coreyml Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Jill is our GPS Doug and jordan are the others i'm not putting all the pix on here but you can see the rest @... http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e40/coreyml/2007%20coaster%20trip/ ill start out w/ fri, june 8th 10pm got dropped off @ doug's house we left his house round 1230am to pick jordan up and the trip was underway - from atlantaish we had mcdonalds 2X on the way got to six flags st louis round 845AM central time the parking lot wawasn'tven open before the park opened, there was the GAYEST pre opening show ever some chick introduced all the characters to us then proproceeded do the entire cha cha slide w/ characters everywhere i was uncomfortable b/c i diddidn'tnna laugh went straight to mr freeze - launched coaster quite a fun ride rode it 2X b/c there was no line Boss - a woodie w/ good ideas but w/ crappy trains and just wawasn'thought out well but its big superman power tower - 230' tall = fun screamin eagle = a fun ride but slightly boring ninja = suck their mine train was lame dididn'to batman or tony hawk big spin b/c of the lines, heat and lack of interest they did have an AWESOME ride called Excalibur it’s a spinning ride that goes upside down, in the pix haha NOSE bad line 12 yo in charge of my safety? left the park by 2, ate at applebys had fun honking the horn, running the W wipers and hazard flashers pizza hut w/ very nice MN waitresses drove all the way to Minneapolis from there and slept that’s day 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Woke up kinda early and got to valleyfair right at opening Did Steel Venom = standard impulse The skycoaster was tame Renegade was a GREAT coaster. I love GCI. Not a lame second in that ride like Thunderhead’s flythrough Wild Thing was a surprisingly fun ride. Had an abnormal first drop and the first hill was LOADED with a solid 1 mississippi….4 floater airtime. The turnaround sucked and the hills on the way back were straight but had air at the top – anyone could do that Excalibur – the roller coaster was intense but made by arrow and made me mad. There were trim brakes all the way down the first drop but I woulda died if they weren’t there Mad mouse – the funnest wild mouse ive been on High roller – very very lame Corkscrew? = the only inversions in the park – 3 Did their screamin swing and the topspin – riptide. Also the power tower and chaos cant park ooooh doughnuts good DnJ the greatest wild mouse ride ive been on the banking of track not turning at the bottom of a hill NO NO ARROW! THE ONLY 3 inversions on roller coasters in the park RCT at its finest no wonder Morgans cost so much - # of supports. too bad they all suck for butthole pleasure call.... so much graffiti and its HOW OLD? much better than a station flythru! sprinkler across the path Left the park in the afternoon = hot and done Went to MOA and decided to come back to valleyfair the next day Well MOA was interesting and I never have to go back there again Lil shaver - kiddie Ripsaw - lame Timberland twister – spinning ocaster and was fun Had acoasterog ride w/ a gay paul bunyun haha Giant axe thing = not fun but I somehow caught a cell phone w/ my feet Rode this tornado thing (red) that was pretty cool and you know its good when they tell you if you want the ride to stop, just hold 1 arm up in the air Got dominos where i asked the guy on the phone if YALL have the 555 deal. "you must be from southern oklahoma" and went to the hotel the gayest paul bunyun ever you have to get off on the right, go up the stairs, cross the bridge and exit. you cant just get off on the left a great flat i, somehow, caught a cell phone w/ my feet on this ride Monday You would think valleyfair would be less crowded – wasn’t Nothing too memorable just did the good rides again and were outa there Drove to Wisconsin dells and if timber falls was open late enough, we would go ahead and get that outa the way so we could do the amazing mt Olympus all day on Tuesday Pulled up into the parking lot and watched the coaster complete a circuit HOLY CRAP this thing flies for its size Got our armband and rode Long story short, we rode more than 70 times Rode the log ride a couple times DnJ rode the skyscraper Emily and Chelsea – the rotating ride ops pretty much let us do whatever At first the lapbar was a fists worth above our thighs then it just got crazy 3 clicks 1 click Locked in the up position I still wore the seat belt and eventually pulled the lapbar down to a decent level b/c there was no difference in the ride experience This ride is only like 85’ tall and 2300’ but it has more airtime/foot of any ride ive ridden Goliath @ a close 2nd but that’s tame air Emily told us to stay as late as we could to get some free food I enjoyed a free meal on them and rode avalanche 1 more time I rode in the front seat w/ Jordan and doug was behind him The lapbars didn’t come up She twisted the thing into the hole and pulled up and I got out easily DnJ remained stuck for another 15 min Finally they gave up, sent em thru 1 more time and I guess the lapbars came right up That’s a good thing b/c the guy was calling SnS to get help Well Emily told us that hades was an amazing ride and got us all psyched up for MO Finished up @ TF and looked for a liquor store – closed Drove up and down WD’s “strip” and its basically Gatlinburg Found our awesome Days Inn and it looked iffy Opened the door and it was fine Sleep hades thats as tall as it needs to be me stuck pull chelsea! Got up early to ride that amazing hades 3 WAFFLE MAKERS!!! Pulled into the pretty much empty MO parking lot Got our armband and went straight to hades 1 train operations on every ride there – that’s all they have It sux Especially for Hades Well, we waited for about 25 min b/c we were early, got a front seat ride and Boo The drop into the tunnel was fun, the way out was fun but nothing amazing Crested the hill on the other side of the lot w/ NO airtime, made the turn and got a lil pop of air and headed back into the tunnel On the way back, it was rough and kinda boring There is no finale for the ride A non airtime hill, a couple of turns and that’s it I will say the PRE lift section was kinda fun but short By this time, D, Jn I are pissed We walk down the hill and rode Pegasus – sucked Watched Cyclops then rode it Theres a straight piece of track followed by a drop that looked INSANE Got into the station and saw that the back seat requires you to be 18 to sit there There’s a reason for it If you don’t ride properly, it would be your last ride I was expecting a rough ride but it ended up being a very fun and smooth ride w/ that intense airtime hill/drop All the lines suck now Its getting hot and the rest of the rides are gonna suck The employees are rude They sit on the freakin control panel when the train is out We decide to skip the rest of the rides due to suckage and then decide to just go to SFGAm since its free We do so theming? sitting on top of the pannel note the time Arrive there around 2? Do we call jim? – naah We use our parking pass then use it again for the gullable blonde teen working in the lot guarding the preferred parking Walk in the park and immediately get the feeling that this is an awesome park Double decker carosuel behind a pond w/ beautiful flowers around it We don’t care about that, we wanna ride stuff American eagle – sux. HUGE waste of wood and built by……intiman? Yup One side open While standing in line, there were employees in hard hats picking up trash on the other side of the fencing and under the ride Our park never has employees doing that Rode Iron wolf which if it was built nowadays, it would have the best layout of a standup IMO. Instead it was headbangy but it was a starter coaster V2 was a lot more fun than steel venom Ragin Cajun was fun – my first spinning wild mouse Demon = vekoma = suck but the ride op had an evil laugh to add to the evil Wizzer = schwartzkopv = fun.. you sit straddling the seat and just put on a seatbelt – relaxing I guess Déjà vu was broke but opened for us where doug got stuck AGAIN Raging bull = great first drop but the rest just sux There’s a trim going up the 2nd hill that KILLS it I got 1 pop of air and that was after the MCBR – floater Viper = GA cyclone but w/ bad banking but no trims so you get air over that last hop BTR = the first inverted looping coaster ever and it ran great 1 train op tho b/c they were replacing stuff. We had brand new headrests on our train The big surprise of the day here was Superman Its 90% our superman but with 8 cars in the train instead of 7 That means its harder to load the train and they stack more, right NOPE They had the train loaded and outa the station b4 the other train made that final turn into the station after the brake run We waited 2 trains to get on! Done @ SFGAm Wow, we are a full day ahead now, what do we do??? We had a hotel there for that night so we had to stay and our next hotel was so conveniently located in SANDUSKY, OHIO So we went to chilis and then our hotel where I was the customer of the day I got a bag of candy and popcorn and room keys….. to a room where someone was already in that room We walked in, the bed wasn’t made, there was a pizza box and sprite bottle in the bathroom We gotta new room and slept as late as we could what is this "picking up trash on the other side of the fences" thing at a six flags? BnM support? oh yeah! bring science back good layout, 10 years too early you get to hug little girls for a year, YES! intiman did this mess? Deja Vu broke? doug cant park "uuuh this bed isnt made up and there's stuff in the bathroom" "oh, thats because someone's staying in that room already" Woke up and checked out by 11 Drove to CP Saw a semi scrape a car up Arrived @ cp! First thing’s first – MAVERICK Kalem said it was his new #1 OVER voyage so my expectations were high The line began at the pepsi machines and it was a 40 min wait from there to get into the station We waited for the front and rode You basically get launched up the lift hill which is a lot of fun and intimidating The first drop is amazing but short All the turns are smooth especially if you can lean just before the turn AIRTIME HILL holy crap Horseshoe turns = perfect I love em then into the tunnel Put your head back then launch Brace yourself for a headbang for the turn out of the station – no fog was on for us Launching out of the station is fun then at the top of the hill, brace yourself again for the dive to the right Boring S turn up to the first Stengel dive Its smooth and fun but I love the 2nd one, it just feels great AIRTIME HILL holy crap and brake run I LOVE the first part of the ride, there’s nothing that I would change The 2nd part of the ride from the tunnel to the first Stengel dive is just bland Off to the dragster which was just the same as last time – fast and fun Last year I got slow rides on millennium force and was looking forward to warmed up night rides on it Rode MF at sunset and it was running well but it just doesn’t give me what I want in a coaster Out of control and airtime Its just fast but too gentle and boring Rode maverick and magnum and we were outa there Magnum pisses me off Yes, theres a lot fo airtime on the bunny hops but ANYONE could design straight strack followed by an abrupt turn down to the next piece of straight track AKA a triangle I don’t find it fun at all To the Travelodge Got to the park @ 9 and since we had maxx passes, we got in early Went back to the park Rode everything we wanted to ride It got hot, we were tired so we went back to the hotel I took a nap, DnJ went to arbys Went back to the park later until closing Then Went to the Laundromat It was scary and took up too much time especially the night b4 coastermania Back to the hotel by 130 to wake up @ 5 COASTERMANIA! Maverick and MF all morning Left the park for breakfast and came back Rode everything we wanted to ride all day Gemini pisses me off Wicked twister is ok but boring to me Wildcat is fun Raptor pisses me off – hate cobra rolls and straight track Food was good QnA was uneventful – MAXI PASS lol ALMOST saw a rollback for ttd Magnum broke while I was on it so we waited in the ERT line for dragster That line sucked and we went to wicked twister and we were done 3 days there will do ti to ya Back to the hotel and……..sleep that just looks cool what wait? whoa! mullet fam flemmy in the front left seat i smell a sitcom richard simmons's here? im running in this pic - PANTS running - VESTS W/ PATCHES OF EVERYTHING pwned fun perfect hair the pink on her neck is NOT hair, its leftover pink pwned marching band - SUCKED touch me whoa whoa whao the ground is wet, why not just let the sun dry it up its the six flags way but we're not six flags, we care BRING OUT THE KITTY LITTER why cant they just have some sort of ratcheting shoulder harnes that pulls tight to your body??? doug cant park perty PWNED - we watched the pwnage the most exciting skyline ever Slept in b/c its only Geauga lake day That place sucks Rode big dipper We got there just in time for food Rode thunderhawk, dominator and villain and were outa there Drove to mason Ate at outback where doug tried to act blind for the meal – didn’t work Mmm mmm Then Ice cream = very good Then Hotel which was conveniently located 15 min away fromt eh park b/c there are no other hotels near kings island – sarcasm – thanks doug teachin the lil ACEr well - wear the fanny pack m/f? Slept in b/c we can Checked in @ that hotel and spent a day at KI Walked for a bit then walked back out b/c the vault people were there handing it out I was tired of this place by the end of the day Top gun was fun but short Beast sux but is decent at night Tomb raider = bad cycle but good theming Vortex = good layout but sux Boobs – there ya go joe Italian job is fun Flight of fear is fun Firehawk is my fav ride at the park The next 2 days @ KI were the same – lame Con’s Day 2 Woke up late and we were thinking arbys So were 4 deaf people Then we went to the Cincinnati Mill mall for their kiddie coaster It was broke and they went to home depot to get parts to fix it So Jill then told us to get to Stricker’s Grove So we follow the directions Left off the interstate Go 3.6 miles then make a left Some jerk in an Element pulled out in front of us… Went about a mile and made a right into a coldasak “arrving @ stricker’s grove” HAHA Went to the gas station up the road for directions They don’t know but we met another ACEr w/ a Garmin gps and an element lol they said 5 others had showed up there too Found another gas station and went to the grove which was a good 25 min away from the coldasak Passed a building w/ expensive cars on the way Pulled into the grass field parking lot and laughed There are 2 small woodies and a carnival Rode the teddy bear – kiddie Flyers Rotating tilting thing Picture time! That means we get in line for the tornado Lame except for one drop Food = GRILLED hot dogs n such then we left as soon as we could Went to that car place = noble racing, pretty cool Went to “coney island” which was WAY outa the way to whore the pepsi python Got to KI b4 5 WHYYYY Killed time till our Beast walkback Took pix back there Waited for ERT We got flight of fear w/ the lights on, firehawk, racers and some flats Played the “roll the bowling ball into the valley” game b/c for some reason, they didn’t turn it off Got a lemon chill thing and chilled Then I went to the bumper cars where tom, the blind guy joined us a few min later haha Then we left Now we could either wake up early and go to waterpark ERT oooooorrrr sleep in Woke up near noon BUFFALO WILDWINGS!!!! Then hostel 2 = ok Then went to the park It had rained No big deal We killed time till dinner – the only reason we’re there Inhale food and we are OUTA HERE Got some ice cream, Jordan got a haircut then back to the hotel? richard simmons again? sorry melinda, youre great but you clapped like him @ Italian job and it was perfect they change this ever day??? no trains on today but the first one was on by tuesday FOOD free vault! nancy carrigan - figure skater? der de der ACErs @ beast ERT "look for an ACEr's car to find where the coaster is in the mall" JILL screwed us over for the TRAIN u lost, tom? why is the news here? whoring looks cool lights are on vortex track on the ground bumper cars w/ the blind guy! We slept in and left by 11 for checkout Went to Louisville, KY instead of a FOURTH day @ KI Arrived @ sfkk round 115 “viper” was closed so we did the rest of the park Wild mouse Chang = so smooth but too tame and 1 train T2, the worst SLC ever Thunder run which was amazing last year – boring this year Twisted twins – eh They did the roller skater, I got water “viper” reopened so we rode it Did breakdance = fun and intense Then Superman Power Tower I called my mom @ 448 telling her we were done there and some other stuff That means we got off SPT at 445 Found a clean, lit up, nice Laundromat Then to the hotel The view out the window was chang We got dominos and wasted the rest of the night site of fatal bus crash may 14 1988 why to steal all our VIPER theming, sfkk "howdy folks, swampwater jack, here..." view out the hotel Woke up and were out by 10 and arrived @ holiday world at 1020ish we didn’t waste any time and wanted to go straight to voyage well that’s what we did got a near backseat ride and WOW soooo much better than last year but it was a bit roughter, no big deal did legend and raven legend I found kinda fun last year and this year it was just flat out annoying raven was the same – lame at first then kinda fun then brakes both are smooth and kept up well We did get a walkback of Raven and legend I spent a lotta time w/ that I did howler while DnJ went to voyage We pretty much rode that all day Park closed @ 8 They told us about the accident @ sfkk which happened @ 445 that day oooOOOooo but wow We get pizza and fudge @ 830 and WOW it was the best pizza ive ever had in non Sicilian form and the fudge was good too Then our first night rides on voyage Jordan got a head start down the hill and I was in the station when he got off That was a “holy crap” face so I knew it was gonna be good It’s pretty much pitch black except for the moon and 2 lights on the MCBR U cant see an inch in front of u in the tunnels and its nice and cool The ride really flies after an entire day of work MY TAKE ON VOYAGE The first drop is really one of the best of any ride The next 2 hills provide some floater air A smaller hill w/ air then a shift to the right Then a larger hill w/ no air w/ a great headchopper THE TURNAROUND Its almost like it hits a launch coming out of that tunnel The turns are amazing, its so fast and just out of control The 1 flaw w/ this ride IMO is the 2nd reverse banked hill, its too long 2 90 degree turns, a few more pops of out of controlness and into the MCBR which never did anything all day The triple down which is in a tunnel and underground = awesome The ride continues its out of controlness as it returns to the station going down a hill that you don’t really know its going down when youre riding it It seems to get faster and faster the longer it goes…b/c it is 2 hills, a turn then a hill that crosses under the track with a great pop of air A turn, a 90 deg then a very rough upward turn where the photo thing is A hill w/ a turn then the station flythru/under thing w/ a hill w/ a turn the opposite way A dive into another tunnel then turn up into the brake run Everything from the 3rd hill of the ride on is just out of control At night, I laughed the entire ride, every ride ERT ended then to the hotel The hotels in santa clause Indiana were $120+ Well, using about $10 in gas, we can find a hotel for…$55 in Owensboro KY I booked it knowing it required us to take the AIRTIME HILL RD Got gas, barely then was on our way Saw a sign for a detour so I took it Jill had no idea where we were. Apparently we were in the middle of a field as opposed to a 4 lane hwy This 4lane was very flat and as we passed that power plant we realized that they took the road out NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The hotel had a comp so me and doug caught up on some stuff and ….bed w/ memory foam mattresses Chose to sleep in till checkout b/c we just wanted nighttime ERT Went to McDs again Then to DQ to kill some more time Passing by the power plant, the road that paralleled us had hills Still had time to spare and when I got to where that detour was, I took the road that was under construction Good choice We took that road @ the speed limit on the way out b/c you COULD NOT see what was on the other side of the hills Once I found out that all the hills were on straight road, I turned around where the road closed and floored it The first hill, which was the best was taken at a speed of almost 90mph weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Got to the park bout 230 just in time for the voyage walkback I took the entire hour taking pix They were switching trains when the tour started so I went straight backto the turnaround Once I heard screams, I started shooting I wish it didn’t have the metal supports, it would really be a good looking ride especially in the woods like it is Met some people, took hundreds of pix Got pix of DnJ on the ride, found a bolt – but I lost it, joe Tour, over Wasted the rest of the day and waited for food Food Then ran to voyage and rode till we were done Drove to Bowling Green KY get out of the cookies nice shields yes, i know my CCD's sucking sawblade "im a joksta" voyage line ACErs baby hanging station haha i had to run thru that last year Woke up @ 9, like doug said we wouldn’t It’s the last day, we just wanna get it over w/ and go home So To beech bend Did a kiddy ride The scariest drop tower ive ever done which was only about 60’ high. My feet were touching the guy’s umbrella going up so I had to move my feet over Got to the top and heard sounds like cable getting tight which was really us just getting to the very top “POP” IMMEDIAtely we dropped and it was over Apparently there’s no pause at the top and we still had our feet The gravitron Looping star was broke so we settled for some GCI goodness Kentucky rumbler is a great ride for only being like 80’ tall but its tame but still fun Looping star was fixed so we rode it w/ fingers crossed The lady’s finger slipped and the train pulling into the loading block could not exit the block w/o them pushing it “charline! Get charley” Doug was impatient and got on the train b4 us but in a seat near the back He was almost injured Me and Jordan sat in the front and it wasn’t that bad but I don’t have to ride it again IT HAD A FRIGGIN POOL OF SAND HOLDING THE RIDE DOWN We pulled into the brake run a full 2’ past where we should be so we hopped off the ride down below the platform then got back up Did the “haunted”house Spinning wild mouse and We Were Done Got to doug’s by 6 broken gap held down by a tub of sand Now this is 10.5 pgs of trip report on Microsoft word If I forgot something, ill add it later but you got the gist I got 40 new credits and we rode about 90 roller coasters I will not do another coaster con, ill save my money for good food and more parks The good or funny pix can be found here http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e40/coreyml/2007%20coaster%20trip/ I will have a video uploaded soon BONUS PIX stuff i hate T2 villian geauga lake thunderhawk first drop trim brakes mean SUCK Jill on that particular night where she took us to "buffalo wildwings" not MF straighttrack 3 days @ KI Raging bull trims Mt O did i mention mean streak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Excellent Photo TR! Best Ending ever! LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willski Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Wow, that was a lot to read, not all of it legible, but hey, you finished all that TR. Did they have a Q&A with KI management? If so, did anyone ask them why they made the Beast suck? And Voyage is a pretty awesome ride, only two flaws on the whole thing (first inversely banked hill and 3rd 90 degree banked turn-they could have put two bunny hops instead of the 90* banked turn and the painful turn where they take your picture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreyml Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 we were @ KI as little as possible there was a QnA with the beast designer guy and we didnt stay around for it b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 your TR damn near made my browser crash. oh, and Doug may be the worst driver ever. Well, worst at parking at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmy Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 So I take it you hate everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleFan344 Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 amazing ending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noyzz Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Killer trip guys! Great parking jobs.......LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewlcoasterdude Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 So I take it you hate everything? LOL Thats what I was thinking. I only saw one or two positive comments on coasters! However, great pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Glad you enjoyed Cincinnati's parks and rides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreyml Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 the KI reference @ the end was not for KI, it was for the con making us spend 3 if not 4 days @ KI coasters with good reviews were just that, great if not, they were mediocre and not worth me talking about each mediocre ride i rode that was a lot of typing and i typed for stuff worth typing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kweiss Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Nice Photo TR. What's this about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coreyml Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 in the TR i said if you ride in the last car of cyclops, you get a HUGE airtime whip down a hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kweiss Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 in the TR i said if you ride in the last car of cyclops, you get a HUGE airtime whip down a hill Ahh, I read over that. It just seems strange to me that an age would determine whether you could ride. Age doesn't really mean anything on a coaster, since body types can vary so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Seems like you hated your trip as everything you did was "sux'd" or "pissed u off".. Nice pic's though Can't wait to ride Cyclops, Hades and Zeus next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewlcoasterdude Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 Should have been called "I hate every ride report!" Kinda depressing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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