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I read this when it was in the paper last weekend. "Imagine having to wait 40 minutes for a root canal" - describing CGA's Grizzly. Looks like even the non coaster enthusiasts want to burn it down too!

The film doesn't imply that they do does it? Isn't it a hydraulic line that fails? But even then the film is still wrong because Arrows don't have hydraulic systems on-board, the restraints are mechanical. The coaster in the movie is a Vekoma.

^ Don't forget news vans, "jaws of life" and barbed wire from the farm scene in FD2. The film doesn't imply that they do does it? Isn't it a hydraulic line that fails? Yes it was. It's the same type of mechanism which sprayed those riders with brake fluid on Two Face at SFA last year.

What's funny is that the movie supposedly takes place in Pennsylvania. Operations are sure efficient in the movie on the coaster too. And anyone who has actually seen the movie knows why it's so funny that people like him are scared by the coaster crash.

I like the idea of saving some of the corkscrew inversion track to serve as a monument. It will be like what SFGAdv did when they replaced the track on the loops of GASM - they put the old track in the wildlife park for the animals to play on.

Found one more picture. I'm guessing this is one of the main original slides. Can anyone provide any detail on location in park, more information about the layout of the park (where the splashdown pools and entrances were for each of the individual slides like this one)? Were the "disco slides" light up the whole slide? Provide more information about those slides too? Many thanks to whoever can help the waterpark enthusiast me learn more about this once world famous waterpark. Image source: http://www.truesummit.com/photo_gallery.htm

We're a bit young to be thinking that far ahead. First we need girls. Surprisingly, I met a cute girl on RCPro who loves coasters and especially Cedar Point. We planned to meet up when I was out there last month, but as my bad luck would have it - she got the flu and couldn't come. What could be worse? Anyways, this means there are girls out there who love amusement parks and coasters too. The odds are weighed heavily in their favor though, so that means much harder for us guys since there are way more of us who love coasters than them...

My recently created ones. From my Waterworld photo TR. Correction: All rides will remain closed at the mere threat of rain.

In a way, that's un-nerving how your friend died exactly 4 years after a guy at my high school did after he was in a car accident back in 2004.

Having lived in the chicken capital of the world (Petaluma, CA) for 15 years, I thought I had seen it all. We have a "Butter and Eggs" parade every year to celebrate the importance of chickens in Petaluma. We don't get a chicken cook off festival or anything like this. Apparently, the incubator was invented in this town and that's how Petaluma became such a big name in the poultry business. End of my story about my crappy town which I am glad to be moving out of next month.

I was about to get one when walking by the lazy river of an even hotter lifeguard, but she walked out of view of my camera. Not lifeguards, but more rear shots of hot girls for you.

Even if a ride op says it's okay, it's still not allowed as they are not qualified to authorize it.

The only ting the family should get out of the lawsuit is a bad reputation for producing such an idiot of a child and knowing they won't have to deal with what he might have done later in life if he had not been killed. The family deserves some good PW too. No M.

^ Togo would have been appropriate too. ^^ First off, the camera is not what caused the crash - it simply caused the hydraulics to rupture sooner than they would have otherwise. When the ride left the station, you could see the fluid dripping. Or maybe the camera did nothing at all to cause it. It just looked like it did because of how the restraints opened up when the train rolled over it. There's a possibility the producers put it there to look like a plot hole.

I did not even know it was possible for a fair to be worse than those TPR ghetto fairs last year.

6-30 - Hyland Hills Waterworld Today my brother and I went to Denver's Waterworld - one of the largest and best water parks in North America! The park was filled to capacity due to the 95*F temperature, so lines were long, the concrete was hot in the less shaded areas, and my brother's toe hurt so we left around 3:15pm. No credits at this park, but we don't get many water park trip reports here I will cover this. Screamin Mimi is a one of a kind water ride where you take a sled to the top of the hill, ride down on this track, and glide across the splashdown pool before coming to a stop. One of the park's terrain rafting slides. This is one of the 6 main ones in the park. Some of them much more elaborately themed than others. Some go underground too. Not the best shot, but you get the idea. Turbo Racer opened last year, but when we were here last year it was still under construction. For these slides, you wait in line before given a foam mat which you take to the top of the structure. You ride down laying headfirst. When the light turns green, the riders go. Down! All I have to say about this is "meh" Timw would be better spent on attractions unique to the park which you can't find at Six Flags or Cedar Fair water parks. Revolution opned in 2005 and is basically a giant toilet bowl - Tornado slide turned on it's side. We skipped this due to the massive lines. We skipped alot of the parks signature rides because of long lines today. Sadly, this meant skipping all of the terrain rafting rides including the famous underground Vorage To The Center Of The Earth ride. However, over the past few years of coming here, we have ridden everything here. This kids area is new for 2008. It replaced what once was a wide open area of concrete and that green "turf" like path stuff. Pipeline Peak - the tallest free-standing slides in North America and the slide at left features the steepest slide drop at 70 degrees! Rode this twice today and it still remains in the top of my favorites! The park is built on a hill and is so large that it requires a gondola transportation system for the ACErs at the park. On the subject of that, with the park entrance being at the top of the hill, it keeps out the overweight so it is nothing but hot chicks. More of the new kids area. Oh R.C. you're gonna love this - there is a new bathroom for the park too down here! Overview from the Prank Tank queue. This area has certainly changed compared to last year. 2009 expansion. The park has everything but a Deluge water coaster. Hopefully this is what it will be for! The Zoomerang halfpipe slide is dwarfed by Revolution. I skipped this for the third year in a row. Looking towards the south side of the park from the top of Pipeline Peak. Wildlife credit. Look closely and you will see two crappy water slides in this picture. The innertube rapids ride. I skipped this due to the lines, but here is a picture from last year that shows something you will never see at any corperate owned park. NBC9...er, the Bermuda Triangle slides provide quite a thrill considering their size. Even these 15-year old slides had lines today. That is it for Waterworld. It is time to take a break for Sam's summer of credits. Unless I go to SFMM with Adam next month, the next stop for new credits will be with the TPR gang on the east coast trip in August.

Where are the shots of the new S&S tower "Zoom" ? Nice full coverage of the park. I went there last summer, but we got the Cedar Point treatment and had to wait out the rain for most of the day. I agree about all the refurbs necessary. New flats, and maybe a new coaster could do wonders for this park.

Mean Streak last week. Gave me a headache worse than any Vekoma ever has. Over trimmed drop, slow, extremely rough. I would love to see Mean Streak up in flames!

It was still better than Mean Streak.

^ Yes I was there Tuesday - horribly packed. ^^ Top Thrill Dragster does not quite beat it out.

I'm playing "catch up" here with all the updates today - I finally had enough free time to do so. Now for the third park with new credits on my trip. Today, 6-29: Heritage Square You might remember this from Robb & Elissa's Denver trip in late 2005. This park is located in the town of Golden, Colorado where I am currently (also home of the Coors Brewery for you beer fans). When visiting my grandparents every year, we drive 5 minutes to here for the alpine slide. This time, I took on the opportunity for some extreme slutty credit whoring on two of their kiddie coasters. For now, photos! Where are we again? Add trash cans and you got Cedar Fair material. My mom worked in this building about 30 years ago. The reason we are here besides my credit whoring. The slightly inclined hill will keep any ACErs out. Noted!! The amusement park I will credit whore at soon. Walking up the hill, I overheard some guy telling some chick the alpine slide was lame because you didn't get any air over the drops. "Next time, I'm going faster to get some air." BAD. My dad and I tried this on an alpine slide in Minnesota 10 years ago and it nearly killed us. You take a lift to the top of the mountain. There used to be a bungee jump tower here. I think it was here until 2005, but it closed long before that. I always wanted to try it. The old terrain water slides which have not operated since 2002. I remember riding these while watching thunderstorms over Denver many years ago. Awesome views of the park, Denver, and beyond! This is an alpine slide for those of you new to the concept. At the top of the lift, you take a left turn to where you get in to the slides here. Some kiddie go karts in the Fish n Farm amusement park at the base of the mountain. My credit whoring begins now, on Python Pit. Miner Mike wins the Jeff Johnson award. Is it possible for me to sink any lower than this? $5 got me these two credits to boost my count up to 82 credits. 20 down, 80 to go before 100 new credits! Tomorrow I will be at Waterworld in Denver. Although there are no credits there, there will be a photo TR. I'm looking forward to trying out the new 8-lane Turbo Racer, the massive drop down body slides, and all the one of a kind rides at America's biggest water park!

Day 2 (6/24): Cedar Point and Soak City So in the morning I awoke to a text message from my friend Stephany who was supposed to meet up with me at the park so we could hang out and I could ditch my family - well the bad luck of Sam hit and she said couldn't come because she had the flu and her dad would not let her go. Another day with my parents and my brother. How sad and pathetic. Overnight there was a mayfly hatching, so these bugs were everywhere in the park. Onto the pictures because I know that nobody really reads these things. I'm just glad to be at the park, even though I couldn't meet up with pretty girl, it was a good day. We first headed to Millennium Force and my brother and I rode the front car! We then headed back to Maverick only to find... It was broken down. They had to evacuate passengers on the brake run. We came back and rode this in the late afternoon which both my brother and I rode the front on. The three antique car rides in the park add to the atmosphere nicely. It's sad to see these ride disappearing from parks even though they are not very fun. A Robin with a mouthful of the mayflies from the overnight hatching. Park improvements over by Top Thrill Dragster. It's nice how they keep this park nice and clean without using an excess of trash cans. To my surprise, there was not as high volume of trash cans here as at Knott's. You would think the original Cedar Fair park would be the trash can capital of the world. We rode Dragster twice this day - once in the late morning, and once late at night. What was meant to be a fly-by shot, turned into a launch porn shot. But we rode Corkscrew instead because Dragster had a long line. The park was definitely more crowded than on Monday. They call it Corkscrew, but all I see is a loop. My brother and me in the front of TTD! The endless countdown to launch. Planet Snoopy (aka second hand Geauga Lake rides) overview. It's finny how everything new for this year is relocated from other Cedar Fair parks. Skyscraper from Valleyfair being the other. Skyride and Corkscrew. I'm losing my sense of creativity here. Wait, wasn't this ride in yesterday's update? Best non-coaster ride ever. The invert that didn't kill anybody. Yup, still Cedar Fair. Soak City I doubt there has ever been a Soak City PTR because of the low quality of water park, and the fact that you need a water proof camera to get pictures. You will find some never before seen shots of the park in this! I have a waterproof case I used for my digital camera for this. Works great! We decided to go to the water park because we had all our credits, lines in the park were long, and our tickets included Soak City. If Stephany had come, we wouldn't have gone because she doesn't like water parks and would rather spend all day on Maverick - not that I wouldn't like that. In review, this water park is about as thrilling as any next door to a theme park water park. The slides are lame free standing structures with no theming or atmosphere whatsoever. Some slides were fun, but others were just lame. This pales in comparison to Denver's Waterworld, which I will also post a PTR of in this thread! I will be going there tomorrow! The only thrilling slides here. When was the last time you saw this shot? Tube slideage. Kids area was not very popular. Nor is the rest of the water park. Skyline shot from the body slides. Magnum broke down and left a train stranded at the bottom of the lift. It never reopened. As we were walking out late at night, I saw the train still there. The insides of these slides feels like a sauna! The ghost like blur is a water drop on my camera case. Water drop, wave pool, and Magnum. From the top of Erie Falls. That's all for the Cedar Point and Soak City pictures. It was an amazing park, CP is much greater than SFMM. And I can't wait to go back. Next update will feature a lesser known park in another state. Stay tuned! Hyland Hills Waterworld Tomorrow!

^ Given that a Batman killed someone yesterday, that might not be the best choice.

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My first was Windjammer, so I say give him something at Knott's. Montezuma's Revenge sounds like a good choice. For SFMM, put him on Scream - a nice, generic B&M. After that, take him on something bigger like Ghostrider or Tatsu.