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Well if the sign is correct I know where I'll be in 2 weeks. Then again, I was already planning on going there that weekend anyway, but YEY! I may actually get to ride El Toro before going overseas for a month!

Its like DIOpalooza! The site is gonna go so fast we're going to be seeing posts from the future soon!

^True. Soon they'll have to rename the park "MarinelifelessLand". As long as Deerschwitz survives that park will always be Niagara's premier park!

^Just up the price of the DVDs and that should cover some of the costs. It was a rough couple of hours without site in total working order, but its good to have it back. And its really awesome that you guys care enough to actually try and figure out what the problem is and fix it so the same thing hopefully won't happen again...all while STILL keeping the site free and advertisementless. Robb, you rock!

"Conversations"- Finger Eleven

^As long as you can recommend a good nearby brewery, they'll be there! I think I talked them into a possible trip back up there later this summer, they want to go to Marineland. Everyone loves Marineland!

Yeah, Robb needs to make Dubai's posts only accessible to members It'll either get us a lot more members, or at least keep things running smoothly. No more awesome photos from really crappy places!

"Separate Ways"- Journey

Dio, the perfect way to start off the day! Maybe we need to reconsider the whole Boob reports, that's going to catch on real fast across the net and soon we'll end up with "The Boobs of TPR" in Playboy!

^Duh! I think the main reason Heath is doing KennyKon is so he can finally go visit The Church! I'd come too, but I have a feeling I'll be in New York that weekend. Last night I decided to try another beer I had for a while yet never got around to drinking, the Victory Moonglow Weizen Bock. It was pretty darn hearty! Tonight its on to the LBC! The taste surprised me, very rich for being a wheat I failed to make the connection of Bock, and leaned more expecting the Weizen.

I think a waterpark is a great idea. The few water rides that Hershey has always have a line in the summer, and it makes a lot of sense having it in that area, since that's where all the other water rides are.

Woohoo, the new credit is ready! Time for me to schedule another trip to Orlando!

Hey, most of these guys went to college, so anything is possible!

^The winds may have caused a glitch in the system resulting in those pods' catch getting stuck at the top. Instead of having them constantly failing all day, they probably just closed them off. On Sunday a different side was down, but one of the ones on Saturday was opened again.

Crazy- Simple Plan

A Memorial Day opening would be sweet, then I could actually ride it before heading over to the UK and to Balder. Here's to hoping its done and running real soon!

Oh yeah, we also broke Skyrider! Here's the pics of that and other fun stuff today! Hope you enjoyed the photos, I know I enjoyed taking them and posting them, as well as every other aspect of this weekend trip to Canadia. But the coolest toy in the shop was the Nun Chuck! Max would love this! And the ultimate toy for any music fanatic, the Johan Sabastian Bach action figure! Onto the giftshop, where I find the Einstein action figure! Egg turn! I almost went blind getting this signature shot Next, the ice cream cookie experience Cliffhanger had the fountains turned on today, but they were not getting riders wet But Nicole is implant free, so she can ride Implants are not allowed on Drop Zone Skyrider finally reopened The Sushi Experience was also pretty good But Nicole would rather have the Sushi Experience I'm enjoying the Experience Experience the Experience Teriyaki beef, vegetables, and soba noodles experience... But I want to have the Teriyaki Experience! Nicole wants to ride again so she can get more Derek Credit Experiences We didn't get exit passes, but I got this ultra exclusive vertical loop shot! Nicole enjoys her first evac Finally they had enough of our actions and evacuated the train Nicole turned that "downtime" into some "uptime" by getting her Derek credit taken care of Here we are chilling on the brakerun while the ride op yells "clear" 9 times yet never dispatches I had the brilliant idea to ride Skyrider again since there was no line

Finally, Nicole and I went back to the park on Sunday. Today was really empty, thank goodness for mothers needing their own special day, it really kept the crowds away. The weather forecast probably helped, but the weather was actually really good the whole day, though there were occasion gusts of wind and random clouds. We didn't ride too many coasters again, but we did manage to ride Vortex, Italian Job, and Wild Beast again. They were the most pain free so we enjoyed them. We ride pretty much all the flatrides, and I've come to the conclusion that this park may have a lot of coasters, but they're all pretty basic. However, this park is one of the best for a variety of good flats, even though many of them run really short programs. Onto the pics: Despite having average coasters, the park has lots of flats and is really nicely maintained. Lots of people come and just sit around Jet Scream was old school flatride fun today, though it assaulted Nicole's boobs more than I did! Vortex really is the best coaster in the park! That's right! A few years ago I was a silouette model for some extra cash while in college Who does this look like? Heehee, hey Ellen, beaver! Are Canadians really that dumb? TPR exclusive shot! Whereas Derek has glued hair that won't move at all in 100kph winds! Nicole has awesome weather vane hair This is the new super flatride Sadly, Taxi Jam will have to wait until we're with a kid or midget We headed right to Scooby Doo's darkride thing before the line got too long. We both stank at shooting stuff though. But since we were together, we weren't sad and pathetic I wonder if this is where the ACE group picture was taken? Faggin Dragon says "oh my god, I just loooove your outfit!" The park used to have really good theming before Paramount took it over Here's your hot couple in front of the mountain again

I made it back home safely (and 2 hours early!) so without further ado, here's some more pictures from yesterday. Our hotel was right next to Labatt's, but we didn't have any of their beer all weekend And my "both at the same time" credit Speaking of credits, here's our "Picture in front of Wonder Mt." credit We were lucky enough to meet up with the Team for the last hour in the park There's a blurry bunch of Pittsborg people (no, Nicole did not take that photo!) And this Psyclone was much better than the one at SFMM, though not even Jeff could find a way to count this as a credit, I hope! The Giant Jump was unusual, but fun and pain free But at least we had entertainment, thanks to every day being Cheerleader Day at Paramount Yeah, we're bored. Stupid lost article search Hooray for the final credit. Not hooray for the 90 minute wait to ride We're all set for the UK! Vortex was the best coaster in the park Oh yeah, I'm an ACEr, so next I needed some fresh made BBQ chips Nicole finally felt sorry for him and gave him the proper change so we could move on with our day Here is Paul wasting 20 minutes of our day trying to get a stupid drink And our not so lovely model shows us where to put them Our lovely model shows us how to hold a donut And then they poop out onto this conveyer Tom may be tiny, but he makes cute donuts Though Paul looked like Godzilla trying to fit in that train! And Scooby had a really nice queue Silver Streak wasn't quite as bad as Runaway Reptar at PCWi

Last night it was back to The Keg for dinner and drinks, but this time with BACT members in tow. Even Glutenfree had a nice Taylor's Port wine for dessert Note to others: if you plan on forking Nicole in a public place, she will "a salt" you Nicole has plans of a salt on Derek She seems to enjoy a good forking I'm not even going to wait until I'm back at the hotel to fork Nicole Dave and Janna shared a Lindeman's wine, until Dave dumped his on the table. It smelled fruity! Once again I had the Rickards Red, since the other 3 beers were boring

Last batch for tonight, the rest will have to wait: Sucks to be Nicole! Oh baby, Skyrider's vertical loop sure turns me on! Did I mention there were Canadians in the park today!? And yes, I did get the other highly anticipated VIP rock star credit And yes, it was busting spines extra good today! Ohhh goodie, the Spinebuster! I think Jesus dove off the mountain into the pool at the end of this gospel session or something Barry, here's a shot of Nicole's hair, just for you Cliffhanger was cool without the water, Dan would approve, but it had a really short program I can't understand the Canadian language for the life of me! Dragon Fire, another coaster Arrow designed in 8 seconds

Canada's Wifi isn't that good at this hotel, so I'll do the pictures in increments around 10. Onto the next set: These Go-carts were "special" Drop Zone was another great ride, and this shot required some maneuvering Same layout, more or less Wild Beast was pretty much a tame Grizzly with no tunnel Thunder Run was probably one of the best "coasters" in the park! But I got one credit that is most saught after on TPR! Next we rode the Fly, also bad on capacity Tom, this one is for you The Bat offered great signature shot vertical loop goodness Here some Canucks are fishing for salmon or something Next up was the Bat, which would have an evil line later

So today was my first visit to Canada's Wonderland, as well as my first visit to any Canada park. I must saythat I was very impressed with things. Operations were kind of slow, but its only the 2nd week of the season for them, and they were doing much better 2 weeks in than PKD was doing 2 weeks in for their season. Pass processing was a breeze, the park opened early, the rides opened early, and despite the crowds I managed to get on everything I wanted in 1 day. Oh yeah, it was also a cheerleading day, but luckily I had great local experts to offer advise and terrific company while I waited in line. Now onto the pictures! But no one was happy after riding this! Then we made a dash to Tomb Raider because Nicole wanted to make NGTom happy It wasn't a bad ride, just not very thrilling, but really fun! Which we only had a 2 train wait for, and got front seat First ride of the day, Italian Job! The Sea of Cheerleaders wasn't nearly as bad as the Animal Kingdom Sea of Humanity, and we actually got let go early! Canada: where the '80s live on in 2006! The new Starbucks opened today. ACE was onsite for the ceremonies, but when they found out they didn't get free coffee, they went back to their hotel for the free breakfast Yeah, I got a season pass, I'm a rock star Here's the entrance. Instead of a Tower celebrating France, we have a big plaster mountain

So tonight I found myself in Canadia with Nicole. I was in need of beverage, so we drove until we saw a beackon of hope! Yeah, I'm enjoying Canada's #1 Red, the Richard's Red while wearing my awesome Rx Brew shirt, I'm awesome, I know and then I made the BEST Heath Face EVER! It looks just like him, doesn't it!? But do you see who I'm with! Who cares about the beer! OK, so they didn't have the greatest selection of beer Dude, its called "The Keg" they must have beer

Licorice piercings, not only stylish, but also edible!