All Clear

BBW was my first coaster ever, so sentiment abounds. But catch this: I say "TAER IT DOWN." The themeing is the only thing that made it happen. As a ride all by itself it was pretty jerky and uncomfortable. I can only imagine Busch Gardens putting in something much better.

That sign is terrible. It perpetuates my notion that Cedar Fair is getting all their KD sign ideas off the backs of 13 year old boys Social Studies notebooks.

Hooray! Let's make up potential new names for it until it degenerates into utter stupidity! Son of Anaconda.

I think you're wrong, Chuck. I got out my protractor and put it up to the screen and it was obviously at least .7 degrees, so I think this is definitely going to be a Millennium Force clone.

The guy on the mic when we had ERT on Behemoth was great. Also, when I was at Dollywood, there was a girl MCing Thunderhead that was just perfect. She was very funny with her Tennessee drawl saying things like, "Please fasten your seatbelts cause we don't want anymore people flying out of the train today. Do not try to get out and run along side the train while it's moving. You will not be able to keep up."

It's big and fast and splashing vodka everywhere? Your Mom: The Ride

How dare you laugh? Millennium Force sinking into Lake Erie is serious business.

According to the Intamin website, it does. "Lifts and Brakes The vehicles are pulled up the lift by means of a catch car, which is connected to a steel cable system. The cable guiding and hoisting unit uses well proven technology from the Swiss Cable Car Industry. Intamin has developed an innovative and unique system in order to pick up the train while still located in the horizontal load position, without the use of a secondary drive system. This guarantees a smooth acceleration and transition into the 45 degree steep lift. The brakes are designed as failsafe eddy-current braking units. Both Systems (the lift and brake) represent proven technologies as they are in use on a multitude of other Intamin rides." This is included in the description of a Giga Coaster. There's also a video of Millennium force, which definitely confirms that this will be a Millennium Force clone only with a completely different track technology, because that makes perfect sense to design a brand new kind of track to build an otherwise exact replica of a ten year old ride that's sinking. IT'S SIIIINKIIIINNG!!!

Pllllleeeeeaaaaasssse no stupid gimmicks like "worlds tallest 97.5 degree drop." Just make it a big crazy fun ride. Expedition GeForce but bigger. Airtime. Overbanks. Wacky directional changes. An out of control terrain-hugging finish would be nice. And a tunnel. So we can take it.

Could someone please make the aquatrax joke again? It's been, like, two pages.

I'm praying that those pieces in Kings Dominion's parking lot are for a Megalite. Wait--they moved the pieces away? I thought they moved them back...They moved them again? What the frak?

There was a father/daughter duo in front of Natalie and I waiting for Diamondback. The little girl was a bit shy of the height requirement and the ride operator politely said, "Oh, she's not quite tall enough to ride" to which the dad replied, "In your opinion." Written out like that, it doesn't really seem all that funny now. But it was awesome at the time. I mean, there was no opinion about it. Maybe if Natalie told it, it would be funnier.

A 45 minute wait for Led Zeppelin when we were there would have meant 3, maybe 4 trains. They were loading that slow. Natalie made a very good observation that if they had a good crowd, many of the operators wouldn't know what to do. There were definitely a few people who were really enthusiastic and working hard; the crews for the kiddie and the mine train come to mind. But the crew on Zep were just slacking big time.

None of the areas I saw were. Granted, I typically don't like beach towns at all. But there are at least some areas in the Outer Banks that I really kind of like. Also, I have a friend who lives in Kure beach and I really like that area, Wrightsville, Baldhead and all that. Compared to those places MB is just a pit.

I'd use a billy club. A baseball bat won't fit in a l0cker and they won't hold loose articles in the station on any of the rides.

NO. Myrtle Beach is, as I believe Elissa aptly described it, a vortex of suck. Spend 2.5 hours max getting the 6 credits available (7 if you have a short enough kid with you) and GET THE HELL OUT.

It's all true! All the mockery I suffered for posting a picture of me looking like Charles Manson having a Coke was TOTALLY worth it. I got a wonderful package in the mail a few days later: A fantastical box full of delightful and useful items. I celebrated with another coke. A glowstik! I'm going to use mine for Homeland Security. I like the screamin' best of all. I can take this off my Netflix queue! Now I don't have to worry about stuff falling on my head anymore. Goodies! What in the world can that be?

Fannypacks! Visors! Croakies! Suspenders! Sock suspenders! Handy wipes! Temporary tattoos! Beer cozies!

I would totally tune in... While enjoying a delicious Coca-Cola.

I had a front row seat for "Winnie the Crap Live." This video, while entertaining, doesn't hold a candle to the level of disturbance. I still wake up in the middle of the night wondering how that happened and why.

I went on it in February of 2008 and was really surprised at how great it was. I had pretty low expectations, but my two rides (front seat and 7:1) were both fantastic. It wasn't smooth in any way, but it wasn't jackhammery rough, either. I may have kind of a high tolerance for roughness in a wood coaster, though. I think Villain kind of set the standard for what I think an awful wood coaster is like. Ghostrider, to me, was like playful roughhousing. Villain was like a punch in the kidneys with brass knuckles.

I maintain that Sky Princess was the most ridiculously named coaster of all time. Therefore Voodoo should be painted pink and named in its honor.

The aforementioned ERT session on Ravine Flyer II that featured a thunderstorm of insanity. Death lurked around every corner and we just kept flipping it the bird and yelling "NINETY DEGREES!"

That's fantastic!

I am so bummed that I didn't ride it now. I just wasn't a credit whore then and didn't know it's reputation. I thought it was just another kiddie coaster. AUgh.