The clincher though was the laterals I finally got in the turnaround followed by a violent jolt right after the straight track before the return. Then I rode in the back row, where the airtime was so good that I was being yanked down the hills. Sadly, it still just didn’t have anything else to offer. I rode in the front row and knew it had finally woken up, as there was more air on every hill than before. Finally Timber’s line was just outside the station, so it was about a 2 train wait for any row.
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Still, the ride wasn’t painful (probably the smoothest Arrow ever!) and it was pretty fun, which is what its all supposed to be about.Ĭredits achieved, I walked around the park, took some pictures, did some shopping, took some photos of Timbers from outside the park, and then went back in for some more rides. Too bad mice aren’t supposed to have banked turns, and the trick track is just weird. They took Intamin’s stadium seating, CCI’s trick track, B&Ms banked turns, and Mack’s mouse layout and incorporated them all into one ride. This was my first Arrow mouse, and I must say, it took them a while, but Arrow finally learned from other coaster companies.
#Michigan's adventure no limits 2 full
It had a full queue when I arrived at the park about 2 hours before, but now had only about a 20 people waiting. My final credit to achieve was the Arrow Mad Mouse. I did like the flowers in the shape of the Big Dipper constellation in the center of the ride. (OK, well maybe they were, I was just hoping none of my patients were vacationing in Michigan at the time). By the time I got there, a bunch of kids did too, and soon we were all having a great time on this coaster. Lucky for me, it was opened, just didn’t have any wait. I didn’t see an cycling, so I thought maybe it was closed (it is a Chance ride after all). It was only while riding ZZ that I finally discovered the mysteriously hidden Big Dipper. It was a bit rougher than the Scoobys though, with more jostling and CCI tracking issues. This also had no wait (I think by this time everyone had moved on to the water park portion of the park) so getting my credit was easy as pie (with no snakes involved). Then it was time for Zach’s Zoomer, the Scooby-doo type kiddy woodie. Sadly, this thing could never be like Phoenix even if Dick Knoebel forgot he owned Phoenix and let it go for 5 years with no maintenance.įollowing was the Corkscrew, with the greatest station design ever! Its an Arrow corkscrew, reminiscent of last week’s Canobie Corkscrew, and yet it still managed to Judo chop me several times during the course of the ride. Well, 45 minutes later I had seen enough of the layout to think, “yeah, it looks like they modeled this after Phoenix.” It has a tunnel like Phoenix, 3 bench PTCs like Phoenix, a double up and double down, and low to the ground bunny hills. The line was pretty long and the darn thing only has 1 train, but I needed the credit and the coaster looked promisingly similar to Phoenix. Next on the agenda was the nearby Wolverine Wildcat. I was warned ahead of time to let it warm up, so I decided to finish credit whoring and then come back to try it again. After a while it actually got boring and redundant. There was some light airtime, but nothing else. After my first ride, I wasn’t really sure about the ride. Soon I was off in 1.2 for my first ride on this behemoth. The line was down to the bottom of the ramp and both trains were running, so it was only about a 15 minute wait. I ducked and weaved my way through the RCT-like walkways and soon found myself at Shivering Timbers.
The ground was covered in bright white concrete everywhere, not good for sunny days without sunglasses. The park is very much like every other Cedar Faire property, lacking cedar (or any other kinds of trees) and being more like a permanent Fair (but nowhere near as badass as the Wisconsin State one!).
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I went to Pass Services and without any problems got a comp ticket with my Dorney season pass. The parking lot was pretty full already, and the weather was gorgeous, not a good combination for empty lines. Everything went smoothly and I found myself at the park shortly after 1pm. My sole purpose was to finally ride Shivering Timbers, a coaster that always seemed to be out of my reach just because of its location. With no other major plans for the weekend and decent airfare, rental car, and hotel readily available, I decided to fly out to Grand Rapids, MI for the weekend.