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After visiting alot of amusement parks and even seeing all the new rides they have at fairs and carnivals now, the zipper is still one of my favorites. You just can't duplicate a the hairball, out of control feeling it has. Maybe im just old but i still like the hammers and the octopuss too, oldies but goodies. Last time i was at pima county fair i got got my picture taken with tito santana after he wrestled, damn im a nerd.

Great shots of V2, i could never get a good one. Those fries look deadly, i wish i was still young and didn't know what cholesterol is.

OK, got the rest of the pictures together. More crap than Robb could fit into a bag. Which, by the way, the bag of crap I got for party bus bingo was pretty awesome. Not to mention the coaster parts, did anyone mention the screws we got from roar after the tony hawk water challenge. If you don't have a screw, your lame, no other way to put it. So, last day was CGA, never been there, probably wouldn't go back just for coasters, but they did have a pretty nice selection of flat rides and kid stuff. Also what looked to be a decent water park. Grizzly is not bad, its not terminator, but it's got decent speed, a good layout and didn't beat the hell out of me the way Ghostrider did the day before the bash. There is a two story carousel for you carousel enthusiasts, or is it a merry-go-round, I only saw horses so i'll say carousel, but I saw other animals on the backstage tour, so maybe merry-go-round, yes I know you don't care. It's a nice park and I plan to come back with the family in tow. The early ERT was on vortex and flight deck. Vortex was cool, but one ride was enough, over the shoulder restraints beat you up a little. Flight Deck was awesome, maybe the best coaster of the whole trip, just slightly edging out the tiger coaster at the zoo. Food was ok, but they only had chicken and so did the other two days, so another option, even hotdog's, would have been nice. Q and A was ok, a little too formal, but the backstage tour made up for that and then some. I can honestly say that even though on paper it seemed like a short day, there was plenty of time to get everything in and still explore and take pictures. ok, so now for the worst pictures yet. Well really I have more pictures, but as I said before, everyone else has the same shots and I got beat to the punch on some. Don't want to bore you with the same shots you've already seen. So, instead I tried to keep it to pictures that I didn't think others had or maybe I had a different angle on. And, or course, bad captions, they are funnier with beer (or wine for you winos out there). Ok, here's the last of what I got, or at least all I'm gonna give you. Thanks for looking. Waiting, look at all the cargo pants/shorts. Flight Deck is now open. You can tell it's early because some of the trash cans are still sleeping. Youngsters in the front row get a thumbs up. I liked this ride, kinda like a dragon boat without the sphincter clenching part. Why is he looking at his crotch? This man eats drop towers for breakfast. Can you say "no fear"? He was kind enough to escort these frightened souls and show them how a real man gets down, or goes up and then gets down, something like that. Random nerd shot. There's a demon in the bushes. It appears this guy is doing the macarena on Grizzly. I don't understand kids these days. Awwww, how cute, he's got his arm around her. I can just barely make out what hes saying - "baaaby shark do do do....." The fat man finds the quickest way to the food. It's ashamed so many parks have taken these rides out. I spy Snoopy pirate adventure. Its like a tilt-a-whirl and a scrambler got it on and this is their unholy offspring. Exclusive charlie brown bottle time. The only thing that stopped me from eating all of these was brain freeze. If you look closely you'll notice that Robb's a$$ is made by nintendo. Its rumored he sh*ts flaming barrels, or maybe thats just after buffalo wild wings. Anyone else find this sexy? Two tons max, yes this ride is ready for coaster enthusiasts. Stone henge? It's hard to take a picture that doesn't have a trash can in it. A missed credit, don't worry my sweet, we will be together one day. Noted. I guess they don't have enough trash cans. This wheel was rejected for being bad and boring. Sounds like a bad episode of dancing with the stars. Well, i found the whizzer, but i was looking for the sh*tter. The new environmentally friendly padding doesn't look very comfortable. One must always beware the infamous intamin cable that hides in the brush of amusment parks, waiting to snap! "so, your telling me i get a card, a lanyard, theme park discounts and a pen?" Random coaster porn. Giant stick bug? As close as you can get and still be safe. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. (sadness) The tpr code? Ok, thats it, not many pictures, not much substance, no funny talking geese, but it's all i got. Forgive me if i stole anyones captions, and shame on you if any of these captions are yours, they are terrible. Thanks R and E for a great time, hope to do it again sometime, keep those trips commin'. All you party bus people were great, even the ones who farted on the bus. And with that i will say good day.

^Yeah, all of a sudden i smelled like i should have my shirt unbuttoned with a bunch of gold chains on.

Guess i missed it. Sounds like it was pretty cool, still i wonder if they will do it again if they had low attendace. I've heard in the past its been packed. Did any TPR group ever form?

So your calling us fat? Anyway, greatest goose cell phone ever. I had no idea gertrude and beth were so sinister.

^We will just pretend it was supposed to be a shot of you and the whale stuck his big head in. Thanks for looking, hope you dried off from Tony Hawk water challenge.

^"Horrible report by the way, keep up the great work! " Your original remark was correct, wait i still have more crumby pictures with bad captions to come. Some pictures with you in them, wonder what the captions will be. Thanks for looking, at least someone did.

^Thanks for the vote of confidence, prepare to be disappointed. Ok, so here's day two, SFDK and The Oakland Zoo. By the way, I didn't see one animal at the Oakland Zoo, except a very long tiger. Anyway, I'd never been to SFDK so I was really excited to get on some new coasters and check the place out for a possible future family visit with the wife and kids. I almost blew off the zoo, but would have missed one of the best parts of the trip, besides the park was getting a little crowded and I thought it just as well to get out of there for awhile. Enough of that, lets get to some crumby pictures from a 2 mega cell phone camera. Party bus bingo pancake face provided by IHOP. I spotted Tony Hawk from the bus, now how exactly am i supposed to hold onto a cup of water while riding this? Riding in on the tram. A beautiful ballet of twisted metal, or as i like to call it, a bunch of credits. Private dolphin show, not dolphins showing their privates, thats another show which i don't want to see. Whale says "So, your telling me i get a card, a lanyard, park discounts and a pen?" Shamu, my tail fin shamu, this is Shoukas house. They warn you to watch out, or this tiger may spray you with lovely tiger pee cologne. Yes its a boomerang, no it doesn't totally suck. A new meaning to banana on a stick, aren't they usually covered in chocolate. Elephants agree, if your not wearing one of these shirts, your lame. If the elephant wants to eat the monkey chow, whos gonna stop her. Must consume mass quantities of meat. Confirmed-Elissa does in fact skin her hotdogs. The only question i have is what happens to the skins, is there a pair of hotdog skin boots somewhere? This guy wouldn't leave me alone until i took a picture with him. I started thinking about the king of the hill dolphin episode and thought if all he wants is a picture then maybe im lucky. Hard to believe this guy is one of the seven deadly sins, he didn't seem evil to me. When penguins attack, he bit her and then she had to wrestle him to the ground. The penguin almost won. Time for the side trip to the Oakland Zoo. These people are going to get on a bus, drive to a zoo, and do something they should be ashamed of. C and H pure cane sugar, from the bay area, growing in the fog.... Oakland Zoo, but we sure ain't here for the elephants. See, Robb fits just right. This was just wrong, this image is burned into my memory, now it's burned into yours too. Your welcome. When maynaise attacks, I needed this for party bus bingo. Elissa eventually managed to stick it down his shirt. Roar is just as awesome as it looks. Are you V2 or are you just happy to see me? You can ride coasters and feed dolphins, what more do you need? Obligatory nerd shot. A random blackout, not sure what happened, maybe it got wet somehow. Ok, thats all i got of this day. I am assuming everyone has looked over Robbs' report and understands all the subtle things i left out, but if you have any questions ask. Thanks for looking.

Disneyland would have never been completed without getting sponsors for just about everything. I still remember as a kid them having sponsors or partnerships for everything and everything. The fact is that disney parks are a huge advertisement for Disney products, movies, tv shows, etc. I mean they don't have Highschool musical at DCA because the people demanded it. It's because they are trying to sell the DVD, not to mention clothing, backpacks, dolls, you name it. Every time disney has something in theaters it "magically" appears at the parks. Chevron at Autopia, even a Mission tortilla factory at DCA. Escapism, i think not.

Ok, fist attempt at a trip report, forgive my mis-steps should they occur. This was my first TPR bus trip, didn't know what to expect, but it turned out awesome. I tried to edit this down as much as possible, just because I know that there are quit a few people who will do trip reports and I'm sure they have duplicate pictures that are much better than the ones I took on my cell phone. OK here goes. Cousin Dan drove just in case we missed the bus, we could catch them when they stopped for food. Dan is powerd by nicotine, notice the can of tobacco in the previous photo. I made this gps icon of Dan's Capris just for this trip. This man is on a mission for new credits. A lot of the drive looked like this. This is where we stopped for food, McDonald's is behind me in this shot. An epic battle between good and evil, we all know which team is evil. I was hoping for the Giant dipper and Robb came through. The only thing that could pull me away from the Dipper was this, and lots of it. Robb constanly prowling for updates. Official manly pose. Two people enjoying the wine from the open bar. I know her, but can't identify the mystery wine drinker. Thumbs up from some blurry guy getting more wine. Back on the bus i saw some strange things. These people are completely sober, completely. Many strange things, how did a jonas brother get on here? Ok, that was it from SCBB. I will see what i have from the other days, hope you like. Thanks.

Great pictures, i didn't get many pictures at santa cruz, or on the bus going out. So its cool to see these, all i remember is there was an open bar and the dipper. Post more.

Has any park every had the paint sponsored, i mean they could have a partnership and in the least break even on paint itself. I would assume that if a company put its name on a ride they would want to make sure the upkeep on "their" paint job was done properly. Or we could just go down there with some carnauba wax and buff that sucker out. What coaster nerd doesn't want to rub on a coaster. p.s. - They are not taking montezuma out, they are not taking montezuma out, they are not taking montezuma out......

Its funny that you are upset about KOD, I'm still upset that KOD replaced knott's bear-y tales. And honestly if your going to get into rides they shouldn't have replaced, maybe gasoline alley, or even the soap box derby (i know xcelerator is there now but it was replaced by crappy windjammer). The corkscrew or maybe the parachutes. Hell i i miss the tilt-a-whirl. Ok, enough nostalgia, montezuma is still a great coaster. Its in a weird spot that i don't think they could really use for anything else. For me its a better ride than boomerang, its still got a decent launch and that little hang time at the top of each side is still fun. Besides i think if knott's is going to keep up trying to be a thrill park, it is to it's advantage to keep as many coasters as possible. If for nothing else to say they have more coasters than the next guy and montezuma is kinda cool looking.

Its easy spotting the tpr members, they will be the adults lined up at canyon blaster.

I think Tree Top Racers is the only wild mouse i ever rode that felt like a real coaster, not just something for the kids. Those seats are like someone stuffed a lazyboy recliner inside each car, i could probably take a nap in one if i wasn't afraid of getting beheaded. I had my daughters birthday there and they let her drive the train with all her "guests", pretty awesome, especially for a 3 year old. Again, great to see a report from a small park. Oh, and i wouldn't consider tree top racers credit whoring, but freeway coaster is another story.

I think the fact that a lot of people, like myself, are waiting for a lot of the construction to go away before they go back. Would be good reason to introduce the toy story show now and actually give people a reason to brave the construction walls and maybe spend a little money, or even get them excited about the future attractions. But, I am beginning to get the feeling that some of these projects will be disappointments if Disney doesn't follow through with all the bells and whistles they promised. Can you say "half assed".

i went last thursday and everything was walk ons. Xcelerator didn't open til later in the day, sometime after 3, Montezuma was closed. There was a long wait for Ghostrider (single train), but it is so bad right now, i would avoid it if you don't need the credit. Problem was on the day i went that there were a lot of kid and teen groups, highschool band or day camps, stuff like that. Still, other than Ghostrider, i didn't have to wait more then ten minutes for anything, even in single train operation.

Gotta figure that if they keep rotating wraps from time to time, it will be a way for the park to keep the cars looking nice at the same time as making a few bucks and keeping the maintenance cost down. I mean they are getting paid to make the trains look all pretty. Just as long as they don't have those body spray snippers that i encountered at sfdk, i mean she didn't intentionally spray me, but its kind of hard to spray in open air and not have it spray everywhere.

After talking to some people, i've heard that this event is really crowded. So, i decided against it, plus I'm a little beat up from BAB. Would be nice if someone could do a trip report, just to see what kinda wait times and crowds there are. Sounds like a fun event anyways, especially if you could get a tpr group together. You could all meet at a pancake house and call it "French Toast Bash", ok that was lame. More syrup, more fun?

The gertrude booklet was awesome, very creative. I saved some of the activities for my daughter to do. She had many questions about why the goose had big muscles and why i had a goose book. Point is, she liked it, especially after i told her gertrudes story and showed her some of the trip report photos. Perhaps a kids book is in your future. Keep up the goose work, i mean good work. Thanks.

One more thing for those who were on the party bus, i know the picture is very blurry, but i think david was trying to take the rap for someone elses puke. You be the judge. Can't quite make out who it is, but it appears they may have drank too much and become ill. Probably too much wine.

^All i know is that when it arrived the cars were painted like race cars, so probably was pole position, or a clone.

Can it really be IE bash without Johns Incredible Pizza? I mean every bash has food and credits, johns has a credit, johns has food, food and a credit, its a no brainer. I don't find screamer to be all that rough, scary, like I'm gonna fly outta the seat or get scalped, but fun with lots of air time. I keep forgetting that new drop tower is finished, thanks for reminding me. Good to see a report from the IE.