out here at Hurricane Harbor where the Black Snake Summit slides have gotten a pretty awesome paint job.

Can't wait to see all of the changes inside Hurricane Harbor. It's been a few years since we've visited so we'll make it a point to visit this summer.

Viper just celebrated it's 35th Anniversary so I took a nice ride on it. It seems to be running pretty well this season actually!

Just make sure you pick the right seat. =)

Inside the park there's a whole bunch of small things happening, that most people wouldn't notice. But we do! And we love it.

This former smoking section now has a sign that indicates there is no smoking allowed. As somebody with asthma who is triggered by cigarette smoke, this is amazing for me!

Not really a park improvement, but Scrambler is still sitting vacant. I doubt it comes back as even the sign has been removed.

It's a sold flat-ride spot so hopefully something will come here soon. The park is in desperate need of more flat rides.

The site is still showing as an attraction on the app, but when you click it there is no information. Hopefully that's a good sign that some kind of attraction will be coming back here soon.

Let's talk about Superman. The ride announced it's permanent closure last week which didn't come as a surprise to most of us. While we wish we could have gotten some final rides, I certainly understand why it didn't reopen. It was simply cost prohibitive.

As of now the tower is remaining (I can't even imagine what it would take to bring this thing down at this point) and Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is remaining open. Although it wasn't open during my visit.

The last we heard about 10-12 years ago was that it would take $3-$4 million just to get the Sky Tower up to the California Building code for public opening. Imagine how much more that would be in 2025. Especially now.

While these views are fantastic, capacity is low, ridership would be low after the first few weeks. There is a reason it shut down in the first place.

Wow, this corner of the park sure looks different than 19 years ago.

Fully expect this to be redone with Project 2026

Speaking of Project 2026, lots more earth is getting moved around.

Some of the seats for the Golden Bear Theater are still there, but it looks like they're chipping away at it. Literally.

Can we also hope that Full Throttle gets a more permanent looking station with this addition? Maybe they'll finally finish it? (I'm joking ... kind of)