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Originally posted by Kid Prime:
I just got back from a MAJORmidwest coaster tour. A couple of weeks ago. We started at Holiday World for Stark Raven Mad, which was INCREDIBLE (I had already ridden both the Raven and the Legend, but NOTHING could have prepared me for the experience of riding both of them in PITCH-BLACK darkness. / Then, we spent a two-day FUN FRENZY at CEDAR POINT... we got two rides on Top Thrill Dragster, and 3 rides on MILLENIUM FORCE, one in the front. There is nothing like the sheer freedom and rush of adrenaline, testosterone, whatever hormone you can think of-they're all pumping in that front seat! WAH-HOO!!! We rode everything else too.
I am SOOOOOOOOO jealous! [gulp!]

I've been wanting to try the Raven and the Legend for a really long time now -- unfortunately, I'm just never in that part of the country. I'd also wanted to stop by Lake Compounce for Boulder Dash when I was up in CT a few weeks ago, but it was a bit too much out of the way. The best woodies I've been on in the last couple of years are Wildcat and Lightning Racer at Hersheypark -- Lightning Racer is smooth as buttah and the racing aspect actually enhances the ride 100%. Plus, the "millennium flyer"-type seating (also found on Marine World's version of Roar, which is good) probably helps a lot -- it looks damn cool, and also helps prevent a lot of unnecessary knee-bashing.

I can kind of imagine how Beast and Son of Beast might be a bit of a letdown after Cedar Point. In particular, I've heard that Beast is beloved primarily because it's so old and venerable (and long, of course), not that it's necessarily all that...