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Thank you, sir! And if 50 means that much to you (mine was Medusa up in Nor Cal!!!), just find a family entertainment center with a coaster! There's bound to be one near you!

^To be fair, they did have like 8 months to paint the damn thing (not that it even really matters to me)! Although, I must say, the park is SO much better with Xcelerator back. To think that the POS Windjammer once occupied that spot. Also...about Xcelerator... ...Anyone notice anything different? As in something that can be used as evidence in the event of the ride blowing up in someone's face not being there?

Awesome start to the PTR so far. And thanks for posting a photo of an It's-It bar. Those things are both amazing, and bring back memories of the camp I used to go to. Great work!

Note to self: Find out who George Rekers is and add him to the Knott's part. Yeah...I'm well cultured. Thanks for the comment! (you too fatdaddy) Edit: I forgot to add this picture into my PTR! Goats make any park, like adventure city, awesome! And it's post a goat Thursday! There seems to be something hairy next to that cock...and by cock, I mean rooster. Too bad this park had no ass. And by ass, I mean donkey.

I went on Sunday and Montezooma was listed out front as one of the rides closed. So I guess it's at least somewhat planned...although they should have it on the site.

Haha yeah, the drop towers at both parks are really worth the price at both Scandia and Castle. And I was very surprised at how Tree Top rode. I was expecting tons of pain, but got none. It was actually decently exciting for a wild mouse!

Day 2: Part One: Adventure City: The Phantom Menace: The Revenge So now comes day two of Inland Empire Bash! We originally planned to wake up early and get to Knott's for opening, but we overslept, and David's dad had plans. So we had quite a late start...however, this worked to my advantage at least. Since we'd be arriving after 11, David and his family gave me the option to go to Adventure City (which is literally a couple miles up the same street as Knott's) so that I could reach 60 credits. Of course, me being the whore-in-training that I am, I graciously accepted. So off we went, we drove by Knott's and into the parking lot of the wonderful Adventure City. I didn't quite know what to expect other than two janky coasters...and boy were they janky. That said, it seemed like a nice park for kids half my age...and then minus two years. Edit: How about a POV of Tree Top Racers?! (It was taken with permission) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKQ2DW55ltc Here we are! The glorious credit number 60! Freeway coaster! I felt mildly loserish being the only person on the ride when I rode this. While it was very janky and seemed to slowly roll its way through the course, it gets bonus points for hopping a tree. As I was walking over to the other credit, I noticed this. Why do these small parks like stealing copyrighted things?! Now time for the 100% certified jankiest coaster of the trip: Tree Top Racers! These are wise words. And *gasp*, is that a 42'' height limit I see?! This definitely looks like a quality ride. However, due to the weird restraints, it had really slow operations. I definitely expect more out of my $13 dollar family parks. What do this lift hill and Tom Cruise have in common? They both pretend to be straight, but they're clearly not. I still don't know how this thing hasn't collapsed yet. It must be on some kind of coaster Viagara... As you can see, it takes a lot of knowledge and complex mechanisms to operate this steel wonder. This picture doesn't do it justice, but the last turn could literally take your hands off if you're not careful. Therefore making this a strong contender for jankiest coaster of the trip! And finally, more Tom Cruise-like track. Okay, that's it for Adventure City. Next comes Knott's...whenever I decide to get around to that.

Souplantation>John's Incredible Pizza + credit (besides, I can just whore up the one in Nor Cal next time I go back ) Thanks for the comments again! It's greatly appreciated.

These words will haunt my memory forever. Thanks for all of the great comments guys! I think I'll have part 2 up some time soon...maybe...I need to wait for Davy to upload his Knott's photos so that I can steal some of them for the report. But it should be very Xciting!

So this past weekend has been in the works for a while now. My buddy, David (Creditcrazy) and I were initially to credit whore both Castle Amusement Park and Scandia Fun Center (or whatever it's called) since I needed the credits (I'm now up to the glorious 61), and just to have fun. Well, Castle was offering an $8 entrance deal, so it was finally our time to do this weekend that had been in planning for months. As the weekend drew closer, the idea of also going to Knott's to ride Xcelerator came up. Needless to say, it turned into a 2 day super sexy sleepover, and the most fun weekend I've had in a long long long long time. I'd also like to thank upfront David and his family. His parents are probably the coolest people ever, and they helped make this past weekend even more enjoyable than it would have been. I'd also like to take this time to call David out for totally cheating at Mini Golf, Tennis, and Hot Hoops...you suck! Day 1: Castle Amusement Park and Scandia Fun Center ADMIN EDIT: I added the "Photo TR:" notation to the front of your thread's title. Thank you for sharing this with us! First thing's first. Castle Park! Home of Merlin's Revenge, the undisputed greatest roller skater around for a good 30 miles! This ride is so intense that they have the back row closed off. ...It's just not pictured here. However, the ride achieved a mildly janky status by having its fountain turned off. But don't worry, it gets jankier. After realizing that the park's other two credits were closed (I'll miss you Little Dipper), we headed to the park's log flume aptly named "Log Ride." While Log Ride was totally balls to the walls crazy, we had bigger fish to fry. Err I mean dragons. Between the extreme yank at the top, and the lax ride ops who let you leave your restraint decently loose, you fly out of your seat faster than a hipster running through a flannel shirt store! Putting the word 'Dragon' in anything makes it way scarier. For instance: Would you prefer S&S? Or S&S Dragon?! This park is cool because it has two separate trains that go to the same areas. Here's one of them. Disney allows this?! ...At least Disney wasn't singled out or anything. But hey! It * *denotes TAKES A TUNNEL...but since you can't hear "TAKE THE TUNNEL" on Termy (Hi Skycoastinsteve who hates that nickname!), it cannot officially appear in my trip reports anymore. "The tunnel really didn't fit on this ride. I feel the wild west theming...along with the ghosts, really clashed with the Americana-Medieval feel this park is going for."-Standard coaster enthusiast At one end of the park was this baby. All I can say about it is...RELEASE THE DRAGONS!!!! I feel that the "made in China" tag really clashes nicely with the ride that was most likely not made in China. The dragons hath been released. However, while flyers definitely aren't as cool as I was expecting, the dragon decals really made up for it. If only this were the best Larson ride I'd be riding today... Also at the park was a Flying Star...which I now realize are uncomfortable and not very fun. I suppose I'm not too much of a flat man...and I don't mean I have large tits. That's just a coincidence. I actually thought this was a pretty cool idea for an attraction. Basically, you catapult water balloons at each other. You're bound to get wet. Also at the park is a fantastic mini golf course. Where you are reminded to hit your balls easy. While I always love visiting amusement parks, it's even better when they're happy to see me!! Back in the Medieval times, the knights used to kick back and relax next to the carriageways and put their way around 18 wacky holes. While this may seem like a steep price for a shirt with a small logo, keep in mind that it was made by the knight who slayed the legendary Drachen: Fire. Just as all hope for riding Screamin Demon had faded, David's mom called the park and informed us that the ride was just down for maintenance and would in fact be opening soon! Unfortunately, they had no one to staff the ride. So it remained closed. However, we actually met with the manager of Castle Park, who gave us his card and told us that we could come back and ride the 2 closed coasters (since he knew we were enthusiasts) whenever we had the opportunity! That's actually really nice, and very good customer service. So while we missed 2 coasters (well, Davy had already ridden them in the past, and we only payed 8 dollars to get in anyway), Castle Park was actually better than I was expecting. The Dragon's Tower really makes that park worthwhile. However, an even greater tower awaited us later that night. ...But before I can bring you that, I need to bring you proof that Castle Park does in fact own a communist Falling Star! Now it was time for Scandia! Home of the famous rule that states that you cannot wear clothes that show affiliation to anything. Which makes me a rebel because I wore my track shirt. I'm a BAMF. First order of business was their Little Dipper. Which is a definite contender for jankiest coaster of the trip because it a) Rolls back before it hits the lift hill. b) Turns at the top of the lift hill. c) Feels like it's going to fall over at any minute. d) Almost slices your head off! The next ride was Cliff Jumper. Quite possibly my favorite drop tower EVER! It just never stops...*insert off-color sex joke here* This was the best idea since the Shake Weight for men! Commence speculation as to what might replace the looping starship... ..Which has definitely seen better days. And finally, the thing I was most excited to ride: Scandia Screamer!!! A wise choice of words. The head choppers got awfully close. After riding Hi Miler at the LA County fair a few years ago, I couldn't wait to ride this. Needless to say, between the neck snapping, the @$$ smashing, and the turns that threw you into the person next to you, this ride delivered. It was one of those rides that was SO bad that you couldn't help but have fun on it! I also consider it a janky coaster as the back car is closed off, and the front car was taken by some bags after staff members rode it and decided that nobody could sit there.... The last turn is the best one on Earth. To get an accurate idea of what it felt like, take an office chair and a fire extinguisher, then, use the fire extinguisher to blast the office chair into a hard wall. Needless to say, that was my favorite part of the ride. And then came the true highlight of the whole trip: Souplantation! Between the extreme airtime at the salad buffet, and the intensity of the ice cream machine, this meal did NOT let up. However, I will let up and say goodbye for part 1 of this trip report! Next on the agenda, Day 2: Adventure Park and Knott's Berry Farm.

This guy. ...only cause I missed a last ride on Xcelerator by seconds!

I rode Xcelerator 7 times today. It never gets old.

I saw the LA Times today, and they had a picture of Mr. Six's Splash Island construction. Needless to say, it's very colorful. Full article here. Pretty colors! And Goliath's paint job did wonders for it.

Robb, you are a lifesaver.

Hi, Yesterday, my European History teacher assigned our class our final project: a ten page research paper on modern European history (post 2,000). She agrees that a report on the amusement industry would be a very good topic, but I have one problem. One of the requirements is that I read a full length book on my subject, however, I don't know of any full-length books that would be about Europe's involvement in the amusement industry post 2,000. While my expectations aren't very high for finding a good book for this project, if anyone has any ideas, please post them. The book can be about either a specific European amusement park, European amusement parks in general, European coasters, or maybe European ride design. If anyone can help, he/she would be my hero for life, and I'd erect a shrine in my room for him/her (okay, not really, but it'd be greatly appreciated)! Thank you, Atem122 P.S. If anyone knows any full length biographies on Europeans involved in the amusement industry, which I doubt exist, that'd also be a major help to me as I also need to do a biography.

You know that feeling you get when your best friend decides to ask out the girl you liked for 9 months(/other best friend) but broke your heart, and she accepts? And then they make a pact to not tell you anything anymore even though they're both your best friends? Yeah, I'm kinda getting that feeling right now.

This is a quote from the Six Flags Blog that should answer your question I also love how a geyser now equals total theming

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If memory serves me correctly, they were really really ridiculously good.

Psh, that John's Incredible Pizza doesn't stack up to the one in Roseville, which is like at least three times as incredible (okay, I lied. They look pretty much identical). But the real question is...DID YOU TRY THE FRIES?!!! Nice update too!

12:59 till THE AP Euro test

If someone tells you this via text, it's BS! You are better off without her. Haha I love the advice, Larry. Thanks

^I've got a picture of a completely empty X2 station from a regular day But yeah, I'm definitely not going to want to miss pass holder night this year.

Okay so, I've been over the girl that I was in love with for like two whole months now. However, on Saturday night, she tells me (over text) that I'm the only person she's ever thought she could be in love with. I asked her what she wanted, and she replied by saying she doesn't want anything? Apparently, she feels nothing for me now, but feels like she easily could? I f***ing hate women. And then on yesterday, my freaking BEST FRIEND asked her out on a date and at first she blew him off, but then accepted on the principles of "why not." I feel upset, yet I have no reason to as I'm over her (or in extreme denial). This is just really weird. I can't wait till I'm in a proper relationship...which I'm beginning to believe doesn't exist.

3. Rosie O'Donnell She can intimidate anyone into getting anything done. ...Usually by threatening to eat anyone who doesn't comply.