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- From: mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: New to this group
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 02:03:49 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <wperz.92.0@srg1.psych.pitt.edu>
- Reply-To: mac18@po.CWRU.Edu (Michael A. Cornell)
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- In a previous article, wperz@srg1.psych.pitt.edu (Walter Perz) says:
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- [stuff deleted]
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- >We had the following trip in the back of our minds:
- > Leave Thursday after work, travel to CP, ride till we drop and close
- >the park on Friday! Saturday ride anything we wanted to a 2nd time and
- >travel to KI.
- > Spend Saturday evening at KI and Sunday, come back to Pittsburgh.
- >
- >It has been ~10 years since I've been to KI and ~7 years since I've been to
- >CP. My honey has never been to either place.
- >
- >Would we be doing ourselves justice by allowing this little time, or are
- >these parks "do-able" in the time period I stated?
- >
- >Let me know what you think.
- >
- >Later,
- >
- >Walter
- >
- >p.s. I currently can't receive mail (sorry) so please post to this group.
- >-------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------
- >Walter G. Perz | . I hate |- Spaceman Spiff
- >Smoking Research Group | . 10-pins! | is going down !!!
- >University of Pittsburgh | . *| (Watterson)
- >-------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------
- >
- Well you're giving yourself plenty of time for CP, but not for KI. Both
- of these parks get rather crowded on the weekends. CP is crowded even
- during the normal week. I know from experience that at KI, you would
- expect 1.5-2 hour waits on The Beast. About an hour on King Cobra and
- the Vortex. And about 30 mins for the Racer. the tough thing would be
- to see how much Top Gun takes from the other lines. My guess is, the
- lines for that will approach or surpass 2 hours. All of these times will
- happen during the "prime hours" If you get there at 11 a.m. you would
- expect maybe an hour wait for the Beast. As for CP, I was there 3 years
- ago when the Magnum first opened on a Wednesday. The lines were between
- 1 to 1.5 hours so for the weekends I would expect about 2 or so. I
- don't know about Mean Streak. Iron dragon and Wildcat were 45 mins.
- Corkscrew was 20, Gemini 15 mins, Blue Streak 30 mins. Disaster
- transport i have no clue on. These rides will probably have waits
- about 30 mins more or so, depending on the ride. Somoeone who was there
- on a Friday may be able to help you with Friday line times. You're
- allright with time at CP, but you'll need more for KI. I would say
- skip work on Thurs and drive on Wed. CP on Thurs and half Friday
- Drive KI Friday night. KI Sat and Half Sunday. Drive home Sunday night.
-
- Mike
-