Day 5 - Magic Springs, Celebration City
Day 5 - Magic Springs, Celebration City
(Celebration City now added below)
Mats Hummel
Lovely park, almost the whole staff were out there taking care of us and made sure we did not leave the park hungry or undressed, thank you Magic Springs. Free drinks, free sun block! Liked the woodie a lot, mine train was really cool. A really nice location and the selection of coasters, flat rides and kiddie rides are very good. Did not have time to do the water park this time...
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
What a nice park Magic Springs is. One I would love to go back to and spend some more time in. Really liked Arkansas Twister. Great hospitality, good food, and a great day so far, now we're on the road to...
Cal Jones
Magic Springs was a lovely park - I didn't realise how lovely the setting was. Some fun rides and the peanut butter ice cream was awesome...
Gordon Taylor
Very nice park and very hot again. Love the free sodas and sunblock. Amazing how its only the small parks that have the courage to do this. Nice lunch nice t shirts - thanks PR guys - and ERS on Arkansas Twister had airtime despite looking like it did not. Very good ride...
Dirk Lather
Heute war Magic Springs/Christall Falls auf dem Programm. Ein wunderschoen im gruenen gelegener Park mit sage und schreibe 5 Coastern. Der Maurer x war leider deffekt, aber auch die G-Kaeule kann ich gerne sparen bei der Hitze. Der Rest macht wirklich Spass, der Wassepark wurde auch von mir unsicher gemacht, jede Menge Rutschen und ein Lazy River, alles was meine faule Haut braucht...
Christof Muehlan
Magic Springs has free sodas, free sunscreen and free airtime on nice wooden coaster...
Stuart Cosgrove
Lovely park and hospitality. Twister running better than I expected. Pity X down but more than made up for by a picturesque park...
Nina Kleppe
Magic Springs is a nice little park. The ERS on the wooden coaster was good. Got to do the other coasters except from the X coaster. Shame that was down...
Mette Doving
Another great day. Magic Springs is a nice little park with a great woodie, only rode the first seat. Wish I had brought my bikini with me as the water park looked great. Good meal, thanks for the T-shirt. Har hatt en fin formiddag i en bra park. Det er varmt! ...
David & Susan Ellis
Our visit to Magic Springs lived up to its magical name. Starting out with an ERS on the misnamed Arkansas Twister, which is a classic out and back coaster, we also rode a mine train with 3 lift hills, a great kiddie coaster, and a mouse style ride called twist and shout, which was full of twists and made everyone shout! Shame the X-Coaster was not working, as it looked an interesting experience. A great lunch and a free t-shirt too! Then we visited Celebration City...
Steve Gzesh
This was my first visit to Arkansas. Arriving late last night at the hotel, a small group of us ventured out to the local Waffle House, which was quite the surreal experience. I'm quite certain it's the first time this restaurant ever served guests from France (who were mystified they couldn't get wine with their meal!). The trip today to Magic Springs was well worth it. It's quite a charming and attractive park, with a fine collection of coasters and other attractions. And the park staff couldn't have been nicer to us. Wish we could have spent more time there, but it's a good reason to return in the future!
Andy Costin
After the last few days' visits to big parks, it is nice to come to a smaller independent park. Magic Springs is a nice park in a wooded setting with a good collection of rides.The Arkansas Twister is a good out-and-back woodie, we had an ERS on this. There were five other coasters, but one, X-Coaster was broken, more's the pity as it looked insane! Hope to re-visit in the future to try it. The hospitality was great, and free drinks dispensers were available to all patrons, welcome refreshment when it is hot. Too little time available to us, we have a long drive...
David Elvy
Magic Springs was great, with Arkansas Twister, an out and back wooden coaster in the Hills. I rode all the coasters, apart from X Coaster, what a shame it was down. The Water Park looked amazing, but unfortunately we did not have time, maybe next time. Thanks to all at the Park for ERS, Food and goodies. Then another long drive to Celebration City
Paul Hindle
12 rides on the Arkansas Twister, plus another 6 rides & the Water Flume; a great morning. Nice folks at the park too...
Mark and Jenny
A real gem of a park, which reminded me of Lake Compounce - a big compliment! Arkansas Twister is a woodie I could stay on all day, it really was very smooth, and the wooded setting made it all the better. We were met by the park manager who seemed very enthusiastic that we were there. This park is clearly well loved and cared for. We could happily have stayed here much longer, however Celebration City beckons...
Chris and Lisa
Nice smaller park with the rides split up by a great looking water park, Akansas twister was a out and back woodie, which we found was much more enjoyable in the front of the train, we also managed to get a ride on all the other coasters apart from the X-Coaster, somthing todo with a broken saftey system. While we didn't take a dip, it wass nice to have 30 mins just to chill out by the pool...
Lorna & Adrian Dade
Great Park Shame we could not ride X coaster. Pity we did not have time for the waterpark, Great coasters even better hospitality...
The 4 Frenchies
Encore un tres bon acceuil de la part des dirigents et employes de ce parc, avec le regret de ne pas avoir fait pour cause de panne le "X coaster". Une tres belle matinee a garder parmis nos souvenirs.
Jeppe Nygaard
We had a great morning start at Magic Spring in Arkansas. The most beautiful park so far, nice scenery, and very well kept. Nice rides, nice food, and friendly Staff and Management. Thanks to you all. The scenery has changed a lot since we left Texas, more trees, more greenary, and not almost as hot. thanks for that...
Malcolm Marr
Said goodbye to Texas and have made our way into Arkansas (why is it not pronounced like "Kansas"). Different state but same level of hospitality with a nice roadside welcome from the park. X-Coaster was down, so I have a reason to revisit the park, and instead I rode their SLC 10 times consecutively. I can only assume the heat is getting to me...
Owen & Alan Rees
Well, Magic Spring and a rattling good ride on Twister. Fast, too. Lovely park, and beautiful water facilities for next time. We liked the little Mine Train; Big Bad John has a good heart!! Lots of everything for everyone...
Bob Clark
A wonderful park - set in wooded mountainous Arkansas. Great hospitality. Arkansas Twister was a great out and back woodie with that essential extra - a walk on front seat. The Water Park looked so tempting - it awaits a return trip...
Derek Cromarty
First entry as I have had a stressful few days. After getting frisked at Heathrow, then again at Chicago (forgot i had an apple in bag) and again after going through to departures (forgot I had a bottle of drink in bag) landing at houston and discovering no suitcase, Aagghhh! Lorna & Adrian helped me with some bits but was rather worried when i tried to phone AA about my case i was speaking to a computer, and they were still looking for it. Double AAgghh. The man at the airport said i would get it the first night. Now i was really worried. did i say about losing my camera on the boardwalk bullet!! (luckily we found it ) Day two: i went to reception and there was my case! Beware these trips can be stressful! Anyway all the parks are great some of the rides are Smoother than others, but generally having fun!
Yvonne Janik
Arkansas Twister was just as smooth and fun today as when I first rode it in 1994; I love a well-maintained wooden coaster, and the setting is really beautiful. Thanks so much Dan, Matthew, Kathy, and Barbara -- we had a delightful day at your park.
Kim Varde Lassen
Very nice park, very nice people. Arkansas Twister was the better of the two ERS coasters. Vekoma makes nice looking coasters, but riding them... well that's just Vekoma. Would very much have have liked to do some splashing around in the waterpark, but no time.. we're on a tight schedule.
Steve Fagin
Good experience on the Twister in the front row. Pity X was shut - will look forward to riding that next time.
Paul Greenwood
My first visit to this park and I was extremely impressed. Unlimited free sodas and sunscreen - other parks could learn a lot from Magic Springs!
Lee Bennett
Another great park with friendly staff. Arkansas twister was running great so i had a few rides and then had a nice lunch!
Luckily i have visited this park before so i had time to use the waterpark and ride the slides and have a splash in the wavepool, Cool park !!
andycoasterboy
Another real gem of a park that you wish was closer to home. The Arkansas Twister was a great way to start the day with a continual ride ERS :) Again the weather is very hot and humid as you would expect in this part of the world. A huge thanks to all the great staff who made this another memorable day - and to the guy who took the snake (for real) out of the tat shop. And off we head to another park...
Chris Hull
A really friendly and picturesque family oriented park with an interesting past and a good selection of rides. Morning ERS on Arkansas Twister was really enjoyable and the park gave the option of riding the SLC due to X-Coaster being down. Just enough time to take in all the rides but would be a great place to spend a day "chilling" out in the waterpark in such warm weather :) As often is the case, it doesn't have to be the biggest or the best parks in order to have a great time. Thanks to all staff involved for their hospitality at Magic Springs...
Darren and Mary
Nice park just a shame that we did not have time to explore a bit more. Darren enjoyed all the rides including the Twister and the Gauntlet. Nice food, friendly staff and nice to have free drinks...
Celebration City
Lorna & Adrian Dade
Celebration City was fun, Ozark Wildcat is the best Woodie!!! Very Nice Park, ERS big let down due to attitudes of ride ops, Not Fun.
Malcolm Marr
The first of the Ozark parks and this was a nice one to start with. The wooden coaster was superb, there's a mental steel coaster and a great "extreme" parrot show that got close to the legendary Holiday Park Animal Show, only here the animals could do pretty decent tricks. The first park to have a significant migrant workforce and I think it showed during the ERS; it didn't spoil the ride experience for me but did for a few others.
Kim Varde Lassen
I really liked this place. I had a very good time. Maybe it was because the temperature had dropped a bit due to the late arrival, but sometimes the plain layout of a park just works wonders. Three great coasters, all very special. The Ozark Wildcat GCI coaster was awesome. As any GCI coaster. I'm a true fan now. The ERS ride operation was a bit rigid and serious, but luckily the coaster made up for it.
Steve Fagin
Nice park with a good ERS on their GCI, Wildcat. I thought the ride ops could have displayed a bit more joie de vivre, but I didn't think that their muted smiles and slavish adherence to protocol marred the experience as much as some of the other members.
Lee Bennett
Back in Branson Missoruri (The outlaw Joesy wales !! ) Excellent ERS on the Ozark Wildcat, what an action packed ride to from start to finish and no dead seats ! It's a shame the ride ops did not have the ability to smile!!
Paul Greenwood
What a nice park and the first GCI coaster of the tour. Like all other GCI's I've ridden, the Ozark Wildcat was fast, smooth and very, very twisted! As good as this combination is though, I always prefer straight drops and more airtime - there were a couple of very good bunny hops though. Unfortunately the ride ops put a dampner on things by laying down the law regarding hand slapping, vacating the exit area and making us walk around between each ride - resulting in them sending the train off with empty seats. The fun atmosphere from them wasn't there - You can certainly tell that we've left Texas!!!!!!
Jeppe Nygaard
Okay nice park. The wooden coaster was by far the best woodie on the whole Trip so far. I am amazed that this one rides so well even being 4-5 years old. I'll say, It could have been the best ERS of the trip, but the operaters and their park rules spoiled that. But couldn't spoil the Ride.
The 4 Frenchies (Yvon,Gaelle,Yannis,Pascal)
Un temps ideal pour s'eclater, s'amuser, prendre du plaisir au Celebretion city. Un parc avec l'originalite du decors du temps des cowboys. L'accueil fort sympathique avec un petit jeu "questions-reponses" qui recompensa les coasteristes les plus rapides a repondre (a ce jeu,
Yvon a fait parler son experience). L'ERS etait magnifique, vivement le prochain parc !
andycoasterboy
...second park of the day - the Ozark Wildcat was the best of the three coasters. Extreme Parrotts was also memorable!!. A shame our ERS was a bit subdued due to the lack of any real enthusiam from the ride operators :( think they should head over to Steel Eel at Sea World to see how its done. Although having an hour on a GCI you can't really grunble.
Chris Hull
Evening arrival for this park and three coasters to enjoy. The Wildcat stood out by far and added to my list of GCI Woodies proving once again that GCI build incredible rides that stand the test of time. Full of twisty goodness and a great ride wherever you sit! The staff however during the ERS could have been a little more relaxed and actually looked like that were having a good time too.
Mette Doving
Arrived at Celebration City right on the scheduled time. Nice little park. Three coasters, that we all got to do quite fast, as there where not so many people in the lines, however the lines where moving quite slow. Got to see the parrot I just could have stayed on all night. A shame only that the ride ops looked like they wanted go go home, than giving us a nice time. We will got get hurt by slapping hands!!!
Nina Kleppe
Had a fun night at Celebration City, a nice little park. The Ozark Wildcat was a good GCI woodie. Got to see the firework before the ERS. Fun to ride Wildcat in the dark.
Dirk Lather
In diesem Park hatten wir einen wunderschenen Abend. Dieser recht kleine Park hat allerhand zu bieten, so konnten wir hier in den "Genuss" einer Stahlbahn der Firma Miller kommen. Diese sieht ein wenig aus wie mit Matrix zusammengebaut, aber sie haellt. Der Fahrkomfort war erstaunlich gut, der Spass war riesig. Aber auch der Rest vom Park ist einfach klasse. Der Stil bezieht sich komplett auf die 50er, viel Neon, viel Rock Roll, gutes passendes Essen usw. Ab 22 UHr war dann der GCI "wildcat" komplett uns alleine. Eine super Bahn, die mir im hinteren Bereich sehr gut gefaellt. Vorne hat man den Eindruck, als verpasse sie die GCI typischen Airtime-Kurvenfahrten. Einzig die Ride Ops waren in diesem Park ein wenig steif und liesen den Spass der ERT ein wenig verdunkeln, aber der Empfang fuer uns war grossartig.
Christof Muehlan
I like coasters and I like Japan. Thunderbolt had two japanese ride-ops that told me to push down on the restraints in a cute accent. They would also carry the baskets with myloose items to the exit for me. And they yelled something nice after me as I left the station. I am glad I do not speak Japanese.
The ERS on Wildcat? The ride-op made me feel at home. I miss Germany.
Darren and Mary
Celebration City was fun, we enjoyed the laser and firework show, ERS on Ozark Wildcat - the woodie was excellent shame about the staff operating it, this spoilt the atmosphere
Bob Clark
Ozark Wildcat - yet another fantastic GCI woodie. Nice bits of 1950s theming in a city park situated at Branson, Missouri. The Laser/Firework show lacked imagination but went down well with the local audience.
Mats Hummel
Celebration City had 3 really cool coasters, Ozark Wildcat is a favourite but Jack Rabbit surprised me alot! Sad to see the train run with empty seats during the ERS (someone did not like us to use all seats...)
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
...Celebration City! Over and over again I keep getting surprised by how nice some of these smaller parks are. The ERS in the evening was great concerning the coaster, the best woodie so far, but some strict park rules made the whole experience a little less great.
Cal Jones
Another great little park with nice 50s themeing. The Ozark Wildcat was fantastic - best coaster of the trip so far. Only down side was a poor selection of food here.
Gordon Taylor
Another day another gr8 park. Evening ERS on The CGI coaster was fab. Most excellent ride and the patriotic pyrotechnics laser and projection show was fun until the inevitable Birdie Song. Nice coffee too!
Andy Dewar
I had a really pleasant evening at celebration city, there was another patriotic laser & fireworks show and left with an excellent ERS on the Ozark Wildcat.
Matthias Pies
Netter Park und netter GCI Coaster. Die Lasershow strotzte mal wieder nur so vor Patrotismus.
Jonas Aastroem
Wonderful little park with a far more charming theme than many more generic parks with repetative rides. Ozark Wildcat was loads of fun, and the patriotic laser and fireworks show almost outdid Lone Star Spectacular.
Chris Simon
Celebration City: Lovely park, retro 50s style more convincing than a lot of others, Ozark Wildcat absolutely superb, fast and mad, especially in the dark. Msg home to AP: a lot of parks have live music, mostly C&W so far, but no blues as yet!!
Paul Orsmond
A Lovely Park, full of nice theming and rides, especially the woodie which was great, but sadly it was let down by poor staff on our ERS. The home made style coaster Jack Rabbit was very strange and according to my log, I think that became my 500th coaster.
David & Susan Ellis
Celebration City is a very different park to most, with a lot of the theming based around 1950s retro, with music playing to match. The park is host to three coasters, including a wild Miler coaster that looked like it was made of Meccano, but the highlight is a 5-year old GCI wooden twister called the Ozark Wildcat. The Wildcat was fantastic, with relentless pace and nice pops of airtime too. The ERS on the Wildcat was so much fun, but it was a shame the ride ops were so picky about not allowing the customary handslaps. Nevertheless, the coaster was amazing...definitely the woodie of the trip so far.
Andy Costin
After a long drive we arrived at Celebration City. Another nice park, with a superb woodie, the Ozark Wildcat, a ride that is both exciting and re-rideable all day. The Jack rabbit was a fun ride, which had us all laughing and cheering. There was a good show, similar to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The ERS on Wildcat was let down somewhat by ride staff not liking our hand-slapping antics, but was fun anyway. Wildcat is my top woodie of the trip so far.
Steve Gzesh
I must say that Ozark Wildcat at Celebration is, so far, the coaster to beat on this trip. It was simply astounding and it will be several days before we hit another coaster of this caliber (Holiday World and Wisconsin Dells come to mind!). But even the "lesser" coasters at this park were a lot of fun, including the Miler Jackrabbit!
Owen & Alan Rees
Celebration City. nice theming. saw the Parrot show and played golf.
Stuart Cosgrove
Celebration City had a lovely 50s feel to it with great rock'n'roll played in the background. Well laid out park. The highlight for me was the best coaster to date, Ozark Wildcat. Great transitions and very rerideable. The only downside was the lack of enthusistic staff. Otherwise great experience.
Eirik Erstad
What a wonderful surprise! I had no expectations and was overwhelmed by the nice, unique rides and the themeing. The Ozark Wildcat is a brilliant family ride.
