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Ray P Coral Cove User is Offline Joined: 12 Jul 2007 Posts: 501	Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:26 pm    Post subject: · Quote AmusementFan123 wrote: And Ray, you're a total douchebag. People who voice their opinions are "f***ing douchebags" because they don't agree with you? You're a moron. Oh, Parker.  You say we are so easy to rile up, yet all I have to do is say that the people that vote in Amusement Today's awards are worthless douchebags... note that it wasn't directed at you... and you immediately name call and attack me.   However, you only rank #4 on my Internet Coaster Forum's Biggest Pieces of Crap List... so you're going to have to try harder than that to upset me.  Actually, you'd never equal the hatred I have for my #1 Biggest Piece of Crap on the Internet, so keep trying.  Maybe one day you'll move up in the all-important rankings. It's funny though that I have always said that I respect other people's opinions, as long as they don't tell me they are a fact.  You keep telling me that it's a FACT that The Flagship is the best.  Based on what?  Some people's opinion?  I don't agree with it.  I move on with my life.  Now I have more important things to do like play Beatles Rock Band.   Good day to you, sir! _________________ http://rayp.smugmug.com
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Gunkey Monkey Site Admin User is Offline Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Posts: 1102 Location: Cleveland, Ohio	Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:07 pm    Post subject: · Quote AmusementFan123 wrote: Why is CP the best? Well, let me tell you. CP has 17 coasters that are very diverse and give great rides. Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Great America, Canada's Wonderland, Kings Island - except for SFMM they may not have as many as CP but they each have quite a diverse collection of great rides. Quote: Not all of the coasters are the best, but each one is great in their own way. I love the classics like Magnum, CCMR, Blue Streak, etc. SFGAm's Whizzer is a true classic, KI's Racer and Beast are true classics. Quote: CP offers things for everyone. They have family rides, kiddie rides, and thrill rides. I love the huge coasters. That's what makes CP great. They have more than coasters though. They have tranquil rides, water rides, shops, restaurants, a beach, etc. Other than the beach you make it sound like no other park has these types of rides. Quote: CP has been a tradition for me. I have been going since I was a little boy. It was a tradition for me. I was going every year since I was little. The original Shoot-the-Rapids, Frontier Lift, waiting over an hour for a ride on Corkscrew when it was brand new. I've seen CP in many of its different stages and the current state the park is being operated in now totally blows. It's not the great park it was back in the 80's when it was known as "The Amazement Park". Quote: I think CP is the best park in the world, because it doesn't look like a run down fair. Kennywood and Waldameer provide rides that you can ride at your local fair. Sadly, they look like them too, which is not a good thing. Those parks have at least 1 good coaster, but can't compare to anything at CP. Let me get this straight. CP doesn't have fair rides? What do you call Matterhorn, Wildcat, Wave Swinger, Monster, Scrambler, Himalaya, the Camp/Planet Snoopy rides, Tilt-a-Whirl, and the soon to be gone Chaos? Those are all fair rides. I would gladly take a ride on Ravine Flyer over Blue/Mean Streak any day and Phantom's Revenge over Magnum. Plus a lot of those so-called "fair rides" you are referring to are geared more towards the family. I still can't see how you can say the other parks and their rides look like they belong in fairs when you haven't seen them with your own eyes. That is such a biased remark. I would challenge you to visit two of these other parks and give us a full trip report on them next year but I am afraid you would just go in with your CP blinders on and not judge them fairly. Side note: Thank you to everyone for the GT for use of the "F-bomb". It takes a lot get me to the point where I start using such language. _________________ On September 21, 2007, a historic 119-year old amusement park had been secretly murdered. Never forget it.
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CuddyTheFlash Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 245 Location: In the darkest corner of your mind	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:47 am    Post subject: · Quote AmusementFan123 wrote: Blah, blah, blah, yadda, yadda CP is amazing, perfect, etc. tl;dr  In June, I'm going to visit a park that has coasters that won't make my back ache, and I'll probably get more bang for less than a trip to Cedar Fair Sandusky. coasterdad wrote: Ahhhh...the one click trick. So obviously the coaster didn't kill the enthusiast, the enthusiast did, well with some help from some brain dead ride ops (hahha - you think didn't know the story). Sounds like a good reason to boycott a park to me. More like brain dead park owners.  They let that go on for years before the stupid woman decided to defy safety.  Why do you think you get stapled in at parks like THE Flagship?  (If we're going to put THE in front of Ohio State so as to not confuse it with some other Ohio State, we should do it with Cedar Point, so as to not confuse it with some other Cedar Point.)  Now to answer your question...a coaster can be a killer just like a car is unsafe.  Oh wait, it isn't that the car is unsafe, or has poor safety standards, its the nut behind the wheel.  NOW I see your "logic." _________________ I don't like a certain company so everything they do MUST be wrong, even if it's right.  And that makes me look like a bigger fool. Take a stand against coasters that hurt or kill people.  Holiday World & Knotts Berry Farm, we are watching you!
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John Peck Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 279 Location: Columbus, Ohio USA	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:15 am    Post subject: · Quote Golden Tickets are just a popularity contest, have you noticed that nearly every award went to a ride or park in North America, except for a select few? I have looked at some Photo-Trip Reports over at theme Park Review and some of the new parks being built in Japan and China look incredible, but these numbers are based on votes and most of those votes are domestic. Whatever your likes and dislikes may be, if you ask 100 different people their top-parks lists, you'll get 100 different answers, there's no point in fighting over it. I don't mind seeing Cedar Point win every year, because frankly, CP is a well-rounded, very nice Amusement Park, but it would be nice to see that change once in a while.
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John Peck Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 279 Location: Columbus, Ohio USA	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:25 am    Post subject: · Quote CuddyTheFlash wrote: More like brain dead park owners.  They let that go on for years before the stupid woman decided to defy safety.  Why do you think you get stapled in at parks like THE Flagship?  (If we're going to put THE in front of Ohio State so as to not confuse it with some other Ohio State, we should do it with Cedar Point, so as to not confuse it with some other Cedar Point.)  Now to answer your question...a coaster can be a killer just like a car is unsafe.  Oh wait, it isn't that the car is unsafe, or has poor safety standards, its the nut behind the wheel.  NOW I see your "logic." Waiiiiiiiiiiit a second..... I was there that night. You were required to have at least 3 clicks and your seat belt fastened. It didn't go on for years... it went on for like 2 event-only nights. They let just a couple people do a 1-click ride and decided to move it to 3. Tamar removed her seat belt, tucked it in the sides, and intentionally stood up. Her fiance even stated that. That was a TERRIBLE night, very emotional. You have NO idea! I will never forget watching the County Coroner walk past me.
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CuddyTheFlash Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 245 Location: In the darkest corner of your mind	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:36 am    Post subject: · Quote The fact that the park let people disregard safety shows incompetence.  This was clearly an accident waiting to happen.  I'm surprised more serious charges weren't filed against the park. _________________ I don't like a certain company so everything they do MUST be wrong, even if it's right.  And that makes me look like a bigger fool. Take a stand against coasters that hurt or kill people.  Holiday World & Knotts Berry Farm, we are watching you!
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John Peck Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 279 Location: Columbus, Ohio USA	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:50 am    Post subject: · Quote Wow... that's a pretty closed-minded statement there, Cuddy, considering that a 1-click ride was considered safe by the trains manufacturer, PTC. I did a series of 3-click rides and never once did I feel I was gambling my safety. Fact of the matter is, you can be seated in the Raven with no seatbelt, no lapbar and not fall out. She purposely stood up, launched herself with her legs for the airtime and got ejected... again, she was putting herself in a compromising position. So yes, it's a sad situation, but "unsafe: is the last thing I would ever call Holiday World. Something tells me that your dislike for the park comes from some other reason, though.
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CuddyTheFlash Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 14 Sep 2008 Posts: 245 Location: In the darkest corner of your mind	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:57 am    Post subject: · Quote Watch out...you're starting to assume, which is going to make you look like an a**. I've always wondered, who was the GT #1 park before Cedar Point? _________________ I don't like a certain company so everything they do MUST be wrong, even if it's right.  And that makes me look like a bigger fool. Take a stand against coasters that hurt or kill people.  Holiday World & Knotts Berry Farm, we are watching you!
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John Peck Double Loop User is Offline Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 279 Location: Columbus, Ohio USA	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:12 am    Post subject: · Quote Sorry, but those are facts from eye-witnesses. I don't "assume" when it comes to ride safety. We should probably bring this topic back on subject, you're welcome to pm me.
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kidcoaster Beaver Land Mine Ride User is Offline Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 66 Location: Conneaut Lake Park	Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:56 pm    Post subject: · Quote Knoebels should have won. Yeah Cedar Point is nice it has lost all of its charm in recent years. Knoebels you have two of the best wooden coasters (Phenoix & Twister) you don't need 17 to be a great park after all thats not what the award was for. Knoebels offers two plans, tickets and free admission definatly flexable for a family on a budget. Also the free admission includes shows, museums  and parking. Their food is also the best and cheapest in the industry. Instead of paying 5 bucks for a 21 ounce cup it only runs about $2 at Knoebels. Also throughout the grounds you will find some of teh most diverse selection of rides for all ages (Such as the Looper, Flyers, the Skooters, Log Flume, Antique Cars, Sky Slide, two seneic train rides and the Bounce house which the whole family can go on) also one of the best Haunted Houses and voted the best Carousel which you can still catch the brass ring. From the Shaded midways to the animals roaming the ground to the rides and the Food nothing can beat Knoebels. I would take one hour at Knoebels over a whole week at Cedar Point any day. Cedar Point is nice but will never top Knoebels or most other parks! Thats my rant _________________ Ken Jones '09 Ghost Lake - Jeepers Creepers Corn Maze '08 Ghost Lake - Clown Town
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