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Sea+World= roller coasters? Yep, just get rid of all of the sea life at SEAWorld in favor of rides. Of course the enthusiasts are going to think that, but that's not what the company is about.

Totally agree, and SeaWorld agrees as well. This video came up on my wall today: [fbvideonew] [/fbvideonew] I think this move will go through a growing period as families move from "Little Jimmy, wanna go get soaked by Shamu?" to "Little Jimmy, let's go appreciate the whales and learn about conservation." But zoos and aquariums are still very popular as I feel SeaWorld will continue to be with or without a whale show.

Well this will be sad for me as seeing the orca show and getting soaked was a large part of my childhood, but this kinda seemed inevitable in lieu of all the backlash lately. It's interesting that they're going to reallocate funds for a "new attraction." Coaster? Do you think this means they're shelving Blue World for now too? And if they do, does that mean they won't have to agree to the stipulation that they can no longer breed orcas?

Yes Do you know a veteran?

Yes Have you drank coffee today?

Night before last, yesterday was recovery day from Friday night When was the last time you went to a live concert?

On Halloween. I loved Crimson Peak! When was the last time you went out somewhere (school, store, etc) in PJs?

Yes Have you gotten sick in the last month?

Great news! I can't wait to see how this is going to look alongside Kraken!

Honestly, the GP I saw at CGA Haunt was worse than any other GP I've seen this year, Haunt or otherwise. Even Magic Mountain Fright Fest and HHN didn't seem as bad! This is sad for the two victims who were just trying to have a good time and speak up against line jumpers. After the lines we saw this past weekend, easily an hour or two for some of the mazes, I would have spoken up against the line jumpers too!

Looks like I have a date at the SFDK parking lot! From SFDK Twitter

^not as short as Goliath and I still really liked Goliath. I'M SO DOWN FOR THIS RIDE. I can't believe they're already shipping track! This is still so surreal to me. If this even has 2 moments of great airtime then it's gonna be soooo much better than Roar. And I love the inversions too!

Yes Is there someone on TPR you just can't stand?

Seafood! Cartoons or CGI movies?

Wanted to post a brief TR about Saturday.... OMG, the crowds were insane! I was about an hour late and my friend did Boofet and was able to do a couple mazes and rides before I showed up, but when we saw the crowds pouring in we were like, "Yep, let's get Fright Lane!" Well they actually SOLD OUT of Fright Lane but were printing more. When I got mine a bit later, they had run out of the nifty Skeleton Key keychains, and I heard that later they were even printing Fright Lane passes on regular paper because they ran out of the laminated stuff! Wow! Lines for the Skeleton Key rooms themselves were about half an hour, so we skipped them all except Madame Marie's and Cornstalkers later (dang, I said "I'm not gonna eat or drink anything gross!" but I felt obligated to, so I took a sip of the warm yellow vinegar. Yuck!) We were able to do all of the mazes once each with Mirror Mirror twice because we waited in the regular line before getting Fright Lane, saw League of Villains show, caught some of the acrobatics show by the carousel, and none of the rides. Overall, I thought we did pretty well considering it was the Friday before Halloween! It had been a while since I'd been to CGA Haunt and I've finally gotten to experience other Haunts now to compare CGA too. I think CGA has some really great mazes but overall, there were not enough scareactors!!! In so many of the mazes, there would be room after room with no scareactors, or one guy trying to scare like 50 people. Really, I don't know what was up with it because my friend said it wasn't this bad earlier in the season, Idk if a bunch of people just quit their jobs before Halloween weekend, but there were just so few scareactors. I think if CGA can hire more good actors, they would have 100x better of a Haunt because I thought the mazes were pretty well done! Well, most of them. I loved Toy Factory in the past but it's just really outdated, I think Toy Factory and Cornstalkers needs to go in favor of something fresh. I thought Insanitarium was interesting, I liked how you essentially walked through the sanitarium twice and the second time was weirder, but it was kind of confusing what the earthquake had to do with things and why we were walking through all the same rooms twice, and there were still hardly any scareactors in this! I really liked Wax Museum but again, there were a lot of empty spaces where I think there were supposed to be actors! I really wanted to walk through this slower and look at all the detail, but I felt pressured to go fast because of all the lines. Madame Marie's, Dia, and Zombie High were all about how I remembered them from before, and I think they're all pretty solid mazes although I'm not a huge fan of zombie mazes. Mirror Mirror... the first time we went through, we waited half an hour and got to be in the maze like a minute before they ushered us out. The second time we used Fright Lane and OMG... we were in there SOOOO LONNGGG!!! It was so disorienting and awesome being in there so long, it felt like we were in there at least 10 minutes! No kidding! It's not really scary but I have an affinity for corn mazes and things like that so I really appreciated this maze. I almost walked into walls a few times too! My friend thought the mirrors needed some serious cleaning but I wasn't as bothered by it, or maybe chugging that beer beforehand made me not care? So if you buy Fright Lane, you're gonna be in the maze for a long time. If you wait, you're not going to be in there much time. I did NOT appreciate this when I was the one waiting, but I appreciated it when I had Fright Lane! Hmm that was kinda a long TR, but moral of the story, Haunts are always better earlier in the month! Too bad there are only so many weekends compared to so many awesome Haunts to do! I wish Halloween season was as long as Christmas! I have a compilation video of Academy of Villains but I'm having some technical difficulties so I'll post it later. I really liked all the songs they used! ANddd...THE NAE NAE!! haha I've danced the Nae Nae at so many amusement parks this year! EDIT: Here we go [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

No Is it already off season where you live?

Yes, but it's still a really good and unique ride Have you had drive-thru this week?

Yes! Do you have a costume for Halloween?

I'm with everyone else when I say I hate line jumpers and think people shouldn't get out out of line and reenter, or have their friends save a space. I feel a little lenient about small kids though. I don't have kids of my own so those of you who do and still go to amusement parks should be better able to speak to this, but I think a lot of kids say they don't have to go and then SUDDENLY they have to go! We had two kids pee themselves at Busch Gardens even though we were taking frequent bathroom breaks. Thankfully, neither time was on a ride or in line for a ride. But to me it's not going to ruin my time if a Mom and her kid needs to step out so her child can go pee and then come back in line. Adults, older children, and teens should be old enough to know how long they can last before a bathroom break and should use it before getting in a long line, and I still think parents should try to have their kids go before the line, but personally I feel more forgiving when it comes to little kids than teens and adults. I did encounter a situation recently where I actually felt bad for some people who left line (and didn't get to come back). Twisted Colossus was only running two trains and somehow the SFMM staff were still stacking them, it was just an awfully slow line for the only ride in the park worth waiting for that day and it was super hot too. We played Heads Up with these people in front of us, and they seemed pretty cool. Well just before we were about to get on the ride after waiting almost an hour and a half, one of the girls in the group started to fall over and her friends caught her. They left the line because she was obviously ill and needed water, and I passed by them later after we had ridden and she seemed fine. Obviously I don't know her medical state so maybe it wouldn't have been good for her to come back and ride the ride, but I still felt really bad that they had waited so long and then didn't get to ride the best ride at the park.

No Are you in a relationship?

This. My campers were always super pumped about it and wanted to reride it, but I only rode it a handful of times because hanging upsidedown for so long hurt my head, and the restraints crushed my ribcage. I haven't been on notacoaster yet so I don't know how that ride experience will compare, but I just don't like hanging upsidedown for a long time. Also, Vekoma Boomerangs. Boomerang is the one ride at my home park I never go on. I even ride the SLC way more often. At other parks I might ride it once to say I did it, but then never again.

I sometimes do, sometimes don't depending on time. Usually skim them at least.

No, nothing really serious or specific at least Do you consider yourself a fairly decent to good dancer?

Sad to hear about Gwazi possibly getting torn down, I really saw a lot of potential with it. We still don't really know anything for sure but I'm still confident that whatever Busch Gardens puts in its place will be amazing! Everything they do is amazing!!

Yes! Will your home park close soon and not reopen until late Spring?