Cedar Point 2012

On the Beast the first lift is usually quite slow, meaning that the autospiel can generally be heard in its entirety. Plus there's about a dozen speakers on the way up. However, I'm not so sure about the random music from Independence Day/Lost in the background...

CP should definitely get auto spiel. You can't even understand most of the talking ride ops because they are either eating their microphone or they have an accent. There are a select few that are above 90% understandable

Oh.. But i definitely do not want an auto spiel at the park if they are going to make it in Spanish....

I disagree. There is a large amount of guest interaction during the spiels which are done on the platforms. Also, auto-spiels typically end up with lots of legal warnings and such in them, which is easy to tune out.

I feel that auto-spiels work well if they are understandable, they make sense, and cut to the chase. I know at Busch Gardens, they have it set up that the auto-spiel says all of the basic information at first, then the ride host can interact for a little bit. I remember on Iron Dragon the spiel used to ask how the ride was; without a pause, it would go onto exit procedures. Some of the ride host crews are absolutely unacceptable and don't go over any procedures. So maybe spiels are the way to go; but at the same time, they have to make sense and allow for guest interaction.

At all the little kid rides, i always end up laughing because i can't understand a damn thing they are saying. Good thing its not life saving information! I know if i was offered a million dollars to repeat what they just said, i would be screwed!

I agree with the whole interaction part. In most cases - not all - the interaction with the ops is part of the fun. That's especially the case on platforms like DDT where there is a long interval. I don't think I've ridden that once without feeling like I was at a party. Come to think of it, I think this year has been the best that I can remember as far as interaction goes. Even waiting in line on the platform is somewhat entertaining, almost like a warm-up to the ride.

With auto-spiels, I always feel like I'm at the airport. "The white zone is for loading and unloading only. Please do not sit on the silver handrails. Thank you, and enjoy your flight on Delta/Raptor airlines."

Back to 2012 and beyond, just tossing it out their after a caffeinated work binge that included some youtube-laden procrastination, I wish Cedar Point would get something like Phantom Theater at Kings Island.

Now that was a dark-ride.

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Does Maverick still have the On-Ride cam inside the launch tunnel?

^^ I don't think it does. Everytime I have been on the ride this year, I have not had my picture taken while in the launch tunnel.

Kevinj said:
Back to 2012 and beyond, just tossing it out their after a caffeinated work binge that included some youtube-laden procrastination, I wish Cedar Point would get something like Phantom Theater at Kings Island.

Now that was a dark-ride.

YES!! I loved Phantom Theater! When I was on a middle school trip we rode that thing 5 or more times because we loved it so much, plus it was dark so you could sit next to your "crush" and then tell all your friends "I totally sat next to soandso on this ride, we almost brushed hands once!!! OMG OMG!"

Thanks!

So what do you guys think they are building at soak city? Maybe it will be an Aquatrax. Or a SurfRider. Or a Jetski Coaster.

Long time no see FunAndOnly...

I never was at Kings Island before 2009; but based on pictures/video of the ride, it looked very fun. Then Paramount had to put in the Scooby Doo thing, I rode that and it was really mediocre; not to mention the queue was so beaten up.

I'm not here to cause trouble. Btw I've been on the scooby doo thing and the targets work very poorly. I think the guns are not functioning well because I didn't even try and I beat my friend who was trying.

I wish Cedar Point would stop making kids expansions. Its turning into Disney its so ridiculous. The kids already have planet snoopy, the other planet snoopy, and like a billion of those rides where there are cars/motorcycles/spaceships that go around in a circle. And there's also the kiddy rides by Gemini, the midway carousel, and Jr Gemini. It's ridiculous. The kids areas aren't even that fun. I remember them being boring as a kid. King's Island has a much more fun planet snoopy. Even as an 17 year old I still find the p[lanet snoopy at King's Island fun. Not for the rides though. Me and my friends went in a gift shop and started dropping merchandise on the ground to scare people lol at all the girls screaming.

^What you say is funny. Your username is FunAndOnly. That saying is toward families wanting to go to the park. What do families have? Families have kids... If you don't want kids areas you probably should have made your name RideWarrior12356689932 or something.

I wanted to be original. When people think of Ride Warrior they don't think of a guy posting on a forum. They think of cocky little kids saying that they are ride warriors with the Mean Streak in the background. When people hear Fun and Only, they either think of the annoying song or me. Lol.

Who is also annoying. Lol.