silver2005
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I had a bit of a pattern on my last trip on coasters with lap bars where I would sit in front of girls with long hair and sometimes got hair in my face, particularly on Magnum. Also rode in front of a lot of screaming girls (like high pitched and top of their lungs), my ears might still be ringing from my 2 days at CP.
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^I only see a few smaller flats and (unfortunately) the Sky Ride as closed. I see every coaster (including the underrated Flying Turns, which was down for a long time) and the good non-coasters as open.
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46 minutes ago, johnjniehaus said:
So glad you got to venture out to Stickers Grove! Technically, seeing as I live in Harrison, OH it would be considered my home park but I have always given that title to Kings Island seeing as stickers isn't open very often. Teddy Bear as you said is a classic (literally an ACE Coaster Classic) but isn't that great. Tornado is where the money is at. I really enjoy that one for a figure 8 style woodie. Also, stickers electric Rainbow and pirate ship rides came from LeSourdsville Lake so it's kinda cool that they have lived on at stickers. I also think that strikers has a nice miniature railroad seeing as it has nice views of the river and the tunnel under the entrance road. Stickers is about closest thing I can get to Knoebles without driving 8hrs away...
Knoebels is everything you wish Stricker's or Coney Island could be. They do the ride tickets and all day wrist bands like Stricker's with a fantastic classic ride line up, which, has a Zierer Eurofighter-esque coaster that does kind of stick out like a sore thumb (but still fun). Phoenix and Twister are incredible wooden coasters which they take care of very well. Twister is currently my favorite wooden coaster and Phoenix has THE best air time of any coaster I've ridden (better than El Toro and trimless Voyage IMO). Very good food, too, usually in the running for best theme park food on various polls. The drive to Elysburg is also part of the charm, its a pretty mountainous area of Pennsylvania. I'm saving it for last on my trip as kind of a wind down park and its also among my favorite parks. Its a bit out of the way, but totally worth it.
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This is more of a guests do the darnedest things- on the 4th around dusk, I saw a guy on Beast wave his arms around really erratically upon entering the helix tunnels, almost like he was about to try and hit the side.
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I just went on the Tuesday and Wednesday of the first day of summer and I thought the amount of food stands being open and the service was fine. A lot of the drink stands were closed, but food variety was really good compared to my last visit in 2018. Had good BBQ wings by Magnum, turkey at the Grand Pavilion (a MUCH needed addition to the CP beach front), and pizza near Raptor (CP's pizza leaves a lot to be desired). Got glimpses of the food I didn't get and thought most of it looked pretty good.
Assuming the final colors on TTD 2.0 will be white and grey, I'm only assuming its to help whatever lighting package they have planned. Hangtime at Knott's has similar looking track and the way the light glows through the track looks pretty cool. Doing it on TTD's 420 ft tower will look awesome.
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16 hours ago, Oldiesmann said:
While I feel sorry for the people who got stuck, I really wish the media would stop calling it a roller coaster. Larson Loops are powered flat rides. I've been on a couple of them.
Well, for non-enthusiasts, if it looks and sounds like a duck...
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Went to Kings Island today. Got a decent day of riding in including my first go arounds on Sol Spin and Cargo Loco. I didn't realize Sol Spin went fully vertical. I might ride it every once in a while, but it feels like it can trend to being a bit on the intense side for me. I definitely prefer Huss Enterprises. I got stuck with malem for Cargo Loco and got an Exterminator-esque spinning session. Assuming I don't get that again, I can learn to like it. I will say though, Sol Spin deserves a more flamboyant lighting package.
That's not all though.
So, with the whole schtick with Tempesto likely being down when I venture to Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Sunday, I decided to make up for it today. I ventured to Stricker's Grove for the first time. The trip was basically do Bear and Tornado and go back to KI. Its turned out a bit different than I thought. I've driven by it a lot and didn't think much of it. I didn't expect so many other buildings there. Its a nice little getaway park. I probably won't ever go back except maybe to take a chill day or something when its open, but its pretty nice for what it is. Frankly, I wish Coney Island was done in that same style on the dry park, though, I definitely know why it likely can't be that way.
Teddy Bear wasn't anything too special, a scaled down version of Woodstock, which, I actually liked a tad better. Its always nice to encounter a woodie gifted with buzz bars and no seat belts. Tornado impressed me a bit. Runs real smooth, has decent air, also with buzz bars but with seat belts (not an issue really), and a few hills were profiled in a way with a little bit of ejector air, always welcome with PTC buzz bars (which, I get launched to the moon next week a la Phoenix at Knoebels
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I am now back on schedule to hit 150 coasters at HP. If, by a miracle, Tempesto opens and all goes well, 150 will actually take place at Kings Dominion. If HP, it will likely be RMC Wildcat. If KD, I'm actually going to hold off on saying which because I've have a unique choice for 150 if it happens in Doswell.
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11 minutes ago, Tr0y said:
Well you would think so but that’s not always true. If ridership doesn’t return maybe they’ll move Fury325 elsewhere. I know of a park within CF that has 773 acres of land and is only using a little less than half of it, that could accommodate it.
A single support problem which didn't result in a catastrophic failure and didn't have any injuries/casualties with video evidence that the train still made the circuit just fine in spite of that and can be easily fixed isn't going to make CF completely relocate the ride. Last I checked, Fury 325 is still regarded as one of the best coasters in the world.
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Making a change of days. Sunday looks slightly better in weather, so I'll be moving BGW to Sunday and KD to Monday, so BGW will be the sight of my 100th steel coaster. I'm at a 3 way decision between Apollo's Chariot, Alpengeist, and Loch Ness Monster for that.
I also lucked out in waiting to get my BGW ticket, they're having a 4th of July sale. Getting in for $70.
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I got some decent hotels for my next trip.
For Williamsburg, I'm staying within walking distance of Colonial Williamsburg, I'm 10 minutes from BGW, and have a LOT of breakfast options. Also an hour from Doswell and Virginia Beach.
For PA, I'm staying roughly where I stayed last time, just not at the hotel which charges you for every little thing. Also lost of breakfast options including a 50s diner, I'm 10 minutes from Dorney, an hour from Hershey, an hour to Philly, and 90 minutes to Knoebels.
I'm watching weather carefully. I've been waiting to get my BGW ticket just to see how the weather pans out as I'm giving the better weather day to BGW. All the days I'm in VA look to have equal but low-ish chances of rain, so we'll see.
Also looking for good restaurants in Williamsburg and Philly. Bringing masks for Philly as well.
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I feel like I dodged a bullet with this, too, regarding trip plans. For my next trip, I was 50/50 on making the part after my Virginia portion either Carowinds or the current Pennsylvania plans. I was also contemplating a SCarowinds trip in October, which is a big nope now.
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To me, I think its just B&M maybe miscalculated the forces at that particular spot. That's one of those lower high speed turns, which is a pretty forceful part of the ride. Add in those trains which are pretty dense with the weight and there you go. Carowinds should have fault for not finding out as its not like Fury is a secluded ride and its in a spot pretty obvious to spot. The support doesn't look all that different than other supports in similar areas on Fury, Leviathan, or Orion. Fury is the more forceful of the 3.
Good news to me on this- it wasn't catastrophic, no one was injured or worse, and its a relatively easy fix, both in hardware and making adjustments to maintenance. I do suspect that no one will ride it again until 2024 though.
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This was the best Kentucky Kingdom visit I've had yet. Got light crowds for the most part, the crowds that did show all went to the water park, staff was on their A game, and the park was running extremely smoothly. I am impressed by the job Herschend has done to improve the park. The slower day made it great to take it easy, and I did get some decent riding in. The back of the park was so dead that I managed to get Flyer, TR and Storm Chaser all with zen rides, even in the middle of the day.
Thunder Run (which is running excellent)- 5
Lightning Run- 2
Storm Chaser- 4
Kentucky Flyer-2
Also rode Sky Catcher and the raft ride. Didn't quite feel like a lot of flats nor getting drenched on Mile High. Had a decent nacho bowl near T3 and the cinnamon bread to end the day, which I rather liked (not as good as in Pigeon Forge, but for coming out of KK, I'll certainly take it). Of the smaller parks I've been to, Kentucky Kingdom has been the best of them (better experience than MIA and Waldameer).
I expect a certain park in Elysburg to have a say in that.
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Thunder Run is really, really good in the front seat.
Also, KK's cinnamon bread is also really good.
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5 minutes ago, WoodVengeance said:
Have you had the cinnamon bread by Lightning Run? It's really good.
Definitely on my to do list on my way out (not staying quite until close).
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Man, Herschend has done wonders for Kentucky Kingdom. I'm just over 2 hours in and it's already been my best visit I've had. Having a good nacho bowl by T3.
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Thunder Run is running amazing this year.
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Pretty gloomy for the start for Kentucky Kingdom.
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If you're dropping from 200+ ft, you're gonna be getting the train near 70 mph which means the remaining LSM's going forward only have to add 50-ish mph. Heck, I'd settle for it only doing 50 mph going forward at the bottom of the spike to give the forward launch some more umph.
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One thing I've been curious on if the rear spike is true is what kind of launch set up will make it go backwards. Will it be a faster launch and just have the spike go entirely by gravity or will we see LSM's on the spike for a slower backwards launch? I can't imagine you'd want to do a backwards launch that's too forceful regardless of restraints.
If there's a spike, I also guess it won't surpass 250 ft.
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I vote no wild mouse. I hate CF wild mouse operations with a burning passion.
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Looked at the forecast for Louisville to get in a Kentucky Kingdom day trip, and tomorrow is pretty much the only non-rainy day in the forecast for the next week (going to KI on the 4th).
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So apparently, my quest for 150 coasters might be cut short. Apparently, all the Premier Sky Rocket IIs are down and Tempesto at BGW is one.
And I won't be making it up with any kids coasters.
Or....I could check Stricker's Grove's schedule...
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Pfft, have none of you seen the obviously practical and accurate racing of the F&F franchise?
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Colonial Vibes- silver2005's VA/MD trip TR and Planning
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So the day I go to BGW looks iffy. I had to choose between Sunday and Monday as they had a 4th of July sale and it only applied to the date specific tickets. At the time, the weather looked similar so I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. Unfortunately, Monday, the day I chose for KD, looks to have the better weather. The day I do BGW has higher rain chances, but I think I may have a few windows of opportunity to work with. I may have to speed run BGW a bit. I have Quick Queue which should help. Tempesto is still listed as closed.
All the PA weather so far looks nice, especially Wednesday for Hershey.