Not Impressed?
Ryan McCann said:
You don't think it looks tall?Ride the back seat of Magnum and take a quick glance backward before you reach the top. Then you'll think otherwise.
Besides the actual ride itself that is the best part of magnum, it still didn't look that hugiant. and when your on the MFer looking over it still doesn't have that effect on me, the way Magnum did in 1989 being able to se that hill so far away and thinking man that is huge. or seeing that big blue lift climbing into the sky, that was awesome. i am not saying this was a bad ride or is a wuss ride, i just was expecting it to look bigger from the ground. the best perspective of the ride is when you look down on that blue Vekoma Kiddie coaster, and then you realize HOLY CRAP! that was the MFer! that is what impressed me.
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trips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
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SteelRaptor said:
but if you guys were not that overly impressed than maybe I'll go somewhere else.
So, if they said "jump off a cliff" would you do that too?
It also didnt see that tall, I think it is because people said it is much taller in person.
I think they should add a stall at the top even if it just slows you down a little, and it shouldn't effect the nearly no-capacity it has right now ;) . Apparently 2 days ago it was at 500 ppl/hour
"The ride was just ok...I wasn't blown away..."
But seriously though. Luckily we got in line when it was broken down and lots of people got mad and left..our wait was about 2 hours, not too bad. The launch was definitely the best part. Height wasn't even a factor. Yes, the hill did look intimidating when you're sitting there listening to the thing rev, but once it got going, it was over before you could even take a peek around. Would have been better with more to it, like a 300 foot tall second hill perhaps. It sucks that Cedar Point is running out of room to build, this one could have been a lot better. Ill take MForce and Raptor anyday :)
Some people said they wern't impressed with the ride itself. Probably the main reason for this is the hype. They were expecting the most incredable ride experience ever created. The hype got built up more and more, so they were expecting so much more than can be delivered. It's the same thing with any other ride. People come to CP because they heard Magnum or Millennium Force are both some of the best coasters out there, they are so hyped up for them, they ride them, they don't live up to their expectations, they are disapointed.
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TheOne001 said:
...the best perspective of the ride is when you look down on that blue Vekoma Kiddie coaster, and then you realize HOLY CRAP! that was the MFer! that is what impressed me.------------------
If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehetrips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
blue vekoma coaster? i dont think there's a blue vekoma coaster there buddy, unless you mistook Millennium Force for a Vekoma coaster, which, if you did, you should be flogged for. Intamin and Vekoma are two very different companies, Intamin being, of course, the better of the two. Vekoma's only Cedar Point coaster is Woodstock Express.
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Trips to Cedar Point: 2
Dragster: 3 Millennium Force: 41
Raptor: 30 Wicked Twister: 13
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Awww, bad day? Take a different perspective on things. Try upside down, a barrel roll, a cobra roll or a corkscrew. Life can't be all that bad when your feet are over your head!
Up here in VF country, we're twirling around on our new Impulse. It's a great ride (and I gotta admit I like the holding brake better than the twist--sorry) but it just doesn't look very big. Of course, there's a 180-foot skytower not far away and we're all used to staring at a hyper and a PT...but the 140-foot hill to WT in the area looks about the same height. Even the up-north hillibillies were saying, "How tall is that thing, 'bout 70 feet? I used to work on grain silos 'bout that high, I tell ya..."
I say repaint it Raptor/VF Wild Thing/Booger Green and you'll scare the life out of everybody.
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FireDragon said:
RPMGuitar said: The launch was a rush, but not that much better then Wicked Twister (at least not worth waiting 10 times longer for)You saying Dragster launch is about as intense as Wicked Twister? You haven't been on Wicked Twister lately have you?;)
*** This post was edited by FireDragon 5/21/2003 4:39:47 PM ***
No doubt that Dragster's launch is more intense then Wicked Twister, just not as much as I thought it would be. Given the choice between waiting 2.5 hours for dragster or waiting 10 minutes for WT (as was the case the last time I was at the park), I'll take Wicked Twister every time.
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SteelRaptor said:
Well after reading this thread I might consider re-planing my vacation this year. I was going to go to CP just for TTD alone, but if you guys were not that overly impressed than maybe I'll go somewhere else. I guess I have never read a post yet that actually compares the ride to some other rides out there. Here are some that I would like for you to compare it to. Kraken, Incredible Hulk, V2, Raging Bull. I know that they are different type of rides bu try your best to compare them. Because I don't want to go all the way out there for TTD and think that it wasn't worth the wait and that the ride went by way too fast. I would appreciate it. :)
It's not that we are not impressed by TTD, it is for me atleast i don't think it looks like it is 420 ft tall. that is all. I am and probably just about everyone else in here, in fact with out a doubt, impressed by TTD, just it doesn't look like it is as tall as it is. The ride is great, i am at a loss for which coaster is my favorite now. MFer,TTD or Magnum, those are my Top fav rides.
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If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehe
trips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
rogue kielbasa said:
TheOne001 said:
...the best perspective of the ride is when you look down on that blue Vekoma Kiddie coaster, and then you realize HOLY CRAP! that was the MFer! that is what impressed me.------------------
If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehetrips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
blue vekoma coaster? i dont think there's a blue vekoma coaster there buddy, unless you mistook Millennium Force for a Vekoma coaster, which, if you did, you should be flogged for. Intamin and Vekoma are two very different companies, Intamin being, of course, the better of the two. Vekoma's only Cedar Point coaster is Woodstock Express.
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"it's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful italian stereotype!"
Trips to Cedar Point: 2
Dragster: 3 Millennium Force: 41
Raptor: 30 Wicked Twister: 13
You didn't read it correctly, Then you realize HOLY CRAP! it is MFer, meaning you are so high up in the air it looks tiny! Not that the MFer is a crappy ride, Yellow train Full force is the smoothest train in the park.
And MFer means Millennium Force. and you should chill out and read things a few time before you talking about flogging and preaching. i know my cedar point, i have been going there every season since 1985, so yes i know Intamin and Ve(going into a)koma are totally different coaster companies. Intamin rocks, Vekoma needs to stick to their junior coasters.
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If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehe
trips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
Vekoma needs to stick to their junior coasters
Actually, I rather liked Batwing @ SFA. I also thought Kong @ SFMW was fine with a bit of defensive riding; great footchopper visuals from the front seat. Granted, Kong was not Raptor, and I've not been on a B&M flyer yet, so perhaps Batwing will pale in comparison, too.
That said, Woodstock is a fun little ride, even without the kids.
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"it's like eating in the kitchen of a delightful italian stereotype!"
Trips to Cedar Point: 2
Dragster: 3 Millennium Force: 41
Raptor: 30 Wicked Twister: 13
Back on topic, One thing that did impress me is how small the trains were on the Web Cam photos!
side note: vekoma may have made some good rides, in general i just don't care for their coasters, Some like steel some like wooden, i just don't care for 'em. and Woodstocks Express is awesome! it should be called woodstocks revenge, where do i petion a name change? ;)
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If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehe
trips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!
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