KIBeast

Sounds like a good time! And to think, someone enjoyed SOB! Yikes! 3200 posts!

Funny how stories morp into something completely different. I had heard stories for years about someone falling off of The Bat on the lift hill.

Sounds like some pretty good deals!

If lack of theming were any indication, Disaster Transport at Cedar Point would have been gone long ago, so I wouldn't worry about that.

I have not seen the blue eyed cicadas. The kinda look alien to me. Singing for two weeks, reproducing, and then dying...sounds pretty good to me.

The brake before the corkscrew on Vortex is not a trim brake. It is a Mid Course Brake Run, which is very handy in keeping two trains from entering the same block and possibly colliding. The MCBR could make the train come to a complete stop, but it ususally only slows you down because KI is pretty good at dispatching trains. Not to mention, the MCBR on Vortex has always been there.

Well, it's obvious that you can't leave the skid brakes on after having an accident. It's a good thing you don't work for their legal department either. If they had left the skid brakes and there was already an accident, and another one happens, then you just opened yourself up to being sued and definitely losing considering the coasters' history. No way KI could defend themselves in court when a previous accident had ocurred and they did nothing to correct the situation. There has always been brakes going into the helix. Find the vid and prove me wrong. I'd also like to see proof of where they could "make" the magnetic brakes act in the same way as the skids did. Magnetic brakes only kill the ride experience in your opinion. I have heard many arguements both ways, so, that point you can never settle.

Here is the second link Maverick Brakes again. About The Beast...I said that I politely disagree. You haven't proven anything and neither have I. We just both have different opinions. The magnetic brakes are not the problem. Would you rather them leave the old skid brakes and risk another collision? The braking was there before and it's there now. Show me pics of where the original hill didn't have any brakes. Not saying that's not right, which I conceded to already. I just can't remember. Like I said, the braking in the shed only seems different because the skid brakes slowed you down gradually whereas the magnetic is all at once.

Looks like a great trip to me! Nice photos!

Apparently, 700,000 was not nearly enough for a park of that size. The rides had to be removed because it was over-developed to begin with. You can blame CF all you like, but the truth of the matter is SF ruined GL. If SF was making so much money off of GL, then why would they even try to unload that park to someone else? What insane line of thinking made SF management think to build all of those coasters in such a short time? Weren't there like 5 coasters built in a very short span? They thought that GL could compete with CP and were way off on that guess. The time has passed for build it and they will come.

My vote is for Little Bill's Giggle Coaster. Seriously, a lot of "scary" rides missing from this poll.

But, the skid brakes failed, hence the change. The magnetic brakes in the shed stop you abruptly whereas the skids were, for lack of better word, eventual. You'll notice how you pretty much fly through the shed right up until the end. The skid brakes were there on the first hill as well for many years, although I don't know if from the beginning. So, since I have been riding The Beast since the early 80's, I'm going to have to politely disagree with your view that The Beast has been neutered. It is still basically the same ride. No bs.

You think those places are expensive, Hard Rock Park's gate is $50.00. Not that many rides either.

^Really? Not according to the animation or discussion ensued soon afterwards at Pointbuzz. This thread was back in 2006, well before Maverick opened. Or, try this one on for size Maverick Brakes

Fat bottom girls...they make the rockin' world go 'round! Are there any western movies that have kinda generic names that could be used? Like Hang 'Em High? Not necessarily my suggestion, just an example.

^That's probably the truth. Unless you buy into any of the conspiracy theories. Why leave it open one more year? So that they can lose even more money? If the people of that area were so passionate about Geauga Lake, then why was the attendance so low? You're not showing much appreciation for a park if you don't go there and support them.

When, and HOW were you so friekin' lucky. Any time I ride it, it seems that they slam the brakes on to almost a crawl. Or even stop it in the case of Tuesday, though I'm not implying that one time was intended. Plus, that's not quite possible, because there is a small magnetic brake up there that undoubtedly did a little damage, but I'd take what I could get. I'd love to know how you got to skip the trim. YLB. Not that I'm defending Cedar Point, and on that point I must be clear, but to whoever brought up the issue of Mean Streak turning back some of the trims. Those also are not magnetic. And to another post, there could not have been a magnetic brake on Maverick last season or I would have noticed that much braking. Unless of course it was much, MUCH less of a brake. I'm not talking about the brake right before the second launch. There is a magnetic brake just out of the tunnel and around the corner on the way up the hill that puts a great big yank on the train on its way past. There was no yank there last season, and the second part of the ride was much faster. And....wouldn't it be easier to just dial the launch down than stick a trim immediately following the launch? As to Mantis, I must have been on it during the portion of the season that they turned off the trim, as I certainly would have noticed that, being of the "Forums Against Ridiculous Trims" or "FART" ilk! I'm sorry to tell you, but the brake right after the launch on Maverick has always been there. Now, I have heard that it's doesn't appear to be braking as hard as it did last year, but I assure you, it's always been there. I saw many threads over at Pointbuzz last season where people were complaining that it was a waste to have a 70mph launch followed by a brake.

^Now that's funny! Ok, they were 350 dollar posts, but how much could you possibly scrap them for? Scrap yards don't pay that well unless they were copper posts.

Oh, my mistake. The theming inside the gondola room wasn't all that to begin with.

I have seen pics of the theming of the Crypt and it is hardly just a black room with a giant top spin in it. Either you're blind or you don't know what theming is. There are even pics in the KIC gallery.

Firehawk went down a couple of times throughout the day when it was at Geauga Lake. Usually, it was back up within an hour or so.

I say take a chance and ride The Beast. I know what you are feeling, though. I didn't ride The Beast in its' first few years. Really, I can't remember why now. It must have been the height of the lift hill, because that's about all you can see from the midway. Don't feel bad. My mother had to bribe me with a dollar to ride The Racer when it was the premier coaster at KI. I always wanted to ride Racer until we got into the station. At that point, that's when I started to panic.

There is no way that CF is going to sell Big Dipper and the plot of land it stands on to ACE. If they really wanted to preserve it, they should have looked for outside help to relocate it. Who is going to build something on that property, but around the area where BD stands? Answer: No one

Crowds generally head for Action Zone first, so I say head to the back of the park to The Beast, where the line should be fairly short.

I'd like to see Club Blood return.