jbarner14

12 out of 20. I guess thats okay...

Well Big Mike has my picture. I guess I'll just have to wait for him to post it.

Hey Big Mike! I'm looking forward to meeting you again and possibly hanging around with you tomorrow. It should be a blast.

Name: Jordan Barner Age: 17 What is your roller coaster count? 151 What is your home park? Knoebels What is the nearest big city? Harrisburg, PA or Philadelphia What is your occupation? High School Student About how many times a year do you visit a park (including your home park)? 22 About how many times a year do you travel to a park that is not your home park? 19 When you travel do you go primarily to amusement parks or do you also try and hit other sites? It's a little bit of both. If my family has decided to go on a vacation to a place that is not an amusement park then I will try to find a park or two along the way to hit. But I do also plan trips that are exclusively roller coaster related. What is the farthest you’ve traveled to go to an amusement park? St. Louis, MO 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…) Yes, it has. Do you have any other major hobbies? Tennis, other sports, CAD Do you get feelings of sadness in the offseason? Do you even have an offseason? Do you travel during the offseason? Well I definitely look forward to the roller coaster season during the offseason so i guess you could say so. Yes I have an offseason. No I do not travel. 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, but I am friends with a kid in my school that works at Knoebels. Would it bother you to go to an amusement park by yourself? No. Have you gone to an amusement park by yourself? If so have you ever ran into another enthusiast and tagged along with them? Yes. Can't say I have. Do you find it easy to make friends with other enthusiasts? Yes. How do you get your coaster news? TPR, Screamscape. How many different forum sites do you regularly post on? Two. 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? El Toro, Boulder Dash, and The Voyage for wood. Bizarro (SFNE), MF, and Expedition Geforce for steel. Same scenario but for amusement parks, what would be the top 3? Disney World, Knoebels, Holiday World. Have you ever “stole a kid” to get a credit on a kiddie coaster? No, but I've seriously thought about it. Do you cut other categories out of your budget to make trips to parks? (Entertainment, fast food, holidays, tobacco or alcohol, etc…) Not really. 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? Yes. Do you feel the roller coaster enthusiast community is a warm and accepting community, or a negative and discouraging community? It honestly depends on the website you're interacting with the community on. On TPR I do. Do you like to talk about your hobby with people who are not roller coaster enthusiasts? Sometimes but not really.

Awesome! I'll be sure to wear mine on Saturday.

I know when I went there in June the lady stopped me to measure my height. (I'm about 6-2 or maybe a little taller with shoes on.) I was pretty scared that I might not have been able to get on.

Six Flags America Six Flags Great Adventure (5x) Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Six Flags New England Six Flags St. Louis The Great Escape Delgrosso's Hersheypark Holiday World Kings Dominion Kings Island Knoebels (2x) Lake Compounce Quassy Amusement Park Waldameer

I'm going to the LLWS with some friends that day...so maybe I'll see you there. I might be able to tag along with you to Knoebels later that day too.

This looks like a really great park. Having a GG Woodie, Dive Machine, and Mega-Lite all in one park is just awesome!

^Eiffel Tower

T2 at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom on Monday. It was such a "fun" ride. T2 at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Good Photo TR. I was actually there that day too. I was only there for a few hours though: I got my coasters and left.

SFStl: 9/6 Holiday World: 9/9 SFKK: 9/10 Dorney Park: 9/13

I missed Little Bill's Giggle Coaster today at Kings Island. I tried twice asking if I could ride it and they said that I needed a kid. I was just too embarrassed to ask to "borrow" a kid for the ride.

I'm going to Kings Island tomorrow.

^Nope, it wasn't just you. It did that to me too. Overall I think it's a solid replacement for High Speed Thrill Coaster.

^I'm going past Delgrosso's tomorrow and am going to stop in and try to get that credit. I'll let you know what happens. EDIT: ^You'll have no problem getting the Wacky Worm credit. I got on just fine.

I rode it today. It is surprisingly good for a kiddie coaster. I'm happy to say that no one should really have a problem with fitting. I'm 6'2" or 6'3" and had no problem fitting. While I was standing in line the ride operator stopped the ride after the 2nd lap to let some kids off. He then proceeded to give them their tickets back. My friend and I immediately said, "Only at Knoebels." Here's a video I took. The coastertube version also works now: http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=M4H00371_w70q

I'm going to try to make it down tomorrow. I wanted to make it there on opening day but my day was just too hectic.

^I wonder if the individual lap bars will cause taller people to not be able to ride. I been on some coasters where I was glad it was a single lapbar as it allowed me to spread out legs in the car in order to fit. This really worries me.

Here's my Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1231147541&ref=profile Just say TPR and I'll add you.

10/20. That quiz was pretty difficult.

^^ No problem Big Mike. I'm as excited as anyone is since there's a coaster pretty much in my backyard. I'm going to try to be there for its opening day.

The Knoebels Facebook page says that "there's a pretty good chance for later this week" that it will open.

The track is now complete and the train is on the track. It looks like I'll be having a new credit very soon. Here's some pictures from the Kozmo Knoebel Facebook page.