Clearing along 76 has begun for the new turning lane. In the attached photo, the red area is the approximate area that has been cleared.
It is great to have the train back. As others have mentioned, some jokes are gone or changed, but I don't think that the vast majority of people will notice. The joke about if you pull the orange cord without an emergency; one will be created for you is still there.
There are PowederKeg trains cars in the woods in the middle of the train loop. They are/were loosely covered by tarps, but are now mostly uncovered.
I didn't get a picture, but track is clearly visible in the show building behind Fireman's Landing. The portion of track visible looked like it could quite possibly be the dip on the burning bridge.
There is a new wide sidewalk from the parking lots. It ends where the road goes down the hill to the west next to the handicapped lot. The biggest difference is that the sidewalk is now elevated a little and is not level with the parking lot in most places.
Not sure if I have seen it mentioned here, but Thunderation only has one train currently available. The second train is taken apart and some whole cars are missing from it.
We did have an issue using our digital passes on the way in. If you have picked up the new plastic passes, you have to relink them to your account because new QR codes were issued when they print them.
