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I'm sure you will have to wait for the next installment, maybe it will be fixed with the water park upgrade, but I doubt it

I'm wondering if having the Cornball so close to so many water features is bad for it?, I don't know, just a thought The Rattler seemed MORE intense than I had remebered

Work Security for University of New Mexico Hospital, I'm getting ready to take the test for the Albuquerque Police Academy

Well we just watched The Spongebob SquarePants movie, and even though its been played about a million times, I still laugh out loud at some parts Chris "did you see my underwear.....do you want to?" P.

Better yet, loose the Sea Serpent dragon pirate boat thing and put a Schwarzkopf coaster in its place, there are tons of them flying around, hell maybe they could talk SFMW out of Zonga, and return the loops how they were ment to be

Upon further review, the Cheetah does NOT have PTC trains, it has Gerstlauer trains, from what I have heard (i'm no expert) these trains are not as good as PTC trains at all How good would the SCBB Giants Dipper be with PTC trains? I'm not sure it has much to do with the steel structure, as the Rattler, which is almost the same age, rides pretty smooth. I believe it really has to do with the trains, maybe someone with a bit more experience riding both stye of train could answer. Or it could be how well they take care of the ride. Cliff's takes VERY good care of all thier rides, so that could be the diffrence. Thier Rocko-Plano almost looked new, and it is very old here's a pic Cliffs Rock-o Plane-o moved and looking like it was made yesterday

Age: 29 Middle Name: Shannon Pet Peeve: Traffic Color of your bathroom: White, with lots of little yellow ducks everywhere Best Movie of ALL time: Lord of the Rings series Best Song of ALL time: Storm in the Wind by Lost Horizon Best TV Shows: Simpsons Favorite Band/Artist: Dark Tranquility, Arch Enemy, Edguy, Iron Maiden, In Flames, Man I could go on for a while Favorite Ride at Disney Parks: Is star tours still there, havn't been in agaes Yummiest Ice Cream: Free If you could eat lunch with one person, who would it be: Captain Crunch, Can't really think of anybody, but whoever is payin, I'm there Morning Person or Night Person: Night person, I work graves Pets: Orangy, Blacky, and Whitey, all cats, and can you tell the 5 year old named them, didn't think so Favorite Color: Black Where you would go for fun (not an amusement park): Zoo Coke or Pepsi: Coke, but really no prefrence Opinion about Peanut Butter and Jelly: yummy Best Vacation Spot: Santa Cruz Cook or Go Out: Home cookin Beach, Desert, or Mountains: Mountains

Here is me, walked the kids up to the carosell, and the lady asked if I was riding with them, I asked if I needed to, she said yes, so I got to ride the Merry go round, Yippee, and who is there to take my picture, my wife, thats alright, I know how to get her back, by posting her picture on this website My wife, this Easter, getting close, baby due May 10th Well here I am, this ride is so scary, I wet my pants

i have ridden one Vekoma, at PGA, Invertigo, and actually think its the second best coaster at PGA, I like it

Stealth didn't float my boat, I thought it was ok, but could of gotten a better coaster, but I would have perferred them to get rid of the Grizzly rather than the Stealth, at least the stealth was fun, the Grizzly BLOWS ASS, just my professional opinion

Woodies, no question, CCI, i guess now its the Gravity Group Steel, having never ridden a Intamin, its B&M for me, Top Gun at PGA is a great coaster

Traffic is one of the reasons I would not follow my brother to Long Beach, L.A. traffic is THE WORST, we would get traffic in Santa Cruz, but it would slow, usually always move, even if its just 5 or 10 MPH, but L.A. is stop and go, and by the time I reach where I'm going, I'm ready for Blood Albuquerque has very little traffic, unless one of the many crappy drivers crashes into someone, which happens way to much here, on very straight roads. Cheetah is a CCI, and not very old, did they just not take care of it, or has it always been rough?, the Rattler is a little rough, but nothing thats not expected, actually I would describe it as intense, and the only time I notice a bit of accesive bumpyness is throught the tunnel, and its still not to bad, as it is VERY dry here

A picture as we were leaving cliffs, I turned and shot it, and actually caught the Rattler running Here we are leaving the park,while the coaster is still running, the joy of tired children

I think they should consider the other side of the park, have it weave around the Log ride ala Cornball, and fly over the water monkey water park. They acually have a bit of space in that direction

My mom had an '82 Buick Skylark, quite possibly the worst car ever made My first car was a 1973 Datsun 240z, I got lucky I then had to sell it, due to the fact I neede a car to commute, and it was not cutting it AT ALL, project car, not everyday car Anyway, I then got a '98 Ford Escort, no problems. Which leads us to our current cars. My wife came into my life with her own car, so we have three 1995 Honda Passport 2002 Kia Spectra 2003 Hyundia Tiburon GT-V6 (Replacement for the 240z, and a good one) the Kia has 69,500 miles, and no major problems, had the passenger seat replaced once. The Tiburon is AWESOME, less than 16,000 miles, it is super fun we have a dark blue one, heres a pic of a red one

I guess the good news is that the extra investment was worth it, you can tell when your in a park that has little or no money, and from the looks of things, the condition of the older rides, thier Rock-o Plane-0 is in GREAT shape, they are doing well. Oh and I guess the fact that they added three rides this year is also an indication

I have never been to Indiana Beach, but yeah I have seen pics of how cramed that coaster is into a VERY tight space. I think it would be great, and Really put cliffs on the map if they could find a way to get one more great coaster, I'm sure the Gravity Group would be happy to cram one more CCI like creation into the park, to help put the Gravity Group on the map

Shoehorned is the right word for it, whats even more amazing, is that not only did they design the ride to work around the paths and other rides, it is a totally awesome coaster, CCI is by far and away the best coaster designers EVER, now with most of them at The Gravity Group, it will be intresting to see if they have the same success. EDIT: CCI is the best WOODEN coaster designers ever

I found a very informative article regarding the trouble the park had adding the coaster when CCI went belly up. Its a bit of a read, and I'm glad they didn't give up http://www.funworldmagazine.com/2003/Aug03/Features/Cliff's_Notes/Cliff's_Notes.html

Well you know that Paramonts Great America is right there in Santa Clara, and to ride the best woodie in Cali, just drive "over the hill" on highway 17 and go to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Six Flags Marine worls is also close, the SoCal parks are a bit of a drive, you could do it in a weekend, but you would have to manage your time VERY cafully, if you want to get back in time to go to work monday morning, and still be alive

Well, looking again at the sign, you are correct, how could I have been so stupid, of course Cliff's has TWO kid area's, its just so big here Elissa, your favorite Water Park Ahh, to bad its closed untill mid May Elissa's favoritly named water park Look I made up a word

Actually, it was a small leak, and I'm sure it was there before I rode it, I think, I hope I didn't break it. Those Ghetto folk really stood out at the park, and his pants were, well VERY low You can still see the snow on the mountains, and it snowed here just last week, but it was about 70 degrees while we were there alright here's a few more This is a non-stop ride, with TONS of airtime Wow, look park sinage, anyone who has been to this park knows if you just look around you can find anything, and why is kiddyland listed twice? You can see how the rides are squeezed into the roller coaster

Alright I talked my wife into going to Cliff's on opening day, which is no small feat considering she is about 8 months pregnant. She called and invited her sister, so it was me, my daughter Mickey, my wife Corina, my sister in law Becka, and her son Ryan here we go Opening day at Cliff's was great. I was sure that there would be at least a decent crowd on hand, but no the park was fairly empty, but it appears they are doing well, three new rides, and new cash registers, you know those fancy touch screen type, that the employees don't know how to use yet, so it takes 30 minutes to order a hotdog, you know the ones Anyway, we arrived about 10 minutes late and expected to see a line still to enter the park. I think waited behind two groups of people, and due to the new cash registers it took about 15 minutes to get in. We went over to the Galaxi, cause the kids can ride it, and promply got on, no line. Just looking at the ride, you can tell it is well taken care of, I think they painted it, or at least cleaned it. After that we hit the Log Ride, then on to the Scrambler and the Rock-o Plane-o, we got VERY long rides on both of these, which normalyy would be fun, but by the time both rides stopped, I was BEYOND ready to be off of them. After that my wife took the kids to the kiddie area, and me and Becka went to ride the Rattler. We sat in the very back seat. I turned and told her that this was the 24th best coaster in the world, she looked at me and said, "this little thing, yeah right", I guess she hasn't been to Cliff's in like 10 years. Up the lift hill, and over the drop, first air time moment. I had never ridden in the VERY back of the coaster, but man it is intense back there, we fly around the first helix, and experience two more great butt lifting airtime moments as we pass back under the main drop. I stopped counting, but every few seconds, we were thrown from our seats, some of the drops felt as if we would have been literally TROWN from our seats if we did not have any restraints. Anyway the ride finishes, and my sister in law is in a daze. "Most coasters give you a few seconds to at leat catch your breath, this one is non stop" That was her assesment, she likes coasters, but needed a break, so we went back to the kiddie area. We ate dinner, and visited the miniture gift shop, where I got to touch the nerd scooper the Robb had touched in his visit here. We rode the Galaxi again, and the Rattler, which I had to talk Becka into getting on again, she was really shaken, we rode in the back again, but one seat up, no change AWESOMELY INTENSE. We ended the day with churro's and ice cream I had a great time, even though the new rides were not operating. I can't wait to go back when they are Chris I filled up the attachments, I'll post some more later, thanks Chris Here you go Robb, thought I'd bring back some memories, Nerd's by the pound This is ryan right after the ride, he seems to happy As Ryan is riding the kiddie bumper cars I see this What do you see? 1-A cool Guy 2- a poor soul with a flat ass and REALLY short legs 3- A pervert, and your glad the shot is from this side Here is my Daughter, showing everone that she has her mothers driving ability, she didn't really move more than six feet from this spot, she'll be fun to teach to drive This ride is fast and intense, tons of GREAT airtime Looks like its time for the main event They have a ways to go on the Drop tower, well the que line is done I was really looking foward to this one, oh well Well I guess you can say its the most finished, but still not working YES THE NEW RIDES, woohoo, alright.................oh crap In reality this is THE ride I have been dreaming about all winter Another pic of the Rattler, from the Pane-o A kinda cool pic through the Rock-o Plane-o cage The unfortunate consequences of letting someone a big as me ride the log ride, I broke it. As you can totally tell, this is me and my family on the log ride, can you see me? Here we are working our way through the masses toward the Galaxi We just arrived an found a SWARM of people. look you can see the Rattler from here

I have a quick question about linking to pictures on this website Can I link to the pictures I put here of my RCT3 park, or would you perfer me to find another host, sorry but it would be very convenient to link to the pics here, but bandwith cost money just curious

Hey everybody! This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Dollywood and Dollywood's Splash Country, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Page. Official Park Website Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy! --Robb _____________________________________________________ 2005 April 3rd, 2005 - Dolly Parton gives away 1,600 Annual Passes good for 20 years - SEE BELOW! June 7th, 2005 - leaked artwork for 2006 and 2007 additions July 7th, 2005 - Timber Tower announced July 28th, 2005 - Waterpark expansion in 2006 2006 March 30th, 2006 - 130 foot coaster coming to Dollywood July 7th 2006 - Mystery Mine Official Announcement July 19th, 2006 - Dollywood get Lo-Q 2007 Mystery Mine Construction Photos June 17, 2007 - Topple Tower strands riders for 3 hours July 19th, 2007 - River Battle announced for 2008 2008 August 1st, 2008 - Adventure Mountain Concept Art October 10th, 2008 - Construction Halted on Adventure Mountain 2009 March 30th, 2009 - SkyZip officially announced April 3rd, 2009 - SkyZip Construction Update October 25th, 2009 - Adventure Mountain Construction Update November 4th, 2009 - Details of 2009 Smoky Mountain Christmas November 24th, 2009 - Another Adventure Mountain Construction Update 2010 March 30th, 2010 - Adventure Mountain Opening Press Release August 1st, 2010 - Barnstormer officially announced for 2011 August 5th, 2010 - Brief Dollywood Nights Trip Report November 16th, 2010 - Dollywood wins the 2010 Applause Award 2011 February 10th, 2011 - Barnstormer Construction Update March 8th, 2011 - 2011 Season Press Release March 12th, 2011 - Dollywood announces 3-year extension with Lo-Q March 21st, 2011 - First Media Story on 2012 Coaster (Wild Eagle) March 24th, 2011 - 2012 Coaster (Wild Eagle) Approved by City Planners March 27th, 2011 - Barnstormer and General Park Trip Report April 7th, 2011 - Article About Dollywood's Resort Plans May 24th, 2011 - 2012 Project (Wild Eagle) Construction Update June 6th, 2011- Blue B&M Track is spotted en route to Dollywood! August 20th, 2011 - Dollywood to announce 2012 Project at Boomsday! September 4th, 2011 - Wild Eagle Official Press Release September 5th, 2011 - TPR's Official Wild Eagle Announcement and Construction Update! October 9th, 2011 - Brief Media Article Regarding Dollywood's Troubles with Timber Tower October 16th, 2011 - Wild Eagle Construction Update November 2nd, 2011 - Press Release About Track Completion with Virtual Ride Animation November 12th, 2011 - TPR's Backstage Construction Tour of Wild Eagle November 22nd, 2011 - Dollywood Entertainment wins Two Brass Ring Awards December 21st, 2011 - Wild Eagle Construction Update and More! 2012 January 6th, 2012 - New 'From Egg to Eagle' posted, teases train arrival January 25th, 2012 - Wild Eagle Media Construction Tour! February 7th, 2012 - Video of Wild Eagle Testing! February 11th, 2012 - Timber Tower likely never to reopen. February 25th, 2012 - New Egg to Eagle Update from Dollywood! February 27th, 2012 - Installation of World's Largest Metal Eagle Sculpture March 5th, 2012 - A sneak peak at Wild Eagle's Loading Station and Control Panel! March 23rd, 2012 - Wild Eagle Media Day! June 16th, 2012 - RiverRush announced for Splash Country in 2013! June 16th, 2012 - National Roller Coaster Museum traveling exhibit at Dollywood through Septmber 16th August 22nd, 2012 - Dollywood Company President Ken Bell retires October 19th, 2012 - New offerings for 2013 season announced! December 10th, 2012 - Adventure Mountain & Imagination Cinema out for 2013 season? December 10th, 2012 - Adventure Mountain removal confirmed! 2013 January 22, 2013 - Lo-Q coming to Splash County in 2013! August 21st - Fire Chaser Express Announced for 2014 along with Dreammore Resort for 2015 October 7th, 2013 - Full POV video of FireChaser Express! December 20, 2013 - Firechaser Express construction photos 2014 March 22, 2014 - Firechaser Express Media Day October 23rd, 2014 - Update on DreamMore Resort 2015 July 27th, 2015 - Dollywood DreamMore Resort Officially Opens August 7th, 2015 - Lightning Rod, world's first launched wooden coaster announced December 28th, 2015 - Lighting Rod Construction Photo Tour 2016 June 13th, 2016 - Lightning Rod POV Posted! October 26th, 2016 - New drop tower, junior coaster & more for 2017! 2017 May 6th, 2017 - Grand Opening/Media Event for Drop Line! August 22nd, 2017 - Dollywood confirms the removal of Splash Battle November 3rd, 2017 - Historic investment in entertainment during 2018! 2018 March 4th, 2018 - Dollywood has filed for a 5 acre expansion of the park for the 2019 season. August 3rd, 2018 - Wildwood Grove announcement 2021 June 3rd, 2021 - HeartSong resort announced! August 13th, 2021 - Onsite employee housing under construction at Dollywood 2022 August 5th, 2022 - Big Bear Mountain family coaster announced! 2023 August 5th, 2023 - Lightning Rod closing on 10/30/23 to remove launch and install chain lift! 2025 May 30th, 2025 - 2026 addition teaser campaign begins! _____________________________________________________ Original Post: Sounds like at least one park knows how to treat thier supporters. A group of people were waiting to see The Moscow Circus and were handed, what they believed to be normal tickets, but when they got inside, Dolly herself came on stage and informed everyone that for the 20th season of Dollywood they got FREE platinum passes to Dollywood and Splash Country. Free parking and free admittance to the park. the passes expire IN TWENTY YEARS. Thats right they gave 1600 people twenty year passes to the park, and it sound like that is just the start. here is a link to the story http://www.volunteertv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3156825&nav=4QcHYC1t there is a video link on the upper left hand corner of the webpage