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Shawn - thanks but I'm going to hold out for a better picture of the ride. It's a swinging banana, how could no one from TPR have a picture of a swinging banana. To all you perverts that are snickering right now, I'm talking about ride.

Mine arrived correctly and in excellent condition. I think wrapping a hoodie around with the discs was an excellent way to protect the discs during transit. Just another reason to purchase a hooide.

^Is not having $500,000, a good enough reason for not making the payment? Maybe they can relocate the former SFNO "on the moon."

It took some time because I completely evaluated everything but here are my Top 20 and bottom 10: 1 - Phoenix 2 - Coaster (Playland) 3 - Avalanche - Timber Falls 4 - Voyage 5 - Balder 6 - El Toro (SFGAdv) 7 - Colossos (Heide) 8 - Thunderhead 9 - Shivering Timbers 10 - Rampage 11 - Boulder Dash 12 - Timber Terror 13 - Favorite Steel 14 - Thunderbird 15 - Troy 16 - Silver Comet 17 - Hades 18 - Ravine Flyer II 19 - Tremors 20 - Lightning Racer ... 124 - Comet (Waldameer) 125 - L'il Dipper (Camden) 126 - Tomahawk 127 - Twisted Twins (Stella) 128 - Wilde Beast 129 - Rolling Thunder 130 - Predator 131 - Bandit (Movie Park) 132 - Anaconda (Walygator) 133 - Grizzly (CGA)

^AnacOnda - thanks, I wasn't sure if they had a Koskiseikkailu ride sign spelled out along a wall as you walk to the entrance, and don't worry about the Metkula sign, someone submitted it yesterday Natalie, Divv, Benny, Brian, Jake and Jizzy - thanks I'll try to repost the updated list regularly so people don't submit what others may have already submitted. 1 - Photos should be downloaded onto the Theme Park Review server (not Imageshack, photobucket) that way we know a Red X will never appear. 2 - Photos should not exceed 800x600 3 - PTRs should contain a variety of pictures of the park, including multiple rides and areas. (Not just one or two rides/attractions). 4 - Entertaining captions always help if it is a popular park with a lot of PTRs. 5 - High quality photos (not blurry, distorted or out of focus). 6 - Lastly, we are not adding kiddie rides at this time So here is what we need: Need picture of the sign for the following rides Adventure Island – Barnstormer, Mighty Mini Mega, Rage, Green Scream Adventure World (AUS) - Dragon Express Adventure Dome – Canyon Blaster Beech Bend – Dragon Blackpool Pleasure Beach – Wild Mouse Bottons – Wacky Worm Bowcraft – Crossbow, Dragon Busch Gardens Africa – Congo River Rapids, Stanley Falls Camelot – Dragon Flyer, Junior Dragon Coaster Casino Pier – Hot Tamale, Star Jet, Wild Mouse Cedar Point – Derby Racer, Thunder Canyon, Wave Swinger, Witches’ Wheel Chengdu – Family Coaster, Jungle Mouse, Loop Screw (waiting for TPR update) Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Triceratops Spin Djurs Sommerland - Karlo's Taxi Elitch – Sidewinder Enchanted Forest – Ice Mountain Bobsled Fantasy Island (UK) – Fantasy Mouse, Rhombus Rocket Farup Sommerland – Mine Expressen Flamingoland – Evolution, Navigator, Sky Flyer, Space Shot Galaxyland – Autosled, Mindbender, Space Shot Gardaland - Magic Mountain, Ortobruco Express Ghost Town in the Sky - Cliffhanger Gilroy Gardens - Banana Split Great Escape – Condor, Steamin Demon Gullivers Warrington – Antelope, Runaway Train, Wild Mine Ride Hansa Park – Kettenflieger (Swings), Die Glocke (Bell), Power Tower, Stormfarht der Drachenboote (Flume), Navajo Trails (Ropes course) Happy Valley Shanghai – Lele’s Chariot, Spinning Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kamine – Dragon Coaster, See Through Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kashiikaen – Bun Bun Coaster, Rushing Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Keansburg – Sea Serpent, Wildcat Kennywood – Raging Rapids Knoebels – Kosmos Kurves Legoland Billund – Lego Canoe, Pirate Wave Breaker Lightwater Valley - Twister Lina World – Hello Kitty Angel Coaster, Scramble Coaster, Super Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Linnanmaki –Vinkinklaiva (Viking Ship) Marineland - Ladybug Coaster, Topple Tower, Skyhawk Mirabilandia - Explorer Phantasialand – Silbermine, Stonewash and Whitewash Creek (Flume) Pleasure Garden – Mad Mouse, Through the Woods Jet Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Pleasure Island (UK) - Boomerang, GoGator Mini Mine Train Rusutsu – Corkscrew, Go Go Coaster, Hurricane, Loop the Loop, Mad Mouse, Mountain Coaster, Standing Coaster, Ultra Twister (waiting for TPR update) Sarkanniemi – Koskiseikkalu (Rapids) Sea World of Texas – Texas Splashdown Sendai Highland – Dragon, Hurricane, Loop the Loop, Mad Mouse (waiting for TPR update) Six Flags America – Falling Star, Flying Carousel, Octopus, Pirate’s Flight, Rodes, Tower of Doom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Monsoon Falls Six Flags New England – Time Warp Six Flags over Texas – Titan Six Flags St. Louis – Thunder River Sommerland Syd - Kaemperutshebanen, Tornado, King Kong Karrusel (Calypso), Piratstien (Pirate Ship), Svingeren (Wave Swinger) Space City – Space Switchback (waiting for TPR update) Tivoli Friheden – Pegasus, Twister (Paratrooper), Forhindringsbane (Obstacle Course) Tivoli Gardens – Det Glydne Train (Tower), Monsunen (Inverted Falling Star), Snurretoppen (Breakdance) Tokyo Disneyland – Big Thunder Mountain Tusenfryd - Teeny Weeny Universal Studios Japan – Jaws Utsunomiya Zoo - (waiting for TPR update) Valleyfair – Wild Thing, Corkscrew, Log Flume, Looping Starship, The Wave, Walibi Rhone Alps - Boomerang, Coccinelle Western Playland - Bandido, Miner Coaster Wiener Prater – Der Zug des Manitu, Tagada Wild Adventures - Tiger Coaster Wonderland (TX) - Big Coaster, Hornet Zhongsang Park –Inertial Coaster (Waiting for TPR update) Zuma Fun Center (Houston) –Minor Mike (Waiting for TPR update) For the following rides we need any pictures you may have of the ride Chengdu – Family Coaster, Jungle Mouse, Loop Screw (waiting for TPR update) Gilroy Gardens - Banana Split Hansa Park – Die Glocke (Bell), Stormfarht der Drachenboote (Flume) Happy Valley Shanghai – Lele’s Chariot, Spinning Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kamine – Dragon Coaster, See Through Coaster Kashiikaen – Bun Bun Coaster, Rushing Coaster Karolinelund –Hulrlumhejhuset (Fun House) Keansburg – Sea Serpent, Wildcat Lina World – Hello Kitty Angel Coaster, Scramble Coaster, Super Coaster Mirabilandia - Explorer Pleasure Garden – Mad Mouse, Through the Woods Jet Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Pleasure Island (UK) – GoGator Rusutsu – Corkscrew, Mountain Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Sendai Highland – Dragon, Loop the Loop (waiting for TPR update) Six Flags over Texas – Roaring Rapids Space City – Space Switchback (waiting for TPR update) Suntopia – Loop the Loop (waiting for TPR update) Suzhou Amusement Land - Junior Coaster, Space Adventure (waiting for TPR update) Suzhou Ginat Wheel Park – Stingray (need photos) Tivoli Friheden – Hurlhumejhuset (Fun House), Forhindringsbane (Obstacle Course) Tivoli Gardens - Den Flyvende Kuffert (Flying Trunk) - need picture of ride vehicle Universal Hollywood - Waterworld Utsunomiya Zoo - (waiting for TPR update) Wiener Prater – Der Zug des Manitu, Tagada Wild Adventures - Gold Rush Thanks for the on-going support, the better input we get from you, the better quality product TPR can produce. Symbiosis, baby!

Being that I waited 3 hours to ride Space Mountain when it opened in 1975, I get the "Starport Seven Five" reference.

Mike Bloomberg rocks!

Thanks - For the flume - I know there is a sign right outside the entrance directing people to either the Stonewash or Whitewash side.

We have pictures of those rapids, we need to signs.

As promised a recap of photos that we would like to add to the Park Index if anyone has them. So as you sort through all those photos you saved during the off-season keep the following in mind. If you have a photo of a ride at a Park already in the index, but that ride is not in the Park Index, feel free to submit that also. Whether it is an old Eli Scrambler and new Huss attraction we would like to have it in TPRs Park Index. We can't add all photos, especially for parks that are very popular, but all submissions will be viewed. In many instances photo submissions for popular rides are very similar to photos already in the park index, so try to make sure your submission is unique or new. The photos and PTRs we link into the Park Index generally abide by the following guidelines. Remember we can't always link every Photo TR as we highlight the best, so we have to be selective. 1 - Photos should be downloaded onto the Theme Park Review server (not Imageshack, photobucket) that way we know a Red X will never appear. 2 - Photos should not exceed 800x600 3 - PTRs should contain a variety of pictures of the park, including multiple rides and areas. (Not just one or two rides/attractions). 4 - Entertaining captions always help if it is a popular park with a lot of PTRs. 5 - High quality photos (not blurry, distorted or out of focus). 6 - Lastly, we are not adding kiddie rides at this time So here is what we need: Need picture of the sign for the following rides Adventure Island – Barnstormer, Mighty Mini Mega, Rage, Green Scream Adventure World (AUS) - Dragon Express Adventure Dome – Canyon Blaster Beech Bend – Dragon Blackpool Pleasure Beach – Wild Mouse Bottons – Wacky Worm Bowcraft – Crossbow, Dragon Busch Gardens Africa – Congo River Rapids, Stanley Falls Camelot – Dragon Flyer, Junior Dragon Coaster Casino Pier – Hot Tamale, Star Jet, Wild Mouse Cedar Point – Derby Racer, Thunder Canyon, Wave Swinger, Witches’ Wheel Chengdu – Family Coaster, Jungle Mouse, Loop Screw (waiting for TPR update) Disney’s Animal Kingdom – Triceratops Spin Djurs Sommerland - Karlo's Taxi Elitch – Sidewinder Enchanted Forest – Ice Mountain Bobsled Fantasy Island (UK) – Fantasy Mouse, Rhombus Rocket Farup Sommerland – Mine Expressen Flamingoland – Evolution, Navigator, Sky Flyer, Space Shot Galaxyland – Autosled, Mindbender, Space Shot Gardaland - Magic Mountain, Ortobruco Express Ghost Town in the Sky - Cliffhanger Gilroy Gardens - Banana Split Great Escape – Condor, Steamin Demon Gullivers Warrington – Antelope, Runaway Train, Wild Mine Ride Hansa Park – Kettenflieger (Swings), Die Glocke (Bell), Power Tower, Stormfarht der Drachenboote (Flume), Navajo Trails (Ropes course) Happy Valley Shanghai – Lele’s Chariot, Spinning Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kamine – Dragon Coaster, See Through Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kashiikaen – Bun Bun Coaster, Rushing Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Keansburg – Sea Serpent, Wildcat Kennywood – Raging Rapids Kings Island – Drop Tower Knoebels – Kosmos Kurves Legoland Billund – Lego Canoe, Pirate Wave Breaker Lightwater Valley - Twister Lina World – Hello Kitty Angel Coaster, Scramble Coaster, Super Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Linnanmaki –Vinkinklaiva (Viking Ship) Marineland - Ladybug Coaster, Topple Tower, Skyhawk Mirabilandia - Explorer Phantasialand – Silbermine, Stonewash and Whitewash Creek (Flume) Pleasure Garden – Mad Mouse, Through the Woods Jet Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Pleasure Island (UK) - Boomerang, GoGator Mini Mine Train Rusutsu – Corkscrew, Go Go Coaster, Hurricane, Loop the Loop, Mad Mouse, Mountain Coaster, Standing Coaster, Ultra Twister (waiting for TPR update) Sarkanniemi – Koskiseikkalu (Rapids) Sea World of Texas – Texas Splashdown Sendai Highland – Dragon, Hurricane, Loop the Loop, Mad Mouse (waiting for TPR update) Six Flags America – Falling Star, Flying Carousel, Octopus, Pirate’s Flight, Rodes, Tower of Doom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Monsoon Falls Six Flags New England – Time Warp Six Flags over Texas – Titan Six Flags St. Louis – Thunder River Sommerland Syd - Kaemperutshebanen, Tornado, King Kong Karrusel (Calypso), Piratstien (Pirate Ship), Svingeren (Wave Swinger) Space City – Space Switchback (waiting for TPR update) Tivoli Friheden – Pegasus, Twister (Paratrooper), Forhindringsbane (Obstacle Course) Tivoli Gardens – Det Glydne Train (Tower), Monsunen (Inverted Falling Star), Snurretoppen (Breakdance) Tokyo Disneyland – Big Thunder Mountain Tusenfryd - Teeny Weeny Universal Studios Japan – Jaws Utsunomiya Zoo - (waiting for TPR update) Valleyfair – Wild Thing, Corkscrew, Log Flume, Looping Starship, The Wave, Walibi Rhone Alps - Boomerang, Coccinelle Western Playland - Bandido, Miner Coaster Wiener Prater – Der Zug des Manitu, Tagada Wild Adventures - Tiger Coaster Wonderland (TX) - Big Coaster, Hornet Zhongsang Park –Inertial Coaster (Waiting for TPR update) Zuma Fun Center (Houston) –Minor Mike (Waiting for TPR update) For the following rides we need any pictures you may have of the ride Bowcraft – Crossbow, Dragon Chengdu – Family Coaster, Jungle Mouse, Loop Screw (waiting for TPR update) Gilroy Gardens - Banana Split Hansa Park – Die Glocke (Bell), Stormfarht der Drachenboote (Flume) Happy Valley Shanghai – Lele’s Chariot, Spinning Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Kamine – Dragon Coaster, See Through Coaster Kashiikaen – Bun Bun Coaster, Rushing Coaster Karolinelund –Hulrlumhejhuset (Fun House) Keansburg – Sea Serpent, Wildcat Lina World – Hello Kitty Angel Coaster, Scramble Coaster, Super Coaster Mirabilandia - Explorer Pleasure Garden – Mad Mouse, Through the Woods Jet Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Pleasure Island (UK) – GoGator Rusutsu – Corkscrew, Mountain Coaster (waiting for TPR update) Sarkanniemi – Metkula (Fun House) Sendai Highland – Dragon, Loop the Loop (waiting for TPR update) Six Flags over Texas – Roaring Rapids Space City – Space Switchback (waiting for TPR update) Suntopia – Loop the Loop (waiting for TPR update) Suzhou Amusement Land - Junior Coaster, Space Adventure (waiting for TPR update) Suzhou Ginat Wheel Park – Stingray (need photos) Tivoli Friheden – Hurlhumejhuset (Fun House), Forhindringsbane (Obstacle Course) Tivoli Gardens - Den Flyvende Kuffert (Flying Trunk) - need picture of ride vehicle Universal Hollywood - Waterworld Utsunomiya Zoo - (waiting for TPR update) Wiener Prater – Der Zug des Manitu, Tagada Wild Adventures - Gold Rush Thanks for the on-going support, the better input we get from you, the better quality product TPR can produce. Symbiosis, baby!

^A Tornado water slide was announced in late September.

Name: Larry Meisel Age: 42 What is your roller coaster count? 780ish What is your home park? SFGAdv What is the nearest big city? NYC What is your occupation? Advertising About how many times a year do you visit a park (including your home park)? 40-50 About how many times a year do you travel to a park that is not your home park? 30-40 When you travel do you go primarily to amusement parks or do you also try and hit other sites? Primarily Amusement Parks What is the farthest you’ve traveled to go to an amusement park? Finland Does roller coaster time get in the way of family time? (Do you choose to miss your children’s or family’s sporting events, holidays, birthdays, etc…) Rarely Do you have any other major hobbies? Softball, sporting events, gambling Do you get feelings of sadness in the offseason? Do you even have an offseason? Do you travel during the offseason? No sadness in off season, rarely travel in off season Do you consider yourself friends with someone you met who works at an amusement park? (Or reverse it, if you work or worked and an amusement park have you made friends with enthusiasts?) No Would it bother you to go to an amusement park by yourself? No Have you gone to an amusement park by yourself? If so have you ever ran into another enthusiast and tagged along with them? Yes, gone by myself and tagged along with another enthusiast Do you find it easy to make friends with other enthusiasts? No How do you get your coaster news? TPR, Google Alerts How many different forum sites do you regularly post on? Just TPR nowadays If there was a poll that asked a large pool of enthusiasts what their favorite roller coaster is, what do you think would be the top 3 responses be for wood? And for steel? Whatever Mitch's Pool says Same scenario but for amusement parks, what would be the top 3? Amongst Enthusiast: Cedar Point, SFGAdv, SFMM (since thy tend to go gaga over coasters) Have you ever “stole a kid” to get a credit on a kiddie coaster? Never Do you cut other categories out of your budget to make trips to parks? (Entertainment, fast food, holidays, tobacco or alcohol, etc…) Yes Before you visit a new park do you research the park finding the best way to navigate the park, get the best deals, or what days to go? Yes Do you feel the roller coaster enthusiast community is a warm and accepting community, or a negative and discouraging community? Warm to others like them, negative to otusiders Do you like to talk about your hobby with people who are not roller coaster enthusiasts? Generally not, only if someone asks me for my opinion.

Awesomeness - Being added to the Park Index as I type.

Six Flags Great Adventure opens its gates to charity on Friday, November 13! Six Flags Great Adventure, the Salvation Army and Toys for Tots will work together to unite the community in the first annual Six Flags Friends Hope for the Holidays charity event. Open your heart, embrace the Holiday spirit and help bring smiles to families in need! Hope for the Holidays runs from 5 - 7 p.m. and features exclusive rides on Kingda Ka*, boardwalk style games and meet & greet opportunities with NHL Stanley Cup winner Jim Dowd and the Lakewood Blue Claws' official mascot - Buster. Additional festivities include local radio station broadcasts and complimentary snacks and hot beverages. Admission is free for those guests who make a donation of winter clothing, blankets or shoes in good condition, a new unwrapped toy or a non-perishable food item. Guests who do not wish to make a material donation may still enjoy the festivities by making a monetary donation of $5. *Nitro will replace Kingda Ka if technical difficulties arise Hope for the Holidays

Little history blurb may be accounted for in the next version of the Park Index, which is in development. Separating coasters/rides into existing/defunct is a software development issue and up to the Big Guy. At present we can label a ride/coaster as defunct on the back end and if you click on that ride link from the park index it will tell you the "ride/coaster is defunct" above the pictures. Robb has supplied me with a couple of minions, but there is a lot going on. He may be on the lookout for more minions n the future.

Kid's rides - No! Family Rides - Yes! Unfortunately, we have to draw the line somewhere and not completely overload the overlord. Along the same lines, not many FECs/Kiddie Parks are added. Smaller parks get added if they have enough rides for adults also like Kiddieland. Or these types of parks will be added if Robb and Elissa visit them. We'll add defunct attractions if they are unique. Remember we are not trying to chronicalize the parks' history in the ride listing, but instead give people an understand of what they can expect at the park. We leave defunct coasters in the park index, because everyone loves coasters. We try to leave the legacy stuff in the nostaglia thread and it can also "live" in older PTRs.

^If people want to scan park maps (that we don't already have) and submit them as 800x600 I'll post them. Problem is that not all park maps look that great at 800x600.

^Die ^^Die ^^^ and Well you're almost there You've had your fun and proved that I can't proofread which is why I'm in charge of pictures, now can I delete your posts. and I don't have time for this foolishness, I'm trying to watch a movie on SyFy!

Excellent question! I personally view every PTR that is posted on the site. As the Obsessive Overlord of the Park Index, that's what I do. I guess I could put that in the "nerdiest coaster thing I have ever done thread." For PTRs, I will select what myself or other moderators deem the best to be linked to the Park Index. It's all subjective, sometimes we pick one with great photos, sometimes we select one that is well written and tell an entertaining story. We can not link every PTR. I will only link PTRs if the photos are downloaded onto TPR, if your photos are hosted on imageshack, smugmug or somewhere else we run the risk as have a bunch of Red X in the future. Of course when there are fewer PTRs posted, the quality of those linked may not be of as high a quality. Hence why my PTR of Wild Waves is linked, we only have one other PTR from that park. When it comes to ride photos, if I see an adult flat ride that is not in the Park Index in someone PTRs, I will create that ride name in our database and link the picture. We don't care if it is a Scrambler or a S&S Space Shot, if it is an adult flat ride we want it in the Park Index. Again this is a lot easier for me to do if the photos are loaded on to the TPR server, versus imageshack,smugmug, etc...

What ever happened to the update?! As a Moderator here let me take the time to state the following. For the youngsters and socially awkward, let me take this time to remind or educate everyone that the tone of this is post is rude and not what TPR is about. A response such as: "Did you get a chance to visit the construction site and take pictures?" would be much more appropriate and civil. dubaidave is a great contributor to the site and educates us about many Middle Eastern parks and projects. Many times he has to invest his free time after a busy workday to visit some of these parks/projects. Let's not take for granted that his "being in the area" means he is right at the construction site. "In the area" might mean many miles away. There tend to be a lot of silly arguments in the off-season so everyone remember to keep it civil and be respectful or others. thanks

^thanks Chuck. In the next couple of days, I'm going to post an updated list of pictures still needed for parks already in the index. The TPR community has done a great job supplying photos to the Park Index over the past 12 months. However, with the recent site hack, I visited each Park Page and developed a new list of needs. We now have over 25,000 photos in the index. This covers over 6,600 rides at nearly 500 parks. Improvements continue daily, as practically all of Shane's Amusement Attic submissions are now more easily viewed in the "nostalgia" section within each park's page within Park Index. Thanks to everyone who helped and I hope you all continue find the Park Index useful.

Because popular eateries with long lines can do what they want. Not that I agree. The infamous Soup Man (Nazi) would send you to the back of the line (or give you a ban) for taking to much time to order. I also know of an Italian restaurant in New York that will not serve their meatballs without sauce.

Damn - I never stopped at Primanti because I had heard they refuse to make the sandwiches without slaw. Maybe I'll stop in the future.

I bought it for a friend, I'll ask him tonight when I see him.

Except for the fries, everything looks great.