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About the subcontractors. A Vekoma employee toward me the lack of smoothness on SLCs is caused by the wheels, which are not made by Vekoma. The wheels are the only reason Vekomas are not smooth. I told him that Vekoma should buy round wheels from another vendor instead of square wheels from the current supplier.

You are not comprehending the problem!

Whew, I'm finally back up to speed in adding everything to the park index. Keep up the postings Mark.

I heard a rumor that the management team at 3 Wise Men Entertainment are named: Larry, Curly and Moe. Shemp is not part of the team.

Jay - I love my Sunday morning rides on El Toro. I might be there, if so I can be found on El Toro from 10:30 - 11:30, I just sent you a PM.

Quizno's Large Prime Rib with Peppercorn Sauce - 1610 Calories - 101 grams of fat - 3020 mg sodium. When NYC restaurants were forced to start listing calories, I noticed that no one ever ordered the large sandwiches at lunch anymore. The local Quiznos right around the corner from my office, which used to have a line out the door every day before the law, had much shorter lines after the law and closed within 3 months.

It is each park's determination as to what constitutes a loose article, not a salesman at a mall kiosk.

Don't forget, STITP also allows many new ride ops the opportunity to learn the routine under real circumstances during this annual "Soft Opening".

Wow, you sure did break a lot of stuff during your trip to the UK!

No it has been seeing a rise because one analyst recently valued the company at $18 a sale, showing how foolishly low the bar was set for the sale to Apollo.

Thanks Erik - The list has been dwindling over the past three days, mostly thanks to Robb sending me an external hard drive with all the photos that participants took in Scandi. I'd like to give thanks to those on the trip that helped and didn't even realize it: Moose, PhillyGirl, StealthFan, divv3k, cfc, BigMike, TheBat, thrillerman1, Fran, Shockwave, Ivan and of course Hanno. Also, thanks to andyuk200523 for some of his recent photos from UK parks.

Desmond running down Locke was awesome. Ilana getting blown up with the dynamite was cool too. I'm no brain surgeon, but I knew Locke would be throwing Desmond down the well as soon as they got close to it.

It is possible to get to the park using public transportation from New York City or Philadelphia. NJ Transit sells combination bus ticket/admission ticket from NYC Port Authority Bus terminal - New Jersey Transit Bus Route 308 goes to Great Adventure with one stop at Penn Station in Newark. www.staging.njtransit.com/summer/greatadventure.htm www.njtransit.com/var/var_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=SixFlagsServiceTo

Thanks - I added quite a few of the pictures to the Park index.

Oh Snap! Shannon FTW.

Jeff, you beat me to it. I was going to suggest Amtrak from DC to Ashland.

Thanks Eric -I'll get these added to the Park Index next week, when I have some free time.

There are dozens of water rides that drench you more than River Quest. I've ridden three times and twice I barely got hit by any water. There are other water rides where I have been drenched every time I rode.

Some people shouldn't wander unattended.

I lied. I lied to myself. I lied to Elissa. But worst of all I lied to all of you. Jenkinson's may have been my last stop on March 27th, but after 2 1/2 hours at SFGAdv this morning I headed down to Atlantic City's Steel Pier. The park that has threatened to close for 3 or 4 years running. Elissa will take great pleasure in laughing at me as I document my visits to the Boardwalk casinos. First up I'll show you around the Steel Pier. Here's a side boob shot of the Steel Pier Free Hopper in front of a non-operating Crazy Mouse. When operating it is $6.75 to ride. The prices are here somewhere. Their double decker carousel likes nice. Sea Dragon sans boobs This Jersey Shore park doesn't have a Moby Dick but does have the other standard, a Ferris Wheel. Rock n Roll flat ride If you're really crazy you can take a Helicopter tour. If you are only plain "Crazy" you can take pictures. Utterly crazy and wacky portraits. More craziness! Now on to the casinos and boardwlk. Showboat gave me $20 in comps and I left the Showboat up $12.50. Next up Trump Taj Mahal, The Donald gave my $20 in chips and I took Taj Mahal for $180, running tab is I'm up $192.50. One day I will check out this attraction, but not today. The Irish Pub has awesome corned beef sandwiches. They used to have a midget dressed as a leprechuan on the boardwalk trying to promote the bar. But now they have this guy. Hi Rick! No match for Mega Piranha Atlantic City has MUCH classier t-shirts than Seaside Heights. Who am I to doubt the claims of Peanut World? Back to entertaining Elissa - here is the next casino. Here's the $5 they gave me for my birthday. In the end I won another $117 at Caesers and now I'm up $299.50 in total. Damn I might as well stop at every casino now. Dave Winfield had the right idea. If these Seagulls ever get organized they will take over the world. Next up I tried to meet up with Brad G in the Wild West Casino, I didn't find him but won another $27, now the winnings total $326.50. Right next door at Bally's, I win another $51 bringing the total winnings to $377.50. Now I just have to walk back to my car. On no, it is the one casino I passed and did not enter when walking down the boardwalk. Should I enter? What could go wrong now? Well the law of averages caught up I lost all the winnings plus the $300 I started with. On the bright side I earned $100 in comps, which will just suck be back into the Atlantic City hell hole. At least I had enough money left to stop here. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if the pirahna started eating each other one is going to remain in the end. Did Tiffany and Fitch forget that the sole remaining creature can procreate by itself. EPIC FAIL on their part.

There is a sign at the entrance to Houdini's Great Escape that it will open May 28th. Crowds are light so far today. 12 rides on El Toro before 1130 without getting off the train.

So I stopped by Coney Island on the way home from softball practice. I had read earlier this weeks that rides could be arriving in a couple of days. Well there are no rides there and the lot still is not paved. Also, posters are around the parks that are similar to those posted above so I honed in to give close-ups of the park layout. Mounds of dirt excite some people, but I'd rather see the rides. We see a log flume in the front right of the park. I spy a Spinning Mouse and a Frisbee and the "new" flat ride in the far back on the right. Among other things I see a Wave Swinger, Parachute Drop and the Family Coaster. Star Flyer in front of the "new" flat ride, an Electro Spin and another flat in the back right that I could not make out.

A very entertaining and freaky movie if you ask me. I saw it in the 70's during my formative theme park years. It was written by Michael Crichton.

^How about Tokyo Disneyland Popcron, I can't remember if that is you or Robb that enjoys. mmmmm! German Pretzels in 3 months.