POLL: Bad reviews, but I LIKE IT!

People tend to give poor reviews to Meanstreak due to it's roughness. I still like Meanstreak though...it's a huge coaster and great fun!! :)

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You're entitled to your opinion, Chris, but the point we're making here is that they're becoming more family oriented while simultaneously building the big rides. If anything, the last four or five years have shown a real re-focusing on keeping things family oriented. And why wouldn't they? A family of four spends more on admission, food and souveniers than any single coaster dork.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

Ok Jeff you go t me there, I guess I can agree they have been focusing a little more on the family in recent years.

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- Chris -
http://www.thepointol.com/~simplycp
Computer Science - Ashland University
Witches' Wheel/Monster - 2002
3rd Shift Trash Removal - 2001

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Jeff said:

single coaster dork.

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Yes, that's me. Single, coaster enthusiast, and dork. :)

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i have a six year old son and a two year old daughter. we made a trip to C.P last year during halloweekends with the kids for their first amusement park. I was worried at first, but our children had the best time of their young lives, thanks to all the kiddy stuff to do. we froze our butts off, but it was well worth it watching my kids on the rides and taking my son on his first coaster......Disaster Transport.

I also like Mean Streak (although I liked it better without trims running at full force) and always felt it was treated unfairly.

Mantis is my choice for the opposite. It's an okay ride, doesn't hurt me (like it does others), but it's just not exciting enough to me to wait more than 30 minutes for it.

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I'd rather die living than live like I'm dead

One ride I enjoy but no one else seems too is Corkscrew. Maybe because it was the first looping coaster I ever rode, but I still think that the corkscrew over the midway is a very fun element.As for a ride I dislike but every one else (at least everyone I know) likes – Mantis. I like the ride layout; the restraints are just too uncomfortable. And after waiting in line for 45 minutes, I want to sit down, not stand up some more.

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Bob M.

One of my all-time favorite flat rides is Cedar Downs. Yes, it's cheesy, but it's fun!! When I ride it, it brings back a lot of good memories from my younger days visiting CP. I always have to take a spin or two on it when I'm in the park with friends.

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~Lee~

Group Sales ATL '01
Park Admissions TL '02
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Who's afraid of the big bad... sea gull?

Not too many people seem to care for Iron Dragon -- I just love a ride on that at night, flying through the wooded areas. I could do without the bugs but, oh well.

While everyone else seems to love it I don't especially care for MF. That is just too much coaster and too much hardcore speed for my taste. I did enjoy my one ride on it, but I doubt if I would ride it again.

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For me, it is also Mean Streak. It was the 3rd coaster that I have ever rode in my life and it was horrible. I closed my eyes and didn't scream, but almost whined the whole time. (I'm a big baby. lol.) Well I guess that it is only my opinion, but I always warn my new rider friends about that rough ride, before they take their turn. I wish my friends would have done the same for me. And the Iron Dragon, how could you not love it? Maybe if you are a major thrill seaker, but in my own oinion once again, I think it is a GREAT ride for beginners and anyone else who is up for an easy ride. It was the second coaster that I have ever dragged my mom on and I laughed the whole time at her unneccesary screaming. lol. I guess I forgot to tell her about that first drop. :)

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Cedar Point is the best. I will never stop loving it. You gotta, You wanna, You have to hold on...Cedar point hold on!!

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Mean Streak and Mantis

My brother and usually my friends don't enjoy these two rides at all, but I love em. Mean Streak is a classic rough and tumble woodie, that can give some good rides with a short wait. Although some say Mantis is a "croch killer" (the stupid"est" thing I have ever heard) the whip turns keep bringing me back for more. If you just position your legs the way the signs tell you to, Mantis is a very enjoyable ride.

Snake River Falls

I get very cold and drenched in dirty water. Take only when necessary.

What I truly love is the Mean Streak. It is far too underrated.

It is hard for me to say what I think is overrated. I do not know. I'll have to think about it...

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Cedar Point, the cure for the Summertime blues!

I would have to say Gemini or DT. Gemini, because of the "steep" drops, head-chopping feeling and the helix at the end! DT because I love the feeling of suprise! When it is dark you don't know where the drop, corner, or hill is going to be, I love it! Another one would be the L.E. C.P. Railroad, you can't beat the skeletons! And we can't forget the Sky Ride, a classic!

On the flip side, probably Mantis (boy that ride as been pretty popular in this thread!) I don't know, I just don't like it, I like the first loop, but the reat doesn't do anything to me

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Its the ride, not the records!

I love Mantis, but a lot of people seem to complain about standing up on it. The standing up makes me feel like I'm really doing something and being adventurous. I love how my legs are just a little bit tired after a ride.

I can't think of any rides I hate. I've always been a person that sticks up for all of the little rides out there.

Not to many like the blue streak~ personally i do i rode it atleast 10 times last year

I dont really HATE any rides.. But.. i dont know.. the gemini isn't really a good ride.. in my opinion its kinda boring..

Your arms must be too short to high-five folks in the train across from you.

-CPlaya

(whose arms are long enough to ruin other people's on-ride photos and smack nearby shrubbery)

All coasters are good coasters.To me there are non BAD coasters not even at SF:WOA.But I still like Cp's collection more and I will ride any of the 15 coasters at any time.

"Hey,Were Lacthkey Bots."

Well, not so much a coaster people hate, or don't like, but a very underappriciated one. Gemini. I will ride that over and over and over... A little slow in the turns, yes, but in the back you get great airtime, it is very smooth, and nothing beats slapping hands with someone in another train on the curves... Was I not supposed to say that? :)

As for overrated rides, I guess I would have to say Millennium Force. Don't get me wrong, GREAT drop, but after a few times, the novelty runs out. There are only 3 real airtime hills on that thing. It's still a good ride, but overrated because it could never have lived up to the hype.

Nobody has risen up in defense of the Cadillac Cars, so let me be the first to applaud the sheer amount of air time in that ride. Heck, you're in the open air practically the entire time - except on the covered bridge. Who can say more for their favorite?

-- Harley

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CP fan since 68.