The 26 year wait for a ride..

I'm quite young, so I don't really have a lot of these long stories, but here are the ones I do have.

Long ago, I saw Son of Beast on a show, saying how it was the only looping woodie and stuff. I got to ride several years later - after the loop was removed.

I went to Cedar Point when I was 2 or 3, and my parents always tell the story of how I threw a fit about not getting to ride Wicked Twister (not understanding the concept of the "height restriction). I got to ride it when I was 10 or 11, so about 8 or 9 years. Same with a bunch of other CP rides, as I go, like 10 to 20 times a year, and I used to be rather short, so it was a long wait to ride some of the bigger rides.

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I figured this was a thread about Flying Turns...

[ImmelMattI'll drink donkey urine before I'll drink a Pepsi.]

I've wanted to ride a Dive Machine since I saw Oblivion in the Guinness Book of World Records back in 1999. Rode Griffon in 2011. Well worth it

[CoasterRollinHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

I figured this was a thread about Flying Turns...

Yep, thought that too.

And speaking of Knoebels related things:

I've known about Pheonix since around the time RCT2 came out (2002), which is when I first started spending my time browsing RCDB for hours, haha. This will finally be the year. August 3rd! I can barely contain myself.

[stashua123Which came first the turtle or the donkey?]

I first Heard about SOB in 2005. I was told it was xtremely scary.I have yet to ride it because of its SBNO .

Vortex: I first heard about it in 2005. Rode it in 2011.

Diamondback:Everyone was raving about it in 2009.Rode it in 2011

[MeteornotesKeeper Of The Carnivorous Bees!]

I figured this was a thread about Flying Turns...

Post Of The Day.

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[cal1br3ttoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

There are only two places I seriously wanted to visit since childhood. One was EPCOT, which requires no explanation.

The other was Coney Island. When I saw video clips of crazy old rides there on TV, I thought to myself, "I don't even believe in rides and I still would've made a point to ride those." It was both saddening and mystifying to think that such a grand place of excitement could be so famous and widely visited and yet still manage to die off. I had no idea there was anything left of the place, and I would ask my mom about what it was like and why it was gone now. I also didn't quite understand how people got to it if it was really an island (because you know, when I was a child, bridges were still a new invention). Even recently I thought maybe the name was just a reference to Long Island, but it turns out it was originally more of an island of its own.

I don't even remember when I first found out about the Cyclone. Probably just one of those things I stored in my brain as mostly uninteresting when I first found out, but still took for granted later when I became an enthusiast.

Last year when I planned to visit Coney Island, I was actually more excited to go there than Manhattan (I cringe to recall this now). I would daydream about it frequently with only moderate misgivings about the Cyclone. When I finally got there, however, I was none too impressed. Part of me thought the place absolutely needed the Zamperla cleanup in order to be at all hospitable, but part of me was disappointed by it and felt its seedier past self would've been much more fun. I definitely think Deno's, the Cyclone itself, 12th St. Amusements, and Eldorado Auto Skooters had loads more character (or at least air-quotes "character") than Luna Park and Scream Zone.

All that said, I still appreciate the historical significance of Coney Island, and I'm looking forward to my next visit, as well as future visits for the return of the B&B Carousell and any other significant developments.

[attack7Does Jeff Johnson count this donkey as a credit?]

I wanted to ride 'X' badly from the announcement, watching it get built, (and then re-built) - so much that I had many, many dreams where I was waiting in line, and just before I got on it, I'd wake up. Or I'd be at the park and rode everything else and forgot to ride it.

Finally last year I got to go out there and ride X2 5 or 6 times. Loved it. First drop is insane.

Then there was Silver Star, which I got to watch them build, and thanks to TPR, had ERT on it just a few weeks ago. Whee! (Of course Blue Fire was a few thousand times better)

No more dreams

[neovortex2kHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

HHmm its been 24 years since hearing about Orphan rocker so maybe if it ever opens i might just beat the 26 years

[texcoasterBonafide Donkey Expert]

I first heard my mom speak (with notable horror) about the Coney Island Cyclone in 1970. I finally got to ride it in 2003.