thrillrider

I was sitting around this week deciding what parks I was going to hit this weekend, and was torn between Waldameer and Martins. So I decided to do both. I have never been to martins, so we spent about 4 hours there and was able to do everything except the log flume because it had what seemed like a 2 hour wait. After we left Martins, we headed to Waldameer for some evening rides on ravine flyer. I also hit cedar point for a few hours on my way home monday. Here are a few shots that I was able to snag while on my whirlwind tour. We made it to Martin's around 1pm. The font gate. Martin's has a train that goes around the park. The merry go round. As soon as you pass under the gateway, you enter a western themed area. They had a western shootout in front of this building. I was bummed when I went inside and it was not what I thought it was going to be. Kind of like Disneyland, you can rent a boat. Time to map out our day. I so wanted to do the slide, but we just did not have the time. I love these type of rides. The sea ray. Our main reason for the visit.....the Silver Comet. It was really hard to get a shot of the coaster, as it was hidden behind buildings and trees. The sizzler. A lot of the rides at martin's, were truck mounted carnival rides. My daughter having fun in the Q line. Another shot of the silver comet. The trip to the lift from the station. The specks of the coaster. The station. This is the brake run into the station. The coaster has a single train operation, so there is no transfer track. The disk-O,. I think this was the new attraction for this year. Bumper cars and silver comet. What's this I see??? Full tilt. As long as the tilt a whirl has been around, it has not lost popularity. The mouse coaster is Martin's 2,nd coaster. They had this same sign at the silver comet. I am baffled why I can wear my glasses on the star flyer, but not the coasters. The log flume. I would have loved to ride this, but they only had maybe 3 logs going and the line was just crawling. The star flyer. I loved this ride. I wish more parks would get these. One last shot from Martin's.

I doubt that snake will be going anywhere soon. They just spent a bunch of money painting and referbing the ride.

I know I have a few more somewhere. Hope these help. These pictures are from great escape last summer. Ride sign....kinda

The height requirement has just been posted for shoot the rapids here..... http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/2010/5/21/Shoot_the_Rapids_Update.cfm Looks like it's 42" to ride. My daughter is going to be happy to hear this.

Usually, if you wait till after 6pm most of the busses leave.

Yes^ There were a crap load of busses there this week. So much for getting some ERT on a weekday. Has anybody noticed that they opened a week later this year?

I rode it a few halloweekends ago in the sleet. It felt like someone threw a handful of pea gravel in my face as hard as they could. Not a fun ride.

We had some great ert on the bumpercars on monday while it was raining.

They should be able to run millennium force in the rain because it has magnetic brakes. Although it may hurt going 90mph in the rain.

Carowinds and Dominium is on the same page(just as bad as cedar point) with prices when it comes to drinks. Carowinds 20 oz bottle prices as of last year. A slushie at Kings Dominion.

I think that a rollback on mantis may be a little painful(for a male at least). I was on a rollback years ago on mine ride. It was fun having to walk down the stairs. Of course I was on several dragster rollbacks as well. I agree about the soda prices. They are charging twice as much as Disney is for a drink. The did have people in the park doing surveys, but I was not lucky enough to get to do one. A starflyer would look great, and would not take up too much room. I have never been on one, but with all the compliments people are giving them, I imagine that they are fun. Myself, I would like to see a intamin plug and play if it's a coaster. If it were a thrill ride, I would love to see a top scan.

I did hear a rumor that the ride may open before the date given. Maybe a soft opening of some kind?

What a difference..... Before...... After. Before.... After.

I bought a dvd at Disneyland a few years ago called "imagineering the magic", which is more less a behind the scenes movie.

I agree. They did agreat job with the theming. Much better than I thought it was going to look like.

I posted a TON of new pictures of shoot the rapids in this thread.... http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=55262

To me the difference is in how wet you'll get...just a hunch. The video of the STR splashdown doesn't compare to the drenching you get on SRF. They mentioned how they could dial back the amount of water on STR (the mist, etc), so to me that means that when the weather turns colder in the fall you can still ride it and not get drenched - not sure if they'll turn the pay-water-cannons off though. Your gonna get soaked on this ride, with or without the water effects on. I was watching the ride test, and there is a wave of water that russhes over the boat on the drops. The park really needs to have a water ride like a log flume, that does not soak you from head to toe. With that said, I do believe that shoot the rapids is going to be a blast to ride. It's just not a ride that your going to catch me riding much do to the amount of wetness.

Good luck. Cedar point does not offer any kind of fast pass or skip the lines type passes. Durring the summer, you may have to do at least 2 days to do it all.

I totaly agree with you on the rock show. It was the best show in the park, and I hope they bring it back. I miss sitting in the red garter, drinking some beers and enjoying the band. The new show just does not fit into the current location. I think it would have been better off in the front of the park at the Jack aldrich(sp) theater next to hurricane hannas. Thank you for committing about the pictures. I try to get different angles and views that you normally don't see. As for the problems with millennium force and maverick, I blame the Intamin cable. The flags in that picture are indeed from the frontier trail. They are between shoot the rapids and the grist mill.

On saturday morning, I was in line for the season pass ert on millennium, and they were having issues. The ride opened late, and I was only able to get one ride in before the line got long.

A few shots I forgot to add. Billboard on the side of top thrill dragster. I love this shot. This ride was brutal on opening day. Notice the lack of hands in the air. Top thrill dragster. Is there room enough for a new coaster back here? A closer view of the station and boats for shoot the rapids.

I know the line for gemini was full, and I did not look to see if corscrew was using the entire line. Eather way, when corkscrew has any kind of line longer than a station wait, you know the park is buisy. Thank you for the compliments on the pictures.

I was planning on going to cedar point opening weekend on sat and sunday, but found a killer deal on a room just outside the park, so we ended up staying for 3 days. Overall the park looks great, but there is still a lot to be done at the park this year. Chaos was still in pieces, and of course shoot the rapids was not yet ready. They added some new food options this year. Some of the new offerings included bosco sticks and funnel cake fries. They also have montgomery bbq as well. The rides had the typical opening weekend glitches, but the crews were on top of things. The workers seem very nice this year, we never ran into a bad one. The only note worthy problems with the coasters this weekend was that mantis rolled back right after the mid course, and iron dragons lift hill was quite faster that it has been. It did not slow down near the top of the lift like it has before. This did cause the crew to send out empty trains to catch up and not c set the ride. Well, enough chatter....on with the pictures. Ahhh...yes. The view of the park. I was greeted with the shoot the rapids is closed sign. Got there on friday night, and since the park was not open till sat, I decided to shoot some mini golf. Here is a shot of magnum from the golf course. The new perkins restaurant inside of hotel breakers. Soon there will be water flowing again in soak city. Opening day speeches. Once the ribbon was cut, the running of the bulls was under way. My first stop was raptor. Still one of my favorate coasters in the park. Reminds me of that song "My Humps". Snake river falls new paint job looks great. Here is the crossing between the q line and the new ride. They were testing the ride with water dummies. Lots of mist on the final drop. The boat on it's way back to the station. A look at the station. And the have added another one of those haystack dryers. The entrance sign looks great. On ride photo building. Double shot. Some of the theming on the island. They did a really good job theming this ride. I can't wait till the trees grow in, this is going to be a great looking ride. A look at the station from the paddlewheel boat ride. Some of the island course. You saw it here first folks....The backside of the tunnle!!!! The train going thrue the new crossing. The tunnle is full of mist. Ok....Am I the only one who thinks this is gonna hurt? The crain to lift in the boats. This suit was just standing by the edge of the flume, so we tested out the new water cannons to make sure they were working. They were working just fine, allthough this dude did not look too thrilled. More theming. On sat, they were doing lots of non boat related work. They were cutting and installing new guide rails thrue the ride. Kind of makes you wonder if the boats are too long story is the truth. More workers... Yep....even more workers. The train crossing was not even finished yet. Inside of the ride photo building. Guess what.........more workers. A new block of lockers for str. One last look at the new ride from the river boat. They sure did rid down a bunch of trees. I hope they grow back in soon. They still have this deal for the same price.....except you no longer get a drink with it. I forgot to add the picture of the q line for str. I hope this is going to be enough. Some of the new food stands for this summer. I thought this was for me, but was turned away Maverick opening day issues. Lots of new wood on mean streak. At this point, the park was just slammed. Gemini's line was onto the midway. DOMO!!!!!!!!!!! A new seating area next to camp snoopy. Millennium force doing it's thing. I love taking pictures of this ride. It was so buisy that corkscrew had a full line. I asked the lemon chill guy what new ride they were going to get next year, and he told me that they were going to get a Intamin plug and play. $4.50 for a soda pop, and no free refills......ouch. You can see just how buisy they were. That's right.....you can have "pappy" tell you your future. What's this I se???...A new haunt for this halloween? Snake river falls. New construction markers? The new show in the red garter saloon. I am stoked that they have a band again, but a island themed show in a western bar? The new employee uniforms. Choas was...well....in chaos. Choas control pannel porn. Disaster transport had a good sized line. This ride is still very popular, I don't understand why so many people want to see it removed. Who says disaster transport does not have balls? Midway market prices. They were asking people to answer a few questions around the park all weekend. The new name, Jack Aldrich theater. View of the main midway from sky ride. Not sure where this guy is off to, but he was in a hurry. Mantis had almost a full line on saturday. I should have waited in it because I would not be getting a ride on it the next day because it rolled back. Mine ride. I am not sure who power washed the midways, but I think they had a siezure wile doing it. This is what the cement looked like thrue the entire park. New chuck wagon menu. Next day when on the train, we saw this. Yep....mantis rolled back. No trip report from cedar point would be complete without a shot of sir rub a dubs tubs. So here ya go..... The former home of demon drop. The computer building is all that is left. A little bit later in the day, they were still tring to get mantis back on it's feet(yes...bad pun intended). Union break? Busch advertising at a cedar fair park?...hmmmmm Woodstock express. My daughter got a solo fron seat ride on jr gemini. She even helped the employies out with the thumbs up. Gemini problems. Maverick over a mega air time hill. They still have lots of garbage cans. Not sure if this is new this year, but there are seat belts on matterhorn. I found out where my anus went. Not sure what this boxed in section in the main arcade was for. But there were black lights inside. I coulden't find a barrel of monkies, but I did find a barrel of fun. The park now sells live snakes, but they will not let you bring them on the rides with you. The millennium force 10 year t shirt. On monday, we were one of the few people in the park. There were more employies than there were guest's. That's all I got for you this trip. I am going back on sunday, so I will try to get more. This trip reprt was brought to you by Red Gold....the official ketchup of cedar point.

Leaving for cedar point in about an hour. I will post a trip report with lots of pictures on tuesday. We are going to be there for 3 days.

I am all about getting me some rides on the frog hopper.