BarryH

Honestly, I don't recall any Anheiser-Busch park opening their parking lot 30 minutes before park opening.

^I rode my bike all around Gainesville when I was in college. It was better than having a car. I wouldn't even try to drive and park at UF. Parking was at a premium and was pretty horrendous to find a place to park. Besides, Gainesville has a really good bike system with bike paths and lanes virtually everywhere.

My nightmare once was called "Extreme Closeup on Robb Alvey's Butt Crack."

This is why I don't buy the latest and greatest technology as soon as they're released. I give it about a year or two to simmer and have most of the problems smoothed out before I spend my money on the new technology.

^Because it's Wes. If he replies scarcastically, just feed him peanuts.

BGA's parking lot usually opens about 30 minutes before the official park opening time. How early do you need to be at BGA? I've never seen BGA open before their official opening time. If the scheduled opening time is 9 am, they open at 9 am on the dot.

^Fall would make it after all the TPR group trips are over.

In connecting flights, the baggage is automatically transferred from one plane to another. You pick up your bags at your end destination.

Great PTR! I went to Adventureland in 2003 and I thought it was a great park. I thought the Outlaw was a little rough, but fun. I remember the headbanging on the Dragon! I've never stayed at the Adventureland Hotel and I'm curious to see what it's like.

Great video! It looks like I will have to journey up to Minnesota sometime soon.

Boy, I'm seeing all sorts of photos in different PTRs. First I saw blurry photos. Now it's tiny photos. When will we get blurry tiny photos? Now I bet every PTR will have a random blurry photo and a tiny photo. The photos were hard to see, but were nice. I've never really seen photos of Valleyfair before.

Great PTR! Darien Lake looks better than what I had imagined. What, you didn't try the water park in 60 degree weather?

I'm going to win it this year with my entry, "Rodent-Riding Donkeys Who Eat McDonald's and Ride Intamin Roller Coasters!"

I suspect everyone's PTR from now on will have a random blurry photo.

Nice photos, even though they are blurry. I almost reached for my glasses!

There are always alternate modes of transportation. You can take public transportation, drive a fuel-efficient car, ride a bike, carpool, walk, etc. Heck, ride a horse and buggy if you're in Lancaster county!

I was wondering the same thing. I assume R&E is busy, so they haven't had time to post it yet.

It's strange...packages from Robb in CA to me in FL take 3 days, but packages from NY or the NE US vicinity take around 5 days!

I wear my contacts all the time on coasters and I've never had a problem. Sometimes they do dry out, but I have the daily wear ones. If I happen to lose a pair or one really dries out, I can just pop in a new set.

I hate it when people say "You know." I had a co-worker once who talked to people on the phone and said "you know" after every 2nd or 3rd word! He would say stuff like, "Well, you know, the ad on page 2, you know, is full page. You know, we could do it 3 color but, you know, it would be cheaper if it was, you know, 2 color. Also, you know, there's a typo in, you know, line 3 of, you know, the second paragraph of, you know, the text on, you know, the bottom." I so wanted to slap him and go, "No, he doesn't know! Stop saying 'You know!'"

Great TR! When you met Mr. Kinzel, you should have dropped to your knees and went, "I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!"

If I remember from my last visit to Hersheypark in August 2004, the sign in the station said something like anything that is not strapped to your body can't come along with you on the ride. Anything like backpacks, purses, kwepie dolls, etc. have to be left on the platform. A well-strapped pair of glasses should be OK. I did travel with a family and 3 out of 4 of them worse glasses. They all had straps and they wore them on all sorts of rides and coasters. So strap those glasses tight! Use duct tape if need be!

Great photos! I'll have to ride Wildcat with the new trains. But wait...there is Derek, but no Nicole? Now Derek will have to visit Darien Lake! Muhahahahahahahaha!

^Man, I got to get my butt up north soon then!

I'll be pumping gas on the 15th since the lines will be shorter.