Sorry for the lack of updates, no excuses other than summer jobs. Cedar Point has just updated their website, and it looks great. They have really moved up the list on my favorite theme park sites. The site is super easy to navigate and looks amazingly professional. I’m used to Cedar Fair cartoon style, and I like the change.

What do you think of the new site?

Took me a little bit, but I finally got the Fahrenheit footage together and made this video. I’ll put up a better resolution, but not much better, for download on the site sometime soon. Hope you enjoy it and sorry for the terrible music transitions. Off site link.

As part of the Nantimi promotion that Coasterdom took part in, I was invited to go to Hersheypark and experience Fahrenheit. The plan was to enter the park at 9:30 with the other Nantimi winners and have 15 minutes of ERT on Fahrenheit. Unfortunately, Fahrenheit valleyed on the first test run of the day. By about 12:00 or so they had a crane on site and were beginning to do work in order to get the train down. By about 3:00 the ride was freed and testing began. The coaster opened at about 4:15 or so.

The coaster surrounds the line. You are so close to the ride that half of the line is covered by protective netting. If the line is full, it should take about two hours or so to get through.

The station for Fahrenheit is massive. Almost like a church. They do assign seating except if you are willing to wait for the front. Fahrenheit also has a single riders line that looked to be moving really fast. The trains are your typical Intamin trains, with a silver body, navy blue seats, and orange restraints. Unlike Storm Runner, there is no grab bar on the seat in front of you to assist in getting out of the train.

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Hershey was kind enough to invite me out to take a spin of Fahrenheit for it’s opening day. A ride review will follow later tonight, I’ll just explain the 80 or pictures I took of the ride.

97 degrees and fallin fast. Lots of airtime to go around also.

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I know we haven’t had a show in awhile, but we are finally back. This should be the last long absence for awhile. Anyway, in this week’s podcast:

• Park and ride openings
• Rumors
• Off season work on coasters
• Kevin’s Trip Report of KD, BGE, and SFA
• and other news

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