[Kevin Kolodziej]

No fair starting this conversation while I'm in Washington, DC!

I was at Cedar Point last year and I rode Dragster twice in the back...it was a very nice day - 75* ish and decent winds. I saw plenty of rollbacks that day. My launch was at 124mph and we still just barely made it, despite 117 launches on media day flying over the top. Despite the rollbacks, no rows were closed off. This was after the tires and engine were removed from the rear of the train.

To be honest, I'll take Corkscrew over TTD at Cedar Point anyday...speed is good, but I like to ride for more than 17 seconds.

Millennium Force is definitely my favorite ride there, but alas, due to the Superman accident, Cedar Point has made modifications to MF and TTD and I no longer fit in them despite fitting fine last year. With this in mind, I won't be visiting the Point until I lose some weight.

As far as Six Flags Great America is concerned, maybe I am biased since it is my "home" park, but it is my favorite park of all that I've been to. It is true that they have a lot of "clones" at the park (a clone is a ride that can be found in another park - Deja Vu, Viper, Demon, Batman, Ragin' Cajun, Vertical Velocity, Sprocket Rocket, Superman), but the unique rides (Raging Bull, Iron Wolf, Whizzer, American Eagle) are all quite fun. I like to refer to Great America as the "Prototype Park" because they have so many first-of-a-kind rides or one-of-a-kind rides there (Iron Wolf, Batman, Raging Bull, American Eagle, Whizzer).

Anyways, I'm going to King's Island this weekend for The Beast's 25th anniversay - it is going to be one of the funnest times at an amusement park ever!

Its a shame that X has so many problems...it seems like Magic Mountain pushed Arrow into the project instead of letting them take their time with the prototype. I don't know the whole story...but hopefully the coming versions will be better.