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That would not be me. I rode with Jo with Jeremie and Casey in front of us and we had the sexy black train.

Is the Catapult open at Mt. Olympus yet? If so do you remember what kind of ride it is?

Just don't tell Minnie?!?! Mickey you WHORE!

^From the article on page 4. We can see the slingshot right next to it, so we know they were showing a clip of what the Scream Zone will be. No we don't know for sure that they will get a Volare, but since we do know for sure that two new custom coasters will be in the park and since it is in the video, we're assuming that one will be a Volare.

As I said before I'll be going sometime between June 21-25. Since it would be a week day what should I expect crowd wise and would getting a QQ be a good idea or is it not needed?

^ Put them here! We should have a whole thread about Casey! He's just that awesome! Also this PTR was mentioned on Scream Scape for the Little Dipper Construction photos.

Oh geez, looks like the thrill park will have a Volare on steroids.

Either Averi or my mom...

Wait, when are you going? I might go this summer I'm going to be in Florida from June 20 - 25 but I'm not sure which day I'm going to Busch Gardens.

Dang it! They had to take it out right before my first trip to the park and from what I've seen the water finale is really cool and with out it, it's just a mediocre safari ride.

Saturday was awesome. You should have filmed V2's breakdown(s), I want that siren as my ringtone!

So Hades did end up getting the fins. At least they aren't as bad as Eagle's.

Do you have an idea when the first electronic magazine will be sent out?

Pictures and ride reviews from yesterdays meet up here.

Basically I decided it would be easier to post all my 2010 trip reports in one neat little thread instead of in a bunch of different little threads. Enjoy. 2010 Reports: Six Flags Great America May 1 SFGAM June 5 BONUS Hellcat pictures Little Amerricka Part 1 June 12 Little Amerricka Part 2 June 12 Little Amerricka Part 3 June 12 Little Amerricka Part 4 June 12 Little Amerricka Part 5 June 12 Busch Gardens Tampa June 22 Written Report Busch Gardens Tampa June 22 PTR Lowry Park Zoo June 24 East Troy Fair July 4 Italian Fest July 15 Timber Falls July 24 Mt. Olympus July 25 WI State Fair August 7 Wisconsin Fear Grounds Review Nickelodeon Universe October 28 2011 Reports: Six Flags Great America June 20 SFGAm Fright Fest October 1 SFGAM Fright Fest, Iron Wolf, X Flight Oct 1,15&30 2012 Reports: Saint Louis City Garden, Arch, and City Museum April 20 Six Flags Saint Louis April 21 X Flight May 12 WI Dells July 21 - 22 2012 WI State Fair August 8 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday I went to Six Flags Great America to meet up with Cameron, Griffin, Father Griffin, Jeremie, Jo, Nathan, Averi, Craig, and Craig's two sons Gage and Casey. It was a great day and I should have taken a lot more pictures but since I didn't I'll just do a lot of talking. Got to the park around 9:30, went to the flags to find Cameron, Jo and Jeremie where we waited for everyone else to arrive. Went into the park around 10:20. Most of the day was pretty cloudy and it drizzled for about 10 minutes. For the most part waits weren't too bad. Anyway onto the ride reviews: Rue Le Dodge - We had a few pretty good crashes within our group. While I think the seatbelt are weird, they don't hurt you when you slam into someone *cough*Little Amerricka *cough* King Chaos - First time on King Chaos. I think it looks scarier then it really is, but it's still an awesome ride and is now my favorite flat in the park. Batman - Rode in the sixth row. Intense as always but I did bang my head when leaving the second loop, which has never happened before. East River Crawler - Always a fun ride, but no one was able to find a Schwarzkopf sticker on it Whirligig - Ride failed to start while we were in line but after about 3-5 minutes it did. Nice little ride V2 - Got on with Griffin, Cameron and Jeremie. After sitting there for a minute or two and no launch yet, the ride ops called maintenance and got us off the ride. They looked over the control panel, got a ladder, a new part, and put it on the train. Then we heard the "Lost" siren, the train launched and completed the test run fine. We got back on...only for the same thing to happen again. Two more test runs, got back on and got our ride. As usual it was awesome. Loggers Run - Rode with Jeremie with Nathan and Griffin right behind us. I got pretty wet but dried off quickly. American Eagle - Rode on red side only. A little rougher than last season but nothing too bad. Saw a glimpse of the Chang track from the exit ramp. Demon - Rode in the rear. Great airtime down the first drop, no head banging on the loops and very little on the Corkscrews. Iron Wolf - Rode in the last car. I didn't think it was too bad. Shaky throughout the whole ride, but only banged my head when leaving the loop and entering the corkscrew. Raging Bull - Rode in the rear, kinda shaky at the bottom for the drops but nothing too bad. Viper - Running much better than last season. Wasn't at its full airtime ability but still very good. Chubasco - Rode with Griffin and Father Griffin and spun a lot. As Griffin said I would I felt my throat touching my spine Triple Play - They really need to get all the restraints to open at the same time. That buzzing noise can get very annoying. Revolution - Another very fun ride, I like the way the ride ops interact with the riders. Whizzer - Got on the last train of the day. They really went insane with the Karate Kid ads. Hopefully they'll take them down on 6.11 Giant Drop - Great airtime. While we were in line for Demon it broke down with people at the top. They were up there for about 10 minutes before they were brought down elevator mode. Only one car got stuck. Fiddlers Fling - I love this ride, good forces. Orbit - I choose not to ride the painful way as Griffin and Nathan suggested. I'm happy I didn't as I could hear them through out the whole ride and it didn't sound good. I think thats everything we rode. After the park closed Griffin, Father Griffin, Jo, and myself went to Jersey Mikes for subs. It was delicious. Wisconsin needs one! As I said before I didn't take a lot of pictures but here are the ones I did. Pulling in, it's been too long. The flags we meet up by Little Dipper's lift hill Little Dipper's drop Little Dipper's station Sign for Little Dipper East River Crawler, there must be a Schwarzkopf sticker on it somewhere Griffin and Averi with Tweety during lunch Casey's awesome Spiral lift hill goodness Whizzer through the trees. Whizzer model Yankee Clipper and Loggers Run Demon errr.. Turn of the Century Good night Six Flags. It was an awesome day and even my mom had fun and thought everyone was really cool. Can't wait to see everyone again!

Whizzer is plastered with ads for this movie. Do any of the other parks hosting the challenge have ads on rides?

Awesome PTR! I hope that Gertrude becomes a character for your PTR's, it's very funny and makes your PTRs really stand out. Great job!

I'm actually pretty happy that SOB could be saved. While the layout isn't amazing it's still a ride I want to get on before I die. If they took the Texas Giant approach and put steel track on the ride, could this possibly make it so they could bring the loop back?

^ So would I get any control over where I sit? Or if an empty train comes in would I get to sit wherever, or do they let in everyone and then quick queue people fill up empty seats?

Great to hear that Vipers running good, my last ride ride on it was very, very sad compared to my rides on it at the beginning of the season. Whizzer on the other hand looks horrible. It's bad enough that they have to plaster the park with advertisements but do they really need them on the coasters?!? Did they have the movie trailers playing on the tvs in ride queues? If not they should just do that instead of covering rides with ads for it and it would be much more effective. Also theres a chance I might be going on Sunday and I would love to meet up with anyone.

Sorry that this is off topic, but how does the quick queue work? I saw that they have an unlimited and one thats only good for a certain number of rides. Is it a separate line you can walk right into, or do you have a certain time you need to go to ride like with Disney's? Thanks.

I just caught this. Do you plan on killing them or something??? No not yet, but if they don't take me tomorrow than maybe... Anyway the 70% chance is only in the very early morning before the park opens. 10 AM - 50% 11 AM - 40% 12 - 8 - 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms, since they're isolated there is a chance the storms won't be over the park. No matter what happens it will still be fun and I can't wait to meet everyone! Edit: My mom saw the weather report and well she isn't too happy about it, so I don't know if I'm coming or not.

If I wake up and its raining then no, unless its just drizzling. If I wake up and its not raining and my parents are still alive then yes.

Ever since you posted the video in the chat room I can't stop watching it and cant wait to ride Whizzer with it playing...but You Sexy Thing is still first

The new Mine Train looks awesome and it sounds like its going to have some good theming! Keep up the great work!