cfc Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 (edited) Looks like Cedar Point provided the perfect ending to the TPR's Texas/Midwest Trip--and Great America did well, too. Kudos to Robb and Elissa for making all this happen; heck, I wasn't even on the trip, but I really enjoyed the updates on Facebook. Edited August 11, 2013 by cfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thri!!er Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Sharp pictures, peppered with some pretty cool comments by your side, Robb and of course peppered with awesome atmosphere by you all @ this trip (like always actually...)! Â So... many THANKS again from my side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disneygurlz2s Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Looks like Cedar Point provided the perfect ending to the TPR's Texas/Midwest Trip--and Great America did well, too. Kudos to Robb and Elissa for making all this happen; heck, I wasn't even on the trip, but I really enjoyed the updates on Facebook. Â Yeah, what Chuck said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Going back through these updates is already reminding me of some of the highlights: Finally meeting a coaster I couldn't marathon (Hades 360). City Museums completely wrong and injury filled fun. Eating our way around SDC for 16 hours. A last minute trip to the Texas State Fair. Surprise stop at Little America. Disco ERT on Viper Backwards. Maverick ERT (Thanks Kyle and crew it was a blast!). Ending the trip with glow Millennium Force ERT and drinks at TGIFs. Â A huge thank you to Robb and Elissa for setting up these two weeks of fun. You guys are the best and I can't wait to do another trip next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneRider92 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I still can't believe I was sitting in some of those seats at Great America mere hours before you guys were there. And now I'm heading out to Cedar Point tomorrow only a couple of days after TPR dominated the park. D'oh! Â It looks like it was an amazing trip. A TPR trip is absolutely on my bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 The CP ERT more than made up for those Six Flags closed rides earlier in the trip. Was an awesome way to end the trip. Â re: Hades 360, I loved Hades opening year. Still liked it a lot in 2007, though it had gotten rougher. After riding it this year though it's going to drop WAY down my list. The new section was great, but much of the old section was back breakingly bad. And I really like rough aggressive rides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 That was an absolutely amazing two weeks. From highlights like Outlaw Run and lowlights like Hades 360, it was so much fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 Some of the reaction photos from my Rider Cam on Hades 360 are priceless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperShawn Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Those faces sum up the ride experience so well! Reminds me of laughing at all the painful yells we heard while waiting in the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 And here is our video of Hades 360. You should really watch the rider cam starting at 3:54. It's pretty hilarious! Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 ^Lol. Great video! I could feel everyone's pain It's pretty unfortunate that the original sections still run that bad. Hades was great when it was new! I don't think I even have any more desire and go try it again, my back still hurts from the ride I took on it last year. At least the barrell roll looks smooth. It looks like the Midwest Tour was a great time- great job Robb and Elissa! I can't wait to do a TPR trip sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naina21 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I can feel the pain all over again watching the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I remember how rough and horrible Hades was back in 2010; apparently, except for the new inverted bit, nothing has really changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroGravity55 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 "I think that airtime hill just pinched my bladder." I think that just about sums up everybodys reaction to that part of the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great to see that you all had another amazing trip! The Millennium crew and I had an awesome time hosting you guys Friday night and I'm glad we were able to help the trip go out with a bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thri!!er Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Out-logged (guest-mode;-) watched that great video, in-logged to say thank you, Robb  3:54  Regards, Thri!!er Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 My spine hurts just from watching that video. That made Bandit look good. Â dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I haven't been to the Dells but just by the video I guess the Timberliners didn't improve the ride that much more. I could only watch a part of the rider cam portion as I couldn't bear to watch the agony they were going through on some parts of the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceattack52 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 That X-Flight still looks really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I'm mad I missed this trip. I may quit my job for the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great final reports, and yeah, wow, that Hades video offers a lot of... insight... into what looks like a very, very... challenging... ride. Such a shame, because the layout looks so freaking good. Â But glad to see that The Point wrapped everything up so well. Maveshark. I'm calling it that from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) Wow, talk about a fall from grace. In the first couple of years I would certainly would have called Hades a top 20 ride. I wished that they simply spent the money doing a full retrack instead of a layout change. Edited August 12, 2013 by Erik Johnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 ^ I agree...I thought that the new trains and track work might have launched this one back into a Top Ten coaster, but Robb's video and the facial expressions on the riders pretty much sum it up as a coaster that is still a wee bit too rough for the majority - that's too bad, really. Â I can't believe that I actually didn't mind this ride when we rode it last year before the "refurb". We went into the late night deal where the park re-opened from 10-1:00 AM. It was kinda cool riding it at night in the front seat without the lights on in the tunnel....and the wait times were minimal for everything in the park, including all of the go-carts (which were epic). Â I suppose a slight "advantage" for me may have been that I had been ummm...imbibing in a few alcoholic beverages at the campground a few hours prior to riding. Perhaps I was a bit loosened up so it didn't quite seem as painful? But then again, we tried the same thing at Kings Island before we rode SoB and it was still the worst wooden coaster experience I have ever encountered to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Finally got a chance to look through this thread today. I would say the biggest surprise of the trip was the Texas State Fair Park. They were really awesome and that Jungle Mouse coaster is completely insane. Little Amerricka were great opening for us, well after the park had closed to the public. Our time at Silver Dollar City was the best park experience I've had ever. Outlaw Run is my new #1 coaster period, ahead of El Toro and I-305. And I definitely have to say I was highly disappointed with Six Flags Over Texas. Yes NTag was closed, but I-Rat was closed too and we still had a great day at Fiesta Texas. I'll have to go back to Texas to get those missed credits and hopefully I'll see some improvement from SFOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWolfman Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I thought that the new trains and track work might have launched this one back into a Top Ten coaster, but Robb's video and the facial expressions on the riders pretty much sum it up as a coaster that is still a wee bit too rough for the majority - that's too bad, really. You mean the majority of enthusiasts, right? The GP don't care as much, only enthusiasts seem to do any noticeable complaining :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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