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Thanks! Dragster had its best ridership of the past five years in 2018! I believe it. Each morning I visited it was running at park opening, was available during the day, and at night! I couldn't believe how many rides I was able to get on Dragster this year.

And on top of that comes to the forum to brag about it It's crazy that the park will be open again in less than 1 month! Two trains will be running on Mystic Timbers.

The ridership says it all.

Did anyone check out USJ's HHN this year? Their original stories always seem so cool, I'd love to hear if anyone visited.

Gringotts. Hulk at night in the front a close 2nd.

Care to explain? This statement confuses me.

Thanks everyone! Alright I've let this skate long enough, time to wrap this up real quick. I'm no stranger to Cedar Point and it's always a treat to spend time there, but it was extra sweet with TPR! We had 2 hours of SV ERT for the first two nights and Maverick power hour ERT to end the trip. UhhhhhhhhhhMAZING! Big shout out to Robb and Elissa who orchestrated a memorable finale. Cedar Point added Steel Vengeance and it's just as wild as everyone says it is. It's a ride that, due to its length, makes it tough to keep your arms up the whole ride but that's for sure the way to go. I probably rode in every single seat and enjoyed the front the most. Favorite element no doubt is the wave turn over the brake run in the structure. It's probably right there with Outlaw Run as my favorite RMC, but I still think Twisted Timbers is the most aggressive RMC I've experienced. Steel Vengeance was perfectly re-rideable and had me giggling on every ride! Maverick is still the sheriff of Frontier Town in my opinion. It does it all! The refreshed train scene is a nice touch and those stengel dives are wild. The launch has a great kick to it. The airtime hills are killer. The trains are comfortable. I found a row I liked in the middle of Magnum's train, but too close to the front or back and it's an uncomfortable ride. Food options are fine now - the bbq smoking by Steel Vengeance smelled soooooo good! The glaring issue now - the bathrooms. Coped from my initial post in August: Dear lord they're stinky, messy, old, don't have paper towels, no hot/cold water option, and some don't even have doors to keep in air conditioning in or keep the bugs out (!!!!). It's not just a "needs cleaning more often" issue. I really hope they concentrate on this part of the park soon. I'm not sure if this hasn't been addressed yet because of the plumbing beneath + sand and how difficult that might be I have no idea about the level of difficulty there. Of all the parks on the trip and the parks I've visited in recent memory, I can't think of a worse example. They're on Ukrainian Village grungy dive bar levels. And Elissa said the woman's side is just as bad. Cedar Point is such a great place for roller coasters. I really hope the put a log flume in at some point and a dark ride - even a clone of Voyage to the Iron Reef would be welcome. Another thrilling flat ride wouldn't hurt either. That wraps it up! I loved every minute of this TPR USA 2018 journey. Everything I expected happened - reconnecting with old friends, making new friends, some quality nerd talk, new favorites, some ugly sights of stupidity in America, seeing beautiful new parts of America, great beer, delicious food, water up my nose, inside jokes, a fantastic bus + driver, rodent affinity, weird smells, new record walking distances, and endless happiness. Thanks everyone! -Zach/Zz We're here!! Wow, what a big night at CP! Others..not so much Just having a blast on one incredible coaster. Some of the first rides on SV! Some of us are experts at timing the photos.. Maverick in the front row. Ahhhhmazing. View from the hotel room. SV was so 6 hours ago, let's start the day on the front row of TTD The look of relaxation - it's what you feel when you've got a FL+ at CP! Take it easy. The weather was awesome. Raptor still kicking ass. Melt has great food, excellent beer, and even better service! What a classic. Still thrilling and honestly, a nice break from the sheer intensity of RMC/Intamins we've spent time with the past 12 days We love this big blue Intamin! I love the station music. Who are you and what are you doing with our planet?! From one big blue to another. They...liked it! The view up there is stunning. We're happy to be here! Sun starting to set so you know what that means.. Steel Vengeance take overrrr!! Amazing every time. When you know when to smile for the camera you've been on it a lot. thanks RMC and CP! Hey Dragster! See you in a few hours. Told ya! Once again able to walk to the front row of TTD at opening. Hey Josh! This is one of my favorite views. Meanwhile in Frontier Town.. Watching a seagull inhale a fresh cut fry like an anaconda is something else. The front row on Millennium. So. Much. Fun. *support wiggle* The area around the resort at night is really well done. Beachy. Underrated! How Jared drives: no hands! they have jesus chicken here?! I'm pulling over. This is where the trip ends. What a way to do it.

The MaxPass is amazing. I love this report! Gives me all the feels that my quick 8 hour visit in February gave me. Great photos and write up, thanks for sharing!

Impressive back drop with all of those mountains! Those are some great shots. It's astounding how many coasters there are to ride.. and then I did a double take to realize that 3 were down! WCB seems like the best way to get all those coasters in (and more) in one day.

It's open again, but I can't find any info on why they had to remove and rebuild. Anyone know details?

Aha, gotcha! I figured you had a bigger plan but the way I was reading it seemed like you were led to believe Stricker's was a mini Knoebels. It does/or used to have that little train that goes around the park. Did you see that while you were there?

Wait you went from Pitt to Stricker's?! Although, you mention KI so I'm not sure how those plans shook out. I'm shocked, but I shouldn't be since I follow your reports and know how much ground you can cover. But jeez that's a long way to go! Stricker's seems to give this glow in enthusiasts' eyes and I don't know why. Sure, it's only open to the public a few days a year so if you are all about the credits then sure... but it's not like there's a Phoenix-like coaster in there, a funky dark ride, or DelGrosso's level small scale food Maybe I'm immune from the charm because I grew up in the area and we got more excited about going by Mount Rumpke on the way to and from

Can't wait to check out Universal for the first time this weekend! I'll save HHN for another time as it looks like going on a Sunday evening would still be crazy per the picture above. They days are going to be long as is with 7am-8pm park hours and then all of the bars and restaurants to take in! Not to mention the surrounding places like Fun Spot, Disney Springs, etc. around the corner for evening fun.

So much hype for this trip and now we get a photo trip report, awesome! I'm so happy you got to Porto's. That place is heavenly. Love all the photos of the boardwalk and Knott's at night. It's a great park and even though you missed Ghostrider you got Xcelerator and that's definitely a win. Can't wait for the next update!

I've been to BB once during the Winter event and we accidentally showed up before they were letting cars in. So we asked the lady at the gate if there was anything in the area to kill time and she replied, trying not to brag obviously spilling over with legit excitement, "Well.....we have *TWO* Super Walmarts." That's it, thanks for letting me cameo my TR, Michael! Reading your report also had me thinking: Kentucky Rumbler is a fun GCI. The Zero G ride up gave me a lesson on how quickly they could disassemble the ride and rebuild it. Sounds like Bowling Green, KY hasn't changed much, haha.

Wait you didn't mention how many times KI fanboys asked if you're with RMC, are RMCing the Racer, RMCing Beast, or know anything about a Giga. Tell us more!

You should have said something, haha. That's too funny. TPR is everywhere! Does this mean I'm an influencer? Hooray I've finally fulfilled my duty as a millennial! I'll log off now I could gush about Storm Runner all day. I wish there were more variants too! That's too bad. They did it on SDL in the morning, but people were still getting into the empty seats by going in through a different gate so there was that. It wasn't a very busy day, but regardless not being able to pick the seat you want is frustrating. Oh come on I know you're just itching to get in on the conversation, haha. Grenades and such would make that dark ride more fun. It was just so bad it was good Thanks! I agree, they were something else! Drew Brees everybody! Yeah it was an epic trip, I want to go on another please and thank you!

So much GREEN, so much color! It's incredible how vibrant your shots are.

Gale Force looks like so much fun. Glad that it's running well now!

KK is worth going out of your way for simply due to Lightning Run and Storm Chaser. Add in the water park, the flats, and it's a great park. Storm Chaser is insane and it's even crazier to think that people were complaining about it when it first opened. RMC does a great job with all of their coasters. You could look at Timbers and SC and say they have the same drop, but they feel a bit different.

I'm honestly unaware of what's been going on with it this year. Since when has it been down? I thought they had gotten over major downtime. Well, it was running pretty consistently this season up until July 3rd, and has been down since. Still no word on when it will reopen. July 3rd?!

I'm honestly unaware of what's been going on with it this year. Since when has it been down? I thought they had gotten over major downtime.

Thanks everyone! With Hershey's announcement today, it's only fitting to post the Hersheypark part of the trip right? Thanks to Andy, Brad, Elissa, Robb, Jared, Jack, Franklin, and Alex for some photos included below! Day 9 - Hersheypark Glowphest is a tough act to follow, but I knew Hershey had the tools to deliver: an Intamin airtime machine that I had been reading about for years, a dueling GCI, a unique Intamin launch coaster, another Intamin looper, a funky B&M, and yeah, you get it. They have tons of great coasters! Not to mention an impressive waterpark, a zoo section, and Chocolate World. Getting into Hersheypark was like going through their showcase of accomplishments - it's pretty much a town. Oh wait, it *is* Hershey, Pennsylvania! There's the Hershey Theater, The Hershey Museum, The Hershey Stadium, Hershey Gardens, Hershey Country Club, Hotel Hershey - seriously go check out google maps, it's a big deal. Thanks to Robb and Elissa, we were able to get the Sweet Start (early start) to the day, which helped us get to guest services without any lines to get our fast pass card. The park was nice enough to let us pick which section of the park to start so that we could schedule when we wanted to ride X when. Thanks, Hershey! Our group picked the back of the park first because we didn't want to f*** around with Laff Trakk or the Wild Mouse since they would likely draw long lines. But we still had the Sweet Start to check out the Hollow area with Sooperdooper, SkyRush, and Comet. Comet was the first ride of the day and was the perfect lead in coming from Knoebels - it's a wooden coaster with buzz bars! Franklin and I grabbed a seat towards the back and we had a great ride on this 1946 classic. I really enjoyed the layout going over the water and running around under Skyrush. Nothing offensive about this ride, just a really solid wooden coaster. Next it was time for my first ride on Skyrush, but more importantly - payback time, Franklin! Yes. Alex, Colin, Jared, and I were not going to quickly forget the unacceptable amount of wetness we experienced the day before on Knoebel's log flume. It was a walk on so without giving any time to think, we briskly went to the back, and made sure Franklin was on the outside edge. Yeah, I sacrificed the outside seat on my first Skyrush ride In impeccable timing, Andy was underneath the brake run to capture the sheer terror the outside wing Skyrush instilled in Franklin, haha. He swears he will not ride again. Justice served! I wanted another go for the wing seat before I gave my opinion, so everyone but Franklin went back around for another go. Skyrush - It only took me one ride to figure out I just needed to scoot up in my seat a little to have the restraint resting on me in a more comfortable manner. I understand people's complaints, but hey 75% of us on the trip marathoned Skyrush for an hour . That's all I have to say about how much the restraints effected my rides. This ride is wild and right up there with Twisted Timbers for most intense airtime. Skyrush's sustained airtime + the trains make it an INCREDIBLE ride! I absolutely LOVED the train design - so open. You feel so vulnerable as you're getting whipped around the track over the water. Skyrush is f***iing sooooo much fun and like Phoenix, takes time to ride with your hands up the whole way. You really have to get to know the layout a bit otherwise you will be tossed around like Betty White riding a mechanical bull. I enjoyed the back right more than the back left - the left side was noticeably more violent in my opinion. I was able to get tons of front row rides during ERT since so many people were crowding the back and I can't decide if I liked the front or back better. The wing is all I need! Skyrush absolutely lives up to the hype - some love it, some can't handle it. Similar to other RMC's, I found it easier to ride the more I rode it. Get tolerant to those negative Gs! Sandwiching the classics around the modern hit, next was SooperdooperLooper, the Schwarzkopf. This will be my least favorite Schwarzkopf, but it's still fun. It's just a tame ride and shorter than I anticipated. SDL definitely makes for a perfect first looping coaster for the smaller ones. So by the time we were done with the Hollow area, we had already checked off 3 coasters before the park opened! It was just about time to let the GP in so we headed over towards Laff Trakk to get that out of the way. We had some time to kill before our first group of coasters were ready - for those of you who haven't used Hershey's Fast Track, they group a couple coasters in the same area together for you to ride in a 2 hour window. Then you can move on to the next section. What's a fantastic waste of time? The haysack carnival style Fun Slides of course!!! I love these slides and as a kid the big 20 lane wide 50 ft slide at Kings Island was my favorite ride. I really need to get to Europe for all the crazy slides over there. No, Alex/Jared/Michael/Colin did not join me, haha. Laff Trakk - I'm really happy we only had to wait less than 10 minutes for this one. I was really excited to try a Maurer Söhne spinner since I had not been on that model before. I was even MORE excited to see as we were boarding Franklin's punishment would continue as his car was PERFECTLY unbalanced! Colin and I boarded behind his car and as we went up the lift I eagerly looked down expecting to see Franklin's car spinning out of control....but it was turning slower than a Cubs fan getting out of bed after the wildcard loss this morning. I think our car might have spun one complete rotation throughout the whole circuit? It might as well been a mouse. It was fun, there was a little bit of airtime, and I thought the design was neat. We rode the mouse, it was a mouse. Lightning Racer - GCI is pretty close to Hershey, right? I was wondering if that had a role in how well Lightning Racer is running. I feel like this is a crown jewel for them. The racing/dueling aspect of this ride worked out really well and I had a blast. I was anticipating a bit more airtime, but that's not the focus of this coaster. It was stunning at night with the tracer lights along every inch of the track. Loved the night rides on this GCI! Wildcat - I was so ready to skip this. So ready. I really don't care about credit counts. But I guess it might not be around for much longer so... we rode it. We even waited for the front seat. I take back my macho jokes about riding it in the back seat pre-trip. That's not funny after riding Wildcat. This ride is pure hot steamy garbage. I've never had such a bad ride in the front seat of a coaster. It was painful and it sits nice and close to Zeus/Ninja/old Hurler/SoB as one of the worst roller coasters I've ever experienced. Next! I waved at the boomerang as we walked right on by to Storm Runner. Sorry boomerang, haha. Albert rode the boomerang!!! How was it, Albert?! Storm Runner - Now get ready....here we go. This coaster is soooo good! Fantastic launch, great air over the top hat, and then the flying snake dive has some surprising whip in the back/air going up into it in the front. The pictures don't do it justice. I would love to know how the planning for this ride went, it's just so weird and twisted. My only complaint is that they had the back 2 cars closed off for most of the day because the ops wanted to prevent rollbacks. Huh? I only got one back car ride and I favored it over the front, which is typically not the case for me! We had reservations at the restaurant outside the park, so we headed out towards the front and hit up the Reese Cup Challenge. This ride surprised me in many ways - the animatronics, the hills, the team A vs team B aspect of the ride. I thought it was tons of fun! It was so wacky and bad it was amazing. Chocolate World - Whewwwww talk about a long queue! I can't imagine how long the line can get on a busy weekend. The story was entertaining, but we were distracted by one woman trying to supervise 4 five year olds in the car in front of us. They were bouncing around, jumping and climbing on the side of the car I seriously thought they were going to fall out, haha. The restaurant was a fine sit down spot that had a good selection of local beers and an American menu. Of course the desert menu was stacked, but I was full from a delicious tomato basil flat bread. Back into the park, we took in the sky ride to get some views of all the geese and ducks hanging out in the creek; I mean Great Bear! and the other surrounding coasters! Another ride on Skyrush was necessary, and we went up the hill Coal Cracker and Great Bear, the last 2 big rides on our list. Coal Cracker is a capacity monster and didn't have a line all day thanks to the surplus of boats. This flume won't get you wet unless you load up your boat with 5 adults. I think. It definitely takes an effort. It's a leisurely flume with a great drop + airtime pop. We rode this a bunch! Great Bear - A solid B&M invert with a nontraditional layout. I really really loved the high speed turn around by Skyrush that threw you into this little squiggle/corkscrew combo. I don't really know how to explain it, but it was a memorable element to me. We would have gotten more rides in if the crew put some effort forward; the dispatches were dismal. We checked out some more flats, the new trio of towers which were what you'd expect from the great folks at S&S, watched Storm Runner while having a beer at the Yeungling patio, rode the mine train, Storm Runner a few more time, Fahrenheit, Lightning Racers, and then more Coal Cracker/Skyrush before Skyrush ERT. I forgot about Fahrenheit! This was, surprise, another great Intamin. Really enjoyed the different inversions and the airtime hills at the end were getting me hyped up for Maverick the next day. Alex and Jared did not have a good experience with the ops here; they were definitely training new members, but there's no excuse for slamming a restraint on someone's head and shrugging it off. He could go into more details on this one. Jared had an amazing 4 flavor sampler from Rita's and they had some rare flavors - Kool Aid, Sweedish Fish, Watermelon, etc. We love Rita's!!! Skyrush ERT was our final endurance test before Steel Vengeance the next 2 nights. Wow, Skyrush was fantastic. The crew was great and rode with us - no surprise they were just as excited/freaked out by Skyrush as all of us were. This coaster absolutely lives up to the intensity hype. I loved the seats and how free you are flying around over the water. It's shocking how quickly you're chucked over the hill and sent into the airtime abyss. The front wings and back right wing were my favorite and the middle non wing seats provided a slight break in intensity when I wanted to rest, haha. What an amazing day at Hershey! It's another brand new park for me! I'm so happy to be here! Comet first, even though I was so tempted to run to Skyrush "I'm never going on this ride again, you guys are nuts." Paypack for Knoebels!!! Andy in the perfect place at the perfect time. Nice fake smile Franklin!!! Okay, now It's *my* turn to see what the hype is about. Lightning Racers is such a fun coaster. Really well designed! What a classic. How can a ride be this bad?!?! Bad kitty! This I like. A lot. Pick a seat, any seat but the back. Now get ready.... here. we. go. Why am I getting the urge to watch Rocket Power? There's a path to the front that runs along Skyrush giving some incredible views. A fun, informational, relaxing dark ride. Let's continue the relaxing trend with the sky ride! Laff Trakk got me glowin' up! It's fun but it doesn't really spin. Here we are on Broken Shopping Cart: The Ride Almost nailed it!!! Skyrush just steppin' all over Comet. The sky ride is a round trip over the creek and back. Just thinking about Skyrush.. This ride is epic!!! I love. More rides I love - Coal Cracker! This is the airtime bump. Do you see it? How about now? Thank you for trying to convince me to become a pig farmer, but I've already chosen a different career path. Great Bear is a really solid B&M invert. I loved the tight turn by Skyrush and the following corkscrew. Taking a ride on the antique cars and WHO'S DRIVING?! TPR setting a good example! Don't selfie and drive kids. All of the S&S towers you know and love are here. The Yuengling patio is a nice place to relax. Watch Storm Runner race around The mine ride is short but fun! Time for some more laps on Storm Runner! A sampler from Rita's?! YES PLEASE! WE LOVE RITA'S!!! Fahrenheit is an excellent looping coaster with unique inversions and some airtime hills Intamin does best. If you like Maverick, you'll like Fahrenheit Lightning Racers at night is stunning! Getting dark out, which means it's time for the ultimate endurance test: 1 hour of Skyrush! Our group crushed it. 1 hour on Skyrush was pure bliss! That cable lift brings up to 212ft in the drop of a hat. From there it's a mix of being plastered to your seat, ripped out of your seat, and repeat! Skyrush solo rides! Jared knows how to pick a good seat. Thank you Robb, Elissa, and Hershey!!! I'll leave you with the stairway to heaven. Don't forget about me and my watering can!

D'aww, the sweetest coaster at Hershey Really excited for this development as I found the current entrance to be a bit too narrow. It wasn't too crowded when we visited and there was still a hefty line that grew to get in. This new entrance and area will be great.

Kentucky Kingdom is turning into a pretty well rounded park and a underrated destination for thrill seekers. You've got a great RMC, Lightning Run, Thunder Run, Flyer, a whole bunch of flats, and the big waterpark with 2 massive slides. Seems like I'll be making an annual Louisville trip!