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My favorite shows list is pretty much parktrips' minus a few selections.

Well at least my Chargers couldnt lose today! That said, somebody really needs to take down those effing Broncos, I don't know how in the hell they're doing what they are.

I don't know how legit this site is, so don't kill me if it's really stupid, but Intamin merch can be found here.

Name: Alex Age: 15 What is your roller coaster count? 56 What is your home park? Six Flags Magic Mountain, Disneyland, Knotts....and Universal... What is the nearest big city? I'm in it. Los Angeles/1 What is your occupation? Student. About how many times a year do you visit a park (including your home park)? Ehhhh 6-8 About how many times a year do you travel to a park that is not your home park? Once or Twice, just SFDK when I'm in Nor Cal for relatives When you travel do you go primarily to amusement parks or do you also try and hit other sites? Other sites, usually to just where family is What is the farthest you’ve traveled to go to an amusement park? The distance from LA to Orlando Does roller coaster time get in the way of family time? (Do you choose to miss your children’s or family’s sporting events, holidays, birthdays, etc…) No, that would be stupid Do you have any other major hobbies? Running! Do you get feelings of sadness in the offseason? Do you even have an offseason? Do you travel during the offseason? No off season! Do you consider yourself friends with someone you met who works at an amusement park? (Or reverse it, if you work or worked and an amusement park have you made friends with enthusiasts?) No. Would it bother you to go to an amusement park by yourself? Yes, I went to SFMM for a couple hours cause I had to kill time while my family was off doing stuff in Santa Clarita...bit mistake. Have you gone to an amusement park by yourself? If so have you ever ran into another enthusiast and tagged along with them?Yes, I have hung out with enthusiasts at parks before, once was when I ran into him, but we were expecting to meet. Do you find it easy to make friends with other enthusiasts? Eh, some are odd (moreso than me!) How do you get your coaster news? TPR! How many different forum sites do you regularly post on? 2 If there was a poll that asked a large pool of enthusiasts what their favorite roller coaster is, what do you think would be the top 3 responses be for wood? And for steel? Wood: Voyage, El Toro, T Express Steel: Bizzaro, Expedition Ge Force, and Millennium Force Same scenario but for amusement parks, what would be the top 3? Disneysea + other Disney parks, Cedar Point, Knoebels Have you ever “stole a kid” to get a credit on a kiddie coaster? No. I'm not that shameless. Do you cut other categories out of your budget to make trips to parks? (Entertainment, fast food, holidays, tobacco or alcohol, etc…) Well I dont quite do trips or have an income, so no. Before you visit a new park do you research the park finding the best way to navigate the park, get the best deals, or what days to go? Not really, I usually go to a new park if it's near where I'm vacationing. Do you feel the roller coaster enthusiast community is a warm and accepting community, or a negative and discouraging community? Little bit of both Do you like to talk about your hobby with people who are not roller coaster enthusiasts? Yes, just last week I saved my friend's family from going on a Disney World trip as they wanted to go to Harry Potter land (Though I personally would still rather go to WDW ).

I think it's faulty sensors on either the track or trains. Because the audio track played on the rides isnt one complete sound clip, but a bunch of small ones that get turned on every time the train passes a sensor on the track. So the signal coming from the sensor or train (idk exactly how it works) might be too weak at those points to register. Edit: \ / THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!

Is it sad that I shaved for the first time in my life last night at the ripe age of 15 and 3/4?

I think they'll wanna do it a decent amount of time before Christmas as they would want season passes to be used as presents. Hell, in theory they should do it before Black Friday as that's when a lot of people use up their holiday shopping money.

^I know about the restrictions, but rides like Rita dont go underground. I personally think AT is brilliant with the types of rides they've been able to install with their restrictions.

Will AT ever end its fantastic tradition of putting stuff in holes? *insert person with a 15 year old's sense of humor's comment here* This is seriously looking cool though, and I don't even know what the hell it really is gonna be like

SFMM in 12:22 hr/min!

I couldn't agree more with your top 4. My worst would be Pony Express Ghostrider Kong

Haha that was an awesome PTR, the Nerds seemed to fit right in!

I'm going to SFMM on Sunday! It's much better than a lot of the bs that has been going on lately!

Because cartoons can't have DJ Lance. Why did I decide that it's gonna be fun to bike 50 miles today?

I tried using my ipod when I ran the half marathon, but I found it way too distracting for me, I highly prefer running without an ipod (I usually have some song stuck in my head and run to the beat of it anyways). Does anyone else hate using ipods when they run?

^You'd level out on the first drop in flying position, that's SO no flags. Hell, you might as well ride Tatsu with Batman's trains!

TPR has been solidified as the classiest website out there.

My worst park experience was probably the day I went to SFMM and even Scream had an hour long line! My best experiences were Termy's preview event, and when I went to Disneyland for my birthday with my friends, and seemed to luck out with every line being short even though there were crowds on that day.

I'm heading up to SFMM this Sunday!!!! Are there any reviews yet about "Scream on Scream!?" Does it actually make a ride on Scream worth it? Edit: \ / I'll keep an eye out for ya

Magnum XL 200 - reference to...oops, I probably shouldnt say that Laser Snake Horse on Fire - Those things are more deadly than Manbearpig! And it's been said already, but Montezooma's Revenge is flat out wrong.

I believe it's 2.9 miles I ran a 21:59 yesterday, which was actually pretty good (for me) for my first meet, my PR last year was 21:30 at my last meet, so I've definitely improved (thank you track...but I still hate you)

My friend who I kinda really like told me that I couldnt possibly be a better guy, yet she still doesnt think she'll ever like me. So yeah, I'm not very happy right now.

IDK if they ever stated that they're planting grass so I could be confused, but if you're just going by the animation, then grass is definitely not a sure shot. If those animations were accurate, Terminator at SFMM would be flying by pretty fields of grass and trees, and not sitting over a concrete slab.

And to put THAT into perspective, more people get killed by chairs each year than sharks As Robb said, nobody was hurt so it's not a big deal...it's just a very bad year for cables.

I'm running my first XC meet of the year this Thursday! I'm excited! Even though I'll have mounds of HW to do after.