cpfanatik77
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1 hour ago, teacherkim said:
Maybe, maybe not; BUT I can tell you whenever we talk to non enthusiasts about belonging to a "roller coaster club" the layman's term I usually use and traveling around to numerous theme parks, they almost always say something like "oh, have you ever heard of a place called CedarPoint", lol. I mean it's become a family inside joke. CP is definitely on the radar of the gp.
It definitely is. I had a friend that was stationed at Pearl Harbor in the 90s and he said the #1 question he got asked when people found out he was from Ohio was if he had been to Cedar Point.
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Yeah, stopped by on my way to Fort Meyers from North Carolina today as ot was the last day for my membership. I was quite bummed out as I won't get back to ride it in the near future. I had been checking the closures page every week or two since November and was super frustrated when I got there today, although not nearly as much as the family who showed up this week from England at the ticket window next to me.
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Got a few laps in on Fury this morning!
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My boy and I went out of our way to go to Funtown last summer on our New England trip just for Excalibur. Had seen pictures and watched videos for years and wanted to ride it before age really started to take its toll on it. We absolutely loved the ride! Great air and laterals. We only had a little amount of time there after opening, so we didn't get night rides, but I can imagine that they would be amazing!
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^ I had a similar experience on Millennium Force a few years ago, Kim. Had eaten lunch and the belt was a little tighter that afternoon. When I got it buckled, I gave a little sigh of relief. The teenager next in line asked if I was nervous and I said no, I had been riding it since the year it opened. He just looked at me and said, "You're old." I could only laugh and agree.
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I noticed them the last week of April swarming all around the top 1/2 or so.
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Yeah, I rode Raging Bull last summer for the first time in almost 20 years, and while I didn't enjoy the overall ride as much as I did in my teens, that first drop is still amazing in the back row. The bottom of the train just dropping out from under you is so much fun!
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Iron Gwazi on Wednesday, closing out my FL mini trip.
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Rode it for the first time this morning. I've heard about the upside-down ejector air, but it still did not prepare me for the awesomeness of that element. What a great ride and moment!
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I went on Monday with my boy and one of my college buddies, and I completely agree. It's been almost 15 years since I've been to the park, but I was quickly reminded why I loved it so much. It's a solid coaster lineup, and even the smaller rides are quite enjoyable. Really liked Pantheon, although I liked it better towards the front. The air on the outer bank was much better there. The backwards section was fantastic with some incredible pops as well. Was quite impressed with Verbolten. The indoor section was a lot better than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed Invadr too. Wasn't expecting a whole lot due to its size, but it was just a fun ride.
Maybe my favorite moment of the day, though was on Verbolten. My son had no idea that the drop track was coming and it really caught him off guard. I told him to keep that part a secret for when we come back in the fall with his mom. I'm heading down to FL in 2 weeks to hit SeaWorld, Universal, and BGT and I'm really excited to see how all these new rides stack up to each other.
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Got some rides on Pantheon yesterday. Lots of fun, and surprisingly had a better ride in the front than in the back.
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Getting down to Universal, Sea World, and Busch Gardens Tampa in April, and going to Busch Gardens Virginia and Kings Dominion at some point this spring. Carowinds is our home park, so we'll hit it up numerous times this year. Our guys trip with my oldest is going to be Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom, Kings Island, and Cedar Point in August.
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^ They said on their fb page that they have some trees down and they are inspecting other items. So far it sounds like they were pretty lucky.
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Wooden Warrior was one of the surprises of our big New England trip last month. I had heard great things about it, but I always try to temper my expectations when that happens. It did not disappoint, though. Incredible airtime all the way through. It was also the first time we had ridden on Timberliners and man they were comfy! Definitely hope to see more of these GG family woodies get built.
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^^ It sounds like we basically had the same day as you last month hitting up Quassy, Compounce, and SFNE. I completely agree about Superman's restraints. The outside of my legs hurt pretty much the whole time I'm on the ride. The layout is absolutely incredible, though. If it had the T-bar restraints like every other lap bar Intamin hyper/giga I've been on, it immediately climbs near the top of my rankings. Got back to the park this summer for the 2nd time, and the first time since 2012, and man was Cyclone great! Knew it would be, but it still exceeded my expectations. The double down by the station was quite unexpected and really threw you around in the back seat. My son and I also had the weight disparity on Pandemonium and were spinning like crazy. We had a blast despite stumbling down the exit ramp.
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We went to Great Adventure last month while Jersey Devil was down, but we still tried out the test seat as we went back and looked at the ride. I have absolutely no doubt that it would have been one of the most uncomfortable rides I've been on as it was tough to just sit in the test seat. I've had bad hips since I was in high school playing football, and the way that your legs have to be apart while riding looked like it would have made me miserable while riding. Just trying to board in a semi-quick fashion would have been a chore, I think.
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Whizzer at SFGAm with my boy on Wednesday.
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Got on Twisted Timbers on Saturday after 2 rainouts this fall. What a ride!
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Lightning Rod! Got in 3 rides a couple weeks ago, including a night ride! I will say that the most fun I had on a coaster, though, was taking my boy on Firechaser Express for his first real big coaster and him getting off and begging me to ride again. The last ride we had, he even put up his hands!
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First time posting in years, but wanted to pay tribute to the Dragons. I remember watching them as they were being built. They were just a beautiful sight to behold. And then when they opened, I marveled at the way that they twisted and interacted with each other. In my opinion, this ride was one of the absolute greatest feats of coaster engineering ever. The two unique layouts, speeding/slowing the lift hills to time everything up, calculating the close calls - as far as unique track layout, this ride has yet to be topped, in my opinion.
Our marching band played at IOA in 2002, and I got to ride both Fire and Ice in all their dueling glory. My favorite part was the first near miss on fire. I still remember - knowing full well that it was coming - pulling my legs up as the ice trail flipped up underneath us. Had several non-enthusiast friends with me that week and they all had a blast on them. And the queue. That thing was great! Made the wait seem like it's own little ride.
RIP Dueling Dragons. You will be missed!
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Like everyone is saying, they both look incredible! Personally, I am looking forward to Iron Rattler just a little bit more because of its incredible setting and its interaction with the cliff, something that is quite unique to this park.
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Simply breathtaking! The rides could be complete crap, and with a view like that, it wouldn't even matter. What a great location to put a park!
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Since Alec Guinness was from England, I'm going to guess Colossus at Thorpe Park because it broke the record for inversions and it is located in England.
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Another awesome DVD to add to the collection! I also really enjoyed the split screen on Steel Hawg/Mumbo Jumbo. I've always thought that the split screen would be a great idea for racing/dueling coasters, especially ones that have completely different layouts (like Dragon Challenge at IoA) so that you can see what both sides are doing at the same time. Great job on the videos, though. The Raw series continues to set the standard for coaster videos today. Keep up the excellent work!
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Tornado at Adventureland. Not as painful as I was expecting for being 45 years old and had a pretty enough setting with the creek running alongside it.