Kennyweird

Glad to see you had a great time at Kennywood. Did you think the top of the second hill on the Phantom was a little jerky? I just want to hear what an out-of-towner thinks.

A mass spectrometer?

Great Photo TR. FMP = Flaming Money Pile. The park's screwed, plain and simple.

Steel Phantom Millennium Force El Toro Oblivion

If you've never been to decent water park before, then yes, you should go. Otherwise, don't bother.

That was quick.

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^^^If it were under any significant load, it wouldn't need a tensioner to keep it from going slack. The only thing it really does is hoist the catch car back over the lifthill's crest after the train disengages. Speaking of which, I heard the cable broke when it was attempting to pull the catch car back over the crest; the train was already into the overbank. Perhaps the catch car or cable got hung up on something. What do you people think?

I'm pretty sure there's just one long cable that forms a loop with catch car, not two separate ones at each end. These photographs kind of show what I'm talking about: The cable comes off the lift hill, goes down to a capstan under the first drop... then returns to the station where it passes through a tensioner and then returns up the lift hill. Assuming my understanding of the cable lift is correct, the section of cable that broke must have done so while it was aft of the capstan, otherwise the catch car wouldn't have slide out of trough. This is strange though, because I would of expected the section of cable forward of the capstan - the section under load - to break instead.

Monstars of Rock looks absolutely abysmal. I had to stop the video half-way through, it was so awful.

Very interesting. Blue Flash is definitely the most extreme homemade coaster in the country.

Tomorrow's my 18th birthday. In a sense I'm glad because I'll be considered an adult, but at the same time sad because I'll no longer be a minor.

Congratulations, you just made my headache worse.

The catch car is dangling from the lift hill. That's not a good sign.

I can see how a custom mini hyper might fit that area, but still, it does seem kind of small.

Umm... wow. I have nothing to say.

Those pictures are AWESOME!! You really have a knack for photography.

Great Photo TR. I was planning on visiting the park next summer, assuming Blue Streak will be open.

I know what it is, but I think I'll let someone else answer it.

I'm glad to hear the rethemeing was a success. I was a little worried at first.

YAY!! Your turn.

Seriously, why the hell would you wear that thing?

Hint: It twists.

I thought this was pretty awesome. I think I might build one of these over the summer. Yes, the music is indeed coming from the electric arc.

I never really liked wave pools. After you get out you feel all tired and yucky. I wish they would've kept CRR instead of getting this, but ultimately HP is a business that has a profit to make, and quite simply, wave pools make money.