Iron Gwazi- my first ride (maybe 4th train of the day) gave absolutely not positives, or laterals, and gave fun, but not intense floater/lifter airtime. After one ride, I had it placed second overall behind Velocicoaster. I came back around 2pm, and holy crap...I would put that in top 5 most intense individual rides. The most intense forms of ejector, great positives, and a few lateral moments. After that, it was about even with VC. I had a marathon from 2pm until dusk getting 8 rides in about 3.5 hours. None were as intense since I knew what to expect. After that, it was my new number one. Sadly my last ride on IG came after about 2 hours of being down for fireworks, then lightning. My last ride felt identical to my first, hence why Lrod is above it in my rankings.
X2- My first ride blew me away. It was placed at #5 behind Twisted Colossus, and Velocicoaster. It didn't jump to number 3 for me until my first back row ride. That was just plain stupid, and I love it. It locked itself in at #3 after 7 night rides in an hour and a half back in January. All of those were in the back or front. It really allowed me to learn how to deal with the rough patches, and appreciate just how insane it really is.
Thunderhead- every park should take notes, this is how to retrack rides. It went from being placed around 26 after my 2022 rides, to being borderline top 5 with Ghostrider and Twisted Colossus after my 2023 rides. The airtime wis so much better now, and it is glass smooth. Even the middle of the train would make my top ten.
I might edit this, or make another post since Im out of time, and this wont save. Anyways, have a great day