easytoremember Posted July 26, 2006 Posted July 26, 2006 Ok, so our grandparents had a couple reunions in Indiana and Wisconsin, so we went with them and went to Holiday world, SFGam, Mt. Olympus, Timber Falls, and Beech Bend. This our first real TR. Enjoy! First Park- Holiday World after driving about six hours from Atlanta, We got to Holiday world, but had to wait about an hour to get the after-four discount. So we went over and checked in to Santas Lodge. Right at four we got our tickets and headed straight for Raven, walk on. After hearing about how amazing it is, and how crazy the airtime is, it was a slight disapointment. Dont get me wrong, its still top ten, but I was very excited and was thinking it would probably get top three at least. Next, we headed over to legend. It also was walk on. This caoster AMAZED me. It was my number one coaster after we got off. That would change very soon. It was time. Voyage is so huge and intimidating. we got in about a 15 minute line, and got in the second to last row, with two trains running. This is the greatest coaster in the history of the Earth. Every thing is amazing. Incredible airtime on every hill. And I mean every hill, and every change of height, including the little drops during the turnaround. The out-of-control feeling is crazy. It is so intense the entire ride from lift to brakes, except the barely-even-slowing-you-down-ish MCBR. There is not one thing bad anyone in their right mind could ever say against this ride. An easy #1 coaster in my book. We rode Howler, some flats and all the coasters numerous times, including the last five rides on legend. Oh ya, every park should do free soft drinks. (I am talking to you Six Flags.) We ate pizza for dinner and it was delicious. Two large slices of pizza, fries, and unlimited soft drinks, cost us a whopping 6 bucks. The next day, we did pretty much the same thing. Rode the rides, and we also went to the water park. We ate lunch out of the park and met with our grandfathers nephew. We went back, took some pictures, rode everything again, and left. Over all, Holiday world is my number one park. Onto pictures. I accidentaly posted them in backwards order, is there any way to switch them without redoing the whole thing? They had these signs as far away as Nashville. Obligatory water tower photo Obligatory Raven photo Obligatory Sign Photo. This is what we saw coming in. More than half of these people were at the water park. I dont really have much to say right now... look over there! (Waynes world Quote) The Raven Sign.. is cool. So is the tape leg, but never mind that. This is the "stop taking my picture, ok, I will give you a thumbs up anyway" face. This is the legend sign. This is the caption. First drop... THROUGH THE TREES! I guess we should... buy some wood... OOH OOH OOH yay its voyage time! Sometimes you duel right out of the station. Back car, of coure. Ya its like, tall and stuff. Blur shot #1 Turny!! At least we didn't have to wait in these. Signature first three hills shot! This is a fun shooting dark ride! I mean calling. Old Mrs. McSnoodle says we are CALLING turkeys. Exclusive first scene shot! 6 time Gobbler champ! The kid is thinking, I wish I was on Voyage. The Canoe is thinking, I wish I was Voyage. MMMMMM... Fudge YAY!!!!!! I can do this cause I am at holiday world. Hooray! my first flyers! I can't snap them though. through the trees! ya we rode that. And this. Bye Santa. Wait, why doesn't your belly jiggle like a bowl full of jelly? Driving out, you see alot of this. and every once in a while, one of these.
easytoremember Posted July 26, 2006 Author Posted July 26, 2006 Ok, after we finished holiday world we headed to Chicago to go hit up Six Flags Great America. I have never been to the park, so I didn't know what to expect. It took us a while to get to Chicago, and when we did there was tons of traffic. When we finally got to SFGAM it was about four. We got in and headed to Whizzer. It was pretty neat, but no real thrills. We waited about 15 minutes. Then we headed to Raging Bull. I was most excited about this ride. We waited 20 minutes for it. I knew that the trim was there, but I was not aware how much it slowed you down. The trim absolutly kills the ride. I was very dissapointed. Next we went to giant drop. This is a very fun intamin drop tower. There was no line for this. Then we headed to Viper, which was walk on. I was also very dissapointed after riding this. Many people love this ride, but I found it can not even compair to the Georgia Cyclone. There is no real airtime, except on one hill close to the end, unlike the GA cyclone. After that we went to American Eagle. We rode both sides, and both times I was dissapointed. It was fairly boring, with little airtime. The helix was taken to slowly too. Next we did Iron Wolf. I thought this ride would be fairly smooth since it was a B&M, but man was I wrong. It was very painful. Not fun at all. So far we are 0 for six at Great America, and I desperatly hope it will get better. Next we rode Spacely's Sprocket Rockets. It was an OK kiddie coaster. Then we did Batman. I liked it, but I like SFOG's version better. SFOG's que and gothom city are better, and the actuall ride is a little more intence. Next was V2. I had been on Wicked twister, so I knew what to expect. The first ride I got on it was ok when we were near the back, but the second ride I got was in the front, and was much better. So far the best ride of the day. Next we had dinner. I had a Gyro, which was a gamble, but turned out OK. Then we rode Superman Ultimate Flight. I also like SFOGs version better because it has close calls with the ground and has tunnels, unlike SFGAM's. Then we rode Ragin Cajun, which was a pretty good spinning wild mouse. Then we did Demon. I was scared to ride it because there was almost a 100% chance of pain, but I did not hit my head once. I actually liked this ride. It is also the most photogenic ride in the park. Last we did Deja Vu. I had never done SFOG's deja at night, and I found it a little more fun at night, as I do with most coasters. After that we just did a few flats until the parks closed. Eventhough the rides were not great, I still had fun. and here is the not quite as innovative, but still sorta cool Superman Ultimate Flight. Signature silhouette shot And here is a picture of a vertical loop on an inverted coaster with a cool looking octopus with a bug on its head infront of it. and here is the first ever vertical loop on an inverted coaster. yay more inovation on the same coaster This people is the first ever heartline twist. Yay inovation Batman was voted an ACE coaster landmark last year I guess. Thats cool. Here is a fun little spinning wild mouse. You spin around and around, and it is really fun. This is blur shot #2 for the trip And it is fun. What d ya know? And here we are at V2. It looks fun. Yay for walk on kiddie credit They have two kiddie sections here, Camp Cartoon and bugs bunny land, but only one kiddie credit. Look how red the ear is, LOOK AT IT! I don't know how you can bang your head while going relativly straight while on this thing, but you do. Here we are at Iron wolf, the only painful B&M I have been on, and I have been on my fair share of B&M's Apparently they were planning for huge crowds on the American eagle because the que is huge, but when we were there they couldn't even fill half a train. This is a picture of American Eagle's sign. It looks cool Why are these things always closed where ever I go That corkscrew should be painful, but its not More not painfulness Yay for not painful demon! This is a picture of Viper in case you were wondering We saw this scary barrol with as skull and cross bones on it in Viper's station. I don't think you would want to eat or drink what is inside of there if you value your life This is vipers sign Horray Giant Drop Boo Raging Bull trim Random people on Raging Bull Um, this is Raging Bull's sign. Ya, on Deja Vu you are pulled up the NINTY DEGREE spike! Here are some random people getting ready to ride whizzer. Here is the Whizzer in all of its Schwarzkopf glory You see this beautiful double decker carousel right at the front of the park. We will not be riding this though This is Soldier Field. We saw it while driving through Chicago. This is where Da Bears play.
Cameron Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 Shame you didn't have a great day at Six Flags Great America. Viper has been running like ass since early last season (no idea why). It's weird, it's not rough at all, just way too slow .. no, there aren't any brakes. Eagle is always really great early in the season, and late in the season, but braked to hell in the middle of summer. I really like Iron Wolf, but I know it's rough and many people share your opinion. I hope you rode the back seat on Bull! If you're ever back in the area let me know! Cameron.
easytoremember Posted July 27, 2006 Author Posted July 27, 2006 Ya, we rode back seat, we've gotten used to it from all those Goliath (SFOG) rides. Dont get me wrong, the overall park was fun, I just thought most of the major rides were mediocre. A good park overall.
themeparkguy27 Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 That que house for the Eagle is HUGE. When the ride opened over 25 years ago, the house was always full, longest line in the park. As other newer faster steel coasters were built, the lines got smaller and smaller, and that part of the que is never used. That actually used to be used to house a carnival at Sfgam over 25 years ago. Its a shame you didn't enjoy SfGam too much. It really is a nice clean park, with great employees.
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 Mount Olympus and Timber Falls comming soon.
steel Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 I really like Iron Wolf, but I know it's rough and many people share your opinion. 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?
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 Well, it was a brand new camera, so we were having fun trying it out.
Hercules Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 I really like Iron Wolf, but I know it's rough and many people share your opinion. 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? There's nothing wrong with taking a bunch of pictures at a park. I took over 110 at Rye Playland the other day, and I was only at the park about about 3 hours.
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 Ya, and all I took were 175 at five parks.
steel Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 ^I didn't say there was. It was sarcasm. Hence the " ."
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 After Great America we drove to the Dells. We got there at about noon and had to leave at about three, but we would return for another full day. First we headed to pegasas. I have no idea why. This ride was very boring. I know it was a junior coaster, but still for its size it was still boring. Next we did Cyclops. This ride is amazing. The airtime is plentiful on three occasions. The last drop of the ride is by far the best, and provides insane airtime. This was the most suprising ride of the trip for me, because I barely gave it a thought, but it turned out to be my fourth favorite coaster of all time. Next we did Zeus. This is not a terrible coaster, but it is not good either. There is one spot of fairly good airtime, and there are some good laterals, but other than that there is nothing special. After Zeus we went to Hades, which was the coaster I was looking forward to most on the trip after voyage. We had to wait at least 30 minutes, and the line was barely past the stairs. That is one thing I hate about mount olympus, the capasity. Each coaster only has one train, so lines go really slow, especially on Hades since it is so long. Anyways, once we got in the back seat we were on our way. I loved the pre lift almost as much as the post lift. There is tons of ejector air even before the lift, which was cool. The first drop is great too. You get tons of airtime and going straight into the tunnel is awesome. The only problem I have with it is the view is not very good, because you are just looking at the parking lot, but you know that soon you will be right under all of those cars. Once in the tunnel you are completly disoriented as you make quick turns and drops. The 90 degree banked turn is not very forceful, but still pretty cool, and I like it better than any of the 90 degree banked turns on the voyage. The turnaround gives you a chance to catch your breath, but then you are thrown into the best airtime hill on the coaster right before plunging back into darkness. On the return journey in the tunnel there is a nice oppocite banked section that tricked me the first few times I rode. After the tunnel there are a few more turns before the break run. Overall Hades is my second favorite coaster. It is very breath taking on your first ride. After hades we got the kiddie credit and did the spinning wild mouse, called Opa. We had no desire to ride Dive to atlantis that day, and it would be saved for the next day. After Opa we did Cyclops a few more times and got out of there, but we would be back. Hades has one of the coolest first drops ever. Hades THROUGH THE TREES This is a picture of Hades. It is going fast, like most roller coasters do. And now on to the main attraction. Hades! Here are people on Zeus Here is Zeus Little Titans THROUGH THE STATION! Yay empty Cyclops station! Oh wait, those are just the rows that we can't sit in. Apparently there is a lethal amount of airtime on Cyclops if you are under 18 and ride in the back car AIRTIME BORING This is the first thing you see when you enter the parking lot Here we are at mount olympus
steel Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 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.
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 Are you sure you are not thinking of cyclops? On zeus I could only count one spot with real airtime, and that was on the double down. Where did you sit. I sat in the back row both times I rode it.
steel Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 ^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.
easytoremember Posted July 28, 2006 Author Posted July 28, 2006 What seat do you get the most airtime in?
steel Posted July 28, 2006 Posted July 28, 2006 Front and back. It's insane ejector air all the way through, whereas Cyclops is a huge pop of floajecter and some floater.
easytoremember Posted July 29, 2006 Author Posted July 29, 2006 I found no ejector air on zeus and three spots of extreem ejector air on Cyclops
easytoremember Posted July 30, 2006 Author Posted July 30, 2006 Sorry about the double post, but I will not be able to get the rest of the TR up for another week or so, because of another trip, this time to Boston. HOPEFULLY, we will get to SFNE and make Superman: ROS our 100th credit!!!!!
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