Cleveland paper ranks Cedar Point, Worlds of Adventure coasters

As an area resident and yearly pilgrim to CP, I have to say I disagree with a number of the other posters. Mean Streak is a great coaster - yes, not as it once was, but clearly an excellent ride. Interesting, lots of positive and negative Gs, a little jittery, but very little breaking this last time, quite a long ride. I usually hit Mean Streak and Magnum a couple of times, the rest just once. I usually hit every coaster in the park in a day (except Mantis, which is a terribly designed, violent coaster that many people find painful to ride). I went two weeks ago, and I have to say I was disappointed in the Wicked Twister (I rank it 11th of 15 coasters). There isn't much there, and I think the very short line reflected this. So, my top five at CP would be Magnum XL, Millenium Force, Raptor, Mean Streak, Gemini.

Tarchannon said:

....(except Mantis, which is a terribly designed, violent coaster that many people find painful to ride)....

I'll give you the fact that it's rough - I think it's one of the scarier coasters I've ever ridden (I don't know how else to describe it)

and then said:

I have to say I was disappointed in the Wicked Twister (I rank it 11th of 15 coasters). There isn't much there, and I think the very short line reflected this..

What do you mean "..isn't much there"? I personally think its a great coaster, but we all have our individual likes and dislikes, I guess. This is the first negative comment I've seen with regards to WT. Did you ride it in the back?

and then said:

So, my top five at CP would be Magnum XL, Millenium Force, Raptor, Mean Streak, Gemini.

And that's not a CP top five anybody would laugh at. Welcome to Coasterbuzz.

I was at CP last Thursday and rode Mean Streak in the back. There were some moments of air time - nothing compared to Magnum or Millennium Force, but enough to get your butt off the seat for a brief second.

I was suprised.....

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Tyler: Yep, it was a northern Ohio poll. I would remove Mean Streak and replace it with Mantis and put it over X-Flight and Serial Thriller. I would also put the Villian higher. Not a bad list though.

Sorry, ophthodoc, I posted a reply, but it didn't take.

I don't find Mantis scary at all, just painful and violent. I don't ever plan to ride it again. Beyond the high level of jarring, the restraints seem to be in a bad place for your ears. I think the Mantis made the King Cobra the removed from PKI, look like a dream. I give it zero stars (horrid) and a ranking of 15 of 15 at CP.

As far as the Wicked Twister, the ride was short, the twisting a minimal effect, and other than the rush of the initial start, the few moments of zero G (either forward or backward) was fun, but nothing like the rush provided by many of the other coasters. When I went, the line was maybe 20 minutes long, late afternoon. The line for the old bobsled coaster next to it was nearly an hour, so I guess I'm not alone in my assessment. Oh, and I did ride it in the back. I may ride it again, but I'd rather ride Magnum another time instead.

Thanks for the welcome!

Tarch