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^I've ridden way more than five woodies, and TW is still in my top ten.

^ Walk-on all the time? I seem to remember waiting 15 minutes for Timber Wolf on a Thurs. when Kansas Citians were still in school. They've been retracking it since the end of last season. On top of that, Patriot was built over the off-season. They've been working hard on it for nearly a year. Also, there's still great airtime on Timber Wolf, especially in the front and back cars.

It's just being retracked, no big deal.

Sorry for the delay, I'll try to get pictures up tomorrow. BTW, this will probably end up morphing into one or two Adventureland TR's and a PresCon TR.

^Not everybody plays RCT3.

Wood Cyclops-last drop as far back in the train as you can get. It's the only wooden stand-up coaster ever created. Zeus-not sure which drop it is, but the one on the way out that looks like a bunny hop at first, but gives insane air and just keeps going down and down and down. Avalanche-this thing has big airtime on every one of its drops. I especially like the one that sends you careening past the station. Steel Millennium Force-first drop in the front or back row. It's completely impossible to describe this amazing sensation. Mamba/Steel Force/Wild Thing-first drop from the back row looking backwards. It's the only thing that makes Wild Thing fun anymore. Patriot-how could I not mention this? The first drop gives the most awesome blend of floater airtime and positive g's. It's perfect in the back row. It makes Alpengeist's drop look boring. Apollo's Chariot/Raging Bull-first drop in the back row. Utter bliss. Other Giant Drop, SFGAm-this ride almost took my shirt of. Enough said. Demon Drop, CP-I love how you look at this ride and it doesn't look all that tall, then you get up there and you are pretty darn high up. I also love how you can't see the track at all right before the fall. It feels like you aren't attatched to anything. And the drop just keeps going and going! The airtime is maintained until you're nearly horizontal!

^Congrats! I just got my 100th credit at Dorney Park. It doesn't actually feel much different...

^I hope the ride itself is open. I'm going to be there multiple times this month (at least three) and I don't want to miss out on the best ride there.

I design all the coasters and plan the rides out on paper first (if it's a custom park). If I'm doing a recreation, I try to use graph paper to plan things out, to make sure I don't use up too much space or clog things up.

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/speedzone/view.php?file=1946 Here's my RCT2 version, which includes RipCord, Skyliner and several other attractions.

I was in row two, which should not be much worse than row three or five.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060729/NEWS08/607290358&SearchID=73252130284347 This story was in the Register today, along with the frightening picture you see here. I think I'd rather get hit by a bug.

Ooh, golly that's a tough one. Let's see, my favorite is probably Giant Drop at SFGAm. I don't really like S&S towers much anymore. Space Shot at Adventureland is the most powerful of that type I have encountered. I love Demon Drop, the only Intamin first-gen I've been on. And I cannot leave without mentioning Drop Zone at Como Town (that's right, Como Town). I don't have any pictures of it myself, but there's one a little less than half way down the page. http://www.comotown.com/rides.cfm This thing just keeps going and going and going! And I could swear its drop is more powerful than CP Power Tower's.

Front and back. It's insane ejector air all the way through, whereas Cyclops is a huge pop of floajecter and some floater.

^Yeah, I know I'm not thinking of Cyclops. I've probably ridden in every row on Zeus at least once (mostly during ERT at CoasterCon), and that thing has airtime like no other.

HOLY CANOLIES! Did you ride the smae Zeus that I rode?! Because the one I rode has so much airtime that it's almost painful! Great pictures, though. I enjoyed that "through the station" shot. Nice work.

So we got up at about 7:00 to drive to Sandusky and do some coasters there before bed. Four hours later, we saw the sign for Geagua Lake, which we were planning to do the next day, and thought "Hey, what the heck? It saves us a couple hours of driving time and we get more time at Cedar Point. Why not?" So we exited the tollway and found ourselves at Geagua Lake. Now I won't lie. Geagua Lake is not the best park out there. It doesn't have any really great coasters. But it sure does look good. And you have to admit, that whole thing with Head Spin's lift hills going over Steel Venom's station looks pretty darn cool. There weren't many people there (of course it was a Wednesday, so that contributed to it a good bunch (and, of course, no one is ever at Geagua Lake)). Anyway, we got into the park and headed for X-Flight, as neither of us had ever ridden a non-SFGAm-S:UF flyer. This was the longest wait of the day, at about ten minutes, with one train operation. The ride itself is fun, but I'd rather ride a B&M flyer. 81%, B-. Next, we did Super Venom. Wait, I mean Steel Man. Wait- ah whatever, you know what I mean. It's an impulse so it automatically has my respect. Literally there was one person waiting for the front row when we got into the station. That was it. And maybe four people were actually on the train. We rode in the back row, which is always fun, but I prefer the front on these babies. We rerode in the front row immediately afterword. 93%, A-. My dad passed up Head Spin (wisely), but I chose to endure it for credit's sake, and credit's sake alone. The kid behind me kept yelling "Whoever invented this thing is a GENIUS!!!!" Somehow, I don't think he meant it. At least I hope not... 50%, F. Big Dipper was next. Sat in row two. Not the best coaster I've ever been on, but it's a classic and it looks really good. 79%, C+. We then walked to Thunderhawk, our first SLC, and the first "better to look at than ride" coaster of the day. I would hate it more but it just looks too darn good! The whole plaza/queue area is simply beautiful! But the ride itself folded my ear over several times and then beat the poor, folded, thing with all its might. The best part was the lift hill. 45%, F. We then did Dominator. My dad didn't like it much, but I enjoyed it. That vertical loop is amazing. I particularly enjoyed the airtime off the MCBR and the intense finale (three highly banked turns close to the ground). Did that one two times in a row. 90%, A-. After that, we rode Raging Wolf Bobs in the front row. Great coaster. Much smoother than I was expecting, thank goodness. Very remeniscant of the original "Bobs" coasters. 88%, B+. Then we walked back to Beaver Land Mine Ride (I can't help but snicker when I hear that name), which was eerily fun. I was in one of the six million back rows. This was my dad's favorite coaster at Geagua. 78%, C+. We did Double Loop next. It was MUCH better than I had expected. The only part I didn't like was the lung crushing positive force between loops. I love getting airtime on loopers like that (e.g., CP Corkscrew's second hill, LNM's first drop, Double Loop's first drop). 75%, C. Then it was time for Villian. Let's see, how might I describe Villian? Pointless, meaningless, slow. Hmm... what else? Oh yeah, ROUGH?! I'm pretty sure I cracked a rib or two on this ride. The second case of "GLS," or "Good Looks Syndrome." All in favor of torching the thing, say "Aye." Aye. 25%, F. I had to do Dominator a couple more times to keep my brain intact. After we had all the credits (I had 112 coasters at this point), we walked around the back of the park (past RWB) to Wildwater Kingdom and the other side of the park. We rode Boardwalk Typhoon, which was AWESOME. Fastest scrambler I've ever been on (much better than the 6-hour-long lunk at Worlds of Fun). 85%, B. We watched Liquid Lightning for a while before walking the bridge. On the other side, we rode Sky Scraper (which was, of course stifling) and El Dorado (which was completely meaningless and even a little painful). Once more on Big Dipper and X-Flight and two more rounds on Steel Venom and we felt no need to stay any longer. We left the park (after getting ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, of course) and drove to Camp Sandusky (about 20 min. away from Cedar Point - great value, we stayed here the previous time we were in Sandusky) to get some rest. Overall, Geagua Lake is a nice park, but its Six Flagsiness is still present. I'd put it right in front of MIA and right after Valleyfair! and Worlds of Fun on my list of CF parks. 80%, B-. PS - the picture thingy decided to loathe me again, so the rest of the pictures will be up later. I like this picture. It reminds me of Robb... Erm... I mean... uh... LOOK! IT'S A CREDIT! Dominator has a reeeeeaaaaally big loop. My camera suffers from severe brain damage. It's very slow, has weak motor skills, and cannot read. Another four-letter word just popped into my mind. There are several words I could use to describe this ride, most of them four letters long. The infamous park enterance shot. This picture turned out way better than it should have.

^I didn't say there was. It was sarcasm. Hence the " ."

Oopsies! Unneeded post, sorry about that.

Oh really? http://www.rcdb.com/id3466.htm

There's this coaster called Top Thrill Dragster. I don't know if you've ever heard of it or anything, but it rolls back pretty much every day. It usually rolls back when they've been testing it for a while and suddenly put a person in the train.

I LOVE you! I thought I was the only one who liked Iron Wolf! Very nice TR. You're almost as bad as Robb. Do you do anything at parks besides take pictures?

Yeah, I know. I only use xanga to resize the images. Then I save them to My Picturess and upload them to TPR. I'm pretty sure that's legal... I would upload directly to TPR, but my camera is insane and takes something like 2000 x 1500 pics (wild guess, but its WAY bigger than most places allow and I can't figure out how to change it).

^You could catch a bug using only your pinky on Iron Dragon. Back on topic...

EH! Wrong answer! I assume you've been on American Eagle? Great TR. No line for S:UF? Someone get me a city hopper!