CP August 9th & 10th
Weather: Partly Cloudy then sunny and humid on the 9th-high 80s. Clear, sunny,
perfect day on the 10th-low 80s
Crowds: I’d say average for a summer weekday
Highlight of trip: MF, of course
This trip was the most anticipated trip for me since 1994, my first trip to CP and
for Raptor. This time I had been waiting since July 22 of 1999. Left Greensburg
PA around 7PM the 8th of August and 200 miles later we arrived at the Radisson
Inn and watching people return on the causeway from an exciting day at CP.
Next morning I woke up and it was gray outside, that always happens on the first
morning to us. Called for rain on the weather. Great. Anyways we had breakfast
and traveled down the causeway around 9AM. Pulled in the lot I’d say around
9:15 and was parked in lot 13. Oh boy, there’s MF, looks better in person than
photographs. “Hey its climbing the lift, look everyone....hey where’d go? Oh, its
already done climbing.” Uh-oh.
MF Five Rides-Two night, Three in mornings, two in a row. All non-TTR
We got in the park and everyone around us went into a power walk of sorts
rushing back to MF-the only ride opened to the public at that time. I went back
and expected a line of some sorts, but spilling out into the trail all the way past
the Tenderfoot Pass and stopping at the Petting Farm?! Wow. Surprisingly the
in “chugged” along. We got in the actually queue line..ZOOM! Jesus here comes
a train coming to the end of the ride...at 40-50 mph! First time riders [like myself]
are caught off of guard and some others watch it glide into the almost
non-existent magnetic brakes and makes a sound that I somehow like. What a
sound you get when the brakes, the roar of the ride, and the squeaking of the
wheels combine. I like it. Almost every train I saw waiting in the one hour line
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After that we decide to get back in the Frontier Trail line for a TTR for later on
[its around 10:45 now] Well we pass through the line around 10:55 and they
don’t end up handing out tickets until 11:30 So we stayed in line and got two MF
rides in three hours. Not bad. I came back around the MF area around 3:30 and
the line looked pretty short. TTR seems to work well. Another priceless sight: I
walked back towards the Frontier Trail and there was hundreds of people lined
up waiting for the open queue to open again. Most were sitting on the pavement
and some had gotten benches and slid them in line and sat on them! On our two
night rides, it was a different experience! The lift hill is a beauty and most of the
ride is dark! Waited 90 min for each times
Other notes from the trip:
-As much as I love ‘ol Raptor, I just can’t stand its line. It always has had the
longest line on every trip [except this year of course] It just doesn’t seem to move
as fast or maybe its just me. Two rides on best Inverted around
-Odd location for the relocated entrance to Mantis queue. It certainty adds to the
ride seeing MF’s 182 third hill right near Mantis. What a site at sunset. Anyways
I give my props to this Mantis crew. They had around eight people working and
they were hustling and running to fasten people up and and secure the empty
seats. This time last year when I went they were stacking all three trains. Guess
you just need a year to work some kinks out. One ride-30 min wait I think its
average coaster
-Taking a train ride on the tenth when we went by MF, I saw Monty Jasper
walking under MF’s lift. He of coursed waved to everyone on the train You can
get some good pictures from the train and also the cable spool for the lift is a
sight to see
-When I read on the 7th that Magnum’s lift chain broke, I couldn’t believe it. My
Maggie better. There's nothing like coasting over Maggie's thrid hill lookign like you're going into Lake Erie. If Magnum wasn’t around, then MF would be under #1
Contendership. MF is here to stay and mostly everyone loves it. I don’t mind it.
Overall another exceptional trip to CP. See ya next summer CP Thanks for
reading
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Brian
Co Webmaster
Kennywood Park Unlimited
http://kpu.danimation.com
Hometown parks: Kennywood, Cedar Po!nt
