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Huss has had a lot of downtime problems with their rides from what I've seen. Maybe it finally caught up with them.

Nice TR. Looks like a pretty cool park (if you like walking).

^ They were eaten by the Griffon. What you didn't hear?

cool tr. Hoping to hit DC sometime in October for a little hockey and coasters. (I'm a Canes fan and we're going to invade the Washington home opener). lol

Why wait? I personally haven't seen any changes at Carowinds.

^ And you have the West Virginina Ripoff Turnpike too. lol

I've heard that you can actually pay to take a flight on an F-16. I'd love to do that on my 40th (in 6 years *shudders*) or if that falls through I'd go for skydiving on my 40th. Have fun!

^ Thanks! We also went to that Land of Oz I think as well. Somehow they never took us to Ghost Town though.

I remember seeing a robot or something at one of the exhibits, I've got a pic of it somewhere. I was only 10, so I don't remember much about the World's Fair except our junkie hotel room my parents paid $100 a night for. I think there was supposed to be a restaurant in the dome or something. Wes "who drives by Knoxville and keeps going every time" C

When BTMR derailed at Disenyland I think the front wheel fell off or something like that which made the train slam to a stop.

Uh oh I sense a disturbance in the force.

I've got lots of "vintage Disney World" pics. I'll post them in a new thread and update this one whenever I get time this weekend to scan them. It's stinking hot, so I'll be inside in the A/C. lol

I was just curious on average how much did you guys end up spending on the trip. I think the basics were what about $1500 (US). How much extras did you have to spend on all the other stuff, like food, etc. I'm not counting t-shirts and all the stuff you probably bought. Just curious in case Robb and Elissa decide to do another one, so I'll know how much to start saving. lol

Awesome TR! There's something wrong with this pic though. Oh it's because it says Flashback is "Temporarily down"

That's what they get for charging $15 for parking.

Along I-95 PKD - Right off I-95 (exit 90 I think) BGE - It's about ah hour off of I-95 down I-64. Myrtle Beach parks - Myrtle Beach is about an hour off of I-95. Pavilion http://www.rcdb.com/pd77.htm will be closing this year (forever) and there are two other small parks, Family Kingdom http://www.rcdb.com/pd91.htm and MB Grand Prix http://www.rcdb.com/pd213.htm . PLEASE NOTE: Depending on when you go Myrtle Beach traffic can be VERY BAD. There's basically only one way in and out and traffic can be a mess at times. Other than that I don't know of any. South of the Border is the tourist trap from hell, don't stop there.

But how interesting you know our curse word abbreviations. lol

Sadly I have yet to ride one of these. I tried to ride one but the Mexican guy that didn't speak English said I was too fat and the light wouldn't come on. (My translation).

I heard this at that same park. "Ok the brakes aren't all engaging, so you guys stagger every other seat so the train doesn't come into the station too fast." And I still rode it. lol

Hypersonic Standup coasters

It's like Deja Vu or something. lol (No...not the lawn ornament at Six Flags) It's funny how SDC got almost the exact same ride package as Dollywood,they just painted them different and gave them different names. But they look really nice. I'm with Elissa, I need to get out there sometime.

What's wrong with Mr *let me crush your privates* Freeze? I rode it back in May, but we won't talk about the expereince with the restraints and my uh... see above.

I added some more pics to the original post. Ted you didn't miss too much. lol From what I remember it was stinking hot in Knoxville that day, every exhibit was like a hour wait and my parents forever complained about how expensive it was. The only exhibit I remember was the technology exhibit and I was amazed that they said we would have phones in the bathroom in the near future. Hmmmm... I wonder why that never happened. lol

It kind of find it facinating how long some of these old steel coasters have lasted without a lot of problems. Revolution was built in 76 I think and it is still running, Goldrusher at Carowinds was built in 73 and is still running great as well (by great I mean it runs, not that it's smooth or anything (trains)). What 30 year old car can you say that about. lol

Ok so Ted's (coasterfanatic) threads (hey that rhymes) Ted's threads, Ted's threads, Ted's threads *slaps self* anyway his retro threads reminded me that I never had bothered to scan some of my mom's photos from our various trips in the 80's. I will tell you that Mom didn't take a whole lot of pictures back then, so you'll only get a few pics per park. lol Anyway, here's the first batch. Enjoy! This one features: Santa's Land (1975) NC State Fair (1978?) Opryland (1982) (which also includes the 82 World's Fair at Knoxville, TN) and Epcot (1985) and also includes Gatorland (small zoo with nothing but Crocs and Gators). Does anyone know if this place still exists? Where's PETA when you need them. Seriously though as hot as Florida is, you know these animals must have been hot. Give me some candy! I almost feel sorry for these guys. (almost) Arrrrggh! I'm the huge Gatorland entrance. Gimme some candy! (See Ted wasn't lieing about the socks!) More of us standing around in Epcot. Here we are at it again this time at Epcot. Love that hairstyle. Here we are at the World's Fair. This was the biggest rip-off in history! Overpriced & overcrowded. Check out my uber cool PacMan shirt. Opryland had a lot of shows from what I remember. Also Steven Curtis Chapman (Christian singer) used to work at OL back then, this could be him! (blonde hair) The Opryland carousel taken from the sky ride. Here's my dad about to be eaten by a bear. Sadly we never heard from him again. p.s. I'm the short one. Ahh the classic non-Dan friendly water ride. See the logo of Opryland on the side! A random pic mom took of me at the NC State Fair. No date, but I'd guess around 1978. Note the Paratrooper in the background. Frontier Land? Ok mom writes this on the back of this photo. Is this Disney World? I couldn't find a Frontier Land park online (in the States). Another one I'm not sure on. Seems I have the same shirt on as in the Santa's Land pics. Anyone know if they had 1 of these? Why does this remind me of that scene in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves? Woo hoo! My 1st flat ride! Or certainly one of the 1st. That's me at the top and my brother (crying) at the bottom. LOL! Santa's Land ( I think ). Although I don't know what Native Americans have to do with Santa??? Ok here is where things get fuzzy. I think this train was at Santa's Land, but it's impossible to make out the name on the side of the train. Somewhere near Cherokee, NC I think is a small park called Santa's Land. Here I am around age 3.