Coaster Studios is Wrong - Michigan's Adventure is Awesome
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![We’ve Got To Talk About Shivering Timbers… Michigan’s Adventure - Muskegon, Michigan | VLOG [6/4/23]](/img/n.gif)
After my visit in August of 2021 I’d say Michigan’s Adventure is a good park. Shivering Timbers is elite, and the rest of the lineup is just fine. The atmosphere is solid, and I love the lake in middle of the place. I’d say this park isn’t terrible, but isn’t great either, and definitely a super solid park and if Cedar Fair can give them Wicked Twister and another new coaster, such as a new age Vekoma it could be a fantastic theme park.
Yeah it's lineup would be at least comparable to the other parks with one or two more solid additions.
How funny hangtime thrills I find you here!
it’s also good as a smaller park for younger kids or people who don’t enjoy coasters as much
I hope Rail blazer gets moved here when CGA gets closed, a family launch coaster would also be very beneficial.
Its mids AF
All these people are saying you’re gonna start a war with Taylor yet you said in the beginning that you don’t mean to throw shade. Lol anyway great vid!
Just cuz you say no shade doesn’t mean no shade.
Dad yeah, Sarah flipped off. My friend who was working in shivering timbers station at the time, so fuck her.
Yes dude! 😎
I love genuine positive reviews in parks that get shade for no reason, other than they’re small. Great one 🥃
Thanks mate
Only one problem: this isn’t a small park. It’s 250 acres, around the same size as Six Flags Magic Mountain. The park does very little with that massive amount of land, less so than much smaller parks (which are praised) such as California’s Great America (100 acres), Knott’s Berry Farm (57 acres) and Holiday World (121 acres). People don’t criticize this park because it’s small. They criticize it because of its operations, poor ride lineup and lack of atmosphere.
@@triple7marc We can actually blame Cedar Fair for that, apparently Shivering timbers was part of a Phased expansion of the park before Cedar Fair bought it, Shivering Timbers was Phase one, and Phase two would have included a Morgan Hyper, but Cedar Fair bought the park and canceled those plans, presumably to remove competition with Cedar Point, since they did the same with Geauga Lake
actually michigans adventure dosent get shade. THERES NO SHADE
It’s so crazy how similar it is to geauga lake too (the layout that is) and the water park being connected with the park (prior to geauga lake buying seaworld and moving it to other side of lake). You nailed it on the head though with the keeping it a smaller regional park so it doesn’t compete with their crown jewel park. Once they bought out geauga lake I knew it was going to be a matter or time before they dismantled it. It’s unfortunate too because it was a great regional park with a ton of room to grow (I believe it was one of the biggest theme parks in the world once they bought out sea world and expanded 700+ acres). It was just a matter of time before it got dismantled though considering how close it was to CP and knew they wouldn’t want the extra competition within a 2 hour drive 🤷♂️ all I know is I surely miss the park and wish my children would’ve gotten to experience it the way I did as a kid
Great video! I’m definitely itching to go here someday because of you and Ryan. I think Taylor may have caught the park at a bad time because like every park was really understaffed until the End of June, but he definitely wasn’t looking for positives
Whats with valley fair and michigans adventure with Charlie Brown
@@SudaisiKickersTheir parent company Cedar Fair has a partnership with Peanuts. You will find a Charlie Brown area in all of the Cedar Fair parks including Cedar Point
As someone who has lived in Muskegon my whole life I am so sad that they didn't include the Waterpark in their judgments
That is one of the best things about the park is, for no extra charge, you get a whole other park experience! Two parks for the price of one has been their slogan since I was a child and the fact that a whole half the park is ignored seem incomplete
Same
The waterpark is the best part of it
@@MadScientist-h9lagreed. I love shivering Timbers but I manly go for the water park. Funnel of fear was my first big water slide !
Makes the video pretty bad. 😮💨
Edit: I now like rollercoaster and waterpark alike
Thank you for this video. Living in Grand Rapids, I come here a few times a year with friends and it may not have the best coaster lineup, but it's still a really enjoyable park to have a fun day at. The waterpark is also great and has some solid water slides. Not to mention it's included with park admission. I'm glad you had a good time here and I hope this visit will make you want to come back someday
Thanks for watching. I'll definitely be back some day, I feel liked I missed so much of the park.
Most Amusement parks have a Waterpark included with admission...
@@coastaku1954 did i say they didn't?
I think what a lot of people miss about these small parks is that the familiarity of the place can be really crucial and if you expand too much you can ruin the things your main customer base love about their home parks. I loved geauga lake as a kid, but my last visit was after the park had been mutated and what was once a beautiful park had a sky line of these monstrous coasters that did not fit the park at all. Every ounce of heart and integrity just seemed completely suffocated and before too long everyone in town just stopped going. We didn't want an s tier level park that catered to enthusiasts, we just wanted our regular park.
Your video alongside ElToroRyans review of shivering timbers has changed my outlook on this park and has convince me to put this on my list parks to visit. It's too bad cedar fair doesn't invest into more attractions for this park as its setting is very unique. Sick video dude
Thanks for the kind words!
What about airtime thrill's review on shivering timbers??
I've gone to Michigan's adventure for years since I live so close, it's a small park but it's a fun time.
I went after seeing ETR's review but I really couldn't see what he saw in that ride. The Airtime was SO weak, it was a little better in the back but it was so rough that I couldn't enjoy it, also that turn and helix needs more banking, like a lot more, I hate excessive laterals, actually, I hate laterals in general
dont waste your time
Ten rides that would make MIA a destination park:
10. Zamperla Disk'o
9. Soaring Eagle Zipline
8. Zamperla Discovery (not a Mega or Giga)
7. Vekoma Family Boomerang
6. S&S Combo Tower
5. RES Swing (I don't know the full name)
4. Intamin Surfrider
3. FunTime Starflyer
2. Gerstlauer Eurofighter replacing Corkscrew
1. Chance Hyper-GTX
a chance hyper-GTX would fit in so well at this park
They need a launch coaster
I have a Cedar Fair platinum pass and I have family in Holland Michigan, about 45min south of the park. I had a few extra hours to use on my commute back home to Indianapolis on a Friday back in July so I made a little detour to this Jem! I Road the big 3 coasters plus the Arrow looping in a little over an hour with no fast pass! I ended up only staying in the park for about 2 hours, but I left feeling very satisfied! Definitely worth the visit if you’re within 2-3 hours of the park!!
I had a great visit. Timbers is elite and cracked my top 10. I need to get back there immediately.
Same here! It’s top tier.
A few points to make Cedar Fair's lack attention look silly:
1a.) The population of Muskegon County is 173,000 and growing. You cited just the city of Muskegon ;)
1b.) People from Holland and Grand Rapids make day trips to Muskegon/Grand Haven all the time, especially for MI Adventure.
1c.) Kent County were Grand Rapids is located has 656,000 residents, with Newago, Ottawa, and Oceana counties (directly connected to Muskegon) having an additional 366,000 people.
1d.) If it's not clear from above, there's 1.1 Million people within a 45 minute drive of the park. Technically more than Cedar Point... But CP is also between Toledo and Cleveland, and 2 hours from Detroit.
2.) Cedar Fair owns about 152 Acres with about 42 Acres unused.
The Park 41.20 Acres (Rides, Waterpark, Walk ways, food areas, etc)
Operations 17.25 Acres (Employee Areas)
Parking 28.15 Acres
Main Pond 9.00 Acres & Other Water 14.88 Acres
There's 550+ Acres of undeveloped land that could be purchased that's contiguous to the existing property. (Could be 2x the size of Cedar Point)
You forgot to mention, Michigan's Adventure is by far the most profitable park in the chain. It doesn't need to be bigger. It doesn't need to be a Cedar Point competitor. The park serves a purpose, and it serves that purpose well.
@@supersanic1254 Cedar Points Profits the last Decade Obliterate All of there parks..... Wtf are you talking about, its one of the Least Visited Cedar Fair Parks, Top 3 are Cedar Point, Kings Landing, Great America.... math hard.
@@PhatRobsOils I think he's referring to profit margin, not total profit. MA is a cash cow, they don't put much money in, but it makes them a lot of money year in and year out. I definitely believe that if MA was either independent or owned by a 3rd party outside of CF/6F (I know they're merged now), They could be a much bigger contender to Great America and at least compete somewhat with CP. Another small fact, Grand Rapids metro has recently entered into the top 50 largest metros in the country, as well as one of the quickest growing cities as well.
Aweosme video! Yeah, the line up apart from Shivering Timbers doesn’t look half that bad! I definitely got to get out here especially when you pointed out those attractions that aren’t even an up charge… almost seems like a steal
Im not sure about daily tickets. They aren't an up charge with the platinum pass
Many birthdays, youth group outings, and school events were held here. Michigan's Adventure is a huge staple of my childhood.
it was really funny to me watching coaster studios video about the park & then seeing airtime thrills video pop up in my recommendations and checking it out, where he had much more objective outlook on the park and it’s coaster haul, and it became very apparent to me that coaster studios video had a bitter taste to it because of shivering timbers being closed. and now this video being in my recommended is even funnier. i enjoyed this video!
I love the water, I love Adventures, I love the coasters in the sun, I love the Michigan Adventures, two parks for the price of one!
You're telling me that whiny, overly-critical Taylor and Sarah were wrong about a perfectly good regional park? Boy am I shocked.
I couldn’t have said it better myself!!
It could be better.
I was out there July 10-11, had fast pass and rode Shivering Timbers 19 times over two days. I was pleasantly surprised about the park. Last time I rode Thunderhawk was at Geauga Lake in 97 or 98
Thunderhawk was surprisingly good. And I agree, fast lane is the way to go.
@@ParkPros Agreed. Best SLC I've ridden.
MA has a great water park included in the price which I'm surprised you didn't talk about.
Here before Coaster Studios comments on this video
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8:50 Last time I checked Michigan's Adventure/Cedar Fair owns about 75% of that area. They don't own the campground, but they own the area next to the campground, all the area to the end of Shiviring Timbers, and even across the trail from there.
I love Michigan’s Adventure, it’s one of my favorite parks! Honestly, I don’t think it needs more coasters. It’s a nice, small family park. It’s a nice change of pace from the bigger parks.
hi, i agree with you on so many points. i visited mi 4 years ago and had a great time. i live with cp in my back yard so i dont get to the other parks as much as i want, but i did take a 2 day visit to the area and loved it. for anyone else reading this, go if you can and have a great time.
Well said!
California's Great America is my home park nowhere near as big as Six Flags Great America but I would definitely add it to to-do list if I was you
Trying knock out both of those major Northern Cali parks sometime next year!
Cedar Fair needs to give this park a “Wind Seeker” high ride, a “Skyhawk” swing ride or a “MaxAir” . And a another good coaster like you said……a looper or a “Magnum XL” type coaster.
This park would be so much better if Cedar Fair had never bought it. Knowing the plans the former owner had it would have been a legitimate Cedar Point compeditor.
I grew up with this place, and I really do love it. It does have a lot of potential though and if love to see rides like wicked twister, or a new gen vekoma, or even anything from S&S at this point
Did not even touch on the water park!
Families - Stay in the very nice rv park called duck creek or one of their their cabins cabin across the street & do many short trips with your pass. Drive up to the entrance and visit all week during ideal weather/times - parking is included with their pass. The campground is super duper clean with very nice pool and splash pad soon as well as other entertainment for kids.
Note - I would say there is investment in this place park. The kids nee snoopy area and overall the landscaping has improved. They are slowly renovating the existing buildings.
I feel like most people forget about the waterpark
Cedar Fair, please just give this park a new coaster.
Vekoma Space Warp, it's not that expensive.
Vekoma seems to be operating exclusively overseas but hell, give them Wicked Twister or even a 4D Freespin.
They may get Wicked Twister from Cedar point but who knows really. Just a solid speculation
I’m pretty sure Wicked Twister is going to CGA. It’s too tall for local ordinances, anyway.
@@ParkPros That probably has more to do with history than anything. Experiences with old rides are likely driving the drought - it's a bit easier to correct those reputations in your home region. Intamin hasn't been able to sell a ride to Six Flags or Cedar Fair in a long while either. If not for Universal and Sea World Parks taking a chance we wouldn't have many new Intamins either.
I really do think that cedar point could gift rougarou to MA. I hope that when great America closes they get some of their old rides. I also think that a stand out flat ride could do them some good. Like it would be great for them to get a screamin swing.
I’m glad you had a good time. It seems like it’s just hit or miss this year. You had fun, Airtime Thrills had fun, then Coaster Studios didn’t. And I’ve heard bad stories on Facebook. So you obviously went on a good day.
for your top 3 you should include Outlaw Run in Silver Dollar City! Really fun ride!
I went to this park since I was a kid till I left Michigan at 30. It's the best, went before it was a Ceder park too. Shivering timbers is great. You only reviewed half the park, the water park is the best part. I like the water park best but my best friend likes the coasters. Iv never waited in a long lines.
You didn't mention the water park that's included in the price. I think that adds so much to the experience.
Hate to say it, but my day at Michigan’s adventure was maybe the worst day I’ve ever spent at any park. Shivering Timber’s was unbearably rough, and nothing else was really fun. My best ride of the day was Thunderhawk. Honorable Mention was the ride to Indianapolis after we left.
I feel like Michigans adventure is my favorite place ever and all the rides are amazing 🤩
As someone who's lived in West Michigan for 7 years now I'm really glad you've reviewed this park. I've never been Michigan's Adventure but after watching this I definitely will be!
You should! I'll definitely be heading back at some point.
Great video!!!! It’s very nice to see more positivity given to Michigan’s adventure. I haven’t been there yet and I wouldn’t go out of the way to visit but if I was vacationing near by, I would try to make the visit. I don’t think it would be the greatest park in the world but it is definitely overhated and I say this as a die hard coaster enthusiast. While I think the best amusement parks are the ones with the best coaster line up’s, a great environment, friendly employees and convenience are nothing to downplay. That being said, Shivering Timbers looks incredible!!!!
They made me not excited for La Ronde then TH-cam gave me an actually good review of La Ronde and now I cant wait to go in July
You hyped up shivering timber’s so much it sounds like you like it more than steel vengeance
It's definitely in my top 10 overall. Amazing ride.
I’m much closer to Cedar Point, I’m in the middle of Toledo and Detroit, but, I went and had some fun. I was always scared to go on the rides when I was little, so I had 0 fun, but I enjoyed it this time. I actually tried a Vekoma SLC, and this one wasn’t bad like people say they are. The water park is 😩 its soooo good.
MA is my home park and I love it. Shivering Timbers is one of my favorite coasters. That being said, if I want big thrills I go to Cedar Point which isn't much farther for me.
Fun fact- the swan boats were originally at Cedar Point in the pond where Maverick is now!
This is a comment about Taylor as I seen him at Kings Dominion on August 29th getting off I 305( which in my opinion is the best coaster on the planet, yes better than Steel Vengence) and I yelled to him how much I enjoyed his videos and was totally blown off twice as it happened outside the Que again. Keep up the great work
There's an argument that could be made about him not noticing you but at the same time something about him has always just felt off to me. When I saw his Mi Adventure video it really saddened me. Its my home park and I don't expect people to love it like I do but his video just felt so mean spirited.
To be fair, he doesn't exactly strike me as a sociable person, even for a coaster enthusiast. Maybe he didn't hear you or whatever. I don't know. Not a big fan of his stuff anyway.
I’ve been a few times and love it, you forgot the water park is included in the ticket. I went once when shivering was down so I rode the other ones a few times and my neck hurt for a week. I can see the ride lineup hate. It’s never going to see much investment because it’s a 400 mile round trip to anywhere else with a coaster. The majority of Michigans population are closer to cedar point, I’m all for seeing some investment and spreading the crowds. My daughter loves the place and we live close enough to go all the time now so I’ll already be spending half my summer at the water park. I sure would dig some variety.
This video makes me want to revisit. I’ve only been in 2015. I wasn’t on high on it as you are, but I never thought it was awful! It really is beautiful. I’m also missing 2 creds and rerides on shivering timbers wouldn’t kill me
This is my home park. Although I prefer kennywood, thanks for blowing off some of the hate this area has been getting.
Bro, thank you for this video. I pretty much grew up at Michigan adventure. It peeves me off seeing people saying negative stuff about it.
I know you probably are focusing on the roller coasters but you didn't mention the water park (which has no additional charge) which is half the fun. With a good selection of water slides, three wave pools And the funnel of Fear for those who want a thrill ride its one of my favorite parts of the park. (And honestly it's the best water park I've been to) and if you want to spend a little extra you can rent a cabana in the water park to sore your stuff and rest occasionally,( though you need to reserveahead) it makes a fun and relaxing day.
...And one thing every reviewer fails to mention is that Michigan's Adventure has a really solid water park and that is most of the reason why people go there.
As for the low population, remember how many people from Chicago and Detroit are vacationing on Michigan's west coast.
I felt the same way about Dorney Park. Everyone craps all over it & I expected it to be awful. We had a blast there & it was probably the most pleasant surprise of the 28 parks we've been to in the last 18 months. Even Six Flags Darien Lake was much better than I expected.
I also really enjoyed my time at Dorney. I think Cedar Fair nails a lot of the little stuff, like cleanliness, guest experience and overall park ambiance.
i guess some of the hardcore coaster enthusiasts are like the Gordon Ramsays of amusement parks! 🤣 I been to Darien Lake before I wasnt too bad. Of course Cedar Point is my favorite park but places like Darien Lake or even Indiana Beach or Mt Olympus is still fun!
I went to Dorney on the 11th last month, and boy oh boy, it was scorching hot. On the plus side, at least they had the classic Demon Drop that was originally at my home park.
That's why I'm here. My home park Worlds of Fun is getting a new roller coaster after 14 years of the last ride being built and I keep seeing comments about "what about Dorney Park, Valley Fair and Michigan Adventures." I came here to see what these parks look like.
I think enthusiasts as a community should try to put more emphasis on the parks as a whole, rather than just solely the coasters.
I'm Australian, so even the bottom tier chain parks in the USA would be really cool.
I visited this park back in July 2019, and I must say, it is amazing. Took 4 hours to get there from Sandusky, Ohio, where Cedar Point is. This is one of the only videos of Taylor's that I disagree with.
Regardless, there are a few rides I didn't like:
The Wolverine Wildcat (Too rough in my opinion)
Swan Boats (We got caught on the rope, and we had to be pulled off of it by a boat by the employees running it)
Corkscrew (Eh...while it was cool, it seemed way too short compared to the Corkscrew at Cedar Point).
Didn’t you die two centuries ago?
Shivering timbers is very rough ride
I'm still mad about that one chance/morgan hypercoaster that was supposed to be installed, but instead cedar fair decided they wanted..... a train.....
You definitely should have also talked about the water park part of it, as it the best part of the park in most peoples opinions
I live in Muskegon for 31 years (upto to 2021) I enjoy the park.
Taylor and Sarah are winey entitled enthusiasts. God they’re annoying
This park needs a B&M hyper that duals and interacts with Shivering Timbers
That would be so sick. They definitely have the space for it.
@@ParkPros but sadly, not the budget
@@coasternamegenerator5611 Not only that but Michigan adventure has a height limit of less than 200 feet. This is my home park.
@@latoyamcdonald4444 also a coaster that big would make Shivering Timbers look less appealing
@@coasternamegenerator5611 that's a very good point. The 70th anniversary is in like 2 or 3 years. Hopefully we get something good for it.
Great video but the only incorrect fact is that thunderhawk opened in 2006 or 2007 the last brand new ground up roller coaster was shivering timbers and that opened in 1999 just thought you would like to know and thanks again for the positive recited my home park
Wrong. Thunderhawk opened in 2008
I believe Shivering Timbers opened in 1998.
They also have a great water park, both included.....
Shivering Timbers above Ghostrider, Beast, and Mystic Timbers?!? 😳
Yes to all three
Me and my siblings and my parents are gonna go here for summer!!!! :D
I grew up in the area and this was always my families go to amusement park. Now we live near holiday world.
Both parks are fun and have their own things going for them.
I defined love both of them.they are great foe day trips.
I feel like bigger parks such as Kings Island are for those who have the two day passes. Though you can get that at holiday world too.
All in all, Michigan's Adventures is where I have a lot of memories. And I love that they have all the attractions you want from a small place. Carousel, ferris wheel, Dwan rides, train rides. And that's without talking about the water park attached to it.
Does anyone else find it funny that even the Swan peddle boats are relocated from Cedar Point?
No way.... that is hilarious 😂
Bro you’ve been on tic took for like 2 weeks and alr got 20k!
I still love the water park and midway
I visited this park in May, and I sort of agree with your points. I think this parks atmosphere was really weird and outdated in most parts of the park (like the area between corkscrew and the Waterpark, and the area around the wild mouse). Landscaping wasn’t really that great either, and there weren’t really many food options to choose from. I enjoyed Thunderhawk, Mad Mouse, and Shivering Timbers, but everything else was pretty meh. I enjoyed my day at the park though, and wish I could’ve experienced the water park.
And you didn’t even talk about all the water rides I got
michigans adventure needs more love
This park is awesome I had a great time last year and I’m 100% going this year to!
Dang you called him out 💀💀💀
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@@ParkPros ngl I agree with you 😂😂 this park doesn’t deserve the hate, I’ve had similar issues with people hating on SFOT tho now it’s getting better 🔥
@@JBThrills SFOT is getting better because there's new leadership at the park.
Michigan Adventures is Boring AF, The food is Trash when its open. They have One Decent Metal Coaster and One Decent Wooden Roller Coaster. It has more Carnival Rides than actual rides, Go to Cedar Point Almost the Same price 10x More shit too do, food station are always open, And i'm Aware their owned by the same people now, but you can do everything at Michigan Adventures in 4 hours.
WAS HERE TODAY!!
I’ve never been to Michigan’s adventure you should I listen to Taylor or you?
Didn’t mean to put that you in
wonder if they’ll ever get anything
Loved seeing a positive video of Michigan's Adventure. Gem of a little park. Only thing I will say is the gr muskegon metro is 1.3 million. Muskegons suburbs are larger then the city. Muskegons metro is around 150k. Gr Holland and muskegon is well over a million
Coaster studios is shook
Michigan’s Adventure is no Cedar Point, that obvious, but I do agree with your assessment. As a Michigander on the east side of the state, it’s hard to get excited going to the west side to visit when CP is less of a drive. I found my one time going there to be a pleasant experience. Yes the coaster lineup sucks but a great water park does help the park’s reputation. Maybe Cedar Fair would put Wicked Twister to “upgrade” the park. Definitely planning on going again maybe next year.
Haven't been there in years and I live in Michigan. Never had a bad experience. It's fun. Last time I rode Timbers it had the Trick Track. Now that was fun! Great Video!
Shivering Timbers contains the same letters as SHIT!
Now with that being said, is this ride tha shit compared to the Beast?
I agree!!
8:19 I might have to disagree, personally I dont think kings island is a 'Lower Tier' cedar fair park, its their 2nd/3rd most popular park and has a decent ride lineup and its very well kept
I think he said for wooden coasters ,,
SHIVERING TIMBERS is better than the BEAST , MYSTIC TIMBERS , SCOOBY DOO -- FAIRLY ODD COASTER -- BEASTIE ,, what ever the call it now ....
And I would have to agree with him ,
SHIVERING TIMBERS IS BETTER THAN ANY WOODEN COASTERS AT KINGS ISLAND AND CEDAR POINT ,,
BLUE STREAK is the only one at Cedar Point now ....
@@robertswickard8355 Frankly best woodie at a Cedar Fair park wasn't a particularly high bar to clear. At least until recently. And the only reason that situation has improved is GCI is good at what they do - delivering good rides even if you decide to build small.
I live in Michigan and won't go here more than once every 5 years or so. The operations are atrocious. Shivering Timbers is great but, ugh.
It’s a great park to spend a day with your kids without exhausting yourself. Great rides for kids, fun waterpark. I love it.
Coaster Studios are one of my most-watched coaster channels, but I think Taylor & co can be a little spoiled sometimes. I thought Michigan's Adventure was a nice, clean park in a beautiful setting. Their dispatch times did leavea a little be be desired, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself there and I was just greatful to get a chance to go. That was 2018 and my only other park visit since was a 2019 visit to Iowa's Adventureland. No amument park visits last year and probably none this year.
I became spoiled with an average of 2-3 visits annually between 2014 and 2017, but that was with 2 seperate groups of friends who both went their seperate ways after 2017.
Prior to 2013, I average one trip every 4 years and I have no idea how long this current drought will last as life iteslf overall seems to have taken a dive.
I'm not complaininga bout Taylor being "ungreattful" or anything like that, I'm just saying he's spoiled.
However, some of comments from random people on coaster forums can really get to me. Some are heavily dripping with entitlement and audacity. LOL They expect for the parks to cater to them in all of their weekly visits while there are others whow would love to just make it to the park once this decade.
I agree completely. I just recently started browsing coaster studios videos and all I could think was “spoiled” & “entitled” lol…
Also the bit about how some people can’t even make 1 trip to an amusement park, that’s me. I haven’t been to CP in nearly 6 years and I’m only a 2 hour drive away.
I’m from traverse city, and been going to Michigans adventure since I was kid. It’s a nice park for the area, and for tourist, but for the enthusiasts we obviously have so many parks within a 6 hour radius. I have great America, Indiana beach, holiday world, cedar point, and kings island all within 8 hours of me so I drive there instead!
Grand Rapids is one of the fastest growing cities in the Midwest & Detroit & Chicago are within a 3 hour drive from Michigan’s Adventure.
I think the real reason why Cedar Fair won’t invest in it heavily is because they want Michigan to have an relatively new inferior amusement park in comparison to Ohio jk lol
Does anyone know how much of the area Cedar Fair owns? It'd be a dream for me, for them to add at least one more coaster, a decent woodie or a steel one. Michigan's Adventure is never going to be Cedar Point... But at least give us one more coaster. I've been begging that for years 🤣
Either for MA or for any other bigger park, I think it'd be a cool feature to have a whole-park coaster. One that can do all sorts of crazy loops and inversions and such as a top-end coaster, and maybe even try going in and out of other coasters and water attractions and such, and just get around the whole park perimeter. It'd be one way of adding a new coaster, with using only minimal added real estate for the coaster housing and the area for track supports.
Oh, and smooth out Wildcat. That ride will give you a beating.
I like this park. If Taylor from coaster studio docent like a park or a ride thats it nobody else should.
Damn compared to Six Flags Over Texas I must say Michigans Adventure looks pretty depressing
He’s never been on ripe cord
Anyone else catch the “No grilling in the parking lot” sign? Lol-
You are right..I agree..Someone can have a bad day at a park and diss it..I had a bad day at knotts berry farm,and at cedar point..But had so much fun at worlds of fun,and at kings island...So there you go..It's also how you take on the park..You can make it fun anywhere. This park is no exception...I will go one day and make it a fun day..I have more fun at the smaller parks for some reason 😊
I'm from Michigan an let me tell you it's the the best park ever.
Nice review. I liked a lot of what you pointed out. I have to disagree with Shivering Timbers being better than anything at Knott's or King's Island lol. I also have to admit as of two days ago, all of their top three coaster are among the roughest I've ever experienced keeping Timbers FAR from my top three list. I can see it's a great ride, but not in the condition it's in as of June 2024. Front seat is just manageable, but back of the train is a hard no thanks lol. Curious if you have been to Waldameer or Knoebles - both had fantastic wooden coasters with NO potholes. Timers has at least three and the infamous Mean Streak was never anywhere near this rough. The atmosphere was pleasant and nice, but beautiful would be a bit of a stretch of the imagination. Park also lacked interesting/unique food options -- not even fresh cut fries or cheese on a stick! - and had zero live shows and/or attractions. No fun house, haunted house or dark rides?!?!?! It's saving grace is the waterpark and lack of crowds. It's a fun day for sure but falls short of an actual amusement park experience. Cedar Fair (or Six Flags?) doesn't need to build a huge roller coaster or anything but they need to take far better care and pride in those coasters and get REALLY CREATIVE with the rest of the park and whatever budget they have. A great park has to offer something you can not find anywhere else or it falls into the "meh" category. Waldameer and Knoebles are of similar size but somehow pull off a top tier visit Michigan's Adventure can't quite deliver.
this park reminds me of Dorney Park FUN and a great water park but not a great great park just an ok park compared to 6 flags magic mountain cedar point of course but also the nice themed Bush Gardens both parks are amazing Dollywood is great Hershey Park is great Disney is just ok to me but the one in China and Japan are supposed to be awesome cause they are brand new and just gorgeous theming I love Tampa Bush and Universal in FL best I adore Harry Potter it is so emersive fun stuff they even have my favorite color purple the Knight Bus so silly i loved it
IMO, if you go to MA with the expectations of a Cedar Point, you will be very much disappointed. You have to take MA for what it is. A quaint little park in a quaint city. Personally, I haven’t been to MA, but I wouldn’t mind going. I love roller coasters. Do I think that MA is worth someone’s money and time? Yeah, I do! I just think that you have to go with an open mind and want to be entertained and amused. By doing so, seems like a person would have a nice day at a park for fun! Peace.
I live like an hour away and have been going there for 30+ years and I've also have season passes to cedar point for years also. It's a great local park, it's not ment to be a world class park. I'll drive an hour for a fun day but you go there for the Waterpark. I'll drive 5 hours for world class. People who throw shade are just clueless on what Michigan adventure is.
Looking at your footage, Mad Mouse looks very fast. Better than the one at Valleyfair! that was just crawling through its layout.