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slnewbus
Joined: Aug 2003
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This is an excellant ride, a true american classic. it is the best ptc schmeck classic wooden coaster ride! it has great air time! it is great in every seat of the ride.
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| 6-22-04 12:36:45 |
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JDP
Joined: Aug 2004
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This ride is a one and only. sice 1923 its been giving people rides and still giving them 2day. ill be pissed if they ever thake this down.
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| 8-12-04 0:57:47 |
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BryanWood
Joined: May 2001
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This is an amazing ride and a testament to Herbert Schmeck's genius. Unfortunately, Cedar Fair added a trim brake to this ride and steals the momentum from an otherwise great ride. For unbelieveable ejector air, ride this thing in 1.1 or 1.3.
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| 8-16-04 15:18:27 |
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HPStormRunner22
Joined: Jun 2004
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Seat 1.1, best ejector air i've ever felt. This ride is great and is not very rough. Though as Bryan said the trrim brake takes much away from the ride. Those final bunny hills could be awesome in they would take away that trim brake.
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| 11-13-04 8:54:14 |
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slnewbus
Joined: Aug 2003
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Yes I will admit that Brake ruins the end. But if you sit in the front 2 or 3 rows, you still feel the bunny hops. In the front you are practically out of your seat almost the entire ride, it is awesome.
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| 12-29-04 12:02:34 |
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RLLrCoastrLover
Joined: Mar 2004
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I have heard nothing but good about this ride, I hope to someday ride it.
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| 2-3-05 18:29:11 |
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sfft_2108
Joined: Mar 2004
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Whats so good about this ride? I don't get it. It looks rather boring to me.
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| 3-16-05 13:07:19 |
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coaster_taryn
Joined: Jan 2005
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^That's because it's under steel force. It doesn't look that intimidating, but it's quite the opposite.
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| 3-22-05 19:49:38 |
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blackdaddy49
Joined: Oct 2002
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Unfortunatley, it's been trimmed to death. The trims on the buny hops took all of the fun out of this classic. It was also fun to dive out of the station, under the Bumper Cars, (I think!) before you hit the lift hill. Ahh... the good old days. Of course, then it was only known as The Coaster, since it was the only one at the park.
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| 4-7-05 20:35:36 |
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RamblinWreck
Joined: Feb 2005
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An OK Schmeck that seems to be overrated here, and I dont know why. I would rather take a ride on Phoenix or Comet than this one. 3/5
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| 4-10-05 16:41:00 |
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ThunderDan
Joined: Jul 2001
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This is a pretty good ride. It's not the best coaster out there, but at least it doesn't ride crooked anymore.
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| 4-22-05 9:41:57 |
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slnewbus
Joined: Aug 2003
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I had the opportunity to ride it without the trims on employee testing day. It was so sweet. The airtime was unbelievably better.
Edit: This season the trims are less powerful and the airtime is and has been much better than previous years after the trim brake was installed.
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| 5-5-05 15:06:59 |
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Macyismydog5
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 377
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I really don't know why people love this thing so much... I made a recreation in RCT3 one day when I was foolin around, it was alright.
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| 5-11-05 19:49:54 |
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Tanks4me05
Joined: Apr 2005
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Well, all I can say is that hisride may be downright tiny and short, but it gave me some of the best airtime on a woodie ever! Hopefully they won't scrap this one like they did with Hercules. I really miss hercules.
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| 5-22-05 8:49:31 |
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blackdaddy49
Joined: Oct 2002
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Good ride, as long as the trims on the bunny hops are OFF! (I won't miss "Hurt Your Knees" a bit, as it shuffled like a 95 y.o. blackjack dealer in Reno. It started its downward decline after its second year of operation.)
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| 5-25-05 17:44:49 |
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James
Joined: Sep 2001
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Man... if it was retracked and untirmed it would be a worldclass ride...
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| 8-5-05 22:24:06 |
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dpgadvfan
Joined: May 2006
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^Well thats good you said that, it was retracked this year.
This is a great ride and I love it.
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| 5-15-06 15:55:02 |
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Thunderhawk
Joined: Dec 2004
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Fantastic ride, one of my favorite wooden coasters. Don't judge this ride by the size, length, etc... it is sheer fun.
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| 9-3-06 1:49:04 |
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SFGAFan4
Joined: Sep 2006
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I thought this was gunna be another Rolling Thunder, but it was really fun.
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| 9-7-06 13:28:14 |
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coasterman1234
Joined: Nov 2006
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Even in the front car it was rough with some of the worst and most visible trackworking towards the back section. I don't remember getting very much airtime either, just a boring ride.
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| 8-28-07 16:03:07 |
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