Swoosh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Geauga Lake photos coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP_RULES Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I felt the exact same way about Mantis! My previous rides were pretty bad, but this time it was awesome! Nice pictures of everything so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Day 5: Geauga Lake (Coaster EXT) Â Well today we went over to Auroa, OH to visit the park formerly known as SF:WoA and many other things. Last time we were here they still had animals, so that tells you how long it had been. We were not expecting much and to be quite honest that is what we found. While the park is a little cleaner than last time, I must say that the people the park is attracting is probably not what the park really wants to attract. Needless to say, we stood out there. We did ride some rides though and went to the lunch and Q&A, but with the "lines" or lack thereof, we did not see the point to stay for ERT. Â The one thing we got from the Q&A was the park doesn't have the money to fix anything. They did not use their advertising money this year to advertise, and basically Bill was told to make the park profitable and to do so he had to let some rides go that were sucking maintenance money away. He also touched ever so slightly on Raging Wolf Bobs and made it sound like it was done for the year. Not too promising if you ask me. He danced around most of the questions and looked like he was being grilled by the prosecution on the witness stand most of the time... we did enjoy Dominator though. Â Below are photos from the ride side of the park, I'll post photos of Wildwater Kingdom later. Â Park #5 Geauga Lake See the entire gallery here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/parks/gl/ I would be lying if I said that he didn't seem very comfortable with answering most of the questions. Next came the Q&A with Bill Spehn, GM of Geauga Lake Bryan, yes the same one from Mania, also gave away 5 $100 shopping sprees here as well. Â Can the park afford that? I'm not trying to be mean, just asking. Looks like having EXT the day after MANIA paid off Time for lunch We also rode this flume, which needs to turn the water back on on the final drop ...but someone had broke-ed their toy We did really want to ride this with the new trains... The longest train on any coaster I have ever seen, seriously what is the record for the # of cars? I honestly can't say the name of this ride without laughing If it wasn't for this ride, there would be no reason to visit this park Really, I volunteer Worlds of Fun to have this ride. The coaster that I want to be moved to MY park! Still, it's a hang and bang Not too bad for a hang and bang Another yellow coaster!!! The sign laughs at the people who walk under it to ride -- he knows how rough it is! Makes Psyclone seem smooth! Yes it is THAT BAD and even after a retrack. The sad part is, the loops are the smoothest part of the ride Double Loop is ROUGH! Then we "squeezed" ourselves into the trains of Big Dipper. Which was a great ride. Oh and don't have your camera out on the load dock as they will throw a fit. First up was Head Spin. It actually was a pretty decent ride I always thought that they had a nice entrance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterNut17 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 You know, when I was at Geauga Lake, I was blown off from taking pictures even standing on the exit line! I was trying to get trains in my pictures, but couldn't because of their stupid rules. Does anybody know any policies about it? The last time I checked, there are no posted rules about anything. I really ticked me off! Nice TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Ok the single train Boomerang caption was funny. Great Photo TR. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazed49 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Good Trip Report. Wow it seems like you didnt like Mavrick that much. Â These ERT events allways seem like fun is it worth going to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefitness Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Awesome pictures, funny captions too! Â You said that Raging Wolf Bobs will be closed for the rest of the season? That sucks...I'm going to CP end of July, and was going to stop by GL, hopefully Dominator is worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Dominator is worth it. Too bad with the removal of Steel Venom and X-Flight, the rest fo the park really isn't. Â And Boo to Cardinal fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 I hear Beast is nothing special. I'll have you know that Beast is my #3 coaster. That's even ahead of Voyage. Â Great TR. CoasterMania was a lot of fun. What did you not like about Maverick? I can understand it if you tried to keep your hands up and rode in the middle or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 What did you not like about Maverick? Â I think it is easier to show then tell. My ride on Maverick Consisted of This... Going up lift hill First drop Sharp Curves Floater Hill Horseshoe Loop Launch Tunnel Curve After Tunnel Series of S-Curves/OverBanked Curves Station Brake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Well that's why you hold on. It really isn't that bad if you hold on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 That was my first ride. The second ride wasn't that bad... and I did hold on the first time, just did not know where the "brace points" were. I don't know, I guess I'm jadded anymore with how many coasters I have been on. I just don't have to like every single on I ride anymore... that and I luvs me they Millennium Force!!11!1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywood!007 Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Awesome GL pictures! Dominator is such a good ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmy Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007  Amazing  Nice camera work  I still disagree on Maverick though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Yeah, I couldn't believe how nice it too turned out. I love the views from on the Skyride. Â That's all right if you don't agree with me on Maverick. That is what makes our hobby fun, discussing what we like and what we don't like. If we all liked the same thing, it would become rather boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnumfan Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I think Magnum is running pretty good this year. I always ride in the last row during the morning and early afternoon, then later ride in the last second to last row at night. Magnum is not that bad if you find a way to ride it comfortably(with your legs straight and your back off the seat), I usually let the lap bar sit about an inch above my waist. Â I just love that skyline of CP's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 ^When did you ride it? I rode it in the third row at Mania and I only got Wild Thing-esque until the last two hills. Maybe I just got a bad ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 I ride next to last seat and that is really the only seat on the coaster where you can get a good ride IMHO anymore as the coaster is not aging well at all. If you ride on the wheels, you can feel every bump on the tracks as you go down the course. I still like the ride a lot, but it needs some TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 After lunch at Coaster EXT we walked across the long floating bridge to see what all the buzz was about on this new water park. What we found was a very crowded waterpark that desperately needs more rides. The lines and overcrowding were definitely issues that the park will need to look at. I almost would say "screw the ride park, the money is in the waterpark" as it was very obvious where everyone was at when we were there. Â Â Photos for Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom The entire gallery is here: http://www.midwestinfoguide.com/gallery/waterparks/wwkgl The only other attraction in the water park was the wave pool. They seriously need more stuff over here The longest lines were for this slide complex. They looked like fun, but not worth waiting in that line. I thought their lazy river was cool with the wave effects -- why didn't Holiday World opt for one like that? Their Tornado slide was very popular It also looked busy The water fort looked like fun Long bridge across the lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnumfan Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 When I went on Magnum the blue train was the smoothest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That slide complex looks really great and insane! Â Anyway, great TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennywood!007 Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I love that slide complex it's so much fun. Great pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xX-Linde-Xx Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Great TR. I hopefully I will do this some day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthink? Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 I love the Tornado slides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoosh Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 Here is a different angle of that slide complex and you guys are correct it is quite the tangle of slides Tangle of slides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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