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Dang, I gotta start reading the Courier Journal! This is great, today is somewhere around 90 degrees and the last thing Kentucky Kingdom needs is another show. But its too bad that the front part of the park won't be used... wait... THAT'S WHERE GREEZED LIGHTNIN' SITS. You mean that ride is going to be GONE? Kentucky kingdom in Google Earth. Green: To be used Red: Not to be used

^Your links do not work. I was thinking of maybe a Vekoma suspended Family Coaster replacing T2 and some kind of crazy intamin ride in the place of where Chang stood.

They also took away the 180ft Sky Coaster, I vote something over 100 feet tall (Vekoma Stingray?). If not, then I agree with the El Loco!

^Dang, Road Runner Express was one of the better Mouse coasters, oh well. This is great news for the park, this means that Deluge, Mega Wedgie, and pretty much the rest of the waterpark is even staying. Also that space for the (defunct) viper coaster is going to be open again!

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Here is the website for more info: http://www.seaworld.org/adventure-camps/index.htm Mine was the Busch Gardens Xtreme Carrers Resident Camp. Cost was $1,200.00 and was worth it! Edit: Why have I not posted an update in a while, I dont know... oh well. July 6 Day 4: Aquatica & Seaworld Last night we packed our things, and now today we are hitting the road for a 1 hour drive to Busch Garden's sister parks, Aquatica and Seaworld! Packed up and ready to go! After a 1 hour drive and passing Disney World, we finally make it to Seaworld. Before we head to Seaworld, we went to Aquatica first. The park lacks vertical drop slides, but what it has is fine for me. Instead of taking this beautiful hedge entrance... We instead kept walking and made it to the VIP entrance! ...where you get a pretty good view of this slide structure. Artsy? Back entrance and the HUGE line for Dolphin's Plunge. They gave us a wrist band for free food all day, even though we agreed to meet and eat at a certain time. Beautiful shot of Dolphin's Plunge! The theming here is okay, there is just not too much of it. By the way, signs here do suck. Where we met up. Flamboyant colors! After applying sunscreen, we headed out. How nice that they have these! The Proslide Tantrum, Omaka Rocka, was an awesome slide; much better than I had predicted. Videos of it make it seem bring but it is more intense than it looks. After A while of riding very steep mat slides and intense inner tube slides, I dared to wait in line to ride the Dolphin's Plunge. I'm pretty patient so I was able to last an hour waiting. Unfortunately, the slide wasn't worth the wait. :-/ You Do get a nice view of the whole waterpark from mid-way to the top of the slide. Whanau Way and Omaka Rocka. Taumata Racer had the steepest and tallest drop on a mat racer I have ever been on. I didn't get to ride Walhalla Wave & HooRoo Run (both raft slides). I also never got on Tassie's Twisters because it had an incredibly long line as well. After a day of riding water slides, we went to the gift shop before leaving. Steve Urkel impression fail. Still a long line, and I too hate that you have to grab the inner tube from the Lazy River. We got changed and then started leaving. Dolphin? A quick hop, skip, and jump and then we headed over to Seaworld! Manta looks awesome! And it has a comfortably steep lift. Before riding Manta, we pet stingrays! It was a nice area where you just walked up and pet them when they came by you. They have a sort of slimy feeling. Right after that, we saw the aquarium in Manta before riding Manta. The area around Manta was heavily themed with a heavy amount of mist. This is my Google wallpaper! The aquarium too was beautiful. Mantas over head! Swarm of fish. Afterwards, we all (but 1) rode Manta and loved it! I sat on the right side and got my right knee cap wet! It was actually more intense in the dive loop than Tatsu, but I can't decide which coaster is better. This would be better if it had a train. After that we trailed over to Kraken. ...to find out that it had a 1 hour, 30 minute wait. So we rode Journey to Atlantis. This ride makes a skloosh! Did anyone know the gift shop of Journey to Atlantis had an a aquarium you can walk on?! We then saw penguins, but it was too dark in some places so I didn't take any photos. Random Twisty Track! We soon saw another pet show! It was a very nice show! For lunch we ate at the Voyagers restaurant. The Viking theme here was great! So were the ribs! This creeped me out! Next up was a show that was also epic. Seriously, it had Chinese acrobats and high flying drapes people. Soon, we did come back to ride the Kraken where we sang the Pokemon Theme song going up the lift! After Kraken, we saw Sea Lions Tonight! The theater and the sunset made for a beautiful view of Kraken. The awesome part about this show is that they made fun of everything else in Sea World. Pets Ahoy pet show with an otter... Manta roller coaster with a sea lion.... Blue Horizons with all of the animals... and finally, the show Believe with again all of the animals, including a giant walrus! Night shot of the tower. Next we walked our way to Shamu Stadium to see Shamu Rocks. Here was where we got a complimentary Shamu ice cream bar. And cameras pointed in the crowds. One guy had the camera pointe dat him and then he put on a hat and yelled "SHAMU ROCKS"! Everyone applauded! After a small delay, the show started. Yay, a Shamu! Though it was sad to know that the trainers wouldn't get in the water with the three Shamus, it was still a great show with lots of lights and water! This guy rocked out! I have more photos of the show, but that's too revealing. This looked like an awesome place to have a party, but there was nobody here partying. Soon we sat down outside of the Bayside Stadium to watch the fireworks in the Reflections show, boo! But soon we proved that we can have just as much fun outside of the stadium than being inside the stadium watching everything else happening. Boom, Boom, Pow! Snap, Crackle, Pop! After the show, we got our sleeping bags and other stuff and got to do something exclusive. We Spent the night in Wild Artic! (If you join this camp, remember to bring a long sleeved shirt or else you might wake up shivering.) The girls got to sleep next to the Beluga Whales and we were next to the Polar Bear Exhibit. Unfortunately, the polar bears weren't swimming. After watching Belugas Mating, it was time for everyone to head to sleep. Next update will be Discovery Cove.

Have you been to Jungala yet? You have to have someone under 15 years old with you to be able to ride the zip line ride; and the wait is always less than five minutes. Also there is an even bigger play net area there with the same rules as the play net in Sesame Street Place. The place was built for kids, but it too has one ride that adults can ride as well, The Wild Surge (Moser Bounce Ride); I like that ride.

Sheikra opens 30 minutes after the park opens, head to Montu or Gwazi first, then Sheikra, Kumba, and then Gwazi and/or any other ride. If you want to do Cheetah Chase, don't wait till near the middle of the day because the ride line will get crowded and extremely slow, the ride will not be worth it then. That's what I did last week and it worked perfectly as the rides I got on immediately had empty lines, they were quick to fill up as I went back to them (except Gwazi). Be sure to see the Katonga Show as this show will not be there after Labor day. If the line for Rhino Rally is longer than 30 minutes, skip it because it won't be worth riding at all thanks to its downgrade.

Part two. It started pouring! We stood out in the rain for at least 10 minutes until the counselors led us under a roof. Show was delayed a couple of minutes. Not us... I don't think. Enjoy this picture, because its the only shot I have of the great show. We went out in the rain to watch the whole show. After the show, some of the campers got to come back in the Serengeti Safari truck! Not done yet, next up is Aquatica and SeaWorld!

July 5 Day 3: Roller Coaster Encounters Today involved behind the scenes of two major roller coasters, Adventure Island, photo shoots, and the Kinetix Show. I think this update will be of more interest to everybody. Driving to our first destination. Near the first drop and loop, you'll never get this view anywhere else! Getting close. Noted! We went to Kumba 1 hour before the park opens. How original :-/ Control Box Control Panel. Monitors They are watching. Showing us around. Soon we walked down the tracks to see kumba's shed. The shed. Stripped down to be cleaned. Wheels A wheel costs around 0! The train costs millions! Nerd shot? Now, the third floor. Parts. Water Dummies! Seats. More parts. These red things are put in for people who don't have any arms, they strap them in so they too can enjoy the ride. You might see these on Sheikra too. Small panorama. Next up was BTS of Montu. 110' Immelmann. It would be better if there was a train. The train. Transfer Track and storage. High Aperture Nerd Shot Spare Parts left outside. Crazy track wistfulness. The wheel set-up. Track Plans. Slightly heavy wheel. Piece of track. After all that, we then got to jump onto Montu which then turned into a water ride because of the rain. Walking away soaked! More Lions! Hey, where are you going? We get back to the pavilion and one of the campers had a Harry Potter Movie Night flashback. After flying broomsticks, we then got to feed the turtles. Yes, the photo is very bright because I forgot to reset the aperture on my camera. Yum! Here you go! Barely anyone around here! Picture time! Now we are at Adventure Island! Fun slide, but didn't get to ride it. Moo cow. Still looks fun. Wish I took more photos, but I didn't have enough time for that; so I leave you with this seemingly harmless seagull. Coming back to the park after showering and what not. Montu is still a pretty crazy coaster. Secret entrance! Gwazi is still running I see. Next to every major coaster, there has to be a small ride for people who aren't tall enough or are too chicken. We'll see this later in the day. Photo shoot time! Got to take pictures with this little fella! Amateur picture. Professional picture! Peanut Polly want a cracker?! Walking, then all of a sudden... We had time to kill, so we rode Gwazi! The ride closed after we got on it for some reason! Lunch time. This place had the funkiest roof. Seagulls can be very evil! Passing by Gwazi Then walking back out the secret entrance. We went back to the dorm to do some coaster challenge. Make a phoenix ride that has the ability to complete as many loops as possible. Ours won with 11 revolutions! I helped with the base of the ride! Going back into the park Gwazi's twistedness! So why are we here? To see this show! Looks cool already! But that rain cloud isn't. This guy has cool stuff and was having fun! Getting darker and starting to rain. Searchlights under Sheikra, Kumba, Gwazi, and Montu! Pre-show guy came out to entertain everyone. Dancng... until Part two soon (yet again!)

Ooh, this looks quite interesting. Vekoma is trying it out: Source: Vekoma's Webpage

^ Part Two: They had these all over the park. There is usually a DJ hosting a Hula Hoop Olympics of some sort while playing good music. We then walked to a classroom-type place to see mroe animals, this time it was even more up-close. (We never touched this scorpion!) They showed us all sorts of animals, here is a sloth. Next they brought in a big...heavy... Burmese Python ...named Lilith Walking to our next destination, I got one picture showing how twisted Gwazi is. Where are we now? Oh, here we are. Unfortunately, all of my pictures are bad because of how dark it was in there, so I will be skipping these photos. Here are showtimes, see it before it goes away. These guys are still good! Christopher Cool here was doing his last show that day before he went back to Canada. Apparently, he can do magic and kept getting called by passing people "The Shamwow guy", but he's not him. His front shirt says it all! Back in the Xcursions shop, I took pictures of its fish tank. Looking back outside, I noticed Christopher Cool had gathered quite a crowd. After this, we gathered together to head over to a pet show. She is holding a kangaroo. She seems to have a lot of animal friends. Noted! Ooh, pretty! That looks pretty high! We didn't get to do this, we did something better... Yep, that's what I'm talkin' about. Going to ride Sheikra. You can hear the trains passing over when you are in the building. I wonder what this destroyed building is supposed to be. Sheikra is blurry in real life. Sounds more like a "Sploosh" than a "Skloosh". Compare this drop... to this drop. The roller coaster is fun, but I think Montu might be a little better. Stanley Falls. Skoosh (not a typo!) Careful, or else I'll throw this! You can go to sea world and they'll have the same desserts. Looks interesting. Sorry for the extremely blurry pictures. Later today, we walked outside to view the fireworks. BOOM Snap Crackle Pop Boom Boom Pow Ooh, pretty Aahh! I have more pictures, but these here are my favorite out of the bunch I have. Day three soon!

If life was like a roller coaster, what would it be. Mine feels more like Revenge of the mummy for some reason.

July 4 Day two: Some More Animal Encounters We woke up, got ready, and walked outside to find a Serengeti Safari truck waiting for us! Yes, we went over some speed bumps while standing up. It was fun! Wildebeests! Driving us around. I spy two ostriches. These are not deers. We drove near this cave and the driver called out an animal, but it never came out until we started driving away. Fun Fact: If you were to shave a zebra, it's skin would be black! The star of this attraction! They basically walk towards the truck and pop their heads in for food. Hope I'm not poking in! Munch, Munch. Crunch, Munch. Did you know the size of a Giraffe's eye is the size of a baseball! Yum! Geoffrey for Toys Я Us! More Zebras! Then we got to feed these pointy fellas. Crunch, Crunch. Then we kept moving. Curvy and Pointy! Arriving at our stop, I spotted Montu testing and heard it's warning alarm. Flamingos! Yay, Meerkats! Did you know... Keep digging little fella! Gyps Africanus, or... The African White Backed Vulture. This was a big bird! Then we saw the Hyenas. Playing! View out the windshield. The second truck. Playing some more. Next, we move on to the big cats! This star is MINE! This log is MINE! Wait... This tree is mine! After the lions, we walked over to see fish, hippos, and crocs. ...and here is a hippo. Really liking the theming. The hippos started swimming, but it was more like hippos on the moon. Heres the croc! Next we started our way to the primate exhibits. Train. Hows it goin' big guy?! Awww Nice place! We are now going to see behind the scenes of this area. Hello! We fed them fruits. You will never be in this spot unless you get VIP access. Cheetah Chase from a secret spot. Next we then came back to the flamingos to do a parade back to a pavilion. Don't peck my camera! I got to hold one! They split out group in half, one half to stay and the other to march the Flamingos back. We soon ate in the Sultan's Desert Grill and saw a show at the same time. After that, we were allowed to go to these shops that are located near the front of the park. This looked good, but I didn't buy it. Some girls I was with went crazy over this fudge shop. The original. This looked soo good! So did these. This reminded me of Dubai. Gwazi! We did walk into what I think is the best store in the whole park; Xcursions. Big kitty! These carvings looked pretty cool. They even had crickets in glass boxes. Don't pass this store, stop in because you might find something interesting. We soon started our way to... Walkabout Way Aww, how cute Feeding the Kangaroo. They even let one out to feed. We'll be back with part two. Can you guys tell me, does this Photo TR have too many photos already? If so, I'll reduce. All what's left in Part two are photos of closer animal encounters, Sheikra, and slightly blurry 4th of July fireworks.

Made this cause I was bored and I was wondering if anyone got this joke at all? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-uN-5h9kJs

Nice TR, I hated how the last time I went, I only got to ride Superman; worst of all, I put the lap bar on too tight (my first giga coaster), so the ride tried tearing my spine apart on the air hills oww. I've always wanted to ride Joker's Jinx, how was it?

haha, I was there on the sixth! I can tell that Omaha Rocket is a little rough, but I loved it. It was my second favorite slide (first being dolphin's plunge).

Continuation: We soon made our way to the park's other water rides, Tidal Wave and Stanley Falls.. I chose not to ride this one because it was a little bit too wet for me. There's the boat! Barely any people in the line. This is why. During this ride, someone lost their hat. There it is! Wee! Skloosh! ^Another GIF photo of people bracing for the splash. Since we were near Sheikra and didn't ride it today, I took some pictures. It was still raining so that is why this picture looks a little blurry. Blurry fly-by. Big inversion! A seriously big inversion. Stanley Falls was a pretty fun ride. Until construction is complete. Dang, I forgot my passport at home. My biggest fan! Glowing carousel looks pretty! Say goodbye to the rhino! Last look at Sheikra. Day two coming soon.

I'm finally back from a week long camp called 'Adventure camp' that is ran by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. Its basically a camp for animal lovers, but they have different camps for you to choose from: Resident Camp, Day Camp, Sleepovers and Group Camps. I went with the resident camp which has more choices, I chose Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Under this is another list of choices to choose. As a roller coaster enthusiast, I went with Xtreme Careers which is for grades 10 through 12. This camp is meant for people who love roller coasters, but doesn't mind seeing some animals as well. You Might see these plastered all over the park. I would like to first say that the camp was awesome and I will be going back next year, I met some new people, did some things I've never done before and went to some places I've never seen or been before. The camp doesn't have Exclusive Ride Time (ERT), but it does have a sort of Walk On Ride Though Exit (WORTE) and Ride Before Guests Come (RBGC) and Behind The Scenes (BTS). We did so many things during our camp, I can't really tell you it all here, so I will tell the story with the picture it goes with. By the way, all pictures were taken using my new camera; Canon Rebel XSi; I'm soon going to replace it with the Canon T1i which is the same camera, but can record video. I will tell you that I did take over 1700 photos this whole week and will try my best to put up as little as I can, and still be able to post as many as I can. Day 1: Arrival---below Day 2: Some More Animal Encounters Day 3: Roller Coaster Encounters Day 4: Aquatica & Seaworld Day 5: Discovery Cove and Movie Night Day 6: More Roller Coaster Encounters July 3 Day One: Arrival The first thing we did was Rhino Rally where we got to skip the line. People getting off. Our group required two trucks. Elephants near by. Very big horns. Boo, the other truck sucks! The star of the attraction. Lift your feet! Once you see this, your ride is nearly over . I remember it before it's tone-down, it was waaaayyyyy better. Their names are Bozeny and Maditra and they are pretty ruff! My, what big, trimmed claws you have. Tufts can be an evil person's pet bird. Two words: Big Snake! Puffy bunny. I think you are allowed to go inside and pet it if you wanted; maybe. Auto-focus on the camera caught the fence instead. It did it again! Aww, how cute! I'm seeing Pink! Versace has the coolest hair on a bird I've ever seen! Just chillin'. This sloth was sleeping when we passed by. Still the coolest hair on a bird. Walking to our next destination, we spotted these guys who are really good at their instruments. Katonga is a musical that blew my mind. Everyone needs to see that show IMMEDIATELY before it goes away this labor day. Seriously, you have to see this show when you are here. "Do we really have to walk all that way?" The walls of the construction fences. Line Dancing! Flying Penguin.nltrack Hello! Look, a real exotic bird! ...and a heavy turtle. Inertiatic.nltrack Don't go away yet. Day one did have more animals, but soon there will be rides; please bear with me. Conveluted.nltrack Most of the major coasters (Sheikra, Kumba, and Montu) were shut down during the rain. After eating lunch in that location, we then started walking to our first coaster. First coaster of the week. ^A GIF photo showing how much mist there was walking to Kumba through the bridge. Kumba's Cobra Roll. Through the trees! After riding Kumba, we went to Congo River Rapids. I got pretty wet while still wearing a poncho, most of it came from the rain. We have arrived! Made it inside to my assigned bunk to get comfortable with the other campers and the counselors. Passing an awesome giraffe. We get to go through this line, which was pretty cool. Woo! We soon went to see some animals. This was a cute lemur! My, what big, dark beak you have. Some campers of a different kind of the resident camp got to go and pet the Flamingos before we did. Flamingos only! Walking to our next destination, I spotted a large llama. Bumblebee close encounter. Birdy, birdy. Sheikra! Noooo! ^Turtles getting wet

hmm... Here is a backyard slide, this video was uploaded yesterday:

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I went on this in Noah's Ark waterpark in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Its a White Water West aqualoop waterslide called Scorpion's Tail. It was crazy! Source: Noah's Ark Facebook Page Here is also the world's first double looping waterslide. German Website

What about Gwazi, the ride seems pretty rough now even with padded seats. I rode it a couple of days ago and it was a pretty crazy ride in the second car. I think the ride might feel weird if it had steel tracks but I also think it would still be fun because of how twisty the ride is.

Nice first TR, hope you get that attachment thing right next time . I think that gap is there on purpose and they would be watching it just in case, not every roller coaster fits 100% perfectly; transfer tracks usually have some kind of 1cm or 2cm gap.

To all those who love the trololo guy, enjoy! X,D