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Strata Poster
Yes, I am one. No, I'm not making a deal about it.
So last week (July 17th), I set up a meet at Michigan's Adventure. I hadn't gone there in about 6 years, so I felt it needed a visit.
Our day began with the hot air balloons flying up over Jackson.
Then our venture up north started. JOE DRIVING SHOT!
And Sarah tried to get a picture of herself (And her new shirt)
Driving through Mid-Michigan:
Then we arrive about an hour before opening, the parking lot not even open yet. So I grabbed some pictures of the legendary Shivering Timbers:
Cars in back of us:
About 20 minutes before opening, we got in, and I swear I've never had a closer parking spot in any park:
Mad Mouse, waiting for us:
The pain...the pain...
Gates opened, and we met up with fellow furry Heather, who oddly enough is a coaster enthusiast as well!
And the park was...oddly quiet...at first...
Then...PEOPLE!
We headed out to Mad Mouse, since it would be the longest line due to the low capacity:
The ride was fun, but I don't care for the lats on mouses to begin with:
We headed out to shivering timbers, since the rest of the group got pulled over about 30 miles away:
I really like the area around the sign:
Shot of Wildcat while we were waiting for it:
More peeps showed up, as we headed for the back of the park to work our way front:
What were we going to ride?
What could it be?
Thunderhawk! Of course! The only coaster here I haven't done!
And no line! Walk to the station:
Some pictures:
Now, a REVIEW!
Firstly, I can't see why people complain about the roughness on these. Maybe I was lucky, but it wasn't too bad. I've certainly done a lot worse. Expecting a painful journey, I instead got a fun, forceful little coaster. I can see why these are popular: cheap and fun. The only real complaint I can give is the thicker restraints, but they weren't so bad.
Overall, very fun and forceful, but not the greatest. I'll do it again if I come back.
7/10
We headed our way front, a few doing the nearby carousel, the rest of us going on the nearby corkscrew.
Which was running slow, due to one train and crappy ride hosts:
I don't like the color of the inside station:
And it was painful. At least it's very photogenic, as apparent with all these pictures:
We headed on over to Wolverine Wildcat, which was ok, but nothing to write home about:
But I did get some impressive pictures:
FAVORITE PICTURE OF DAY GOES TO:
For as little as the park has, they do very well with what it's got:
After another round of Shivering Timbers (Which moved up in my rankings. Seriously, you MUST of had a bad ride), we went to the waterpark. Obviously I didn't take any pictures, nor did I stay long: while the ride park was empty, the waterpark was packed.
On our way out I take a ride on Zach's Zoomer, which is a fun little coaster.
More Pictures:
Even...rode Big Dipper. And yes, it's still the worst:
One more ride on Shivering Timbers, are we're heading home. All smiles:
Ride count:
Shivering Timbers: 3
Thunderhawk: 3
Corkscrew: 1
Mad Mouse: 1
Wolverine Wildcat: 1
Zach's Zoomer: 1
Big Dipper: 1
Tilt-a-whirl: 1
And I wanted to practice with my new camera, so here's a video of the day. It also proves that, with little video, you can make a decent video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WWKbLueq8&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]
So last week (July 17th), I set up a meet at Michigan's Adventure. I hadn't gone there in about 6 years, so I felt it needed a visit.
Our day began with the hot air balloons flying up over Jackson.
Then our venture up north started. JOE DRIVING SHOT!
And Sarah tried to get a picture of herself (And her new shirt)
Driving through Mid-Michigan:
Then we arrive about an hour before opening, the parking lot not even open yet. So I grabbed some pictures of the legendary Shivering Timbers:
Cars in back of us:
About 20 minutes before opening, we got in, and I swear I've never had a closer parking spot in any park:
Mad Mouse, waiting for us:
The pain...the pain...
Gates opened, and we met up with fellow furry Heather, who oddly enough is a coaster enthusiast as well!
And the park was...oddly quiet...at first...
Then...PEOPLE!
We headed out to Mad Mouse, since it would be the longest line due to the low capacity:
The ride was fun, but I don't care for the lats on mouses to begin with:
We headed out to shivering timbers, since the rest of the group got pulled over about 30 miles away:
I really like the area around the sign:
Shot of Wildcat while we were waiting for it:
More peeps showed up, as we headed for the back of the park to work our way front:
What were we going to ride?
What could it be?
Thunderhawk! Of course! The only coaster here I haven't done!
And no line! Walk to the station:
Some pictures:
Now, a REVIEW!
Firstly, I can't see why people complain about the roughness on these. Maybe I was lucky, but it wasn't too bad. I've certainly done a lot worse. Expecting a painful journey, I instead got a fun, forceful little coaster. I can see why these are popular: cheap and fun. The only real complaint I can give is the thicker restraints, but they weren't so bad.
Overall, very fun and forceful, but not the greatest. I'll do it again if I come back.
7/10
We headed our way front, a few doing the nearby carousel, the rest of us going on the nearby corkscrew.
Which was running slow, due to one train and crappy ride hosts:
I don't like the color of the inside station:
And it was painful. At least it's very photogenic, as apparent with all these pictures:
We headed on over to Wolverine Wildcat, which was ok, but nothing to write home about:
But I did get some impressive pictures:
FAVORITE PICTURE OF DAY GOES TO:
For as little as the park has, they do very well with what it's got:
After another round of Shivering Timbers (Which moved up in my rankings. Seriously, you MUST of had a bad ride), we went to the waterpark. Obviously I didn't take any pictures, nor did I stay long: while the ride park was empty, the waterpark was packed.
On our way out I take a ride on Zach's Zoomer, which is a fun little coaster.
More Pictures:
Even...rode Big Dipper. And yes, it's still the worst:
One more ride on Shivering Timbers, are we're heading home. All smiles:
Ride count:
Shivering Timbers: 3
Thunderhawk: 3
Corkscrew: 1
Mad Mouse: 1
Wolverine Wildcat: 1
Zach's Zoomer: 1
Big Dipper: 1
Tilt-a-whirl: 1
And I wanted to practice with my new camera, so here's a video of the day. It also proves that, with little video, you can make a decent video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-WWKbLueq8&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]
