If you want to read the rest of my trip at CP, look at the TR section.
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Now it is time. The MF is next. Let me just say, if you don't want to know about this ride in great detail, do not read on.
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We got in line as it said 3 hours. It was only 2 1/2. I couldn't stop watching the trains go sizzling by and over us and back into the station. You stand in this queue that winds back and forth for 50 yards. This queue, even though you have seen it on the webcam, is very suprising once you actually stand in it. Situated very nicely let me say. As to provoke nervousness and excitement as each train goes by. Ok, I know this ride is 1:45 long, but this train going by at the end was ****ing flying! I mean 50-60 mph. maybe more. And the people. Everyone on this ride is going NUTS. EVeryone. I'm talking about everyone and their babies. People were throwing their babies at this ride as if it were an alter. Seriously, just a side note, we rode this thing 5 times over the course of 2 days, 10 hours waiting total, and it didn't even seem bad, because we were witnessing this insaneness going around us. You finally get to the 'straightaway' part of the queue as you make your trek up to the station. This straightaway goes parallel with the track. You are only about 5 feet away from the blazing trains going by. The WIND off of these trains is enormous. HUGE! As you walk up the track, the train and the ride becomes clearer. As when you are in the queue, the Tents block your view, and also when you are in the last part of the straighaway, you are much higher off the ground, with an unobstructed view of the hill. Right there man. Staring right back at you.
Ok, warning here. This ride is SO DECEIVING. There is absolutely NO REFERENCE against the rest of the ride. The hill really didn't look that high to me for some reason. Not like the Magnum once looked. Now I'm talking about when you are right up next to it. When you are crossing the causeway it looks like a national monument. It is.
When you start into the last part of the queue you see the trains coming in to the unloading station....i'm talking about utter jubulation. Even the 'cool guys' and some of the old folk have a smirk on their face. 'Better grab some soap to wash those mouths off and have a good day at America's rollercoast' was said a few times by the attendant. I started to get a little nervous.
Ok, I'm a skydiver (have my license), and a pilot (also a license). I know what its like to dive into a spin with 8 g's pulling against you instantaneously. NOTHING WILL PREPARE YOU EVER. EVER FOR THIS RIDE. NOTHING. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. You cannot say, oh this ride is like magnum, but faster. Or, oh this ride is like the Steel Phantom but without the loop..etc...
Ha......Hahaha......You watch the train get whipped smoothly out of the station and shot up the track and then it is gone. Oh my god. I step into the train....Back seat Last train. My fiance is white...ghost white. "Clear". Oh ****. Holy ****. The train is whipped out of the station. Immediately you feel the smoothness of this ride. 10 seconds. There is the top of the magnum. Oh my god. Oh my god. 10 more seconds. There is the top of the hill. We're not so high up, right? The lift pulls you silently over the top. You begin your descent down the first hill. Immediately you go airborne. One thousand one. One thousand two...where is the track? Holy god. One thousand three. One thousand ....speed. speed. speed. nothing like you ever will see. or feel. Pure utter speed in your face. Wind like you will never imagine. You immediately hit the bottom and up into the overbanked turn...Man is this nice. This is classic. The more I ride the MF, the better this gets. I'm leaning out by the 5th ride...trying to touch the fingers that support the ride. Upside down horizon if you hang over the side. Right side for you folks. Right side is the very best.
The speed is intense into the first tunnel. You are simply grazing the ground at 92 mph into this tunnel. Blackout and then instantaneously into the first isle hill. Now this is where you have some serious decision making. Do you sit in the back seat, where you get incredible pulling down the hills. Or do you sit in the front seats, were you get MAJOR AIRTIME OVER ALL HILLS. Guys and gals, you must sit in car 5. I cannot stress this enough. Car 5 is amazing! Airtime, Airtime, and Airtime. But this car does not feel like a front seat. Over this hill you come crashing into the the first turn on the isle. Amazing...pure speed. You cannot begin to understand unless you have ridden this. This ride DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. Head chopper on the right...look out!!! into the second turn....amazing.....head chopper on the right...look out!!! into the last hill off the isle. MAJOR MAJOR UNPRECENDENTED AIRTIME. into the tunnel. Strobe light? Was that a strobe light? Hot shots have got you again. Say cheese.
Now this is where I thought the fun part was. This is where you get to show your friends down on the ground how ****ING GOOD THIS RIDE REALLY IS. you come out of the tunnel into this bunnyhop RIGHT next to the station. Screaming is intense. People are blurs. You cannot make out one single person. But I was pointing at the blur. Shaking my fists. Bank to the left...awesome! There are all the riders who just got off the ride...jumping up and down pointing at us because they know what you are feeling at that very moment. Point back. But you aren't pointing at them anymore because it is just TOO FAST FOR REFLEXES. Look over to the right and yell at the queue...its right there and you are ON TOP OF THE WORLD. For that moment you are the king. People are looking up at you as peasants look up to royalty.
Hang over the right side on this turn. Incredible. You are coming into the station with BLAZING SPEED!!! Holy ****!...Magnetic breaks engage....Now I thought these were electric or something, but they are just magnets. all in a row...very nice idea. Very SMOOTH transition from 60 to 5mph. Kinda like the reverse of OuterLimits or Rock'n'Roll Rollercoaster. Into the station where the queue is on your right, with people that look like they want the scoop. They want to just get your attention and ask you....is it going to be alright?
Yes, it is going to be alright...and you will never believe me until you ride it, but nothing comes close to this ride. Nothing...I've been around, and absolutely nothing compares. Ladies and Gentleman, we have THE WINNER. Hands down, not even an argument...it suffices to say that this is THE BEST RIDE ON THE PLANET. Sheer speed, amazing airtime!, and unbelievable design. Unbelievable. You will not understand why all those other rides were so rough. You could balance your coffee on your lap if it wasn't for the inversions and speed.
The trains are incredible. So nice. First of all, there is so much room. The lapbars are THE MOST COMFORTABLE that I've ever seen. Seatbelts were very nice and overall, I'd say this is how all trains should be.
Folks, if you haven't been on MF, you need to ride this. Don't waste your time on anything else. anything. Don't waste your money on anything else. anything.
MF is not even comparable to any ride. I'm not saying that it is better than this or that, and I know alot of you want to hear that, but if you asked me to rate the ride, I'd laugh at you.
And so would 20 or 30 thousand people that rode it this weekend. The park was packed on monday and I've never seen this many people so excited. I met this guy from Cincinnati who was on his 4th ride of the day. He drove up to ride it and couldn't get off hehehe seriously, they ought to have a Millenium Force anonymous right next to the Hot Shots. Me and Fiance couldn't stop riding.
Note, this is a 2 train operation. I don't care what you say. They are going to have to slow the lift down to put a third train. I really hope they don't. They kept the lines at 2 1/2 hours, and the lines were hauling on monday. Very nice dispatching. No time in between trains. This ride is just shorter than most because of its speed. hehehe You WILL NOT complain I would wait 5 hours for this. I really don't want to ride anything else now. This is just amazing. The engineering on this thing is unreal. I cannot wait for the next decade to roll by. We are so lucky to be in a golden age where we are witnessing man-made endeavors like this.
Amazing.
Simply Unreal.
(Clapping) Bravo!! That post is a master piece!! Couldnt done it better myself!! One of those blurs that you were waving at on the back strech was more in likley me and my daughter!! After I rode this ride, I had to hang out for about a half hour just for the electricity comming from the people, it was great!!!!! The energy made you feel like you belonged to an elite group!! THE MF RIDERS!!! Thanks again for the great post, I enjoyed reading it! :)
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The more you ride it, the more you want it!
~~~Darla~~~
*** This post was edited by tohot2se on 5/16/2000. ***
I love your enthusiasm and agree 100% it is like nothing else. I have been raving about it to everyone I see since I got back Saturday Night. In fact I need to get off this site so I can send an email to my Brother in Oregon to tell him he has to spend the money on the airfare just to come back and RIDE THIS RIDE!!
I agree about not wanting to ride anything else. After one time on Millennium Force on Saturday, everything else felt like the Jr. Gemini.
CWD
I agree too....MF is such an INTENSE coaster words cant describe it..The jubilation everyone felt after the ride was over was almost repetitive after each and every train that had came in. I was in the 3rd car and experience lots of airtime. I think CP is going to have record breaking attendance this year because of MF. I, myself, plan on visiting about 4 or 5 times this year which will be a first.
GREAT REPORT!!!!
Finally a report that gives the second by second play by play of MF. Thanks from everyone who hasn't ridden it yet, and wanted to know how the ride was.
that was.....excellent. Very unfair also, seeing that i still have 2 weeks till i take off for the trip myself. Very good report, very detailed, loved it, 2 thumbs up, *claps*.
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-Dave Hogsett
Everyone says that you cant put it in words, but that was definitely the closest you could get. As I was reading, I realized that that was exactly how I was feeling. Great post.
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MF Rides: 2
Thank you. This is wonderful report,*****(5 star) report. I just can't wait to ride!
Right ON. That is exactly how I would Have worded it. Well pretty close anyways.
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MF COUNT: 4
Scott-thanks for the great report
You made me feel like I was back in line again.
Can't stop thinking about how GREAT this ride is!!! Can't wait to get back to CP Memorial Day weekend to ride again and again and again.........
(Hope to get a chance to go on a weekday before school lets out too!)
Thanks again for the great post!
See Ya In Line
Terry
MF count: 05
Excellent post! What more can I say? Good job, Scott.
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