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Oh when you said independent park i thought you meant a the most single park i been too not as in family owned. oops! In they case I really never visited one more then once. My favorite however is Holiday World.

1. What is the name of your home park? Six Flags Great America 2. Do you own a coaster related T-shirt? Not that i know of but im not of a keychain person so i have plenty of coaster keychains 3. Do you enjoy Vekoma SLCs? I actually never been on one so i can't say but im willing to give one a try. 4. Name the first 3 coasters that come to mind. M-Force,Goliath,Ride of Steel 5. One park you would definitely never go back to is... Enchanted Forest indoor amusement park in Utica Il by Starved Rock they got rid of all their rides when i went and replaced it with lame stuff 6. Have you ever ridden a drop tower taller than 200 feet? Yes.Drop tower at Kings Island,Fulcons Fury at BG Tampa.Not sure if Giant Drop at Six Flags is or Power Tower at CP 7. What is your favorite roller coaster? M-Force 8. When you go to a park three things you must have with you are... Wallet,phone,Dramamine 9. How many times did you visit your home park last season? just once 10. The first Intamin coaster you rode is... V2 at Great America 11. Have you ever spent an entire day at a park alone? Yes I did when i went to Adventuredome in Las Vegas 12. The independent park you go to the most is... Six Flags Great America 13. Does B&M or Intamin make better hyper coasters? I sadly only been on one B&M Hyper and that was Raging Bull while RB is fun the other hypers were even more fun so ill have to go with Intamin 14. If it was free, what upcharge ride what you jump on right now? Skycoaser 15. What is the best food at your home park? Deep fried Oreos....yum! 16. The name of the worst GCI you've ridden is... Never been on one 17. When you're not riding something at your home park where are you? Eating or on a bathroom break I guess... 18. Favorite water ride in a dry park (flume, rapids, etc) Dudly Doos log flume at IOA 19. Do you get your photo taken with park mascots? Nah im to awkward and shy for that 20. Name one personal item you've lost at a park. Cant say that Ive lost anything as I keep everything with me in my purse at all times 21. Name of the worst B&M invert you're ridden is... I enjoyed them all but i guess the one that is not as fun as the others would be Batman at Great America but I still think its a fun awesome coaster. 22. Name your favorite steel coaster under 125 feet tall. Mavrick 23. Name your favorite coaster/ride manufacturer? Intamin 24. What waterpark have you visited most often? This waterpark somewhere in an offskirt suburb of Chicago but its not a major waterpark but more of a small town park one. 25. The name of the fastest wooden coaster you have ridden is... Goliath at Six Flags Great America 26. What is the name of the flat ride you've ridden the most? Swinging Frizbee or Swinging ship 27. Name a ride-related injury you have suffered. Nothing major but I think i had a bruise from Hades at Mt Olympus 28. Favorite Halloween event at a park? haunted houses 29. Name the most recent Arrow ride or coaster you've been on... Corkscrew at Cedar Point 30. Name of your favorite ride that never leaves the ground (safari, train, bumper cars, etc) train or bumper cars I guess 31. What ride makes you laugh the most? I really dont remember but I do remember laughing a lot on Mavrick 32. How many RMC's have you ridden? Sadly only one.... I so want to ride the others! 33. Best flat that goes over 100 feet is... Falcon Fury 34. When you are on your way to your home park what is one worry that you might have? That i wont be able to make it on Goliath or Raging Bull 35. Favorite park that is NOT your home park is ___________. Cedar Point!! 36. How many different parks did you go to last season? sadly only 2...I dont get to go to parks as much as most others on here however when i do go I enjoy it a lot.I hope one day to travel the country and go to a lot more 37. The indoor coaster/dark ride you ride most often is... Honestly I can't remember I guess ill say the Dark Knight at Great America 38. When you spend the day at the park what do you drink all day? Coke 39. The name of the best B&M you've ridden is? Valravn or Sheikra for awesome drop/free fall. Raptor for awesome inversions 40. Name three other forum members that will fill this out... I honestly dont know...who ever wants to i guess.

Another defunct park I now find interesting is Euclid Beach. I mean it was another Lake Erie Ohio amusement park. It could of been like Cedar Point's "sister" park:P It kind of makes me wonder if Euclid Beach was still around how would it compete with Cedar Point? Also apparently they were known for their popcorn calls and taffies. I notice a lot of small family owned parks defunct or still operating will often have flagship foods and snacks. Corporate parks not so much though it seems...Im guessing because everything is mass produced when it comes to corporate park foods.

I didn't know my small praise to seat dividers would start up a soap box session

Well since this was brought up be others and now i wont sound like such a Negative Nancy,I'm not a fan of curved swaying drops either. Curved drops like that take away that awesome feelings you get from a classic drop. You dont get that awesome stomach drop feeling. You dont get the sensation of free falling. You dont get air time. You just dont get that "omg im gonna diiiieeeee!!" rush! Thats why I dont get why Boulder Dash for example is such a big hit. I never been there but i seen POVs and noticed it doesnt really have "real" drops just mostly curved ones. To me there is no way i can see a coaster like that beating an awesome coaster like El Toro! I mean I never been on BD or El Toro but from the looks of it I can see El Toro making BD look like a sunday drive...Also what I don't get is when people actually scream on curved drops.

If you dont mind me asking why would you expect said stranger next to you to acknowledge you anyways? There is no written rule someone HAS to say hi to you...I'm not saying this in a mean way by the way just saying there is no social guidelines to follow when you are just suppose to have fun at an amusement park. I mean yes there is social rules at amusement parks as in the form of dont cut in line. Dont push and shove. Dont act rude and aggressive when in the crowds. Dont be rude to the workers(and workers shouldn't be rude to you). Dont hold up the lines for any reason. Dont act inappropriate and vulgar. etc. Those arnt just social rules but rules of being a decent person,and a lot of the rules I listed are most likely actual rules for amusement park visitors. However something like "you must make eye contact smile and have small talk with the single rider your are paired with" Thats just silly.

^^yep thats the place Now if only it said how much the season passes are....

Well....some people have social anxiety and/or are also socially awkward. Being social doesnt come easy for everyone even if it is at a super fun place.Also if they do happen to talk to me I will respond back. I am not rude its just im not very comfortable with those situations.

No and I hope i never am. *knock on wood* Have you ever been stuck on a roller coaster?

The fact I get to go to Florida this month! Bye-bye sad Chicago winter weather!

^Sorry can't say that I have....

Did you know somewhere in North or South Dakota there is this tiny amusement park thats only 2 acres big and has only 6 rides? I read it in a book about the amusement parks of the US and Canada. It's called Lucy's Amusement Park. Im also pretty sure thats the only amusement park they have....imagine that....no actual amusement park for 100s of miles

This may sound strange but as far as seat dividers go,i actually like that coasters have them. Hear me out please. See lets say you are in a odd numbered group and you end up sitting alone,then some single rider comes along and sits next to you,without the dividers it would be awkward to keep smashing up against a total stranger. I seen old photos of old fashioned coaster cars that had TINY 2-people bench seats! I often wondered if you got stuck with someone you didnt know how awkward would that be! Most people of course dont think about this type of stuff but as someone with social anxiety I often do....Of course though for the most part I ignore my social anxiety when it comes to amusement parks because its not worth missing out on fun because of it. But yes i do really appreciate seat dividers for that "just in case" reason.

Pre-teen videos where the kids cant articulate for crap and have such awful pitiful audio quality. Whats worse then not finding your favorite song on youtube,because of the stupid copy right crap,to only find poor covers done by tweens?

Ride of Steel Busch Gardens Tampa

Welcome to 2017 everyone!

^Maybe its because im from a different era but i was never lucky enough to grow up close to a cheap local park like many older folks did. If anything most of my childhood was at local carnivals that came into town. Sure they are better then nothing but with carnivals they arnt up all summer and for the most part there wasnt/isnt coasters. As someone who now lives in Chicago i really wish Riverview was still around...Great America is an awesome park but it would be nice to have a closer and cheaper park as well. Also The Bobs looks like it would of been an awesome coaster! Also wish Old Chicago was around too even if wasnt that great as i heard. Gives something to do during the cold months.

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I think the 4th one looks the best. Id love to have one of those at my local fair! (in my dreams! lol) Does the third one have spinning cars? Looks like it would be spinning coaster.

This fair looks awesome! Its on par of a local small town amusement park! To bad i never been to a carnival/fair this awesome....Most of the fairs and carnivals by me have like a 4:1 ratio or 5:1 ratio of kiddie rides to adult rides. Most of the adult rides they do have are typical or rather tame. I would like to go to a carnival that has actual coasters,drop towers,log flumes,zippers,etc. Usually the most thrilling ride at a carnival near me is the Power Surge(which i admit is a lot of fun) and of course the swinging Frizbee ride. Even the Larson Loop is a rare treat around here and i dont remember the last time i seen a Zipper

^^^I didnt realize how dwarfed Mavrick looks compare to most of the other coasters even compare to the Meanstreak. Heck the Meanstreak even looks small compare to M-Force of course. So if you compared Mavrick to M-Force it would look like a kiddie coaster!! When I went on Mavrick I thought it would just be "meh" but it really packed a punch! Its like a big coaster in a small body if that makes any sense.

Goliath Kings Island?

When someone is chewing loudly on the mic while on skype with you or when making a youtube video. Not to mention its hard to concentrate on whats happening in a video when all you hear is *smack smack smack smack squish squish crunch crunch smack smack smack* I mean you cant eat or snack BEFORE making a video???

Traveling 13 hours to a park to find out it will be closed the whole time you are on said trip. Whats worse then going to an amusement park with a friend who is scared of most of the roller coasters there?(P.S this happen to me before be forced to wait an hour in a line to get on the Spider while surrounded by awesome coasters left a bad taste in my mouth.)

I think a beyond virtual drop on a wooden coaster would be so cool! Imagine if it was sort of like a wood version of the Mavrick. But no matter what Im very psyched about this coaster! RMC is awesome.