Cedar Point Coastermania 6-15-07 TR Thread and Info

[PcMan]

Raging Wolf Bobs the day we got there derailed
and here is some pics of it

www.coastercrew.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=515

we missed riding it by a few hours

[ChuckR]

Ehh, didn't miss much. From what I hear though Big Dipper is really good which was closed when I was there.

[PcMan]

Big Dipper was the Best ride in the park
front seat great airtime

[WadeJ]

Way to go Cedar Fair lol   Glad nobody was hurt

I've really enjoyed reading through this guys.  Thanks a bunch for sharing the trip with us.   While I'm not entirely thrilled with the direction of Cedar Fair, I still have to admit that this event looks like a great time.

[PcMan]

some random pics to tired and to many pics for a trip report  will post more later

Lakemont Leap the Dips Rob-Bubs-and his daughter \/



Rob Are we there yet  \/



Gemini and the Sunrise \/



TTD and the Sunset \/



Some flys burning on TTD light, Many flys in the park they didn't bite just a problem when going fast \/



Rob Front seat TTD  don't know the other guy Midnight ERT \/

[Robert T Ackerman]

I think you caught that pic RIGHT before I sneezed. God that night was bad, but fun at the same time. I've since thrown that shirt out (unfortunatly, I liked it, it was comfortable, but I was rediculously allergic to it) I have my pics online, but I'm still working on the TR so you can all see them soon enough.

[Robert T Ackerman]

Ehh, didn't miss much. From what I hear though Big Dipper is really good which was closed when I was there.

Big Dipper was running INSANE. Ask Matt, he wouldn't get off of it.

It turns out that they actually opened Big Dipper for night ERT after we left

Oh well, night rides on Phantom's Revenge and the other wood at Kennywood was a nice trade.

[darkridedan]

This would be my first time to Cedar Point.

I needed to relax for a few days after working two full-time jobs and I went on a coaster trip. Someday I will look back on this trip and laugh!

Here are a few pictures from the trip:



We would stop by Dorney and Tom and I would pick up our MAXX passes. I rode Steel Force in the front row but it's a back row ride for me. Thunderhawk wasn't doing too hot either but the crew was loading only the front half of the train so there wasn't much force.



Talon was running fast, powerful and smooth. It was the first steel coaster I've ridden this year!



Hydra was ok. I've had better rides on it. I could feel the joints, but it was only 11am.



Pennsylvania is all hills. We went to DelGrossos for a drive by.



We stopped by Lakemont Park to ride Leap the Dips, the oldest operating coaster in the world.






Lakemont has a Toboggan coaster which had been closed due to weather. I've been eyeing this type of coaster for years and I'll get to ride it some other time.



Lakemont has another wooden coaster called The Skyliner. It has a sweet first drop and a couple of nice negative-G hills. We rode a few times and went on to ride an old-fashioned Monster, Twister and a couple more trips on Leaps the Dips.

Cedar Point pictures coming soon!

[PcMan]

Here are a few:

[PcMan]

OK sniff your shirt before b4 buying it or you will be visiting your local PHARM store \/



Old time horse carousel \/



Jet Ski rentals on beach near Wicked Twister \/




Spot the GaDVupdates members \/ Disaster Transport











One thing about Maverick is seeing all the trains on the track at one time at any given time you will see 2 trains running the coarse and the other 3 in the station or brake run,like little worker bees \/  train entering the tunnel and train in the brake

[ChuckR]

Nice pictures Tom! I wish I could of went with you guys.

[PcMan]

Video test
Shot with my Digital camera in Movie mode. Video looks much better in its original format but very big.
 These video site offers larger 150mb and and larger 640x480 video
Youtube is only 100mb and 320x240 video

Johnny Rockets
let me know what video looks better

http://pcman.magnify.net/item/S10C07R3TQXRYYRB

http://pcman.magnify.net/item/S10C07R3TQXRYYRB/theater#theater_title

Maverick Drop and Water turnaround

http://pcman.magnify.net/item/9BFGKGX6W9FP56W1  - click the + to magnify

http://pcman.magnify.net/item/9BFGKGX6W9FP56W1/theater#theater_title

This site below also offer 640x480 size video

while watching the video click on the zoom for FULL SCREEN video

http://www.dailymotion.com/techhiDOTnet/video/x2dxgq_maverickdrop-and-turn


let me know how the video quality is

I'm looking for the best video sites that offer the highest resolution and quality
these 2 sites are just a few I'm trying

FYI 
I tried inserting flash into this forum with the attached button but it doesn't work ? 

[Robert T Ackerman]

The quality isn't bad. It's a little blurry on the larger videos, but for the most part, it's ok.

I'm sure some of the quality was sacrificed when you transferred it to the internet.

[PcMan]

direct link
this mpeg1 is about 20% of the original size 4mb

www.luckytavern.net/video/Maverick-dropandturn1.mpg

original was avi is 30mb

Here is the Left Hill
checkout how fast it goes up the hill

www.luckytavern.net/video/Maverick-lifthill-inside.mpg

[AV Matt]

Did someone say my name?

Maverick is fun. But Magnum is still the best steel coaster in Ohio. And Big Dipper was running even crazier than I ever remember!

[PcMan]

Is this Matt from the trip  IOWA  ?

I will have all my Pics up from the trip in the next few days
been very busy
Big Dipper kicked butt

Welcome

Tom  the dude with the Laptop and crazy talking  GPS 

[ChuckR]

Matt!