you couldn't pay me enough... [img]eek.gif[/img]
On a whim, I packed up the family truckster and took the gang to Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio for a short trip before the school year begins (Mrs. Baimun is a teacher, so "beginning of the school year" really has meaning in the Baimun household.)
Cedar point is the one park with the most rollercoasters in the world (16) and the Millenium Force was one that helped them break 10 world records in 2000.
310 Feet High
93 MPH
80 Degree Drop
7000 feet of track covered in 2 minutes.
I rode the coaster with my younger daughter in typical Baimun fashion (arms straight over head, psychotic grin the entire time).
When we got off the ride, I noticed black spots all over my hands....
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... bugs had been atomized on all the skin surfaces that were facing forward. Hmm... wonder why my throat was so dry.
you couldn't pay me enough... [img]eek.gif[/img]
oh wow me and lil mort would ride that!!! woohoo [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
We rode the Millenium Force at sunset.... so cresting over the top of the hill and seeing the sun setting on Lake Erie just before the big plunge was like seeing GOD. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Our other favorite was The Raptor.
One where you sit in a chair with your feet dangling...
SIX upside down turns
one large Vertical LOOP
TWO inverted Corkscrews
a ZERO GRAVITY roll
and a COBRA ROLL where you're inverted twice.
That one we rode in the daytime and at night.... at night you're flying through the dark and whipping out over the lighted boardwalk.... it's what it would feel like to have super powers and be able to fly. Front row is a MUST. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Cedar Point is a blast, but I have to wholeheartedly DISAGREE with the Raptor being a favorite.
A little background is needed here, I am 6'3" but only have a 31" inseam, so the majority of my height is in my torso.
The Raptor is NOT set up for long torso'd people. The first (and only) time I rode it the little bike seat thing came up between my legs and wouldn't lock until it was CRUSHING Cousin Jim and the Twins, and that was with my feet still firmly planted on the launch platform.
By the time the ride was over the G-forces around corners and upside down left me 3 octives higher voiced, walking funny and seriously worried that I'd ever have kids. [img]confused.gif[/img]
Both rides are a blast - but Raptor is still my favorite.
There were two people who waited in the enormous line for Millenium Force, only to have to leave the platform as the lap hydrolic pad couldn't latch in place because of their bellies. They would have flown out of the car.
In the park's defense, they post a sign and have a sample chair at the main entrance of EVERY extreme ride like that for you to test if your body will fit in the chair or not.
Six Flags in Gurney IL has a ride called RAGING BULL where you sit in a chair with a rubber lap pad that locks down on your lap and THAT's IT!!! no seat belt, not shoulder harness... Oh, did I mention that there's NO CAR AROUND YOU???? It's like driving 70mph on a BARSTOOL!!! [i]that ride also drops down the big hill and GOES UNDERGROUND. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
I LOOOOOOOVE rides like these. [img]smile.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's hysterical, they were TRTR, Too Rotund To Ride!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]Originally posted by Baimun:
There were two people who waited in the enormous line for Millenium Force, only to have to leave the platform as the lap hydrolic pad couldn't latch in place because of their bellies. They would have flown out of the car.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's the same thing my smart assed and short buddy said while I was laying on a bench in the fetal position after the ride. I told him to shut the hell up and kicked him in the nuts so he could share in my anguish.... Do you honestly pay attention to ANY signs like that until it's over and you're crying like a schoolgirl!!?!?!??!Originally posted by Baimun:
In the park's defense, they post a sign and have a sample chair at the main entrance of EVERY extreme ride like that for you to test if your body will fit in the chair or not.
Signs like that usually don't apply to me since I'm from the center of the universe.
We don't change our clocks in the spring and fall... everyone changes time around us.
I just happen to be the height and weight that all american products are designed around. [img]wink.gif[/img]
5'10" 189 lbs, size 11 shoe.
I can't help it if you live too close to the nuclear plant and are so freakin tall... [img]wink.gif[/img]
you didn't go on that Dragster jobbie?
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