Now that summer is here (or is *almost* here, if you are a meteorological purist) and I'm seeing amusement park advertisements everywhere, I have come to realize that there is a hole in my life in need of filling.
I am all but certain that the last time I was on a coaster was a few years back when I found the one in Vegas on a work trip at New York New York and waited too long before realizing that it was NOT the coaster on top of the casino that I was trying to find (sadly, that one on the roof of the Stratosphere had closed down before what was my first trip to Vegas).
Years ... YEARS I say! And for someone like me who grew up with summers spent at Knoebels (shout outs to the High Speed Thrill Coaster, JetStar and Phoenix -- only one of which still remains) or Hersheypark (shout outs to the Comet, the sooperdooperLooper, the Trailblazer, the Sidewinder and the Storm Runner) or Cedar Point (shout outs to the Magnum, the Millennium Force, the Maverick, the Raptor and the Iron Dragon), that's simply too long.
[Side note ... I do not mean to exclude DorneyPark or SixFlagsNJ or SixFlagsGurnee ... just going with what I rode the most through the years ...]
Amusement I'm going to have to commit to doing before I end up excluded for being too old or having too much of a heart condition ... you are most definitely missed (well, at least until whatever I find at Dollywood this fall).
TOP 100, UPDATED WEEKLY:
http://coasterbuzz.com/RollerCoasters/Top100
LOOKS LIKE I'LL HAVE SEVEN FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE THIS FALL:
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/parks/dollywood
A FORUM ABOUT AGING AND COASTERING:
http://coasterbuzz.com/Forums/Topic/aging-and-roller-coasters-
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