What do you do for amusement park-like thrills during the off season?

Mad River Mountain.

Roller Coaster Tycoon and YouTube POVs, its sad but itll keep you going

I'm with Jesz and the rail road tracks. There's a perfect set just before my street. If I hit it at 70kph I get perfect airtime. I also rode the ferris wheel at Navy Pier when I was in Chicago a few days ago. Not exactly a roller coaster ride, but still a key amusement park feature.

I also like the airtime on the raod by my house! We also go sled riding!

Are you guys ready for it? Okay, skiing

It is my official new obsession.

I think hitting rail road tracks at a high rate of speed would be considered wreckless driving.

I like to go to Chicago in the winter too.

Homework is also a blasty

I love skiing too. I just got back from Copper Mountain Colorado where I did my finest skiing yet. I was all over from the back bowls to the tree runs. Great trip but we could have used a little more snow the first few days. I'd post pics but well...

Jealous. I want to go out west skiing. I've just hit up most of the places in Michigan. And it is pretty flat...

West Virginia has some good places to ski. I have been to snowshoe a few times.

Wreckless driving or not, that bit of air time is worth it. :)

I think I would fall on my a$$ if I tryed to ski. I'm pretty good at ice skating though. At least I have mastered one winter sport.

I dance around in my underwear playing Guitar Hero. It's a thrill.

While on a lift I heard a lady say I could never ride rollercoasters. Meanwhile she is just sitting on a chair 20-30 feet above ground with no restraints holding her in.

Skiing is like rollerblading but with bigger "rollerblades".

I notice people tend to use winter as an excuse to gain weight, or sit around the house more often. But I look at it as a reason to get out of the house more. Winter goes by in no time if you have a hobby like skiing.

I'll never forget, my brother in 1995. His Spanking brand new Pontiac Grand Prix.... There were some railroad tracks that had a steep hill just before them, right up the road. He went back and forth trying to gain enough speed to JUMP them. Finally he did it....WEEEEeeeee....but wait....what's that noise?

Oh shut up.

My sister was ejected from her seat and into the ceiling of the car. "OUCH" she screamed.

Oh shut up, it was awesome! Geeeez. YOU ruined it!!!

I like to spin around really, really fast in my office chair when nobody is looking . . .

play call of duty 4 :)

went Indoor Skydiving the other day. Quite the rush - nothing but airtime. Awesome, expensive though.

You should try the real thing. Thirteen student jumps under my belt, all of them back in 1989. I've developed cowardice since then.

I did a tandem jump last year. In fact it was one year ago today. Wierd. Anyway it was fun but a very different thrill. My friend and I also drove to Sandusky yesterday just because. We looked at the skyline, ate at Dianna's, and went to that big souvenir t-shirt store where I bought a couple of shot glasses. Once getting to Sandusky I realized how depressing it actually was to be in Sandusky and not able to go to CP. Probably won't ever do that again.

It's depressing enough to be in Sandusky period, Going to CP or not!

My son like to ride in his sleeping bag down the stairs!

Vince, what was your jump altitude? All my solo student jumps were from 4500', but I understand most tandems jump from around 9500'.

You should have gone to the Merry-go-round museum while you were in town:

http://www.merrygoroundmuseum.org/

Never mind. I just checked their hours, and they're only open on weekends in January - February.