How has MA improved for 02?

lol, my girlfrind giggled toward the end of the ride and said " we gotta do this again!!!", i just sort of laughed and told her "i told you so." i swear i will make an enthusiast our of her. ive already started to, by the end of ST, i was explaining to her what airtime is.

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Its not THE Shivering Timbers, its just Shivering Timbers. And its pronounced Michigan's Adventure.

Jeff needs to write a really neat interface for a chat room. I bet it would have some great features.

hehehe...you had to explain it? didn't she feel it? coming off of hill #3 and launching over 4 should be the definition of airtime. i am in awe of that sequence....

who wants to break in and take a couple of laps on it with me real quick? j/k

(quick edit)then there wouldn't be many posts on the board anymore...would this be good or bad?

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my worst day coastering is better than my best day fishing.

*** This post was edited by MI Trooper1 on 7/8/2002. ***

timberguy, what time were you there sunday? I was there around 7 pm riding by myself.

63 laps on ST

I was there between 12 and 2. Had to work at 3. Nice way to relieve some stress before work.

MITrooper...you are right. That would be a bad idea now that I am thinking coherently.

Pre-helix is a good spot. It's a dead hill w/ a good chopper.

Was it on during Timberfest?

Yeah, it was supposedly going to go either there or at the trick tracks. It was in use during TFest.

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I had my first visit to MIA on June 4th of this year. I had ben trying to get to MIA for some time as I'd heard high marks about the park and of course about Timbers as well. If what I experienced on June 4th is an improvement over pre-CF days than the park must have been sheer hell before it was purchased because my day at the park was awful thanks mostly to the terrible ride ops encountered all through the park - with the only exception being the Timbers crew. Every other ride op we [the 4 of us] encountered acted as if they wanted to be *anywhere* else but at work. The Zoomer, Corkscrew, and Wolverine crews had two speeds: slow and VERY slow. Dispatches were in the 8-10 min range. Even the mouse had more cars in the station than running the course.

The worst, however, had to be the young woman operating the kiddie steel coaster [Little Dipper?]. The credit whore that I am I wanted to ride it once. I got into the second-to-last seat w/ my friend Mike and the ride op began checking lap bars, starting in the rear and working her way up forward. In car 2 there was a young kid who was straddling the lap bar support pole so she released all the restraints to move him to one side. She then checked his bar and the one in the first car and dispatched the train with the rest of the lap bars UNLOCKED! Mike and I had to pull ours down to relock it on the lift. I wasn't worried about falling out but I was worried about the other kids.

The park does have potential. I see a mini Camp Snoopy being built inside the perimeter of the new train ride, and it looks like they're planning on finishing the pathway from Timbers around Woverine to the Shoot-the-Chutes. Once they do those things and add another benchmark coaster [the long-anticipated hyper perhaps?] I might consider returning to the park. But as it is now I have absolutely NO urge to return.

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I thought you were talkin about Massachusetts.

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Mamoosh said:

The Zoomer, Corkscrew, and Wolverine crews had two speeds: slow and VERY slow. Dispatches were in the 8-10 min range. Even the mouse had more cars in the station than running the course.
The worst, however, had to be the young woman operating the kiddie steel coaster [Little Dipper?]. The credit whore that I am I wanted to ride it once. I got into the second-to-last seat w/ my friend Mike and the ride op began checking lap bars, starting in the rear and working her way up forward. In car 2 there was a young kid who was straddling the lap bar support pole so she released all the restraints to move him to one side. She then checked his bar and the one in the first car and dispatched the train with the rest of the lap bars UNLOCKED! Mike and I had to pull ours down to relock it on the lift. I wasn't worried about falling out but I was worried about the other kids.
The park does have potential. (snippet) But as it is now I have absolutely NO urge to return.

we went on 6/5, it was REALLY crowded with schoolkids....line-jumping is apparently a required course in MI schools....

But our ST crew was certainly NO better than the other crews.....never have I waited 45 minutes for a standard Arrow "screw". Zoomer was well-run (and FUN), but capacity is awful. I'm gonna GUESS, lol, that the same woman was operating the Dipper....;).

Overall, I agree, this park belongs with Knott's in the category of "WHY would I go back again, I don't crave THAT much abuse"....CF has a LOT of work to do....

At the time of your visit, MA was definately having problems. I have been to the park several times since then and they have improved alot. At the time many of the ops were still getting used to the job.

ST chick said:

I tell ya, if you aren't an enthusiast, Timbers will make you one.

Your right!

Timbers put the finishing touches on me becoming a enthusiast in 1998. (plus going to CP every year since 1990 helped a little bit to I'm sure! Growing up at CP, brings back fond memories!!)

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Any 02 pics?

I think it was Shivering Timbers that made my girlfriend a semi-enthusiast. Even after riding many other woodies, including Raven and Legend it is still her favorite woodie. I have to say it is at the top of my list too. I guess I am an airtime hog. At any rate we will be back to Michigan's Adventure on August 3, 2002!!

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*** This post was edited by beast7369 on 7/18/2002. ***

beast7369 said:
I guess I am an airtime hog.

At any rate we will be back to Michigan's Adventure on August 3, 2002!!

Me too!!

I might be there on the 3rd, it depends on if I get back before the 3rd from my Georgia/Florida Coaster Trip!!! Leaving in 5 Days!!!!!

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“If you give a enthusiast a footer.......He’ll want a coaster!!!"

Cool Goku, Look forward to possibly bumping into you while we are there! That is if you get back from the other trip in time!

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See my coaster pics online at http://www.crosswinds.net/~zerogthrills/

Coasterbob, I put some pics of MiA onto my website. Go to Coaster Page, and Trip Reports. I also put them into a trip report here, if you want to do a search for it.

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