My name is Joel Hunt and I'm a new member. I love going to amusement parks and riding roller coasters. I live in Dublin, Ohio, which is within driving distance to Cedar Point and Kings Island. Since I don't have a car, I have to depend on my parents and friends that can drive to go to any park and they're pretty busy, so I try to visit Cedar Point about once a year. Whenever we go up to my hometown of Grand Haven, MI to visit family up there, I try to also get to Michigan's Adventure as well.
My first roller coaster was Wolverine Wildcat at Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon, MI. My parents both liked roller coasters, and I was too little on my first visit to ride them. I was about 5 years old when I first rode it, and I absolutely HATED it, and I swore never to go on another roller coaster ever again. I suffered from Invertiphobia after seeing corkscrew run its course. Even after seeing the restraints on Corkscrew, that was still not enough to convince me to get on it, and always waited in the station while my parents rode it. I was even scared of Logger's Run because of the drop at the end. I did enjoy riding the scrambler though. June 6, 2000 changed my life forever, when my Mom and my 7th grade class went to Michigan's Adventure at the end of the school year. I decided to try riding roller coasters again, starting with the Big Dipper. I rode the Thunderbolt and Scrambler, before my Mom and I rode Mad Mouse as it appeared to be tame. When we got to the top it quickly learned what that a wild mouse coaster is all about. After that, we rode Wolverine Wildcat again, before moving on to Shivering Timbers, I was so nervous because of how steep the drop was. That was the coaster that got me into roller coasters. Then we moved onto Corkscrew, and when we boarded the train, I was no nervous i was sweating. After going through the inversions, I wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Then we rode Zach's Zoomer, and I was not nervous at all on that one. We rode Shivering Timbers again before going home. My parents and I went back to Michigan's Aventure again that year so I could experience the airtime on Shivering Timbers again.
