Cedar Point Simulation Machine at the mall

I've seen it..there used to be one at a mall in he next town over from me. I tried it, but barely fit and lost my money..the damn thing didn't work.

There also used to be one in the food court at the old Ocean One Mall in Atlantic City, but that was just the Beast at KI. I enjoyed that one...but, like Marvin (no, not you) and Tammi said, "Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby."

There used to be a simulator two-seater in the arcade as you exited the Simulator ride at GAdv. It wasn't a simulation of a specific coaster. You greated your own through controls in the pod, and the pod you sat in rotated upside-down and side-to side on a robotic arm. It was way cool.

Mike

There is one at the Chuck E. Cheese in Waldorf and at Wheaton Mall. Some FEC's used to have a full size version that seats up to 8 people and is fully enclosed (I think Downtown Disney had it MANY years ago).

I think you could get a better experience from just youtubing the videos and rocking in your chair to the picture. The ride action does little to convey the feeling of being on an actual coaster.

Paul

beastmaster said:
I tried it, but barely fit and lost my money...

Hey Mike, you're supposed to wear cargo pants with zippered or Velcro pockets when you're riding coasters ;)

Anyway, yeah I saw that CF arcade machine at a mall probably about ten years ago.

beastmaster said:

I've seen it..there used to be one at a mall in he next town over from me. I tried it, but barely fit and lost my money..the damn thing didn't work.

There also used to be one in the food court at the old Ocean One Mall in Atlantic City, but that was just the Beast at KI. I enjoyed that one...but, like Marvin (no, not you) and Tammi said, "Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby."

There used to be a simulator two-seater in the arcade as you exited the Simulator ride at GAdv. It wasn't a simulation of a specific coaster. You greated your own through controls in the pod, and the pod you sat in rotated upside-down and side-to side on a robotic arm. It was way cool.

Mike

I remember the one in Atlantic City. I think they also had Son of beast (when I saw it again in 2001?), but I think I chose the original beast to ride. But it was pretty fun and i think this was in 1995 when I rode it, way before I got over my fear of the real thing (coasters in general, still yet to visit KI). Now I would always take the real thing over simulators.

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I have a customer who used to buy, sell and service arcade games and he told me all about these machines (before I had ever heard of them). He said that you don't see many of them around these days because they were expensive and hard to maintain and arcade owners got tired of cleaning up the mess because so many people got sick (apparently some of them were realistic enough to make some people sick). This guy also sent me an old brochure for one of these simulators and it did feature several (older) rides at CP, so it's likely the same one. The brochure also said it had an "original soundtrack" by Peter Frampton. If I can find it I may scan the brochure and post it in this thread for curiosity's sake.

Schrecken said:
The brochure also said it had an "original soundtrack" by Peter Frampton.

But will you show me the way?

beastmaster said:

Schrecken said:
The brochure also said it had an "original soundtrack" by Peter Frampton.

But will you show me the way?

You can come to Cincinnati and ask him.
He lives here in Indian Hill.

RobLec said:

beastmaster said:

Schrecken said:
The brochure also said it had an "original soundtrack" by Peter Frampton.

But will you show me the way?

You can come to Cincinnati and ask him.
He lives here in Indian Hill.

I did not know that. I'm sure his residency has made the whole city come alive :)

I take it Indian Hill is a particular area of the Queen City?

Mike

beastmaster said:

RobLec said:

beastmaster said:

Schrecken said:
The brochure also said it had an "original soundtrack" by Peter Frampton.

But will you show me the way?

You can come to Cincinnati and ask him.
He lives here in Indian Hill.

I did not know that. I'm sure his residency has made the whole city come alive :)

I take it Indian Hill is a particular area of the Queen City?

Mike

It's the "rich" section, where the CEO's and athletes live. As I understand it, Frampton eyed a girl in the audience at a concert here, fell in love and got married... all this around 20 years ago or so.

Of course I realize that NY/NJ has a few rich people too!

RobLec said:

Of course I realize that NY/NJ has a few rich people too!

Present company excluded, of course...

Schrecken said:

If I can find it I may scan the brochure and post it in this thread for curiosity's sake.

I, for one, would love to see the brochure if you manage to find it. Thanks.

I do know of one that existed as of a few years ago at the Westland Mall in Metro Detroit. I remember it had Magnum and Gemini for sure. This was fairly recent so I'll have to check if it's still there today!

A local family fun center in my area has a rollercoaster simulator called "Max Flight". It doesn't have any layouts of real coasters like the CP one does, but you can 'create' your own coaster experience. It can invert too. It has the feel of a small enclosed flatride.

Overbanked said:

A local family fun center in my area has a rollercoaster simulator called "Max Flight". It doesn't have any layouts of real coasters like the CP one does, but you can 'create' your own coaster experience. It can invert too. It has the feel of a small enclosed flatride.

That's the one I referred to above that GAdv had. It was really terrific. I do remember it cost $5 (per person, I think..it was a two-seater)

^^Yup, it's a two-seater. The one where I'm at cost just $6 in all, and it has a Chance Ride-esque two rider policy.