Ben's Behemoth/East Coast Tour PTR

[Erik Johnson]

Oh heh heh heh. You know Natalie, if you never pointed that out in the photo, I bet nobody would have noticed it.

[All Clear]

Oh, I think she meant for everyone to see it. I bet she's already scrawled "natabama" in bubble letters all over her math notebook.

 

Although, Robbie, I felt so bad for you on your own, what was it you said about that group that couldn’t possibly have moved along one… I can’t remember, but it was HILARIOUS

 

I don't remember either, but it was probably offensive or xenophobic and only seemed funny because we were all so sleep deprived. Wasn't everything kind of funny at that point?

 

I'm not exaggerating when I say I think that was the most fun week of my entire life to date.

[natatomic]

^Hmph. Come on, you guys...y'all know I'm a girl with taste and standards. Plus, I have all my teeth, I don't have any weird fetishes for puppet sex-shows, and I have indoor plumbing, so I just don't see how we'd be compatible in any way. At all. Ever.

 

Oh heh heh heh. You know Natalie, if you never pointed that out in the photo, I bet nobody would have noticed it.

 

I KNOW I KNOW! But I noticed it, and I couldn't take the risk that no one else would. That's quite the gamble.

[Fry]

OK, Canada’s Wonderland/Behemoth Bash. This was without a doubt the “biggest” park of the trip, but it wasn’t my favourite! That’s not to say I didn’t like the place, and I had an AWESOME day there, but all the coasters (bar three) STUNK. And to say the Powered Coaster was the third best coaster in a park of that size is a depressing thought. However, the flats were really fun, especially Sledgehammer, which I’d never heard a good thing about, but I LOVED! Psyclone was awful, it ran for maybe one full swing, but the Drop Tower was hilarious (Natalie loved it more then I did though, I could tell), and the Top Scan was running really well (although, my bad memory has a question, who did I ride that with, who had only “ridden” it on RCT3?). And I have to say, Behemoth rocked my socks a LOT more then I thought it would. The trains are seriously cool, and the last back-car rides with Roxy and Robbie were AWESOME to say the least. Shame it ate my name paper tag thing, but I forgive it. What else, oh yes, I really enjoyed Vortex, but it did try to kill my back, so I couldn’t re-ride it much. Wild Beast was one of the worst woodies ever, Kimmy, our ride on that was SO funny! Going up the lift like “uh, this is already rough… I’m scared” was a trip highlight for me. And I got to try funnel cakes, which I liked for maybe a bite, and then just felt sick, haha! I think that’s everything for CW… oh, and the SLC was awful! Big surprise there! OK… photo time.

 

Enjoying ERT by any chance are we Neil?

 

Roxie doesn’t seem to share the enthusiasm…

 

This is a sight I like to see in ERT

 

See… I’m happy about it. Or am I happy that I just about still have my name tag?

 

Yes, I took many vanity-shots on the trip, and I will force you all to look at them. This was my “yay, I <3 Behemoth but will still look grumpy about it” face

 

This… thing… opened late, but I thought it was awesome of them to open Psyclone for us instead. Shame they couldn’t have run it on a better setting with more then one swing, but I aint complaining. What I AM complaining about is they opened the Volare at all

 

Seriously, WHO designed these restraints? Someone without feelings, that much I can tell you

 

Yes, this photo is needed in any Cedar Fail PTR

 

I’m wondering if there’s more people or bins in the queue

Brooke displays everyone’s general look when they see an SLC. And Roxie’s just giving me a “PUT THE FRIGGIN’ CAMERA AWAY” look. And Robbie, anyone else reminded of Cyclops from the X-Men when they see those glasses? Which, BTW, I think are awesome.

 

This was funny… for reasons I don’t remember. Something about the blacked in teeth that Brooke said made me laugh enough to take the photo, but obviously not enough to remember the quote

 

We interrupt this to remind you how much *this* part of the Volare sucked, even compared to the rest of it

 

And although the photo sucks, this shows just how bad the SLC was. Look at that head-slamming action. SMACK. Bitch goes down.

 

There we go, a nice photo after putting you through a photo of a Volare AND an SLC in a row

 

This was during the whole ATM debacle, so Neil looks suitably saddened by the ordeal

 

Yeah, I sat on the floor, so the next few photos are bought to you in midget-view

 

Luke… what’s happening with your ear in this photo…? That’s about all I can notice to comment on… Oh, other then dude, seriously, pull that necklace out

 

Cyclop… Robbie, I mean, enjoys what I hope is coffee, if it’s not, you coulda least shared!

 

If anyone can tell me why this was funny, they can have a dollar

 

Oh, Natalie’s perked up now I’ve started to offer dollars round

 

Roxie’s reaction to not being able to find an ATM was not a positive one

 

Cyclops-vision of moi

 

Yikes, waiting past this sign wasn’t a good… well, sign

 

Fortunately…

 

The infamous “no jumping over six people” queue sign made an appearance at The Fly

 

This was another attempt at taking a photo of the ride wait sign… thanks for that Roxie

 

Anyone think she’s enjoying it?

 

Dude, those Icees were freakin’ awesome! I think it was around this point my mouth started to turn a slight blue. But, this is not a photo of me, if you can’t tell.

 

Random-queue shot

 

Wow, what a lucky animal he is…

 

Yep, another random-queue shot

 

Looks like Roxie has penis envy, just directed to Nat’s camera

 

Yeah, my inner-geek came out

 

The Behemoth walk-back was very cool, and I LOVE the kink at the bottom of the great first drop

 

They all be enjoying it too

 

I was happy, honestly

 

Not that I look it… maybe that’s because, as you can see, Behemoth ate my name-tag

 

I liked groping the nuts

 

This last hill was cool, but being able to wander under it was even cooler

 

And I LOVED this drop off the helix, very cool at the back

 

VERY pretty looking coaster

 

I wander what the person at the front of the train is saying to his friend

 

It’s a goose in Canada… that makes it a…?

 

Yes, man in blue, that was pretty much my reaction too

 

I have to take this photo as an opportunity to say how much I HATE the American way of running stations, just letting huge queues build up in these huge airgates

 

Kimmy gets ready, something that Brooke finds hilarious for some reason

 

Yet another photo of Natalie…I’m not 100% why I ended up with so many, but this was in the queue for the AWESOME Sledge Hammer ride which was so totally better then I thought it would be

 

Another random queue photo

 

Haha, why is this the best photo I have of this great ride?

 

And this the only photo of the fountains? Man, my camera just dies when the sun goes down…

 

OK, that’s it for Canada’s Wonderland, a park I enjoyed more then I thought I would, and I had a great day there.

 

Next up would be… Marineland? Yeah. Or RCT scenario land.

[Erik Johnson]

I too also liked the Sledgehammer. I wish that I rode a few more of the spinning rides that day, I really should have ridden the top scan after everyone said that it really did not spin too much...oh well. I too thought the powered coaster was the third best coaster in the park after Behemoth and Vortex. It might have been that cool monster surprise in the mountain. Was it a dragon? I honestly can not remember.

[natatomic]

Yet another photo of Natalie…I’m not 100% why I ended up with so many

 

That there is an unfinished sentence. The rest of if would be "...terrible ones of her." Haha, it's funny 'cuz I'm insecure.

 

[grinch1313]

Ben, that ride on Wild Beast was probably one of the worst things I've ever endured. Definitely one of my least favorite coaster that I've been on. We knew it was going to be horrible when the train "walked" to the left hill, then the lift was rough. We ended up hugging each other for dear life by the end of that ride. The first coaster I've ever considered torching myself.

 

Erik, the powered coaster was also my third favorite there, behind Behemoth and Vortex. After that you get the mouse and then they go by how painful they were. Time Warp, Wild Beast, and Flight Deck all at the way bottom. Those are evil, evil creations.

[ElToroExtreme]

Nice PTR Ben, cant wait to see the rest... That kinda makes me wish i did the Addon!

[televisedconfession]

Oh come on you all. Natalie's right, don't make fun of her. Her and Tyler aren't anything, and never will be.

 

We all know who Natalie's boyfriend is:

Makes me crave Grits.

[natatomic]

^YES! WILLY IS SO MY TYPE. And he's already seen my crotch, so why wouldn't he date me?

 

Then again, I think everyone else in that room saw it, too.

[Fry]

OK, I’m gonna do Marineland and Waldameer as one for three reasons. 1. They were the same day. 2. I took like, five photos at each. 3. I can.

 

OK, Marineland. I did not like this park, not really. And no matter how far they made us walk, I disliked it the same amount. It was just a huge grass area with a ride at either end and an endless walk. And my lord, trying to get up that hill to the S&S was like a marathon! As I think either Robbie/Luke said, it’s like a RCT scenario where you have a huge, dumpy park with one ride and have to raise money from one coke stand in order to finance the place. And Dragon Mountain was fun and all, but it did hurt me…

 

This was probably taken from the closest other ride.

 

FRIENDSHIP COVE! Haha, that’s for you Robbie

 

The “no Robin Hoods allowed” sign

 

The Topple Tower which terrifyingly dangled you over some… FLOWERS! Ahhh… scary…

 

I thought this part of the ride was cool how you’re in a tunnel and then *BHAM* light

 

And how it follows the ground made me think of a Arrow version of the Ultimate, just less… good

 

This is a bear. They are cute. That’s about it. They were the best about Marineland, really. Or, as I’ve now decided to call it, Six Flags Sea World. Although, I prefer it to Sea World. That place really grinds my gears.

 

He got wet

 

Bear-soup!

 

Now, there are two rows of people on this that don’t need to feel dirty. I’ll let you figure out who.

 

OK, you ALL should feel dirty (and yes, this was when I was queuing…)

 

Culture credit 1

 

But, there’s a ride in this picture, so it doesn’t count as culture. Yay!

 

Over at Waldameer, a park that I LOVED. It had such charm, and it helped it had what was at this point, my favourite Woodie!

 

Oh, and only the best show IN HISTORY. Complete with, yep, some of you guessed it, TIE-DYE! Even before it was cool! Wow, does their power know no boundaries?

 

Yep, a huge group of coaster enthusiasts did choose this AWESOME dude over a great woodie. Twice.

 

The women even went as far as grinding Luke in an attempt to be as awesome as Trevor, they still failed.

 

I bet there’s someone here that can still remember exactly what they’re singing at this point

 

I know they’re 70s, but I really liked that dress…

 

Doesn’t work as well as a top, but Trevor pulled it off

 

HAHA! The 80s part! “It gave way to awesome sayings like NOT!”

 

I think this may very well have been the highlight of Brooke’s, well, life… it was certainly Trevor’s

See… note how everyone, and Tony, is watching from behind, haha, thought that was hilarious the attraction was deserve

 

Oh, there were coasters as well…

 

And a freakin’ insane Drop Tower!

 

Ravine Flyer III was ALMOST as good as II. Not quite, but we re-rode it cause it was that good

 

This is the ONE photo of RFII I have for a few reasons. 1. It’s built on, well, a Ravine, and you can’t see it… good. 2. It was dark when we actually tore ourselves from Retroactive and rode it, haha!

 

Oh no, who could possibly have done that, I have no idea…

 

And I close the photos of Waldameer off with another RETROACTIVE!

 

And I must say, that ERT session was Godly. Roxie, our ride when the heavens just opened is *the* moment of the trip I will never, ever, ever, ever forget. That was insane to say the least! And running through the park after and just turning to Robbie “do you have any idea where we are?” “um… no…”, that was so deliriously funny in the wet, cold, thunder, confusion… etc.

 

Next up, well, not Idlewild since I failed at photos at that park and took none. But, Paul Bunyan and the Caterpillar are forever lodged in my mind. So, Lakemont and DelGrossos!

[All Clear]

OK, so at Marine Land, I had to miss the Topple Tower, the Bears and Friendship Cove. Why? Because I had to pee. I asked the guy outside of Dragon Mountain where the closest restroom was and he started off, "Well, it's not close..." The jaunt to and fro took up a large percentage of my time at the park. At least I got over my drop tower issues, and I owe that all to you, Ben. Srsly.

 

I wish I'd gotten a picture of the Beluga Whale Squishy Glitter Globe I bought before I gave it to the friend I bought it for..."In order to make your glitter globe last a long time, use a slow, gentle pressure." Didn't someone else buy one? Luke? PHOTOS.

[Fry]

OK, so as I said before, I failed at Idlewild, and I left my camera on the bus- so zero photos! Such a shame because it was one of my favourite parks of the trip. Just everything about it was awesome- Rollo, the Mouse, Mr Roger’s, Adult Hand Karts, Confusion Hill, the Caterpillar, Paul Bunyan… loved it.

 

So, I guess I’ll skip straight to Lakemont, a pleasant enough place, the highlight of which was certainly Peanut Butter Shake- The Ride, a much better alternative to that scary, ghetto flat, eh Robbie?

 

The first thing we did (well, second, the first we did was eat) was my 250th, the “classic” Leap-the-Dips, and to prove it’s classic, even ACE say so (not that it didn’t seem by this point that they gave these out like candy)

 

And there it is. Looking innocent enough, but this ride hurt me like no other ride or other physical experience has hurt me. Sitting in the back was NOT fun as the whole car came off the track, launching us up with it, only to slam back down, and yes, slam us back down with it. The bruises at the bottom of my back eventually did go, so there’s a slight positive. I guess. Although, crazy how different riding experiences can be between the front and back, since Kimmy and whoever rode with her, liked it! Madness I tell you! (Oh, and who took the photo of us doing ghetto-250? Me want ). God, this caption went on, I’ll post the photo now…

 

And the Toboggan, which yes, we squeezed two in. Just. Resulted in a hilarious ride, and it didn’t hurt (well, too much).

 

We will not discuss this ride.

 

Woo, Skyliner. It was fun, but eh. Just kinda “there”.

 

See, “there” it is

 

But, these guys seem to be blurrily enjoying it, so it’s all good

 

There was something interesting about these, but, yet again, I fail at remembering what

 

This is the view you get in the front seat (and I warn, I get geekier then this shortly)

 

I did warn you, but I was just so excited to be allowed my camera on a ride, I had to take lift-hill porn

 

Wow, there actually ARE photos of people at Lakemont. Jeez. Sorry it’s taken this long, ha. I’m not sure what Josh is doing… I’m 99% sure he was telling me to move my fat head so he could get in on the lift hill porn…

 

Oh yeah, this is the woodie that’s “famous” for being next to this… I wanna say baseball stadium? It’s obviously a very popular place, whatever it is

 

Uh, yeah

 

OK, I didn’t warn it’d get THIS geeky… But man… that spring… I’m not entirely sure what it’s doing there…

 

I never noticed how slanty the brakes were until now…

 

This was in the “queue” for the Toboggan (ie, a hoard of people somewhere approximately near the entrance of the ride)… Robbie’s obviously just heard my suggestion we ride together

 

Oh, we’re over at DelGrosso’s now. How’d that happen? I only have photos of the kiddie coaster, for shame! So no sauce, and even sadder, no blacklight ninja kittie! Anyway, this is all the whores, and I think I see one kid, and they’re not with us. For shame!

 

Aww, but the one kid does at least love the camera attention

 

I’m posting this whore photo cause, A., whose random thumb is that? And B. You can see Luke’s shirt, which leads me to say, dude, your “slogan” shirts were awesome. You need to get one that says “keep this park clean cause MY FAMILY come here too”. That’d be too cool.

 

And my God, possibly the worst photo of me ever, but this is to illustrate, yes, we did have to be sad and pathetic cause we wouldn’t fit on the first train…

 

That’s it for Lakemont/DelGrossos, sorry it was a fail as far as photos go… But, Sesame Place and the start of East Coast next! Yay! That’s gotta count for something…

[Jim S.]

Anybody know if Skyliner got new lap bars? I was just there last year and I don't remember them looking like that. (On the other hand, the brake hardware still looks as bad.)

 

Everybody notices the baseball stadium next to Skyliner. Did no-one notice the maintenance man's dog's tombstone inside the turn-around?

[printersdevil78]

Did no-one notice the maintenance man's dog's tombstone inside the turn-around?

 

Um, NO! See, this is the kind of thing you needed to tell us BEFORE we went. That would have been a trip highlight for me!

[the_muke_85]

Bump!!!! This one's for you Ben.

 

If I saw a shirt that said "keep this park clean cause MY FAMILY come here too" I sooooo would have been compelled to buy it.

 

My fave shirt is still the Stewie "Spank me I've been a naughty boy" just because those guys at Seabreeze were soo willing to lend a "hand."

 

Luke

[grinch1313]

Ben, I have the ghetto 250 picture. That was me who got to take that. It is coming your way in e-mail so enjoy!!

[All Clear]

Peanut Butter Milkshakes FTW!

 

 

 

And no, the Toboggan was not so bad with two people. It's shocking how much can fit into one of those little cars.

 

LTD was horrifying in the back seat. The first time I rode it a couple of years ago, I was in the front and I found it to be pretty mild. Seeing pictures of it now makes my spine ache.

[grinch1313]

LTD was horrifying in the back seat. The first time I rode it a couple of years ago, I was in the front and I found it to be pretty mild. Seeing pictures of it now makes my spine ache.

 

It's amazing how different the ride is from the front seat to the back. I loved the ride in the front seat. Good thing we took Ben's 250 picture before the ride.

[Fry]

^Yes, or otherwise my two fingers would have been the other way round and very, very firmly aimed at that hunk of crap coaster.

 

Well, actually, I couldn't really do anything with the index at this point since a certain someone (ROBBIE!) sat on it during the ride, lol. So, just the middle, which would have worked better since the ride was American, it would have just stared blankly at me if I did two fingers...

 

Ooo, and Robbie, I had another one at some point on the main trip (I wanna say Hershey?) and it just wasn't the same...

[Wood Dragon 1988]

See… note how everyone, and Tony, is watching from behind, haha, thought that was hilarious the attraction was deserve

 

I'm actually glad Tony filmed this, because I missed this epic highlight of the trip....probably too busy riding that ghetto drop tower, which was better than all the Intamins and S&Ss I've ridden combined.

 

Although, crazy how different riding experiences can be between the front and back, since Kimmy and whoever rode with her, liked it! Madness I tell you

 

That was me I think Kim would agree that you and Robbie are total wusses for saying it hurt. That thing was smooth as Behemoth.

[All Clear]

Spoken just like a man who was sitting in the front! The front was like a baby carriage. The back was like a demonic footsie-wootsie.

 

 

 

Well, actually, I couldn't really do anything with the index at this point since a certain someone (ROBBIE!) sat on it during the ride, lol.

That ride was traumatic in so many ways...How did I end up sitting on your finger? Why am I so uncomfortable discussing it?

[Fry]

^I'm not really sure how you ended up on my finger. I think we were probably being thrown painfully out of the car on one of the drops, and before being slammed down, I put my hands down to stop the oncoming onslaught of pain, and where I placed my hands happened to be exactly where you sat, although you only managed to land on one finger, not sure how that all worked out, lol!

 

And I just had a random flashback to that scary man in the Mouse at DelGrosso's queue. And after all that talk, he didn't even ride, lol!

[Fry]

Aww, so it was time to say bye to (most) of the people who would be leaving us today! Brooke, Robbie, Natalie, Neil, everyone, you guys were missed! And after a few tears were shed (well, one lonely one stood in a parking lot, ha, I’m so lame!), we were off to Sesame Place, which, while only a “kiddie park”, I really liked! I thought it was really nicely kept, and the place would have been a blast if I was ten years younger. Despite the fact we rode a grand total of one ride, the rope course and Elmo-show were a blast! And the food in weird and wonderful plastic shapes was also a lot of fun! My blue Cookie Monster takes pride of place on the toilet in the corner of my room.

 

The view you get when coming in (though I took this leaving, it makes sense at the start, so blegh to continuity)

 

Just in case you didn’t get where we went, Roxie will model it for us

 

OK, so this was basically the reason all of us whores were there

 

Someone will have to explain what the ride/name is actually all about, I didn’t really watch Sesame Street…

 

I’ve always loved these tire lift hills cause the amount of tires seems so random. I’m sure there’s a reason, but I just hear Vekoma going “oh, we’ll have two here, two here, oooh, put five there, and just one there, on it’s own”

 

We then ate, and came to highlight number one, being creepy at the back of the Elmo show! Roxie’s a little *too* excited!

 

As is Luke… who is wearing shades inside…

 

Gawd…

 

The show was a little trippy, and had something to do with fish (the animal, not the girl…)

 

I think Elmo was dancing at this point

 

Who *is* this, I must ask? Sort of reminded me of a cartoon version of Borat, only American

And a woman handed Elmo her baby. Well, the baby she didn’t eat.

 

See, knew it had something to do with fish, here’s Elmo demonstrating

 

This was just weird, she was explaining *something*

 

There was a fish playing a sax, so it gets points for that

 

Um, did say it was trippy

 

I don’t even know what to say about this…

 

Then it was time for the rope course! It was awesome! Roxie wasn’t so impressed though…

 

And too show her disapproval, promptly fell over

 

Yes… yes… that’s a nice bag

 

Roxie tackles one last bit before she gives up and leaves halfway through! Boos to her for not finishing!

 

It gave a pretty decent view of the ride area

 

Yeah, I think that’s a “screw this” face if I’ve ever seen one!

 

Yep, that’s a lot of on-the-knee-rope-burn

 

And Josh needed a rest before we finished

 

But promptly perked up when someone suggested we tickle Luke (loving all five of those chins as well, BTW)

 

Yeah… he obviously appreciated that a lot

 

And that green box is where I almost got my ass kicked by a 6 year old from Northampton (but the American one). Psycho kid, I just liked your top!

 

Honestly, we did not touch it

 

And that was Sesame Place! Off to Coney Island next!

[Erik Johnson]

The coaster is based off Super Grover, which was one of my faves when I was a kid. Its basically just Grover with a cape.

 

 

I Have no idea if they still use Super Grover in the new episodes, but he was popular in the 70's. Just to let you know Grover is voiced by Frank Oz who most know as the voice of Yoda and Miss Piggy.