jdawg1998

I see you are new, but seriously, how many times is this going to be brought up?

Don't even...

Thanks for telling me that! I really wanted to ride Wicked Twister, but I didn't have enough time. Oh well. Next year!

Like jcgoble3 said, the ride is long gone.

You can see Diamondback but WindSeeker isn't there so yeah, it has to be 2010. Cedar Point just got a new satellite image on Saturday or Sunday, and it looks great! Hopefully KI will get one soon.

This made me think; can you imagine a 380ft Screamin' Swing?!

I think he got banned. Which is why I think that other guy is him!

I swear, I think this "TheBEASTunchained" guy is mccarthysnerd. He capitalizes BEAST just like he did on mccarthsynerd's account, and uses the same grammar, spelling, etc. Or maybe I am just losing my mind. Edit: Sorry that was random, but I had to get it off my chest.

Chick-Fil-A...just because I love it so much! I'm so happy to have it at Kings Island! Although Panda Express is very good too.

According to RCDB, you're right... Circumstantially. If the original poster is still lurking around unregistered, just know: our Stunt Coaster is by far in the best condition of the three. By far. Kings Dominion's Italian Job Turbo Coaster (that was really its name!) stops on the midcourse brakes where there are no flames, no sound effects, no helicopter, nothing. You just sit there and listen to the clicks where the pilot lights would normally plume. Wonderland's doesn't even stop on the midcourse brakes if it doesn't have to, cruising right on through (why should it stop, after all, when none of the effects work?). When I was there this past Friday, there were sound effects, along with the lights lighting up where the bullets are shot out of the helicopter. The only thing missing was the explosion. It also has a splashdown, whereas King Island's was taken out. But I did manage to see a roll-back on it at KD while I was there also. While, knowing that it is launched uphill and is completely possible, I had never seen it to be an issue. Have any of us here ever seen this happen at KI? Yes I have seen BLSC roll back three times. Once on opening day 2010, I believe, and twice on opening night of Haunt last year. I remember the first time riding it I saw a rollback, which was the train right before I got on. After the people got off, one of them started talking to my dad. She goes, "I can't believe my husband made me go on that thing! I didn't even know it went backwards!!!"

I know the answer to #1 - it's happened to me a lot. At the park I think you have a limited amount of times you can go without your pass, but they can look you up just by name. To get a new pass you can go to Guest Services and buy one for I think, $15?

I think Vortex has a pretty good chance of winning. Now that I think about it, though, Kraken could easily win, pretty much only because it's in a park with millions and millions of visitors. Oh well.

Racer! I think pretty much everyone agrees! Every other coaster looks great. By the way, when was the last time Diamondback got a paint job? Since it was built?

I'm not really sure why I said 1921...also look at Thunderbolt, which is also pretty old. Am I forgetting any others?

No way. It will probably be gone someday, but anytime soon. Look at Jack Rabbit at Kennywood - wasn't that built in 1921?!

The park has been busy everyday I've been (just my luck). I went on a Friday, Saturday, and Thursday - all days were crowded (Friday being the worst). Don't know what you're talking about! Much more crowded than last year!

While standing in line for Millennium Force right next to the brake run yesterday, someone in the front seat was screaming "Fruit (censored) yeah! Fruit yeah! Fruit yeah!" all the way from the turn into the hill, the over banked turn, and the brake run. After the ride stopped he was still screaming at the top of his lungs. You had to be here...

Yes, it was twenty minutes. The station was really crowded and it made us Fast Lane people wait a lot longer because it seemed like they were over capacity in there...

Friday was my first visit to Cedar Point! My friend invited me to go with him and his family along with a quick trip to Cleveland for the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame. Here's the trip report, and after are the reviews for the rides I rode. On the way there, about twenty minutes away at about 9:30, my friend (Aaron)'s family's car was hit (just a little rear end bump), but that set us back about a half hour. So once we got to CP at around 10:30, it was packed! Our plan was to ride Millennium Force first, and we did, but we already had to wait an hour! While we waited, I asked Aaron, "Hey, how much money do you have in your wallet?" And thus, we got Fast Lane! The first thing we rode with Fast Lane was Maverick. We still waited a half hour, but opposed to around an hour and a half. The next thing we wanted to do was Top Thrill Dragster, but it was closed due to "high winds". It wouldn't be open for another three hours. After Maverick, for some reason Aaron really wanted to ride Mantis. I'd warn him it would hurt; and it did. We both agreed to not ride it again. With Fast Lane, we waited twenty minutes. So, not too bad. Since we had absolutely no clue where we were going, we walked around the park and as we passed Gemini I said, "We have Fast Lane. Let's just ride it." After a ten minute wait we rode, and I was very disappointed. Review below. We walked around a little bit more until we found a good place to eat lunch (a very late lunch, at 3:00). We ate at Chick-Fil-A, like we always do at Kings Island. Aaron had a chicken sandwich with a chocolate milkshake (he also had a pretzel earlier), and ate and drank everything. As we walked I saw Top Thrill running. I nervously said, "TTD is open..." I was honestly so scared to ride! I wasn't sure what to expect. In line for the hour Fast Lane wait, we met some kids our age and they comforted us about the ride (they were from Cleveland, go to Cedar Point all the time). After the long wait, we rode the second tallest and third fastest coaster in the world! At this time we were so disoriented and Aaron was about to puke (keep in mind what he ate!). So, it was his stupid idea that a smoothie would calm his stomach. He drank a whole mango smoothie within the twenty minute Magnum XL - 200 wait. Throughout the ride his stomach was killing him; he leaned over to the side of the brake run and almost puked. Thank goodness he didn't. After Magnum we passed Skyhawk. I'd been wanting to ride that the whole day. But old man Aaron sat down for twenty minutes and said "my legs hurt, I'm tired and I want to go home". But I made him ride Skyhawk with me; which was worth it. It was very fun, but scared the living crap out of me! Aaron's dad said he wanted to ride Millennium so we headed over there and told him we'd be there in a few minutes. I wanted to ride Raptor real quick. Aaron didn't ride because he was "sick". I got on and off in literally ten minutes and I got to ride front seat! After that we rode Millennium without Aaron's dad because we told him Top Thrill Dragster was more worth waiting for. Since he wanted to ride TTD really bad, we did; another hour wait with Fast Lane. We were lucky to ride it at night; it was very cool! It was 10:00 and we left back to our hotel after a long day at Cedar Point. I know the trip report wasn't that interesting, so here's my reviews: Millennium Force - The lift hill caught me by surprise; it was a lot faster than I expected. The lift hill got my adrenaline pumping as we crested the top. The drop felt like 10 seconds; most intense I'd been on (then I rode TTD). Millennium reminded me a lot of Diamondback. Intense drop, but the rest of the ride is peaceful and full of airtime. My favorite part of it besides the first drop was the little airtime hill right before the over banked turn into the brake run. With my hands up, it really lifted me up out of my seat! Overall, Millie was smooth, fast, and fun. 10/10. Maverick - Thanks to some words of advice, we waited for front seat. What a great experience. The drop was really cool. It felt like a cliffhanger. The turns were rough and jerky but that made the ride fun. The inversions also caught me by surprise. The trains went into them so fast! The mid-ride launch didn't feel fast at all; maybe that's because of all the TRIM BRAKES right after it! The terrain and theme really added to the ride, but the ride itself was very fun anyway. (-1 point for uncomfortable restraints!) 9/10. Mantis - Ew. It hurt, was uncomfortable, and honestly, wasn't that fun. It may look fun, but it just wasn't. Only part I liked about it was the loop. 4/10 Gemini - I was expecting airtime, racing, and fun, more thrilling than The Racer. I didn't get that. No airtime, it was only running one train, and in my opinion, was too slow. I know it reaches 60mph, but those slow turns really ruins a lot. 5/10. Top Thrill Dragster - First off, I'm so happy I got to ride this just to say I did! Second, here's my review: The launch is so intense! I tried to put my hands up, but I put them down immediately. The ride races to the top so fast you don't realize that you're 400 feet high. The drop was the most intense drop ever. For one, the G's are insane. Also, as you turn, it feels like your head is going to be chopped off by the supports. So fun. But, then it's over. -2 for a 17 second ride! 8/10. Magnum - Whoa! Is all I can say about this one. So underrated. There was almost no line and was virtually a walk on for us. But it was better than Diamondback. And it's a lot older. The first few large hills are alright; but those small hills through the tunnels - holy crap! I honestly thought I was going to fly out! The airtime is insane! Every time the train went over these hills, everyone would scream "whoa!" or "ouch!". But it was really good fun. 10/10. Skyhawk - I liked this flat better than Delirium (or Max-Air). It also scared me more than Drop Tower. At the top of every swing, you get some good airtime, which I wasn't expecting. Being afraid of heights made it worse. But it was really cool. -2 points for being too short, just like TTD. 8/10. Raptor - I went to Universal this year and rode Dragon Challenge, which was my first inverted coaster besides Invertigo and Flying Ace Aerial Chase. So, it was my second B&M invert. To me, it wasn't that much fun, really because I had been on Dragon Challenge just a month before. It also hurts your head, especially in the corkscrews. Well, really only in the corkscrews. 7/10. Cedar Point - Cedar Point is amazing! I thought it had great rides, great staff, great food, and was kept very clean. Even if we didn't ride everything we wanted, we had a great time. I've been talking to my family about going next year; we probably will, but make a few days out of it. 10/10 Rankings of Coasters 1. Millennium Force 2. Magnum 3. Maverick 4. Top Thrill Dragster 5. Raptor 6. Gemini 7. Mantis

Well I usually try and go to sleep at midnight during the summer but it never works like that! And this is the earliest I've gotten up but it's for a good reason!

"Janitor 6, you're doing a great job cleaning up the park!"

You mean, Wooden Coaster 1, Extended Coaster 1, etc.? I don't think that's a good idea!

We are thinking about getting Fast Lane. If so, that would be amazing.

They're completely different experiences. I've never been on Manta, but I can tell by the POV. Firehawk is a Vekoma coaster where all of the coasters are nearly the same (Nighthawk) and Manta is a unique flying coaster by B&M with water effects and theme...

You are kind of right - in a way - but it makes so much money I can't see them getting rid of it.