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Cedar Point | Steel Vengeance | RMC I-Box (Mean Streak Conversion)

So the last of us left at the Live, armed with FastLane, rode this non stop for an hour or so. We could have kept going only the park was shutting. Easily marathonable in our opinion, nothing bad about the restraints - only bad thing about the ride was the bugs, which as it got darker headed towards the lights ; so earlier on they infested the lift hill, later the station - ugh.

Fantastic ride obviously - best thing ever.
 
I had the chance to ride twice earlier in the weekend. To quickly note the MCBR - it is sometimes biting now. I assume they have activated some sort of speed sensor; we rode once with no trimming, and secondly with pretty moderate trimming. Even under moderate trim however, the later half of the ride is still a very forceful, disorienting ride.
 
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I had the chance to ride twice earlier in the weekend. To quickly note the MCBR - it is sometimes biting now. I assume they have activated some sort of speed sensor; we rode once with no trimming, and secondly with pretty moderate trimming. Even under moderate trim however, the later half of the ride is still a very forceful, disorienting ride.
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The Brits could speak to this more, but we rode it 3 times with absolutely no bite. You could barely tell there was a MCBR. The thing flies through there and the 2nd half is still legit even with that 1-2mph drop.
 
Yeah tons of rides, no trimming. The drop off the MCBR was the spot with the biggest difference between front and back rows tho IMHO. Front it just rolls off gently, back there's proper pull and ejector (as you would expect).
 
Having said that ^ I just went around and watched it cycle a few times (since I was just having a beer nearby). It is definitely making a trim like noise today that it wasn't the last 2 days. In the interests of science then, I've just headed into the Q (3/4 hour they say) to see what's up... More later...
 
Yeah just rode it in the back car. Trim stops the ejector off the MCBR in the back, second half still insanely crazy though, wouldn't worry about it much. (Still the best ride in the world*)

(* have not ridden all rides on the world - is best only based on a statistical probability based upon rides that I have ridden - but prove me wrong?)
 
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Rode it twice on Monday. (both on Digger) It was running two trains.

First ride in Row 9: MCBR did not engage at all.
Second Ride Row 4: MCBR engaged quite noticeably.

Things you should know: I'm an Intamin fanboy. Never ridden an RMC before. Millennium Force, Maverick, TTD are life.

My overall impression is that it is a great, enjoyable ride. My first RMC. I can see why these coasters are so popular. I will however stop short of saying its my favorite. Mainly because it didn't do what I thought it would do. My ONLY complaint is that it is strangely "too refined." I wanted it to kick my butt a little more than it did. My favorite parts were the two lateral "surprises" (the first, right before the MCBR: the second, right after the 4th inversion.) I LOVED that. I wish it had more of that.

The first "top hat" has eye popping airtime. I'd never felt it quite like that before.

The engineering is incredible. I don't know how they made it so smooth. The final airtime bunny hops are so... "springy"... you just bounce, its crazy! I didn't know a coaster could to that! I thought they would be really violent and they weren't... and that kinda actually disappointed me a little.

I loved the ride. It was fun, comfortable, and I think, very rider friendly. RMC can definitely go higher and faster, and still likely provide a better experience than the other manufacturers out there.
 
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I've been able to ride front, back, and middle a number of times now - it is interesting how different some elements are in different parts of the train. The top hat and outerbank elements are phenomenally brilliant in the front with strong ejector; in the back of the train however, it's a more tug sensation. Other airtime hills also felt a bit different - this is unique versus other RMCs which I felt gave the same ride, regardless of train position. I also cannot get over the first barrel roll, and how it offers very true floater airtime, moreso than I have ever experienced on a B&M Zero-G.
 
At least I'm not hiding it! lol

I will admit that one of the reasons I can't make Steven my #1 is that I have no nostalgia for it. I rode Millennium Force for the first time in its opening season when I was 14. It was the last ride I ever rode "scared," and I conquered it. I love it for more reasons than just the ride. If someone wants to say that Steven is their favorite coaster, I won't argue with them, because I can totally see why it could be.
 
After 18 rides on Vengeance now, it honestly is the best coaster I've ever ridden. The first drop is nuts, the outward banked hill tries to kill you, the zero-g and its amazing floating sensation make the first half incredibly enjoyable. However, the 2nd half is by far the stronger half of the ride. Every time I've ridden I still get the same sense of disorientation upon entering the structure after the double up/outward banked drop. The wave turns and inversions in the structure are so good (especially if the trim is disabled...) and finally the last bunny hills, despite being a little excessive, wrap the ride up perfectly.

Vengeance at this point is the only ride I will wait more than a half an hour for at CP (Being a ride op this year has made me a little spoiled) and it is well worth it every time I ride. I don't know how CP will top Vengeance but I have a gut feeling they will in 2020.
 
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