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They were training ops to run Maxair we were told by the guy holding the stick at the entrance. Same today.

Princess of the night - Saxon

^ Lots of success. i really hope you will get the job.

Are visitors able to test it the next days in anticipation of the official opening Saturday ?

I rode Blue and Mean yesterday. We feared the worst for Mean but the ride was actually ok. It was certainly not as rough as Bandit and Coaster Express are nowadays. Blue was short but rather smooth with some air. Great ride.

Though it's not a thrill coaster, I had fun when riding Vertigo last summer. It is really not rough at all, even not in the transitions. They guy you hear on the youtube video, is btw saying that the ride is comfortable/smooth. Too bad for WB. They just officially opened the ride after 3 years and now this.

Yes, I am right now. Have you ever seen the Niagara falls ?

They also had the racing Twisting Twins woodies. Unfortunately, they are both out of order but still standing.

Monday 5/19 : Cedar Point day 1 Wow ! CP is big, has coasters every where you look, and has 3 coasters that I give a 10/10 rating : Maverick, Millie and Dragster. It's been a very long time that I was nervous for riding a coaster. Well I was nervous for TTD but I loved it. The first drop on Millennium Force is so long And Maverick has so many different cool elements. Crowds were ok and we got in early with our platinum pass and were able to ride MF and Maverick before 10 am. TTD had 1 hour row most of the day but just before closing time, it was a walk on. We had the very last launch of the day. Raptor and Mantis had 30 minute waits. All other coasters were walk ons. We briefly talked to Michael, also a member on Tpr and working at CP. Gyro-drop tree. Last train of the day. This is how an empty TTD station looks like. Through the trees ^ Also nearly diving Diving Mantis Mantis and MF Overview Maxair Drop tower ^ Raptor : very powerful helixes in the end. Blue Streak : lots of airtime. Put your 3D glasses on. Don't ask me why. I in any case didn't see anything in 3D during the ride. This was surprisingly good. ^ Mantis : I got headbanged in the second part. This ride was quite ok. ^ Iron Dragon : great misting. Mean Streak : ^ Magnum : I didn't like this coaster. Too painful to be honest. Gemini : good ride. Only didn't like the last helix. 1 hour waiting line. Finish Great fun. You hardly see the train. It got me nervous in the waiting row. It's huge. Another great ride in the back. This was a great ride. Surprise ^ Maverick On to our second ride before park opening. ^ What a coaster. Our first ride of the day. Entrance We parked our car on the first row of the empty parking. Coaster heaven.

^ & ¨^^ We rode Vortex in the backrow. That might be the reason why we didn't like it. We almost got whiplashed in the loops. The burgers were quite greasy and indeed didn't taste that well. But 5 burgers, french fries and unlimited soda was a steal so I'm not complaining.

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^^^ That's something to look forward to for next Sunday Btw, you mention Dorney has 4 cars on their mouse, SFKK only had 3 on the track ! I've seen the same model in other parks where the cars move slowly through the station while you have to get in. At the end of the station the cars just go up without further halting. Of course the added seatbelt at SFKK has an effect on that but the way how they manage to have all cars in the station regularly, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were in fact running the mouse with 1 to max 2 cars if you know what I mean. ^^ The ops at Deluge were great once we managed to get in the station. All others probably had a bad day.

Sunday 5/18 : Kings Island Having the waiting line for the seasonpass at SFKK fresh in mind, we arrived at KI 1 hour before opening. I was amazed about the park as from the first minute : - almost all the booths where you have to pay were already open, while there was nobody yet. - the complete seasonpass processing center was already in full operation. I didn't see one desk empty while we were the only ones at that moment in the processing center (at SFKK only half of the desk were working). - while the mainstreet area opened at 0930 h, the turnstyle and security ops were already present at 9 h. - all coasters were running at full capicity as from the beginning and ops were doing everything possible to get the train out before the next ones arrived. We got our 13 credits in 4 to 5 hours time. I very much liked KI and to be honest I liked Son of Beast It's probably because I expected the very worst but I thought SoB was quite fun. The pics. That's all for KI. I'm going to sleep now because we have to get up early tomorrow for our drive to CP. ^ I liked this coaster, sorry for that Racers. In the back, Beast. The second drop is AMAZING. In the front, Vortex. By far the worst coaster in KI. ^ ^ I even didn't like the way you get in the fly position. If I would have had wings, I think I would fly smoothly. Firehawk. So far, Air was my only fly credit. Air remains my favorite. Nuff said. The trains are beautiful of course. I like it so much that the doors actually open. Stunt Coaster : I was looking forward to this one for some reason. Effects were not working and didn't really like the coaster either. The tunnel was a surprise though. ^ Racers. These were very good coasters, especially frontrow. I didn't like it backrow that much. Delirium Flight Deck. It's a good ride. Btw, has that waiting row ever been filled completely ? FD was a walk on but we lost 10 minutes walking to and back the station. I couldn't resist to already take a pic of one of the most impressive coasters I've ever seen, although I was nearly crapping my pants for riding it. Although very powerful in the loop going backwards (so we were then on the backrow), it was a good ride. As soon as the park opened we rode Invertigo where we got front row on the second train of the day. Entrance

Saturday 5/17 PM : Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom After staying till about 1 pm at HW, we drove to SFKK where we arrived 1.5 hours later. I was pretty excited to be there. However that feeling went away very quickly : - all flash passes were sold out already, while we hardly saw people using them in the park - we had to stand in line for about 1 hour to get our season pass processed - ride ops were working sloooooooooooowly. Definitely the worst rides ops I have ever seen in a park. - the wild mouse had 3 cars on the track. Yes 3. Other parks run the same mouses with 6 or more cars. At a certain point the ride op had all 3 cars in the station. LMAO. - Chang was running with 2 trains but all the time the 2nd train was already long time back in the station while the ops were still checking the train in the station. Same with T2 I already started to think that making a coastertrip to the Usa wasn't such a good idea after all On to the pics. Those mini burgers were so cute I couldn't resist to post it here for all you non-Americans. No 2 more : next to our hotel, there was a White Castle. ^ To end this part, 2 more of Chang. Ok but a bit rough. Thunder run One more of Deluge ^ ^ The waterpark has some other great rides as well. ^ Deluge : apart from the fact that we were only able to ride it the 3rd time we got in line because it broke down the first 2 times, this was a fun but wet ride. It's cool though that SF is opening this ride to guests while their waterpark was still closed. ^ T2. Like Hans said, it sounded smooth but it wasn't. My favorite element Chang again. The ride op checking the first part of the train..... while the other train is already back for a while. Great coaster although I expected it to be better. I don't know why. Chang and the closed waterpark in the front. This was an ok ride. Entrance EDIT : one more pic (I uploaded the wrong pic before) The mouse with all 3 (!) cars in the station.

Indeed, sorry about that. I was uploading those pics this morning in a rush as KI was waiting for us Thanks for the comment (thanks for everybody who commented btw). Do you know dutch ? TR of SFKK & KI should be up still this evening.

Back to school - Deftones

That is indeed an awesome lady. I had a big smile on my face watching this vid. I love that lady

Those are really awesome shots. Can't wait to visit BGE next week.

No. Did you ever got 13 new credits in 5 hours time ? (I did today )

Real mother for ya - Johny Guitar Watson

Together with HansRubens, we're on a coastertrip in the Usa. Yesterday our tour started at Holiday World. We'll try to keep you updated of our trip by posting some pics on a daily basis. 5/17 : HW (both our pics on page 1) 5/17 : SFKK (Hans' : page 1, mine page 2) 5/18 : KI (both our pics on page 2) 5/19 : Cedar Point day 1 (both our pics on page 3) 5/20 : Cedar Point day 2 (both our pics on page 4) 5/21 : Canada's Wonderland (Hans : page 4, mine page 5) 5/22 : Kennywood (both our pics on page 5) 5/23 : Hershey Park (Hans' : page 5, mine : page 6) 5/24 : Hershey Park (both : page 6) 5/24 : Knoebels : (both : page 6) 5/25 : Dorney Park : (both : page 6) 5/26 : SFGAdv : (both : page 7) 5/27 : SFGAdv : (Hans : page 8) 5/28 : KD : (both : page 8) 5/29 : BGE (Hans' : page 9, mine page 11) 5/30 : SFA (Hans' : page 9, mine page 11) I liked HW very much : great coasters, friendly people, free parking, free soda. We had a great time. Voyage Voyage Raven ^ ^ ^ Legend ^ More Voyage Great thing in HW is the free soda (and parking). This is their new dark ride if I'm not mistaken. The speed is amazing. After opening, we went to the Voyage. We were there 30 minutes before opening so we we parked near the entrance. The Raven can be seen from the parking lot. Entrance

Warm Leatherette - the Normal

Chang, about 4 hours ago.

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