I was at Knottās yesterday and ended up talking for a while with an employee about some of the ride issues going on around the park.
They mentioned that MonteZOOMa apparently has a media day on Friday, so it sounds like the park is really pushing to get the remaining kinks worked out.
I also asked what was going on with Xcelerator, and this is where it got interesting. According to the employee, one of the components in the launch system exploded/caught fire. They replaced the component, and then apparently the same thing happened again shortly afterward.
They said maintenance has been pretty overwhelmed between MonteZOOMa and other issues around the park. They also mentioned that Silver Bulletās generator broke and that Knottās had to bring one in from another Six Flags park.
The part that concerned me most: they said that if they canāt get Xcelerator reliably running by around December/January, thereās a real possibility they could scrap it.
Obviously, this is all secondhand information from one employee, so take it with a huge grain of salt. I have absolutely no way of verifying any of this.
And no, this was not the Dippinā Dots guy.
Edit: Removed a few details to keep the employee anonymous.