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Their season pass renewal system is running on the same server as Lightning Rod.

^ Thanks Bert. I remember reading this `"drag and drop" system. Just haven't actually worked it out, yet. Silly old bear I am. Thanks again. Something I (conveniently) forgot to try. One of these, and PUMPKIN flavoured Cotton Candy! )o:

^ on the pictures. . once you have them in your post, you can "drag" them into the order you want. just click (and hold), then just move up and down in your post to place them where you want. - the other option? Put them into the "Drag files here to attach" section rather than dropping into the main section of your post. once in that section, you can then click the "+" on each file, and it will load them in that order - it will mean you'll have to scroll back down to the "list" of pictures each time to click the next "+" you want to insert, but it will put the images in your post in the order you want them. personally? I think it's easier just to drag them to the order you want in the main post.

Here we go. "My Visit To SLAYland.....at Playland!" Last night was a really nice night. Literally. The sky was clear of clouds, and the temp. didn't plummet to other worldly numbers. It was cool. But not freezing cool. I arrived about a 1/2 hour before opening time. The lineup was fairly long, but nothing I hadn't been in, before. But by the time Playland opened, the queue was way beyond the mini golf course, around the corner and up beside Coaster's fence. Hmm. I already had a Playland mask on, so the free one I got with my admission, I pocketed away to take home. I headed straight for Coaster. And it was an easy, sooooo easy line to get into. I was in the station right away! And here's my first future RULE: Go on Coaster as many times as I can, when I get there! By the time I left the park, after 8, the line had snaked everywhere and looked to be an easy 1 hour+ wait. And, with all the photos I took,. I didn't realize how shaky and literally BAD most of them were, due to wearing purple garden gloves, as part of my 'costume' (the theme was Retro - I went as Retro NEON, heh). They continually got me snagged on the wrong parts of the camera. And I didn't bring my glasses along. They would also have been messy to deal with. But I couldn't clearly see the view screen so...... there ya go! Fuzzy BUT colourful, yeah? I got single rides on Coaster; West Coast Wheel; Bug Whirled; Gladiator; and....The Honey Bee Express train ride. Truth! First of all, Gladiator was having a problem with one of it's four 'arms." One of them would go up, like the rest did in the cycle. But once it reached it's height..... it never came back down! And they did try putting passengers in that arm's vehicles, but the ride op told me it made the ending worse, and the arm came down ever - so - ever - slow - and slowly - even more. So they decided not to have people on that arm, BUT they still let it run, which I thought was very cool of them to do, under the malfunctioning circumstances, lol. The kids' (usually) train ride turned out to be a surprise (of two) at Playland. The ride ops at the Wheel suggested I check out the Haunted Hornet Express, which was the Honey Bee, but altered and "added to..." Turns out they had scare actors in it, and great dark lighting on everything, including something (one?) handing from an upturned boat. After me and two other guys rode it, we intended to let A LOT of people know about it. A secret SLAYland gem. The other surprise was the " SLAYland Exhibit" they put together down along the covered Arcade. In each "room" they recreated the 'theme' of whichever Haunt House they usually put together during a regular Fright Night. And besides a mad scientist and Dracula roaming around (he knew me, too! Eep), they had a few scare actors in it, keeping their distance, but suddenly appearing at pretty good times. I was constantly on edge, wandering through it all, and wondering where "who would appear from where", etc? I loved it. A great exhibit I wish they could somehow modify and run this, during a regular future Fright Nights. Got my food at the White Spot "Triple O" place, wandered around a bit more for more photo ops. Then, called it a night, once I saw the GI-normous lineup for Coaster! P.S. I have tried and tried to load all these images IN ORDER. But "something" is not letting me do that. So I've loaded them together as best I can. Pardon. It's a learning experience, right? EDIT to add: I have since figured this system of posting photos, out. Finally! Thanks to Robb, Bert, and others for their help. Am I blue? Yes. Yes, you are blue. Blue blue. They actually had a couple of Arcade Games going! And Pizza Pizza was open, as well. The lineup, as I was about to leave the park. A definite hour and a half wait. No thanks. The Eating Tent. My meal. The fries and milkshake were great. The burger? Um...not so much. Didn't taste "freshly made." First actual shot: On the bus, on the way to the park. This is the PNE main entry way. "The Rubik's Cube explains it all." Doesn't look long, but with the distancing and all... stretched quite a bit down the sidewalk. The Great Gonzo made an appearance. Fuzzy. Along the way of the train ride theming. One is a scare actor. The other is a Playland VIP. Entrance to The Exhibit. (Awesome!) Haunted Mansion is still quarantined till.........................................? I thought this was for "the new coaster". But it's Chjristmas-sy stuff, so I am wondering if they are planning to do a Holiday Event here at Playland? Stay tuned for that one. At first, I thought both tower rides were down. But AtmosFEAR opened for the evening. Yes. A ride on The Wheel for an overview of everything. The park looks deserted. Lights up on Grouse Mtn. What's called the North Shore is below it. A walk on for ordering burgers and stuff. This thing kept moving all night. Never stopped. Then it would occasionally roar. Flash shows IT up, better. Where the meal was gotten, other side of the building. Wheee! The Gladiator, with that "stuck up" arm there, on the right. Definitely fit the theme of the night. The was the last photo taken, before I left. But like I said before...order isn't working here. Partially green. This guy's usually in front of Coaster. Wasn't moving at all. <sad> Bright Breakdance. White Light. Only shot I took of Coaster. Before night fell. <thump> Cute couple. Last shot here - The White Spot Menu! (o;

S&S – Sansei Technologies has sent us a press release announcing their new Spin Shot Tower concept, which can be built new or retrofit on any existing S&S tower! S&S – Sansei Technologies is excited to announce the new Spin Shot Tower! The Spin Shot takes the thrills and excitement from our 4D Free Spin coaster seat and puts it on our world-famous tower rides. For a modest investment, the Spin Shot can be retrofit on any S&S tower. Custom ride profiles can be programmed to orient the rider, face-up, face-down or even upside down during the tower ride sequence! This thrilling experience will be mechanically controlled to ensure maximum safety and thrills for all riders. S&S recognizes the current market challenges and the limited capital expense budgets most parks now face. Executive Director of Sales & Marketing, Josh Hays said, “Our CEO, Tim Timco, challenged us to develop an exciting attraction that parks could offer their customers at a modest budget. We believe our talented engineering team has met that goal. Parks want to offer their guests new and exciting experiences every year. That is a difficult task right now, but we believe our new Spin Shot Tower will allow parks with existing tower rides to reward their guests with a thrilling experience that doesn’t break the bank.” The Spin Shot is a patented product only available from S&S - Sansei Technologies. For more information about the Spin Shot Tower, you can visit the S&S website at http://s-s.com/rides/spin-shot-tower/.

If Gavin Newsom eventually changes his mind on this and sends people back out to other parks around the country before releasing guidelines then Six Flags had better hope and pray that they don't go to a Six Flags park or this place won't be allowed to open for a year. If they do open and they check up on it, they'll get shut down again immediately. Just setting expectations here... PS: Knott's, Disney and Universal should absolutely be allowed to open though. I just don't care of Six Flags is allowed to open because they've shown time-and-time-again that they have no intention of enforcing any of their covid policies at any of their parks. They just made them up to trick each state into letting them open. This park opening would honestly be a PR problem for the other parks in the region and a bad look for the industry unless it's drastically different than every other park in the chain which I don't anticipate at all.

If anyone likes park magnets. Dollywood has one that will be a collectors item. See photo for details.