Back again, gang.
For anyone who read it, I was having a really bad day when I did that last all-caps post. My six-year anniversary with the grocery store was two days ago, and....well, I'm still there. And it still sucks ass. I'm desperate for a new job. Really, if I could afford it, I'd just take a whole year off from working and just write/paint/draw. But alas...I can't do that.
A couple of weeks ago, Kevin and I took a vacation to Cedar Point out in Ohio. It was awesome, and a MUCH needed vacation for both of us. :) The weather was decent; it was sunny, and the highest it got was about 75 degrees, and I needed my hoodie for a good part of the day. I had never been to Cedar Point before, and my friend Mike was right. It's way better than Six Flags Great America.
We didn't have to wait long to get on the rides; the longest wait I think we had was a half hour for Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster. The only ride I didn't care for was Mantis, but mainly because it was a stand-up coaster that rattled my head around a lot. (That, and all of the water surrounding the ride stank like Lake George in Hobart.) Corkscrew was awfully short, but it reminded me of Shockwave when Great America still had it. And I'm not a big fan of wooden rollercoasters, but Mean Streak was pretty damn cool.
Everything everyone has said about Top Thrill Dragster was true; one of the awesomest rides ever. 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds. Kevin had to call his cousin Walter (who does legit drag racing) and brag about it. Going down, I felt like my face was getting pulled back like I was getting plastic surgery or something, and all of this drool was coming out of my mouth, LOL. But DAMN it was amazing going that fast. The ride I had been wanting to go on was Millennium Force, and it did not let me down. Best thing about it was that it had no loops and it was a pretty smooth ride. Everything every reviewer has said about Gatekeeper was true; it DOES blow X-Flight out of the water. It's a longer duration, and it had higher heights, but that's the advantage you have at a park like Cedar Point; you don't have to worry about being in a residential area & under a noise ordinance like SFGA unfortunately is. My favorite ride ended up being Maverick. It was SO FAST getting out of the loading area, the way that ride twisted and snaked around and did that first initial drop (95 degrees?) was pretty badass, and I was NOT anticipating the second launch going through the tunnel.
This may be a year we end up not going to SFGA, though. We already did Cedar Point. Plus, besides the new igNight light show, they don't really have anything new to ride. They're doing Batman backwards, but I've already heard bad things about that. Batman was not meant to go backwards and just jostles your head around a lot. And next month, they're supposed to be doing the Viper backwards, which is a big turnoff for me, since the Viper is my least favorite ride there. I wish they'd just think about a big overhaul for American Eagle (it needs it), or at least turning the Viper into a hypercoaster (it could really benefit from it), or doing some major rehab work on the Demon (it needs it), or redoing all the ambiance on Batman: The Ride to reflect the Christopher Nolan films. (Seriously? The loading area is so 1993 and terribly dated.)
A couple of weeks ago, Kevin and I took a vacation to Cedar Point out in Ohio. It was awesome, and a MUCH needed vacation for both of us. :) The weather was decent; it was sunny, and the highest it got was about 75 degrees, and I needed my hoodie for a good part of the day. I had never been to Cedar Point before, and my friend Mike was right. It's way better than Six Flags Great America.
We didn't have to wait long to get on the rides; the longest wait I think we had was a half hour for Millennium Force and Top Thrill Dragster. The only ride I didn't care for was Mantis, but mainly because it was a stand-up coaster that rattled my head around a lot. (That, and all of the water surrounding the ride stank like Lake George in Hobart.) Corkscrew was awfully short, but it reminded me of Shockwave when Great America still had it. And I'm not a big fan of wooden rollercoasters, but Mean Streak was pretty damn cool.
Everything everyone has said about Top Thrill Dragster was true; one of the awesomest rides ever. 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds. Kevin had to call his cousin Walter (who does legit drag racing) and brag about it. Going down, I felt like my face was getting pulled back like I was getting plastic surgery or something, and all of this drool was coming out of my mouth, LOL. But DAMN it was amazing going that fast. The ride I had been wanting to go on was Millennium Force, and it did not let me down. Best thing about it was that it had no loops and it was a pretty smooth ride. Everything every reviewer has said about Gatekeeper was true; it DOES blow X-Flight out of the water. It's a longer duration, and it had higher heights, but that's the advantage you have at a park like Cedar Point; you don't have to worry about being in a residential area & under a noise ordinance like SFGA unfortunately is. My favorite ride ended up being Maverick. It was SO FAST getting out of the loading area, the way that ride twisted and snaked around and did that first initial drop (95 degrees?) was pretty badass, and I was NOT anticipating the second launch going through the tunnel.
This may be a year we end up not going to SFGA, though. We already did Cedar Point. Plus, besides the new igNight light show, they don't really have anything new to ride. They're doing Batman backwards, but I've already heard bad things about that. Batman was not meant to go backwards and just jostles your head around a lot. And next month, they're supposed to be doing the Viper backwards, which is a big turnoff for me, since the Viper is my least favorite ride there. I wish they'd just think about a big overhaul for American Eagle (it needs it), or at least turning the Viper into a hypercoaster (it could really benefit from it), or doing some major rehab work on the Demon (it needs it), or redoing all the ambiance on Batman: The Ride to reflect the Christopher Nolan films. (Seriously? The loading area is so 1993 and terribly dated.)