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Oh ok. I was about to also write how this looks completely out of place and I don't understand. But if Nick bought the rights and is redoing the series again, that's actually an awesome tie-in!

Two things. 1 - Olivier, come on, it's so obviously the same as Montu!!! 2 - It totally doesn't matter, as others have said. It's a great theme, and hopefully it will be a good ride. Most of the GP doesn't know what Montu is, and the few that have visited Florida and ridden Montu won't even realize or care.

^I knew there was a reason we got along well on the TPR Trips this summer! ^^I have Apocalypse at 27. Which I believe is knocked down a spot or two from last year since the park gave up on the theme, music, and hasn't taken the best care of the ride and trains. Still at a pretty good spot though.

My thinking is that we will all see lots of familiar faces at Disney on both that Friday and Monday!

^Yeah, it's just so hard cause it's in the middle of nowhere! Sorry New Mexico!

Sylmar is a worse area (more crime, wouldn't leave my car overnight in some of those hotel parking lots), and farther from the park. Castaic is better than Sylmar, but North of the park so out of your way and not as nice as Valencia.

Just an FYI - The Motel 6 is in Sylmar, NOT Valencia.

Don't forget, the deadline is coming up! KT's off from school today so we did her ballot as well as mine! Here you go, start judging now! *Note - I 'group' most coasters outside of top 20 and bottom 10. There are actually 166 individual rides on my ballot. Elissa's Top 20: 1 - El Toro SFGAd 2 - T Express Everland 3 - My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere 3 - Balder Liseberg 4 - Phoenix Knoebel's 5 - Colossos Heide Park 6 - Boulder Dash Lake Compounce 7 - Cyclops Mount Olympus 8 - Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix 9 - Grand National Blackpool 10 - Fireball Happy Valley Song 11 - Aska (S) Nara Dreamland 12 - Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach 13 - Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend 14 - Viper SFGAm 15 - Jack Rabbit Kennywood 16 - New Mexico Rattler Cliff's 17 - Ozark Wildcat(SBNO) Celebration City 18 - Ravine Flyer II Waldameer 19 - Renegade Valleyfair! 20 - Prowler Worlds of Fun 20 - Thundercoaster Tusenfryd Bottom 10: 50 - Cyclone (SBNO) Williams Grove 51 - The Boss Six Flags St Louis 52 - Hell Cat Clementon Lake 53 - Anaconda Walygator Parc 54 - Predator Darien Lake 55 - The Grizzly Great America 56 - Twister II Elitch Gardens 57 - Son of Beast (SBNO) Kings Island 58 - Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid 59 - The Bandit Movie Park 60 - Antelope Gulliver's World And since I know everyone will ask...here are how some 'other' coasters are rated: 41 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm 41 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain 41 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa 41 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa 41 The Voyage Holiday World 41 Cyclone SF New England 41 Excalibur Funtown USA 41 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica Here's KT's Ballot! 1 My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere (Currently Dragon at Legoland Florida) 2 Triple Hurricane(S) Cypress Gardens (Actually Coastersaurus at Legoland Florida) 3 Little Dipper SFGAm 4 Zipper Dipper Blackpool 5 Leap the Dips Lakemont 6 Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne 7 Underground Adventureland 8 Jack Rabbit Kennywood (If any of you saw her onride photo...well, she doesn't like ejector airtime like her mom!) *For those of you wondering KT is now up to 163 Jeff Johnson Credits and 129 Actual Credits.

If you use Priceline or Hotwire, you can probably find something decent around the $65 - $75 mark. May be a bit more since it's a Friday night during peak season. Any of the hotels at the Lyons Exit or the SFMM Exit are fine. I would NOT recommend going to Castaic (north of the park) or Sylmar (south of the park).

^But it was on teh internetz, it must be true!

Thanks for the Photo TR of an area we don't see too often! Glad you didn't run into any Banditos!!!!

^I seriously don't even believe this story anymore!?!? It's just becoming more and more bizarre every day. I really do believe the next thing we'll hear is that he was throwing puppies overboard!

Six Flags Magic Mountain is looking for riders for a commercial! Details from their Facebook page:

Love the water/snow idea!

This is no big loss!

Just booked our Thursday night hotel... Flights - CHECK! Rental Car - CHECK! Hotels - CHECK! Totally ready!

Ninja has issues when it's cold which can lead to downtime in the Winter months.

^^^&^^^^ EXACTLY!!!! I don't understand why people get so bent out of shape over skip the line programs. It's no different than anything in our capitalistic society. You pay more, you get more. There is no issue here! I can't WAIT to use this system on our TPR Trip this summer and get it for all of our trip participants! The only thing that could be better is if LoQ takes it over!

^Woo!

It's crazy just how little snow they've gotten! I hope the conditions are better this Christmas as it looks like we'll be heading out again!

Something else that makes this Exotic Driving Experience tower over all the other competitors out there is that you don't have to show proof of insurance, buy some crazy policy, or leave a credit card with a $10k limit which a lot of those other ones do! You pay a flat $35 which absolves you from ANY damage or wear and tear to the car. So you spin out on a corner and crash the car into the wall, no worries! The only caveat to that is INTENTIONAL damage. So don't try to test out the Ferrari's airbags by crashing into a wall on purpose, cause then you're on the hook!

I love seeing Lo-Q expand more and more! Water parks are a great place for this system and I can't wait to finally use it next year!

I miss the country of Cheese.

Just in case anyone hasn't heard, AVOID THE MAGIC KINGDOM AT ALL COSTS ON THURSDAY! President Obama will be giving a closed speech on Main Street which will result in all of Main Street (including shops/eateries) closed from opening till mid-afternoon. I can only imagine what Bag Check will look like!

^^Yeah, who the hell didn't realize that this 'saluting the island' idea was a bad one!?!?!? It's the equivalent of 10 747's 'buzzing' a building. Yeah, great idea. Sure most of the time everything will go just fine and it will be great for the spectators, but come on?!!!?