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^ You're 18 years old! If I were you, I'd get new parents! --Robb

Nope! This is a different event than Solace. From what I understand Solace is still happening in April of this year, but I think it's also in conjunction with an annual ACE conference. IMO, Solace is more geared to a "roller coaster event" and West Coast Bash is more of a "theme park event." We are hoping to offer some things that have never been done at Solace before. --Robb

Great news everyone! We are happy to confirm that West Coast Bash 2010 will be DOUBLE THE FUN with TWO PARKS instead of one! Mark your calendars now! Save the date! March 20th & 21st, 2010! Six Flags Magic Mountain - Saturday, March 20th Knott's Berry Farm - Sunday, March 21st Event details are still being working out, but there *WILL* be ERT, Q&A Sessions, Backstage Tours, etc... But this year we are proud to feature TWO of Southern California's finest parks! Details and pricing will be announced soon! --Robb Alvey www.themeparkreview.com ps. And expect an announcement about Bay Area Bash 2010 soon too!

Great news everyone! We are happy to confirm that West Coast Bash 2010 will be DOUBLE THE FUN with TWO PARKS instead of one! Mark your calendars now! Save the date! March 20th & 21st, 2010! Six Flags Magic Mountain - Saturday, March 20th Knott's Berry Farm - Sunday, March 21st Event details are still being working out, but there *WILL* be ERT, Q&A Sessions, Backstage Tours, etc... But this year we are proud to feature TWO of Southern California's finest parks! Details and pricing will be announced soon! --Robb Alvey www.themeparkreview.com ps. And expect an announcement about Bay Area Bash 2010 soon too!

West Coast Bash 2010 is DOUBLE the fun with TWO PARKS INSTEAD OF ONE! Register Online NOW! http://www.themeparkreview.com/store/in ... egoryID=14 Join us at: Six Flags Magic Mountain - Saturday March 20th, 2010 Knott's Berry Farm - Sunday March 21st, 2010 Download the Event Flyer for detailed information, FAQs, Event Rules, and snail mail registration. Event Pricing: Six Flags Magic Mountain: $37 - Season Pass Holder $57 - Non-Season Pass Holder $15 - Optional evening dinner Knott's Berry Farm: $30 - Season Pass Holder $55 - Non-Season Pass Holder (Adults 12 and older) $45 - Non-Season Pass Holder (Kids ages 3 to 11) **NOTE** You MUST have a processed (plastic card) Six Flags or Cedar Fair pass or a SFMM or KBF Season Pass Voucher to qualify for the season pass rate. Out of area/state season pass vouchers will NOT be accepted. If you wish to purchase a Six Flags or Cedar Fair season pass on the day of the event you may upgrade your full price event ticket on that day. YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT! TICKETS **WILL** BE LIMITED AND LAST YEAR’S EVENT SOLD OUT! Event Schedule (Subject to Change) Six Flags Magic Mountain – Saturday, March 20th, 2010 7:30am – 8:30am – Event packet pick-up at entrance to Six Flags Magic Mountain 8:30am – 9:30am - Breakfast 8:30am – 10:30am – ERT on X2, Tatsu, Revolution, and the new Terminator Salvation: The Ride! TBD – Catered lunch in the picnic pavilion TBD – Backstage Tour TBD – Afternoon Scavenger Hunt 4:00pm – 6:00pm - Q&A Session and Presentation in Magic Moments Theater 10:30pm – 12:00am – Nightime ERT that you do not want to miss! **There will be other goodies and surprises announced throughout the day** Knott’s Berry Farm – Sunday, March 21st, 2010 7:00am – 8:00am – Event packet pick-up at entrance to Knott’s Berry Farm 8:00am - 10:00am - ERT on Montezooma's Revenge, Jaguar, and Timberline Twister 8:00am - 10:00am - Backstage Tour (Location TBD) 9:00am - 10:00am - ERT on Xcelerator, Supreme Scream, & Boomerang 12:30pm – Catered lunch including Knott’s Famous Fried Chicken TBD – Afternoon presentation in the Charles M. Schultz Theater 7:00pm – 8:00pm – ERT on Ghostrider, Silver Bullet, and Sierra Sidewinder ** Group photo voucher & 2-for-1 Coupons on Screamin' Swing will also be included. You MUST be a registered member of either Theme Park Review or RideWorld to attend this event however your guests do NOT have to be a registered member. *NOTE* If your guest is a past member of either site that has had their account/membership deactivated or banned, they will not be allowed into the event and your account/membership may also be subject to being deactivated or banned and you may also not be allowed into West Coast Bash 2010. Cameras are not allowed on any coasters or rides at Six Flags Magic Mountain or Knott’s Berry Farm. All event participants MUST abide by ALL park rules and RideWorld/Theme Park Review’s code of conduct and terms of service. Violation of park rules is subject to you and your guests removal from the park and your account being banned from both websites. Additional FAQ is posted on the Event Flyer. We strongly recommend reading the flyer for more details. See you at West Coast Bash 2010! If you have any questions about registration you may email robbalvey@themeparkreview.com westcoastbash_2010.pdf Download the West Coast Bash 2010 Flyer HERE!

^ Because we love to hate them! See: Offspring - "Cool To Hate" Erasure - "I Love To Hate You"

Let's do something slightly different...this video is going to be kind of a "two-part" video with part one being from our Parque Espana visit in 2004 and the popular "Escalator Ride" that we discovered while trying to dodge a typhoon! (yes, it was a crazy visit here!) [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=parque_espana_1_41cv[/coastertube]

^ It's so funny because I far, far, FAR prefer your woodie! Those rides we took when TPR was out, OMG. Some of the best coaster rides I'd had in a long time. And Rampage was not running "comfortable" *AT ALL!!!* But it's just more of my kind of ride than Voyage is. I can't explain it. And I don't hate Voyage, it just doesn't do it for me like Rampage or Boulder Dash, Raven, or even other TGG's like Ravine Flyer II or Fireball does. --Robb "Most TPR members came away from Rampage needing serious therapy, mental and physical after that night!" Alvey

You didn't miss anything. At least not IMO. I have been on it during the day, at night, during rain, etc, and I pretty much find it to be very similar anytime you ride it - uncomfortable. I don't agree with everyone that this ride runs OMFG CRAAAAZZZZYYYY at night. I think they are just saying that for bragging rights because there are very few times during the year you can actually ride The Voyage at night so it's more of a "Oh, man, too bad you missed out on night rides...because you know, unless you've ridden The Voyage at night, you've never ridden The Voyage." Whatever. It's the same ride. I don't see what all the fuss is. I actually found my night rides to be even more uncomfortable than my day rides. It may have *seemed* a bit faster at night because it's at night and your sense of vision isn't as good, but I really didn't find much overall difference. Last time we were there I took my one night ride and that solidified my feelings that I should be over at The Raven instead. --Robb

^ It's "Sunday Girl" by Erasure.

*sigh* Where is that Morgan video when I need it....

^ Thanks guys for addressing that as I was going to say something as well. I will say this though, XVicesandVirtues, we don't allow TPR members to treat each other in this matter. Read our TOS. This is your only warning. Next time I see something like from you this your account will be banned. --Robb

Get ready for a MASSIVE EPIC TPR UPDATE!!!! 50 pages! 15 parks! 1,000 photos! New videos! TPR's MASSIVE EAST COAST UPDATE!

When it comes to editing these videos together I think of there is one common goal I have in mind that I'm trying to communicate to the viewer is "how much fun it is to be at a park." It's hard sometimes to capture that because you don't always end up with the kind of footage you need to portray that. The following video, if I had to choose, is probably my all-time favorite when it comes to showing the world "Hey, we're at a park, and it's AWESOME!" Not only is PortAventura a fantastic park, but we had an amazing time with a great group of people. I don't feel there is any "stand out funny" moment in this video, but when I watch it I just feel it screams "FUN!" Anyway, here is PortAventura in Spain: [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=portaventura_xw6s[/coastertube] Hope you enjoy this one as much as I do! --Robb

^ Oh, sorry, I guess I must not have been clear enough when I wrote...

Ugh, no! This is on my WALL not my NEWS FEED! READ THE THREAD!!!!

Fine by me! I'd rather have two friends that don't annoy me than 1,000 friends who do. I've just blocked two more people from my Facebook and sent them this note: --Robb

^ I think blocking the idiots that use stupid programs like "Friends Exposed" is a much better option. I look at it as "natural selection." Do I really want to be friends with someone who uses such a pointless app? I don't think so. --Robb

I think if you use Homer's trick of going to the app's page and clicking block, it will disallow any access the app has to your profile altogether. I tried that for Friend Secrets and Friends Exposed but the Friend Secrets app that came up was not the same thing that was posted to my wall and Friends Exposed is just a group page, no app page comes up to block. It's just very frustrating right now and it's almost causing me to stop using facebook all together when I wake up in the morning and see a bunch of crap I need to remove and I can't seem to find a way to block it. Trust me, I already have all apps blocked and none of this crap shows up on my news feed, but somehow certain things still come through to my wall and nothing I've tried seems to fix it. --Robb

^ I have tried this and I get the page below. I don't see any global settings to turn off applications or the ability to turn off specific applications. I've tried clicking on every pull down menu I get and nothing. It's just really annoying. I probably get at least 10 of these things a day on my wall. Seriously I'm going to block the people who use these stupid apps. --Robb

^ Try making your scale say "I'm not acting like a douchebag" when you step on it. On another note...how do I get rid of this crap from Facebook... If I click on the link I get this...of course I'm not going to click "allow" but again, no way to block it. Please help! I can't stand this crap on my wall and I'm getting to the point where I'm just going to start blocking people that use this stupid applications. This stupid crap appears on my wall *not* my news feed. I can click "remove" but that doesn't block it. And I get no option to "block application."

^ Not if you like partaking in TPR activites!

Once again here is a NEVER BEFORE RELEASED VIDEO (except on our DVDs!) Here is Lotte World, South Korea! This footage is taken from mulitiple trips to the park which I think is absoultely a fantastic place! Not only does it have a totally kick ass roller coaster (Atlantis Adventure) it has an amazing dark ride (Pharoah's Fury) and tons and tons of other dark rides (I think there are 4 dark rides in total) flat rides, a great drop tower, and overall a fun place to visit for a couple of days. Can't wait to go back! Enjoy the video! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=lotteworld_gnjb[/coastertube]

^ Sorry I never got around to answering this. Gray Matter was indeed folded into Treyarch but the studios were both VERY different. Gray Matter was like 25-30 people, small company mentality even though it was owned by a much larger company. When we became part of Treyarch the team grey to nearly 100 people and we were one of three teams at the studio. Much bigger company, a lot more "corporate mentality", very different. Not bad, just different. So from my perspective the old studio (Gray Matter) was now "defunct" at least as we knew it. I now work for WayForward and just finished up A Boy and His Blob for Wii. --Robb