I’ve got another little story I want to tell. This isn’t that exciting and it isn’t really related to roller coasters but it kind of is. Anyway, last Tuesday I went on a fun field trip with my school to an amusement park in our state (I don’t want to say which park because it ain’t that great). There I hung out with three of my friends (since my other friends were working or at college, or way younger) and we had a great time going on most of the rides. One of my absolute favorite parts of the day actually happened not on a ride but in an arcade. As the four of us walked down the sidewalk to the next ride we soon spotted an arcade. Something immediately caught my eye and I noticed some toys that were hanging in the window. They weren’t just any toys... they were Sonic plush toys! Immediately I screamed and ran inside to try and win one, and my friends came with me (thinking I was a loser XD).
When I got in the building I also spotted several Sonic dolls on the wall and some really big Sonic and Knuckles dolls from the ceiling. But when I saw what game I had to play to win one I completely freaked out. It was that horrible bowling game! You have to roll a ball up a ramp made of two steel bars and try to get it to stay between the first ramp and the second without it rolling back to you. But I had to try, and try I did. I tried it again and again and again, but I lost each time. My friends tried to help me win too but eventually they got tired and tried some other games. I decided to do the same and try again later but something kept pulling me back there and once again I was at it, like some kind of crazed gambler. I fed that machine quarters like I was fueling a truck and refused to give up. I tried to roll the ball at different speeds and closer to the ramp. And then... I finally did it. At close to the $5 mark I pushed the ball again and it just barely went over the top of the first ramp. Then it went to the second and quickly rolled back to the top of the first, and... went the other way again! I knew I had did it when the alarm went off, I pounded my fist on the machine in triumph, the game dude tossed me a doll, and some kid gave me a high-five. Yeah! It was so great. Even though I already had a Sonic doll, this one was much better and much cooler looking. So, that’s my story. Oh, and before we left the park I decided to buy a caricature of myself and it turned out pretty good. Even though I don’t surf and I don’t have huge biceps, the face was pretty close. Maybe sometime I can host it on someone’s site and then show it to you all here.
Okay, now I’ll get back on topic. In my Breakaway magazine that I got not long ago, Relient K talks about their top three roller coasters and all of them are at Cedar Point. They look really sweet. Here’s what they are and what they said about them:
#3, Magnum XL-200. Highlights: 205 feet high. 72 mph. Nearly a mile long.
#2, The Raptor. Highlights: Six upside-down turns: one vertical loop, two inverted corkscrews, a zero-gravity roll and a cobra roll that turns riders upside-down twice - all while your feet dangle beneath you.
#1, Millenium Force. Highlights: 310 feet high. 93 mph. First hill drops at 80-degree angle.
Just hearing that makes me really want to go to that park. I‘m getting a little tired of the rides at my park. So what are your favorite coasters?
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Edited by - Yoshisaurus Rex on 5/26/2005 10:06:21 AM