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^ Can you prove that B&M and Busch have an exclusivity contract??? I just put out other possible reasons why KD/SFA hasn't built a B&M in years. Granted it might not be true; however, the B&M exclusivity contract could be a fake as well. At this point you never know. At this point, its all rumors. There's no fact involved. Why not? Instead of busting my chops why not develop your point?

Miniland Sorry for the low quality I've added two coasters... An unknown spinning coaster and Vekoma Stingray (Shuriken). Wave Runner is 100% complete. Rodeo and Ryu Vengeance are 97% complete. The rest of the park is 90% complete... I'll finish everything up and add it to my Facebook profile and TPR later this week.

Unless a contract is actually proven between Busch and B&M, chances are, the contract doesn't exist and that its just an internet rumor based on Busch's love for B&Ms. The main reason why KD and SFA probably haven't added a B&M coaster for a long period of time probably has to do with the park either not wanting a new B&M or their parent companies not investing a B&M into the park. There are many factors that can play into the reason why KD and SFA haven't gotten a B&M... - The parent company doesn't want to invest a large coaster like a B&M into the park - The park cannot pay off something the size of a B&M - CF felt that Intimidator 305 would best fit in KD so they opted bringing a giga to KD instead of a hyper. - Intimidator and Shoot the Rapids was part of a deal with Intamin where a possible discount was involved. Maybe two rides for the price of one! - KD wanted to go the extra mile and decided to turn down an offer for a hyper in exchange for a giga. - A combination of many different factors If there really was a B&M exclusivity contract between Busch, a lot of money would have to be exchanged in order to cover lost sales. And B&Ms aren't very cheap to begin with compared to other companies.

Those last two pics were EPIC WIN!

Now that you're gonna go back to your HHE project, will Charleston Gardens be put on the back burner for now? - Dan "I'm very excited for this"

If TPR had a like button I'd click it... These are so cool! It really makes me wish I still had most of my old theme park memorabilia from the 90s...

Add me on Facebook!!! Just say you're from TPR and I'll add you!

Your new park looks amazing so far... Since all your parks/rides rock, I can't wait to see more pics later. Keep it up! - Dan

^ Nope! The ride is still standing and still under construction... Sad because it actually looks like a really fun ride. Especially going that turn going over the cliff...

This reminds me of those roller coaster POV simulator machines that they have in shopping malls and arcades. Basically you have a seat attached to an old TV screen. When you put money in the machine you can choose between 2 different coasters (Blue Streak or Gemini) and the seat is supposed to move with the POV shown on screen. It looks kinda like this... http://www.highway.net.au/bulk_offers/coasterider_xpress_rollercoaster/33.html Except its blue colored.

http://www.rcdb.com/1870.htm Orphan Rocker beats it by about 18 years... Flying Turns is based off of a defunct ride concept and Knoebels is just trying to get the bugs fixed out of it. Chances are there are a LOT of bugs to fix so it's gonna take a while before this thing actually opens to the public...

Inspired by Ben2008s park, I've decided to work on a new park... I'm not sure if that update will ever come... However, I'll upload a ton of other new stuff (that I haven't posted here) to my Facebook profile. Some details about the park. Miniland 3 coasters at the moment - GG Woodie (Rodeo), B&M floorless (Ryu Vengeance) - Inspired by Drachen Fire, and an Intamin Family Aquatrax (Wave Runner)... I'm currently working on a fourth coaster and a water ride. I apologize for the low quality. The next one will hopefully be better quality.

All Facebook apps do this. I think you have to block the application in order to stop getting these messages. You can hit the undo button when the message pops up, but from what I've read, that doesn't block the message. I'm not so sure whether or not blocking the apps will prevent you from accessing the app though. As for the friends operating the rides, I'm not sure about this. IIRC, Facebook doesn't allow apps that automatically force you to invite/add friends. You could report the app if it violates Facebook's app TOS... EDIT: As for the game itself, the game seemed interesting when I saw it in the directory, but I decided not play the app because I wasn't sure if it would be an addictive time-waster like Farmville or a lame game that I would only spend 15 minutes on before I get bored.

In Farmville, strawberries grow year-round. I'm a certified Farmville addict so I should know

Why must Facebook apps be down? I have strawberries that are wilting.

^ Six Flags has some sort of stigma behind it that causes uber-fanboys of other park chains to curse its name whenever it's mentioned. Basically this stigma began in the late-90s when SF went on a park/coaster buying spree and the state of the parks in general went downhill. 2004-2005 were SF's lowest point, but once new management took over, SF has been improving its image by focusing on drawing families and bringing people back through the gates that way than the teenage/thrillseeker demographic they focused on in the past. Fanboys however are blind to this and continue to worship their favorite parks while bashing SF parks.

What makes you think more people go to SFA just for the coasters. So why is SF constantly adding new rides to the water park and ignoring the dry side? Perhaps its because the water park is SFA's main draw over the dry side. Water parks draw families, which is what Six Flags wants right now. The 2009 brochure has a whole section devoted to the water park and a small section devoted to the coasters. Its been stated before that the parks that can pay off bigger investments will get the bigger rides/expansions. Six Flags doesn't think SFA can pay off a shiny new gigantic coaster so they add waterslides instead. On top of that, SFA is getting a Thomas Town in the future, which means that possible new ride additions/ride upgrades are possibly in the works in the future. Honestly, I feel that SFGAm probably won't be getting Chang because of the fact that they already have a B&M stand-up, but it will probably go to either SFGAdv, or one of the smaller parks that hasn't gotten a major addition/upgrade in recent years.

WOW! After seeing your Thunder Lakes park, and the parking lot shots of this park, I'm completely blown away. Everything is amazing so far. From what I've seen so far, the scenery, detail, and elaborate-ness of your park is mind-blowingly incredible! I love that you've actually managed to put a ton of time and effort into building the hotel/parking garage.

Best of luck to you! You're really skilled at this and even if you don't win, you've still got an impressive project here. PS: I would love to see another overview of the park as well as some screenshots of the new areas you put in before you put everything up for download.

For those of you that aren't on my Facebook friends list, my brochures went missing within the past week and I've had no luck in finding them. At the moment I've managed to salvage one brochure that my parents missed, but aside from that, I think my parents took the rest of them. For now, I've got my fingers crossed hoping my collection is still intact, but I can't confirm it. In the meantime, I'm not gonna accept trades/donations (I don't have stamps anyway) and any trades currently in progress will be held off until I can figure out what to do about this situation (unless you're currently sending everything out).

Then log onto Facebook. What?

I've been having random dreams about getting brochures... Could it be a sign of something to come?

^^ Buckethead has actually made normal music?

HA! My mom saw an article about this on Fox News and she said roller coasters were dangerous... I'm really hoping this doesn't turn into negative publicity or a potential lawsuit, but knowing the GP, that's probably gonna happen sometime soon. - Dan - Here's hoping both people are okay.

Time to throw in my 2 cents... Doesn't something like this always happen during huge awards shows. Some big-name celebrity makes a fool of himself/herself and everybody cries foul. The celebrity makes and apology to the other party and the other party accepts. After that the celebrity apologizes to the GP and a month later, everyone completely forgets what happened months later. I'm not surprised...