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If this counts.... Me on Screamin' Swing at Rocky & Bullwinkle's Family Fun Center in Tukwila, Washington.

My weekend in Leavenworth is over, but it was a lot of fun!

Wow, Batman, Gadget, the Flinstones? How many companies does this park have permission from!?!? This place looks fun. A mouse themed Frog Hopper, cheese, a boat jumper, a non-bungee (and, for me, non-painful) trampoline.... This park has all kinds of awesomeness!

Awesome report! I've only wanted to go to Dreamworld for ToT and Giant Drop, but looking at all of the other stuff it has to offer makes it seem even better.

^I'm not sure if the one here had an animatronics show or not. I'm pretty sure the one in Willsonville, Oregon has that. Seattle's definitely worth a trip to visit, there's a lot to do in it. Along with that, there's good whale-watching in the San Juan Islands, Wild Waves (and of course this little place), hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, local sights, and more! You should make sure to check it all out if you come here.

Those trains look pretty interesting. I'm glad I got my credit on it last summer, I wonder whether they're better or worse...

How about Penguine ERT like last year? Still, a camel is totally cool enough!

This makes me super extra exited that I'm able to come! I'd love to get close to an awesome B&M Invert, especially Flight Deck!

*UPDATE* I drove by Wild Waves 2 days ago, and I managed to get some photos of the progress on Wild Thing. Here's the current view of the park from I-5. Is it me, or is the blue slide a little brighter than the other slides? Repainting? Cleaning? In this shot, you can see that the repainting for Wild Thing has progressed to the corkscrews, some of the rear turnaround, and the top portion of the lift. This shot allows you to better see the repainting on the brake run and the chain return. Finally, this shot allows you to see.... well, Klondike Goldrusher, for good measure.

^I'd support a switch to Cherry Coke as well!

^^I know, every time I put XD (let's see it happen again) it says I like small boys in tights., and I hate it! ^Thank you. Actually, those do sound like pretty interesting investments. This park is pretty tight for space, though.

Final photos. It's got Pepsi, it's got Sierra Mist... But it lacks Vault on tap, so it's a FAIL for Robb. Please open it REALLLY quick, I gotta go REALLY bad! See 'ya later, pneumatic Air Launched S&S Screamin' Swing! I'll be back to make out with your supports. On the way back from a friends house today, we noticed this little traveling carnival in the parking lot of Quilceda Creek Casino. It looked tempting... ...but we already spent all of our money on the Fun Center. Driving back through Seattle. The Space Needle. But you knew that already. 3 random radio towers. Within seconds, the sky got orange, so I decided to get another shot of the Needle. (Note the plane to the right of the Needle) Lots of buildings. Tallest building in Seattle? Nope. Mount Rainer looming in the sky near Boeing Field shall end the update. Thank's for reading!

Finally, here are the photos. Yes, this deer is friendly enough to pet! (We always feed her and her friends before we leave our house) 'Somebody's gonna feed me, right? RIGHT?????' Hey, look! The mail guy has stopped by! Yesss!! My maps and postcards have finally arrived! Remember that Puyallup Fair trip report I did? Remember all the fog? This is what that fog was covering up! Hi ASIMO! I hate having to pay for this new bridge... ...but it's certainly a pretty bridge! Attempting to take advantage of it to increase my artsiness... Again... Something's different here..... Everything looks normal here... HERE'S where it's different! Comparing to the last shot I saw of repainting, they've added paint to some of the lift hill and the chain-return, the corkscrews, and the brake run. I wonder what's coming next! The exit you need to take if you're coming from Tacoma. But before we hit the Fun Center, we stop at Claim Jumpers. This is the awesomeness-on-a-plate that I had for dessert, the Heath-Bar chocolate chip cookie with extra chocolate chips, caramel sauce and chocolate sauce ontop! Requires a gallon of milk to consume in order to prevent over-dialation of the eyes and over-stimulation of the tastebuds. Here we are! The S&S Bungee Trampolines, misleadingly named Sling Shot. Probably the most exiting attraction at the Center (and up there in the whole state, I kid you not), an S&S Screamin' Swing. The structure of the Screamin' Swing tower. The very clean pathway, along with the bumperboats and the mini-golf courses. Hmmm....... Here's what you see when you walk in! They have a gumball machine that dispences bouncy balls! The brand-new bumper cars they added, as well as the X D Theater. Swipe shot! Yes, they even have an indoor Frog Hopper! (KidTums-friendly credit #1) The awesome, huge kiddieland playset! The most hardcore one around! (KidTums-friendly credit #2) It's everybody's favorite Cold War-era cartoon characters! NOTED! Shall I eat or obtain cheap, plastic prizes? Let's see.... mini-carousel, mini-chairswing, mini-train, mini-planes... This place screams KidTums! Mom and dad were playing with their newly-aquired bouncy balls. This bounce went stratospheric! Us getting ready to ride Screamin' Swing. At this point we begin hearing the pneumatic swing-system warming up. Wheeeee!!! Dad sorta liked it.... ...but I liked it so much I decided to ride again, this time on the other side! Wheeee! Once again, I love it! But it has the traditional problem that every Screamin' Swing has: it's way to short to be good, and it ends right as it's beginning to get really good. "This is the only time I'm getting to speak in today's update!" Yup, another S&S ride. They actually played some pretty decent music outside. Not much of a fence to climb..... Typical theme park-style slow carts. Actually, the track was amazing! And the yardwork and themeing were excellent for a go-cart track. But it was the fact that it took 5 seconds for the carts to go down this extremely short straightaway that brought the ride down. We got into a discussion on what to do... Dad and I eventually decided to ride. (look at dad's 'Oh crap!' expression, he must've gotten pretty close to hitting somebody or something!) Both dad.... ...and I took the go-cart racing pretty seriously! We're a NASCAR family, so it's just us to take racing seriously, even if the carts suck. One side-effect of these crappy, gas powered carts is that you get a lot of exhaust in your eyes, which caused me to squint for a little while. S&S Frog Hopper action-shot! Me am too talls to rides. The entrance to, quite simply, the coolest kiddie playset in the state.... maybe even the West Coast! This is a pretty cool game thingy. They had one of those crappy Cedar Point Blue Streak/Gemini simulators. And then they had one of those 'design-it-and-ride-it' simulators, although they already gave you a preset design to ride to. Hmmm..... Hey, wait... Remove all clothing?!?!? Dad staring down at us from up there. Nerdy electrical-outlet shot from where dad was just standing! Looking down the scaffolding, we see this curious little orange thing. Orange gumball? Orange bouncy ball? Orange Cheeto Puff Ball? Ahh... I remember those things like it was only yesterday. Those were awesome! Stop playing that game, Beach Head! (that's actually the name of the game!) From up here, you can see the vast expanse of the arcade and play area. The video for the laser tag was VERY 90's! They even included advertising for the Center in it! Hmm.... So Bill Gates and his homeys were visiting today? Yes, it is true.... You can actually rent skyboxes here! For birthdays, corperate meetings, TPR parties, etc.! It wasn't this cool, it was just those same pylons with some blacklights and some fog. Hi Elissa! Looking at the graphics for this game, you realize how much we've progressed since 1994! The 'play until you win' game.... ....with all Tootsie Company candy! Interesting.... Very interesting.... (I'm green #5) Reviewing my score, I did the best on the team! But Red #2 kicked some serious a$$! Me with R&B. Mom with Bullwinkle. And finally, Bullwinkle holding Lucario! Double S&S shot. "Whoa.... that's a lot more than I expected!" I decided to bounce around a little while waiting for my harness to be put on. I'm kneeling on thin air, sucka! Right now, I'm in more of a 'Vertigo at CP when it's beginning to flip.... damn, I wish that ride was still there!' pose than a 'Bounching on a trampoline.... yay, sorta' pose. I did manage to get a few flips.... But they all took a serious toll on my future grandchildren.... These girls were pretty freaked out by how nerdy I was. Z00M! Just by looking at this photo I can go into a detailed explanation on how this ride works! Want an explanation? PM me, and get ready for excessive nerdiness! This shot shows you just how long the Screamin' Swing arm really is. There's only a couple of inches of clearance. Control panel nerdiness ahoy! Wheeee!!! You can tell I sorta like this ride, right? Sigh... I wish it didn't cost $5.50 to ride this thing. I've hit the limit, photos will continue on the next post.

^You should definitely check it out, it's now my #1 Screamin' Swing (even over Skyhawk)! It was excellent fun today! I managed to get 3 rides on Screamin' Swing, 1 on the bungee trampoline, 1 play at laser tag, and 1 ride on the go carts. I will post the pictures tomorrow.

I think it would be a great idea to send this to LEGOLAND Florida, because it would not only provide a coaster, but it may be possible for the park to put non-enclosed cars back on the ride. I'd really hate for this to disapper, since I loved the Technic Coaster at LEGOLAND California.

^^Wow, I've can't believe that somebody has actually heard of the R&B FFCs! Is Cowabunga Bay a nice waterpark? Is it a fun pla...(ponders the Montezuma thing)... WHHHHAAAAAATTTTT?!?!? (Chris style when he figured out he could marry that hot South-American chick) ^Yup, I'll probably be able to give at least my report on it tonight.

I'm gonna get a credit at Rocky & Bullwinkle's Family Fun Center in Tukwila tomorrow. It's a nice little Indoor/Outdoor combo FEC (they're very common here in Washington and Oregon). I'm sure nobody has ever seen or heard of it before, so I'll give you a little rundown: Inside, they have a pretty large arcade, a big kiddieland play structure (think McDonalds except on steriods, and the ball pit WITH the plastic balls), an indoor S&S Frog Hopper, a laser tag arena, a simulator, (NEW for this year) bumper cars, a restaurant, and a prize corner inside. Outside, there are 2 mini-golf courses, an S&S bungee trampoline, bumperboats, batting cages, a kiddie area with a carousel, a mini-train (I believe, I'm not fully sure on that one), a mini-chairswing, and picnic tables, and (IMO the best part) a 60ft S&S Screamin' Swing. This is one of the few places 'Where Robb & Elissa AND KidTums could all have equal amounts of fun' (that is, if they're up to go carts, mini golf, some arcade games, laser tag, and a few S&S rides, KT will be up to the Frog Hopper for sure)! It also neighbors a Hampton Inn, so you can stay a night there (and possibly get special offers for R&B's FFC). If you want to find out more about this awesome little FEC, you can check out their website, their Facebook page, their Twitter page, or their YouTube page. I'll post the photos of my visit shortly after I get back.

Great Hersheypark TR. The expression on the kid in the Milkduds/Hershey Chocolate Syrup picture is hilarious!

^^^^Yes, and it's funny as hell.

^I agree. The main problem with the GIB seating design is that, and the fact that the seats in the center are very squished. With that huge metal plate in front of the center seats, it makes it hard for people like me with long legs to kick your feet out and it makes you feel pretty cramped. That's why I always sit on the outside whenever I'm not in the front of any GIB. I know that the staggerd seating was meant to make the train more compact, but it just makes riding more complicated. The steel plate right next to this seat makes it harder for the people in the center seats behind you to kick out their feet while riding. The ride would be better IMO if those plates were removed or positioned slightly further back.

I haven't been to SFDK since it was still Marine World. It still looks great as ever, keeps my hopes up for Bay Area Bash!

I'd have to say that Perilous Plunge at Knott's was pretty good, although Journey to Atlantis at SWSD was also pretty good. PP has more airtime , but JtA is more of an experience. Still, they're both Intamins, and that's fine with me.

The Puyallup Spring Fair will be taking place from April 15th to April 18th this year. Admission for kids is FREE on April 15th from 2PM-10PM. The shows, the rides, the exhibits, and the food from the Fall Fair are here, but for only 3 days. You can get more info about it on the Spring Fair's website, on the Fair's Facebook Page, or on the Fair's Twitter Page.

Very interesting. I'm actually into accelerometer tellemetry/force graphing on rides like that, so it pleases me somebody's able to give me some graphs.

^^WT isn't really a 'steel piece of crap', but it is no MillF or TTD, I'll tell you what. It just needs a little love. But I can totally agree with the Malaria Lake thing. The only essence coming out of it is that of bird crap and moss. ^Same. Thank you!