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Yeah, we try not to reuse tapes because there can be problems. Elissa "especially when bringing them on roller coasters repeatedly!" Alvey

Whoa! That's pretty cool! I had never heard of this before. I wonder if people are honest and don't steal stuff though. Definitely an interesting idea! Elissa "thinking about a gps!" Alvey

It's very similar to Mummy at the Universal parks. Elissa "it's outdoor mummy!" Alvey

Ok, I wasn't going to say anything, but after seeing two other posters bring it up...Yeah, I mean WTF???? How the hell can you even dare compare Cypress Gardens to Disney@?!?!? Elissa "glad to get that off my chest!" Alvey

Yeah, if you stay there you get a discount, there are also all kinds of coupons floating around town for like $3-$5 off the all day wristband. Elissa "I miss the wet dry slides!" Alvey

It better be an expedition ge force...if not, I don't care! Elissa "they need a steel coaster!" Alvey

LOL! Awesome! BTW, are you and Diana going to make it to our BBQ? Elissa "Eric's a cool old man!" Alvey

Yay Barry! Hope to see you soon! Elissa "FINALLY!" Alvey

SFMM...ugh...where to start! It's honestly a really good park, with some pretty mediocre rides, and really bad operations. It could be the Cedar Point of the West if it had good operations. A big ol' collection of all kinds of rides that you don't really need to ride more than once. Elissa "it's actually a really cool park to go to when there are less than 2000 people there!" Alvey

Intamin has pretty much always used the box or even triangle track for faster, more gforce areas of their coasters, then just the flat track for other parts. You can see them do that on the Superman: ROS rides in particular. Elissa "I asked that same question at some point!" Alvey

If you go Wednesday May 4th, I can meet you there! Unfortunetly our plans changed and we will be on an airplane Sunday. Elissa "I have an xtreme pass and can get you some fastlanes with it!" Alvey

^It might take a few weeks, but yes, we'd be happy to send your tape back. Elissa "understands about saving money!" Alvey

If you look back to some of our trip reports we've outlined a lot of the problems in more specific terms but generally: Poor Staff, Poor Operations, Poor in general! Elissa "just search for some of the past knotts TR's" Alvey

^LOL! Dude, you're on a roll today! Elissa "knew I married you for a reason" Alvey

1. From our house or the parking lot? It's about 1.8 miles from our apartment to the front gate, so I'm guessing at a normal pace about 25 minutes. We've never done it though. There's no sidewalk so it would be kind of unsafe. 2. I don't 'hate' knotts, I'm just pretty tired of watching the park go so down hill in the last 4 years. 3. I don't really know! It started several years ago, probably on RRC, and it just kind of stuck. 4. Aqua 5. We've done a lot with their PR Department. We even did the ACE Con video with them. They're pretty cool. We've also done some events before the park would open and they let you do cool stuff. PS - Knotts opened a long time before 2002, not quite sure what you mean by that. But we were in Knotts several times in 2002 so I'm sure you might have seen us. Elissa "done!" Alvey

In other news... "entire enthusiast community buys USH Season Passes" Seriously though this is a great idea! I know they've been testing it for a few months so hopefully all the bugs are worked out. Heck, it's worth the price on a hot day just for drinks! Elissa "looking forward to trying this out!" Alvey

LOL! I love you sweetie! Maybe the park didn't put on an adequate buffet? Elissa "this is too funny" Alvey

I was also pleasantly surprised by the Vekoma woodies! They were really great rides, comfy trains, great airtime! They did do this interesting 'leap the dips' shuffle in the turns though! Elissa "hoping they've stood the test of time!" Alvey

^They moved that Boomerang from Australia to Alabama faster than that! Elissa "stupid starliner!" Alvey

Good questions...probably 16 with an adults signature, or 18 & over. They might do other versions at some point though. Elissa "if it's cool stunts I'm in, but I won't eat or touch anything nasty!" Alvey

Yeah, I think we've talked about this before in another thread. It is quite hard to believe that this is a coaster with only a 42'' height restriction! As for video, I haven't seen any, but I'm sure it's out there. We should have a video in early May! Elissa "family has a new definition I guess!" Alvey

I don't think so, but I'll check again in May. I'm thinking there were: China, Japan, Italy, Israel, Mexico, maybe some other Euro country... Elissa "never drank any of them!" Alvey

LOL!!! Those are great! Elissa "thanks for the laugh!" Alvey

Oh...42'', that is creepy! Especially if it's one of those scary IAAPA drop rides. Remember that one that sent us all to the Chiropractor?? Elissa "I'd rather put a 42'' kid on an S&S or Intamin Tower than some scary brand!" Alvey

^My vote is for Knoebels/Dorney/Jersey Shore. Dorney has one of the best non-Disney waterparks in the country, and you can't go wrong with Knoebels. Plus the Jersey shore is just 'fun'! Elissa "they have a cool looking waterpark next to the SLC too!" Alvey