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New update from Keystone Thrills. I can't wait for it to progress even more. Just one more section and the main arch left. Some transfer track. And some station track.

Just curious....why wouldn't you count those as 6 inversions each? I mean, I went upside down on them 6 times. Makes sense to me. I guess it's just preference to people, but I see it as different individual inversions that are physically built. And if you go upside-down multiple times from the same element, I characterize that along the same lines as multiple laps on a coaster. Montezooma's Revenge has one loop to me, just because you go around it twice doesn't mean it has 2 inversions. Same goes for if a kiddie coaster cycles you through the ride twice, it doesn't mean it has 2 lift hills. But hey, I can see why other people feel different than I do.

I had to do some editing on CoasterCounter dude to people counting rides like Deja Vu and Invertigo as 6 inversions each. I also added some lengths that weren't there. 155 different inversions 61.76 miles Also, I count V2 at SFDK to have an inversion, but RCDB says different.

1. Riddler's Revenge 2. Green Lantern 3. Mantis 4. Vortex (CGA)

1. Drop Tower - Kings Island 2. Drop Tower - CGA 3. Double Shot - SCBB/Dragons Tower - Castle Park (With loose restraints on both) 4. TOT - DCA 5. Cliff Jumper - Scandia 6. Dragon's Decent - Funtown USA/Downtime - Compounce/Scream - SFNE/Supreme Scream - KBF 7. Sling Shot - Adventuredome 8. Maliboomer - DCA

Going with 4 duckies!

Hypothetically, if the only chance I had to get on a ride like Expedition GeForce, Nemisis, or T-Express is if I had to wait in a 5-hour line at that specific time, then sure I would do it, but realistically that's not going to happen. The opportunity cost for me to wait for rides like I305 and Skyrush are very high, I'd wait hours, but thankfully I will ride them with TPR on New Hotness next year so I probably won't have to wait very long.

And also, if you notice, the other main lift support has gone very vertical this past week in the background of that picture. I can't wait to see this all done.

^I don't believe that B&M would do that, the heartline that stand-ups are designed around are much higher than floorless.

Updated one more time, just finished my last coaster trip for the year! *Adventure City - January 8th Belmont Park - January 29th Six Flags Magic Mountain - January 30th (2)Belmont Park - February 20th (2)Six Flags Magic Mountain - March 19th (3)Belmont Park - June 4th *Seabreeze - June 27th *Six Flags New England - July 1st *Funtown USA - July 2nd *Lake Compounce - July 6th *Six Flags Great Adventure - July 8th (3)Six Flags Magic Mountain - August 9th *California’s Great America - August 17th Knott’s Berry Farm - August 24th *Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - November 19th SeaWorld San Diego - December 9th (4)Six Flags Magic Mountain - December 21st (5)Six Flags Magic Mountain - December 22nd *Castle Amusement Park - December 23rd *John’s Incredible Pizza Company - December 23rd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Total *new* credits in 2011 - 47 Total *new* parks in 2011 - 10 Total credits in 2011 - 71 Total parks in 2011 - 14

25/26. I read "Kumba" too fast and assumed it was Busch. Oh well.

^I'm assuming it's Intamin? If so, this is very awesome to have more Intamin in this world.

^Big Bad Wolf's footers have been in the Rhine River since 1984, and will continue to be used on Verbolten.

Submitted! 1. El Toro 2. Boulder Dash 3. Apocalypse 4. The Beast 5. Giant Dipper (SCBB)

1. Diamondback 2. Nitro 3. Tatsu 4. Raptor 5. Medusa (west) 6. Flight Deck 7. Silver Bullet 8. Bizarro 9. Batman - The Dark Knight 10. Scream! I like the Hypers the most, with inverts coming in 2nd, and Flyers in 3rd.

That Stengel Dive looks really cool, and probably will be interesting to ride in those outer seats. I can't wait to see more of this ride pop up.

I had a great coaster year. Definitely my best, so far! -I had my biggest roller coaster trip, my personal North East US trip. -I went to 8 new theme parks in 6 different states, 44 new credits. -Got to ride 3 out of my 4 favorite roller coasters, all amazing. Bizarro #1, El Toro #2, and Boulder Dash #4 (I still love Millennium Force). -Broke 100 credits with Batman - Dark Knight, SFNE (should've let Bizarro been it, but I couldn't resist going to it first). And attending TPR events: -WCB 2011 (S:EFK *technical* opening day AND Goliath, Batman, and X2 ERT in a crazy down pour)! -Knott's Media Event for Windseeker (and meeting awesome new friends)! Next year I'm doing the official New Hotness TPR trip and am very stoked, hopefully each year gets increasingly better.

Adventure City - January 8th Belmont Park - January 29th Six Flags Magic Mountain - January 30th (2)Belmont Park - February 20th (2)Six Flags Magic Mountain - March 19th (3)Belmont Park - June 4th Seabreeze - June 27th Six Flags New England - July 1st Funtown USA - July 2nd Lake Compounce - July 6th Six Flags Great Adventure - July 8th (3)Six Flags Magic Mountain - August 9th California’s Great America - August 17th Knott’s Berry Farm - August 24th Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - November 19th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Total *new* credits in 2011 - 44 Total *new* parks in 2011 - 8 Total credits in 2011 - 65 Total parks in 2011 - 11

In California: Manta Carsland Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom Superman: Ultimate Flight Going on my first TPR trip (New Hotness): Sky Rush Storm Runner El Toro Intimidator 305 Wild Eagle 13 new B&Ms 5 new Intamins 4 new GCIs 3 new Intamin Drop Towers 20 new Woodies Reaching over 200 credits!

That's not irony, that's coincidence.

I took my first trip to SCBB for the first time today, Giant Dipper was great! Here's my on-ride photo. I'm on the right

What? I really hope that the new Pop music is only temporary. I really love the Ghost Town music. It triggers memories of Knott's and really sets an ambiance for the park.

Because it's 40 years old? Maybe an Intamin flume (ie: Shoot the Rapids) might come too.

I am just going to call that in 2013, Colossus celebrate its 35th birthday by having a Rocky Mountain make-over, N-Tag style! At WCB 2011, Tim Burkhart said that he rode N-Tag and would love to see it implemented on Colossus in the future. All the pieces are matching up.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150390841041855.376029.70105691854&type=1 More new track The 2nd launch General overview