Gemini was in fine form that morning, but the blue train won by a mile. I'm not sure we were dispatched correctly. We then headed to Mean Streak to my dismay, but rode it anyways. Praise GOD, the first drop trims were off! I actually enjoyed the ride...it didn't seem as rouch and felt very out of control and fun. After the mid-course brake run, the pace slowed wayyyy down and it was extremely rough and boring. Very surprised and happy about the first half.
We then rode WWC and Mine Ride...nothing spectacular there. Magnum was next, and it gave a smooth, lightly trimmed and airtime filled ride. My friend hadn't ridden Magnum in 4 years and was giddy when we got off.
After lunch, we headed to Blue Streak...still an amazing fun ride and then got in line for Raptor. The sign said 45 minute wait, but none of the queue rails were open...it was just a straight shot to the stairs. I did notice they were spin drying a train for some reason... After ten minutes we wer in the station. The Magnum loving friend had also never ridden the front seat of Raptor, so we took that route. He was ecstatic after that ride, proclaiming it as the best he's ever been on.
Wicked Twister called us over to that side of the park, land after a fun backseat ride, we headed to Millennium Force. En route, I realzed Dragster was down, so I feared the line for MF would be huge, and it was. We waited 2 hours for MF, but it was well worth the wait. Raptor lover then proclaimed MF as the best.
TTD was up and running, but we decided not to ride, as we were tired and sleepy, so we headed home after a great day at the park.
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--Seth
The train really screamed through the first half of the course - a completely different ride to any of the 20-odd others others I've had.
Alas, the midcourse brakes were on, but for half of the ride, it was FLYING.
We went back and rode it a few more times just to make sure :)
------------------Steve
'03 : TTD : 8 MF : 66 Raptor : 38 WT : 32
Good to meet you at Corkscrew - we went back on Sunday and rode a few times but you weren't there :( Actually, the Sunday rides seemed a little smoother than the ones we took on Saturday. On Saturday we had one small bump at the straight after the loop, but on Sunday we didn't experience that at all.
For those who haven't tried it yet, the hype about the backseat of the Corkscrew is true - it's smoooooth as silk. And you get a chance to chalk up another point on your "famous GTTP people sightings" score card.
See you Friday!
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Steve
'03 : TTD : 8 MF : 66 Raptor : 38 WT : 32
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