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Disney is really great as far as traffic patterns and parking but there is a limit! I remember hearing horror stories about what the Marathon does to Disney every year. Elissa "even the Disney Buses were taking 2 hours to get from a resort to a park!" Alvey

Yay! I'm so glad it's working again! Sorry again to everyone for the outage...but I really think this will make it better now! Elissa "I was going thru withdrawl!" Alvey

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=323 Elissa "we'll have to add the contest DVD at some point too!" Alvey

NO! And I didn't mean to imply that a badly breaked mouse is better than a 'spiderman type' dark ride, sorry about that! Elissa "although Drachen Fire might have been!" Alvey

Hey Robb...you want to take this one or should we add some moderators? Glad you had fun...if you can in the future please try to write your report a bit more 'user friendly' with better spelling and punctuation. I bet Disney was busy as it's a lot of kids' spring break week. The Coasters at BGT are better than Kraken, and I like Kraken a lot. Skull Kingdom and Ripleys are a ripoff...almost everything on I-Drive is! Elissa "come on, Old Town is cool in a certain kind of way!" Alvey

This is kind of like the Disneyland or Knotts Debate... BGW is a really beautiful park, and you could wander around for days...key word being wander...not ride. The coasters are all 'okay' but nothing special. (Heck they've lost 2!) In my opinion, you'll maybe need 1 reride on some of them and that's it! The new ride should be cool, but again, nothing amazingly special and Pompeii is cool but there's not much else. PKD is very much like a Six Flags park, but at least they have some really decent coasters! I like Hypersonic a lot, Volcano is awesome, the bobsled is fun, Woodies are usually pretty good, they've got a great drop ride, the new painful top spin, etc. It really depends on what you're into! Elissa "god, I can't believe I compared PKD to Knotts!!! I'm sorry Paramount!" Alvey

Call them! (229) 219-7080 There is a concert on Saturday so it might be more crowded than normal, but it doesn't seem to be a big name. I believe that Cheetah is back open, but Boomerang seems to have issues during the Winter Months. Let us know how it was! Elissa "the best SLC still doesn't say much!" Alvey

LOL! Oh god, those bathrooms at SFWoA!! Those are some of the worst ever, and I've been to several '3rd World' countries! I think the Six Flags parks (outside of Texas) as a whole win this thread...but as far as individual ride ops I've got a great story... At Wild Rivers down in Irvine, CA we slid down one of the "Mat Racing Slides" I come to the bottom and run into a damn TAMPON!!! I totally freaked out and grabbed the lifeguard. He came over, started laughing, looked all grossed out and walked away. Having worked at another water park I asked him: "aren't you supposed to call someone to get that out of the water", he said "I think so, eh, oh well". AWESOME! Elissa "NASTY!!!" Alvey

Wow...this has to go down as one of the most pathetic 'coaster accidents' ever! Elissa "he placed the trashcan on the tracks" Alvey

Isn't there a coaster at Alton Towers that is even faster than Rita?!??! Elissa "Oblivion rules!" Alvey

Interesting...see, I'm learning things here! Elissa "silly alcoholics!" Alvey

Ok, I have another question... Why are you doing this on a random Monday night? Elissa "wow, there's really nothing to do in New Mexico" Alvey

I went to UF for 4 years and got my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a minor in Geography. UF was really awesome, I'm all about 4 year schools and the 'college experience'. Elissa "go gators" Alvey

I'm confused...I thought 100proof means it's just straight alcohol? Can someone explain this to me? Elissa "not into alcohol" Alvey

AWWWWW!!!!! I WANT THEM ALL!!!!! Elissa "RODENTS!!!" Alvey

Please post in the Random Board to try your signature again...if you continue to have problems please PM Robb or I so we can help you. Elissa "doesn't even have a signature!" Alvey

^Dude, I loved the Office Space reference! Elissa "not too many of me...but there is an elissa society!" Alvey

I will usually check the parks website or travelocity to see what's nearby, then actually go to the motels website to get the best price. If I know that I'm traveling somewhere with a lot of choices during midweek low season I'll just wing it and pick up one of those "discount highway guides" at a local fast food place. The 3rd thing we'll sometimes do is try priceline. Only if we want to stay somewhere nicer than normal for a decent price. For example we can usually get the Hyatt Regency near Disneyland for about $50/night even on weekends! Elissa "hope this helps" Alvey

I can't wait to try the Noodle place! Elissa "that kids stir fry meal looks awesome!" Alvey

It's just a matter of time before B&M starts getting a lot more orders in Europe. I could see Parc Asterix getting the next B&M! Elissa "oh well, it gives us reasons to keep going back!" Alvey

LOL!!! We had myself, Robb, and the Quaker in one row on Big Thunder Mountain! I don't think I could feel my right side the rest of the night! Elissa "the Quaker had it worse!" Alvey

^AWESOME! The only downside is that Dan always forwards us the emails...oh well, it's still worth it to annoy him! Elissa "email Dan!" Alvey

You'd be surprised! With Robb, anything is possible! "Let's get on this plane sweetie!" Elissa "I should have said...not purposefully going to Hong Kong Disney" Alvey

That's exactly the point...typos are FINE! Misspelling a word is FINE! if ure riting a post like this, not fine! Elissa "doesn't like English...but likes to be able to read!" Alvey

We actually have no real desire to go seeing how it's kind of like "Disneyland Light Edition" but it turns out we might accidently make it there towards the end of the year. We'll see, I'm hoping it will be a nice park if we make it there! Elissa "I like the train too!" Alvey