crazydaveh

I might head to Universal tomorrow for some Hulk fun... Or I might head to AK for Everest... Just depends on how far down I 4 I feel lik going!

I arrive in Munich on October 5th. I am looking for people to drink with! Help a fellow coaster lover out?

$15 to park at SFoG? That's crazy how a subpar park charges almost double what the big three charge down the road in Florida! Isn't that almost half the price of a ticket to get into the park?

Home parks are here in Orlando. I hit Universal and SeaWorld the most (free beer) and will go see the rat when the summer tourists go home for the fall.

Don't give them any ideas! I'm surprised they haven't already! Thank god they haven't!

How can you say that the Scream Machine is painful? Man, I wish more parks had a Woodie similar to the Great American Scream Machine! The airtime is great and yes, the brakes to come hard, but that's part of the fun! I have been to several Six Flags park properties, I believe Georgia is the best. I do live in Orlando, so it doesn't compare to places here, but it's quality for a Six Flags park. Splashwater Falls is an eyesore, but it does look better than in years past with the blue paint! The Mindbender is a classic as you stated. Hard to imagine that Batman replaced a swinging ship pirate ride! Amazing!

I think Millennium Force is a top notch coaster. Your description of it seems weak! Where else can you get that type of lift and first hill? I can't think of many. To each his own though... I can't stand Rock N Roller Coaster because it's slow, but many others love it. Great pics.

Looks like it was dead! What were the lines like?

I asked because I was VERY disappointed in MeanStreak. I love Gwazi at BGT and have heard that Thunder is similar, yet better than Gwazi. Mean Streak was so slow and didn't pack a woodie punch. That's all I was saying. I have yet to make it to Dolly's house, hope to get there this fall.

How does Thunder compare to Mean Streak?

Looks like you were having a lot of fun down I 75 away from the Swamp. The video was well done.

You might get lucky and see them soft open it the week before, but don't go to the Hard Rock Casino down the road from BGT and bet on it!

Best: Dueling Dragons Spider Man (USF) - You did say Rides! Everest Worst: Any Six Flags Ride Most coasters at Cedar Point. They're just ques without a theme.

Great report! How come no one hits the beer house for the free AB stuff at BGE? It seems people run to the beer house in Tampa and Orlando more than they run to the coasters!

Looks like a great time. I was over at MGM, where it too was very festive.

I was there a week ago... I feel like I really missed out. Looks like I'll have to leave Florida again and head up north this summer! The only bad thing about that... Flying into Cleveland... That place really SUCKS!

Quality work for someone on wheels. Looks like you really had a good time.

Power Tower was fun, but I agree with the Gator, Doom is more intense. The videos (DVD) were $20 each. They recorded on Raptor and Snoopy Coaster. The viewing area shows the first drop and loop, if you go to the counter they show you the entire ride. There is no audio, or there wasn't any while we were there. The video quality wasn't bad. I didn't spend the money.

More pics: On ride camera on Snoopy coaster. Raptor has it too. It caught me picking my nose! But I saw this and said, "good call on the sign." Sucks. I wanted to get in the water. I saw this a lot. CP must have probs with cams in the crapper! Fixing Maverick Red train wasn't running on Gemini. Shamu came up with us... This is just WRONG! Chick-Fil-A and COKE! Pepsi SUCKS. This is probably the only time you will see these two together! Quality Food! The best #1 for $11 ever! General public running to Dragster

Greetings all. I just got off the plane from Cleveland and I'm back home in the good ol' town full of tourists called, Orlando. I spent the past few days up at Cedar Point. It was my first trip and I'm glad I went. You could tell it was their first week in operation from many aspects, many of which I'll get into. Pics are down below. Wednesday: We arrive to CP around 1 pm. The weather was chilly, but nice if you're from Florida, and it did rain for about two hours. We checked into Hotel Breakers which seemed nice. The girl working the desk was very polite but was new and didn't know how to do a thing. It honestly took about 30 minutes to get everything in order and we went to our room. The two room suite CP has isn't a suite at all. It's two beds in a room with a sofa hiding behind some doors. Oh well... We had to eat and kill time, so we went to a place that became very familiar with us during our time there, TGI Fridays. Beer was good, the bartender didn't know the difference between Amber Bock and Sam Adams though. Every time we ordered something, we got the opposite. Once the "Twilight" hours began we entered. We had been watching Dragster all afternoon drooling like Homer. We saw many get lucky with rollbacks. The line was running 1.5 hours so we went to our first CP coaster, Corkscrew! This was blue and it went upside down three times. We headed to the front of the park and did several things like Max Air, Demon Drop, and other stuff. Raptor was running fast. It was nice to get on a quality B&M whose layout isn't cloned at different parks that I usually go to. Raptor gets a 9.9 from me. Then came time for some theming! We did Disaster Transport. This was pretty weak in terms of theming and ride. Next up, Wicked Twister. This was fun. This also made the beer in my system swish around, so another beer was consumed following it to make sure everything was in place. So, after the Bud Light, it was time for Millennium Force. We waited about 25 minutes and it was well worth it. This has to be one of the best coasters going. I can't say anything bad about it at all. Finally, it was closing time, so we went to Dragster to see if we could get on before closing, much to our delight the wait posted 15 minutes and we walked up. We ended up waiting about 45 but we didn't care, we were on. They were only running the train at 1/2 capacity due to cold. Dragster was incredible! It's short, but it's a great rush. We left the park and ate at Famous Dave's. Great BBQ ribs there if you're there and want some ribs. The bartender there knows what Sam Adams is too! Thursday: We went in an hour early because we dropped the coins to stay on property. We went straight for Dragster. Rollbacks were in full force. They were only running the trains with six people because it was chilly and early. We waited two hours before we got on and unfortunately, no rollback for us. We hit the rest of the coasters and some flat rides on Thursday. It was physics day so there were a lot of teens there but the longest wait outside of Dragster was for MForce at 45 minutes (posted 1 1/2 hour wait), the others were pretty much up and get on. My overall reaction to the coasters: Dragster was a lot of fun. Short ride, but a fast one. Worth the trip to ride. Millennium Force was top notch. I wish Florida would see this and put something similar in. Magnum was a lot of fun, tons of airtime and just fun. Gemini was surprisingly fun. It's fake, but the helix at the end did it for me! Mean Streak really disappointed me. I thought it would be similar to Gwazi here at BGT but it sucked! No airtime and was slow in every turn. The Snoopy coaster offered more G's than the Streak. Blue Streak made up for Mean's impotence. Quality airtime on an old school coaster. Iron Dragon was another disappointment. I'm a huge fan of BGW's BBWolf and Dragon didn't come close to the wolf. Only fun was at the end over the water. Not bad, not good, kinda fun. Snoopy Coaster was fun, some good G's on it. Mine train was simple mine train. Painful to the gut. Mantis wasn't bad, but it hurt the head. Not as smooth as SFoG's Georgia Scorcher. Raptor was great. Can't say enough. We rode several times. The others were fun, but not worth mentioning anymore. Overall, I give Cedar Point a "B". The theming wasn't like I'm used to here in Orlando but the coasters were a lot of fun. I do wish there are more coasters with inversions there. It's all tall and fast, hardly anything going upside down. The after the park closes fun SUCKS. We had to eat almost every meal at Friday's. I honestly ate at Friday's more in three days than I have in three years here in Orlando. All the other restaurants closed at 8 or 9 because it was dead. The staff was very energetic. All greeted us with a smile and made chit chat. Many asked why would leave Florida to go to CP. I just pointed at Dragster and said, "you don't have a mouse problem here!" Some laughed, some Ohio State students had no clue. Now, pics! Hi, I'm blue and I go upside down! The Wolf is better! Looks like a lot of fun! Quality! Basic food. The Hotel

I fly out to CP in 23 hours, your pictures will make the next 23 hours the longest 23 hours ever! Great TR!

Great report, one question. Why did you ruin it by wearing a Gator shirt? GO DAWGS!

I tried to cancel my reservation for next week and was told that Maverick's problems don't get you a full refund. I spoke with a supervisor who sounded like she had a day full of similar calls and she told me, "sorry, we have many other coasters which we expect to be open for you to enjoy." Being this will be my first trip to CP, I told her ok, but I'm still ticked! Oh well. I threw in a, "At least Disney, Universal, and the Whale here in Orlando know how to open things on time" before I hung up. I guess I'll just yell at the construction workers for no reason next week while I'm there.

This will be good for the months when SFoG is down, but I don't see it making a huge impact. I think SFoG and Stone Mtn already have a hold on the tourists who venture outside of the city, the new park will pull numbers it's first year, but will probably struggle after.

Makes me want to skip Cinco De Meyo at Mexico (Epcot) and head to the hills! Did you visit the famous Gatlinburg while up there? Go DAWGS!