HowieP Posted August 28, 2010 Posted August 28, 2010 Went back to Michigan's Adventure this year and boy oh boy there are some changes to some of our favorite coasters there! Shivering Timbers from the parking entrance! Got bad news and not-so-bad news! The bad news is Timbers now has a trim brake on it. The not-so-bad news is it's near the end of the ride, in this case, before the helix finale. Also Timbers got some retracking done as of late, but I couldn't tell because it seemed to have gotten rougher than it used to be. It's still fun, but it left me hurting. Here's Zach's Zoomer. If you rode the kiddie wooden coasters at Kings Island, Carowinds, King Dominion, Canada's Wonderland, or its mirror image Sea Dragon at Jungle Jack's (aka the former Wyandot Lake), you know what this one is about. The layout is the same, only one train instead of two (in the case of the former Paramount Parks) Mad Mouse was, and still is, one of the scariest coasters to ride, despite its size. That right turn after the lift always freak me out. It's like you're about to go out into the parking lot. The new kid on the block, Thunderhawk. Thus far, the only Vekoma SLC I ever rode and it seemed like it's gotten more intense from last time I rode it, like it's going faster than ever. Not rough, but faster. MiAd's original woody, Wolverine Wildcat! My first wooden coaster (rode it the year it opened in 1988; I was eleven at the time). Just like Shivering Timbers, WW got a trim brake added, but it's just before the final turn before the brake run.
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