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^Congrats! If you go to UNLV you'll be a rival to my brother's school.

I've only been to the east coast once but I thought it was much hotter over there than in CA. Most places in California have very temperate weather.

If it's open, Boomerang usually has a very slow line. The later in the day, the emptier that part of the park gets. Since you've never ridden a Boomerang before and want the credit, it might be a good idea to check after riding Kong since [from my experiences] Boomerang has been known to close down unexpectedly for maintenance. I don't think the wait should be too bad earlier in the day, but you'd miss your chance of trying Roar in the morning without a much longer wait. I don't think the layout of SFDK is too complicated, but it's always a good idea to study a map so you can quickly get where you need. If you make it there before opening, you can go in the park but only as far as the main courtyard. To the right of the dolphin viewing area is the way to Oasis Plaza (Medusa and Kong) and everyone will be waiting there. If you go straight to Medusa as soon as the park opens, you can be be one of the first few trains. If you have a backpack or any loose articles and didn't buy a day 1ocker, have $1 ready to get one by Medusa quickly. Back in April with moderate crowds, I was able to put my stuff in a 1ocker and still get in line for the 3rd train of the day. I'd still call or something ahead of time. Last time I was at the park we witnessed the ride ops let a girl with a leg cast up the elevator on Medusa, tell her it's okay to ride, let her and all her friends sit down in the front, then tell them 30 seconds later she couldn't ride because of her cast. It wouldn't hurt to double check. It was unclear to me if this was because the cast was a little bulky, or because of a new policy change prohibiting any casts.

^Yeah bouncing off of that, there are tons of Christian rock bands that don't sing with "religious" themes very often. What makes it still considered Christian rock is they don't cuss or sing about sex or drinking or drugs. Hating all Christian rock is a very wide statement as the bands that could be lumped into that category are all very different from each other. Comare these four songs that are all considered "Christian rock" but are very different from each other: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRNXkEAg8ps That being said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and you have a right to hate it whether you've listened to very many Christian rock artists or not.

Great report! Carousels have fascinated me ever since I learned a little about them playing a Nancy Drew computer game that had to do with a carousel. Hope this one finds a good home, it's really a stunning piece of artwork. How do you tell which horse is the lead horse?

When I first went to Disneyland around age 5 or 6 my family and I waited in line for Haunted Mansion, but when we got into the building, I started crying and refused to go further. My 3-year-old brother rode it and I didn't. But right after that I braved Splash Mountain and loved it! Not really a "ride", but Halloween mazes freak me out. I completely avoided them until two Halloweens ago when I went to this fairly well-done neighborhood maze in Nevada. I participated in a local maze last year. I've worked up the guts enough I'm willing to try out Fright Fest and/or Haunt this year, but I'm still nervous about it. Rides with free-fall drops (like sky coasters or drop towers) freak me out for the few seconds before the drop and the initial second of free fall, but then I'm good.

"The Resistance" by Anberlin

“Forget ‘The Avengers,’ we have a new contender for best film of the summer!” HAHAHAHHAHA I might have to tune in for this one. Looks hilarious!

^^^ I like the sound of this! Don't you mean Saturday the 23rd and Friday the 22nd?

Yes. Puss in Boots was really bad. Have you been to a park in the past week?

pole dancing, and had been taught by the world's best pole dancer, whose name is...

^If they really were planning a Kingda Ka-style coaster to break height and speed records, they'd probably need all that space anyway, right? I'll be anxiously awaiting the news too. Although it's kind of a long drive for me, it sounds like whatever they're planning is big enough news to warrant a trip (or a few).

You don't think they'll wait until Six Flags does all their announcements in the fall? I think they'll wait but it'd be nice to hear earlier.

I was there on a Saturday in April and it was fairly crowded but not too bad. This is what I'd suggest: Get there just about opening and go to Medusa first. You want to beat the crowd that will be there within 15-30 minutes. Try Kong 2nd or else wait until later in the day. You could try Sky Screamer at this time too. Then, head over to V2/Roar and see how those are... V2 is a lot shorter wait than Roar. If Roar is only running one train, I wouldn't attempt unless the line is really short. Midday see the shows and check out the animals, get lunch, and try the flat rides. VooDoo never has much of a wait, Tazmanian's line (if it's open) goes really quickly even if there's a lot of people. If it's hot, the lines for the water rides will probably be hideous but you can always go to the Shouka show and sit in the splash zone to cool off. After about 5 or 6:00 (depending on what time closing is) Medusa and the other coasters have almost walk-on lines. I think most families start trickling out about that time so the crowd thins out a lot. If you don't ride Medusa shortly after opening, I would advise waiting until this time. If you want to try the water rides, wait until late-afternoon because it starts getting colder and people don't want to ride them. The lines will be really short, but the water won't feel as nice as it would arounnd 1:00 pm when lines are longest. Your call.

trick it into getting married to...

Thank you Big Mike! You truly are the nicest guy on TPR! Sorry I'm so slow in the head sometimes. It confused me because the caption said, "The official hiding place is Kurt" so I thought it meant the ducky in the photo did not count because Kurt is the hiding place... looking back I probably was over-thinking it. My guess is 9 duckies! And thank you very much for giving us another chance... and for putting this awesome, fun competition together for us!! It gives me something to look forward to every week.

Wow that really is an incredible story. So she could have been dead the same day she went to Thorpe park if she hadn't gone on all those coasters and redistributed the fluid in her brain?

hmmm... I suddenly feel the need to want to change my ducky guess #, but I was just locked in. Can I still change my guess and get re-locked in? If not, it's okay and I'll just have to be more careful next time! And hope I'm not wrong after all!

Wow!! That picture just has so many things about it that are awesome. I love the water-vomiting skulls in the foreground and how the coaster train is there blurry in the background! You can see each individual water droplet from the fountain!

I was wondering the same thing, but I don't want to take a chance by waiting any longer and I'll just assume assume the answer is no. That being said... I'll go with 8 duckies!

Great TR! I love the skyline photo! It's almost surreal because of how long the skyline has remained unchanged. Also love the photos of them installing the track piece. Super neat!

Wow... srsly dude? And anyone think he kinda looks like Brad Pitt?

^Love the 3rd photo! I hope so!! I hope it's changed to a date I can make!

I actually like a lot of movies adapted from books I've read, although most people who've read the book and seen the movie hate the movie. --Water for Elephants: I really thought they did a great job with the movie adaptation. They had everything that needed to be there. --Breaking Dawn: Part 1: I had really low expectations going into this because I didn't like the 4th book very well, but I actually think I like this movie better than the others. I thought they did a great job with the movie. --Holes: not sure if people hate this movie, but since the book was so good I thought the movie wouldn't be, but I love the movie too

Not sure what you mean by Nuzlocke? I'm playing Pokemon Diamond right now. I restarted my brother's game on Sunday and I've already have about 30 hours of play time. Only have beaten the third gym but pretty soon I should be ready to face the 4th. I'm taking my time on the game to figure out my core team and train all of them equally, do all of the side-tasks, and fill up my Pokedex as I go.