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I would make Silver Bullets Cobra Roll more like Ice's cobra roll. The turn after the 0 g roll would also have more forces, and the pop in between the two wingovers would produce some floater air, or more anyways.

^ yea, but Kraken is also one of the best coasters I've ever been on.

ITs too bad most places don't carry Cherry Coke. If they did, I would go coke in a heartbeat.

You bite your tounge! But who knows. At the El Capitan, they carry Pepsi products, where at the Disney Parks its Coke, I'm confused by this as well but thats the way it is. Maybe they carry coke products because generally speaking more studio executives, and producers, and directers, ect. prefer coke? And so when they go to the theaters they want to see coke? Or maybe its just that people in charge of the theater prefer coke themselves, so they're more inclined to sign a deal with coke rather then pepsi. Also, was anyone else saddened when Subways switched from Pepsi to Coke last year? I was. I wept.

Sometimes I feel cheated and ripped off, those are the only feelings I ever get.

They both suck just as much as the other, imo, but of course a bad day at Knotts is better then a good day at work? Right? No not really. But a decent day at Knotts is better then a good day at work.

I liked the premier restraints feautured on the mummy rides. Though I'm not sure how similar those are to the one Elissa was talking about.

Looks like a good blend of Goliath as well as Superman:Escape. Definately will be a fun ride.

Just got around to installing Google toolbar. I was reluctant at first because I've had some bad experiences with various other toolbars in the past but this one seems to work fine. Its also really good because its a simple click of a button and it takes out half of the spelling errors, though I still find I have to correct a lot of things when I go back and re-read some of my posts simply because there are somethings that the spell check can't do (IE grammar) but overall I think it does help.

don't get your hopes up. There "might" be footers in the ground, but it will be a miracle if there are. It will probably be a couple of weeks at least before we start to see some do anything more then tear out the rock formations within the area.

Ruby's is better.

one of these days, strait to the moon! Yea, but I hope they do something soon, I want to see some action!

Is there any chance that the abominable guinea pig makes an appearance?

I doubt it. J.K.Rowling seems to be too invested in this. She has very specific ideas as to what this should be, if the rumors on Jimhillmedia are to be be believed. She asks to much, imo.

after looking at the region on a map, I take back my statement. An island would be easier to fend off from "insurgents" then a piece of land located on the "mainland."

I was serious. I'm almost certain that would happen, or at least be attempted. It would be an easy target, and not as hard to get into compared to any of the other Disney parks.

In other news, it sounds like they're going to build a Del Coranodo inspired hotel on the DLR next to DCA http://www.o-meon.com/pages/news%26features/-2007/n%26f_02-05-07.html And Al Lutz gives an insight into DCA's pace making plan. http://www.miceage.com/allutz/al013007a.htm Also an interview with DLR President Ed Grier from the OC Business Journal which mentions Disney's interest in a 3rd gate. http://disneyenquirer.com/NewsArticle-577

^^ while I have seen male's dress like that, I can assure you that in this case it was a woman. Though I find it funny how female same sex couples show more of a public display of affection compared to men. I guess holding hands is more of a chick thing then it is a "couples thing" in general.

If it happens, I'm sure you'll get suicide bombers from all over making thier way out to the park.

thanks for the comments guys, I definitely appreciate them. One more update before I'm done. Though there aren't too many photos for USH as there isn't quite as much to do there, just mainly a bunch of shows which give guests a sort of pseudo-Hollywood experience. Anyways, quick review of the park. I really do like this park for some reason. I can't go there that often though as I could easily find myself bored of the place, but it has a charm to it that I really quite admire, though I think it would be a lot better if they could squeeze in 2 - 3 more rides on the upper lot. Specifically I was thinking that the could rip out Terminator 2 and convert that over into an interactive shooter ride on the scale of Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster at Disneyland. Maybe just go around shooting t-800's and various other robots, I think it would be fun, and maybe a little more enjoyable for returning guests since well, you can only watch the terminator show so many times before you're sick of it. (This last visit was my 3rd time seeing it, my first time was in Florida during spring break last year, and my second being later in the year at USH, and then the third being on Saturday, and with that said, I'd rather not watch it again, but I'll probably end up watching it again on my next visit, but that's why a ride based off the movie would be very good, imo. It would be exciting, I think.) Also I will note that I finally stepped foot onto the lower lot for the first time since before my Aunt passed away which I believe would have been in 1999 as she passed away in 2000, though I might have visited after, but I'm not quite sure.... ) Anyways, other then making general opinions of Hollywood's version based off of what other people had described to me, I really had no idea about how the actual ride was, and after having some what of a negative opinion about it, I was actually pleasantly surprised, though I still wished that they had the ET attraction, though both would have been just as acceptable as well, but I would have found it very unlikely that USH would rip out one of its bigger Sound stages to make room for a ride so you know that would have never happen. Anyways, I shall now do the obvious thing and compare the 2 versions of the ride. The first thing you notice between the 2 is that Florida's que is all indoor, where as 5/7ths of Hollywood's Que is outdoors. So with that said, Florida has a lot more theming and different things and various traps for guests to fiddle around with while in the que, where as in Hollywood's, while it is themed equally as good (indoors, anyways) there is not as much to do, though they give you some back story to watch while you are queing, sort of like Florida's, but a little more thematic then Florida's behind the scenes DVD featurette approach. But also not that Florida had a lot more room to work with when they installed such an attraction where Hollywood's available space was quite limited. Though with that in mind, they still managed to make quite a large building to house the attraction in which, they were able to make a fairly good ride almost as impressive as the one in Florida. Though besides the space and building practicality of the rides, they also featured 2 different story lines. While both are based off of the same movie as well as revolving around a curse, the stories are actually noticeably different. Florida's story is based off of a curse on the set of the movie, which turns out to be real (or at least that's what I've gathered) where as Hollywood's is more of like your in Egypt and you've entered the cursed tomb of Imhotep and evil and air time wreaks havoc on you, but both ideas were very good, just Florida's was executed better. For the ride itself, Hollywood has an over abundance of reliance on LCD and/or projection type technology which in some cases worked very well, but I think the ride could have definitely been a little more exciting if they used some more animatronic monsters (other then the one that drops from the ceiling) instead of solely using the previously stated technology. Though I will say that the LCD styled technology did work better in some cases for things like the scarabs crawling out of the ceiling (where as Florida's used rubber scarabs, and spat them out of the wall which didn't look quite as good) But in other cases for things like when the one guy was swallowed up by the scarabs, it just sort of came across as kind of lame. Anyways, I think overall the dark ride portion of Florida's compared to Hollywood's is better in the fact that it was more impressive to me as far as quality and quantity was concerned, though Hollywood's wasn't too bad. As for the coaster portion of each ride, I would say both are very good and are about on par with each other as far as length is concerned, though I think Florida's second half is slightly longer and the effects for the mid course show was a lot better then Hollywood's mid course show, though stopping a few inches from a stone wall was pretty cool, just not as cool as a very sophisticated animatronic killing a ride op, then threatening you with some very cool fire effects on the ceiling. But I did enjoy the launch for Hollywood's compared to Florida's gradual acceleration, but right at the end of the gradual acceleration is violent ejector air (one of 3 moments of air time on Florida's, 2 of which are violent ejector air) where as Hollywood's 3 moments of air time is more of a float, similar to Florida's floater hill, which is still fun, just not as fun as the ejector air. And as for the ending of Hollywood's, you hear some people screaming at you, then there's a sand storm and that's it. It was definitely cool, but also very anti-climactic, I was hoping to get shot off into some extreme air time like at the end of the fire room for Florida's, but I was disappointed to see the station. But with that in mind, its still a wonderful "E ticket" attraction that's worth visiting at least once. As for the shows, they are the best theme park shows I've seen, especially the 4D shows which, unlike Disney's, save Philharmagic,, revolve around an actual story line, compared to a variety show featuring cheap 3D tricks. I also find the food at the Universal parks to surpass all the other places I have visited, which is another plus, and as a result it makes me happier when I purchase their more expensive food because at least I'm getting something of some sort of quality with the $10 I just spent. So overall, a good day near LA. Last photo for the report. BTW does anyone have any photos of the inside of this place? Also, I thought the "Globe Theater" was the one sheakespear performed in, compared to some nice indoor theater. They should turn this into a shooter interactive ride. Wait, I think where all done with the lower lot! Quick up the escalator! Heartburn? You should try Pepto-Bismol and I enjoyed my jello! Why can't Disney offer jello? Jason enjoys the escalator ride! Lower Lot and Sound Stages galore! Whats sad is that they even have to have a sign to tell people what common sense should already tell you. Look! Its the invisible man! I hope everyone on the plane was alright. Down in the WotW segment, we see a smashed up mustang. Poor lighting conditions and King Kong's constant movements makes for a poor picture. Anyways, King Kong feautures wiskers, like a cats. Quite odd, really. Just before taking a tour on the tram, we gazed upon the Universal Back lot. Green Goblin looks like he's having a heart attack, Captain America is flexing the padding in his costume, and I'm not quite sure what Storm is doing.... which means... absolutely nothing... Spider-man was shooting his web all over the children. It says "Universal Studios Hollywood" l'entrée de parc. Gotta love the arch. Screw the Universal Uniglobe, its all about the neon Universal sign that dates back to before my time! Its the LA Sock Market! Woo hoo! Steven Spielberg shops here! There's the WB lot, featuring that water tower which has been a replicated feature at various movie studio themed parks. He sees a golf course which hopefully Universal will buy if the course ever goes up for sale. Jason looks out from the parking structure towards the bottom of the hill. More junk. Looks like a van from the original Jurassic Park movie as well as the sea plane that crashes in the water world show. BTW, they're building an incredible Hulk roller coaster at USH.... Storage area for unused trams as well as the JP river boats while the ride is in rehab.

2 articles about this sprung up on Jimhillmedia http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/02/02/a-special-which-wizard-is-going-where-edition-of-why-for.aspx http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/02/05/monday-mousewatch-you-ll-believe-a-car-can-fly.aspx

Yea, but the Singaporeans aren't aquainted with "super" yet so they'll laugh thier heads off for the first 4 years that its there, then they'll grow sick of it.

^ its not newb bashing. People are bashing the work because it is pretty much crap. I could sit and think for 5 minutes and come up with something just as good, and take another 5 minutes and draw a cartoon on the same level of crap as this. Where as with Flipdude's cartoons, even though it may not take him that long to come up with a concept, he has back story to his characters which makes them likeable, and the actual quality of the art is probably the biggest factor. Although its his flash animation which are by far his best work because they have some genuine lol moments not to mention that the quality is there, as well.

The attraction is a Mack Free Spinning roller coaster. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader Layout As for the Calico Mine train, it is similar to a roller coaster in that it is gravity powered, but it is more like a dark ride in that you slowly travel through different show rooms.