bgwfreak

I just passed the century mark. 101 for me. I'll be adding about 20 to that count in less than 2 weeks KY and OH here I come!

http://www.thegravitygroup.com/hades/pages/47.htm ^^ How is that possible on a woody?

I know who that probably was with the Cowboy hat. That's "Cowboy Bill" as the local ACErs call him. He's at all the ACE events and lives in Gastonia (just west of Charlotte). Glad you guys had a good time. The flyers rock! 8)

My trip was a lot of fun. In regard to Georgia Cyclone they've done a good job retracking since my last ride on it a few years ago. Last time it beat you to death, this time was much better. If they'd take that *explitive* seat divider out of the trains then the ride would be about perfect. It still stands as my #3 Woody. Insane coaster. It goes on forever.

I was just there Sunday. First off. Deja Vu is still down don't get your hopes up. They didn't even bother putting an attendant there at the entrance. lol I heard from one of the local ACErs that if SFOG can't get it running this year, it will be gone for good. That's a rumor of course, but probably somewhat reliable. Too bad, the one ride I got on it was awesome! Acrophobia is back running great, it's an awesome ride! My favorite rides there and well worth the wait: Deja Vu (if by some miracle it's open) Mindbender (classic Schwarzkopf) Georgia Scorcher (my favorite standup) Georgia Cyclone (Great Cyclone..er..Clone) Superman (yeah it's a bit boring layout-wise, but I still loved it) GASM (Oldie but goodie) Expect big crowds on a Saturday, my advice get in the park before 9:30. They start running Georgia Scorcher at 9:30!!!

Well part of that might be due to the fact that the two times I've been have been on busy Saturdays. This summer I'll be up there on a Friday, so I'm expecting better things from PKI. I'm looking forward to riding IJ on media day

Next Sunday I'll be at SFOG and hope it is up and running. It was my first coaster that had inversions and still is a kickin ride even after all these years. Even though SFOG still doesn't know how to count. It only has 2 inversions people!!!

To call PKI a crappy park is a little overboard to me. The Beast alone is still a huge draw for me and is my favorite wooden coaster. Don't ask me why, it just has that "X Factor" to it for me. PKI however could do with some improvements in general but I wont' get into all that. The thing I found hillarious was reading on a certain site *Cough*PKICentral*Cough* how Carowinds was going to ruin the flyers by slowing them down and by the paint job, etc, etc, etc. Now one of their faithful has ridden the flyers in their new home and said they actually run better at Carowinds and he actually called Carowinds the "jewel of the Paramount chain" which in some ways I have to agree with. PKD and PKI have become too ghetto and I don't always feel safe in either park especially on a busy Saturday when all the "hood" comes out to "play". lol :shock:

Ubber Coolness. They have not aged well at all :o I wrote up a little story myself on ThrillNetwork if you want to check it out. http://www.thrillnetwork.com/stories_view.php/958 Happy Days was one of my favorite shows growing up. I'm glad to see that Tom and Marion are not stuck up to the point that they won't do appearances. Ok, so Carowinds had Merdith Baxter an 80's star for Media day, these two for this (70's)...who will be next? The 60's??? lol Maybe they'll roll out the ghost of Ron Serling.

Thanks for the info! I have something in common with you. My company I work for *cough*Bank of America*cough* actually bought the right to use Disney's "magic" or "spirit" (can't remember what you guys call it at Disney) phylosophy about customer service. I'll have to check up on you guys "spirit" next fall. lol

BGW is my favorite. Especially when they had Drachenfire and you rode inbetween one of the supports. R.I.P. Drachenfire.

Am I right in my understanding that if you stay at one of the "Discount Disney" hotels, you still have access to the shuttles/trams? We're thinking of going down to Orlando next year (in part due to Everest).

SFOG without a doubt is the worst I've seen so far. I had a slight problem with line jumpers on Acro the year it opened and no one gave a flip about it and actually made the situation worse.

http://www.thrillnetwork.com/stories_view.php/937 There's a link to my story I posted on thrillnetwork. Enjoy. Here's a link to my album for opening day at the park http://community.webshots.com/album/307905852KWEVUM

Media Day is May 19th and I'll be there Hopefully they'll do it like Carowinds and let you ride it for a couple hours. I'm looking forward to this one. I'll be there the next day as well, got to ride Beast!!!!

I haven't gotten around to uploading my pics from Wednesday (too busy riding the flyers Friday night and Saturday) 8) Meredith walked right past me TWICE!!! Aren't I special? Anyway, I hope to be doing a write-up for Thrillnetwork soon and will post a link if you're nice to me I got some good pics too but you've probably already seen the same stuff. I'm a newbie to snapping and I got it down by about my 4th or 5th ride on Saturday. Then it's like a bike, once you know it it's pretty easy. I'm so glad we got the flyers (not happy for you PKIers) but hey they're here, I'm glad they are too. It could have been worse. PKI could have trashed them. And I didn't know till this weekend that they originally operated at Coney Island NY. 8)

^^ I agree. Paramount honestly didn't do much at all with the parks. At first they had the Star Trek guys walking around and such, but they really didn't start doing tie-ins with Viacom companies/products until the past 5 years. I just hope they can keep all the parks together as a "package" I'd hate to have to buy a one-day pass to PKD lol!!! With the exception of PKI, I think Cedar Fair buying the parks would be a good move. I don't think Cedar Fair would jack up the prices or anything if they bought PKI. Look at GL, they are still only charging like $27 for admission!

I've been up there on holidays and haven't experienced any problems. Honestly since the year Apollo (1999) opened, it hasn't been crowded one time that I've been back. And we always are there on weekends too because of my friends schedules we can't go during the week. And BTW, if you go to Carowinds during the week, honestly you can do everything within one day. It's never crowded at PC but on Saturdays.

Sounds like you guys could do a money mangement DVD too!!! LOL! That woud be funny...alright in order to go to Japan you've got to save X number of dollars. Let's watch as Joe tries to save his money. Should he: A) Blow his whole paycheck on Coaster DVDs? X B) Waste all his money on games at his local amusement park? X C) Squander his pay away on the video game Donkey Hunter 3000? X D) Actually put some of his money in the bank so that he can go to Japan? Ding ding ding!!!

Well I just got a huge kink (and a good one) thrown in to my plans. I'm planning on going on a mission trip to Mexico in July, so I'm going to shorten my June trip to the following I think... SFKK, PKI, GL and maybe Kennywood. I'm planning on being at CP for my FIRST Coastermania!!! w00t!! :shock:

^^ Thank you, I wondered that myself. lol

Usually I've had the opposite experience with Carowinds and holidays. I've been out there and there's half the people. Also, if you're going on Monday I don't think it will be nearly as bad as Saturday. Just get there when they open. Usually the first 2 hours everything (except borg) is a walk on. Saturday is always the worst day at PC like most parks.

:? 8) Look I can use emoticons!! Anyway... I was in my early teens I think. I was terrified of them in my childhood. My mom didn't ride them and Dad was always on the big ones with my brother so I never really got started on the kiddie ones. Mindbender at SFOG was my first looper I think and after that the rest is history. I didn't start traveling to other parks until about 95 when I drove to BGW. (2nd trip, but first as an adult). *raises glass to 10 years of coasting* lol

I actually nominated that for class song in High School for graduation (silly Bette Midlers Wind beneath my wings won out easily). I'm such a rebel. And I've seen Tom once in Charlotte. Awesome show!

I just got my ACE newsletter today and found out that Coastermania is June 3rd at CP so now I think I'm going to add that to my trip. $33 for 18 hours in Cedar Point? Sold!!!