Winter Chill Out Live Blog Discussion

I love the Sunrise Thrills idea. I want to use that option to get behind the scenes pictures of Rougarou!

I guess after working at the park, and seeing behind the scenes every day, the Sunrise Thrills Tours just don't appeal to me.

P.S. I know we're not really supposed to post milestones on here, but I'd like to wish myself a very merry 10 year pointbuzz anniversary!

Thabto (and others),

I think I'm reading this correctly but just want to get others' opinions. The RWC membership is acting the same as any other approved coaster club membership as far as Coastermania participation is concerned. So RWC members are permitted to buy tix and participate in Coastermania. They would not however have an exclusive access to tickets to Coastermania prior to those not in the RWC (ie Coastermania tix will go on sale to everybody at the same time). This is how I'm interpreting it. Do you guys agree?

Yes, that is exactly it. RWC gets no special treatment for Coastermania.

I kinda hoped they would announce CoasterMania! details at WCO or shortly thereafter so we can decide whether we can go or not... And 1,200 seems like a small number, but should make it much more enjoyable. How many usually participate in CoasterMania? I thought I'd read it was in the 3-4,000 range.

Has Coastermania always charged?? I seem to remember in the early days it was free with coaster club membership....I'm certainly no expert, as many of you are. I was just curious.

No, it was always free. This is the first time they ever charged for it.

I'm not too surprised with the change to Hurricane Hannah's into a Coke Freestyle. That location is so close to the front of the park, it seems like it would be hard to make it work well as a normal food stand.

I remember when Hurricane Hannah's was announced they attempted to do Perch sandwiches and some other interesting things (old thread link). Within a year or two it changed to the old standby of chicken fingers and pizza. Before that I think it was Hofbrau, which maybe was going for the whole German beer gardens type thing?

Maybe a Coke place will be a better fit.

campfreak06- This is the first year that CoasterMania! has a fee, and the first year there is a capped number of tickets sold.

Wow...Any chance these changes backfire on CP?

I think I remember them saying last year at lunch that the number was slightly more than 2000. 1200 seems like a good number to me. I'm more curious as to what they set the price at. We already have our campground reservations so I'm probably going this year no matter what, but if it's too much, it could affect me in future years. It doesn't surprise me one bit that they are going to a charge though with how I've seen people act in the past. I know it's the few ruining it for the many but the few REALLY went out of their way to ruin it.

Theme Park Press said:
I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Magnum might be a special coaster, and doubtless will remain for decades to come, but there's absolutely no way it could compare to a hyper coaster. Have you ridden Diamondback or Fury 325?

Uhhh yea I have and I'd rather ride Magnum than any of them - especially given I can usually do it with a much shorter wait because it has great capacity. What are you talking about anyway? Magnum was THE ORIGINAL Hypercoaster. I've come to the conclusion that nothing lasts forever and there might come a day when it goes away, but I think that day is quite far away.

Don't get me wrong. I enjoy B&M hypers, but the feeling I get on every one of them is about the same. Diamondback, Nitro, Intimidator, Apollo, they're all so similar to me that I have a hard time picking a favorite among them. I don't go riding other rides anywhere else and say, "hmmm that was just like Magnum." Even the rides that look just like Magnum (Steel Force, Mamba, Wild Thing, etc) aren't anything like Magnum.

I would also expect people to still show up at Coastermania without a ticket thinking they will get in. There were people behind us in line for registration last year who were berating Tony because they hadn't registered or didn't have their picture ID when Tony had put this out there on every form of media imaginable.

MDOmnis said:

I enjoy B&M hypers, but the feeling I get on every one of them is about the same. Diamondback, Nitro, Intimidator, Apollo, they're all so similar to me that I have a hard time picking a favorite among them. I don't go riding other rides anywhere else and say, "hmmm that was just like Magnum."

That may be the case, but just because a ride is unique doesn't mean that it is the best. B&M Hypers might seem redundant, but they're all packed with smooth airtime, something that Magnum doesn't have. As for the first drop, Fury's is the best I've experienced.

Don't get me wrong - from a practical perspective, I'm not suggesting that Cedar Point remove Magnum. But from a wishful perspective, I'd love to see a Hyper* at Cedar Point, even if it meant taking out Magnum.

*I am referring to a B&M Hyper - not just any hyper coaster

I'm going to have to disagree with you there. Magnum might be a special coaster, and doubtless will remain for decades to come, but there's absolutely no way it could compare to a hyper coaster. Have you ridden Diamondback or Fury 325?

I don't think Magnum will last DECADES more... Magnum may not be sinking that fast, but my friend did post a video showing that the footers out in the Pretzel loop are actually sinking about 1/2 an inch a year.

Lol... Someone just got Rick Rol'd

^shh....lol

Thabto said:
No, it was always free. This is the first time they ever charged for it.

If you were a member from a credited coaster club, but without a season/platinum pass, there was always a fee.

We're not talking about park admission tickets, just the fee to attend. Now everyone will pay to get in. Those without passes will cost more.