FreeFaller

Judging by your trip report, it seems like you have the ability to make everyone around you have an even better time (even with a flu). I'm looking forward to possibly meeting you next summer and experiencing your enthusiasm. HaHa that's nice! As for now it seems that I'm able to go. I just hope that university doesn't crush my plans

Voted for Mini New Hotness and West Coast Summer!

The Dells seem to be VERY spooky...

Welcome to Day 3 at the Point! This is a very sad day, because this is the last day of the TPR trip and the last day at the Point( ), BUT I will keep on posting updates of my private after trip, so be prepared for some more Marcelicious adventures! The last day at the point was as AWESOME as all the other days at Cedar Point, so this update will most likely consist of only some photos, because I'm pretty sure you know how the Point in general looks like now etc.! That's why I would love to write some more private words and summarize my feelings and experiences about the whole trip so far, kind of like toast So, first of all I would like to let you know that my first ever TPR trip was AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME! I mean I did a lot of private trips in Europe etc, but those trips were friends trips and we had a BLAST on those trips for sure, but this trip now was a REAL group trip and I have to say, that it was the best trip I've ever experienced so far! Riding roller coasters with so MANY coaster geeks is so much FUN! It was really one of those 'time of my life' experiences, NO kidding! With that being said, I would love to thank you Robb&Elissa for organizing all that good stuff, letting us coaster geeks ride the kiddies with your daughter Kristen (THANKS KRISTEN! I hope you will ride many more coasters with us!), and having a WONDERFUL time! *Where is the applause button*??? Furthermore I would love to thank all the other coaster friends who made my trip so fabulous! It was SO nice to meet you all and I really loved hanging out with you! I now have so many REAL friendships all over the world just because of sharing the same passion: RIDING COASTERS! That's one of the many reasons why I LOVE my hobby! It connects so many people and so many different characters! That's really EPIC! That being said, enjoy your last day at the Point and keep on reading my trip report! Arms down, head back and hold on tight! I will miss that sign! Such a nice entrance now! Ready for some CP sightseeing? Gatekeeper looks nice! You can get some really nice shots from the cable cars! My baby! That giant wheel is trying to get over my head! $5 per game! That donut was so delicious! Roxanne and me riding Dragster! I love Dragster! Time for our last dinner! MF sunset! Beautiful Cedar Point! Roxanne has a little fever I think YUMMY! Hey guys! It's time to get some last rides on my Dragster! I love my Dragster Crew! Thank you guys for making this trip AMAZING!

Thanks for the feedback guys! The trip report isn't over yet! I spent one more week in the US, so I'm gonna post all those parks as well

Since there will be 21 credits at Magic Mountain, would you stay there for one or two days?

I just saw that there would be 2 days between the Mini New Hotness and West Coast trip. Is there anything else planned but flying and would there be a group flight or would we have to book that flight by our own?

^LOL!

^Unfortunately not when I got home I checked my coaster count and I miscounted during the trip, so my 300th coaster was at Cedar Point but I haven't checked which one

Day 2 at the Point! Hooray!!! Starting with Hotel Guest ERT should be a good start at the Point, especially when you're allowed to ride some coasters which are NOT on Fast Lane (Plus)! So, after we got all those credits, we had some more time to ride other stuff before we had an awesome backstage tour of GATKEEPER! This ride is really nice to look at, but not really nice to ride It's one of the better wingriders, but still not a highlight Get some nerd shots of that giant and move on! It's time to ride, gentlemen! We had a LOT of time to explore the whole park and ride as many coasters as we could before it was time to go to our LAST dinner of the TPR trip I loved those days at the Point, but you could really feel that everybody was in a kind of sad mood, because the TPR trip came to an end! At least we had one more ERT session that night, to get over that mood! My favorite at the park was definitely Top Thrill Dragster! I loved its launch and its speed! Really incredible! One more reason to have Intamin as your favorite roller coaster manufacturer, guys! Good that I have a great Intamin at home TPR had night ERT on Millennium Force! YAY! Intamin! The ERT session was a really GREAT end of the TPR trip! Everybody was in a good mood, enjoyed the time and rode MF! Thanks to Bas, we had some gloomy sticks we put around our hands or necks so that MF's trains looked like a gloomy worm! Thank you, Bas! For some of us, this night was their last night on the point, for all the others who booked the Cedar Point add on day (including me) they had one more day to be a thrillseeker! (To be continued...) Enjoy your ride! After the kiddy, I needed some REAL coasters! I LOVE INTAMIN! Welcome to Hotel Guest ERT's waiting line! (Entering the park! Not the Q of a coaster!) First stop: Iron Dragon which was NOT on Fast Lane (Plus) Gatekeeper Backstage tour! Hug the keeper of the gate! Nerd Shots! TPR members taking photos! It looks really nice! It's KEYHOLING time! MORE KEYHOLING! TTD was my favorite and CP offered more Intamin's! YAY! After Gatekeeper's behind the scenes tour, it was time to get the Kiddy Coaster! Dragster crew! Time for Millennium Force! Let's skip the Q with our FAST Lane Plus wristbands! And here comes the blue GIANT! Such a fun ride! Put your hands up in the air! Everything is better than Hades 360! Upside down! We totally forgot about Maverick! Typical Cedar Point postcard photo! Maverick's first drop! Hey guys! Intamin rocks! Let's get that Mine Train out of the way,... ...because... Let's visit my friend Danny who is working at the Point before it's time for... Hey guys! CP rocks! Windseeker was open! Thank god we have Fast Lane Plus! TTD with an AMAZING sunset in the background Beautiful! ...I want to ride DRAGSTER! ...NIGHT ERT on MF! GO for it! All those guys want to ride MF... Yup! That's how TPR ERT's look like! Poor Ride Operator PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG! Everybody had a REALLY good time! Enjoy your ride! Thank God we had Kristen! Thanks for riding with us! You're AWESOME! Marcel! C'mon! There are 16 more coasters!!!

Too bad that university ends two days after the trip starts That view looks really incredible!

^OMG! I didn't want to create the impression of a terrible flu it was just a cold! No worries! I hope I didn't put too much drama on that cold I don't think it's a big issue on TPR trips! Elissa can confirm that, I'm sure!

Same here! I had to look twice. It's really funny! It's a normal flu, but I think many of us got it during the bus rides, especially at Elissa's bus.

We made it to the POINT! Welcome to Cedar Point, the best amusement park in the WORLD! I have been dreaming to come here since I was a little boy and saw Millennium Force on TV! Now the time had come to make this dream come true! What should I say? I LOVED Cedar Point and I had a VERY good time there! It was exactly the way I expected the park to be! Loud, busy and full of thrills!!! The atmosphere is AWESOME! Everywhere you look...COASTERS COASTERS and COASTERS! It's really cool! We arrived at noon and got all the good stuff you needed to survive the next three days at the POINT! We had Fast Lane PLUS, which allowed us to skip the line of MANY thrills (including Dragster and the brand new Gatekeeper!) So, after having brought our luggage to our rooms (we stayed at Hotel Breakers), it was time to enter the park! Don't waste time, because there are a lot of coasters which want to be ridden, plus, we had an optional backstage tour of Millennium Force which was really really cool! Nice shots to get there! After that behind the scenes tour, we had a couple more hours to explore the POINT before it was time for the AMAZING Maverick night ERT! So, take some rides on all the coasters that are on your way (I mean we had Fast Lane, so no worries about q's) and prepare for some crazy ERT! As soon as all the GP got their last rides on Maverick for that day, TPR was allowed to enter Maverick's station! The majority of us agreed that the Maverick ERT was one of the BEST ERT'S TPR has ever experienced so far! Thank you a LOT for that awesome first day at the point guys! It was incredible! So, keep arms down, hold on tight and enjoy your first ride on the POINT! (To be continued...) We made it to the POINT! First step: Get the BEST stuff ever: Fast Lane Plus! Looks nice! And now, it's time to enter... ...CEDAR POINT! ...THE BEST AMUSEMENT PARK in the WORLD... OMG, there's DRAGSTER! That GIANT is too tall for the photo! Ready for some Millennium Force BACKSTAGE tour? It's voted the best steel coaster in the world, but I have a better Intamin at home Ready for some nerd shots? ... During our behind the scenes tour, I got those shots, too! Mantis... TPR members enjoying the tour! Millennium Force looks really good! Where's the train? Ahh there it is! Speed time! There it goes! YAY! Two Intamins! Live can't be better! Gorgeous! More gorgeous! That's how it looks like when a group of coaster geeks tries to get the same photo! EAT the riders! Hey guys! What's up? Incredible! After our backstage tour, it was time to... RIDE, but... ...WATCH your balls, please! Ceda Point offers a nice beach as well, but we have no time... We have to ride the new stuff! Oh man, the POINT offers way to much merchandise! I'm broke now Cedar Point at night! Dragster is fabulous! It's time for Maverick Night ERT! Sorry guys for not having more photos of that night, but I had to RIDE! So, no time for taking photos! TRIP REPORT CONTINUED ON THE NEXT PAGE!

^Smart words, Doug!

^Thanks for answering the question! I totally missed it!

^Good that I haven't read that report about X-Flight or otherwise I would have been VERY disappointed

^ when you click submit they should be in the correct order! I was confused sometimes as well because the description of the photos was correct but the preview showed the photos in reverse! But as soon as I clicked submit everything was okay!

German press is SO stupid! They don't know the word RESEARCH! They're claiming that Six Flags is getting the world's tallest coaster! Shame on the writer of the article!

Another day, another update, another SIX FLAGS Park! This time, I'm reporting from Six Flags Great America! I really liked that park, not only because they gave us ERT on Raging Bull and Viper backwards, but because the park was really nice! Same procedure as every day: Arriving at the park, getting all the wristbands, meal vouchers and that stuff, going through security and and and. Since we had morning ERT on Raging Bull, we were allowed to enter the park BEFORE the GP! The coaster was fun, but I didn't like the trim breaks So it was only meh... Nevertheless, we had a fun time during the ERT and we were also allowed to be first riders on X-Flight since it was not on Qbots! The park was so friendly to give us an optional ''fast lane'' ticket for X-Flight so that we could ride it one more time during the day! I didn't take advantage of it, because I'm not a huge fan of wingriders. The ride was ok, but nothing more. A wingrider. Elissa handed out the Qbots at the exit of X-Flight so we had time to explore the park! It was really hard for me to get all the credits, not because it was crowded, but because I had that terrible TPR bus flu I was really tired and exhausted, but no time to cry! SFGAm offered us a great buffet for lunch and we had an optional backstage tour of the park which was really nice! I was REALLY tired but I wanted to do the tour and I don't regret having done it They showed us all the stuff which is behind the scenes After that tour we had another couple of hours to explore the park before it was time for ERT on Flow Rider! It was fun to watch all the members doing the Flow Rider. I was just too sick to do it, so I skipped that one! The perfect ending of that SIXtastic day was the VIPER backwards ERT! Six Flags put a DJ and a disco ball into the station and started partying! It was such a simple idea but it was AWESOME! Everyone had a good time and enjoyed that party night ERT! Really really good! I loved it, even though I felt terrible with that flu! Thank you guys With that being said, watch some photos! Welcome to Six Flags Great America! TPR members on their way to... ...Raging Bull! Are you guys ready to ride? Yes they are! All clear? Enjoy your ride! Can you hear the screams? Nerd photo! First riders of X-Flight! It's wingriding time! Hooray! It's time for our Qbots! I see a woodie!!! freaking scary for some TPR members! The Kiddy Coaster is... Thank god for Coke! Yummy! I get hungry! After lunch it was time for our backstage tour! All that hidden stuff... Do you have a SIX FLAGS DAY? Behind the scenes... Happy riders! Do you want to ride? The backstage tour brought some money! It's time for the waterpark! Giant slides and... So much fun with you guys! ...FLOW RIDER! It's time to fly! SUPERMAN!!! Since I only have this photo of VIPER backwards, I have to use this one to end up the update of the photo TR Sorry guys!

Alright guys! I added a few people here (including you Elissa and Robb). My ID is FreeFallTPR.

^ He was doing the amazing Texas/Midwest tour!

Hey guys! I just started playing the game so I will add you I'm already kind of addicted to that game! Hope to see you there!

I hate Wingriders...Even if this coaster could be a win for the Wingrider collection, it will still not appear in high class coaster rankings I think...

Are you guys ready for some really really BAD coastering? After the SIXtastic day in St. Louis, it was time to go on the road to hell! Yup, I'm talking about the Dells and we all prepared to die there We arrived at the Dells the night before and went to the park the next morning to get ERT on Hades 360! After we got all our stuff we needed for that day (again, wristbands, meal vouchers and all that stuff), we made our way to that CRAZY coaster. I knew that this coaster was going to be rough (previous trip reports, friends that went on the old Hades and and and) so I prepared for the worst case, BUT it was even worse... I mean, opinions may differ, but Hades 360 was the WORST wooden coaster or even the WORST coaster at all, I have EVER been on. I only have a coaster count of more than 300 coasters, but I'm pretty sure that I can claim that this is a really BAD coaster. Bandit at Movie Park Germany or Anaconda at Walygator Parc France have to feel VERY smooth after that ride I think Hades 360 definitely tried to kill my back and I don't want to know what it would do with your body next year when the track is older... After one lap at Hades 360 we got the AWESOME message that the park is opening Little Titans for our group ONLY! A LOT of coaster geeks will be jealous now, because it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to get that credit even when having a kid! I don't know how to thank Robb&Elissa for having arranged that GREAT surprise or wait...I rode Hades 360 one more time so that Robb had enough coaster footage for that day! Thank you a lot guys! Mt. Olympus has that CRAZY airtime coaster called Cyclops where only riders older than 18 years are allowed to ride in the back seat! After having ridden that back seat, I TOTALLY understand why! The airtime is INCREDIBLE and probably the CRAZIEST airtime I've ever experienced on a coaster! It's really awesome! You're totally ejected! Hold on tight, please! There were also three more credits to go... Zeus, Pegasus and Opa. Not as bad as Hades but still not recommendable The park prepared a private buffet for us, so that we could recover from some bad coasters. Mt. Olympus has also been that day were I started getting that weird TPR bus flu...Not a good timing because I had one and a half week to go! After lunch we had a couple more hours to explore the park, but we had to leave the park for one more credit in the afternoon...HellCat at Timber Falls! The park closed that coaster for ERT reasons which was really nice because it was in the middle of the day! Thank you a lot! That was also the time where some TPR members had drunk too much, because we had to SURVIVE the Dells and after all those bad coasters, there seemed to be no other solution but DRINKING (for some of us) which was really really funny! Nevertheless we behaved, because the park treated us very friendly, so there were no reason to misbehave After that quick little stop it was time to get back on the road because Six Flags Great America was waiting for us ....AND SOME MORE CREDITS! You're correct, SOME MORE CREDITS! Robb&Elissa surprised us with a stop at Little Amerricka which was INCREDIBLE! We appreciated it a LOT! The park opened the gates for our group ONLY! We totally freaked out, because no one bargained for that! I mean we have already been full packed, so there seemed to be no time for extra credits! That was an AWESOME service and that's what TPR is making so WONDERFUL! Robb&Elissa know how to make their trip participants happy and they have those surprises which BEAT everything! AWESOME service, guys! Keep it up, please! We got those 4 extra credits (including a Toboggan Coaster!!!) and a dinner! Really awesome! I mean, after the day at the Dells we were ready for some GOOD coasters After that amazing evening at Little Amerricka, it was time to get on the bus again. As I've already said...Six Flags Great America With that being said, let the photos tell the story! Oh, and don't forget Advil! You may need it... Welcome to the Dells! Wristbands? Check! AHH HELP ME! Bye Bye Mt. Olympus!!!... Arriving at Mt. Olympus...I can already feel the pain! Only TODAY? You don't look happy at all! You can return if you want! Row 6! Restraints problems! HELP! All clear! Ready to ride? I'm really scared! Okay, let's ride ONE more time just to give Robb enough footage! He deserves it because we could ride Little Titans! Let's leave that beast and get some... ...KIDDY credits! HAPPY... ...Little Titans riders! Screams of pain! ...AIRTIME! It's time to q up for... ...credit and... ...waterpark whoring! Check! This has to be a GREAT coaster! Time for Theme Park Review's... LUNCH and more... I loved the airtime! Let's take some more photos (just to proof that we have survided the Dells) ... ...and leave that place!!! Wood Wood Wood! Tired and exhausted riders! Ready for the wake up call at... ...and WELCOME to Timber Falls! Yin and I squished... Such a unique coaster!!! TPR members taking over the graveyard kiddy coaster! I'm sooo happy! Everywhere you looked, people were doing the same..THUMBS UP! Time to say goodbye to Little Amerricka! HAPPY TPR members! MORE HAPPY TPR members! ...LITTLE AMERRICKA? We're soooo happy for that surprise stop!!!