Just because a question is asked doesn't necessarily mean it will be answered. I will say it was with Janice Witherow-Litke, who went by that name at the time.

I've also ridden both Tremors and the Georgia Cyclone at a similar hour, the latter in sleet several weeks after the park had closed for the season, accompanied by Japanese park managers gently exclaiming, "Whee.". That was surreal.

Terp is apparently not going to answer my question, so let's keep talking about Carowinds.

There will be more to talk about there next year.

Sorry for the...diversion.

A new record diversion goes to.....Terpster!

You had to be here...some things are diversions--some are not.

Terp...Snickers.

The candy. Did BB7 just create....*gasp*.... a diversion (somewhere, Terp is snickering right now)?

Why so?

I don't know... It just didn't excite me at all I guess.

Millennium Forceless? Please, NO.

Ha, read my Cedar Point trip report about the Millennium Forceless comment. You definitely feel that ride in certain circumstances.

Agreed, even without the forces the speed itself lends it to be a great ride, I love every bit of it just for that. Is it the best coaster ever, honestly no, it can claim that reward but I know better.

It is the best coaster I have ever ridden, though.

I like Millennium Force. The view on the way up is great, the first drop is good, and the sensation of speed is fun.

Thank you Mer for your generosity.

Oh, sorry, I forgot to mention that in trade for Hurler and Vortex, we get Flight of Fear and Bat.

And might as well throw in the Eiffel Tower as a spare for if and when the Skytower ever needs to be replaced.

Eiffel Tower stays. There are some like me who don't care for coasters as much as the enthusiast do and love the tamer stuff.

I liked Carowinds's Vortex... And Hurler...

Heck, I enjoyed every coaster at Carowinds. Something that cannot be said about another Cedar Fair park I've been to recently, where they have such a calamitous collection of concussive coasters that I highly recommend you ride with a Guardian if you choose to visit...

The more clever among you may know which park I'm talking aboot, eh?

I wonder...

...land

Eh?

I enjoy Behemoth more than Levi..it's great..but..it seems a mirror almost to another coaster just it pulls more g's and the other doesn't

I wonder... No, not Canada's Wonderland, maybe Cedar Point? I kid.

I enjoy Behemoth more than Levi..it's great..but..it seems a mirror almost to another coaster just it pulls more g's and the other doesn't

I also enjoyed the two B&Ms. But they were definitely the only coasters there that I would describe as smooth.

They have one of the roughest Arrow loopers I've ever been on (though I still liked it), a VERY unpleasant Vekoma SLC, a Zamperla Flyer (does it need saying?), a TOGO standup, a Vekoma Boomerang, and an Arrow Suspended coaster that was legitimately rough.

I enjoy rough coasters in moderation, so I still really liked the park, but I'm amazed that the general public will even enter that place. A lot of their rides are a one-way ticket to pain...

Cedar Point's are like riding on a cushion of air (except Mean Streak, Blue Streak).

Some rides are actually on a cushion of air

Examples include...

Both S&S rides

How so?

Do you mean the compressed air launches?

Cedar Point's are like riding on a cushion of air (except Mean Streak, Blue Streak).

But that's not necessarily a bad thing!

I like Mean Streak. I haven't been on Blue Streak since 2008, when I was six.

It's still a really fun coaster that is often judged by its cover. But I find it more fun that The Racer. Sorry, Don.

Agreed. I like Blue Streak better than The Racer.

And I enjoy Blue Streak quite a bit, but not more than Racer.

How so?

Do you mean the compressed air launches?

Power Tower's four towers are powered by compressed air, high volume, low pressure. All movements involve opening/closing of valves/mufflers to facilitate a desired function. The four screw type compressors take a huge building under the safety/trim brakes of Corkscrew, they're quite loud, about as loud as the tower.

Skyhawk, the S&S Screamin' Swing uses air to swing both arms, the compressors are right next to Mine Ride's exit

Agreed. I like Blue Streak better than The Racer.

And I enjoy Blue Streak quite a bit, but not more than Racer.

And I enjoy Blue Streak more than most things at Kings Island and Cedar Point, Adventure Express and Magnum XL-200 excluded.