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SnooSnoo
09-08-2007, 03:51 AM
Well.. what a crazy day.

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The Parking Lot was PACKED. :)

Maverick ERT for Joe Cool was today.. and my friend Justin and I decided to hit it up. Well, it was a bit windy.. so when we FINALLY got in the park, they announced it would be a Millennium Force ERT instead.

Saddened.. we make our way to MF. When we get there... Tony and Tyler announce.. MAVERICK!

Finally.. we get to Mavvy.. and the line is QUITE the sex..

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Magical to say the least.

WELL.. having already had to wait for the ride to open.. we FINALLY get on around 4:30-5. 10/10 yet again... I love Mav.

We get back in line.. the ride breaks down. YES. Delay after delay is ruining our day. Well, we eventually get on and have another great ride. By this point, the normal guest start to arrive, so we decide to hit up an EMPTY Skyhawk..

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3 rides later, we decide to head back to Maverick for another go.. hoping the line would get shorter. It was.. 10 minutes later.. we are sitting in our seats.. and low and behold.. RAIN!

Yay for more bull****. We had to wait even longer as they unloaded us and slapped us back in the queue line. Although.. after a bit.. the line wasn't looking too bad..

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After about 45 minutes, we finally get back on and have our 3rd go. Yet again, fantastic ride.

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After that.. we stop by the Chik stand and get some food.. very very good.

A little walk later.. we are on Millennium Force.. much to our surprise.. with a 10 minute wait. Beauty! The ride proved a little better then I remembered, but nothing too spectacular.

After MF.. we head over to Power Tower for a little space shotness.. nice nice.. then over to Top Thrill Dragster.. which had been down all day due to weather and mechanical difficulties.

The guy said in about half an hour, they would be open.. so we took a romp on Magnum for a bit of fun.

Every time I ride this ride.. it gets less and less fun. The trims take away ALL of the ejector it once had. Its just soo bland its insane. Poor Magnum.. what you could be..

As we've did everything of note so far in the park thats open.. we decide.. well I decide to head over to TTD and wait it out. We met quite a few nice people and actually enjoyed the near hour wait for the ride to open.

Low and behold.. once the ride did open.. we are the 5th and 6th people in line!

First train of the day.. and 10pm!! YAY!!

I hadn't ridden TTD since the Live, so if I could have ridden any other ride besides Maverick, this would have been it. 5th row back, we strap in and pray for a rollback... but to no avail.

As the line is TINY.. we get back in line and decide to wait for the front.

As we are waiting.. we spot Hyde244 about to have his go! We had no idea he was even in the park. We tried to meet up with him later at the ERT.. which we indeed did. Quite interestinggg...

After our second go on TTD.. its around 10:30 and the park closes at 11. We decide, since my stuff is in the locker at MF.. we would have a few more goes before the final Maverick ERT that night.

On the way.. we spot a NOTHING line on Wildcat.. so we jump on. We seriously walk-on.. ride.. and walk off. A 'Coaster Pit-Stop' i'd like to say.. haha.

We gallop over to MF to find the SAME line as we did on Wildcat. Walk-On!!

Beauty at its finest ladies and gentleman.

After a go, we run around and get back in line. Another walk-on! While we are getting ready to go, we had realized that we had ridden TTD, Wildcat, and MF in about 5 minutes. Crazyness.

Another ride later.. they just start letting people in the queue and not having them walk all the way around. We re-ride the same seat twice in a row!

<3

Finally.. with the park closing, we head back to Maverick for the long awaited Maverick ERT we had dreamed of.

We ended up seeing Hyde244 when we jump in.

The lack of people was astounding.. 2 re-rides later.. RAIN!!!!!!

5 minutes into the ERT.. we get booted from the ride. We could have gotten in at least 15 rides at that pace.. but ended so sadly.

Overall.. 9/10 day. I wish we coulda ridden Maverick more.. but the craziness of the day made up for it.


Ride Count:

Maverick x5
Millennium Force x4
Top Thrill Dragster x2
Power Tower x1
Magnum XL-200 x1
Skyhawk x 3

ytivarg
09-08-2007, 05:06 AM
Sounds like a terrific day to me, as long as you had good company and good fun. :up: Wish I coulda been there tonight!!! :mad:

CoasterMouse
09-08-2007, 05:03 PM
How long were the lines for MF?

I waited about 1 1/2 hours, but on a full day though.

SnooSnoo
09-08-2007, 05:24 PM
10 minutes.. Walk-on.. 2 re-rides..

;)

~LoveTulie
09-09-2007, 03:29 AM
ARGH! :mad: I HATE YOU! I wish I went there! That has GOT to be the least packed day of the season, and you got there! ARGH! :mad:. Ugh I wish I would have went. :( Your a lucky ass.

Oh yeah, if you go on a sunday during sept. or oct. tell me if its packed!

Jekoon
09-09-2007, 10:42 AM
Yeah you're lucky. I went the Sunday before Labor Day and the Maverick line was 2 1/2 hours long. But it was still worth it. :)

~LoveTulie
09-09-2007, 08:43 PM
Just curious, what does ERT stand for?

fathorse
09-09-2007, 09:26 PM
Extended Ride Time.

Hey Snoo Snoo, were you waiting in the front row of the back train for Maverick when it was raining?

tycooner55
09-09-2007, 11:06 PM
Don't complain, I didn't even make it to CP this year.

Jekoon
09-10-2007, 12:37 AM
ERT = exclusive ride time

SnooSnoo
09-10-2007, 01:58 AM
Extended Ride Time.

Hey Snoo Snoo, were you waiting in the front row of the back train for Maverick when it was raining?


Yes sir I was.


PS: Went again today.. even LESS lines.. haha

fathorse
09-10-2007, 08:00 AM
I thought you looked familiar, but I wasn't going to yell "Snoo Snoo!" in a fullish station. :haha: I was in the front of the 3rd car in the back train when they unloaded us. We left about 10 minutes before it stopped raining, but hit up Skyhawk and had no wait on MF when it reopened when we walked by.

Harpo
09-10-2007, 11:01 AM
Glad you had a good time! Sounds like a rider's dream, but a stockholder's nightmare.

I had tickets for Saturday's Tiger game, otherwise I might have snuck down to the park for the weekend.

Oh well, at least it was an exciting game, and it was a win for the Tigers!

SnooSnoo
09-10-2007, 01:23 PM
^My Buckeyes ALSO won.. AND Michigan lost AGAIN!

This weekend was PRETTY MUCH the greatest weekend i've ever had.

2 dead.. as in walk-on every ride dead.. days at CP.. and my Buckeyes won.

Heaven on Earth boys and girls.. ;)

~LoveTulie
09-10-2007, 04:53 PM
^My Buckeyes ALSO won.. AND Michigan lost AGAIN!

This weekend was PRETTY MUCH the greatest weekend i've ever had.

2 dead.. as in walk-on every ride dead.. days at CP.. and my Buckeyes won.

Heaven on Earth boys and girls.. ;)

Lucky! :mad:

Did you go on a sunday too? And if so, was it packed? Lol sorry I keep asking, I just am worried that if I go this sunday it may be packed.