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Cheetah Hunt is back open again. I rode it 5 times today.. I was on the first train of the day!

I've ridden with him many many times before. I know he's now over 30K if I'm not mistaken.

Cheetah Hunt never ran today - Sunday. Not even any test runs. The trains stayed in the barn, with nothing on the track. Must be a major issue...

It was down most of this afternoon. I got there at 12:30, and it had a 80 minute wait. I got 2 quick rides on Montu and Cheetah wasn't Hunting anymore. They were sending lots of empty trains...

I was at the park this afternoon. It was busy with all the kids from Argentina line jumping, and then acting like they don't understand English. Lot's of screaming and chanting didn't add to my pleasure. "FF" is coming right along. I'll try to get some pictures of the remaining parts stored off site tomorrow. It really dominates the skyline.

The Coastermania agenda has been posted! It's Friday June 6, 2014. EVENT ITINERARY* Friday, June 6 | Park Hours: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM 7:00 AM Registration & Admission gates open 7:30 - 9:00 AM ERT on Millennium Force, GateKeeper, Raptor, Iron Dragon 9:00 - 10:00 AM ERT on Blue Streak, Wicked Twister, maXair, WindSeeker 1:00 - 2:30 PM Lunch in the Point Pavilion 10:30 - 11:30 PM ERT on Gemini (racing!), Skyhawk, Pipe Scream, Lake Erie Eagles 10:30 PM - 12:30 AM ERT on Top Thrill Dragster, Magnum XL-200, Maverick *Schedule subject to change (weather, maintenance, etc.).

Wow, I don't believe all this love for Magic Mountain all of a sudden! Just reading all the grad nite posts. I thought I was the only fan of MM.

No news from me on X2 since I don't like it or ride it. It did shorten the other lines for me - thanks. Today was a great operations day at the park in my opinion. First of all it wasn't very crowded. I arrived at 2pm after flying across country to get there. All the rides had 2 train operation (YOLO, Goliath, Scream, "Pocky",Ninja, Colossus, Riddler, Goldrusher), and for the most part were well staffed. Superman was even running both sides today! I got quite a bit of tower interaction on Lex several times. Some footer work where the old tree was for the new ride. They've done a lot of blacktop work where there were leaks and major cracks in park walkways. A lot of good has happened since I was there on 12/30. See not always bad news. First ride of my 2014 season = YOLO!!!

Not a fan, but it takes people away from the other rides there that I love to ride. It'll shorten other lines. I can't wait I'll be there this weekend...

Me too on both counts!!!

^ It's not the ride that Neutered, it's the male riders.

^^ The "Grunt Lantern" is just too painful. I've ridden it twice, one forward and once backward and hated it.

I totally agree with everything you said about MM. For me it's my #1 park. I go there for the rides, not the ambiance. Sure things could be better. Bitching about the new roof over YOLO is absurd! I also grew up close to Cedar Point. It used to be a great park with employees that loved their jobs and customers - not anymore. It changed for the worse over 5 or 6 years ago. I find the MM rideops more hospitable than Cedar Point. I go to MM at least 15 - 20 days per year.

^^^ Wow, I can't believe it was that bad. Glad I wasn't there to "enjoy it all."

^^^^ I totally miss Jay, he was the best. I still go frequently, and enjoy myself with the Ice Queen in charge now. I just go for the rides...

^^^ If I'm not mistaken parking at Great Adventure (in New Jersey) is $25. Also they don't have any busses to get you to the front gate. The lot is in bad shape too.

In regards to that, they are required by law to show that video since its a safety video that opened with the ride. If any of the TVs aren't displaying the video or the DVD player breaks, then the ride cannot run until it is fixed. I've ridden Xcelerator before when the monitors were blank, and it wasn't between showings. Sorry, but it just seemed silly to me especially with all the people there yesterday waiting to ride.

I was back at Knotts again today and it was loaded with people again. One of the employees said they were expecting 45,000 people today. He also said next week for all 7 days they were expecting 10,000 total. I also witnessed the dumbest reason to shut down Xcelerator today. It was near noon and someone noticed the DVD wasn't playing on the TV sets on the loading platform. It took 20 minutes to fix that and resume operation. All I can say is Oh MY! And people complain about Magic Mountain.

^ I didn't realize there was more than 1 cable for Xcelerator. The old one (I assume) is on the ground in the maintenance area as you head up the queue to the ride. What are the other 2 cables for? Are you counting 2 cables for the catch car connection?

^ Thanks for the explanation. This cable work looked like a major production, so I left. The crowds were just too much to deal with. I'm a Cedar Fair stockholder, so the crowds made me happy from that point of view. I'll try to get back to the park on Monday at opening, before I head back to South Florida where I live.

I was at Knotts today, and it probably was my worst visit ever. The park was overloaded. That's a good thing for Cedar Fair. The thing that upset me was Xcelerator was down, and it's not posted on their website or on the sign at the entrance to the park. This looks like a bad thing since the cable was out of the track, and they had at least 4 mechanics working on it. It maybe down for some time?? Quite a disappointing day for me... It's my fav.

I know you're a SFMM Fanboy so this will probably fall on deaf ears, but what's so terrible about not being in the coaster race!?!?!? I applaud Cedar Point for getting out of the 'race' and letting SFMM *win* but fail as a park as a whole! Cedar Point is a multi-day family destination with lots of rides and attractions. It shouldn't be competing with SFMM as it's in a different class and category. Hey Elissa, to each his or her own. I was just stating a fact that it took Cedar Point 7 years since their last coaster - Maverick, to put in a new one. It's 2013, so 2020 would be 7 years from now.

THANK YOU. I thought I was the only one LOL Get over it guys... I guess Santa brought you a lump of coal for Christmas.

It took 7 years to get their latest coaster - Gatekeeper. They obviously are not in the new coaster race anymore. That's too bad...

Merry Christmas to all on this my favorite thread which is about my favorite park - MM. No rides today , but I'll be there tomorrow. I didn't get to the park until 3:30 after flying in from South Florida to spend my holidays here. The park wasn't too bad. I didn't get to ride my fav Goliath or YOLO. Both had waits of over 1 hour. Nice to see "Pocky" running 2 trains again. The #2 train delivers the best ride. Also 2 trains on Scream and Riddler. Only 1 train on Goldrusher and Ninja, but still not much of a line. I'll definitely be back tomorrow for more! MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND ENJOY THE RIDE...