Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Trip report time since I went to Geauga Lake twice this week one time was Wildwater Kingdom and the other was rides I am combining them.
Monday: Arrived at Geauga Lake at around 1:00 it was already 89 degrees and hot,hot,hot outside so Angel and I decide to go to Wildwater Kingdom after getting changed we head over to the brand new wavepool Tidal Wave Bay. I was impressed and had a lot of fun it is a very nicely themed pool and it's waves are a good size as not to scare smaller children spent an hour in it didn't want to get out but Angel wanted to do the lazy river. Riptide run now here is a crappy lazy river easily the worst one I have ever been in. The bottom is really rough on your feet, the layout sucks and it is not wide enough this is definitely the low point of Wildwater Kingdom IMO. After one time around the lazy river there was Coral Cove a nice play area complete with Water Basketball. How can you not love Water Basketball? A whirlpool which is kinda cool and some other assorted nifty little play things. After we played around we were kinda sunburnt and ready to leave.
Wednesday: I arrived at the park (sans Angel) at about 11:00 am to find a t on of busses there and a long line of people waiting to get into the park. I finally get in and immediately feel the need to ride something so I head over to Head Spin a Vekoma Boomerang Coaster. I have always had a soft spot for this ride ever since I first rode it and I still do even if it has gotten a little rough. After my adrenaline rush of Head Spin I went over to an old favorite, a real blast from the past you could say. The Big Dipper (my first adult coaster)an 81 year old John A Miller classic wooden coaster. It's as great as it ever was and I still love this ride. Nice speed, good airtime and still has the clickity-clack sound of the older coasters which I love. Once I got off the Big Dipper I started to make my way down the midway over to Dominator a B&M floorless. I barely made it and it was awesome a tad rougher this year but it is still a great ride. With 3 coasters under my belt for the day I walked over to the Raging Wolf Bobs and almost decided not to ride it. That would of been a mistake with the re-tracing that Cedar Fair did in the off-season this ride is as smooth and fun as ever it is now back in my Top 25 list of favorite coasters ridden. Break time I thought as I headed over to Happy Harbor and the motion simulator Dino Island. I ran into an old co-worker who is now a supervisor and after talking to her for a few min. I got on the ride. It is the same as last year you are in a sub on a mission to rescue a T-Rex named Tony from an Island that has an erupting volcano on it. Not bad though I was the only one on the ride. I went from one show to another as I walked across the midway to Robots of Mars in 4-D. Not bad a computer generated movie with special 3-D/4-D glasses that in many ways involve you in the show. Once I got that done it was about 1:30 and time for Lunch so I left the park and went to the Subway across the street. When I was finished I went back to the park to conquer the one coaster of the day I had yet to ride this season X-Flight an Intense Vekoma Flying coaster easily one of my favs. In the park. Well needless to say this ride has gotten a tad rough as I was almost shaken out of my harness but over all the ride was still enjoyable. As I walked out down the exit ramp I noticed the clouds were looking threatening so I went to the nearest Ben & Jerry's stand got a cup of water and decided to leave the park.
Monday: Arrived at Geauga Lake at around 1:00 it was already 89 degrees and hot,hot,hot outside so Angel and I decide to go to Wildwater Kingdom after getting changed we head over to the brand new wavepool Tidal Wave Bay. I was impressed and had a lot of fun it is a very nicely themed pool and it's waves are a good size as not to scare smaller children spent an hour in it didn't want to get out but Angel wanted to do the lazy river. Riptide run now here is a crappy lazy river easily the worst one I have ever been in. The bottom is really rough on your feet, the layout sucks and it is not wide enough this is definitely the low point of Wildwater Kingdom IMO. After one time around the lazy river there was Coral Cove a nice play area complete with Water Basketball. How can you not love Water Basketball? A whirlpool which is kinda cool and some other assorted nifty little play things. After we played around we were kinda sunburnt and ready to leave.
Wednesday: I arrived at the park (sans Angel) at about 11:00 am to find a t on of busses there and a long line of people waiting to get into the park. I finally get in and immediately feel the need to ride something so I head over to Head Spin a Vekoma Boomerang Coaster. I have always had a soft spot for this ride ever since I first rode it and I still do even if it has gotten a little rough. After my adrenaline rush of Head Spin I went over to an old favorite, a real blast from the past you could say. The Big Dipper (my first adult coaster)an 81 year old John A Miller classic wooden coaster. It's as great as it ever was and I still love this ride. Nice speed, good airtime and still has the clickity-clack sound of the older coasters which I love. Once I got off the Big Dipper I started to make my way down the midway over to Dominator a B&M floorless. I barely made it and it was awesome a tad rougher this year but it is still a great ride. With 3 coasters under my belt for the day I walked over to the Raging Wolf Bobs and almost decided not to ride it. That would of been a mistake with the re-tracing that Cedar Fair did in the off-season this ride is as smooth and fun as ever it is now back in my Top 25 list of favorite coasters ridden. Break time I thought as I headed over to Happy Harbor and the motion simulator Dino Island. I ran into an old co-worker who is now a supervisor and after talking to her for a few min. I got on the ride. It is the same as last year you are in a sub on a mission to rescue a T-Rex named Tony from an Island that has an erupting volcano on it. Not bad though I was the only one on the ride. I went from one show to another as I walked across the midway to Robots of Mars in 4-D. Not bad a computer generated movie with special 3-D/4-D glasses that in many ways involve you in the show. Once I got that done it was about 1:30 and time for Lunch so I left the park and went to the Subway across the street. When I was finished I went back to the park to conquer the one coaster of the day I had yet to ride this season X-Flight an Intense Vekoma Flying coaster easily one of my favs. In the park. Well needless to say this ride has gotten a tad rough as I was almost shaken out of my harness but over all the ride was still enjoyable. As I walked out down the exit ramp I noticed the clouds were looking threatening so I went to the nearest Ben & Jerry's stand got a cup of water and decided to leave the park.
