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As always great job on the video, Robb. Thanks. I must say Iron Rattler definitely looks like I'll be in my top 10, once I get around to visiting San Antonio again.

There were two coasters that I remembered having a no single rider rule when I last rode them. ...Jet Star 2 at Lagoon and Thunderbolt at Kennywood. Though I'm not sure if they still do, since it's been 3 years now.

The thing with Nitro is that the first half of the coaster is so blah, while the helix and bunny hops at the end are really fun. If they could have matched the fun factor of the ending with the first half of the ride, it would definitely be in my top 5. As it is, I have still have it in the 20-25 range. ...Solid coaster, but not mind blowing.

I'm 4 miles east of The Dragon at Legoland Florida.

I couldn't help but notice this when skimming through the thread just now. With the rumor of a new attraction or 2 coming to JP in the next year, with one possibly being a coaster, how awesome would it be to have a Mega-Lite be that coaster. I know, slim chance. ...Though it's still nice to dream.

Dueling Dragons-Fire this morning before the crowds rolled in. I was able to get a couple rides in what I consider the magic seat. ...last row, far right seat.

To tell you the truth, I think I would prefer an Iron Horse treatment on Boss over any new coaster. ...Well, except for an Intamin of course.

And what does Rebel Yell's turnarounds look like then?

Wow!!! That drop does look incredible.

If we are talking just one hill, it would have to be El Toro's hill over Rolling Thunder followed by Bizarro's 3rd hill. Now if we are talking a series of hills, I would say Phoenix and Phantom's Revenge are my favorites. I guess it's no wonder why these four coaster, along with Boulder Dash, are my top 5 overall favorites.

I guess I have some work to do now.

My first coaster ended up being The Hulk a couple weeks ago.

JTA at Seaworld this morning. Also, Manta and Kraken were both walk-ons for the first couple hours.

Les Miz was absolutely incredible and deserves all the praise it's getting. ...Fantastic performances pretty much across the board and having them sing live while shooting the scenes added so much more emotion to the performances. Overall: A+ I must say it was a very strong finish to the 2012 movie season, with Les Miz, The Hobbit, and Skyfall all being kickass movies. Along with The Avengers and Batman, these were probably my five favorite movies of the year.

1. Roller Soaker at Hershey- I just didn't feel like getting soaked. The sad thing is I passed it up several times. 2. lil' Phantom at Kennywood- I'll be sure to get it on my next visit. ...Hopefully.

Just sent my ballot in. LOCATION FOLLOWS THIS LINE (LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS) ~"Florida" NAME FOLLOWS THIS LINE (LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS IN Ballot) ~"Rich" RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,1 Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,2 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,3 Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,4 Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,5 Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,6 COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,n,1 Phoenix Knoebel's PA,y,n,2 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT,y,n,3 My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,4 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA,y,n,5 The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,n,6 Thunderhead Dollywood TN,y,n,7 Renegade Valleyfair! MN,y,n,8 Raven Holiday World IN,y,n,9 Dania Bch Hurr (S) Dania Beach FL,y,n,10 Timber Terror Silverwood ID,y,n,11 Tremors Silverwood ID,y,n,12 The Legend Holiday World IN,y,n,13 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA,y,n,14 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA,y,n,15 Apocalypse S. F. Magic Mountain CA,y,y,16 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY,y,n,17 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend KY,y,n,18 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,19 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA,y,n,20 HellCat Timber Falls WI,y,n,21 Rampage Alabama Adventure AL,y,n,22 Hades Mount Olympus WI,y,n,23 The Beast Kings Island OH,y,n,24 Twister Knoebel's PA,y,n,25 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI,y,n,26 Roar SF America MD,y,n,27 Wildcat Hersheypark PA,y,n,28 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA,y,n,29 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ,y,n,30 Wild One SF America MD,y,n,31 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX,y,y,32 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,n,33 Comet Hersheypark PA,y,n,34 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA,y,y,35 Comet Great Escape NY,y,n,36 Racer Kings Island OH,y,n,37 Racer Kennywood PA,y,n,38 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA,y,n,39 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA,y,n,40 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA,y,y,41 Thunder Road Carowinds NC,y,n,42 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA,y,y,43 Thunderbolt SF New England MA,y,n,44 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA,y,n,45 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX,y,y,46 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT,y,n,47 Comet Waldameer PA,y,n,48 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA,y,n,49 Hurler Carowinds NC,y,n,50 Hurler Kings Dominion VA,y,y,51 Cyclone SF New England MA,y,n,52 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,53 High Roller Valleyfair! MN,y,n,54 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA,y,n,55 Coastersaurus Legoland Florida FL,y,n,56 Cannonball Waterville USA AL,y,y,57 Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA,y,y,58 Woodstock Express Kings Island OH,y,n,59 Woodstock Express Carowinds NC,y,n,60 Meteor Little Amerricka WI,y,n,61 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA,y,y,62 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,63 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,n,64 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,65 The Grizzly Great America CA,y,n,66 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI,y,n,67 Zeus Mount Olympus WI,y,n,68 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA,y,n,69 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT,y,n,70 Predator Darien Lake NY,y,n,71 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX,y,y,72

11/20 with all my guesses being wrong.

My updated rankings. 1a.Dueling Dragons-Fire 1b.Dueling Dragons-Ice 3.Montu 4.Batman-The Ride (SF parks)/Great White/Goliath (SFFT) 5.Flight Deck (CGA) 6.Afterburn 7.Alpengeist 8.Talon 9.Raptor 10.Great Bear 11.Silver Bullet ...Only need the Patriot and Batman (SFStL) credits now.

ROTM at USF last Thursday. I had 7 walk-on rides, with 2 being solo. I also had my first solo ride on HRRR.

What, no Silverwood? No, not in 2013. I have family in Idaho, so I've been to Silverwood a couple of times in the last few years.

Add me to the list of people that were a little disappointed with the new trains/re-theme. Personally, rehabbing the old trains, repainting the coaster with the old colors, and adding music just to the lift hill would have been just fine by me. Unfortunately, that didn't happen and as a result Bizarro has now fallen behind Phantom's Revenge as my favorite steel coaster.

This. ...Without a doubt it's at the top of my list.

My vote definitely goes to Lightning Racer.

^Yep, I've never had a problem with getting re-rides if no one was waiting for my seat. The "one and only one" re-ride seems to be the company policy across all the Busch/Seaworld parks. With that said, my routine every time I go to BGT is to get to Kumba early. That way I'm able to get 6 quick rides in with only having to go around twice.

As of right now, I have 3 trips planned. MAY Busch Gardens Williamsburg Kings Dominion JUNE Lake Winne Dollywood Funspot (Pigeon Forge) NASCAR SpeedPark (Sevierville) Carowinds SFOG Wild Adventures AUGUST Silver Dollar City (on the way out to the Pacific NW) Wild Waves Theme Park Enchanted Forest Oaks Amusement Park Playland Along with season passes to BGT/SIWE, IOA/USF, and Disney.