| Waldameer on a Tuesday (8-12-2008)
My cousin called me up last week, wanting to fill a coaster craving, and asked if I wanted to tag along with him to Waldameer.
Seeing as I had never been there, and knew little about the park, I decided it would give me something to do besides sit around my house all day. Plus this was sort of an early birthday present from my cousin.
We started out the day around 10am by playing a little bit of Rockband, and set the alarm for 11:15. We left around 11:20, and headed out on the open road for the hour and a half drive ahead.
We arrived at the park a little after 1, and I was really surprised and pleased at what I saw. This park reminded me of Geauga Lake in so many good ways.
Purchased the wristband and headed toward Ravine Flyer II.
Ravine Flyer II: 10-15min wait, 2nd to last car, last last seat.
Nothing my cousin told me could have braced me for what I witnessed in this coaster. My mind was absolutely blown away. I have experienced woodies with airtime, but not with the smoothness or non-stop action that RFII delivered. According to my cousin (now he's not an expert, but he knows enough), the only coaster that is better, would be Voyage at Holiday World. If that said is true, then I need to find a way to Holiday World A.S.A.P.!
RFII=10/10
After my mind blowing experience on RFII and a quick restroom pit-stop we headed over toward Steel Dragon.
Steel Dragon: 10-15 min. wait
I have never seen a wild mouse laid out so insanely, and to top things off, my cousin decided it would be cool if we went up the lift hill BACKWARDS! I was a little nervous seeing how the track was laid out, and just the type of coaster, but I must say it was well worth it. 10/10
The final coaster we needed to hit was the Comet, seeing as Ravine Flyer III was a kiddie coaster, and I decided to leave it to the children.
Comet: 20 min wait, back seat
For a smaller coaster, this was another unexpected and awesome coaster. Nice pops of air, and I was intrigued by how the manual braking system worked.
10/10
There were a couple things that are to be noted on this trip as well. One was while waiting for RFII, there were some crazy people standing near and on the track taking pictures, accompanied by a Waldameer Employee. It appeared they were part of some coaster club, which wouldn't surprise me.
The second thing of note, was there was a guy walking around, who tried getting on Ravine Flyer 3, probably just for the credit. He seemed desperate enough to borrow a child to ride. I'm wondering if he was sad enough to stoop to that level. I don't mind people who ride children's coasters for fun, but just to go on it for credit is a bit low in my books. I thought coasters were suppose to be rode for the thrill and entertainment purposes, not to be a total dillweed about it and force yourself onto a coaster, just "to have the credit."
After my cousin and I witnessed this sad attempt at gaining credit, we headed back towards Ravine Flyer II.
We rode Ravine Flyer II, 3 times in a row, 2nd car from back, very front, and very back. Two of those three times that dillweed was in line with us. It made me angry to see someone like that in a nice park like that.
Some of the other notable rides we went on were X-Scream, which for a drop tower, I actually enjoyed...Wacky Shack, which actually creeped me out, as I do not like dark rides that much, Pirate's Cove, a nice little funhouse, and Thunder River, which was a fun water ride and reminded me of White Water Landing.
I had a great time at Waldameer, I'm considering calling it my new home park, as well as possibly looking into working there next summer. I love the fact that it is right by Lake Erie, has the nice family atmosphere, is close, and is reasonably priced. I would go back in a heartbeat! 100/100
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2008 Disneyland Merchandise
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