OPENING WEEKEND 2024 at Michigan's Adventure

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Ай бұрын

[COASTER JOURNAL VOL. 3]
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@stevensales7502 Ай бұрын

I love Michigan's Adventure

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

It’s really a great park, and doesn’t deserve all the hate!

@waynejkl4035 Ай бұрын

I'm in Chicago and Michigan's Adventure is on my list. Thanks for all the tips! :)

@realnicksutton Ай бұрын

This is some solidly-produced content. I’ll have to head to the park this weekend. I was also at the passholder preview, so missed out on those closed rides.

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@DouglasB.Hulst1971 Ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEOS AND GREAT NEW AND REFRESHING CHANNEL. Please keep it up, John! Your conversational and editing style and awesome. Really great work. Looking forward to more videos. 👍🏽

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

I appreciate the kind words, hoping to keep content coming!

@coasterbud Ай бұрын

One of my favorite coaster memories is from around the time of the Cedar Fair purchase when my daughter and I hit nearly 50 rides on ST (we lost count) on a very quiet weekday. MA is a great little park and we spent a lot of time there when my kids were younger. Keep up the good work.

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

That sounds amazing! I don’t know if I could handle that many rides straight on ANY roller coaster, but if I had to try, it would probably be with ST.

@thedude1636 Ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the helpful information. I like the style of your video, laid back and long on opinion. You didn’t get bogged down trying to show all of the minutiae. I also like the music choice and 80’s style graphics.

@corygoetz7579 Ай бұрын

B-roll got me hype!!!! 🔥🔥🔥

@happycoasterdad Ай бұрын

Great video - thank you! We also went back last Saturday and got some Timbers and Wildcat in! I agree that Wildcat's first drop and return is something special - so smooth and gravity-like (whatever that means). Look forward to more great videos from you - thanks again!

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Glad you were able to get rides on everything as well this time around! Wildcat is definitely a back-of-the-train ride, but it’s really solid after the new work on it. Thanks for your support!

@wetsock4652 Ай бұрын

It might have just been last year, but the food area next to shivering Timbers used to smell like death

@TheCoasterSerpent Ай бұрын

So glad to hear we got 2 train ops. Awesome video.

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@patmynamesnotrick Ай бұрын

so refreshing to see a coaster enthusiast that doesn't automatically sh*t on Michigan's Adventure. While it obviously doesn't get the attention and love that other Cedar Fair parks get like CP and KI, as my home park, it's nice to see a perspective of the park from someone who isn't nitpicking and completely trashing the park at any given chance. Shivering Timbers is slept on by so many because of the location but I always try to tell people that it's definitely worth the trip to Michigan to get a few rides on it. Totally agree with you on Wildcat too that it feels like a completely different ride now; I rode it last year after not having ridden it in well over 5+ years and was shocked that it was so smooth!

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

I appreciate the feedback :) It definitely feels like a bit of entitlement and jade come into play with a lot of enthusiasts. But with Michigans Adventure being my home park, and being home to one of my all-time favorite rides, I can’t help but love it. It’s honestly a wonderful park!

@dougyeager6812 Ай бұрын

If and when you are able, Knoebels is a must visit. You will be amazed by the operation

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Knoebels is incredibly high on my list of parks to visit!

@dustinhinkle6109 Ай бұрын

The retracking has made Wildcat into an entire different ride!

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Completely!

@corygoetz7579 Ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more!!

@danpatrick2175 8 күн бұрын

Nice review. M's Adventure is a great park. No Giga-Coasters but usually no Giga-Lines, either. Some bigger rides for enthusiests and plenty for families to do, including the water park. If you haven't been, Lake Michigan is nearby with plenty of beaches, resort towns and attractions to make for a fun getaway.

@MidcourseDiscourse 7 күн бұрын

@@danpatrick2175 Exactly. The fact that it’s a smaller park definitely helps with crowds! And absolutely, Lake Michigan and Grand Rapids are fantastic, and could easily round out a trip to the area.

@douglasjgallup Ай бұрын

As a content maker myself, I will say your videos are produced in a really great way. Really superb cinematography. Great job!

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

I appreciate the support!

@castin5244 21 күн бұрын

I grew up near the park so Ive been to it dozens of times and have gotten bored with these coasters. But it's cool to see coaster enthusiasts enjoying them and even ranking them so high.

@MidcourseDiscourse 18 күн бұрын

There’s plenty of room for improvement, but I really do love the park!

@tectonicshiftfitness2586 Ай бұрын

Awesome video. I just subscribed. MIA is my home park too!

@patricksquires77 Ай бұрын

Great Vid - glad to see a astute well regarded opinion provided as well rate Shivering timbers so highly. I really need to get on Voyage! 💯 Shivering timbers is THE wooden coaster that makes Michigan Adventures. Michigan Adventures is somewhat under-rated when you consider your near awesome lake beach and sand dunes. There is a fantastic RV park, Duck Creek, with great cabins to rent across the street from Michigan Adventures with excellent new indoor pool - massive outdoor adult hot tub and plenty to do for the kids - you can stay there a week and hit michigan adventures multiple times in a week if you get the reasonable pass which includes parking.

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Honestly - between Grand Rapids (and the food/beer scene), Silver Lake dunes, and Lake Michigan… I think the area is perfect for a weekend trip!

@racetowin249 Ай бұрын

Great video! And great shirt 😆

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Gotta show love to my favorite defunct manufacturer 🫡

@racetowin249 Ай бұрын

@MidcourseDiscourse Arrow is so awesome. So glad they were around when they were.

@tyrock1242 Ай бұрын

They brought me my favorite ride ever in X/X2!! 🫡 I know it led to their demise but I thank them for going out with a bang and gosh do I miss living 1-3 hours away from there, lol.

@sherrydevowe4026 Ай бұрын

Great vids lately!!

@Usernametaken1987 Ай бұрын

The allegations are true: MD simply does not miss

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

🎯

@51gary51 Ай бұрын

I really enjoyed your video, John. Over the years, I've heard soooo many great things about SHIVERING TIMBERS -- mainly that it's a fantastic woodie with several first drops! Also glad to hear that the park is keeping ST well maintained -- especially during these hard times. Anyway, keep up the great work, Buddy!

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

Thanks for the support! Shivering Timbers is definitely an incredible ride!

@cameronbeaver6725 Ай бұрын

Great stuff! If you're ever in MN (and you dont already have the all park pass) id love to get in you into VF with my discount 😂

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

I appreciate that! I got the all park pass this season, and am hoping to visit Valleyfair for my first time before the season ends!

@patricksquires77 Ай бұрын

Wild Mouse at this park is the wild card. It oddly runs single at a time despite many zones thus sloooowwww lines at the yellow painted wild mouse. Risky as it seems to shut down allot and takes 10-20 minute waits to startup adding further aggravation to this coasters wait time.

@MidcourseDiscourse Ай бұрын

I’ve always been so disappointed w how it runs. Like you said, this thing has so many blocks, it could easily handle three on the course at a time. The fact that this was the fastest I’ve seen it running is both great in the moment, but still sad overall 😂 I want these Arrow mice to stick around as long as possible, but please MA, figure out how to run it a teeny bit faster.

@coreyfitzpatrick7397 23 күн бұрын

It’s crazy to me I keep hearing people call Wolverine Wildcat and Shivering Timbers “smooth”. They are definitely not smooth. I’m going to Holiday World in October and looking forward to Voyage. But I feel like I’m going to be disappointed because all the people that praise Voyage then turn around and praise ST. A great ride to me is one I want to marathon. ST is not one of those.

@MidcourseDiscourse 22 күн бұрын

Totally get that. Having ridden Voyage last season, it is notably smoother than ST. I should have better emphasized that my rides Timbers and Wildcat were some of the smoothest I’ve had on them, not that they’re inherently extremely smooth. Both because I’ve been on them when they were in worse condition, but also because of my seat choice. This was really the first trip I started paying attention to wheel seats and how different cars ride the track. In the rows I rode on the rides, I would absolutely call it possible to marathon, but I agree that they’re nowhere in the realm of Holiday World’s. As an aside, I do hope that the new merger will either better distribute quality of life improvements to smaller parts, including maintaining woodies like ST. Alternatively, the new Six Flags company could possibly sell off some smaller parks, hopefully to people/entities that would care more about them, and provide better maintenance for these rides.