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This is really good!

Does anyone know how to remove the entrance gates to rides and roller coasters?

http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/02/7231997-star-trek-theme-park-to-arrive-in-the-near-future http://inhabitat.com/jordans-1-5-billion-star-trek-theme-park-to-be-powered-by-alternative-energy/ http://www.thenational.ae/business/travel-tourism/jordan-theme-park-treks-ahead Seems like a pretty interesting concept, especially the energy consumption. I'm just trying to image what kind of rides they're gonna throw in here.

Where did you find that CTR? I've been keeping an eye out, but that is the first one I've seen. Looks great so far, and to echo the comments of other posters - the GCI layout is pretty sweet. Nice and compact.

THOSE. WAFFLES. Doing it SO right. I've only visited Disney World in Orlando twice, but I was very young the first time and couldn't really do much. The second time I went during our family's 2007 summer vacation we didn't spend much time in Fantasy Land, but I remember similar facades for the rides. Is it the rides themselves that are "retro" or just the entire way they themed the area?

Your drop right out of the launch Loefet is quite possibly one of the coolest I've ever seen. Well done!

Annnnd Japan is officially on the "To-Do" list. I was unsure before, but all the live updates from Japan have pretty much set it in stone.

*Love* the pictures. They emphasize the need for some paint jobs and powerwashing on Raptor and Dragster though

"A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-ARMS DOWN!" ^Awesome, would you mind uploading a picture of the business card?

Your first mistake was "self respecting enthusiast". Second mistake is thinking that another group of enthusiasts will have the exact same opinion as you. The current overwhelming response seems to be the ride is fantastic, and I would be extremely surprised if they didn't love the ride as the seeming majority has. So, is this negativity your true feelings, or is this quote: How you feel? Because honestly you're bashing something the majority of folks seem to enjoy - including, it seemed, yourself. I'm a little disgusted.

Upload your pictures to TPR, I'm getting the photobucket bandwith picture now. I really wanted to look at some of these pictures

That was excellent. Nice work!

That is beautiful!

Anyone else pick up the new Owl City album today? I'm loving what I'm hearing so far! Galaxies as well as Angels are my top two songs on the album for my first two rounds on it.

Same here, it looks wonderful from the facebook pictures!

^ No, it doesn't make sense to get rid of them, but at the same time they REALLY need to either remodel or build new dorms in place of both Bayside and Cedars. They're awful to live in during the summer (I speak from experience).

It was a cool ride, I'll give it that. I won't be sad to see it go however. Whatever they replace it with is hopefully more reliable, not to mention a new credit It would give me a reason to head back out that way again instead of driving two hours to KD or BGW.

This is EXACTLY the problem we struggle with. You have to remember that sites that focus on one type of park, or one specific area, don't have the volume of updates that TPR does. It's one of the reasons why we have the left and right column on the front page. I look at it this way - The right columns if for the daily updates. The left column is for our "Featured Updates." All articles are put on the right hand side when they are initially posted, and then moved to the left hand side if they belong there. I actually really do like the front page of MiceAge. Three really big pictures, focusing on their three most recent updates. And if I look at their page right NOW, those three updates span three days. The biggest problem we have on TPR, like what Croniq said is that we are constantly updating, in just the past 2 days we've had 7 front page updates, and if I thought the world could handle more, I would post more. It's sort of like we need to be in-between what Screamscape does, which is a long list of bullet point list of text updates, and what MiceAge does, which is a short list of updates and a corresponding image. Both which I feel work VERY WELL for those sites. And since TPR has always been more of a "visual" site, I would always choose to do something that includes images. But I agree - the front page IS dated, and I do feel it needs updating...but how drastic of an update is what I'm trying to gauge. I didn't want to quote the whole block but it all applies to my next statement. As I said in my vote post I wouldn't mind an update - but I love the way TPR is set up AS-IS. Just an idea you might peruse, I play a lot of MMOs and games with a lot of online play. The communities tend to make some mind-blowing websites, and they update on a regular basis (if not more often than TPR). One website I frequent for my WoW account (yeah haters gonna hate) is: http://manaflask.com/ You have your featured updates in a continually scrolling (but selectable) slideshow, and then your current updates on the right side of the screen. Its extremely easy to read and navigate, and I really love the format. With a bit of TPR magic you could create something just as great as what you do now, but it WOULD be different.

I've been following since the beginning....and it really has been a hell of a journey. Thank you for the years of entertainment, you are a masterful storyteller.

This pretty much sums up my feelings as well. Perhaps integrating it and the game exchange a bit more would help make the site feel more unified. Other than that, I love the front page and I see no real reason to change it.

I remember dealing with similar behavior working on Maverick at CP a few years ago...its unpleasant at best. Kudos to Busch Gardens and the Ride Crew for doing everything they did, and somehow I really need to figure out how to get to Florida soon...

I've ridden trimless Meanstreak, it actually has a few moments of airtime! Nice TR, and glad to see that some of the more worn down rides are getting some love.

Wow. I want to see MUCH more of this!

I'm excited to see how you pull this one off!

All the coaster events would happen on the weekend of my birthday, which is coincidentally the same weekend as my sister's graduation. There's no way I could get away from the family this time around...maybe next year... (Crosses Fingers). Interested, but not voting because I can't attend this year.