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Anyone know if they've been running three trains on GL of late? Just curious, as NTAG has only been running two (stacking seems to be an issue there with three) and I figure the same would hold true with GL.

Thanks dude!

14 year old girls filling the drama bill.

This story hit the local news tonight. Mom called, was all "did you hear someone fell out of a coaster in NY today?" Yes mom, that was last night. Her reaction, they should install handicap seating on coasters.... *facepalm*

Fantastic report, thanks for taking the time and effort to detail everything!

^^ Sorry Paul, I failed, didn't take any video this trip.

So after a funtastic day at Oaks, we headed for a little credit whoring at the Tigard Balloon Festival. Those of you who read Laura's trip report, "Laura finds a Starflyer" will recognize that the rides are mostly the same. Why? Well duh, it's the same midway operator! Being that as it is, we won't bore you with all of the rides. Actually, we only had like 45 minutes before the festival closed, plus we listened for a bit to Johnny Limbo. The balloons had glowed and left and so were the crowds, thus the rides were all walk on. On a side note, I must say Laura knows more about parks, rides, and carnivals than anyone I know. If it wasn't for her knowledge, I would have missed a credit! And now you get to witness me whoring out the Tiger Express. After a 15 minute walk from the parking area over the river and thru the woods, we didn't end up and Grandma's house, but ended up on the midway! Yay!!! This ride was blazzing fast! I'm pretty sure the carny knew I was only there to get the credit, so he only spun me around like three time, but that's fine, we had more important things to ride... Like the Zipper! This was a crazy ride, we laughed so hard on it, flipping and turning, it was great! The carney saw my TPR shirt and was like what's your favorite coaster, so I made something up. Told him we'd be back for the fair in Sept and much to our surprise he was like, I'll be there running the Zipper so be sure to stop by...lol Next we hit up this Super Orbiter, and man, what a wild intense ride! Wished it lasted longer, but we learned they had to cut down on the ride cycle as after every cycle someone would lose their load. Not cool. And once again, they were asking about TPR, how cool was that? Over at the inverter, a photography class was mezmerized at the ride and were snapping away like crazy. The ride itself is also crazy. The festival was winding down so we headed off to the band that was playing. And we found Johnny Limbo. He sounded pretty darn good for an old guy! So that's it, a brief stop off at this community festival. Time for some rest as we hit the road early in the morning for three parks!

After a long anticipated trip to Oregon, I landed on June 25, 2011 at Portland International, grabbed my bags and rental car, and headed to pick up the Luscious Laura. Over the next week, Laura and I will bring you several parks from three states plus a bonus carnevil. Some of the parks we visited included Oaks, Enchanted Forest, Wild Waves, and Silverwood. Our journey today begins with Laura's home park, Oaks Amusement Park. Oaks is located in Portland along the Willamette River in a scenic setting that also offers year round roller skating. All day admission on this Saturday was only $14.75, and while the park doesn't have the biggest, tallest, fastest coaster on the planet, it does offer a selection of rides that kept a smile on our face. Welcome to Oaks Amusment Park, this would be the main entrance. PUPMUNK! Good thing they are not racist against non-Scandinavians. Even though Laura is one. SHOCKING!!! New for this year is their mini-golf course overlooking the river. Nice setting. And here we have the almost gay kiddie coaster! This was running very well on Saturday. On Tuesday, not so much. Apparently the ride operator has the freedom to control the swinging motions, Tuesday night was LAME! (Yes, we had soooo much fun, we returned on Tuesday for two for one night!) Laura experienced a "Big" adventure inside this dark ride. Yay for Lopping Thunder! A custom made Italian thingy. The ride vehicle. It's a VERY active ride! At first, I thought the sign said no cats allowed... The onride photo, we are both very excited for an active ride! Weeeeeee. Watchout for the top of that first hill, ouch! Wait, the Ferris wheel was POPULAR? Missed that... This Rock and Roll did not have us rocking nor rolling, very tame The ride op's keep slowing the ride down, saying "HANDS DOWN" or "FACE FORWARD" This is the new style tilt Not as forceful as the old style, but still a gives you a decent spin Part of the Scandanavian festival, they liked to play with sticks and balls This is a kick ass scrambler, the Mega Dick-O in the background, not so much. So much force, so much banging, so many G's, it was one of the best ran I've been on in some time. WTF?!?!?!?! The ride op is reading the operators manual???? I made sure Laura read and understood the rules of my, I mean, the rides. Next we head to their classic Carousel I tried to take a picture of us, but my pole was in the way. aww, adjusted my pole. Laura liked her rooster. The carousel also had various connector plates like these. In case you were wondering about the full pricing and what the ticket booth looks like. Creepy shooting attraction. We both experienced a massive eruption. Rock-O-Plane. Holly crap that's an insane ride! Next we hit up the most awesome bumper cars ever! Yup, we passed inspection. The cars are super fast, some of the best I've ever been on These were some seriously creepy pissed off looking cars! They even have a storyline to follow along the wall. Part of the midway And finally, we took a look around at the roller skating rink, included with admission, skate rental extra. The Organ and pipes were awesome. We understand it is played every Sunday and Thursday. Look!!! We found a ducky!!! We had the most funtastic time ever at Oaks! Thanks Oaks! Next up, bonus Carnevil, and a little whoring!

^ no sense of humor eh?

^ Well, since the dippin dots guy is long gone, I guess a security guard will do

Time for a bonfire.

^^I actually thought it was going to be done last year and tried to get the credz, however, mother nature had a different plan. It's always been the step child of Trump Ent. At least they weren't/aren't running it. That reminds me, I need to look at hotel rooms.

Good thing this is on my pre-NE trip agenda, just in case

Looping Thunder at Oaks Amusement Park, it's a very active ride.

Wild Thing @ Wild Waves. I was somewhat impressed with the auto re-rides, the loop was good, but that last ride for some reason tweeked my back a bit.

I also hope it's enchanting!

I admit it, I'm a whore! The Zipper made up for it though

Sorry Jake, if I had known you'd wanted one about 10 hours before you posted this I would have went back and got one for you! I agree with Paul, it's running very well, nice and smooth, trains looks very good as well. Fact. You didn't miss too much, it was a hot sticky evening, but well worth it, I even ran into a co-worker and his family. The Indian Tacos smelt good but I passed. Pride Amusements seems to have a strong hold on Oklahoma carnivals, they seem to do a fine job. Glenpool PD still makes a habit of fund raising in that area, though not as much as they once did. I only live a few miles north of Glenpool off Hwy 75, so it was nice to get out for a few hours. Braums Limeade's are the bomb! Glad everyone enjoyed. Keep an eye out on my thread over the next few days. Laura and I will be posting pictures and reports from our visit to most all of the Oregon/Washington parks and a bonus Idaho park!

Thanks guys, glad everyone enjoyed the pictures. Sorry I've been slow to respond as I'm currently on an Oregon/Washington park tour (watch my Diary thread over the next few days for photos and details on what parks I traveled to and who I traveled with) When I rode Speed back in October, I just had this creepy feeling of get in and get out, just something about it that was off. I signed up to receive press releases from Circus Circus just in case they do make an annoucement. I snuck in for free! (Actually, they only charged the first four days to get in)

Funny, that was my next park too, that is until today!

Last of the tour... themeing more coaster zooming by looks like he's still alive Himalaya! Miner Mike the course, height restricted of course this is where you watch the show, included in admission bye coaster! and we leave the dome with this shot of a cockless carousel.

Rim Runner rehab Rim Runner was drained with tools and hoses all over the place from the front from the exit side they were doing some painting along with other work and from the entrance you can win mini domo's in the crane game!

how about some chaos up goes Chaos um sir, the ride is running... dude, can't you tell the ride is in operation? soooo just what are you working on while the ride is running...with people on it. he had some sort of sensor he was playing with, but hold on, the ride is coming down! better duck!

more coaster... weeeeee for the lift chain nerds i love the blurred shots, that's why that's all you see storage

time for some coaster so they have lots of arcade games here, I mean tons! a large portion of them were turned off or had out of order signs on them empty queue for canyon blaster train pulling into empy station, walkon except for the front row heading out for a run Noted!