coastermaniac

I've gone to FearFaire in previous years and it's always been at the bottom of my list of favorites. This year, I went to it on the first saturday of Halloweekends and it still wasn't too good. I didn't even bother with it this past weekend. Someone mentioned improves for this year!? What improves have they made since last year that I apparently didn't notice?

Most wooden coasters I can handle because I know how to ride them (leaning with turns and not putting my back on the seat). The roughest unavoidable ride I've been on is Mantis. I can never seem to avoid the pain that I get from that ride no matter how I try to ride it. Many people say Mean Streak but most times that I've ridden MS have been very smooth...and I've ridden it countless times.

Like many people have said, I've always enjoyed riding Big Dipper. Whatever happens...happens. Realistically, it probably won't be saved. It's a part of Ohio's history and was a great coaster.

Some of the rides I don't recognize from the game (more so the flat rides). For example, one of the rides looks like Chaos from Cedar Point which I never had when I played the game. Is that a special ride you got? Also, what layout do you use for your parks?

The Starlight Experience isn't showing anymore for the season because the "Fright Zone" is now in that area.

Many of you are saying that TTD's queue line is massive, snaking, has many switchbacks, and really long. Well I've waited the entire queue line before and it wasn't more that 2 hours. So it's not too long.

When I was at KI on August 13 and 14, I think they may have had a big sale on Nickelodean merchandise but I'm not certain. I didn't know why they did at the time, but now I know why.

I also think it's a bad idea that KI is switching to Snoopy. I do like the Peanuts theming (sort of) at places like Cedar Point, but at King's Island it shouldn't be. I've always liked the Nickelodean theming at KI. Kids are more familiar with that than with Snoopy.

Well think about this: at least for Top Thrill Dragster and Maverick, before the season ended on the previous year for their debut (2002 for TTD and 2006 for Maverick) they had already started putting up supports and track. From what I can see, they haven't started construction (at least visible construction). So if it's a coaster, let's just hope they can built it fast.

Well last time that I rode Son of Beast it was a good ride. So I hope that they don't tear it down. But they could somehow smooth it out a little. So hopefully they tell us more info. soon.

First off, Blue Streak is a lot of fun in the first row of the last car (not rough at all). Second, the front of Magnum is where the bunny hills hurt. I can never keep my hands up when I ride in the front because I'm too busy holding on. In the back, I never have to hold on because it is smooth (arms up the entire time).

"a few boring older ones"?? Blue Streak, being 45 years old (1964), is still a great ride. It's fun and has awesome airtime in the back. As for touring the park, I suggest you start with Millennium Force, head to the back, ride things in the back like Skyhawk and Mean Streak. You can skip Maverick because it's not worth the wait. Then head to Gemini, Magnum, and Dragster. Then head towards the front and ride like maXair and Wicked Twister. I suggest riding Raptor at night (shorter lines because people are leaving and don't want to ride it). I hope this helps somewhat.

So any updated info. about Son of Beast?

That helps a lot, thanks. Hopefully I will enjoy riding it next week.

Cedar Point on Tuesday and Wednesday, and King's Island on Thursday and Friday.

So the last time that I was at KI was back in 2007 when they still had the Paramount names and such. But when I went, Tomb Raider was closed both days. When they changed over to Cedar Fair, did they change the actually ride inside or just change the name to The Crypt?

I was at Cedar Point about to enter the queue line for Millennium Force. A guy who was with someone walked over to see how long the line was. It read, "1/4 hour." He walked back over to his friend and said, "1/4? I don't want to wait 25 minutes!" I guess some people didn't do so well in math class.

Millennium Force

On the last day that Geauga Lake was open, I rode Batman (Dominator) 13 times. I could of done more, but wanted to do more things.

The weekday after opening weekend shouldn't be busy. And as others has said, the weather can be warm or cold, it's Ohio - it is always different.

One that I can think of is SoB at KI

My first park this year will probably be Cedar Point when it opens and in that case, Millennium Force will be my first coaster of the year.

I got stuck on Magnum at Cedar Point for about 15 minutes. After they got us off the lift hill, they took the whole train up through the exit of Millennium Force and we were able to ride without waiting in line.

I think Son of Beast is way better than The Beast. Don't get me wrong, The Beast is still an okay coaster, it's just the ride is too rough and it bangs your head around too much. Son of Beast is much smoother and has a better first hill. But I wish I could of ridden it with the loop.

What movie did you see last? It could of been in the theater, or on television. I know that there are other threads that talk about movies and such, but just post the movie that you've seen last. My last movie that I saw was "You Don't Mess With The Zohan."