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I am just glad that people like this do not go to Holiday World, or even know where it is. I think I still have PTC train imprints on my left side from all those rides on Legend on Sunday.. but hey, it's worth it.

Agreed. I've pretty much said the same thing myself. I was also part of the 3%. I visited 5 times, and was a season pass holder. Let's just say that I have never been so blown away by a park that I've considered getting a season pass within the first hour of my first visit. I highly suggest that any self respecting coaster enthusiast who has not been there should go.. HW is 260 miles from my house and crosses a time zone, but trust me, it is well worth the trip.

I'm sorry. It just reminds me of when Tom and I went to SFKK. The park opened at 11 am.. we got there at 11:30 am.. they announced at 12:15 pm that they were closing at 12:30 pm for the rest of the day due to rain (IT WAS BARELY SPRINKLING!!). And on Chang's last operating day at that park, I might add. FAIL. So I suppose that remembering such a craptacular incident may have been what prompted part of the disgust in my previous comment.

I feel bad for my friend Schuyler. He and his friends drove down from Bowling Green (Ohio) to go to KI to find that they were closed. That's a 3 hour drive. His response to my apology: "Well they decided to close it like an hour ago. I feel like that's something a park should do a day in advance." I'm sorry, but I have to agree with him there.

As far as I know, Diamondback. Weirdly enough, the second coaster that comes to mind is Wicked Twister at Cedar Point.. or Magnum XL-200. I don't have a count on either one, but WT is rarely more than a walk on, so my friends and I always take full advantage. And I just can't get enough of Maggie.

That chain does unhook pretty easily.

I'd forgotten about that. I in no way meant to demoralize or insult Cedar Point in my previous posts, I was merely trying to point out a difference in the way each park handles an event. Anyone who has been to the park with me KNOWS how much I love it.. they just have a way of organizing enthusiast events that I don't find particularly appealing. Last year, HW closed to the public Friday night, and held ERT for enthusiasts only. Then on Saturday, the park opened to enthusiasts before it opened to the public, we got walkbacks on all 3 woodies (each walkback took us ALL THE WAY BACK!), and then closed to the public for a few hours of ERT on all three woodies. I even shook hands with Korey Keipert from the Gravity Group. IT. WAS. AH-MAZING. I highly suggest that any self respecting coaster enthusiast who has never been to this event make plans to go to it. And yes, Voyage can not be hyped enough.. several months of friends raving about it did not prepare me for that insane, out of control, breathtaking coaster.. it even left ME speechless afterward (which is pretty hard to do ). You will NOT be disappointed.

Not what I meant. I meant people who think "more coasters equal better parks" just make no sense to me. Simmer down, you know I love ya.

If someone says that CP is the best park cause they have the most coasters, I agree. That's a horrible way to judge a park. That statement is why CP is not my favorite park. Thanks for pointing that out. You're welcome. Holiday World is truly a hidden gem, and knowing that people are going to shun the family owned and operated park for the big flashy money-hungry park "because they have more coasters" simply makes me shake my head in disgust.

That's the problem. ERT at Cedar Point is always packed, and the no reride policy kind of blows. On Maverick ERT night, I got 6 Mav rides in one hour. I've been to CP on a cool Sunday when it's 10 times less crowded than it was during an enthusiast event. ERT at Holiday World is pretty much a station wait.. that and they let you reride as much as you want, event or no event. I got 3 Voyage rides in less than 15 minutes at HoliWood Nights. CM offered us coffee, donuts, and OJ at only 2 ERT rides for breakfast. HW Nights took us ALL to the water park, sat us down, and offered us milk, orange juice, fresh fruit, and muffins for breakfast. HW Nights has ERT before and after the park closes, including ERT in their outstanding waterpark, and they run ERT until past midnight on all three top notch woodies. AND they run their coasters in the pouring rain.. plus their food is cheaper, their park is cleaner, and their employees are friendlier. More coasters isn't always better.. CP chooses quantity, HW chooses quality. It's HoliWood Nights for me, hands down (or shall I say hands up? ).

Completely agree. If they are the same weekend, I will undoubtedly go to HoliWood Nights.

Last Friday I heard the girl in front of me on the DB lift hill look at her friend and say, "This is like The Racer on crack."

Racer was the first thing I thought of when I thought "the average coaster." Although average on a larger scale seems like Millennium Force or Diamondback to me. Angie, who thinks in strange ways

ROFLMAO! THE FRICKIN THING GOES 93 MILES AN HOUR!! How much more "express" can you get?

What? I don't understand.

Really. I can't tell you how many scareactors brushed up against me on both Friday and Saturday night. I was checking my clothes for fake blood after every maze.

He wore a DB shirt under a Maverick shirt, and was carrying his hoodie. He took off his Maverick shirt so he could wear his DB shirt for his 100th ride, and tucked them both under his arm. He got to the station and realized his hoodie was still there, but his shirt wasn't.

Almost as if they were saying, "NO! GO HERE INSTEAD!" Which is exactly what we ended up doing after SFKK closed after less than 2 hours of operation.. FAIL, I SAY.

I would definitely leave Urgent Scare, Cornstalkers, and Club Blood the way they are. I think it would be interesting to have (don't laugh, yes, I work at one) a maze themed to a gas station. Something with robbers holding up the cashier and threatening the people who walk through, scareactors jumping out of cooler doors, gas hoses spraying in spots, people screaming and dying in bloody flaming pools of gasoline, hobos eating out of the wreckage of the shelves, maybe a car accident. I would have more people jumping out in the ends of the mazes. I noticed some of them didn't jump out until after we had walked by, and no one was behind us. Hide some of the roamers in the dense fog clouds on the midway. I walked through them expecting to be scared to death.. not once did that happen. As far as fog goes, use a LITTLE less in the mazes. I understand that it's meant to be creepy and scary, but not to the point where scareactors have to point us in the right direction because we can't see 2 inches in front of our face. I'd also use the fog around the rides. Action Zone looks TERRIFIC in the fog, especially at night, and made for an amazing ride experience on Drop Tower. I also overheard people raving about their foggy night rides on Skyflyer. I'd use the fog on AE, Beast, and DB.. I imagine they would all be fantastic foggy night rides!

I was curious to know the story of Tower Johnny too, but was too afraid to ask.. usually when I ask questions, I get looked at like I just announced that I was born on Jupiter.

crud. I forgot to re-join when I changed my phone number. I'll shoot you a text or an AIM message or something (if that works).

That was Ryan's idea. The BoddaH can be quite amusing. I found it FAR more hilarious than what I was originally going to send you, which was a 5 letter word that rhymed with ditch.. haha, you know I love you.

TOTALLY agree with Voyage.. although Maverick was the first to come to mind.