2003 Season: The Good, The Bad, and TTD

The good: Last train of the year on Millennium Force, meeting oldcper and TheRealCP.. all the rides on all the coasters, discovery of Midway Market(yeah, I didn't know about it prior to this year)

The Bad: TTD Downtime, some moron setting a map and tshirt on fire in line for TTD, having my dragster cup stolen from the raptor bins, NO ROLLBACKS :( The feeling after getting off the last force train of the season - no amusement parks until May :(

TTD: 12 rides, 4 of them in the front row. 0 rollbacks :( I'll get mine next year, though...I hope :)

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2003 Finals Stats - Days in the Park: 10
TTD:12 MF:23 Mag:17 WT:9 MS:11 Raptor:13 Mantis:9 Gemini:9 DT:4 CCMR:5 CS:5 ID:7 WC:3 BS:3

The good: Opening Day and my first ride on TTD. Spending a day with nasai and peabody from Coasterbuzz, meeting other GTTP'ers, and Closing Day where we rode most everything multiple times with less than 10 minute waits.

The Bad: The Halloweekend saturday when people were shoulder to shoulder. Losing my cell phone on Millennium Force, my coasterbuddy, TheRealCP spraining her thumb on Meanstreak

TTD: 6 rides this season, one in the front.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead
http://www.webtechnik.com/ebony/CPLady.htm

Haux, noticed you worked in Environmental Services...

I worked there in 2001 and 2002, it was a great experience, and everyone there was awesome...does Jenn still work there?

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Werewolf Canyon: it's a lot like shopping for a christmas tree. Only, with werewolves.

The Good: A great summer working. We had a great crew. We weren't the fastest, but we were fun.

The Bad: Signal 2's, Incident Reports, being put on Dragster for a week.

TTD: See above.

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2003 Super Screw Crew

Good: Going to my first Coastermania, first front seat on Millennium Force, Magnum, Mantis, Mean Streak, Iron Dragon at night, and Top Thrill Dragster.

Bad: Not getting any Cheese-on-a-stick, getting pulled over in Perkins for having to dark of a tint on my windows, and getting frisked.

TTD: 1st ride September 19 at midnight front seat, got stuck on the launch pad, also watching rollbacks al night

2nd ride exactly 1 month later on October 19.

The is the greatest place on Earth.

My favorite memory was seeing my two daughters running down the midway after they rode TTD for the first time. They were holding their first on-ride photo and their smiles and laughter of joy were priceless!!!!!!!!

My worst memory was seeing all the trash that people leave behind. There are many wastebaskets throughout the park...use them!
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Loyal Mean Streak fan 4ever:)

The Good: My second trip to CP ever. Sprinting to TTD and almost passing out, bruising my legs on Magnum, Short waits on Raptor, Millennium Force, and everything else. Halloweekends were fantastic, seeing Larry, seeing this old man passing me up running towards TTD, and the great night rides I had on Mean Streak...

The Bad: Saturday Halloweekends. missing a rollback by one train. Long lines for Gemini, Raptor down for a long time that Saturday... The 12 hour drive...

TTD: Oh My God! Most incredible ride ever. 3 rides, 2 in front. Showing my picture of me peeing my pants on it to my friends was funny, I remember the mist of water it shot up on one ride, and my eyes tearing up each and everytime...

Why don't I live in Ohio?
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The Good: Getting to ride 15 coasters in 1 day

The bad: finding out that the presumed 16th coaster of the day (TTD) had a 4 hour wait.

The TTD: I got my 1st ride the next day & only waiting 1 1/2 hours. I rode in the back row which was incredible.

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Coasterkid

The GOOD: Visiting Cedar Point 6 times this year, personal record. Riding Top Thrill Dragster for the first time. Riding Mellennium, Wicked Twister, and Mantis for the first time. Getting to go with school. Getting to go with friends. Staying at the Breakers for the first time. The fun times with fellow CPers

The BAD: TTD breakdowns. Being called an @$$hole for reporting line jumpers. Extremely long lines for food and rides. Auto Spiels for increibly good rides but the recording sucked. On Magnum, I only heard real people on 2 out of my 15 rides this year and you couldn't hear it o the lift hill. The rain!

TTD: (BAD) The incredly large amount of down time but I understand what hapens when you build the World's Tallest and Fastest rollercoaster, look an Millennium, it still has the occasion break downs.

TTD: (GOOD) Riding Top Thrill Dragster for my first time and getting a photo of it with my friends and I.
*** This post was edited by Kyle Dersch 10/30/2003 10:13:46 PM ***

One more good for me. CP found the cell phone I lost on MF and I received it in the mail yesterday. Amazingly it still works.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead
http://www.webtechnik.com/ebony/CPLady.htm

GOOD: Finding out TTD was working again and that CP wasn't going to keep the ride closed for the rest of the season. CP winning for the 6th year as #1 best park. First rollback on the last day on TTD! Finished the season in style!!

BAD: People talking smack about Dragster being down and being totally negative. You have to give it a break, it is the first coaster to go 120 mph and go 420 ft. high!

Dragster deserved to be higher than 11th in the world

The good:

opening day: no rain! TTD, OPEN! ..winning "big ernie!" rediscovering the WildCAT (god i love that ride) ...the lady on the magnum who screamed BLOODY MURDER the WHOLE ENTIRE RIDE!!! my last visit of the season, on bonus weekends... that boat show day.. NO LINES!! TTD OPEN! ..oh yeah, and apple pie milkshake!

The bad:

no complaints really...

TTD:

THANK YOU

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The B E S T SEVENTEEN s-e-c-o-n-d-s of SHEER >>InSaNitY<< I've E V E R experienced!

Good: Living in Central Michigan and being able to 'Get to the Point' 5 times this year, despite our financial difficulties.

Bad: On our last trip, October 17-19, having my crippled mothers wheelchair stolen as she got out of the chair to come into a CP shop with us. Then finding it later being occupied by two 12 yr old punks.

TTD: Didn't ride it. Intamin doesn't make it's rides capable of shooting a 295 pound man 120 mph and 400 plus feet in the air.

The good: riding Millennium Force at night when lightning was getting close to the area... and Halloweekends with the Fright Zone was great

The bad: being there on the busiest day of the year [plus that day I wanted to meet up with a friend to spend the day with, but it never happened this year]

The TTD: the highlight of my trips this year, and no front seats because I was usually the single rider... I can't wait until next year when it'll be just as great as this year

The Good: Going to CP for the first time in my life and riding every coaster out there (except Jr. Gemini, of course). Seeing the skyline and recording the atmosphere on my camera. Going by myself and not having to worry about staying close to any of my family members. Seeing that couple make out in the MF line. Getting a good laugh at that foreign guy in the Mecca Motel shuttle. Making the people in the Mantis line laugh when I made that swan say "I'm gonna ride Mantis!" in a funny voice. The hilarious ride op on Iron Dragon. Getting to ride TTD. The food at the Midway Market.

The Bad: The heat during the day, and the chill at night. Nearly losing my cash filled wallet at Kiddy Kingdom. Nearly being stranded at the park. Locking my bathroom door from the outside in the Mecca Motel room I was staying in for the weekend. The annoying ride op in Mantis. Getting to ride TTD, only once. Looking up at TTD on the second two days I was there. Shattering some glass in a store (thank God I didn't have to pay for it). Going back to the boring realm of Suckabama.

TTD: One ride. Back seat. Three hour wait. Twenty seconds I'll never forget.

Will add more later.

Could be going back next year, but will definitely be going in 2K5 unless something happens. We'll see what happens in the long run.
*** This post was edited by V Dogg 11/14/2003 2:01:54 PM ***