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Disneyland period. Also good ones are Knott's and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk .. if nothing else ... Oh and of course Legoland !

They've been .. no reason to return since their last visit: http://www.themeparkreview.com/buffalo03/sfdl/sfdl1.htm

Most rides are open during March due to Solace, so you should be good at least for all the coasters ... but then again .. lines for Chicken Dinner can get long ... I recomend a lunch visit .. we hit it in September with no wait and during Solace Friday with no wait as well. But then again, you can always use some time from DLR and venture down the 5 to the 91 to Beach for a few hours as well.

Ok, so the next day .. Monday .. we drove through Hillbilly USA or Arkansas to Magic Springs, mainly for the new X-Car Coaster ... X Coaster. We got to the park to a small crowd and after waiting like 25mins to buy a ticket, we were in and headed right for X Coaster. All in all .. nothing spectacular, it's a cool ride, not bad but not amazing. I think that's about all I can say about the park. Arkansas Twister was running very good and the park needs more indoor A/C eateries and lemme tell ya .. alot better training. We witnessed SFMM like operations, with staff sitting down, goofing off while rides were in motion, improper dispatching, etc. Also the guy working the register where we ate, didn't know you had to slide the mag strip on a credit card down .. swipped both mine and Xander's upside down about 6 times before asking for help .. I mean seriously. Well that's what you get with Arkansas people .. truth be told .. education lacks After Magic Springs, we headed to the Observation Tower and Bathhouse Row. Cool tower, due to a wildfire, most photos turned out hazy .. dammit .. oh and angry Jesus says .. well .. you'll see. Photos: "I'm angry Jesus .. get me out of this hell .. arg .. I eat you!" Our GAP table at SDC ... looks like a heart ... From the tower thingie Gauntlet .. or SH*T: The Ride Arkansas Twister from the Hot Springs Tower Filters all the way over to Arkansas Twister even doot doot doot .. Again .. ride running .. sitting down not paying attention Food employees .. ACE in town !? Sitting down .. with the ride running .. yuuup Sitting down while they run 2 cars on the track ... Ok, this is the operator .. he IS acknowledging the dispatch of the ride, while sitting on the railing, after telling people in line not to do it ... this is gonna be an AWESOME day of employees ! What Xander thinks ... X Coaster Then more twisty ... and that's about it Then twisty .... Up this ... X Coaster .. yeah THAT'S original ahhh DEATH COASTER ! The new Shoot-the-Chutes .. check out that splash! the aweomse Wood Design .. Magic Swings SH*T Dr. Dean's Rocket Machine .. with something new behind it The semi-cool waterpark Big Bad John, with the broken car making the wierd sound and all the awesome Arkansas Twister

More photos: Bye Bye ... *sad* It's NOT a loop .. like some people say Shoot 'd Chutes ... nice little flume twisty Ozark Wildcat ... GCII goodness Orbiter .. formally for Bonfante Gardens ... insane as well Jack Rabbit .. the insane Miler, of course Flyers ! Fireball goodness The Electric Star Ferris Wheel Old Branson USA entrance Ahh .. Christain Veggies Attack ! Circus Tree Garden Circus Tree Garden The Carousel Accelerator .. S&S Double Shot Main Street USA much? Celebration City turnstyles

So yeah .. this is a TAD delayed. Xander (xanderlee) and I went to Branson area over the July 15th weekend for SDC and Celebration City. So after leaving DFW around 3am, after much trouble getting out and stopping to check out the "new" casino in Oklahoma, we made it into Branson and SDC around 11am .. damn traffic! The park was PACKED, we ended up parking in G Lot, which is almost prolly close to 1 mile from the park entrance and the parking is on grass. Once inside, the park wasn't that bad. We started off with lunch at Reunion Hall for the Pizza/Pasta Buffet ... which was sub-par .. strange for SDC. After filling up somewhat .. we hit Grandfather's Mansion .. which is a crazy tilt-house that I never knew existed until my third trip last year. After that .. we headed to PowderKeg to encounter a 15min line or so .. not bad for a park that was super packed. After PowderKegging, of course we hit Fire In The Hole .. still awesome. Wildfire had a 10min line .. and is STILL one of the best B&M's out there. The park was super crowded, at this time we hit ThuNderAtion and the Flooded Mine ... greatness. We hit the new Grand Exposition area, which was alot like Dollywood's new section, except alot better themed. We hit the Mega Disk-O, which is greatness and perched on the edge of the ravine, which adds to the experience. It was a bit humid and we hit the Saloon Show .. which is always awesome and better than alot of Disney shows I've seen. This now we were getting a bit tired, mainly from being up all day as I had been up since 6am on Friday morning .. it was now Saturday around 4pm. We headed out and hit Celebration City. This was Xander's first trip, so we did the Accelerator first (S&S Double Shot) and made our way around from there. Chaos is gone and the area looks a bit funny. Ozark Wildcat was running a bit slow and kinda rough, but still is an excellent ride no less. Other than that, we took it easy. We checked into our hotel, then headed out for dinner at Outback. After dinner, we checked out the Titanic Museum, this thing has been under construction for like 4 years and was finally open. This is a pretty cool museum, I prolly won't do it again, just due to the cost ($20/person), but it is very neat. The block of ice at the entrance from an ice berge in the North Atlantic and the replica of the bridge and the grand staircase. This was very cool, but again .. a bit lacking for the price. After a good night's sleep .. and sleeping a TAD late .. we headed back to SDC. Hit lunch again first thing, this time at Molly Mill's for the kick-ass food. Very very good stuff, I love that place. Today was more about all the rides we could ride including the water rides which we have never done. We hit PowderKeg first, no line .. awesome. After that we did another run on Fire In the Hole and the headed over to American Plunge the log flume. Great flume but not as good as the next ride. Lost River of the Ozarks was next, the rapids ride. Normally I get lucky, except not this time .. I was the unlucky victim ... damn. Hit Grand Exposition again to score our credit on the new Kiddie Zamperla Coaster, ouch! You DO get 5 laps on this, but it seems something is wrong with it as it hurts and the track bends ALOT which was a tad strange. Got another lap on the Mega Disk-O .. I love these things. Did some shopping and left and headed for Celebration City. Had a longer night here, and I snapped the Larson Flyers, which scared me since I wasn't expecting it. Checked out the closing show, which was improved from last year with lots of fire and more fireworks (filmed it). Went back to sleep .. and we didn't .. mainly stayed up playing the Sims2 (Xander) or screwing around on the internet, etc. PHOTOS: Arkansians in Branson ... TNT .. XTREME ThuNderaTion ! *sigh* Waterboggan .. awesome wetness Wings of Wonder .. Zamperla something Hmm .. thanking Zamperla much? Royal Tea Party, Zamperla Tea Cups Racing Regatta, Zamperla Regatta Mighty Galleon, Zamperla Galleon Magnificent Wave Carousel, Zamperla Wave Swinger Lady Bugs, Zamperla Clown Around Happy Frogs .. Zamperla Turtle Parade Grand Exposition Coaster .. ouch Elephant March, a Zamperla Elephant March no less yeah .. it's frickin huge Electro Spin .. the Mega Disk-O So .. where's this so called "Family Coaster"!? ... oh yeah ... they removed it. Setting the story Fire In Ze Hole Airtime .. yes Well that's a good sign ... guess it's a cat or something else This way to goodness

It's only part of Triple Play from SFGAm .. it's also part Warp 2000 (SFAW) and part from La Ronde's ... Triple Play is due back next year and yes, all rides are there to stay. Shockwave = Painted in 2001

We ALMOST went there this past Solace trip, decided our safety was more important as the new park is a bit further into Tijuana .. and there's ALOT of crime, etc. down there to be wary of. Some day tho .. some day.

654651981998418454154654189 hours 49461651861919898484651311681984546516516548684949819181613181 miles ... more than lou's distance to R&E's apartment

There WAS supposed to be a PAX Cobra-1 Shuttle here at the State Fair of Texas. The ride was signed off, paid .. but the Russian Government had problems with the ownership of the ride. The fair would of owned the ride, but would of been operated by an outside company (Amusements Inc.) and due to that, the project was cancelled. Seems to be for the better with the fair now investing in Doppelmayer and Mack for future projects and talks with for a wood creation

^ Sadly it's an L&T Systems, not zamperla

Magic Springs had theirs from SFOG in 1978 when the park opened and it was there until 1999 when the park was being rehabbed to reopen in 2000.

Arkansas Twister is running about as good as I've ever seen it since I started visiting the park in 2001 .. it's very well maintained by GCII in the off-season and they are keep the track oiled well. They still do need to either pressure wash it or paint it .. since the old pink paint is starting to show more and more.

When in all reality, it's really tiny midgets with crowbars underneith and beside the trains doing all the work .. all that other stuff is for show and "insurance" purposes.

Cloud Grabber was another clone of the SkyHook .. as the SkyHook people know about went from: Brussels World Fair -> SFOT -> SFOG -> Magic Springs -> Junkyard.

Nope, Gauntlet was made in 2000 for Jazzland/SFNO .. there is NOTHING new about any of the trains. Same crappy models with same huge gaps and painful ride ... there's nothing different from what I can tell from the 10+ SLCs I've been on.

Actually 5 for SFOT ... since INTAMIN was a broker on most of the "intamin" rides 1) Wildcatter 2) Texas Chute Out 3) Titan 4) La Vibora 5) Conquistador

SFOT has it as well .. I see nothing wrong with it .. all three compaines are making money off it .. 1) Disney - Product Liscensing 2) Distribuitor - DUH 3) Six Flags - Mark-Up Not a bad move at all .. since EVERYONE knows Disney and kids eat it up.

Damn airfare is too pricey .. *sigh* I'll still come if we are getting ERT on Robb tho .. everyone would love that!

So we can expect the plane tickets in our mailbox by next week

Arkanslaw Twista! .. or for non-hillbillies .. Arkansas Twister on Monday 7/17

I say Ted wins .... Jack Rabbit at KW for me .. for shame !

That's a shame cause that's one hell of a walk and a park like that to NOT have a loop is insane ... SDC has a loop for crying out loud !

There are several in Japan aren't there and the West Edmonton Mall had one up until very recently I believe.

As do Lake Winnie, SFGAm, SFEG .. I just have no idea of the install dates.