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Mad Mouse @ the Puyallup Fair because the supports are less than 3 inches thick.

Also, for anybody who is interested, I have a crap load of Wild Waves maps sitting in my room that are in mint condition. If you'd like these (or Silverwood or Puyallup Fair) brochures, PM me and we can work out a deal

You did an excellent job on the theming! I like the little story presented with it, as well.

Congrats KT! That pass is definitely a keepsake. Patrick "She's starting an Alvey tradition" Carnahan

^Timberhawk (IMO) is the standout of the park. It's a pretty good wooden coaster, in general. It isn't very rough, it has some airtime (you have to be in the back to get any, though), is pretty fast, has a few head choppers, and is fun to ride. It really is the main reason to visit the theme park part of Wild Waves.

^Actually, it wasn't covering the ride. The ride is indented into a hill, and the mesh netting serves as theming (and a fence). I took a picture from the top of the hill just above the ride.

^Hey, that's my nickname for it too! I have one toward the end of this update. Yes, as you get towards the back of the park there is actually some decent theming. It's in the area around Wild Thing and Disko Flashback that there is too much tarmac and too little theming (and, in the case of the DF area, irrelevant theming as well. Seriously, nothing in that general area is themed except for some disco music played through crappy speakers and a painted restroom, and nothing except for that has anything to do with disco!). Also, some of the waterpark area tends to have too much tarmac. It would be better on our feet if it had concrete, to keep our feet cool when it's a warm day. Part 4. Pretty much just a mini, kiddie version of Falling Star. A little bit more theming. What could be hiding behind this fence? Timberhawk: Ride of Prey, of course! In case you didn't know, this is one of the 3 (or 4) exclusive S&S woodies. So yes, that means that both of the parks major coasters originated from companies in Utah. Go Mormans! The TH sign 'through the trees'! The station. The kiddie plane ride. If you look carefully, you can see 4 planes of track in this picture! Proof of just how narrow this coaster can get in some parts. The parks 2002 (I think) Zamperla mini train. Ring of Fire 'through the trees' as I'm walking behind it. This little path connects the TH area and the pirate ship. This is the parks 1995 Huss Pirate Ship ride. It has a lot of airtime, especially in the back! TH's turnaround, the one that you could see from the parking lot. The area in between it, IMO, is perfect for expansion because it has enough room for a drop/launch tower and some queue. If they tried really hard, they might be able to fit a Screamin' Swing and a tiny bit of queue there. Looking back from where I'm standing, you can see a lot of the wooden support structure for TH. Honestly. I don't know what this is! This coaster has a particular rumble to it. This path wraps right around the back of the park and heads straight down to the lake area. A look at the waterpark. A shot with a little bit of Lake Malaria. I rarely see this thing operate! Falling Star and some of that 'Disco Themed' restroom I was talking about. This area could be good for expansion. Seriously, PARC, put a little bit of money into rides at this park that are NOT Zamperla! (Although all of the 2002 Zamperla rides were added by SF, PARC kept the tradition up) This area could easily house an Intamin Ball coaster... Or a Sky Swat. Are those over 125ft? Here's that shot I was talking about, Jess! Walking up over the hill by the Pirate Head playhouse thing. Asians have invaded the park! (I've been to a lot of parks where there were Asian tour groups visiting, so I wasn't wondering why there were so many) No other waterpark I've ever been to does this! IDK why they do it, though. Drowning prevention/rescue opportunity? I wouldn't do it for 5 minutes, in that case, or until the rescue is complete. I rushed through the park to take some pictures so that I would have the rest of the day to do stuff at the park. So when we were finished, we stopped at the Hooters in Tacoma, and I have a moist towelett to prove it! Thanks for reading! (and yes, the update is finally over)

Part 3. The 'super mini' ferris wheel, the only smaller one that I know about being the one @ the Amusement Park Drive-In... and that one's damn tiny! The Kiddie Coaster, a simple powered coaster ride. You can get some mild force on this part of the kiddie coaster. This line looks like nothing, but, thanks to the fact that WW tends to run only 2 cars, it's at least 10 minutes! A little bit of lateral-hairforce. This is one of the turns that makes it beneficial to sit on the right. The super-mini transfer section, and the final brake-section-of-death. This is the other turn that encourages you to sit on the right. Seriously, these brakes hurt a lot! If you hate being pushed forward into your very tight lap bar, this ride is not for you! This certainly applies to that 'Index Report from Hell!' title. This is probably one of the better themed rides at WW. See what I mean? They even managed to fit a bear and an eagle on this thing! This thing indents pretty far into the ground, as this photo points out. Is it because this ride could've exceeded the 125ft height limit if it was on flat ground? Proof of Italian-raised-in-New-Jersey identity! You have to stand to the side on the bridge in order to feel the unacceptable-amount-of-wetness generated by the splash. The newish LJF sign. This burger stand is WAY too far away from LF to be considered apart of the themeing! Kangabounce from the other side. Dry Slide sign. The Dry Slide. When me and my friend Louie visited for the first time in 2004, he actually got stuck! The Fright Fest Wagon. Serves no purpose during the normal operating season other than to be a reminder to visit Fright Fest. Is just a theme prop during Fright Fest. Hmm.... Whoops, I accidentally forgot to put this pic of the S&S Frog Hopper near the Kiddie Coaster in. As you can see, this section of the park is relatively KidTums-friendly. Gambler sign. As you can tell by the name, it is one of the few not-Zamperla flat rides in the park.... because it's a Chance Trabant. But here's a ride that is: The Dodgems, the parks 2002 Zamperla Dodgems ride. (see what I mean by 'this park has a lot of Zamperla rides'?) Once again, more shall come soon. Thanks for reading!

Part 2. A LOT of concrete seperates you from Disko Flashback, the parks 2008 Zamperla Disko ride. The newest ride at the park. Why, may you ask, is the smoking area right next to Ring of Fire? Themeing? Lack of space? Children? Do they not care if this ride burns to the ground? They replaced a kiddie pool here with this. More tarmac lies underneeth the edges of the fences. The crazily painted ride vehicle. Originally a Subway, now a corn dog stand. Kangabounce, the park's 2006 Zamperla.... Kangabounce? ride. Sorry I didn't have much time to update tonight. I'll be able to update more tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

If you really knew me, you'd know that I'm not eating a bacon cheeseburger right at this second, but I'm in a little town in Washington State. You should then assume that I have no theme parks around me, except for Wild Waves Theme Park in Fedaral Way, of course. The next closest theme parks that are any good are Playland PNE (requires me to get a passport) and Silverwood (requires me to sit in a car for 6-7 hours, and that's when traffic on I-90 is pretty good). Being an avid theme park enthusiast, I have no other choice but to go to Wild Waves on a good day and hope I can get at least a little bit of exitement out of it. July 25th, 2009 was one of those days. It was a nice, sunny, warm day and we needed to get our season's passes processed. It would be our first visit of the year (but it's a PARC park, so I wasn't really expecting anything to change ). If you're coming from the west side, you either take the Seattle-Bremerton Ferry (expensive for a carload of TPR credit whores) or take the Tacoma Narrow's bridge, like we normally do to get to WW. Tacoma. The slide complex, just one of the many visable-from-I-5 attractions @ WW. Others include Zooma Falls, Wild Thing (the green Arrow corkey), the 125ft tall I-5 Dive Skycoaster, and Ring of Fire. Klondike Goldrusher, the park's Zamperla mouse coaster. (you are very quickly going to discover how many Zamperla rides this park has) The newishly remodled WW sign and Lumberjack Falls, the park's 2002 Zamperla splash boat ride. Timberaxe (2002 Zamperla inverter) and some more of KG. Driving down the side of the park, you can get some nice shots of Wild Thing and some of the other rides. Wish it had something to do about Xcelerator roller coaster! Then again, nothing above 150ft is allowed at this park. Thanks, City of Federal Way! Today in particular was busy, being one of the hottest days of the year. As usual, parking was $10, VIP Parking (closer spots to the entrance) was $15, and RV parking was $20 this year. Timberhawk: Ride of Prey isn't very visable from outside the park; the only thing you can see of it is this turnaround here! You can see some of the park from the top level of parking. Ring of Fire and the 1906 carousel. The 2002 Zamperla flying thingy ride, one of my favorite ones because of its placing right on the hillside. Wild Thing making its turnaround to the drop and loop. The season pass coupon book (or, this year, coupon paper with 6 coupons, 2 of them already out of date) should have some discount pricing for I-5 Dive! It's a fun skycoaster (rode it for onlly $10 during Fright Fest on the last day of operating season), but it's not worth $25, $35, or $45 for 1, 2, or 3 people. We get down to the entrance.... ...look in to make sure no nuclear bombs have hit during the off season and damaged attractions... ...go down to season's pass processing.... ...get our passes printed... ...and read the rules. Soon to be Safari Elephant Ears.... or did they used to be elephant ears? Or is this a different stall?? Funny, we just got an e-mail for being able to get a season's pass for $40.00 The wavepool/hot tubs look pretty busy today. Sports bottle pricing. The pirate-head kid playhouse, with frigid water 24/7! Pretty relaxing on a day like this, though. The restroom complex I complained about in my Fright Fest 2008 update. Still the dirtiest of all the ones in the park. Another shot of the pirate-head complex. Lots of green in this picture, even the lake! WT ascending its lift. Behind-the-corkscrew shot. The activity pool seems to be pretty dead today. Hey Elissa! You're never safe when Elissa's on the prowl! You'd have to be dared to hell if you wanted to go swimming in this water! Look at it, it's green! The Canadians seemed to be enjoying their day. WW is genius: they put little food dispensers with a price of 25 cents per turn, and you get to throw food out to these carp. It's entertaining to watch because they all flop about violently and occasionally get food stolen from them by hungry birds. These fish seem to be crowded up to this place night and day. WW has effectively made profitable slaves out of us guests and of those fish! Fun? Hardly (You may have noticed the red scaffolding on the left in this and some WT pics. That's the original supporting for the old rock climbing wall, which was taken down shortly after my first visit in 2004). NOTED! WT pulling out of the station. The WT sign. Going through the loop. (a shot just like this is on the WW website) The very quick, rough brakes on WT make it one of the reasons why I don't like it that much. I only ride it because I'm a little bored. The I-5 Dive Skycoaster sign. Looking up at it from about the WT sign. WT's turnaround to the corkscrews, the defunct rock-climing structure, Zooma Falls, and the speedslides. Those Zamperla gliders again. The park map. Stay tuned for more Wild Waves updates! Thanks for reading!

Oh, ok. When I was up on a whale watching trip up in the San Juan Islands I heard from a lot of guides that had visited some Sea World parks that the whale tanks were small. Then again, I'm getting this information from people who may not have seen the whole tank complex and, obvously being on a whale trip, are probably whale animal rights activists, so, really, what do I know?

My condolences to the family of the trainer and Sea World for loosing a family and staff member. I sorta do and don't agree with you. While I'd get free food and get to do whatever I want with toys and tricks, I'd have a hard time living in the small tanks that the whales and dolphins live in. (Not to distract from the current topic, but I just wanted to say that)

I saw it! I did it! I can't wait to join!

Can we download the park there?

I'm glad to hear that this program is running along smoothly. I can't wait to get my membership, maybe as a birthday present (I'll have to do a lot of 'Mommy? Mommy? Mommy?' style begging ).

Yesterday, we won our last basketball game of the year. We also happened to win some kind of important championship. We celebrated @ Mad Moose Pizza.

Sure, I (and probably anyone else on this forum) could see this coming from a mile away, and sure it's kinda sad that this park is closed, but I honestly think it's for the better. Ever since the S:ToP accident, I knew the park would be having at least a little bit of trouble. Once they got rid of Chang, I knew the deal was sealed. I just hope it either 1) Gets bought out by a company that'll manage it well or 2) Send its rides to parks in need of them. Although a little surprised and saddened, again, I think it's for the better that this park closes.

Sorry my updates on this have been pretty sparse. Part 2 of Day 5. DISCLAIMER: My graphics driver has gone mad, so for this update I'm unable to monitor the quality of my photos. Anton Schwarzkoph (I don't care if it's spelled wrong!) fans, this is your part of the update! As I'm unable to see any of the photos after this, I'll have to resume the update once I get a new graphics card. Thank's for reading! Size of the wagon in comparison to the height of my dad kneeling. The only reason they call it 'Silver' Bullet is because of the silverish supports. Sure, it's a little forceless in some parts... but it's still pretty fun! 3 cheers for the awesome Intamin fangirl ride-op! Ready to ride? Intamin rides are cool. But the one in the middle would be cooler if it still had the parachute drop... This horse carriage station next to SB (that my mom kindly points out) stinks quite a lot. Lift shot!

Yesterday, our class had a bake sale to raise finds for the Catholic Relief Services work in Haiti. One of the most popular items that sold was chocolate covered bacon. It was amazing! If you've never tried it (or have ever even thought about it), you must! It is simply the most interestingly textured and flavored substance on planet Earth! Sure, it's probably 20% of the calories and fat needed to start a heart attack, but it's simply southes your tongue. Patrick "Happiness IS chocolate covered bacon" Carnahan

I'm sad that I didn't ride it when it was at CP, but this gives me another reason to visit Dorney Park now!

I think this is a nice addition to SFMM's coaster collection. A kiddie coaster to balance out all of the bigger stuff they've gotten over the last few years is a good move on their part, IMO.

^CTR was also my first 'major coaster'. And thank you. One thing I noticed is that they didn't have the SCAD Tower like in previous years. Actually, I remember seeing it in 2003, but I didn't see it in fairs after that. I wish I could've tried it out, but I'll have to try one somewhere else...

^Let's see.... 3 rides on Extreme Scream ($10 per ride), 1 ride on Coaster Thrill Ride (5 or 6 tickets, each ticket being worth 65 cents), 1 ride on the Inverter (4 tickets, I believe), 1 ride on the chairswing (2 tickets) 1 ride on Turbo Force ($10 for 1 person, $15 for two), and $2 for a ride on the gyro ring. I remember it was about $10 to get in (but I had a free admission ticket, thanks to my school), and, in total, I probably payed about $15 for the cookie, milk, and lunch @ Jack-in-the-Box. I forget what else I did, but I remember my mom bought some earrings (don't know how much they cost, though).

^^Hmmm.... I didn't know that. Must have been an old coaster; I think this one @ the Puyallup opened in the 1940's. ^I'm gonna have a lot of problems then, since I'm moving to Naples, Italy soon. P.S. I have no problem with people making out in line.

^I was there about 5-6 days after it opened, I remember the seatbelts on it. And thank you. ^^Yes, they are. The woodies are still very much standouts of the park. Sure, they are more famous than ever for Aftershock, but the woodies are truly their signature rides. I'd actually rate Timber Terror better than Tremors because of the airtime on the beginning bunny hills. Tremors would be much better, though, if it wasn't so rough every time I rode it.