AgentSoB

I applied and am going to one of the open interviews... However if you have a preference not to be near clowns (Yuck) I don't suppose they'll put you there anyways? Right? I am just excited at the possibility of doing this.

That is an excellent idea Gabe I had never thought of that. My main concern was always losing the keys from my trunks after time in Boomerang Bay. That would work perfect.

I can kinda see the THE Son of Beast thing... what ticks me off is when the "the" is placed in the middle of the title. It is not titled The Son of The Beast.

I enjoyed The Crypt on my ride several weeks back... even the two flips were enough for me and the crew operating the ride were very friendly. It was a good experience.

I hoping that all goes well for me I put in my app today... I honestly can't wait even if the hours are going to be bad.

We should now refer to that area as the basketball boneyard...

I think it would be really cool at least on a coaster... Drop Tower or something of that nature not so great.

The sad thing is that they spend 20 dollars winning the ball to do stupid stuff like that with the prize.

1. kjkjkj/ Kyle- Maybe going 2. Ashers/ Ashley- Maybe going 3. HTCO (maybe) 4. dare-to-fly 5. Justin M17/ Justin 6. AgentSoB/ Tracy Should be fun considering I'm going to CP the next day... I wouldn't miss it though. I'll be there and ready to finally take my first ride on Drop Tower.

My question is how formal are the open interviews for the positions. I'll most likely go to the park for the day when I interview. I just don't want to over or underdress.

Nice trip report...as always your pictures are fantastic. I'm hoping to score a trip to Universal later this year. My friend actually won tickets to go and has invited me. As a matter of fact, he won a full fledge vacation now that I think of it.

I agree I think that Mantis has a really great color scheme... I also have to rank Vortex up there, orange and blue complement each other well. Edit* I forgot Montu that is a nicely painted scheme as well... The Heiroglyphics on the Egypt themed walls are nice as well. http://www.rcdb.com/ig87.htm?picture=16 Here is the queue http://www.rcdb.com/ig87.htm?picture=27

I think the site is a great creation and can really be a portal for us "Ride Warriors" to come together. One thing I might suggest is perhaps a trivia type quiz with prizes. I think that would be real fun... By the way, I love the opening flash video it is well done.

I found the site to be very interesting... Sure it has some bugs, but it is a great attempt. I really think that it is cool for CF to be pushing this ride warrior thing so hard. I think the opening intro video is very good and really shows the thrills they offer enthusiasts like us. Now if it doesn't get fixed fully that's when I'll be come dissapointed. For now though, kudos to CF for shouting out to us ride warriors. Seems they appreciate us.... so i'm throwing a little appreciation back at them.

Plain and simple I don't want it gone... however, if the downtime is because of another major issue I could see it finally get cut. I love the ride and will ride it in any seat at any time. The ride has always been in the middle of a love/hate argument, and will most likely always be that way. It is sometimes hard to see the others side, but some of us love the ride. It hurts when people down something I feel so strongly for... I deal with this all the time. Rooting for the underdog is fun though, especially when the certain underdog broke your fear of coasters.

SoB is a great front seat ride.... I however enjoy it in every seat. I've rode it in the back recently and came off pleased. The rosebowl does hurt in the back, but the rest of the ride is fine.

It was a great day despite the rain... Thanks for introducing me to the Crypt. Although short and very lackluster, I was still in a way thrilled. I was almost disapointed that I've passed it up for so many years. The lights, music, and theme were a very nice touch.

I'd like to go back to KI in 1981 to take a crack at The Bat. I love suspended roller coasters and would really have liked to take a ride on the first one. Also, a ride on King Cobra in '84 would be nice. Alas no matter what I never even had the chance to see The Bat. My mom told me several times of how she chickened out when in line to ride. I get angry at her everytime she tells me this. At least she coulde of gave me some kind of perspective.

This is why several of the people I know that can't fit on dragster want to go have a great adventure. However I wouldn't mind having a great adventure either, even after riding dragster.

I'm not sure about MF or TTD, but I find Maverick to be pretty roomy. The over the shoulder part does not rest on my shoulders like most of the other styles. Also, like Diamondback I think it is mostly in the thighs with Maverick, unless you are extremely barrel chested. A few people I know that can't fit on most B&M's fit on Maverick.

I love both of the roller coasters. However, I give the notch to SoB. I love the speed and the height of the ride. It roars through its course much like its father. However, there is just something about it that just gives me goosebumps. It is a pure rush. If only it had a tunnel like papa... On a side note, I do too like Mean Streak. This is mostly because of its layout. With proper trains and the trim on the drop removed, it would probably be a great ride.

I didn't hear anything about what was going on all day. However, on Paddlewheel Excursions the captain stated, "we are currently crossing under Millennium Force; It's big, it's blue, and it's broken." I gave a little bit of a chuckle to that. I actually thought about you Giga when I saw it was looking put back together. I said to myself Giga will be happy to know they have worked this fast on it.

I've always had a thing for wooden roller coasters. This is of course after I got over my fear of coasters in general. I love speed on any kind of coaster. The faster I'm traveling the more I laugh. However, there are smaller coasters that are good as well. For instance, I think Adventure Express really speeds for a mine train coaster. So, I'm usually giggling like a tween when I'm on the ride.

More Photos from my previous post looks like they were having a good deal on the family dryer model Mine Ride through the trees... and into the station... The ride that ate my day... Who says Cedar Point doesn't have charm? Ditto I kept trying to get both arms in the picture, but I kept missing... Got it... opps nope darn Ahh I found more charm... and a few trees. I think I might be on to something. Another picture of Mantis from PE consisting of some seriously twisted steel Although not a great shot, it was of a great ride so why not... We came... we saw...we had fun That's it until next time I guess

Earlier this week my girlfriend and I decided it was time to hit CP for the first time this year. So, we all hit the bed early saturday night for the trip up there Sunday. I watched the weather closely and Sunday turned out to be beautiful. As a plus, I got my first credit as driving to the point. I'm 21 and have had my liscense for a while, but never drove on the interstate until recently. We arrived at the point at about 9:45 which was about half hour later than I expected due to a trip through McD's drive thru and several very slow sunday drivers. I still had time to try to at least get one ERT ride so we hurried to the gate. Our KI platinum passes scanned fine. However, the person at the gate literally inspected us before he granted us entrance. He looked me up and down, and asked my girlfriend to remove her glasses as he leaned in to stare at her. I had to kind of chuckle at that. Are they having problems with people abusing the passes? I wasn't sure how to get in for ERT so I asked an employee. Once he saw my pass he stated that he wasn't sure if the KI pass was valid for it. He read the back of the pass for a moment and then let us in. We hit Raptor in the front seat at 9:58. After the trip we realized that the day was going to be pretty good because the parking lot was empty and the toll booths were almost vacant from cars. The Raptor queue barely filled up even with people entering as we sat in the brakes for a second. After hitting Blue Streak, my thoughts were all but confirmed. I sat in the very back by myself along with the only other two people in the train being in the front car. Great air, but I think I'll stick to the front of BS from now on. It was funny because the train dispatched in front of us as well as the train we got off of were dispatched empty. We came to Iron Dragon next to find that it was down. It would stay this way until about 4 when I noticed they were testing the ride. We instead headed to Mantis to find an almost empty station. I am a Mantis fan and had a great ride. The loop on that thing is insane. It gets me every time. I was pumped and MF was still down (expected this) So, we decided to head for our biggest wait of the day, Maverick. I knew this was going to be our biggest wait. What was should of been a 45 minute wait turned into an hour and a half. I have never been more dissapointed in the Maverick crew. Usually they are top notch, but they were hardly that sunday. First off, they had all of the fans on in the queue house. It was a cold day on Erie so they were in no way necessary. We noticed that the line quit moving several times. Once it stopped completely for about 10 minutes all the while we were under a fan blowing like crazy. Finally the line started to move and we made our way through the remaining queues that were open. Once up the steps I somewhat realized why the line was halting at times. There was no one sorting seats and the station was packed. I have never once seen this on Maverick. We took a row and then I realized what the 10 min wait had been. They had transfered off the gunmetal train and an official was working on it on the transfer track. Well when we got up to the gates with only two rides in front of us they decided to put the train back on. So we waited for that, and then several moments after that we were on the ride. As we got on, I noticed that an employee had finally put a measuring stick in the way to block more people from pouring in the station. Meanwhile there is not and has not been a person talking on the ride, so there was lots of confusion on where to put your things. The lady that checked my seat was pretty rude to the guest in front of me about his glasses. However, I still said thanks as she checked my belt. Finally I got to ride. It was great as usual until I got an extended ride with a 15 minute sit on the brake run. They had decided to take that train off again. No one once communicated to us what was going on, for all we know we could have been about to fall off the track. Although highly unlikely, someone telling us what was going on would have been nice. The rest of the day was not as eventful, however it was fun. Kudos to the Magnum crew as they were great and were pumping out trains like crazy. The ride is insane and is one of my favorites. I would take it over MF any day because of it massive amounts of air through the bunny hops. Mean Streak was surprisingly a few train wait, When I got to the gates they annouced a delay as they were changing trains out. They switched red out for green and the ride quickly began operation. They annouced it several times about the slight delay. I thought this was nice. I still like the ride and love the way it snakes through itself. I can tell a difference but even in the second seat it was still kind of rib, rib, kidney if ya know what I mean. Corkscrew was also an interesting experience during our trip. The crew was obviously having a good time joking several times over mics. This was in addition to being serious about their jobs. One thing I have to mention though is the joke they were playing on us riders. The person on the mic mentioned to make sure we placed articles in the White bin even though they weren't using that train. When the first person went to lift the lid and put thier stuff in they jumped back. An op had stowed away in the bin and was providing some extra laughs. Although this would probably be frowned on I thought it was a nice touch. Overall, we got in all the rides we wanted too including rerides on Mantis (front seat) and Magnum. This was in addition to relaxing several times and riding a few flats. We got in Ocean Motion, Scrambler, and Tilt a Whirl (my favorite flat) As far as food goes, I spent quite a few nickles. We decided to take someones advice and try Game Day Grill. I wasn't sure on its location and didn't have a map. I happened to see an employee on the midway and see stated she had never heard of it. So I stepped into a nearby shop to get the same answer from another employee. Luckily the supervisor was stocking the shop and overheard my question. He quickly came over and gave me specific directions on how to get there. I know its early, but how are people supposed to spend money on food in the park when employees don't even know of certain locations? The service at the restaurant was good and the people were friendly. However, the food took a while to get there as a party of like 15 ordered right before us. I thought my food was very good and so did my girlfriends friend. However, my girlfriend wasn't impressed as her club sandwich had a few stale pieces of bread along with not stale bread. The price was not bad though and rivaled many sit down places I've been. The drinks were outragous though. We also, had some very delicious and not that steeply priced chili cheese fries from Happy Friar and some frozen custard from the main midway. The custard was so good, I had another cone later in the day before we left. I'm going to take time now for my main complaint of the day, which was downtime. I know it is early in the season, but I saw several instances where things were down as we walked by. As stated Iron Dragon didn't open till way late. Raptor went down for a while and was cycling empty trains while we ate. Also, Mantis was down for a few moments. Maxair and Witches Wheel (Which they were lubing i guess because there were barrel label lube sitting in the queue) went down for a few hours. Then there was the whole Maverick fiasco along with a few more instances that slip my mind. I know that it is early, but I think when downtime happens it makes the park look bad especially with one of its star attractions out of action. It also kind of bugged me that a few times when I went to do something it was down. Also, I want to note that I think Mine Ride may be on it's way out. There were orange flag markers underneath the queue and station as well as in some other spots. It looks like this ride has seen better days. When I rode it was quite funny though as some one was humming very loudly the Indiana Jones theme in the station. All in all though I had a great day and can't complain about the amount of fun I had. I even got to take strolls on the Skyride, Paddlewheel Excursions, and the train which was nice. Now for the pics Mine Ride with Mean Streak in the background. we were in the middle of a fued on Paddlewheel Excursions More PE theme Least we know it's safe if we sink I call this the money shot... even if I've only experienced the ride once Beautiful day for dragster to dominate the sky My favorite flat ride that always offers a different experience My girlfriends dad would love this in his yard Gemini peaking above the trees. It's hiding because it is ashamed of one side operation Me on Raptor kicking the sky during ERT In good KIC nature i had to post a pic of food. These fries are one of the greatest CP food offerings. Mantis about to pray on some riders, wait i'm on here too. Even though it came out dark, I like the effect The only ones enjoying the cold sand and water were the seagulls Everything looked to be back to normal These people are crazy Same with these ones... I love the way the wheel towers over you New sign heading towards Maverick, adds a nice touch