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My first reaction to this - after checking out three of the mentions was, "hmmm, quite the TPR Update I'd say". Hey - it's all good for sending some poor lonely non-TPR souls over to... us???

Well, I guess HKD is a Real Test for the 'Cast members' lol. My my...

I got to AW only once, in '92. And fell in love with UltraTwister and XLR8, the best (IMO, at that time) suspended coaster I'd been on. Thanks for the video look, Robb. And - Do The Dance, Do The Dance. Robb IS the DanceMAN!

Great TR Phishy! Wow, mini-bars have so changed since last time I hotelled anywhere, lol! Wtf was that on the top shelf there? With a knock-off Delftware Paris....thing? Amazing...

And who knew that laundry dryer sheets and insect repellent could be so easily combined??? :shock:

"Ice Cream" - Sara MacLachlan

This is a random post - to see if my re-timing of my "zone" here works. Just checked the preview - YES - I'm happy now.

^ Cool on the DVD availability Robb. And you and Elissa have a great meet-up and party next Saturday!

There are so many of you on this site with birthdays already listed, I thought I would do something different for this day, today (just after 'my' midnight here)... This is a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the roller coaster men and women, guys and gals who we don't know, yet. These are the ones who have a birthday today, but the rest of us just don't know it, yet, LOL. Have a great day today, and I hope you enjoy it to the fullest.

Friend of mine (and many many others here in town) died last Tuesday of AIDS. Only 37 years old. The memorial's next Sunday (18th), day after our end-of-summer hot tub party, at one of the bars he used to DJ at. Life sucks, when you think the *&$%#$*& disease has gotten almost everybody you've known in your life... and then, this still happens. rant end.

Vancouver's Coaster is still hanging in there, after over 45 years on the planet. Come to think of it - 50th Birthday coming up in 2008. And for a compact wooden twister coaster, it still gives a good amt. of air time, speed and general MMMMMMMM in it's run, heh heh. And we're only 141 miles north of Seattle, everybody!

Just saw "The Grudge" on a movie channel --- eh. I'm sure it would have worked (maybe) better for me in a movie theatre, but still --- eh. :? I got it, but still.

^I got the Pirates/Caribbean vehicle w/Goofy and a pirate, in DLP back in '02. There was also, tho I couldn't understand why back then, the Buzz Lightyear die cast vehicles. Then last fall, I couldn't find any of them at the Village shops in DLP. Those were great little collecting toys.

^ Can we quote you on that, when we contact you in the afterlife? ... Eventually? ...

Looks like we're eating Thai tonight, for dinner at home.

Why is it called Stork's? (Inquiring minds want to know....)

^ Don't worry about seeing this animation of EE ahead of it's opening. By the way, it's a pretty good rep of the whole thing. I've seen earlier pix of the framework and tracking inside the mountain. And from what I saw, the track layout when the train re-enters the mtn.after the helix, doesn't exactly go a straight line to the outside spiral there. And the spiral shown is actually a bit backwards. The train comes straight out and then dives into the spiral. Then again - it could all be the other way around, hee hee hee. There's still a lot not shown in the animation, track-wise. So the actual inside layout is a safe mystery... for now.

Robb and all, if memory serves me (and it does sometimes, lol) you'll have to do a POV from the last row of the train, with the (ahem)'donkeyengine' right behind you? The way certain track is angled inside the mountain, I think there will be some really great POV from that position. (Yeti-watching, y'know....) Rather than just the front seats POV.

Late night half-a-sandwich: whole wheat bread marg/mayo/mustard fresh tomatoe/lettuce & aged cheddar cheese/ german butter cheese All gone now!

^ My cardboard box has got cedar decking and a hot tub! 8)

The kids ARE back in school now, right? :shock:

I counted coasters that don't exist anymore. Mountain Express in MM'75 is an example. Zambeezi Zinger in WoF'95 is another I rode. As long as you can honestly remember that yes, indeed, that was one you rode. We all got to be honest with ourself, right? If it's just a numbers thing, well.... But's that MO. I was actually quite surprised I had been on quite a few thru my years, cool to find out, after all this itme. And I'll be hitting my first 100 with the UK tour which is nice, too. Enjoy your counting!

Fame - What A Feeling / Irene Cara

^ LOLOLOLOL

Rumor I heard was an "official opening" on April 22 - Earth Day, and birthday of AK itself... So - lots and LOTs of time at winter and early spring for shakedown trips. Have fun, all you soft-opening attendees, LOL!