 CP 7/12 and 7/13
It began at about 9:00 when 2 of my best friends, Tim Brennan and Alex Ray, came over to my house, all packed up. One hour later we set off for CP...This would be my second visit,and thier first. Sometime around noon we stopped at Burger King for some lunch, then we set off again. At about 3:00pm we finally arrived. It had seemed all to long since I had last seen that skyline filled with coasters 2 years ago...We checked into our cabin (right behind mean streak) and got settled in before buying our 2-day ride and slide tickets. Then we walked into the park at the soak city entrance...
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Day 1
As soon as we entered CP, we went straight to Magnum. It was funny that the DJ was blasting 'Feel Good Inc' by the Gorilaz, because we had just finished listening to it on Alex's MP3 player. Anyway, we trekked up the line to the station, where we got into the back car. After showing them both what VorteX does, they wanted as much airtime as possible. Needless to say,this trip delivered. As we went through the course, we kept feeling slight pops of air on every hill. I think the best part is the last tunnel, where you dont know when your floating...
After our warmup coaster, we went to TTD, which was actually running unlike my 2003 trip...Just seeing it launch left me breathless. I had been on StormRunner earlier that season, but this launch looked completely different. While we were waiting in line, Tim and I kept trying to persuade Alex to ride it later, and that we werent warmed up yet. In other words, we were scarred ****less. I tried calming down by watching the trains go over the hill, looking to see any rollbacks. Fortunately there were none. Finally my turn came: we boarded the back row and front row of the last two cars of the green train, and we were off. I hated the prelaunch, cuz you stall for such a long time, not knowing when your gonna launch. My heart was beating out of control when the train finally slid back into place. Then came the signal and VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM we flew through the launch section. Then up the hill, buttlift , and back down into the break run. The experience was incredible....completely worth our one hour wait. Once we got off I went for an onride photo. Unfortunately we werent all in the same shot, so we would have to ride it again later..oh well
After Dragster, we decided to cool down with Iron Dragon. It was much more boring than I had remembered, though we did get a split second of air going down the first hill for some reason...
Next came M-force, as we nicknamed it. The giga coaster had a one hour wait that turned into one and a half due to slight technical difficulties...Waiting in line and going up the ramp, I found out exactly how scrawny I am, when I stuck my whole arm through one of the fence holes so I could attempt to high five the riders going by...Finally we got into our car, and I tucked my bucket hat into my shirt, creating a uni-boob We all loved the station music (does anyone have it who can send it to me?) but it didnt last long since the lift took us away. One thing I love about M-force is that lift hill. It feels like your going faster and faster into the sky before you take the plunge. The ride itself was nothing to laugh at either. During each hill I experienced a unique type of air that didnt really float me, but pushed me over the hill...
As we got off, we went into Johnny Rockets cuz it started raining. Conveniently we were getting pretty hungry too. We all ordered our food, and watched the live entertainment...Then the rain cleared and we left. Next we went to the boardwalk. WT was closed, but chaos wasnt Obviously we rode it. They loved it so much, we double rode it: first time I sat with Alex, second with Tim...IMO, Alex was a better flipping partner.
After that, we went to DT. The ride was pretty boring, but Alex started flirting with some girls in line...I liked how my DD shirt glew in the dark under the blacklight...As we got off, we asked the ride op how to get back to CP from Alaska. His responce was basically that CP is large enough to cross over into Alaska...
Next came Blue Streak, or the floating wooden coaster of extreme air time...Then off to Raptor, the best Invert in the US that I have ridden. My friends classified it as "Like Face/Off exept, you know, fun." Then we went for Demon Drop, as it got dark. This was all of our first Intamin Drop Ride's so we didnt know the restraints would hurt so much. Or, as Alex put it: "This is not happy!" Right before we took the plunge. After that we took a ride on MF as the park closed, and found out the front has more air then the back...
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Day 2
We awoke in our cabin at about 8:15 so we could get ready and have 15 minutes to walk there for ERT. That day's ERT rides were MaXair, M-force, and Dragster. We chose to take M-force for our warmup and then head over to TTD. Unfortunately our plans changed since Mantis opened after our warmup coaster. On the bright side, we were one of the first trains of the day. The ride op was awesome. Id like to quote his responce to the ride summery if I may. "Your about to go really really high, turn around, go really really low, then we'll turn upside down a bunch of times at a speed I like to call really really fast!" Best...ride op..ever. (Exept the one on Runaway Reptar, cuz we did stuff like play games and do the wave while we were waiting for the train to run its course )
After Mantis, we decided to hit what we forgot yesterday. First we went over to Power Tower. I knew what the launch up was like from Dr. Doom's Fearfall, but I had never riden a launch down version. I still say the launch up version is better. Then it was off to Corkscrew. To put it bluntly, the ride ops put our restraints down just a bit too low...This ride inflicts pain After the painful experience, it was off to Gemini. Unfortunately they were only running one side Regaurdless we had a ride op named Bob, and the ride produced nice head choppers and air time.
Next Tim and Alex got some smoothies. I wasnt thirsty, so I nabbed a credit on the Woodstock express instead (yay credit whoring!) They finished theyre drinks, and we went for Mean Streak. Wait in line, I kept bragging that my dad once knew Summers (which he did, for a very brief period of time before I was born ) The ride was nice, with some good bouncing airtime. My only regret were the seatbelts, which were convienently located right above my crotch and liked to bounce Then it was time to check back in with my parents (aka drivers for this trip since I dont have my liscence yet, but thats another story.) We changed and went into soak city for a few hours. I have no comments, exept their lazy river was one of the nicest I have ever been on (the wave pool one), and that the positioning right by magnum was a nice effect.
Once we got back to CP, we just had a bunch of rerides, including Chaos, TTD, Magnum, and we played some DDR in the arcade when it rained (stupid Dennis.) On Magnum, our ride op tried to mock the one on Mantis, but wasnt as good. Plus he said that Magnum far surpassed Raptor, so he automaticly sucked...After a second DD credit was denied, we hit the gift shop and left the park. I bought a TTD monkey and a 'coaster challenge' shirt with all the rides listed in a list. Tim bought a dragon sculpture since hes a dragon freak, and Alex got a Dragster shirt. We drove away and bid farewell till next year (Im planning a CF roadtrip next year...)
Pics are coming soon, theyre getting developed and I should have them after work at 11:00 Ohio time...
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Coaster count: 62
2005 season: PKI, HP, Coney (Ohio), CP
RIP King Cobra  |
. The one night that I was there last year, I got to ride TTD 4 times in a row in half an hour. The park had emptied out for rain.
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