larrygator

The stock has almost quadrupled since he came on board and they have returned to a ridiculously high dividend again. He certainly earned his money, I just hope he keeps it going.

Especially at the giant mall they call EPCOT.

Before Outlaw Run I preferred SDC. I still prefer SDC. I've been to Dollywood 5 times, but SDC only once.

The bar was actually made out of chocolate.

Since I'm not a Disney fan (outside of Tokyo DisneySea) I'll go with Cedar Point.

You could use the bungee cords to keep riders attached to the Tagada

It was a slow year for me, but here goes *Best moment - Mexico with TPR *Best individual ride - Had someone incredible rides on Phoenix *Funniest moment - post Tequila Factory Tour dinner with TPR *Scariest moment - TPR members swinging a machete at agave plants in Mexico *Strangest moment - Running into a former co-worker at a park *Favorite individual park visit - Knoebels opening weekend *Nerdiest moment - having my friend's 14 year old son repeatedly texting me about coasters, and me responding to him *Best non-coaster related thing to happen at a park - Riding the revamped Spook House at Deno's Wonder Wheel park *Best thing to happen on a park trip outside of the park - Finding out I didn't have Montezooma's Revenge and it being just a case of lactose intolerance *Favorite new experience - Mexican food at a Mexican amusement park *Anything else you'd like to mention as a highlight - TPR Trips rule thanks to the awesome work of Robb and Elissa.

I'm sure I've said this before but it's worth repeating: NITRO

Thank you, you may live.

Busch Gardens is better overall park (including food, ride variety and shows), but I think Kings Dominion has the better thrill rides and more overall coasters. Looking only at the Top 3 coasters at each park. In my opinion I-305, Dominator and Volcano are better than Apollos Chariot, Griffon and Alpengeist.

I believe tricycle racing is the national sport of Chile. Did you ride any of the Tagadas?

^Mistakes happen. No company or person is perfect. If SCBB acted in a proper manner there was a clause in the contract for the delivery and opening date of the coaster from Maurer Sohne, and there is monetary compensation on the way. If SCBB didn't take this precaution, then shame on them. Attendance and ridership at SCBB are more tied to the weather than any new ride installation. I doubt there was a significant drop in overall ride ticket sales. Only an enthusiast would come to the park and buy only a specified number of tickets just to ride the coasters. Most patrons are going to buy a round numbers of tickets that packaged at the most attractive price for their family. Any lost tickets sales from enthusiasts will be made up in the off season or next season when those enthusiasts show up.

Emilio Estevez's character would never punch Michael Anthony Hall's character in the punch. His weapon of choice was duct tape. Can't wait for that Breakfast Club simulator. I haven't forgotten about you, Breakfast Club crew. Chuck, I know you didn't ride it , but do you have any pictures of the kiddie coaster for the Park Index?

I would have liked to finish off all the US parks this year but the new job and grad school limited my funds and time. I look at my bucket list in terms of parks not coasters, I want to visit every major park sometime in my life. So I still need to get to all the new RMC woodies. After that the parks I still need to visit to are: Bay Beach Wonderland Western Playland Cliffs Joyland Frontier City Lagoon Elitch Garden Lakeside I still have copy of US coasters built in the pat 3 years to ridebut I'll get to them all. As far as parks outside the US, with major coasters, the bucket list is as follows: Ferrari World - Formula Rossa Alton Towers - Smiler Port Aventura - Shambala Grona Lund - Twister Liseberg - Helix Connyland - yes, I do want to ride their stupid Pax coaster Europa - Wodan

deano - thanks for keeping us up-to-date. I added some more of your photos to the Park Index.

Garet - It took me awhile but I finally ended this to the Park Index.

What are some examples of the other 10%? I consider a few of their rides okay, though their banking on the turns (or lack of) was one of the biggest complaints for me. I can't comment on New Mexico Rattler since I haven't ridden. Maybe 90% haven't gone to utter crap but they have lost their luster. Boulder Dash is probably the only one that is still highly as regarded as it once once. Raven, Shivering Timbers, Tonnere de Zues, Silver Comet, Tremors, Timber Terror and Cornball Express are still solid coasters but not what they used to be.

^^^restoring any of those classics would be a geat move.

Maybe you should have arrived in the park at 10AM to get some rides in before the crowds. Sounds like you damn well knew there would be huge lines in the evening.

I'd like to see the park OPEN before I speculate on expansion.

When I read giant swing ride I think of a Star Flyer type attraction. If they wrote 136 foot tall Frisbee, I would think it would be a frisbee.

Sundays are generally less crowded than Saturdays. The further away you are from Halloween are the less crowded days at parks with Halloween events. Regarding Great Adventure, weekends in April are not very crowded. It might be a little chilly, but the colder it is the smaller the crowds.

^The banks that the developers needed to borrow from had some common sense.

The food in Baton Rouge is much more exciting than the amusement park.

It is a relatively thin plot of land, probably about the same width as The Cyclone. Also, one side of the plot is right up against the minor league baseball stadium and I don't know if there any any restrictions on how close the coaster can be to the stadium.