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I ride next to last seat and that is really the only seat on the coaster where you can get a good ride IMHO anymore as the coaster is not aging well at all. If you ride on the wheels, you can feel every bump on the tracks as you go down the course. I still like the ride a lot, but it needs some TLC.

Cedar Point -Maverick -Top Thrill Dragster -Wicked Twister -Mantis Geauga Lake/Six Flags Ohio/Six Flags Worlds of Adventure -Dominator/Batman Knight Flight -Steel Venom/Superman Ultimate Escape -X-Flight -Villain Busch Gardens Williamsburg/Europe -Darkastle Busch Gardens Tampa/Africa -Montu Animal Kingdom -entire park -Primeval Whirl -Expedition Everest EPCOT -Mission SPACE -Soarin' -Test Track Magic Kingdom -Stitch Encounter -Buzzlighter Year Disney MGM Studios -Rock-n-Rollercoaster -Tower of Terror Disney's California Adventure -entire park Knott's Berry Farm -Ghostrider -Xcelerator Six Flags Magic Mountain -Goliath -X Universal Studios Hollywood -Mummy Universal Studios Orlando -MIB -Twister -Mummy Islands of Adventure -entire park Sea World Orlando -Kraken -Shamu Express Sea World Texas -Steel Eel -Shamu Express Six Flags over Texas -Titan Six Flags over Georgia -Superman Ultimate Flight -Goliath Six Flags over Mid America -Batman the Ride -Mr. Freeze -Scooby Doo -The Boss -Xcalibur -STOP/BBNP -Big Spin -Hurricane Harbor & Tornado Valleyfair -Steel Venom -Xtreme Swing -Renegade Dorneypark -Hydra Hersheypark -Storm Runner Kings Island -Son of Beast -Tomb Raider -Italian Job Kings Dominion -Tomb Raider -Italian Job Dollywood -Thunderhead -Timberrr Tower Silver Dollar City -Thunderation -WildFire -BuzzSaw Falls -PowderKeg -Great Expo -Giant Swing Worlds of Fun -yes since 1985 Celebration City -yes since it was born Six Flags Great America -Ragin' Bull -Deja Vu -V2 -Ragin' Cajun -Hurricane Harbor Holiday World -Legend -Voyage & Thanksgiving -Zinger -Jungle Racers -Bahari -Liberty Launch -Bakuli I think that is all, if I forgot some... oh well

Yeah, I couldn't believe how nice it too turned out. I love the views from on the Skyride. That's all right if you don't agree with me on Maverick. That is what makes our hobby fun, discussing what we like and what we don't like. If we all liked the same thing, it would become rather boring.

That was my first ride. The second ride wasn't that bad... and I did hold on the first time, just did not know where the "brace points" were. I don't know, I guess I'm jadded anymore with how many coasters I have been on. I just don't have to like every single on I ride anymore... that and I luvs me they Millennium Force!!11!1!

It reminds me of that Spellbinder Coaster at Legoland only A LOT TALLER.

Was that the guy you were with at Mania? -- corrected because i stoopedd

So who went with you steel, since you are not old enough to drive yet?

Um, what the heck is Vertigo? Is it like a skyrde on steroids or something?

I think it is easier to show then tell. My ride on Maverick Consisted of This... Going up lift hill First drop Sharp Curves Floater Hill Horseshoe Loop Launch Tunnel Curve After Tunnel Series of S-Curves/OverBanked Curves Station Brake:

I would imagine that you'll get a new name and maybe new color scheme as well as that's what they did with X-Flight and in all honesty, X-Flight would have fit in "theme-wise" where it is currently in "X-Base".

Day 5: Geauga Lake (Coaster EXT) Well today we went over to Auroa, OH to visit the park formerly known as SF:WoA and many other things. Last time we were here they still had animals, so that tells you how long it had been. We were not expecting much and to be quite honest that is what we found. While the park is a little cleaner than last time, I must say that the people the park is attracting is probably not what the park really wants to attract. Needless to say, we stood out there. We did ride some rides though and went to the lunch and Q&A, but with the "lines" or lack thereof, we did not see the point to stay for ERT. The one thing we got from the Q&A was the park doesn't have the money to fix anything. They did not use their advertising money this year to advertise, and basically Bill was told to make the park profitable and to do so he had to let some rides go that were sucking maintenance money away. He also touched ever so slightly on Raging Wolf Bobs and made it sound like it was done for the year. Not too promising if you ask me. He danced around most of the questions and looked like he was being grilled by the prosecution on the witness stand most of the time... we did enjoy Dominator though. Below are photos from the ride side of the park, I'll post photos of Wildwater Kingdom later. Park #5 Geauga Lake See the entire gallery here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/gl/ I would be lying if I said that he didn't seem very comfortable with answering most of the questions. Next came the Q&A with Bill Spehn, GM of Geauga Lake Bryan, yes the same one from Mania, also gave away 5 $100 shopping sprees here as well. Can the park afford that? I'm not trying to be mean, just asking. Looks like having EXT the day after MANIA paid off Time for lunch We also rode this flume, which needs to turn the water back on on the final drop ...but someone had broke-ed their toy We did really want to ride this with the new trains... The longest train on any coaster I have ever seen, seriously what is the record for the # of cars? I honestly can't say the name of this ride without laughing If it wasn't for this ride, there would be no reason to visit this park Really, I volunteer Worlds of Fun to have this ride. The coaster that I want to be moved to MY park! Still, it's a hang and bang Not too bad for a hang and bang Another yellow coaster!!! The sign laughs at the people who walk under it to ride -- he knows how rough it is! Makes Psyclone seem smooth! Yes it is THAT BAD and even after a retrack. The sad part is, the loops are the smoothest part of the ride Double Loop is ROUGH! Then we "squeezed" ourselves into the trains of Big Dipper. Which was a great ride. Oh and don't have your camera out on the load dock as they will throw a fit. First up was Head Spin. It actually was a pretty decent ride I always thought that they had a nice entrance

Geauga Lake photos coming soon

No photos of the progress on Midway Mania at MGM Studios? What were you thinking?

Does anyone remember who all was on the panel for the Q&A? I remember: {Robert Decker} {?} {Dick Kinzel} [podium] {Marty Jasper} {?} {?}

I figured they were from Cali as they were wearing Knott's Solace shirts while at Cedar Point. Missy made the comment that she hoped that when we get older that we could "go" like we do now. We'll admit we took a nap halfway through the day too, only we took refuge in Snoopy's Boutique instead.

Well the good part is that they already have the rides so it is not like they are starting from scratch. Honestly I think this will be to the favor of the park (new Bell's) in the long run. They won't have to put up with the BS and such that they have been putting up with for quite some time now. The real losers will be the fairgrounds who will not miss out on all that extra revenue they were siphoning away from Bell's. I wish the family luck as this is no small endeavor, but if anyone can do it, it's this family

Day 4: Coaster Mania We got up around 4:50am and made our trek to Cedar Point -- hooray for pre-registration. Ended up we could have slept in a little more, but we'll know that for next time. When they finally dropped the ropes there was a beline for Maverick. Missy and I who had no desire to be the first or even near the first on Maverick opted instead to marathon on Millennium Force. Which we did and attracted a line. Ended up getting 5 rides in during ERT. Rode Maverick and then went and rode Raptor 2 times before coming back to Millennium Force and riding 2 more times. Park finally opened around 10am, not sure why they gave us 1.5 hours of down time in between ERT, but that was not a big deal. Rode lots of rides then, went to the Q&A and lunch and then more rides then Night ERT on TTD which was fun. Got 3 rides before we went home... photos below. See all 123 photos from my Cedar Point trip here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/cp/ Park #4: Cedar Point Goodbye Cedar Point! See you next time! After one last trip on TTD we had to go. Maggie also had ERT so we had to do it once. PT also had ERT, I did the down side once. Got 3 rides total before moving on The launch gets me everytime Finally night time came and we made everyone go home and we got ERT on TTD She never did win! Hellz yeah! Then it was time for marathoning on Cedar Downs Oh and this -- I like KI's better Oh and then we rode this -- Missy screams really well I had never been on this before so we rode it. It was ok. Walking on around we got our red credit on Gemini and then tried to ride this only to be DENIED! We continued on around the loop, rode Maverick again and then went over and rode this thing. I actually like it now, don't know why I liked it better this time, but I did. Then we remembered we forgot to ride Mantis, so we went over there We also rode 12E We then went over to Twisted Wicker where we rode in the back seat -- the only place to ride! I <3 Blue Streak -- the #1 Woodie in Sandusky!!! After lunch we were like, "Hey lets go Streaking!" Next Tony yelled at someone who wanted to know where the gravy was. He was like "NO GRAVY FOR YOU!!!" Finally found one and then it was time to watch 5 people get up on the stand and get $100 shopping sprees to Pagoda -- NO FAIR! None of there either.... what to do?!?! Now comes the fun part of finding a seat... hmmm... none of there WHAT!?!? More lines?!?! Then it was time for lunch, so we found the line of ACErs and got in line for the food -- hope there is some left when we get there Wildcat PWNS Maverick!!11!1! Did I mention this is probably my favorite ride other than Millie at the park? We had just a little bit of time before lunch so we headed for the 'cat The panel for the Q&A. They sure answered a lot of my questions without me even asking them -- good job! Then Missy was like "OMG, it's time for the Q&A" so we went here Next came Draggin' Iron which held us hostage until the station could be cleaned due to a Vomit Commet from a GP. Continuing on around the loop (we skipped TTD until ERT time) we rode Corkscrew and immediately regretted it. I still like it, but have to ride on a "non-wheeled" seat to enjoy the ride and not every bump on the track. Next up was Maggie, which seems to not be aging well. Laugh all you want, but it is taller and faster and more thrilling than the Minetrain next door! Then we went into Camp Snoopy so I could ride Woodstock's Express. So we went and rode Gemini instead -- only blue was running at the time, we had to come back to get the red side credit for the day I really did consider riding this, but then my wife told me I couldn't -- which I am glad she put her foot down on. Then it was time for the morning nap -- anyone know who these people are? My wife thought it was cute I like this shot a lot Next we rode Raptor -- this shot has never been taken before Aquatrax! Whee!!! No really this part is fun whee!! ow ow ow ow Ok obligatory Maverick photo section starts now I said BOW TO ME I've found that I like the front better on Millie. I used to just ride in the back Bow to me! Why yes I think I will. Boy don't we look perky considering how early it is!?!?

Yes but they were not all light up. I think 2 or 3 of them were "in the dark".

We felt the same way when we walked into the Nick Universe area. It is so completely different from the last time we went there (2 years ago when IJST was new) and we were like "wow this place looks a lot better"

It was fun, but exhausting near the end -- thanks for the compliment on the photos I was there on Tuesday (12th) Well that explains it. I just thought it was random when I first saw it, now it makes sense Originally I had planned on doing that, but Missy was tired and wanted to make an early night of it -- I guess that didn't stop me from going though. I actually already have that credit, but for some odd reason I didn't take my camera with me when I went to CIC. I should just go take a walk-a-bout there next time I am in town since it is free to do that, just the parking charge. I personally like the fountains and I really like Flight of Fear, does that count?

Day 3: Kings Island The last time we were here, we did not enjoy ourselves very much as we both got rather beaten up by the coasters. However with Maxx Pass in hand and being this close to the park, we thought we would give it another try. Turned out we had an excellent time at the park -- just wish they would TAER down SOB and get it over with. Stayed at the park until 4:30pm then took off for Sandusky so that we could get some sleep before getting up early for morning ERT. Park #3: Kings Island For the complete gallery go here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/ki/ Last ride of the day was the Eiffel Tower, which is always a great way to end the day Face/Off was actually a pretty good ride this time -- I was surprised. When came Beast which was too rough to even enjoy -- even on a non-wheel seat. Next came Vortex which hurt me really bad. I kept going though... Then came Racer, forwards seemed smoother to me than backwards Next came the part where Missy sat out as she refuses to ride these rides... 1st up Adventure Express, which was very rough We then rode the "big" rides in Action Zone -- yes Delirium too While walking by SOB we both secretly wished it would burn down After lunch we went and rode Top Gun -- it seemed a little rougher than it used to be From there we went and got our Scooby on and I totally kicked my wife's butt by beating her by over 1000 points! and Fairly Odd Coaster -- why did they take the tunnel off the 1st drop? We also had to ride the kiddie coasters, like Reptar and Little Bill After being denied we went and checked out the new Nick Universe (new to us) and we both loved AVATAR We next tried to ride TR:TR, but it was down all day. We next ventured over to IJ:ST and had a ride in the front for the first time. Not all of the show elements were working, no big surprise. Next was Flight of Fear. We took two rides on this throughout the day -- both in front. I was sad the videos were not playing in the queue room. We ended up taking two flights on this coaster -- one inf the front and the other in the back. You can feel the vibrations a lot more in the back which was unnerving. I thought it was a much better ride here then when it was at GL First up was Firehawk I think it looks better without the Paramount logo

Day 2: Travel Day and Wonderpark After the ballgame we drove to St. Louis and spent the night in a nice Sleep Inn with pillow top beds -- it was wonderful. We got up early the next day to drive to Cincinnati. When we got there we decided to check out some of the malls around our motel. The first one we went to was the Mills which had a kiddie indoor park -- with a COASTER!!! So I credit whored that and added it to my list of tracks. the mall itself was scary empty though. There was NO ONE there. We went to another one nearby, name escapes me, but it was just as weird and we felt extremely out of place there. Park #2: Wonderpark (Cincinnati Mills Mall) For the entire gallery go here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/wonderpark/ The park had two other rides that were not worth really mentioning -- I did like the Pac Man statue at the entrance to the place. Random Pac Man statues are cool! It reminded me of Python Pit at Jeepers It was hard to get a good photo of the coaster Boa Squeeze I have no idea why the N is red

So my wife and I decided to go on a rather large coaster trip that took on almost 80 coasters in the span of almost 2 weeks. Day 1: Worlds of Fun Day 2: Travel Day (found Wonderpark) Day 3: Kings Island Day 4: Cedar Point (Coaster Mania) Day 5: Geauga Lake (Coaster EXT) and Kalahari Day 6: Kennywood Day 7: Travel Day Day 8: Holiday World Day 9: Six Flags St. Louis Day 10: White Water and Celebration City Day 11: Silver Dollar City We also threw in a couple of ball games one in KC and one in St. Louis to watch the I-70 series being played between the Royals and the Cardinals. Needless to say this is going to be a big photo TR and will be broke into sections to easily digest. Park #1: Worlds of Fun For the entire gallery of 59 pictures go here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/wof/ We made it to the ballpark on time, unfortunately the Cardinals sucked that night -- they would however beat the Royals the next day After that I wanted 1 more ride on Patriot, but the line was too long and we had to get to the ballpark Next up was Spinning Dragons which thankfully was running 4 cars and not just 1. Boomerang was also only running one train today so we skipped it -- like we would have ridden it anyway We finally got on and had a great ride in the first row of the last car of the train. The MCBR was on rather heavy though which I thought was dumb with only one train on the course Finally we got back to Mamba to find once again one train operation To make our quota of trashcan photos in this TR here is a photo of the newly restickered WOF cans On our way back to the back of the park to ride Mamba we noticed some markers in the Forum outdoor theatre area... and a sign Next came Detonator which was shooting the carts up with a lot of force today Thankfully the lines were not too bad and we got a ride in row #2 which proved to be rather smooth From there we headed back to the wolf which was also running one train. Luckily the line didn't take too long, and we got our money rides in the back left seats which are the best I needed my fix on Patriot so we headed over there first -- to find one train operation. *groan* Time for Park #1. We figured since we were in town for the ball game we should hit up WoF

^I'm blind I found what I was looking for!

^Well maybe they can get Thunderhawk from GL