A great little family friendly theme park! Nice la...

A great little family friendly theme park! Nice landscaping and decent collection of rides, maybe not the of class you d find in the east or California, but still a good variety. I spent most of my time on the larger rides and coasters, so that is what this review will focus on.
The biggest complaint I have and one of the main reasons for withholding a star is the simple fact that none of the coasters have multiple trains, and the throughput suffers for it. Obviously Aftershock can only run one, but it has larger capacity. Corkscrew can get away with it being since it s fairly short and more of a novelty, but I cannot fathom why the two woodies only have one train each. Both are great coasters you ll want to ride multiple times, and two trains would speed things up exponentially as one could be loaded while the other runs. Anyway, just try and time your visit for a less than busy day. I was there on a Saturday in fall, it seemed fairly busy and I spent a decent amount of time waiting, but got several rides on everything. On to the specifics...

Coasters-

Aftershock- The clear king of extreme at Silverwood, Aftershock is impossible to miss with its twin towers painted in screaming green and blue. This is a Vekoma giant inverted boomerang, a larger and comparatively uncommon variety of the ubiquitous boomerang coaster model. As such, it doesn t score much for originality, but fits nicely in a remote family park like this. The ride experience is good, somewhat rough as these are known to be, but not unbearable, I rode at least five times or more. Go for the front if you can. I like the staggered seating arrangement, and the backwards vertical lift is definitely suspenseful! Aftershock also has the shortest queues, likely thanks to its high capacity train.

Tremors- Definitely my favorite coaster here, Tremors is just deliciously good. Not as imposing as timber terror, but don t underestimate it. This CCI twister-style woodie is well themed and action packed from start to finish, with lots of airtime and fast, sweeping turns. Try different seats if you can- again the front is great, but the back will fling you over the first drop more. My favorite parts of this coaster? The 4 (!) tunnels; the first low, flying airtime hill after the drop, and the great head-chopper effect midway through. Also kudos for the super cool gift shop built over the first tunnel with a viewing window to watch the train roar through.

Timber Terror- I can t really review TT definitively because the train was running backwards on my visit in preparation for Halloween. (I understand tremors also does this during October). So I want to ride again normally, but backwards was a lot of fun too, with a great first drop and nice series of airtime hills. Both these woodies are smoother than a much newer wooden coaster I d ridden shortly before, keep it up Silverwood.

Corkscrew- This one is cool just for its history. Corkscrew was originally built in California and was the first coaster with modern inversions, meaning the first time riders could go upside-down without risking whiplash (or even death). It and its creator, Arrow Dynamics, significantly advanced roller coaster design. Today, it s not a particularly breathtaking ride, but again fits nicely in the park as an introductory steel coaster for younger riders who can t quite commit to Aftershock. (And if you re a younger rider reading this and going upside down really freaks you out, go ahead and try it. Most times it s nowhere near as scary as our brains think it will be :-).

Other Rides-

Spin Cycle- an impressively tall frisbee-style flat ride, and yes it inverts. The swinging action felt a bit too controlled though.

There is also a drop tower; a nice flume and raft ride, and many other smaller kids rides. If you re still reading this, way to go! Now go ride Tremors for me.