Skycoastin Steve

Cedar Fair didn't move Stealth to Carowinds, Paramount did.

Officially B&M, good stuff!

Thanks for the high-quality pics, Nick!

What about Time Warp at CW? Well it would technically be the first one Cedar Fair installed, and probably the only one that didn't suck.

So I guess that wasn't cotton she was stuffing the muppet with, was it?

Obviously, we'll have to wait and see if this coaster is as intense as it looks, but it seems as if B&M might be getting their early-mid 90s balls back (especially with the new rides that could be headed to Dollywood and Canada).

^I've been drinking that Stewart's Orange Cream soda since I was a kid, and it's so depressing because it's incredibly hard to find! It needs to be sold everywhere! And at some point I'll finally travel to the Dells and get all those credits, including the other Hellcat. If not next year, then it'll probably be in the 2013 edition of the extravaganza.

I'm tentatively planning a trip to the western NY parks and CW next year (with the obligatory Marineland stop). It's all new credits for me, and this new coaster gives me proper motivation to make the trip. I'll definitely let you and Ian know ahead of time.

Since I have a ludicrous amount of trip reports to do for the Northeast Trip, I'm going to slowly ease into them and start with the pre-pre-pre trip day that Jen and I had on July 26. I picked her up at the Baltimore airport in the morning and we headed off to Clementon Park in New Jersey to get a new woodie credit for both of us, and then we went to Morey's Piers after that to get her all the credits there (I already went there on my Whore on the Shore day). Clementon Park wasn't much, more like a large carnival than anything. It had a few flats here and there, and then of course Hellcat, which lived up to its name. We rode Hellcat twice, took some pictures, and left. Hellcat was just rough and uninteresting for the most part, and the four trims on the first drop didn't help. I can imagine it was INSANE when it first opened, but those days are long, long gone for this coaster. I'm looking forward to riding S&S's other woodie in Wisconsin a lot more. Morey's Piers was the same as it was when I went in May. Nothing special, just a ton of rides spread out over three piers and LOTS of people. The ride we had on the SLC officially ranks in my top 5 worst rides I've ever had. You couldn't pay me to ride that again. Great White honestly wasn't running very well, but it's not that great of a ride to begin with. It seems like CCI wasn't too inspired on the layout. I imagine I won't be going back to Morey's until they build that GCI in 2013. Either way, it was a good credit run and a nice way to wade into the craziness that would be the TPR Northeast Trip! Here come the photos, please comment! Thank you for reading! First stop of our 13-day journey was Clementon Park! Johnny Cash approves. Hellcat, new woodie! Probably was a lot more fun when it opened. Sign action. EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE! First drop. The four trims that basically murder the first drop. But given the rest of the ride, I imagine it would break ribs if it didn't have them. As you can see, the park was packed today. Hellcat did have some good turns mixed in there. Once again, I wish I could have experienced them when it opened. And I'm sure this had great airtime pre-trims. The three "big" rides in the park. Then we made the drive to Wildwood, home of........ Morey's Piers! The first boomerang of FIVE that we would ride on the trip. And it sucks just as much as the rest of them. Death wheel. Forwards or backwards? Rollie's Coaster, I'm too tall for it. But Jen isn't, and it was her 150th steel coaster! Time to head to that pier. Home of Great White, a rather mediocre CCI creation. GRRRRRRRRR!!!! My favorite part of the ride happens before the lift, that's pretty much my standing on Great White. We rode the Sky Ride, which provides excellent views of Great White. Lift hill and the Atlantic Ocean. Cresting! The first drop actually isn't that bad in the back row. Those swooping CCI curves that I love so much. Not too much excitement here. The airtime hills on the back side had decent air, but nothing special. A look at the other two piers. Vekoma death machine sitting next to the death wheel. I'm still perplexed by the anime' theming of the Flitzer. Wild Mouse themed to fast food. Worst coaster ever. It just beats you to death the ENTIRE ride. The absolute best thing about Morey's (and other shore parks) is they sell Stewart's Orange Cream soda! It's hands down the best soft drink ever created!!!

Giving this a bump post so the trip report will start on the next page. Pre-Northeast Trip report coming soon! While you're waiting in eager anticipation, feel free to check out some of my other reports from this year, like the OMFG Windseeker pictures and terrific fireworks show from BGW!

The only thing those beams could be for a B&M is the station/transfer track structure. I don't think they've ever had a coaster without column supports. However, their stations and transfer houses frequently use I-beams.

^I agree on Yankee Cannonball and Comet, although Comet redeemed itself later in the day after it had fully warmed up. I never got to get back on Yankee Cannonball after ERT because of the line, so I don't know about that one.

^Chugging any light beer compared to Sam Adams really. I actually felt guilty for wasting a cup of delicious Sam Adams on a chugging competition, but at least it was still consumed!

Regardless of what this ends up being, I will be doing this park next year.

Chugging Sam Adams was brutal. That is all.

Yes, I'm already finished and have my arms up when the other contestants still have half their beer left. I challenge any and all to a chugging contest, you will be crushed!!

I have nowhere near the strength to start my trip reports for this yet. But then again, I'm not even home yet! Quassy and Wooden Warrior were tons of fun, and an excellent way to kick off the official portion of the trip. I'm pretty sure that whatever coasters TGG builds with those trains from now on will be a huge success.

The only sacrifice was having to drink Miller Lite in order to compete.

This trip report and that park are completely and utterly full of win.

Yes and yes.

The Dinosaurs Alive rumors about both CP and KD are absolutely true.

I'm actually looking forward to talking to my source about this and seeing how much they laugh about what was posted in that post. We'll see.

This was from June 13, and I've got my money ready.

Well.......they did send an SLC to La Ronde, which already has a Batman clone. And they WERE going to put Chang in at SFGAm, which still has (at least for the moment) Iron Wolf. Don't try to interject logic into anything that Six Flags does, might make your brain hurt.

^The view of water from the top of Griffon is the James River. Williamsburg is still quite a distance from the ocean.