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Postby goldmember on July 5th, 2003, 11:54 am
Biggs, the ride is worth the wait if you ask me. I waited 3 hours for it and I had alredy ridden it once. While I was in line I was thinking,"Why am I doing this?!?" but when I got off of the ride I was glad I waited.
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Postby T_Biggs on July 5th, 2003, 1:31 pm
Euphoria always makes it seem worth it. I'm think about how you'd be days later, if you can't get to the park for at least another year. You'd be kicking yourself for not using that time to ride other rides, rather than wait hours and hours for a 17 second ride. But, different people do things different ways. I don't have much patience for a ride. If the wait is over a hour, I'm very reluctant to get in line. The only time I wasn't reluctant, but insistant we get in line, was last year opening day. End of the night, I hadn't been on Deja Vu yet, and the wait was a hour and a half. Because it was 8:30, I woudln't really be wasting time, the park would be closed through most of the wait. With Dragster, I'm sure if you'd wait until the end of the night, you wouldn't be there for just a hour after park close, but 2, 3, maybe 4 hours. I wouldn't be able to do that, I'd be so tired I wouldn't be able to care about the ride when I'm on it.
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 5th, 2003, 3:12 pm
Im going to CP in 2 days for a 3 day visit to the park. I hope its open on either one of those days!
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Postby sk8ergurl05 on July 6th, 2003, 6:31 am
well you know what i think that the dragster suck to ride it is the tallest roller coaster and all but it goes by to fast and is boring the ride is over to fast. i like the rides that are fast but are long in the process such as the raging bull its tall, fast, and long. and also the shockwave is good to cause it is fast and has lots of loops unfortunatlly it is a dead roller coaster. theres is what i think about the dragster
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Postby goldmember on July 6th, 2003, 10:11 am
Biggs, if you have that attitude for TTD, you probably never get to ride it. The line is always going to be long. Plus I was at the park 2 whole days plus one night so I had plenty of time to ride other rides. I don't get many chances to ride the worlds tallest, fastest roller coaster so I took advantage of the situation.
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Postby NegativeGeez on July 6th, 2003, 11:46 am
when i went, it was with a couple of friends who were at cp for the first time, so went on eveything else, and then snuck in one ride on dragster. it was definitely worth the wait, and i suggest that everyone that can make it to cedar point ride that monster, because no matter how short (in time) it is, it is totally unlike any other experience you can have on a coaster. its amazing.
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Postby coasterguy on July 6th, 2003, 5:14 pm
I agree it is amazing if you have the chance go on it!!! It is my favorite roller coaster!
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Postby coastrcorey on July 6th, 2003, 5:56 pm
Yeah, I would've waited pretty long to ride Dragster. Then again, I was there for 21 hours straight, so I could spare the time ;).
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Postby RagingBullDude13 on July 8th, 2003, 5:49 pm
If it was an 8-hour wait... I would honestly wait it out...... I checked the Status Report and it seems it is closed again......
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Postby SFGAmfreak4life on July 8th, 2003, 6:08 pm
I would wait many hours for TTD only if I was going for there for 2 or more days.
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Postby coasterguy on July 8th, 2003, 7:30 pm
I waited 3 hour for it!! But that was because of 2 half hour breakdowns. The only thing with waiting many hours is that it is not a very unreliable ride. What I am saying that you may loose time to ride on other rides if it has problems and closes down for the day. It is just something to be prepared for. I advice is not to leave as soon as it breaks down because like I said before it could be back up soon. That is what happened to me. There are many other good rides at Cedar Point!
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Postby coasterzak on July 8th, 2003, 10:48 pm
... guess what's down again...
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Postby coasterguy on July 9th, 2003, 9:19 am
It is up today.
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Postby T_Biggs on July 9th, 2003, 9:46 am
Why not check CP's site and check for yourself? They have a status report and 3 cams pointed at it. With those 4 resources alone, you should be able to figure out if it's open. Thats how we who do not go every day figure it out.By the way, make your signature 4 lines or shorter.
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Postby coasterguy on July 9th, 2003, 9:59 am
I said "It is up today"!! NOT "Is it up today?". Usually periods are used to state a statement and questionmarks are use to ask a question. I will make my signature shorter if Coasterdude316 changes his preferences in the Admin Panel. If he had a problem with it he could edit it himself or change the max number of lines. So deal with it!
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Postby T_Biggs on July 9th, 2003, 10:42 am
Sorry, I was tired when I read it. :lol: And change your signature, it's not a request. The 4 line limis is there so most posts are longer than each person's signature. You know your signature is too long when almost every post you make is shorter than it.And, as you can see, moderators have the ability to remove your signature. I demonstrated above. Signature settings don't revolve around administrators.
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Postby coasterguy on July 9th, 2003, 10:48 am
There you go 4 lines. :D
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Postby Timmy179 on July 9th, 2003, 12:36 pm
yeah but your signiature is still longer than your post
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Postby InsaneNewman on July 9th, 2003, 12:46 pm
You realize that your current sig could easily be two lines if you just put the hyperlinks in line with the other text?
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Postby coasterguy on July 9th, 2003, 12:56 pm
Yes
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Postby T_Biggs on July 9th, 2003, 1:41 pm
Guys, don't worry about it. He brought his signature down to 4 lines, he isn't breaking any rule, written or unwritten.
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