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So ok .. after the long drive to Denver in the dead of night pretty much. We hit SFEG on Saturday, my birthday ... yeah .. I know .. don't go there. SFEG for us was a little difficult to get too, but we ended up parking at the Pepsi Center and walking over, which was cheaper and gave us an quick aerial view of the park. Now, I've heard stories and reports and the park lives up to them, except the park is very very nice for it's location in a concrete jungle. Our first ride was the flying rat cages or Flying Coaster. Now this thing HURTS, makes the one at Canada's Wonderland look like a B&M flyer. After that we hit Twister II, which I must admit was alot better than expected and had ALOT of serious track work done recently in the helix. After that, we got some lunch since it was already past noon. After lunch .. I became a credit whore and scored a ride on Great Chase (helps when you flirt). After that we took it easy more or less and walked around and got photos and a Flash Pass since the lines were building. After watching the pathetic Batman Stunt Show, it was time to finish the credits and leave. Got 2 more rides on Twister II since they were slow and then hit Half Pipe, can you say OW? After we got Sidewinder, Boomerang and then the crappy Mind Eraser ... talk about headaches, except when your Arrow Shuttle Loop is the best coaster in the park, you have some problems. Finished with some shopping for shot glasses and maps, then headed off to dinner where we got to celebrate some, then back to the hotel. Up next, Lakeside ! Yeah .. I'm running too ... F**K YOU ! Yup ... I MAY agree Tower of DOOOOOOOOM This is NOT an acceptible amount of water ... please .. Denver is the Mile High City, this is the Two Mile High coaster I liked this ride, just not the hike up the next mile Ok, this wasn't AS bad as it could of been .. but still .. 3 of 7 Again .. Denver is full of masochists I think pain pain pain ... 2 out of 7 hurt so far Call me a whore .. thank you This woke me up at least .. fire is always good FALL ! ! ! Nice ride, and the stadium behind which looks as if the architect was drunk when it was designed The original ... shame Hmmm ok .. John Pierce woodie .. can't be THAT good This part is like being in a slow blender inside a coffin HOW in the HELL can you smile on this ride !? These people are doomed .. little do they know. OWWWWWWWWWWWW Umm .. run? Chance Ferris Wheel ... ok At least they still have an original PTC Carousel, needs a rehab seriously however Cool .. right inside the entrance, but in typical SF fashion ... closed. The wierd entrance pavilion/covered park entrance .. strange Welcome to hell !

So yeah .. since we were bored, we headed out to West Texas, New Mexico and Colorado for a few days last week .. and since the flight was free, it made it that much better. So after arriving in Albuquerque, we hit Cliff's first on Friday morning, after getting my fill of Del Taco after way too long without it. Cliff's is pretty much the same since my last visit in 2004, however, they do have the new drop tower from ARM/Larson and I must say, it's pretty frickin' sweet .. the instant drop at the top with no pause makes this pretty nice. I do not like ARM/Larson towers very much, but this one was run really well. New Mexico Rattler was running very well and the crowds were a bit larger than my last visit, but still managed several rides on everything there and wtf did they do to Demolition Disco .. so much for the cool "in-the-dark" bumper cars since they redid the entrance and opened up the wall for viewing. Sadly, the old Banshee from Holiday World was down, so I didn't get to see if it's still run on setting 15 of 10. Coming next, Colorado crap! Ahh yes .. there is something good in New Mexico New Mexico Rattler's first drop ... still one of my favs on a woodie Yay for coasters finally after a little "off" time Seriously .. I'm also still trying to figure out WTF a Water Monkey is. Gets 2 thumbs up from me Don't remember this from last time .. but it's nice for such a small park Cliff's entrance .. looks not very crowded

Umm, this one is just pointless.

But at some parks, you would have to whore a kid out to get some credits, therefore bringing you into the world of credit whoring

http://www.hotels.com And yes, SF passes can be used at other parks, except for Frontier City and select Water Parks.

Hershey ... smoke stacks and the coliseum/arena at the bottom right.

SoCal Florida Wild Adventures SeaWorld San Antonio (Until December) SDC (until Dec 31) Dollywood (same) SFOT (until first Sunday in Jan) Kiddie Park San Antonio (year-round) Paramount Parks (Winterfest, dont think rides run however)

Dammit knew I forgot 2 ... added SFStL and SFMW. SFOT maps are free at Guest Relations and Parking, or are $4.99 like SFEG and SFDL were.

Ok, i've got a few: SFOT (2) SFDL (2) SFEG (1) SFOG (5) Looking for the others to complete the collection: SFMM SFKK SFGAm SFFT (should have these in October tho) SFA SFNE SFStL SFMW Great Escape (?) SFGAdv La Ronde (?)

Sadly no photos, but my last was from the Coors Factory in Golden, CO .. gotta love those tasting rooms

Umm .. SeaWorld San Diego ring any bells?

Cobra at Oasis Lanes .. I'm such a credit whore http://www.rcdb.com/ig2952.htm?picture=2

I just got back from a Denver trip. SFEG isn't a bad park, but the rides lack. All rides were working otherwise, Flying Coaster had one shutdown and half pipe is quite painful .. other than that, sans certain employees, it was a nice little park. The skytower wasn't open and we used a FlashPass (free with SF Corp. ID) to get on the longer wait rides. On Saturday, the waits were up to 2 hours for some rides. Lakeside was great, just a bit ghetto with the crowds and longer waits on Father's Day, but that was expected. Heritage Square was pretty neat, their Alpine Slide is fun and worth a quick side trip to Golden plus they also got the Coors Brewery and tours with free samples at the end .. always worth a trip

lakeside cyclone tonight around 9pm ... fun fun

Clearly never been on ANY GCII ... Ozark Wildcat 80ft high, 2,600ft long .. ass kickin ... yeah

Yeah it's not the biggest in the world, the ones at Schlitterbahn are larger .. but it is a little crappy nice park.

More reason to finish my plans to hit Mexico City.

Freeze has been running fine at SFOT .. in fact I saw it running it's course not 20mins ago coming back from Ft. Worth on my way home.

Superman: ROS at SFDL ... ummm May 14th

That for sure as hell isn't happening anytime soon ..

Yup .. with design of track by Vekoma

Ravine Flyer 2 right .. that would be cool for Gravity Group to get the job since GCII is more of 1920's twister style than out & back terrain coasters.

WHAT !? <-- Totally lost on that random statement

Viper wasnt all that bad, few bad parts .. but the boomerang .. wow .. it sucked .. alot .. but then again, they all cant be Wild Adventure's boomerang

From what I was told, they are waiting on parts from INTAMIN for the second train, if you noticed, it's no anywhere on transfer. I really thought SFDL was a nice little park. Not a top park, but has a nice little charm and the employees were very nice and Predator wasn't that bad in my view .. rough, a few .. OWs .. but nothing like the Rattler or Timber Wolf at WOF.