BeautyandtheBeast Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Was at Cedar Point Saturday... 2nd and 3rd rides of the day: Millennium and Dragster Millennium, front row, huge dead bug on my sunglasses and dead bug on my chest Dragster, front row, definitely ate a bug. but, hey, that's what you get at CP! America's Rock n'rolling Bug Coast! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I feel like the only person who doesn't get why Magnum XL-200 is so great. The main thing I remember is how painful the bunny hills at the end were. What is it that keeps fans coming back to that thing? I enjoy it completely, in any seat. The bunny hills at the end don't bring me any pain. What brings me back to the ride? A lot of fun, laughing, the experience, night rides looking out into the pitch black "sea," and the speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureExpress35 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 That's a fair point. I've never ridden magnum at night. I suspect the roughness had to do with the row I was in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustbucket Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Ride on 6-2. Do it after dark. To me, the best night ride is Magnum XL-200. The breeze on your face climbing up the hill, looking at light houses on the lake, colors of the park lighting up the ride, I became a coaster junky from this very ride. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph88 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I find Magnum's bunny hills super painful too. I broke my tailbone a few years ago so that may have something to do with it. It was a ton of fun otherwise but I couldn't ride it a second time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fubar Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Alot of people enjoy Magnum for its ejector airtime. It is the real deal. It is a roller coaster that is approaching being 30 years old. It was the very first in the world hyper coaster, and is a serious landmark. It started the coaster wars that now exist to build the biggest and fastest best ride known to mankind.It should not be compared to modern rollercoasters such as Diamondback, which I love by the way. Comparing coasters of different generations is not fair. Most "rollercoaster enthusiasts" would say that The Voyage at holiday world is a far superior coaster to The Beast. I would say that these enthusiasts are not taking into account the age or history of The Beast. See, The Beast is approaching 40 years old and the Voyage isn't even 10 yet. What The Beast did for rollercoasters was revolutionary. What the Voyage did was perhaps improve on this slightly and it took 30 years. Apples to apples friends. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt112986 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Alot of people enjoy Magnum for its ejector airtime. It is the real deal. It is a roller coaster that is approaching being 30 years old. It was the very first in the world hyper coaster, and is a serious landmark. It started the coaster wars that now exist to build the biggest and fastest best ride known to mankind.It should not be compared to modern rollercoasters such as Diamondback, which I love by the way. Comparing coasters of different generations is not fair. Most "rollercoaster enthusiasts" would say that The Voyage at holiday world is a far superior coaster to The Beast. I would say that these enthusiasts are not taking into account the age or history of The Beast. See, The Beast is approaching 40 years old and the Voyage isn't even 10 yet. What The Beast did for rollercoasters was revolutionary. What the Voyage did was perhaps improve on this slightly and it took 30 years. Apples to apples friends. Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk If older coasters don't measure up then they aren't as good. I love Magnum XL 200 but Diamondback is superior in almost every respect save ejector time and beside the ejector time they are designed to achieve largely the same things. The Beast has maintained its status despite its age, and I wouldn't put The Voyage above it. All the history is cool but it doesn't change the ride experience, luckily most of these old legends have qualities that keep them great long after their tech has become obsolete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustbucket Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Interesting discussion. After all these years, I still enjoy Magnum far more than Millennium Force. Generations of coaster aside, Superman Ride of Steel built in 1999 is still my favorite coaster of them all. Loving a certain coaster is a personal matter anyway. I personally love coasters with relentless G force and change in G. In certain ways, Magnum is the reason why Diamondback, Superman Ride of Steel (Bizarro), and other hypers came into existence. It is historical and some people do find it too much to handle. Magnum was the first coaster I was on that was higher than 100 feet AND 200 feet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Maverick Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I'll take Magnum XL-200 over Diamondback every day of the week, and twice on Tuesdays. The "out of control" feeling provided by hand-engineered (aka, no CAD) rides cannot really be matched in the age of auto-smoothing "NoLimits" Force-Vector style designs. You can tell every inch of these newer rides has been calculated down to the millimeter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeast54 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On 8/4/2016 at 10:53 PM, DontWantToWait42mar0 said: I haven't ridden Valravn yet, but assume it's just a one trick pony. This ain't it chief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Wow, resurrecting an old thread here. This is from two years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JubJester Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 7 hours ago, TheBeast54 said: This ain't it chief There's a reason why he is banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndyGuy4KI Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Guys, we are not going to discuss old members and the reasons they are no longer posting. Thread cleaned up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsUp Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Nah..CF has given us 2 awesome coasters...I'll roll with them. Bugs never bother me at CP and we're fortunate to have that park only a few hours north. I don't go to parks to eat, and if I have to there's no shortage of passable fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonofBaconator Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I think its kinda funny that people complain about KI not getting CP level rides when parks like Dorney, Valley Fair!, World's of Fun, and Michigan's Adventure haven't gotten a coaster in over a decade. Valravn is a fun ride and has one of the better second halfs of any dive machine, even more so than the looks of Yukon Striker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastForever Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 From the bugs' perspectives, I can't imagine that they appreciate being slaughtered by the millions every summer being hit by 60-120 mph roller coaster trains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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