New Campground across the street from MIA

July 4th, 2008

Drove by the park today and noticed a new sign up. For those interested, checked out whois.sc for domain information. It was nice to see the park busy today. May stop by later tonight for a few spins on Timbers.

DuckCreek RV Resort

http://www.duckcreekrvresort.com/

Looks like opening day was a success

May 15th, 2008

If you have not got a chance to see the article in the Muskegon Chronicle, they did a write-up on Thunderhawk yesterday.

Mlive Thunderhawk Article

Just two more days and MIA will be open for the first weekend. With showers in the forecast, I hope it holds off enough to go ride Shivering Timbers.

ThunderHawk Update 4-28-2008

April 28th, 2008

I know everybody has been waiting for a new photo update. Today I got a chance to stop by and take some more shots thanks again to MIA.

The Entrance, this will eventually say ThunderHawk.

Thunderhawk Entrance

Thunderhawk Store, coming along quite nicely.

Thunderhawk Store

Yet another shot of the store

Another Store Shot

Exit shot, including the walkway down

Exit Shot

Another shot of the exit.

Another shot of the exit

Close up of the train

Train Close Up

Another train shot

Another Train Shot

Finally, a random shot showing the carousel put together.

Random Shot

19 days until opening weekend!

28 days until opening weekend

April 19th, 2008

Finally, less than one month to go until our favorite park is open again. I know several members have been asking for an update. The official site posted a great update on April 15, this can be found by click here.

I have not done any photo updates because there would not be anything additional to take pictures of, other than what the official site has already done. Not much going on right now other than getting the rides up and running.

This blog became real popular this past off-season due to my continued updates on Thunderhawk, thanks to everyone for pointing people to this site. Generally in the summer I don’t post much, but would still like to keep people interested in checking out the blog.

With that in mind, what would you like to see as far as updates during the summer? Pictures of various rides at MIA? Pictures from other parks? Please share your ideas of what you would be looking for. I will be visiting for sure, Cedar Point and MIA this year. I will probably be at MIA almost every weekend.

General Update 4-6-2008

April 6th, 2008

Took a drive by Michigan’s Adventure today and noticed many interesting things. First and foremost, it does not look like the trains are on-site yet for Thunderhawk, but I am sure they will arrive soon. Part of the track is still indeed yellow, as shown in the pictures below, and last but certainly not least, rides are starting to appear on the tracks! It’s a sign that opening day is soon to come!

From the picture below, looks like some work is being done to the trains for Wildcat.

Wildcat Trains

Building work is still in progress for Thunderhawk’s station.

Thunderhawk Station

Thunderhawk Station #2

Here is the shot that shows some of the track is still yellow for Thunderhawk.

Thunderhawk Track Part Yellow

Zach Zoomer Trains are on the track and ready for testing.

Zach Zoomer Trains

Big Dipper Trains are on the track and ready for testing.

Big Dipper Trains

Giant Gondola’s are uncovered and ready to go on the Gondola Wheel

Giant Gondola's

The chains are on for the Flying Trapeze

Flying Trapeze

My Favorite Lift Hill

Shiving Timbers Lift Hill

A little bit of work being done to Shivering Timbers?

Work being done to Shivering

In case no one has ever seen it, here is one of the cameras that takes your shot as you come down the last hill on Shivering before the Helix.

Shivering Camera

One last picture from today, a shot of Zach Zoomer’s Lift Hill.

Zach Zoomer Lift Hill

Let me know what you think, only 41 days until the first weekend MIA is open. I am also planning a trip to Cedar Point on the 10th of May.

Update #2 from 3-24-08 visit

March 25th, 2008

Here are the rest of the photo’s that I felt were worth posting from yesterday. I also wanted let everyone know that the trains are not on site yet.

This is a shot similar to the one I posted yesterday, but shows the entire Thunderhawk ride from across the lake.

Thunderhawk Picture 2

Another closeup of the Station cover.

Station Cover Picture 2

A close up of the construction work being done on the station.

Station Work Picture 3

Another construction shot.

Construction shot 3

Another shot of the lift hill.

Lift Hill Shot

Another random shot of the station and spare train track.

Station and Spare Train Track

A shot of the station by the train.

Station by Train

One last photo.

Last photo of the bunch

Check back soon for more updates!

Huge Update 3-24-2008, All Track is up

March 24th, 2008

Stopped by today and got a lot more photo’s for everybody to view. Please continue leaving comments.

Special thanks once again to Michigan’s Adventure in letting me take more photos.

This first photo is my favorite, both Wildcat and Thunderhawk shadows in the lake.

ThunderHawk and Wildcat

Here is another shot from across the lake showing construction of the station cover.

Station Cover

More construction shots

Construction Shot 1

This one shows the spare train track.

The spare train track

I will post more later today or tomorrow.

Thunderhawk Update 3-23-2008

March 23rd, 2008

I finally have a new update for everyone.

Drove by today and noticed a new building going up. Looks like the cover to the station possibly? What do you think?

New Thunderhawk Building

Thunderhawk Bulding 2

Thunderhawk Update 3-16-2008

March 16th, 2008

I have a small update for everyone, as you can see the ride is pretty much finished. Not much to post update wise, when pieces are up. I hope to get some pictures from inside in the next few weeks again.

Here is shot from beyond Shivering.

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

Another shot from the same location.

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

One last picture showing the staging area for pieces of track, they are all gone!

Thunderhawk on 3-16-2008

Be one of the first to ride ThunderHawk!

March 12th, 2008

Michigan’s Adventure is having a charity auction with all proceeds going to our local Red Cross of Michigan. 40 people will be awarded the first ride based on the highest bid. The first ride will be on Wednesday, May 14th. This charity auction is really a great thing as they are many people in need of assistance in our state in these times.

See more at the Red Cross site by clicking the link below:

Thunderhawk Charity Auction

Thunderhawk