pkdcoaster Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Well, I Managed to get away with some great friends for a few days to go to Northern Ohio and We all had a great time. Day 1 Aug 22, 2007 Up at 3:30am for the long rainy drive up to Geauga Lake but Rain held off for almost all of our trip luckily. We got there at about 12:30 and headed straight to Dominator to get one last ride over the lake We were a little worried that only one train was operating on everything but they really didn't need more cause of nobody being on the ride side of the park. My last visit to GL was in 2000 right after the SF transformation and the park was lively, Colorful and packed. Now it just looks like they are going outta buisness. The area where Steel venom and X-flight were looks bad and especially the old water park, dirt would look better there. Dominator is still an awesome ride and I cannot wait to ride it again soon Villian was pretty good in the front but very rough in the back Big Dipper was Awesome in the front as well but a little rough in the valleys in the back I was very impressed with the Water park side, Not alot of slides but it looked great and it was obvious that that is where everyone wanted to be. None of us had ever been on a Tornado Slide before so we tried theirs out and it was great, such a cool and unique water slide. We left GL at about 4:30 and headed to CP, We arrived at about 6:30 and had 90 minutes at CP in August and got a ride on Demon Drop, MaxAir, front seat on Raptor, Back Seat on MF and Front seat on Maverick. (not bad) My first ride on Maverick was good but I thought kinda rough but that all changed the next morning. It was much smoother the next few days for some reason. (maybe I just knew what to expect). Here are the pics from GL. Day 2 coming soon JEFF Gulls love Pop Tarts. into the park next Weather did not look promising, but it veered north and we had an awesome beautiful 1st full day. our home for the next 3 nights I could not figure out why the shower water would not drain, found the reason. This is 1/3 of the mouse/hairball that I could wrestle out. haha some of us thought the log flume would be fun, oh look water cannons!!! hopefully we get a better logo My Favorite part I love the ending, still my Fav floorless ride em while you can Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Wow, great pics, you are still are one of the masters!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Day 2 Awesome HOT!! day and light crowds Maverick 45min wait MF 10-15 min TTD 20min Everything else walk on to 2 train/cycle wait I still love this park for just the atmosphere alone and Nothing else comes close in my mind. Great ops, location, rides & coasters. It was pretty much a perfect day as far as everything goes in the park. here are pics JEFF and from the pier more to come we had this awesome view on thursday night Still my favorite inverted Chris is relaxed and ready, I am not too sure about Erin. Still very impressive 4 years later Way better than KK Lap bars make a HUGE difference Rob likes TTD Smoother than 2000 but not faster, still gorgeous though I got lucky on the train We all love it An excellent addition with a great fun & fast layout props to the train with my middle name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Friday August 24 (Day 3) A Little more crowded today (Friday and closing at 10) But Nothing like usual summer crowds. T-storms came through and closed the park at about 9 and we were lucky enough to be on the last set of trains dispatched on Maverick. It was so cool riding it with lightning coming down across the lake. I will always remember that. I went around and took alot of night shots too and I will post some of the best. Saturday we went into the park for 1 more ride on Maverick & MF then headed home. In Case you missed Chris' TR here it is with some more great pics- http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38391 If you want High Quality versions of these pics or to see ALL of the ones I took go here- Thanks to Chris, Erin, Ben & Rob for one Awesome trip Thanks for looking JEFF Some MF night shots one of my favs Right after our last night ride Awesome shot I Still love Magnum me Still the Best Drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axman Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Lovely pictures! I need to go back to CP bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanSe_Colombia Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Awesome pictures!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skramp Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 Wow, those are some amazing pics. Have to ask though, how do you the shots so bright? Are you taking them manually or point/click? A few of the Maverick and Dominator pics have such an amazing look to the tracks, just wondering if you were doing something special or if you're just that damn good? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted September 17, 2007 Author Share Posted September 17, 2007 Wow, those are some amazing pics. Have to ask though, how do you the shots so bright? Are you taking them manually or point/click? A few of the Maverick and Dominator pics have such an amazing look to the tracks, just wondering if you were doing something special or if you're just that damn good? lol Thanks, They were not originally that bright. I usually use irfanview to add saturation to enhance the colors and it makes the pictures look much better IMO. Also forgot there are more pics here too- JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Clear Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Awesome pictures! I tried to take my first trip ever to Cedar Point just a few days before you guys went. You know, the weekend where the weather report said "heavy thunderstorms with possible flooding?" I didn't even see the inside of the park, taking sad and pathetic to a whole new level. I did get to hit Geauga Swamp, though, to test-ride Dominator. I hope we get a better logo, too, as well as a paint-job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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