got to the park after 12. it was POURING rain. bought tickets and ponchos. went to MF.
WALK-ON CITY BABY!! got a ride in the rain!!! i was laughing so hard i was crying, but you wouldn't know because i was so soaking wet!! i swore right then and there that i would NEVER ride it when it was dry again!!
did three laps on MF and went and sat down under the umbrellas by Mantis. watched Mantis BARELY make it through the vertical loop and almost roll back after the corkscrew. we went "WOW!!!" and went to ride it. noticed that as the train hit the pull-out of the drop it was spraying water all over the train. AWESOME!!
BEST RIDE ON MANTIS EVER!! EVER!! once in a lifetime ride!! when we got off, we noticed it had just been closed for weather...what luck!!
met my BF who wanted to sleep in. hit MF again. two words...WOOOO HOOOO!! what a ride!! BF decided he wanted a couple more. ok. off we go again.
while we are waiting for the last two, the clouds become VERY dark and ominous. the wind picks up and the rain starts again. we ride the very back seat once. i swear i thought we weren't gonna make it over the Magnum hill. we were soaking wet, hurting (the rain was "Owie-stingie" needles) and the on-ride photos were PRICELESS!!
we crammed more into those three hours (7 MFs one Mantis) then we did on Saturday and we were BEAT. but HAPPY!!! oh so happy!!
i loved this trip. it was nice to hear Ron and Emily and John all starting to talk like old CP pros and asking technical questions and noticing when trims were off and such. how refreshing!! what a trip!! i hope i get a day like Sunday every year...
and the comment of the weekend from Emily about Millie.."She's my B***H!!"
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October: servo's ultimate ELEVATION! U2 and MF two days apart!
*** This post was edited by servo on 10/15/2001. ***