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I've posted a Terminator update here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=708321#708321 And here's an update from the rest of the park.... I'm kind of bummed the bridge got removed. It really seemed to add something to this area. Does anyone know what used to be here? The first 5 people to email the answer to Dan win a TPR Bag-of-Crap! The first person to send a PICTURE to Dan of what used to be here gets a HUGE box of crap! EMAIL DAN: mrt0ad13@aol.com Did I mention today was BEAUTIFUL??? Candy lady hard at work makes me happy! Wow! Looks like the new Flash Pass center is almost ready to open! Here you can get an idea of what rides will be available (the ride list can change day-to-day though) Looks like a few more signs need to get placed. Add X2 to your flash pass for just $5! You'll be given a reservation time in which to go to X2. The pricing is very interesting. If these are the final prices, then the upgrade to Gold is a no-brainer! You can get a sneak peek inside of the cash registers. Pre-show room! "How to use your Q-Bot!" The blah, blah, blah, part of the show... Blah, blah, blah part deux! Oh, look! They now have them electric buggies for people like Jeff Johnson. ....Or...um...Robb. Cold Stone is now open! Yay! Today was the 2nd day of the Magic Mountain job fair! Let's have a look around... This guy looks awfully familiar.... Where is the line for "I just want to take pictures and steal some cotton candy?" This is where I would FAIL! Time for my intereview! Sylvester is hoping they will hire him. The test seat applied for a job in valet parking. Security is looking to hire the members of ZZ Top. All sexy men and women apply here! I want her job! The news were here to cover the job fair. Sorry guys! We beat you to it! Don't forget! You can ride in May! Any idea which coaster this is? Don't forget to buy your combo pass and meet up with TPR at Hurricane Harbor this summer!

March 1st Update! Today's Terminator update begins with a shot of the first drop looking pretty much complete! Here's the signauture overview shot thanks to Mr. Sky Tower. You can see a lot of REALLY BIG popsicle sticks stitting out there. Lift Hill perhaps? More popsicle sticks. The supply is certainly getting depleted. They need to send out more decepticons to collect energon in order to create more. This area still looks about the same. Not much has changed here. From the fround level it looks very similar to last week. CLOSE UP VIEW!!! Terminator Salvation: The Ride and Deja Vu are a good mix! Fence crack view. Pretty! Peep hole view #1. Peep Hole View #2 We see you Mr. Sneaky Terminator! Today was a BEAUTIFUL day to be at the park! Here's an update from the rest of the park.... I'm kind of bummed the bridge got removed. It really seemed to add something to this area. Does anyone know what used to be here? The first 5 people to email the answer to Dan win a TPR Bag-of-Crap! The first person to send a PICTURE to Dan of what used to be here gets a HUGE box of crap! EMAIL DAN: mrt0ad13@aol.com Did I mention today was BEAUTIFUL??? Candy lady hard at work makes me happy! Wow! Looks like the new Flash Pass center is almost ready to open! Here you can get an idea of what rides will be available (the ride list can change day-to-day though) Looks like a few more signs need to get placed. Add X2 to your flash pass for just $5! You'll be given a reservation time in which to go to X2. The pricing is very interesting. If these are the final prices, then the upgrade to Gold is a no-brainer! You can get a sneak peek inside of the cash registers. Pre-show room! "How to use your Q-Bot!" The blah, blah, blah, part of the show... Blah, blah, blah part deux! Oh, look! They now have them electric buggies for people like Jeff Johnson. ....Or...um...Robb. Cold Stone is now open! Yay! Today was the 2nd day of the Magic Mountain job fair! Let's have a look around... This guy looks awfully familiar.... Where is the line for "I just want to take pictures and steal some cotton candy?" This is where I would FAIL! Time for my intereview! Sylvester is hoping they will hire him. The test seat applied for a job in valet parking. Security is looking to hire the members of ZZ Top. All sexy men and women apply here! I want her job! The news were here to cover the job fair. Sorry guys! We beat you to it! Don't forget! You can ride in May! Any idea which coaster this is? Don't forget to buy your combo pass and meet up with TPR at Hurricane Harbor this summer!

And our final winner goes to...Scott Brooks! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! Thank you to everyone who submitted captions for this contest! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! "See Dad, I told you Six Flags would rehire me!"

Two more winners left to go! Our next winner goes to...Xmeister! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! "Hey guys, look who I found working at the park, it's Herbert from Family Guy! After we took this picture he invited me to his house for some popsicles and Jesus Juice. I don't remember anything after that until this morning, when I woke up with a sore butt."

^ You can email it to Dan: mrt0ad13@aol.com

Matt, something to keep in mind. When you have multiple videos on one page it makes the page take a long time to load. I have a feeling people will end up clicking on your thread less if they think it might be annoying to view. An idea may be to not try to put too much into one post. The thought of "less is more" certainly can be true for posting trip reports and videos. Post one report, let people have time to view it, let it sink in, etc, then post another one. This is why you don't see like 10 things on the front page of TPR at one time. It you post too much, it probably won't all get looked at, but if you post a few things in moderation, it will get more views. Big Mike's thread is a good example. He's still posting stuff that's been saved up since October. But it timelyness doesn't matter as much as it being really good content! Just some things to keep in mind for future installments. --Robb

I really think that video is more of a mindbender than most TPR members can handle!

Hey everyone! So I was sent the following video by CTU Agent as a report from the opening day of SFOG....except that the park didn't open due to weather, so the group with nothing else to do made the following video. DISCLAIMER! This video does contain partial male nudity (but not enough for it to go beyond TPR's PG-13 rating!) There was also *NO DRINKING* involved with the creation of the video. Tyler & Robby are 100% sober and totally insane! THEME PARK REVIEW IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE THERAPY THAT MAY BE NEEDED BY VIEWING THE VIDEO BELOW! We hope you enjoy this video from CTU Agent as much as we did! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=tylernaked_0001_146_texo[/coastertube]

I can't believe I missed this great post that including the Screechin' Eagle. Glad I caught up with this one. I do miss that coaster and I wonder what will ever become of it, or if it's even too late. It's one of the coasters I'm looking for footage of if anyone has a POV! --Robb

Three more winners left to go! Our next winner goes to...Julie Hill! (No relation to Hank) Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! After many years of searching Mr Six has finally found his long lost Dad.

Four more winners left to go! Our next winner goes to...Matt! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! Mr. Six is happy to pose with the only person at Magic Mountain older than him.

Five more winners left to go! Our next winner goes to...Emil! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! "Little did they know, they were about to be beaten to death by the Asian feminist group on the right."

^ Yes.

^ It doesn't not have a complete POV, no, but there are shots of it on Disc 1. --Robb

I'm going to send out an email to everyone in the next few days for all the registrations I've received. --Robb

I will most likely be out there tomorrow! --Robb

^ As of right now, no....but there is no telling what kind of precedent this may set for the future. --Robb

17/20 although I have to say many were guesses! --Robb "Funny to see my name appear as an answer!!!" Alvey

^^ Are they direct flights into Burbank?

Our next winner goes to...Jeff McCabe! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Don't forget, if you've won your bag of crap and you didn't include your mailing address with your email to Dan, send it to me now! "The only reason we don't see Jeff's other hand is because he is getting another credit."

Our next winner goes to...Monkeyoverlord71! Congrats! You will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! To win a TPR Bag-o-Crap read the update posted HERE! Jeff: This is my younger brother, he is a whole year younger than dirt!

Well, the problem has certainly been noted I just don't know what to do about it. The flip side of this problem is that if you don't start to buffer the video until someone clicks on it, it could take much longer to load and you may see more lag. I think the best way to fix it is just to make sure the poster doesn't post more than one or two videos per page. There isn't any way to tell the video player there is more than one video embedded on the page at a time. So the rare occasion that this happens I think is much less frequent than someone having a single video on a page and we want that to load quickly. Hope that makes sense. --Robb

^ Hmmm.... that shouuld be good enough to stream. Perhaps your version of Flash could be out of date? Try re-installing just to see if that helps and report back if it does or doesn't: http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash --Robb

^ What kind of internet connection do you have? It's very odd that you'd be having these kinds of problem. I'm assuming that the videos are loading just fine for most people. If this isn't the case, please let us know! --Robb

^ That is very odd, I'm uploading an AVI file now and it seems to be working just fine. --Robb