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^^I deleted a few of the unnecessary ones. ^On the e-mail I got responding to the topic, "In a town of 75,000 odd people, there are 4 doubles, and one single not including the one it the middle of the mall (it can't count)." was included. Weird that it's not included on your post, but anyways, Bremerton is has a population very close to that, but we don't have a double drive-thru, and we only have 2 McDonalds. This state is pretty weird; it hasn't completely Day 2 Patrick approves of this vending machine, because it has as much Cherry Pepsi as it does Pepsi! Ready for another few rides! This sign welcomes you as you approach the park from Sandpoint. 3 coasters, 1 shot! (all have 1 train, too. Yes, even the woodies.) The bag check was kinda weird. They'd search everybody with a bag randomly. Lindy's again. Still don't have time or money to stop. =( 'Themed' restroom, like Shadyrest Room at SFMM. Tilt-A-Whirl. We finally decide to ride. The Antique Cars are built very close to many of the rides in this section of the park. I spy the manufacturer! Trabant. A pretty good ride, even though it makes squeeky noises when it begins to stop. Slow moving and jarring? That's a pretty weird combo... Sure, I'm from Washington, but I'm not a tree hugger... I'm a support hugger! Save the coasters! If you're wondering which ride I'm hugging, this is it! Peek over the fence, and you get a good view of Corkey's transfer track! Walk beneth this sign if you want to get (Cork)screwed really bad! "A Huss U.F.O. was featured in the 1st episode of Futurama in 1999! So this ride has some TV time." This ride helps you with your fear of round objects, gravity, and the #3. ClunkclunkclunkclunkclunkClunkCLUNKCLUNK! Whooaaaaaaa Corkscrew: The coaster that turned people upside down.... twice! Facing Corkscrew while in SR-U, you get a good view of it. Exited look or 'Oh crap' look? You decide! Everybody looks pretty relaxed, right? Ground, trees, sky, trees, repeat. You can see Aftershock from nearly anywhere in the park! They don't call it a rapids ride for nothin'! The lines were long... but we decided to ride anyways. Silverwood did a great job with planting the flowers, and they make the park look great, but did they have to put them directly in front of this ride sign?!? Here comes a boat of already somewhat wet riders getting ready to get drenched! Italy could use a rapids ride this wet! The terrible lockers provided. Make sure that you tell Silverwood to get new ones soon in a survey or comments/suggestions e-mail! In fact, write them one right now! comments@silverwoodthempark.com Drenched, we walk off and attempt to dry off. Typical stall prizes. Cool, but NOT worth the money paid to get them. Did you know that most of the water in Eastern Washington and North Idaho comes from an underground river? They turned old logs into large planters! A very original idea! Ahh.... Arrow Log Flume. A fun yet refreshing ride. Plenty of 'Through the Trees' moments here. Ferris Wheel! I'll continue Day 2 tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

It's like what KDcoasterMAN said, it just doesn't seem very B&Mish. I still think it's a good layout, just not like any other B&M I've seen. I guess it's like Drachen Fire, it has a great layout, but it just wasn't very much like any Arrow ever built.

^^I was just trying to make sure others wouldn't be ripped off like me. But I suppose that's a good point.

The layout is kinda cool, but I just don't think it looks like a B&M... Still, though, I'm exited to see it!

I agree with ^ on Viper, SB, TG (now FD), V2, and Dv. They're all underrated rides. Along with this, I'd like to include: Blue Streak - It has a lot of airtime and I'd MUCH rather ride it than Mean Streak Top Thrill Dragster - Not exactly 'underrated', but I know some people don't rate it top at Cedar Point. I personally think it's the best coater there. Grizzley - It's not fun in any way, but neither is it the worst woodie I've been on (even though it's been rated worst since 1994 on the Mitch Hawker Poll). Medusa - It's one of my favorite floorless coasters. Sure, it's not very well themed, nor is it the best floorless coaster ever made, but I really love it and think it should be rated higher than it is. Raptor - Not the most forceful Invert, but it's still pretty intense and a lot of fun. Goliath (SFMM) - It was originally compared to MillF, and sure, it isn't MillF. But it wasn't meant to be MillF, just a great hyper-coaster, and I really think Giovanola did a good job. I'm sad there aren't more coasters like it. X2 - Once again, not exactly 'underrated', but I really do think it's the 2nd best coaster on the West Coast (behind Xcelerator), even though it's not on any top 10 list I've heard of.

I agree, it is a little bit weird, but it actually fits in surprisingly well. And it's a great ride (much better then when it was at SFGAm), so I think it's a good fit for Silverwood. I've never seen them before. Then again, I don't go to souvenir shops that much, so I can't say I'd be surprised if they were popular. Thank you! Yeah, I guess I went a little overboard. Which state do you live in? They must be pretty popular where you live; this is probably the 3rd I've ever seen in all of Washington. That's a great picture, thanks for sharing. I saw another one that showed the water that was below the corkscrews, and it was a beautiful picture. I wish Silverwood could've done a similar theming job to Corkscrew when they moved it. I wish I could've ridden it as the original. It looked like it fit in well at Knott's back then. They don't have an evac platform. They don't have the evac platform because Silverwood prefers to use a cherrypicker to lower people down in the case of an accident. It hasn't stalled in 2 years because Silverwood apparently fixed the bug in the cable lift system that caused its constant downtime. I learned from a ride-op that its downtime at SFGAm was about 80%. Silverwood has reduced that to 3% downtime. I agree. The black and yellow is still good, but I like the original look a LOT more. Thank you everybody for your comments! I really appreciate the feedback, and I'll get the next update started soon.

Stealth was actually the prototype that opened in 2000. On RCDB it says that Stealth was the prototype, and the others were the actual products.

Day 1 Part 2 Arrow has 2 classics at this park. Trabant: Gambler but with the stock name. One of the very few 'fairish' rides in my cool club, along with Sky Diver, Inverter, and Chairswing. Dunk Tank! Rock Wall! Krazy Kars. They're the older style bumper cars. These one shake way too much for me; my hands were nearly numb after riding 2 years ago! We walk back toward the Victorian Main Street area. Yeah, what IS an aquifer? We stop inside the little Victorian coffee house. Mom looks at the candles that have coffee beans in them. Sitting on this chair makes one think of lockers... This is the place to relax after you've been walking around all day... A tribute to Silverwood's past. Rail! Rail! Rail! Huckleberry chocolate bar! It sounds good, if you ask me. Ahh... The cool vent. More assorted huckleberry stuff. Sophie wanted to get this teapot/cup for her mother. It looks like a tea pot and can serve as one, but you can take the bottom out and it becomes a teacup. Pepsi. Robb is to Vault as I am to Cherry Pepsi. Garfield Cookie Jar. Silverwood brand Beer Batter. Complete with a moose, a commom thing in Idaho. The train was pretty popular today. We see you, Thunder Canyon raft! Train crossing gate. Ferris Wheel. It's pretty popular, as you can see by the line. Helicopters. Silverwood has a LOT of KidTums friendly rides. The Coaster Alley Sign. Panic Plunge Sign. This awesome view is exclusive to the Tremors station! If only Panic Plunge was in this shot... They changed the signs so that they were less confusing. They still have this one, though! Whooosshhh! Tremors enters the station at 1,000,000 MPH! Looking to your right as you exit the Tremors Gift Shop. Bye bye, Afteshock. We'll ride you tomorrow! Sky Diver. It has its lights on, but it's still not open. =( What's better than Panic Plunge during the day? Panic Plunge durin the night! Paratrooper....AT NIGHT! The magic show isn't bad. I heard that Lindy's was a good restaurant, but sadly mom thought it was too expensive, so we didn't try it out. =( They woke up, so now they're worth less. If you want a fluffy, fluffy bear filled with medicine and goo, come to Silverwood. Fridge magnets. We have an Aftershock one and a Boulder Beach one. "Almost at cute as me.", he says. I didn't know people knew about seels here! "How do you 2 mate?" KidTums question to Shouka and Foghorn Leghorn at SFDK Seriously, I just saw this sitting here! Adjusted for inflation? Oh, ok. That makes sense. Wow, Garfield is 32! Cool frame. Bye bye, Silverwood! We decide to eat at Mackenzie River Pizza Company. This is the only one in Idaho, the rest are in Montana. You walk in and smell the awesomeness right away! I recommend a stop if you're in the area and you love pizza! Thanks for reading!

Wait, I just remembered! SFMM was having technical problems with S:TE when they tried to open it in 1996! That's what it is! It would fit in the area that Viper was once in! Speaking of Viper, was it scrapped, sold to another park, or stored?

These photos are awesome! It's cool to look at the past and see how things were during the good ol' days.

Ok, here's Silverwood Day 1: "Grrrr! Ready to go! Grrr! I have a SFGAm shirt on because Aftershock was once Deja vu! Grr!" While eating breakfast, I noticed that our milk was on the Highway to the Danger Zone! We took the highway, unlike last year... ...and we ended up paying for it. Red lights, road construction, and traffic (because of both) really made things slow. I recommend taking the back road to prevent delays from happening. I'd LOVE to have this! Yay! I can see the park! This is the ride that made Silverwood what it is today. You can see both of the parks major woodies: Tremors and Timber Terror. Timber Terror and Panic Plunge, both known for their airtime. 2 great coasters, one wood, one steel. NOTED for all! This tunnel is here so you don't have to cross the highway. The park was pretty popular today! "My appearances are becoming very sparse!" This brickwork somewhat reminds one of Disneyland... Except there's growth between each brick. Garfield was at the entrace with his warm smile and a lot of enthusiasm! This photo showcases just some of the open space Silverwood has. The nice rockwork on the way into Boulder Beach. Boulder Beach is Silverwood's waterpark. It's included with admission to the park, and is very good! It has some great slides, 2 wave pools, a Lazy River that beats many others, and concrete paths! (the last helps keep your feet from 1) being heated up and 2) getting scraped. Wild Waves has asphalt that really burns and scrapes up your feet! That's why flip-flops are a necessity at Wild Waves and are not at Boulder Beach.) The prices here are pretty decent. The Lazy River, which, as I said before, is awesome! One of many cool things about this LR is that it is large enough to be able to let people ride with or without a tube. Velocity Peak (speedslides) and Rumble Falls (tube slides). I thought my camera had run out of battery, but it didn't. While waiting in line for Tremors, I got this picture of somebody who wasn't feeling so well when she got off Tremors. She was pointing to her chest and they stopped the ride for a few minutes to help her out. 'Tremors gift shop ZOOM!' shot FAIL. I never really could get it just right. Panic Plunge, before.... Panic Plunge, after. Here's what it would look like if 1) you were on crack, or 2) if you looked through the mesh netting covering the queue. Meet James. He pulls Panic Plunge to the top, drops it, and then slowly crawls back down. It's a boring job, but he always gets a great view, and he's very well thanked! James doin' his work. Me talking with a lady in line (no, not about the manufacturer ). It was her 1st time riding and she wanted to know how it was. I told her she'd love it, and she did! "Please, just get me on this ARM/Larson drop tower ASAP!" Mom didn't time this picture well. We watched the Ice Show, which, even though filled with Michael Jackson music and colorful butterflies, was just ok. Let the speculation begin! Sorry for all the sun, but still, it'll make some New Yorker somewhere happy. Slow ascent, quick drop, smooth brakes. Timber Terror; it has a short line now, but it's still very busy for a reason! (that reason being the fact that it only has 1 train) Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the main event!... ....Let's get ready to rummmmmbbbblllleeee! (literally) These towers have stood 191 ft high in 2 states. You go upside down 3 times forward.... and 3 times backward. Thanks to Silverwood, this view is possible! It still has that annoying horn, though. This is one of the best parts of its positioning! You can catch the facial expressions of people in the front seat! Huuuummmmmmmmm.....Pfffftttt......Whooossshhh! Whooooossshhhh...... CLUNK!....Huuummmmmmmmmmmmm......Pfffssstttt.....Whoooosssshhhh! Whooossshhhhhh....CLUNK!...Mummummummum....Huummmmmmmmmm..... As you can see, I love the way GIBs sound.... and look. Just like Deja vu at SFMM, Aftershock is placed within close proximity to a woodie. Like this shot? Want a better quality shot of it? PM me if you want any pictures in their original size and quality! This sign is still awesome! As is the ride. Take your socks off if you're sure. Tired of Aftershock? Take a quick Tremors break! Take the Tunnel! Theming! Twisted Sister:"I wanna Rock!" Me:"Here you go!" "In 0.2 miles, keep left, then, prepare for gutbusting airtime, then, turn left, then, bear right, then prepare for more airtime, then turn right, then turn left, then, arrive at destination, on left." This is EXACTLY what my Garmin Nuvi 200 would be saying if I was riding Timber Terror. 'Nother face shot. I can still hear it in my head... No, not those strange voices, I can't turn them off. I mean the sound of the cable lift. NOTED! Employee parking + original airstrip + Train = Silverwood! Looking through the trees, you can see this ride. What is the name of this ride? If you answered Thunder Canyon, you're right! Does anybody know what this was? This is awesome! You pay to either get a bucket of rubber balls to shot into the water, or step into a submarine and shoot rubber balls while driving a semi-submarine. Totally epic and fun! Thunder Canyon, Silverwood's raft ride. SKLOOOSSSHHH! Built in 1990, Thunder Canyon is one of Silverwood's most popular rides. It has several rapids, meandering sections, and small drops. It's popular, so expect lockers (which, I might add, are terrible) to be full. Super Round Up. Fun, but not exactly my favorite ride at Silverwood. Ready to get 'Screwed? Apparently, Wild Waves has one of these, although I barely remember seeing it. Corkscrew was once at Knotts Berry Farm in California. It was the 1st roller coaster to ever go upside down.... and the 1st to go upside down twice! La Classico. NOTED! Sign shot... This used to sit ontop of a really pretty pond. Has anybody seen a picture of it when it was at Knotts? Lift Hill! Transfer track! (cool, I might add) It's got lots of chain lag, but don't most Arrow coasters? Perfection! ZOOM! The brakes are rough, but not too sudden, like Wild Thing's (WW) brakes. Station shot! For all you nerds out there, I give you a shot of Corkscrew's brake fins. Enjoy! There's something with Silverwood and transfered steel coasters. Wait for it..... Upside dooowwwwnnnn! I'll continue..... ummm.... technically, later on today. Thanks for reading!

^Actually, I just thought that would be a good touch to make the ride a little more interesting. The actual S:TE trains are both red and have blue rear ends, as well as black seats with orange lap bars. I just thought that, since you couldn't paint both the front and the back, it would be more interesting to paint one red and one blue, both with yellow details.

I like S:TE's station and theming, but I think both cars should have black seats and yellow decorations on the front. The other train should be blue, just to make it a little different. EDIT: Haha, GIB. Thank you.

^Anytime Larry. Just paying you back for yours to me about the Sling Shot. Part 2 We finally cross the Columbia River. You can see the years of eroded rock. We've gone from the trees part of the state to the mountains part to the dry part. Hay Hay Hay! Nothing....for miles...and miles....and miles.... We soon begin seeing stores that we never really see on our side of the state. The Canadians were surely enjoying the beautiful day! The closest thing to an ocean on this side of the state! Silver Bug! Anyways, we got off the freeway to look for somewhere to eat. NOTED! We get lost in the parking garage. So lost that we accidentally head the wrong way! Remember, do NOT park in this garage, you will get screwed up! The brick streets. It seems everything in the whole town is made out of brick! We decide to eat at Pita Pit. It's an awesome little sandwich restaurant that serves sandwiches, shakes, chips, and more. It's similar to Subway, but a little more interesting. I really liked it, and I'd recommend it to anybody who wants a hearty yet healthy meal! It's funny because it says MEAT instead of MEET, and they're all meats. Hahaha. NOT! Thanks for the great dinner, Pita Pit! One of many small waterparks along I-90 in this part of the country. The road trip is over, the next update will be at Silverwood! Thanks for reading!

Since 2008, my family has been going to Silverwood Theme Park in Athol, Idaho, about 20-30 mins from Coeur d'Alene. Home to 4 roller coasters, a 140ft Drop Tower, several great family rides, and Boulder Beach, a 16 acre waterpark, Silverwood is "the Northwests Largest Theme Park". It once was a small theme park located in the middle of nowhere, but with the recent additions of Aftershock (SFGAm's Vekoma GIB) and Boulder Beach it's been attracting thrill seekers from all around. Since it's not easy to find a great theme park around here, Silverwood has been the best theme park in the area for a while, and we took the road trip once again to check it out. "Elissa would be loving all over me right now if she was out here." "On the road again... Just can't wait to get on the road again..." After an hour of driving, we stop at an interesting McDonalds (a rare thing). I didn't get any pictures of the inside, but this is one of few McDonalds that has a double drive-thru. So Larry will get his Iced Tea quicker. I-90 through the Cascade Mountains. Full of awesome views. Oh crap... With all this traffic, thank goodness somebody had a portable kitchen! Scenic? I'd say so. After a few hours of driving, we decide to stop at this fruit market. We stop at the smaller of the 2 first. I came all the way to Eastern Washington for vitamin water. They call them cukes here. We walk across the street and look at the bigger market. They have all kinds of drinks here... Including a better selection of vitamin water! Popcorn-on-the-cob. We continue our drive.... I'll post more later. Thanks for reading!

That's what I've been saying for years!

Hooray! My state finally has a decent SF park!

The new GCI Woodie is awesome, but I just can't say I like the new Half-pipe. There's something about it that just doesn't seem to work with me, but that's how I am with most custom rides.

I just got 2010 Silverwood Maps.

Prototype.... B&M Floorless, B&M Dive Machine, or Intamin Impulse. Although mightbeawannabe does have a point. But did it have technical problems during 1997? I thought those were more recent.

Horrible. I have nothing else to say.

SHUT UP!

Sadly, no. I think the closest I've been to 'seeing a celebrity' at all is watching Air Force One take off from Lambert - St. Louis International Airport with.... I THINK Sarah Palin in it. EDIT: I just remembered, I saw Jadagrace (from Terminator Salvation) on Thrill Shot, and we talked with her and her family while we were in line. We saw her on Terminator Salvation: The Ride Media Day.

Wild Waves could use one. It would be amazing over the water! Although I do agree with Robb, pretty much every park could use a Mega-lite.