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 Review of Power Tower @ Cedar Point
0 Rating Posted by: reibish on 5/11/2006 8:10:00 PM
I wasnt that impressed with CPs Power Tower. Being a Valleyfair ride op, I constantly heard about how amazing it was compared to our version and on and on...at VFs PT, I ALWAYS have a flutter in my tummy when I go up the Turbo Drop towers. Every, dang, time. And also most of the time with our Space Shot tower. But not at CP. It could also be beacuse PT and TTD are right next to each other, but I didnt feel the "holy-moo-Im-gonna-fall-off-and-die," butterflies that normally accompany that familiar CLICK (more like CLUNK) when you hit the top of the tower. Also, Im not one for how a ride LOOKS (I mean really, how creative can you get with a tower? Not very) but CPs PT is pretty much the most hideous thing Ive ever seen. The top just boggles my mind because its so useless...its possible this tower could get more points if they shortened the topper and used more tower for the actual ride. These tower rides dont rely on fast speeds or super-thrilling drops by default, its all simple theatrics, which is why the drop towers are generally preferred. Its scarier when youre all the way the heck up there with eleven of your new best friends with your feet dangling and the wind blowing as your only soundtrack, than when youre down at the bottom waiting for the slightly-predictable inevitable and everyone is bustling about and doing whatever. Power Tower at the Point is dwarfed by the monstrous (and amazing) Dragster, and its footprint is so small that it just gets lost and forgotten in the shuffle and hustle and bustle to get to TTD or Magnum. Hate me as you will for ever comparing Valleyfair to CP, but I think, at least, that our Power Tower has the Points beat hands-down, although Im not sure thats a really big feat, haha.
 

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weaver23 on 6/7/2007 5:55:36 PM said:
Sounds really overrated although I would like to ride it some day
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