Opening Date
Griffon officially opened on Friday, May 25, 2007. A special employee first ride event took place on May 1, 2, and 3rd. A second special VIP event took place on May 17 following the May 16th media day event. There was a "soft opening" on May 13. The roller coaster ran all day May 13 with just a few stops. Lines were very short at first, then became packed later in the day. Griffon opened on May 18 until May 25 for a "preview week." The official opening was on May 25, 2007. The ribbon was cut by a child who shares his name with the coaster. The lines for Griffon on opening day hit a wait time of approximately five hours, but the single riders line took approximately 1 hour. The wait was mostly due to technical problems stopping the ride, as similar sized lines in the following weeks only took an hour to an hour and a half.
Read more about this topic: Griffon (roller Coaster)
Famous quotes containing the words opening and/or date:
“The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With all their lives and cares,
Are carried downwards by thy flood,
And lost in following years.
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
“Until I was twenty-five, I had no development at all. From my twenty-fifth year I date my life. Three weeks have scarcely passed, at any time between then and now, that I have not unfolded within myself. But I feel that I am now come to the inmost leaf of the bulb, and that shortly the flower must fall to the mould.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)