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Air Race at Luna Park! There needs to be more of these around the country!

I had a great time at Hershey Park on Friday night (Preview) and Saturday! Skyrush was amazing, rode both trains with both "noodles". Can't say I noticed much of a difference between them....although I learned it felt better if I put my hands on the side bars instead of on the front grab bars to pull up. Great ride, may do a trip report sometime soon.

Since it looks like my original question got overlooked by a debate: I'm going to Hershey for the first time this weekend, will be there tomorrow night for a few hours and then all day Saturday. What are somethings that I must do, aside from the coasters. I'm looking to have a general all around good time. Any suggestions would be great.

I'm headed to Hershey Friday Night and Saturday for an ACE event (don't hate). This will be my first time here. Any suggestions for things I must do?

Even with the speculation from the Sandusky Register, if you think about it Ocean Motion is very close to the park entrance as well as the picnic area. I'm all for a new coaster, but not such a big fan of the speculated front gate coaster.

My question about the proposed location passing over the main midway is, would it affect Ocean Motion, since they just moved it?

Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this!

Mine is a tie between Dollywood's and Cedar Points. Both different style of trains and different experiences, but I enjoy them both the same!

I'm going to be going to SFGAdv for the first time on the 11th! I'm excited, I'll reach a milestone in credits, 100 (I know, nothing too crazy to celebrate but still). I'm trying to decide which coaster to make my 100....I'm deciding between: Superman Ultimate Flight, Bizzaro and El Toro.

I wouldn't necessarily boycott a park. Unless a park does something specifically that affects me. Now if a park started to pursue an agenda that I completely don't agree with, maybe I'll boycott, but I just go for the rides and being with friends.

Awesome pictures! With Cedar Point being one of my home parks in Ohio, it's my favorite! It's so easy to spend 3 days there and not do the same thing over and over. Glad you had fun!

With Kings Island being my home park I just have to say this! In 2011, Cedar Fair Partnered with Guinness Book of World Records and set all different records throughout the different parks. Well, I think in 2012, Kings Island should partner with them again to have the World's Largest Bonfire! I've had good and bad experiences on Son of Beast. However, the bad has outweighed the good. When I worked at the park, I saw a few different "contractors" scaling the ride and checking it out. I just wish they'd announce something and plan for something else! If you haven't seen the most recent incident report check it out: Son of Beast Incident Report 2009

Random side note, asked CP about the Webcams on their site:

Wow! Great pictures! I can't wait to get down to Dollywood in May! To anyone who's been there, is SkyZip still there and does it cost to do it?

Not sure on the shows since I generally spend time on rides all day. Do any of the other windseeker's sway that much on the descent? to me it looks like they didn't even install the dampers yet. Keep in mind that there is little weight to the seats without riders actually in them in this pov. Rocking/Swaying is natural and will be after spinning around. Both Kings Island's and Cedar Point's WindSeekers sway that much on descent. When actually riding them I've never felt like the seats in front of me would have collided with my knees and I'm a tall dude!

Wondering what portion of Mammoth this is....anyone have an idea?

Would love to do this!

I'm wondering since the brakes are magnetic if we'll even really realize the open and closed trims. I wonder if there will be a big difference in the feel of the ride since they aren't friction brakes. I just looked at page 397 of this thread & the Jan. 23, 2012 video update to see how they differ.

I found this video today, 3 different angles! Make sure you turn the 3D off. I'm loving the ride the more I see of it. I tried to figure out how to post the embedded video, but couldn't figure it out. If someone could pm me on how to do this, that'd be great!

I cannot wait to ride this coaster! Yeah, it does seem kind of bland to me, but I have a feeling that it'll be different once I'm sitting on it! I'm wondering if it is actually testing at full speed.

I thought the same thing, Even with Kings Island being my home park, I wasn't aware that The Racer ran both sides facing forward. Somewhere, I can't find it, but someone asked Kings Island if they would have the red side of The Racer going backwards this year for the 40th, but Kings Island said no. They said no because The Racer originally ran both sides forward and it was never intended to run backwards. I found it interesting that both sides ran forward in the beginning.