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^^^Hmmm.... I thought that vortex at canadas wonderland was. At least it seemed longer. I just looked it up, and sure enough...iron dragon is the longest. It beats out ninja at magic mountain by 100 feet, and vortex by 500 feet.

I have looked at the webcam the past few days, and it looks like the ride has been a walk on. Not a good sign for the brand new 10.5 mil ride. I really want to like this ride, but I can't. The first reason that I dislike it is because of the wetness factor. I could already get soaked on the parks other two water rides. Imo, the park needed something that you get wet on, but not soaked. Kinda like a typical log flume found at most parks. Getting soaked and walking around all day is not my thing. The second reason I dislike the ride is because of the whole height restriction mess. They came out and announced that the height requirement was 42" to ride, and then the day the ride opens, they changed it to 46" to ride with no warning. Needles to say, my daughter is bummed big time. Going on str is all she has been talking about for the last month. Sure she will get over it, but she is bummed none the less. It was one of the few rides that we could have ridden together at this park. The ride does look great in it's location, and the theming is good as well.

By looking at the webcams the past few days, it looks like the ride is a walk on. Not a good sign for a brand new ride.

^^^ It's actually more like 3 hours with no traffic or construction. I can't wait to check out kennywood this year with the new coaster and all.

Wow!!! That is probaly the best looking coaster I have ever seen.

You know, I would be a lot more excited about the new ride at cedarpoint, if you did not get soaked on it.

I would say that busch gardens williamsburg is the best "themed" park outside of florida and cali. Sea world in texas is good as well.

The only reason I can think of as to why thunderhawk is smoother than the rest, is because of the wheels they use. They are not the vekoma wheels as seen here... Non vekoma wheels

I really hope that gasm stays. I really enjoy that ride.

Yea....just join club TPR.

I seen a few people with TPR gear on, including myself.

Yea, we had a great time and can't wait to come back for another visit. Maybe next time, we will have enough time to actualy do the water park.

A few more shots. The park seems to have a bit more landscaping this year. The park has go carts as well. I can't believe it....they have a crush machine. Crush is one of the very few times that I will break my rule about not drinking soda. Shivering timbers sign. Timbers lift hill.

It was....I swear.

It was great meeting you as well. Btw...after just looking it up, you are right. It is a mack himalaya. I was thinking it was wisdom for some reason.

Well, we made our way back to Michigans adventure for timbersfest yesterday. The park was much busier than it was on my last visit a few weeks ago, and the weather couldn't have been better. Last year, we made it to about an hour into ert, when it stated storming out so our ert was cut short. Not this year. I was able to snag 12 rides in a row on timbers, and a bunch more during the day. The rides that were open for ERT were....thunderhawk, wolverine wildcat, timbers, and most of the flat rides. The employees and staff of Michigans adventure were VERY friendly, and I would like to thank them for putting on such a great event every year. There were maybe about 50 people for the event, so the ERT was the best. I would also like to thank our ride op john....he made the night even better on timbers. He had a bunch of cedar fair trivia for us(although he did not get the super himalaya question ). It was me and 6 friends that were there enjoying the park, and we all had fun. Thank you Michigans adventure, and I hope to see you again next year!!! So we all stuffed ourselfs into the car for a 3 hour drive to Michigans adventure. When we made it to the park, this is what we saw... This years event T-shirt The big dipper coaster. Big dipper specks. Next up was zacks zoomer kiddie coaster. This coaster is almost the same coaster you would find at kings island. Noted....I shall obide. Looking down the midway tourds be bop and corkscrew. Zacks zoomer brake run. And the station. Ride info. Be bop car ride. More be bop...I just like saying it...be bop. Corkscrew thru the trees. Games midway , going tourds the mad mouse. Giant wheel. Next stop was the mad mouse. Yep....mad mouse. The ride car. After you get off the ride, you get to TAKE THE TUNNEL!!!!. The 3 point challange game had a counter on it to count how many baskets were made. Franklin....the forgotton peanuts member. Is this guy making kettle corn, or a nucular missle? Wolverine wildcat layout from peeking over the fence. And the other side of the ride. I think they need a new carpinter. Not sure what the catwalk is fof in the middle of the track, but this seems to be popping up on a lot of wood coasters these days. The 2 in the front look too excited. As smooth as a dirt road. My friends Jason and Chris getting ready to enjoy the ride. Corkscrews entire layout from accross the lake. The sea dragon doing it's thing. I see you timbers....we will get to you a little bit later. A new random menu I was trying to put off riding the corkscrew. So I went and took a picture of the boobless murmaid. They had Michigans adventure jackets on sale, but being that it was like 85 out, I passed. Bad picture of domo T-shirts in the gift shop. Onto the hawk of thunder....or thunderhawk as many know it by. The trail to nowhere...... Thunderhawk wheel porn. Notice that they do not say "vekoma" on them. Maybe that's why it's the best ride of it's kind? Yep....thunderhawk. Oops.....camera acidently went off....sorry folks. Train station and timbers in the background. It's good to see that many people are giving up smoking. Timbers...stuck on lift hill. Loggers run felt good on a warm day. Next up...the flying star. Many of you may not know this, but this is the same falling star that used to reside at boblo island. Did you know that cedar fair has an official ketchup? If your a "shiver giver", than they have the t-shirt just for you. Why bother planting them, when you can just leave them in the flats? Something is missing. All right...I put it off long enough. Time for a beating...errr, I mean a ride on corkscrew. This ride has an advanced operators booth. One train operation, cuz that's all the ride can handle. Train of happy riders. It took me 10 shots to finnaly get a picture with his head above the water. See Intaman...it can be done. At the dinner, louri was going over a few things. First ert was on thunderhawk. This is how long we had to wait for thunderhawk durring ert. They were running two trains, even though one was completly empty. Ever wonder what a midway at michigans adventure looks like after the park is closed? Here ya go. A not so wet grand rapids ride. That green pvc pipe, is what makes the rapids. Wolverine wildcat ert was also great. Got about 5 rides in without having to leave my seat. Next up on ert was shivering timbers. I got a few rides in on timbers, and then they also opend up the falling star for ert.So I decided to get a few quick rides in on it before heading back to timbers. Here is the ride plaque. It was getting dark, and they turned the lights on. This is one of the best looking rides at night. It has a great light package. Also grabbed a ride on the flying trapeeze. Ok...back to timbers. Here was our great ride op john. I was able to get 12 rides in a row. The ride specks. On the way out, I was able to get some shots of the rides after dark. Michigans adventure is never open after dark, so this is a rare opertunity. Flyint trapeeze. The falling star(s) Ugg...the sign kept flashing, and after a bunch of tries, I had to settle for this shot. So we stuffed ourselfs back into the car, and headed home. Thank you Michigans adventure.

It's been a few years since I have been there for the 4th, but the last few times the park was not too busy. I think we waited just over an hour fro millennium force. I remember that it got busy near the time the fireworks were supposed to go off. After the fireworks, most of the park was a ghost town.

I hope that's true. We are planning on going for the 4th of july.

Was anybody at a park in the north east today? If so, did you feel the earthquake? If so, how did the parks respond? Did they shut the rides down to inspect them? I am sure our friends from california could chime in.

Here are a ton of pictures of whats left of Boblo island in detroit. http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/amuse.asp?id=300&type=2 I have a ton of memories going to this park as a kid.

^^^Ditto I love it!!!! Much better than a paper magazine. It took me nearly 2 hours to look thru the entire disk. Thank you Rob!!

I stayed at a hotel about 2 locks from breakers express for less than 1/3 of what they were charging at hotel breakers. The hotel was much nicer than any cedar point hotel I have ever stayed at. There are a million hotels just outside of cedar point that are much better, and cheaper. Sure the onsite hotels are good for if you want to walk to your room and take a quick nap during the day, but it's not worth $120.00 more a night than what I would pay off site. Off site hotels are maybe 5 min away from the park, so it's not a big deal. Your best bet is to check out a discount website like hotels dot com. We booked the hojo right next to the entrance of the park for opening weekend for $30 a night, and the 3'rd night was free. I checked prices for a cedar point hotel, and the cheapest we could find for that same weekend, was $89.00 per night at breakers express.

Because they are great rides, with great reliability and thruput. They are very popular with the general public as well. I can tell you that it looks like the first one to disappear may be the first one ever built....Iron wolf. This is of course if the rumors are true about chang finding it's way to the park. One of my favorite types of coasters, are B&M inverts.

Remember, there are some great discounts for CLUB TPR ,members in the membership benefits section. Check that out first.

It's now official. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/811532/000119312510141269/d8k.htm