What Now

Finally onto Holiday World! Voyage is the first thing you see on the horizon. This ride is tall, it looks even taller next the the corn fields that are everywhere in this state. Voyage towers over everything around it, even the park's other coasters. The tour group was let in a side way (for the lack of a better word). We got views of The Raven that you can't get from the midway. So, needless to say, the photographers in the group took lots of pictures of Raven, Legend, and of course Voyage on our way in. The first ride we all headed for was... Voyage, of course: What can I say that hasn't already been said? This ride is nuts. Very big, very fast. One of the more intense wooden coasters I've ridden. After riding that twice during ERT, it was off to shoot some turkeys! Er, I mean "call" some turkeys. *Gobble Gobble* Next, it was time to ride. Legend. It was rough and had too many laterals. blah. Not my kind of ride. Since, it was so hot, next ride to hit was Frightful Falls. It got ya wet. Exactly what was needed. Then, The Raven, This is an awesome ride. The smoothest of the three, it had some airtime, the setting was great. It was short but sweet! I ended up riding this more then anything else this day. The awesomest thing at Holiday World, though, was the free soda pop! I, like many others, took full advantage of Pepsi Oasis that day. I stiopped at one every time I was by one. I bet not as many people get heat stoke here then at Six Flags. At some point during the day was, a group of us took over Howler. Totally the best ride in the park! Next, I think, was the Flyers. Those are fun rides, even if you bonk your elbow on the side of the tub. Liberty Launch was also nearby. So, I and others rode that. I actually really enjoy S&S towers and this was a good one. I also went to Splashin' Safari later in the day (yes, even me). I hung out with Robb and his group for a bit. We rode the Lazy River near the front of the water park first. Nice, and relaxing, but isn't the point to just float around and around. ah well. Net they did some sort of enclosed slide (sorry, don't remember the name) that I didn't ride. After that they got in line for Bakuli, for which I didn't blah. Instead, I went over to Bamboo Racer with Snorky. I love this slide! We rode that a couple of times. We also rode the purple and blue slides near the front of the water park, two of the lazy rivers, and one of the wave pools, while Robb, Elissa, and their posse waited for Bakuli. The day ended with most of us riding Raven over and over again. Now I'll get yaking and get on to the photos. Let us end this trip report with a prayer. One of the cooler looking swings around. 90 degrees!!! All of us trying to get an exclusive shot. This drop really is this steep. It's walkback time! Behind the scenes at a group photo. umm...It's Howler. So, we did our own water show. They've got nothing on me! Not a Casey friendly doorway. Carl and Scott seemed to enjoy their ride. woohoo! Time to ride The Raven! Time to "call" turkeys. So, that's were we went first. Yes, Voyage we see you. The Helix of Evilness. It's Legendary. ooooh aaaah Raven go down the hoooole. What's this ride called? The tallest thing for miles. Holiday World entrance to the left, Splashin' Safari to the right. Holiday World: Home of two water towers.

^ Die! We got up early the next morning to get to CVG at about noon. The traffic wasn't as bad this time. In fact, I got the Jetta to go up to 110mph at one point, for most of the journey I drove at 85mph. We dropped off the rental, got on the shuttle. We then ran into Terrence on the shuttle. Once at the terminal, we met up with most of the group. Once the buses finally got there, we were of to our first bonus park which was..... Coney Island! Nobody saw that coming. The Arrow bus tried to go through the regular parking lot entrance, but it got stuck. After the bus set itself free, it was over to the bus parking. This time it fit. lol After we were off the bus and had wristbands. We went over to our first ride. The first ride for me was Pepsi Python *cha ching*. Credit! Next up was the Rock O'plane. I wish there was one in So Cal. They are a lot of fun, albeit a workout. The workout getting the gondola to go upside down didn't help me cool down. Next, I think, was lunch at La Rosa's pizza. The pizza there was actually pretty good. The only downside was I used up all my Coney bucks for it. I think the next ride was the bumper cars. Those are always fun and the ride op was cool. He made fun of everybody on his ride. Next was the slides of doom. Next was the drop tower (don't know the name). It actually had a decent amount of airtime, but the scariest part was when it would drop unexpectedly. No hold, no noise, just drop. Rode the Rock O'plane again and ate some Ice Cream at some point while waiting for the bus to leave. On to zee pictures! "Durrrr! I'm Max! I enjoy riding Frog Hoppers and killing chats." Sucks to be him! Zee Rock O'Plane Flying Boobs..and a tree. um..TPR members in line for Python!

Dave (methos) flew into Columbus at about midnight. To get to Dollywood at opening, we would've had to have left town at around three. This did not happen, as we didn't even get to the hotel until around two that morning. So, instead the three of us left the hotel at about 7. The drive down was fraught with a great many perils, traffic in Cincinnati and Lexington, fog, and porn shops! Oh, and not to mention the beautiful scenery in the Cumberland Gap. I would've taken pictures if I weren't driving (check out Will's TR for that). We finally got to Dollywood around four in the afternoon. We met up with Jim (don't remember his screen name) at the park. It looked fairly busy, so we got Q2Q. That way, we got on the rides within 15mins at the most. Our first ride was.... Thunderhead: A GCI with airtime, who'dathunk? I love it. It's not glass smooth, but it's still enjoyable. Would like to have ridden it more. Next up... Mystery Mine: I really dug (no pun intended) the theming. Very clever. As for the ride itself, I like it, especially that insanely steep drop. This was were I heard the quote of the day. We were handing our camera bags off to this ride-op lady and she said "Boy, y'all sure have a lot of stuff for fellers". Timber Tower: I enjoyed this ride more then I thought it would. Would've been nice if the water fountains actually got you wet, but you can't have everything, I guess. Next we headed over toward the other end of the park. Two of us were going to ride the Rapids ride, but it broke down or something. The first thing we did in this part of the park was... Tennessee Tornado: It's not a Toomah! It's smooth for an Arrow ride, hell, smoother then some B&M rides out there *cough*Iron Wolf*cough* The sound effects were a nice cheesy touch. Blazing Furry: Jim called it that, so I stole it. lol As for the ride itself, it's awesome. What is it? Go ride it for yourself! Mountain Slidewinder: Probably the scariest water ride I've done. I for sure thought we were going to tip over. Dollywood is an awesome park with friendly employees, wonderful atmosphere, and great rides (would've love to have done the shows ah well). Now for THE PHOTOS: The train zooms by at LIGHT SPEEEED. De Choo-choo twain. Pure unadulterated craziness. Marvel at this wonder, the UNDERSIDE OF A BRAKERUN! Derek and Jahan need tissues right about now. A Tennessee Tornado, that is. Looks like a tornado has been by recently. aaah They do not skimp on theming or beauty. oooh Timmmmberrrr! 1st high banked turn! awesome drop! The wildest ride in the..wrong park. Looks like they are enjoying the ride! Whee! Let the thunder roll! The first thing we rode. What's the name again? Dave's numba 200 coasta. Welcome to Dollywood! A great park in the smokies!

I flew into CVG on July 30 at 4pm or so. Picked up the rental car yadda yadda yadda. The car I picked out was a Red Volkswagon Jetta (SCORE!). I left the rental car place at about 5, so I hit Cinncinatti during rush hour (blah), but it wasn't that bad. The next day, I picked up Will (willmontu) at CMH (Columbus' airport). We went straight to Geuaga Lake. But first, lunch at the first Steak N Shake of the trip. It was delish. We got to the park at about 3 or so. Will bought a ticket and I tryed getting in with my Knott's Maxx Pass. The sccanners wouldn't scan my pass, so I had to go to guest relations to get a ticket, blah. We were both in, so our first ride of the day was... Double Loop: typical Arrow roughness and not that exiting. NEXT! Villan: G-trains are evil. Imagine Ghostrider with Wild Mouse cars, not fun. Beaverland Mine Ride: One of the better rides here, sadly. Dominator: My #1 Floorless Coaster in Ohio! Thunderhawk: I've ridden worse SLCs. Head Spin: um...it's a Boomerang. Big Dipper: It has Stand-up airtime, too bad about the pot holes. Then we rode Dominator a couple more times. Then, we check out the former Sea World side of the park. One things this park can use is a better way to get across that damned lake. A skyway or something would be nice, but I don't think it'll happen. The waterpark is where most of the people are. The waterpark is a nice start, but it can use more slides. Right now it has a Tornado, Combo Tower, and a wavepool. Anyway, on to the photos! I leave you with this. Next Park: Dollywood and a slide tower. Didn't look THAT good. um..they have a Tornado! Why are SLCs so photogenic? ooo purty What was that all aboot, eh? We took a long walk off a long bridge. Get ready to be Dominated! This is an S&M coaster (if you don't get it, don't ask). The Phoenix...with potholes! um..it's a boomerang. NEXT! A TPR first, a picture OF Will. oooooooh aaaaah. This Thunderhawk thrilled cereal (god help me, this early into the TR and already I can't think of a good caption). ..or maybe not. We thought we'd ride Raging Wolf Bobs while we were over there. I guess I'm not much for Floorless Coasters. hehe someone said Beaver Why couldn't they take out this? The first credit of the day was Double Loop. Ker-Pow! Welcome to Geuaga Lake. Home to trash cans are flags in multiples of six.

Coasters I skipped, just 'cause, Boomerang SFMW Looping Star Beech Bend Two of the three kiddie credits at King's Island I'm not always in a credit whore-ish mood

I rode Texas Tornado on Wednesday.

I can add to that list: Kentucky Ohio Indiana Wisconsin Texas (to the been to list) I've been to nine states in the past 3 weeks, none of which is California.

If you'd like to meet up at different times. PM me for my number. Meet Times/Places: Pacific Park: I am thinking of getting there at about 3:30pm. If you want to meet us there, give us a call (PM me for my number). SFMM (Wednesday): Meet at 10am by the ticket booths. or if you can't get there that early. Meet for a 1pm lunch at Mooseburger Lodge. USH (Thursday) Meet at 8:45am by the Globe. Disney (Friday) Meet at 7:45am Saturday Rest Knott's (Sunday) Meet 9:45 by ticket booths Meet 2:00 by Coasters Disney (Monday) I’ll be flying back to Ohio that day, but Tony will still be around. Legoland? (Tuesday)

^ When I click that link, it takes me to the American website. Those jeans are prised at $398.

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Happy Belated Birthday, dude!

2001: V2- Six Flags Marine World 2005: Rita- Alton Towers Bat- Lagoon Soon: Maverick Firehawk Mystery Mine(?) Locally: Goliath California Screamin' Muhollund Madness Xcelerator Scream Silver Bullet Tatsu

Happy Birhday, Will!

I'm surprised we haven't heard about this kind of thing more often.

That's just sad.

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I thought Discovery Science Center was free? Am I thinking of a different museum.

I've never had a problem. Maybe I'm just lucky.

I'm as straight as a wavy line.

I believe Metro Rapid 761 (bus) goes to Van Nuys Metrolink (train) station. From there take a train to Union Station, then another train to Anaheim Metrolink Station. Then you'd take a bus (either ART or OCTA) to the parks. That should be quicker then 3-4 hours. some links: www.metrolinktrains.com http://www.rideart.org/ www.octa.net

^^ You just crushed my hopes and dreams.

^ Really? wow. I had no idea.

There's a shuttle that goes between Disney and USH. As for going to SFMM, Metrolink (trains) have stations in both Anaheim and Santa Clarita. http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/vi_freeshuttle.html www.metrolinktrains.com

If your parents are homophobic, it's a good idea NOT to tell them while you are still living with them.

^ Congratulations on being true to yourself. You will be happier in the long run.