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Some rides have pouches within the ride vehicle for items. Otherwise most people just hold their cameras or place items on the floor of the car. Or course, it depends on the particular ride.

Way to push the Park Index. If I wasn't already I member of TPR, I'd join after listening to the Podcast. Very professional and informative.

^Common sense - the park opens in 2 months

The Ravine Flyer is named such because it traverses a ravine. "Ra Veen"

^I knew someone would meet a young Ben sooner or later. However, Ethan was born as a Dharma person.

Don't tell that to the kid bitching about his trip to Sea World of Texas this week.

I really liked tonights show until they threw in the curve ball with Sun metting Christian. What the hell year is Sun in/at?

Thanks Erik, I put some of your pictures in the Park Index. The shots from the Sky Tower are great.

Even if people don't respond to your thread, they are viewing, so keep on posting. You mentioned that you rode something similar to the old Disneyland hover crafts. I know one park where I have ridden a modern version is LaRonde.

^and Florida has no state income tax

Hey everyone, it's almost time. At least for us "right" coast people.

I have been to SFFT twice during the first weekend in April (2005 + 2008). On both occasions not every coaster was operating when the park opened. I don't know if some coasters were closed until noon for routine maintenance or if it was pre-planned stagggered openings.

^Remember Six Flags Discovery Kingdom also includes the animal shows/exhibits. Not sure if you or your finace would enjoy that aspect.

The key to getting your answer (and this goes for anyone not just you in particular) is going to be for you to do a little bit of research on the area and tell us a little bit about your preferences for parks/rides. You really need to give a little more insight into what you enjoy if you expect good feedback from the TPR community. We are not mind readers. Everyone has different tastes so what might be "good" for one person might be "great" or "rubbish" to another Please look at some of the Photo Trip Reports that are in the Park Index to get a better feel for the parks in the area: Six Flags Discovery Kingdom California's Great America Santa Cruz Boardwalk Gilroy Gardens Then try to ask some more specific questions from there, to get better responses.

Shane - I can't say for sure but there may have been some portable rides the first time I visited along with a carousel. We visited in August so the park had not even been open for 1 year yet. I think the park was originally intended just to being a living circus with behind the scenes access, since the performers trained only a short drive away at the circus' winter headquarters in Sarasota. But you probably know more about that than me. I think I used a whole roll of film capturing that Zoomerang train going through the loop, but that is the only photo I still have. Back in 1978, a looping coaster was more rare than a three-headed snake. Kids these days just don't understand how revolutionary (no pun intended) loops were. They probably don't know what a roll of film is either.

I'm scared but I'll send my address to you via PM.

So my family returned to Florida in 1975 for the second time. The landscape sure did change over those 3 years with a couple of new parks in Orlando. I present to you one of those new parks, Circus World. Circus World had only opened one year earlier and there wasn't real much to the park in 1975. But my family loved going to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus at Madison Square Garden every year so visiting the park was a natural choice. My family also returned to Circus World in 1978 and in that year my father accidentally lost a camera after leaving it on the roof of the car when departing from The Magical Mystery Fun House, so only a few pictures from the 1978 trip to Circus World remain. You'll notice that the pictures from 1978 are much clearer, as dad must have upgraded to another top of the line camera. I am trying to get in touch with the other family we traveled with to see if they have more pictures that I can borrow and share Enjoy I leave you with The Zooomerang money shot. Flash Forward to 1978 and we have an exciting chariot race between a llama, donkey and burro. The llama smoked the field. The parents finally let us do something. Ride the rabid Dumbo wannabe! My sister executes the old wrap around move on this clown. Ronald McDonald decided to make a surprise visit, so of course my parents had to get a picture of me with him. I think the parental units just pretty much marched the kids all alround the park taking pictures of us at all photo op areas, most of the time in clown face. That's all we did all day! The big deal which Circus Clown was getting your face painted as a clown. Back in the Stone Age I seem to remember it only cost $1.99. If you were a member of the Fat Boys you could also eat all you want for the same price.

Thanks Shane - I'm heading out to the gym right now but will post the Circus World pictures later tonight.

^Why is that surprising? Do you have movie theaters near you that allow food to be brought in? A drive-in is essentially a movie theater.

^not even close to what I saw and that is refreshing. Still when I look at the part of the photo I cropped and think of Tennessee this horrible image comes to mind. And it is far worse than any bank. Sorry to hijack your wonderful thread Shane.

The old photos, even with sun damage, are great. Keep posting them. Of course I'm partial to seeing how parks used to look as I'm in the middle of a Retro PTR myself covering the 1970s. Retro Amusement Park PTR from the 1970s

Ok now that I've cropped it it doesn't look exactly like what I thought but bears a slight resemblance. [/img]

I know this is a horrible thought, but the look at the front of the Libertyland brochure and view the image only from the top of the flag and higher quickly. Does the flag look like anything else to anyone? I sure hope that was not some subliminal ploy. I'm not going to reveal the image that came into to mind, unless someone else says the same thing.

I'm picking Memphis over Oklahoma in the final.

Actually without Nights in White Satin the line-up is "sub-par", not even good enough to call run-of-the-mill.