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In no particular order, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Snickers M&Ms (all kinds, plain Chocolate, Pretzel, and Peanut Butter are the best) Hershey's Plain Chocolate Hershey's Krackels Pay Days Baby Ruths Butterfingers Kit Kats White Chocolate Kit Kats White Chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Snickers Crunch 3 Musketeers Twix Fannie May Pixies and Trinidads Lindor White Chocolate Gummi Bears Gummi Worms Cherry Jelly Beans Starburst Laffy Taffy Take 5 Twizzlers Fruit by the Foot Fruit Roll Ups Skittles Milky Way Fannie May Chocolate Plain and Chocolate With Carmel Bars Altoids Peppermint Twists/Candy Canes Andes Mints LifeSavers Wint-O-Green Gummi LifeSavers Sour Patch Kids Warheads (but not the real sour ones that burn your tongue)

Mountain Dew!

Turning Cedar Point into a museum and have only one ride in operation for guests - the Mean Streak. What's worse than Mean Streak getting OTSRs?

PUFFINS ALL THE WAY! The one from Elf in particular. Seals or sea lions?

Online it says that it's just Ben Burnley in the band, so the Breaking Benjamin is up again but it's just him. Granted, but Geddy Lee gets laryngitis and they don't perform and you find that out right when you arrive at the arena. I wish Adam Gontier was still in Three Days Grace!

Another thought I have, maybe SFGAm's new ride would be a Star Flyer but without a SkyScreamer theme, which would be why the video showed rocks/ground and not sky. Maybe a Dinosaur come-to-life or a Sasquatch-themed Sky Screamer or another themed flat ride.

^ Regarding dark rides, I stand corrected. And it completely rules out a show idea as well that someone else had. A roller coaster or a water slide seems more likely now.

Granted, but you can't think of a melody to put them in. I wish Ben Burnley would finally put a band together!

If it was a StarFlyer, wouldn't the video have shown the sky and not rocks/ground? The Six Flags take on Dinosaurs Alive! would fit perfectly, I didn't even think of that, although I really hope it doesn't happen and that it's an actual ride, since personally I do not like Dinosaur educational exhibits in theme parks, and I'm still wondering why the heck Cedar Fair parks built Dinosaurs Alive stuff in most of their parks. But that's just my opinion. Maybe a dinosaur-themed roller coaster, water ride, or dark ride?

Granted! You already do, since it says you live on the edge of Darien Lake. If you want me to backfire it though, then granted but Darien Lake closes in a year, then you move next door to another coaster, and it's a Vekoma SLC. I wish I lived closer to Six Flags Great America so I don't have to drive 45 minutes to the park and so I could go more often!

I also just thought of this now, but if the new coaster (if it's a coaster) replaces Iron Wolf, the rocks could maybe be some kind of mountain themed, and with the idea of a mine train coaster I had earlier, maybe it could be a themed coaster in a mountain in the Yukon Territory, maybe not a mine train, maybe just a Yukon expedition theme, which follows the theme of "Follow the Journey." I'm not sure if Six Flags would put that much effort into ride scenery, but that's just an idea I had. Also with the Yukon mountain theme, the chance of maybe a wolf/any potentially dangerous Northern animal-themed ride of any type, wood or steel, increased. However, although it'll be great, I can't see SFGAm building two major coasters that soon, although both coaster enthusiasts and the GP would love it. I like that idea. Although I'm not sure if the GP would get the Gravity Group reference if they saw this video. Does anyone know where this video was posted prior to here, because if was for primarily coaster enthusiasts, then the chances of it being a Gravity Group coaster are more likely.

^ I don't think Six Flags Great America would stoop low enough to do 2 new shows like igNight in a row. Being an American-themed park, if it's an African themed ride, it'll probably be in the waterpark. It could be something in the Ampitheater's place, although wouldn't they have started construction earlier though or at least closed/announce the closing of the ampitheater? One thing is for sure though, any thoughts of a SkyScreamer are out of the question.

Great trip report! I love the GateKeeper pictures!

Al Collins helped to design Tornado at Stricker's Grove. Other than that, I can't find much on any of them. I wouldn't be surprised if they helped design the new coaster.

When I saw the video, I immediately thought of a dive coaster (like SheiKra) going through the ground, except since they just added X-Flight, it's probably not even close. I also thought of maybe a mine train, just a guess, except there's nowhere to put one in the SW Territory section. A shooting dark ride would be great, except even though Six Flags can overhype sometimes, I'm not sure they'll hype up a dark ride that much unless it's that good, but then again I really don't know; it could be a dark ride I guess. I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but it could also be another water ride either in the water park or in the amusement park (probably the water park if I were to take a guess) with an exploration/dark-hidden-cave-in-the-rainforest-that-no-one-dares-to-go-into theme to it, which would also make sense why they said, "Follow the journey."

A few hundred Brazilian tourists going to Cedar Point when you're there, and they buy Fast Lane, so that both the Fast Lane and the regular waiting line are both equally crowded, and the only ride not mobbed is Mean Streak. What's worse than Six Flags Great America teasing at an exciting thrill ride/coaster for 2014 and instead building an extremely rough Vekoma SLC?

One of the best. I like quality over quantity. Would you rather ride Raptor (Gardaland) backwards or Wild Eagle backwards?

Granted, but then the water gets infected and the whole water park becomes closed. I wish that I could fall asleep and wake up on August 29 when Six Flags Great America makes their New for 2014 announcement because I am that excited to see what it is!

The final batch of pictures, starting with tons of GateKeeper! (Mixed in with a few random ride photos taken from the main parking lot) And feel free to comment on my pictures, as I would like both compliments and constructive criticism. TTD and Power Tower. Raptor train in the 1st drop maXair WindSeeker Power Tower Turbo Drop WindSeeker again! This would have better with people in it... Ditto. This was the last out-of-the-parking lot picture I took. Then we went in later after it cleared up. This is the gift shop that Maverick uses as an exit (I think). Wave Swinger Maverick running through the rocks. 95°! Attempt close-up The final picture of Magnum of the trip. And now for some pictures of the Raptor! I only have a few though. Most of them turned out bad. Empty train. maXair scaring the crap out of people as usual. One more GateKeeper picture. I couldn't resist. And that'll do it for this post. Again, feel free to comment and give advice and compliments/criticism on my pictures. If I go to Six Flags Great America again this year, I'll post some pictures on this thread. Thank you all and I hope you enjoy!

A TOGO floorless-standup woodie! What's worse than TOGO and Vekoma collaborating to make a roller coaster?

Granted, but then because of that, King's Island (before Son of Beast was demolished) decides to constantly retheme Son of Beast every couple of years to try and promote the ride, and Son of Beast would still be at the park. I wish Son of Beast wasn't demolished and instead got RMC treatment.

Great photo report! Yay for parks who still have S.D.C. Hurricanes!

I should have gone onWhizzer. As for Demon, I don't really like that ride very much because I get hurt every time I go on it. Anyways, more Cedar Point photos! Millennium Force Mantis. This and GateKeeper are probably my favorite rides to photograph. Wicked Twister and the Giant Wheel WindSeeker! More Snoopy!! Wicked Twister, Giant Wheel (the real name of it escapes me), and GateKeeper Blue Streak! Nighttime photo! WindSeeker at Night! GateKeeper at night! Ditto The next day, I went into various Cedar Point parking lots with my dad to take photos. This is Blue Streak. Yay for zooming in! Riders' reactions Random WindSeeker photo! Magnum Mean Streak. It wasn't operating that day. Which was fine, because I wasn't going to ride it anyways. Gemini Top Thrill Dragster Gemini and TTD One more Magnum photo. Since I'm busy, I'm going to end this post. I will post more GateKeeper and in-the-park pictures before the end of the week. As for right now, enjoy!

My first trip report! Yay! First I will talk about Cedar Point, then I'll talk about Six Flags Great America, and finally I'll show some pictures of Cedar Point. I apologize for not having pictures of SFGAm since I didn't bring the camera to the park. If I go again this year I'll try to remember. I also apologize in advance for not taking a picture of the Corkscrew over the midway. Although if I did take a picture of it and looked back at it later, it would bring back bad memories. I went to Cedar Point last June with family (sorry for being nearly 2 months late with the post). We stayed at Breakers Express, which was great because we were allowed to go to the park an hour early. We went to Cedar Point for two days. Here is what I thought of all the rides: GateKeeper: This was a great ride. I especially liked the fly-throughs over the park entrance and the airtime hill following the Immelman. If you haven't ridden GateKeeper, or any wing coaster with a dive drop yet, I recommend the right side (or the left on Swarm), since in the dive drop you can stare at the ground and think about how there is absolutely nothing between you and the ground 170 feet below you, which is an amazing and scary feeling. 8/10 Top Thrill Dragster: This was a great ride as usual. The only problem with this ride is the long line in which you have to wait. I got on this ride when the park opened at 10:00 and the GP arrived, and I waited a half hour in line. That isn't bad at all, except later in the day it can be over an hour. 9/10 Magnum XL-200: This ride is my favorite steel coaster and my favorite roller coaster that I have ridden. It has a great drop, great floater-airtime hills, tunnels,and bunny hops with insane airtime (some of which were hidden in tunnels). If you ride this ride, go in the last row, where the airtime is best, esp. at the end. 10/10 Gemini: Good ride, but nothing over-the-top spectacular. It was worth riding. 7/10 Witches' Wheel: Another really fun ride. I wish there was more of these still around. 8/10 Maverick: This ride has the potential to be better than Magnum; it had better airtime, inversions, and twists. The reason why I don't think it's better is that the restraints hurt. A lot. I tried to keep my head back, but sometimes I couldn't keep it back. It's still an amazing coaster, in particular the first drop and tunnel section were amazing. I really like this ride and it was worth riding despite the restraint issues. 9/10 Cedar Creek Mine Ride: This was a nice family coaster, and a nice walk-on ride. Good for a family coaster. 6/10 Millennium Force: A nice, intense coaster with good airtime and G-forces, but it's not as good as I305. This was a great coaster though. 9/10 Mantis: This was better than when I first went four years ago. It is a great standup coaster with good g-forces and a great drop. If you haven't ridden it, I recommend riding towards the front or middle of the train since it can be painful at times in the back. 8/10 Iron Dragon: While not being very intense at all, it is probably one of the best family coasters I have been on. I like the woodland scenery and the part over the lake. 7/10 Corkscrew: Not bad, but don't ride in the front because it is a death machine. However, I did like the one moment of good airtime on the airtime hill. 3/10 Power Tower (Space Shot): I was scared to death to go on this, but I forced myself to ride it. When I went four years ago, this was the only ride I didn't go on because I was really scared. To put a long story short, it was a disappointment. I've been on elevators that go up faster than Space Shot does, and the drop was slower than the launch. 2/10 Power Tower (Turbo Drop): This ride is always scary, but it is so much fun. Not the best drop tower, but it was worth riding a few times. 9/10 Wicked Twister: I really like this ride; it's a ride that never disappoints, at least for me. 8/10 maXair: This is a great ride, except it's not nearly as terrifying as it looks, plus the restraints are a little tight. 7/10 WindSeeker: If you closed your eyes and rode this, you'll feel as if you're on a Wave Swinger. However, if you open your eyes, you realize you're 301 feet above the ground, which is why it's so much better than a Wave Swinger. I loved the view of the park and Lake Erie from WindSeeker. It's relatively tame, but I really like this ride. 8/10 Blue Streak: This ride earns the award for "Most Underrated Coaster at an Amusement Park." I walked on and off this ride numerous times. It's a great coaster with amazing airtime on all but one hill, at times ejector airtime, a good drop, and a very classic look. If you haven't ridden it, go in the very last row; it's the best. 10/10 Raptor: An excellent coaster. It has a good drop, g-forces, and the zero-G roll, vertical loop and corkscrews were amazing. I also like the location of this coaster over the midway. The back has a better first drop, but if you haven't ridden Raptor yet, ride in the front because the ride itself is really intense in the front. 10/10 In addition, I rode the Wave Swinger, Scrambler, Cedar Downs, and Troika, all of which were good rides. I would have ridden Calypso, but the park closed before I could ride it. The food was alright, nothing over-the-top spectacular, but not bad either. I also bought a Gatekeeper shirt, which wasn't badly priced in my opinion. Overall I liked Cedar Point and I can't wait to go again another time! Now onto Six Flags Great America. I went July 30 with my sister and some of her friends, who were all great people, since my friends don't like to answer their phones when I ask if we could hang out. Overall I really has a good time at Six Flags Great America. If I go again this year, I'll post pictures of the park onto this thread. Here is the ride report: American Eagle: This was the first ride I went on. It was much smoother than usual, and I didn't get smacked in the back of the head by the restraint on the first drop like I normally do. The airtime wasn't terrible, just nothing great. 7/10 X-Flight: This is always a good ride. I like the first drop and the keyhole element. Like I said about GateKeeper, if you haven't ridden it yet go on the right side, since you can look down and appreciate the fact that there is nothing between you and the ground. 9/10 Revolution: A good flat ride that in my opinion is better than maXair at Cedar Point. 8/10 King Chaos: An amazing flat ride that should not be passed up. 10/10 Viper Backwards: Since I've ridden this ride forward numerous times, it was really weird to ride it backwards. It was really fun, although I think the airtime was better when it was forward. 8/10 Raging Bull: I rode this ride after a rain. Raging Bull was closed during the rain, and we waited outside the entrance of the ride waiting for the ride to open. After a half hour, it finally opened, and after about ten more minutes of waiting, we rode on what was the best ride on Raging Bull I had ever ridden in my life. If you don't know about coasters after a rain, the water on the track reduces the friction between the cars' wheels and the track, providing a much faster ride. In addition, I sat in the back seat. It was by far the best Raging Bull has ever been in my life. In particular, the drops and turns provided more g-forces than normal, and it was really noticeable, and every drop after the mid-point brake run produced massive, ejector airtime, which has never happened on the ride before. (Yes I'm being 100% honest here) I would have ridden it more but the lines were too long and no one had enough money for the Flash Pass. And I got the blue train, which I never got before! 9.5/10 (a half point deducted because the first camelback hill before the brake run still had no airtime whatsoever) Giant Drop: Scary, better than Power Tower, and I rode it in the rain which made it that much scarier. The view of the park from Giant Drop was great because it looked like every ride was surrounded by fog. 10/10 Batman-the Ride: Excellent, probably the best it's ever been, although not as good as Raptor. Great drop, great inversions, and by far the most intense coaster in the park in my opinion. 10/10 Fiddler's Fling: I really wish there was more of these ride, since Fiddler's Fling was amazing. 9/10 Superman: Ultimate Flight: Always a fun ride, and the Pretzel loop never fails to disappoint. It also ran better than usual; usually it really slow. 8/10 I also rode Whiligig, Logger's Run, and Ricochet (in the rain!), all of which were great. Like I said, there was rain, but I didn't mind getting wet. In addition, I bought pizza and a side salad at a food place near X-Flight (I forget its name). It was very good pizza, but I think $9.99 is a little expensive. In addition, I bought a Giant Drop shirt at Carousel Plaza, which was only $15.99, which was a very good price. In addition, I saw a Raging Bull shirt that said it went 80 mph, but according to numerous other sources, Raging Bull goes 73 mph (in fact, I found that on a Raging Bull shirt I got in 2008 from when I first went to Six Flags Great America), so Six Flags LIED. The park was very clean, and I loved the Looney Tunes cartoons that were being shown in the waiting lines. Overall, I loved Six Flags Great America. Like I said, if I go again this year, since I live a half hour away, I'll bring a camera. Now on to Cedar Point pictures! And welcome to Cedar Point! After the taking of the Cedar Point welcome sign, I took a walk on the bridge by Castaway Bay, and I found a water snake in the water! GateKeeper during a test run before the park opened. Top Thrill Dragster 120 mph. Magnum XL-200. It occurred to me Magnum will be 25 years old next year. Dinosaurs Alive. I didn't visit that. Witches' Wheel. It's Snoopy! Yay More Dragster The Red Train... ...and the Blue train! Inflatable Snoopy! I think this is a kiddie trampoline ride. Millennium Force Maverick going up... Maverick going down! I will post more pictures later of Cedar Point, hopefully before the end of the week.

Smooth woodie with no airtime. TOGO woodie or a GCI woodie with painful OTSRs?