CoasterFanatic

During my Texas Trip this weekend, I picked up the Collectors Pack for the reduced price of $15! So if anyone is interested in any of my doubles, i would be happy to trade. Looking for large park maps (anything non-six flags) and any defunct park brochures or maps. I have the following available for trade: Six Flags Darien Lake Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags over Texas Alton Towers (Small) Blackpool (Small) PM me if you are interested.

We actually had a lot of fun considering the weather. It was good to meet you Xander. Thanks again for stowing away our jackets

Both the memberlist and statistics page haven't worked for me in a long time.

If someone gave me a toy yoda for being the employee of the month (or whatever it was), I would seriously kick their ass. // remembers the Hooters lawsuit

Never underestimate the POWER of the fat side of the ACE.

I love it! That thing was just getting way to crazy.

^^ We passed by a couple Rudys on our way up north, but never exited the highway in time. We really did want to try it. Definately on our list for our next visit.

Greetings all. Just wanted to send a little reminder out to make sure that everyone remembers the event this weekend. If you didn't get a chance to register in time for the official package, don't worry. I am happy to invite everyone to join us at any of the parks on any day. Feel free to piece together your own event as it fits your schedule. Here is the breakdown for those that are interested in attending. Please email me (info at coasterfanatics.com) or post a reply if you are interested in coming. I would like to have an idea of how many people to expect at each park. Conneaut Lake Park - Saturday Sept. 9th - Meet at the front gates at 11am. - Morning ERT - Cookout $17.95 Adults $13.95 Under 46 inches Fun Fore All - Saturday Sept. 9th - Meet at the front gates at 6:45pm. - All you can ride, go-karts, bumper boats, arcade, golf and more $16.00 Kennywood - Sunday Sept. 10th - Meet at the front gates at 10am. - Enjoy the park all-day with a great group of fellow enthusiasts $28.95 or bring your own ticket Hope to see y'all there!

This is pretty amusing. I love how Florida has 5 cities in the Top 12. Obviously they have never been to my hometown. People here are always pissed. After a while, it just seems normal.

^ Of course. Have you seen the layout. ^^ Remember where I am from Elissa. I am the OG Heinz man.

AS some of you may or may have not known, Catrina and I hopped in a pressurized tube this weekend and flew to Texas for a weekend of coasters, fun and unfortunately .... rain. After getting our rental at DFW, we headed south to San Antonio. We might not be world travelers, but we did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Our first stop of the trip was Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Since Premier coasters are not really known for their reliability or short queue length, we started out our first day with a ride on Poltergeist. This ride was pretty much the same as it's enclosed counterparts, but a big difference was the lack of braking in the mid-course. It makes me wonder why the others are so heavily braked because it doesn't add any roughness to the second half. S&S Tower. Catrina loves Vekoma coasters and Kiddie coasters, so this was probably her favorite coaster of the trip. After riding, I posed for a quick picture at the entrance beacuse I incorrectly though this was my 300th coaster. As it turns out, it was actually Superman. About 30 minutes late, but Superman opened up with 3 trains. Too bad that their were only 2 employees running the ride. 1 person checking restraints makes me wanna cry, but hey ... at least they had three people working the ride photo booth Catrina is just glad to be riding the first B&M of the day. Fiesta Texas must not have gotten that "Fire all the character actors" because they could be found everywhere. The train Road Runner Express was a sort of Giant Mine Train ride that reminded me a little bit of Adventure Express at Kings Island. A shot for all you lifthill enthusiasts. Exiting the station. Posing with Foghorn Leghorn in one of the gift shops. Closed? You got to be sh**ting me? Oh well. Back to Roadrunner to take more pictures. In case you haven't heard. Six Flags Fiesta Texas is known for their shows and have won the Golden Ticket for the past several years. Boomerang. I thought for sure that this ride would not open today, but low and behold, it started cycling rafts about 5 minutes later. I guess that SFFT didn't get the "Don't operate any rides that require more than 5 people" memo either. A vertical loop shot for all you fans out there. You know who you are. Superman: Krypton Coaster was a very interesting ride and made good use of the park's surrounding quarry wall. One second, you were in the park and the next ... mall parking lot? I though the turnpike cars were pretty nifty looking so I had to get a picture. Look like SFFT is already starting to stock up for Fiesta Fest. After spending the morning at SFFT, we headed a few miles south to Sea World San Antonio. Holy Crap! One thing the Sea World San Antonio had going for it was the amazing entrance. The entry arch was composed of 100% solid glass block. Pretty impressive! What would a trip to Sea World be without some Flamingo pictures. Through the misters, you can see the station for Great White. Be sure to use the proper riding technique at all times. Entrance First Drop After Great White, we made our way to Steel Eel. Catrina is just hoping that it is as smooth as Steel Force. REally bad self-portrait before boarding the train. Station. Look Ma. No Scaffolding! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! After riding the coasters, we went to the Sea Lion theater to check out the Clyde and Seamore show. We hadn't caught this show yet, so it was a nice change up from "Pirate Island" Next, it was time to see the big man. I really liked the way the Shamu stadium was setup. It was kind of like watching a Def Leppard concert, but intead of Def Leppard ... it was killer whales! Synchronized Swimming. Steel Eel as seen from the other side of the park. In case you have been living under a rock for the last couple of weeks, Sea World is adding a new attraction in 2007. Indeed. Next up was Shamu Express. Well .... maybe not. A shot back at the station. Before we left, we wanted to head over to the other side of the entrance to check out a few things. Donkey! Clydesdale Statue. That means we can't be too far from ... YES! Serving up the free beer. I opted for the Beach Bum Blonde. It was decent and I sure tha Wally will chime in right about now and let me know that it was just relabeled PBR or something. Zombie Ted approves. Our last item for the day was the Coral Reef Tanks. I was bummed to learn that they did not have a shark encounter here Catrina and I pose in front of the tanks. Time to head back north. On the way back up north, we stopped a couple blocks from Schlitterbaun to grab some food. Unfortunately the service was being REALLY slow, so we had to eat elsewhere. Our bed for the next two nights. I love Priceline! When I woke up the next morning, Catrina informed me that it was looking pretty crappy outside. After grabbing breakfast and stalling for a while, we headed into a very wet Six Flags Over Texas. The Best of Texas Festival was going on which made me feel right at home. Country Crafts, Country food and Bluegrass! I decided to give Jeremy a call and let him know that we were stupid enough to enter the park today. He said he would be up in 30 minutes. The wifey must have had him on diaper duty or something. We headed into the gift shop to get some ponchos and couldn't resist the urge to take some silly pics. Exhibit B. The coasters were opening slowly so we grabbed the first thing we saw open, Mini Mine Train. Next up was a ride on Batman because ... face it ... what's more fun than an inverted coaster in the rain? The weather definately kept the crowds under wraps as every coaster was a walk on. Won't be riding you today. SBNO If I took weather into consideration when making out my top 10 woodie list, Judge might have sneaked in there. After a morning soaking, this thing was running GREAT! Lifthill. Jeremy joined us and the first ride we headed to was the Texas Giant. After all the rain, this thing was running insane. No great air and the ride was shuffling pretty bad, but I thought it was still pretty good. Derrick. Closed. Catrinas peeks up at me while we wait to board the dark water ride. Superman Tower New for 2006. Thank you SFoG. No caption Necessary. Feel free to make your own if you like. The rain slowed down, so what better ride to ride than the Log Flume. Jeremy loves the Best of Texas festival because it is the only time the park looks and smells like SDC. Catrina posing with Porky Pig. Another Missed credit. (along with Titan, Shockwave, Boomerang and Freeze) The park closed early at 4pm, so I guess it is time for some Bar-B-Q! Jeremy Approves! Cash money fool! Thanks for reading.

Are you thinking of Song 2 by Blur?

Wordpress is what you want.

Nice updates (made even better by a totally unexpected Better Off Dead reference) // 2 Dollars .... cash!

Pointless Poll. Try again after the ride ... opens. // Closed

People will always find a way to market themselves. No matter how hard they have to dig

I think the ladies hair on Wild One says it all. What a fun ride! Also, nice shots of Tsunami. It is amazing how tight that Helix is, but the far turnaround is SO much more f'd up.

Link? Photo? Anything? I post on Fark occasionaly too and I am just wondering what you are talking about.

As long as you guys keep quoting this line, you can quote it as much as you want

That is pretty much what CP passholders have been paying for the Geauga/CP Combo for the last couple of years. They have pretty much just extended it to PKI and the Paramount properties. I am still betting that the parks outside the "Coaster Triangle" will have full access to the entire chain. Paul, you might want to look into doing what I do and buy that pass at Knotts this spring if you head out that way again.

I have heard a speckle of a rumor where CF wants to unload Wonderland. Silly as it is so succesfull, but I am sure it will bring in some good dough. This policy might very well come close to confirming that rumor. I think the MAXX pass is just for Ohio. If I was a guessing man, I would guess that parks like Carowinds, Great America, etc will be able to hop the whole chain on just a regular season pass. We will see, I guess.

My guess would be around 10pm. If it is super crowded, which I HIGHLY doubt, then 11pm is latest. // Basically ... Kennywood closes when they play the "Closing song"

^ Can you smell Bar-B-Q from it? If not, then it is of no use to me.

What a bunch of p**sies. Carter and I rode through that storm sans windshield!

^ & ^^ LOL! It is kind of funny how the whole bottom feel out on the collecting world. Those sets were $20-30 a piece when they came out and now look. Most cards that I have post-1980 aren't worth the space they occupy.