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Is the complaining over? This layout looks better than MF in my opinion and should produce some airtime (trust me, Intamin has probably engineered those hills to do that). The layout seems to have the coaster train "flow" around the course and who cares if it has OTS restraints? IMO it helps make the cars look better and from previous experiences, they aren't really a pain. Now that half of the fun of guessing the ride has passed, the next fun part is watching it get built. Maybe we should rent an RV, buy some pink flamingos, and sit in the parking lot on the roof and watch this thing get built (kind of what they do at Nascar races). That'd be fun. lol

This was probably questioned back when MF opened, but could giga coasters become a bit more popular once this is built? Maybe part of the reason why these coasters never originally sold before was the layout along with the cost.

It's strange how two weeks can make a difference from being a ride with a decent-sized line to being removed for a new ride. Oh well, let the construction begin. Good TR.

I really feel this coaster is going to be unique and the biggest project for 2010. I am really going to keep track of construction for this coaster even though I might not get down there to ride it next year. My feeling on the design is that they better have the layout different from MF. This is the second giga made by Intamin and it needs to be unique. My guess is that the trains will probably be different since MF's train design are nearly 10 years. I can't wait to see the computer-animated POV and layout.

Get a couple of Las Vegas pyros to come to the park and send the ride out in style! A ride that size should come down in a spectacular way!

Let's say everything gets approved and starts to rebuild the park. What is salvagible? - Mega Zeph has been sitting away rusting and rotting for almost 5 years now. They don't have trains anymore and the coaster is probably a safety hazard. - The buildings probably have mold and haven't been cared for. - The other rides and coasters are probably the same way. My guess is that whatever is left would have to be removed or majorly refurbished. If this does happen, my guess is that everything will be torn down and will be built from scratch.

I have decided to cancel the Day and Age Park and instead of create a Pop Culture park with Anime included, I will make a japanese amusement park. Don't worry anime fans, you will see some themed rides, just not yet! Story begins below.

Is it too late to add the espresso splashdown? I think that the announcement video might hold a few clues such as the pulse-beat, the rocket at the end.

Exactly. That's why I think it might be a water ride. Unless they want us to think it's none of the above.... lol. Right now I'm just open-minded and don't care what they get since they already have 18 decent coasters (somewhere there's probably a CP fanboy yelling at me. lol), but personally a water ride wouldn't be a bad choice.

Wait a minute. They are going to add the station near the l ocker (I think Robb can change the word filter for the word. *hint* lol) building and take out part of the entrance midway or are they going to keep that path and have the coaster go over top of it? I have gotta see this! That's a decent chunk of land. As for where the Turnpike might return, that's a tough question. Maybe they could add it to Lost Kennywood next to Pitt Fall and the restrooms over there.

It seems like CP has made our guessing job a little bit easier: http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/poll/index.cfm The poll options are roller coaster, thrill ride, restaurant, Halloweekends, and a new children's area. Personally I think water ride, but since the Whyte Lightning name has been tied to 2 other Cedar Fair projects and having a MF logo, it could be possible. Just because they don't have footers yet doesn't mean it's not a coaster.

Ok. By the way, I'm making the radius bigger on the turn since it doesn't seem like it will go under the lift the way I want it to.

I have to laugh becuase i was just at the park last week and was going to ride the Turnpike, but it had a long line. I think the concept for the coaster looks awesome. It sort of seems like a Premier Rides version of Maverick at CP with many elements. Right now I am kind of excited for it since depending on the college I attend, it might be easy to drive to. Can't wait to find out the name and see the layout.

I had to redo all that i have done so far on the coaster, but the good news is that I have caught up and farther along. I am now at the point where you are probably figuring out what I plan to build and so far is looking realistic. I might be getting a new K'nex set (like I need another one ) so I will have plenty of pieces for the actual model which will be twice this size. I just need to wait for the phone call and then go pick it up. The first drop. This is the top view of the turnaround. It gradually drops so it doesn't loose much speed. I have had to seperate the coaster in pieces so that it could fit into my room. Comment.

Phantom's Revenge last week. It is now my #1 coaster.

So shiny. I somehow have the urge to touch it. lol You might be able to see yourself in it! Knoebels has more photos posted on their facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/album.php?aid=34443&id=1208692732

That's the same thing I'm wondering. When we walked through the ride and got to the exit, I saw a few people standing and sitting around the control panel and outside the ride saw some employees carrying a first aid kit ant wheelchair. ^I did see that point in the ride and I kind of figured that's what happened there. It did look like an interesting ride theme-wise, but if they made the targets a bit easier to shoot at and increased the point rewards it would be a better shooting dark ride. So when they run Racer they only operate with 2 trains and sometimes switch one of the trains out fofor the blue one? Or do they operate with 3 trains some time? By the way I like the pre-recorded dispatches on the coasters. They seem better than the ones at Hershey.

I hate them too, personally I think they're unnecessary and slow down loading efficiency. And by the way those "Detailed shots on how the rides work" are called Nerd Shots. Only on the double dip. The rest of the hills are just floater air. I know. I just thought I'd throw something different in wording in there.

Part 2. Feel free to use this in the Photo Index! Some quick trip notes: -Phantom's Revenge is awesome and is the best coaster I've been on so far. -Kennywood is now my #1 park and I believe Hershey could learn from it. The staff were friendly, it seemed more orderly, the atmosphere was awesome and I didn't feel overpriced. The coasters were also better as well with the rides having something for everyone. -Parking is free on the second and thrid levels, but you also get the perk of a free ride on either the escalator or ski lift. It is also about the same amount of walking if you pay $6 and park on the first level. -Finally, I found the food to be rather good and also cheap. For $8 you get 5 or 6 chicken strips, a lot of fries, coleslaw, and a big piece of roll and butter. -In conclusion I would like to say that I now hate Polka music. lol They were playing it CONSTANTLY! lol My next park probably won't be until October when I head back to Hershey. I don't plan on taking many if any pictures on that trip. It depends on if they are building anything for 2010. Comment. From here I rode Cosmic Chaos which was a great flat ride then ate at the Parkside Cafe. 8/10 Next I rode the carousel, all the coasters once with my last ride on Phantom's Revenge in the front seat at night. Here's a random pic of Volcano. I love detailed shots like these about how rides work. To finish my new credit run I got Exterminator in. The ride was nicely themed and was cool. It did have close to a 1/2 wait, but it was worth it. 9/10 I next rode Swingshot which could've been a tad longer, but was still a decent ride. 7/10 Next was Bayern Kurve, but since it was closed, I guess not. My next ride was the Pit Fall. Thi was my first freefall ride and was quite nervous about it since it was 251 feet tall. i found that if you have a partner with you and have a casual conversation with them, the ride is more relaxing. The drop was awesome though. 9/10 The whole Lost Kennywood area is nicely themed. The lifthill starts out slow, but eventually it picks up speed. It jerks you over the top and down the first drop and into the straightaway. Then you rocket up and get thrown into the awesome 2nd drop. The rest of the coaster was OMFG amazing! The hills were incredible and produced tons of air! If Phoenix wanted to be a steel coaster and have a 230+ drop this is what it would be! 11/10 lol. This is now my #1 coaster and I now think this ride is underated. I did at first thought that this coaster wouldn't be very great reguarding it's size, but boy was I proven wrong! Trying to find it's entrance is really tough and I almost went searching all over Lost Kennywood to find it! lol But once I did it had close to a 1/2 hour and was running 1 train. They did add the 2nd one. I headed to the backseat. The Turtle was going to be my next ride, but I thought I might ride Phantom's Revenge instead.

Well, my plans were at first to visit Cedar Point this year, but because of the college process, my family and me decided to visit one of the colleges on my list in Pittsburgh and visit the local attractions. Day 1: Sunday 8/2 I never have been as far west as Harrisburg, so I didn't know what to expect getting out to Pittsburgh except that it was going to be a LONG car ride on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and factoring pulling an RV behind you, that's a little over 5 hours. I will never complain again abut the drive to Hershey (it would seem like it take 35 minutes if we went there). The campground is just outside of New Stanton along I-70 and seemed to be the closest to Pittsburgh and featured Wi-fi (even though it was a tad slow), cable TV, and a rotten treestump with tons of mushrooms growing out of it which smelled like dead fish. But other than that, the place was nice. That night we ate at Cracker Barrel down the street and took a ton of back roads home which without our GPS, we would've wound up in hillbilly hell. lol Mon. 8/3 The next morning we had to prep ourselves for a decent drive into Pittsburgh to visit Robert Morris University. Out of all the colleges and universities I've visited like Elizabethtown College, York College, and Penn State Berks, it had to be the most welcoming place and nicest I've visited. When we arrived they had a big eletronic display board at the entrance that showed your name and welcomed you. The whole place was beautiful and the staff was friendly. It might rank up there very high for me. Following Robert Morris, we headed down the street to the legendary Primanti Brothers Restaurant for one of their famous sandwiches. I had the ALOMST Legendary Steak Berger which did something completely different with their sandwiches. Instead of having the fries and coleslaw next to your berger, they had then ON your berger which was awesome! The only downside was that I made the mistake of keeping the coleslaw on which was very spicey and took away the flavor of the berger. Now I know why it was ALMOST famous! lol I wonder which is the most famous? The rest of the day included a lot of lounging around and dinner back at the RV. Tues 8/4 This was the day we went to Kennywood which started out with a breakfast at Bob Evans, my great discovery and love for apple butter, and a lot of bridge construction. See the photos for this experience. Wed 8/5 On this day we visited Wal-Mart. That's right, we visited a Wal-Mart while we were on vacation! lol That's pretty much all we did that day. Thurs. 8/6 We ate breakfast at Bob Evans, had more awesome apple butter and drove home. Story Time! My mom and me got onto the ride with her in the backseat and me in the front. The shooters were cool and we entered the first room which was laid out nicely. The targets were hard to shoot at and when we entered the portrait room, we stopped! At first I though it was the block system setting in (just like RECC), but after sitting still and shooting at the same target for awhile it started getting warm. The scoring system can only go up to 10,000 after 10 minutes of waiting I reached that point and switched over to the other laser. Eventually the lights came on and a ride op released out restraints. From here we walked through the rest of the ride to the exit. It was really interesting how it was laid out. The reason why we were evacuated? Someone got hurt! This was the 2nd ride of the day where Kennywood's rides we KO-ing riders! lol Part 2 of photos soon. Being a fan of RECC at Hershey, I was looking forward to riding Ghostwood estate. The ride had a 15 minute wait and I thought the queue was laid out weird. The pre-show was cool as well as how the ride worked. After KO-ing a rider and causing it to stop operating for a few minutes, it only had a 5 to 10 minute wait. 9/10 To dry off I got my first ride on the Thunderbolt. I have always kept wondering why this coaster is always highly raved about? Personally I found it to be a decent ride, long, and thrilling. You get some good ejector airtime before the lift and you get slammed around the two turns. While it's not the best wooden coaster I've been on, it still ranks up there. I rode it twice and after looking at the design I can believe why Hershey removed theirs. It uses a lot of water, some of the motors are submerged, but it still is an enjoyable ride. I rode it twice with a 10 minute wait and got soaked afterward. 9/10 It certainly ain't Dan approved! There is one evil waterfall that I got hit by and went under twice! If you all remember, last year that Hershey removed theirs. So what happened to their rafts? Here's is your answer. Some boats have a label on them covering up the old decals. The seats are also different on several of them as well. It has been awhile since I rode a river rapids ride so I went on this evil device. lol It is kind of hard to miss Laughing Sal. There goes my dad. lol We next rode the train which gave a nice history lesson. The great thing about Kennywood are the classics such as the Auto Race. The cars were extremely small and reminded me of clown cars. I wish they had gas pedals. 7/10 My next ride was Log Jammer which seemed to be a great Flume ride. I loved the speed drop, but they only operated one station side. 8/10 I also rode the Aero 360 which was pretty intense. 8/10 The overall coaster was great and the ability to hand-slap as well. I still don't like the seatbelts for PTC cars, but if you ride single and use the other seat's, it sort of fixes the problem. 8/10 It was a 2 train operation all day. The 3rd train was in the station, but I didn't see the 4th. The wait was around 15 minutes. Next up was my 2nd Kennywood coaster, the Racer. The line was decent, but the queue set-up could've been better with allowing you to pick your row. The SkyCoaster looked interesting and would absolutely experience it.... IF it wasn't $20! For a 2 train operation, the line moved swiftly and it was full to the entrance. I only had to wait under 10 minutes. Following Garfield was my first Kennywood coaster: The Jack Rabbit. I have heard a lot about this coaster over the years and how great it is. Personally I found it enjoying, but I thought there would be much more airtime. The double dip was insane and it had a bunch of floater air before hitting the brakes. It could be longer though. 8/10 After driving though a lot of bridge construction we arrived at Kennywood. The first ride of the day was the "horrible" Garfield's Nightmare. Personally I find the Chocolate Tour ride at Hershey more annoying than this. I am an old fan of Garfield and found the 15 minute wait almost decent. I also rode it for the historical aspects of it. 6/10

Then I guess after that the trains will be added and testing would restart? So could they be trying to open it by October? From the way it sounds it could be possible.

Well, I am currently out in Pittsburgh and I arrived after a5 hour drive. Last night we ate at Cracker Barrel. Today we went to Robert Morris and then traveled down the street to eat at Primanti Brothers. The sandwich (the Pitt-burger) I had was awesome, but the coleslaw I had took most of flavor out of it. 9/10 Tomorrow is the Kennywood trip. We are probably going to eat breakfast at Bob Evans down the street and drive 1/2 hour to the park and spend the day. So far no photos, but probably after tomorrow and Wednesday there might be a few. More soon.

Fandango's restraints are still a pain though. They REALLY squeeze you into the seat and make you feel cramped. Great to hear Kosmo's Kurves is open (too bad I was 3 weeks too early for the credit).

less than a week until I travel out there. My mom is bringing her laptop so if I can, I might be able to give updates and upload photos. There's a Cracker Barrel right down the street from where we're staying. The Turnpike toll is going to be hefty (nearly $30 pulling a trailer).

The area where I was building the coaster wasn't really tall enough or big enough for a good layout. I started on another coaster that would circle my room, but I stopped at my bed because there wasn't enough room.