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Yeah there are some nice ones out there that will connect to you MiniDV/DV camera, but they aren't cheap at all. bhphotovideo.com has photos of the products, but most are special order so if it dont work, your stuck with the item

I rode BORG when it was Stealth at PGA .. didn't enjoy it one bit and skipped it when we visited Carowinds in April. XFlight is the other I've done .. don't enjoy either of them, I feel like I'm going to fall out. Rather enjoy the B&M flyers and the nice Pretzel of S:UF at SFOG.

Possibly soon also MuchMusic or FUSE whatever it's called now ...

Umm MTV and VH1 are the same now, Viacom owns both, so either or makes perfect sense.

So yeah .. Vegas has been purchased, however, I've decided to spend most of the time in SoCal since I'm not too huge on Vegas. Anyone want to meet up while I'm there, I've got a vauge schedule right now with only a few confirmed dates (being SFMM and KBF): June 23 - Arrive LAX - Disneyland (I know INSANE!) June 24 - DCA/DL - Anything Else June 25 - Vegas June 26 - SFMM (With friends coming in from Vegas) June 27 - KBF (With friends coming in from Vegas) June 28 - ?? - Leave for home

Investors or donations .. both are very hard to come by. Also bonds, loans and grants from banks and what not ... City permission .. well you have to swoon them and voters most of the time for discounts on land .. don't forget about paying them off and dealing with the FAA in most places.

That's it .. I'm going to steal these women! *Gets out credit card and maps trips in Europe*

I'm seeing huge slowdowns today .. but normally I see some lag (10-15sec) but today it's taking 30-45secs to refresh or load a page. Whatever the shutdown was, seems like SQL and PHP are having a tough time restarting.

There's another at Prater in Vienna, they got the first from FunTime Industries (Makers of the Spring Shot Slingshot Ride). Old Town in Kissimmee was supposed to get one or is still getting one, haven't heard much lately about it, since they already bought the large SpringShot model from them right before IAAPA 2001.

huh? the inclined railway is a coaster !?

PowderKeg ! YAY !

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I enjoy SDC alot more than Dollywood now .. but Dollywood is right next to it. It's the older of the two and IMO the better .. I mean the kick ass cave is FREE! You get to see the little furry bats that Leslie reffers to as "Little Furry Chicken Nuggets" Mmmmm .. I need to return again.

Ok so .. being a passholder has it's benefits. This was our 4th trip this year to Branson, after the 440 mile drive in the morning (started at 1am from Plano) we arrived in Branson around 845am. Got to SDC right at 915 or so, parked in Season Pass Preffered and headed for the gate. The parking lots were packed already .. had me concerend, but once inside the crowds weren't too bad in the main street area since the park had yet to open. We headed off to PowderKeg after the rope dropped .. PK opened about 5 minutes later and we noticed they were running 3 trains. This kept up all day with no problems too. Longest we waited this day was 25mins for a ride on PK. I think I finally loved the back seat, but still love the front. After PK, we hit Fire In Ze Hole! I love this ride .. and they turned up the water level for the final drop and got I pretty damn wet .. we got it on video too, yay for the Baldknobbers! After FITH, we hit Wildfire for the Seat of DOOM! If you have or haven't ridden it, you need to ride the last car on the left outside seat (closest to the gates) with a loose harness. The airtime on the first drop is amazingly insane. We discovered this in 2001 and haven't ridden any other seats since. After about 5 rides in a row we walked around, did the Swinging Bridge and ThuNderaTion .. great ride with the Helix of Doom! Ate and then headed out to Celebration City around 3. Celebration City was dead and got about 14 rides straight on Wildcat, a few they didn't even stop the train in the station .. gotta love those ride ops. After having fun on Wildcat and the Flyers, we headed out since it was getting more crowded to check into the hotel, rest and head out for dinner. Had dinner at the wonderful Outback (First ever, no longer apart of the chain). They have great Gator and great bad-ass steaks (Try the Aussie Steak). The next morning, we hit SDC again to small small crowds. Waited no more than 5 minutes for any ride on PowderKeg, so ended up with close to 30 rides this weekend. Rode the Waterboggan and got soaked, we left around 4pm for home and made it. Photos now YAY .. the BEST GCII Old Branson USA Ferris Wheel Countdown to Night Fire! Dedication Plaque YAY for circus trees New Circus tree section Good S&S double shot YAY for the best B&M around The Toilet Bowl Helix of DOOM! Entrance sign .. sign of true quality even more .. im hungry now mmm BBQ droooooooool mmmmmmmmmm More food .. can't do SDC and not eat At the entrance Yay for FOOD! I wanted to buy this last trip .. but I don' have $1350 extra Woo .. great addition BOOM ! A great and wet flume YAY .. see it IS a coaster FIRE IN ZE HOLE !

1) Holiday World 2) Kennywood 3) Silver Dollar City 4) Dollywood 5) Indiana Beach

According to Quinn Checketts they sold one to a Japanese park. http://coastersandmore.de/rides/iaapa2004/iaapa1_e.shtml Good for them taking time to refine the ride.

New site to watch to make sure mine don't get stolen as well. Also a stats program which reads the HTTP logs would help on the hot-linking side, you can report them to their web host and demand payment for used bandwidth if it becomes a problem. Most web hosts have that in their AUP as a violation.

Technically yes, but I would go on Operating coasters, where CP has the lead hands down since all 16 there work.

Personally I aggree it was pre-exisiting or the kid was just so wigged out by the ride, he brought it on by a panic attack. My mother said she checked with my sister 4 times before they rode yesterday and was quite aware of the warning of how intense the ride is. So I blame the parents mainly .. seems like maybe Disney should make a required age for this attraction as a precaution .. sure it may piss some people off .. but it's for the good in the long run. Most haunted houses I've seen have age requirements due to how intense they are, most are 14+ .. so if they can, why not Disney?

But THEY ARE ! As scary as it may sound .. that SLC was very suprising .. I wish other parks would take a look at how they keep it running so nicely.

Wow, I'm very shokced .. but I think it's great For Kent and Wild Adventures. I haven't visited Cypress yet, but I think in a few years, it should be rather decent after seeing what he did with Wild Adventures in a few short years. Yes he likes Vekoma, but those 4 at Wild Adventures are some of the smoothest ones I've ridden, smoother than some B&M's and INTAMIN's even. I think he has a good thing going, and having 6 coasters by the 2nd full year of operation is not a bad start at all.

4 years old .. wow .. that's quite young to be on a ride that intense. I mean I can understand 7 or 8 .. my sister is almost 8 and got on it and she said it was a little too much for her. In fact when she was 4 didn't think she was even tall enough for something like that .. but I don't remember.

hmmm //makes plans to go back to Carowinds

Some B&Ms are rough now anyway .. after my trip to Ohio I found that I'm disliking more B&Ms more and more. I mean Dominator at GL was very rough, almost like Superman at Fiesta .. could be that the train was empty which is a problem with Superman.

Seems like it was filmed in 15fps, not the standard 29.998fps that is normal quality to us. Then the encoder tried to speed it up to 29.998 or 30fps and that's why it's jumpy. Made me kinda sick.