silver2005

Who do we blame for that one being closed?

I have to admit, that new Pantherian paint job is growing on me. Much more striking for a giga than the old McDonald's colors. The only thing cooler would be if the lift supports were gradient from black at the bottom to red at the top. As someone who thinks they got kind of neglected after they built I-305, I'm really happy for the investments CF/SIX has been sending their way in recent years. I feel like they were too afraid too compete with that park down the road at Williamsburg for a while. Glad they're re-finding their niche in their market.

Unlike mayflies, I find cicadas far less stupid. I've never been hit by a cicada on a coaster yet. I have quite a few mayfly casualties though.

Magic ruined. IYKYK

I honestly want the building gone.

I rather like the stuff they're doing for the Food and Wine Festival. I really like how they spruced up Tower Gardens.

Tried the po boy and pasta salad at French Corner for the first time, and both are quite excellent. Glad KI has a lighter food option that isn't Subway.

For those of you not burnt out by Coasterstock, today is a decent day. Light crowds, pretty standard if not shorter waits.

I'm mostly doing just a sight seeing venture for Chicago and Cleveland. Of the big cities I've been to, the stuff I mostly want to touch on in Chicago are closer together than, say, NYC, DC or Boston (3 other big cities I've been to). My bigger issue with Chicago is staying off of toll roads and just getting familiar with those routes. I'm staying close to US 41, which runs between Chicago and Gurnee and is the non-toll way compared to using I-94. I'm slightly closer to SFGAm than Chicago, but its still a sub-hour drive for me to both. My 2 new parks for me this trip are Indiana Beach and SFGAm. I'm not seeing the best food options for the later. I'm also crossing my fingers on TT2 and Siren's Curse being open when I do CP. The only other iffy coaster is Maxx Force at SFGAm, I feel pretty confident their new dive coaster will be open. SFGAm might be 2 days, the day I go from Indiana Beach to Chicago I may go the half day after I get there, and then the full day. I'm only getting Flash Pass Unlimited for the full day I go.

Got everything booked finally. For the HW portion, I'm staying in Dale, IN as that's where I stayed last time and its more simple than staying in Owensboro. The plan is to leave on June 28th, explore Owensboro the first day and have 2 days at HW. For Chicago and Cleveland, I'm halfway between those cities and the respective parks (SFGAm and CP). I just need to familiarize with Chicago to be able to stay off the toll roads. For Cleveland I should be able to wing it. Itinerary- Leave and do Indiana Beach on July 15th, go to Chicago on the 16th-19th. Possibly do SFGAm the day I go there and do a full day there and one for Chicago exploration. The 19th is a travel day to Cleveland, mainly for the time change adjustment if needed, might visit Port Clinton, at the very least something on Lake Erie that day (not staying in Port Clinton). Then explore Cleveland on the 20th and CP the 21st and 22nd. Just waiting until the week of my trip to scout weather to get my FLU for SFGAm (only getting it for the 1 full day I go) and the R&RHOF ticket. All parts of the trips are somewhat flexible in terms of dealing with weather. silver2005, knocking furiously on wood to not repeat Raven's and Legend's lengthy closures during his last non-HWN visit.

@Shaggy Is that fence where the former Vekoma torture machine was?

You know, even if you try and manipulate your health for what you think are prime black out factors, you still may not because everyone experiences G forces differently. There's no set way of trying to get one or not. Heck, even with me, I get deep grey outs or near black outs on Invertigo a lot, but there are also times where I don't. I thought I'd grey or black out during my rides on I305 but didn't. I will say I do consistently grey out on Millennium Force between the bottom of the first drop until the first camelback hill. In addition, it the amount of G's on an element isn't the only factor in black outs. How long they sustain is another key factor and with Pantherian's speed, you're blazing through that course. The only turn that really has a chance at grey/black out is the one at the bottom of the first drop, which, keep in mind, was redesigned after its first season along with trims on the first drop because of the amount of people experiencing black outs being reported. I also feel if you're relying on a black out to enjoy a coaster, you might be enjoying them kinda wrong....

So I have a pet peeve with how KI treats its south lot. They make it a chore to get over there from the current parking entrance for some reason with the way they direct incoming traffic, and then they are taking their merry time fixing whatever it is that's wrong with the parking spots closest to the marquee sign on the south side, too. Also, they really need to redraw the lines in spots.

Decided to go up to the park after work, Spent from 4 to close there and got a surprising amount done in that time. There were really light crowds from what I expected, managed to ride all the major coasters and included Delirium, Drop Tower, WindSeeker and Viking as well. I got my first 1-1 night ride with the new track on Beast, and I have to say, those newly reprofiled bits have really good floater air in 1-1. I was nearly up against the lap bar on the 2nd drop. I can't wait to see how it rides once its more worn in. Also really want to try to ride in the back in the future with that section.

Digging the spruced up FoF queue. Also, it's about time they added seating beneath the Eiffel Tower with it being a popular location for groups to meet up.