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Best.Answer.Ever.

Skid brakes on a mouse, now that screams awesomeness.

Ork! Ork!

Anyone know who what paper the reporter was with that was taking our picture @ Knotts?

hmmmm, no updates since the original post by the Prince, I sure hope Kat or Kiwi haven't Prince-napped him!

Another part of my preWCB tour included a visit to Sea World in San Diego. I was able to assist PAL in getting rid of a free park entry ticket that he had (Thanks again dude!!!!!) to obtain not only a credit on Journey to Atlantis, but to take in my last American Sea World credit. Lot's of construction going on on the new Turtle attraction, some rehab on one of Shamu's pools, and the mystery area blocked off. So, here we go. YAY!!! Sea World!!!!! So, the big blue wall surrounding a massive area of the park, wonder what's going on in there, hmmmmmm FLIPPER!!!! Some rehab work going on in the observation/dine with Shamu pool. On Orca chillin FEED US!!! It's ok little star fish, I'll take care of you. Some turtles hanging out The Easter Bunny Wonder what's going on in this, the new Tortise home ahhh, dirt pushing. I love watching these guys, always the showmen, or show offs, beggers, hams, etc. playing dead ahhhh that feels gooood maintaing peace and order and my time here wouldn't be complete with out a classic shot of JTA Acceptable amount of wetness in the rear, not so much in the front. This was a great ride, better ride wise than Orlando, but is lacking a clear storyline. Orlando has a nice story line, but short coaster portion. It was my first time on an elevator boat lift. Bye Sea World, thanks and see you next year for Manta!

^^^I'm sure when Robb gets back from Koala County he will create an item in the store with additional details so we can purchase our tickets. He will have to have a head count to give to the park for lunch, etc. so I'm pretty sure advance sales only. I'm sorry. But hey, you get non-stop entertainment from the city council and mayor not to mention we have one of the most well maintained road system in the country!!

It wasn't Koala themed, but did have to point out that Freestyle Music Park was going to re-open before he activated his facebook page. That my friends, cannot happen.

Just suggested a TR to Magic Springs

Thanks, nice report.

LOVE the easy to view videos, THANKS!

I'm supposed to be on call, but I'm getting out of it, *cough cough* Awesome!

Arrg i hate youtube sometimes.... Weird though because the embedded video works for me Were you able to watch it at all? If I went to the youtube page I could. I 'd do like Robb suggested, it'd be way easier.

^ youtube doesn't like your music, won't play embeded.

So here is my final update on WCB, features me credit whoring, highlights of TPR Quest (without giving away too much), and random other crap. Again, I can't say it enough, Knotts, you out did yourself! Snoopy says it's time for TPR Lunch and lots and lots of glorious giveaway crap. Alright puppets, let's get this party started, when I say fetch, you fetch. Alright puppets, go fetch a boulder holder! Aiight people, give it up! Penny says "Why won't you losers take it off and hand it over?!?!?!?!?!" trying hard to convince her to hand it over wait wait maybe.... could it be, right in front of us??? At this point the Knott's folks are reconsidering a few things.... Yes!! WINNER!!!! Bonus points for being colorful. Go fetch me someone not affraid to show em' Winner of best man boobs!!!! Cheater!!! I said apple as in company, not as in pie, negative points for you! Another Cheater!!!! (redeemed by stuffing suspect item down her shirt) So Knotts hooked up players and their helpers with top of the line crap. Baskets of Crap (which I saw in the hotel retailing for just shy of $50), Bags of Crap of about the some retail value, and tons of ride crap! I won a Road Wheel for Siera Sidewinder - Photo in the official WCB thread! Our winner of TPR Quest chose a basket of crap, how cool! In this photo we have three expressions. Oh Crap, I'm too cool for school, and I can't believe I'm on this thing. You choose which one goes where. This makes montezoom go zoom zoom (Nerd Shot) YES@!@! I'm short enough to ride!!!! The excitment of a front row seat is just too much to hold back weeeeeeeeeeeee I'm a whore and proud of it! So off to some other stuff to finish up. The paint job is coming along quite nice on the plunge. no waiting on the river rapids, I went ahead and took a spin, heck, I was already wet. Sky Cabin is getting a new ride system, until then, it's up there. My Hotel!!! A few nerd shots of a B&M train rehab So let's finish with a little game called, how many trash cans are in a 50 foot area? let's play again! Finally, a good use for them! This was taken on monday, it's either broke, or in rehab. And finally, the Catawampus says, MOO! Come again next year!

I just have to wonder, is Dan paying by the e-mail while in Australia? If so, that could get quite expensive.

Creeper

^ Thanks! They said they had completed all tests and had all of the approvals, however, the earthquake triggered some weird funky rules that required them to do additional testing. I don't much understand it all, but then again, I don't much understand California...

Ok, time for Part II - Log Ride tour and whatever else I have time to add before lunch ends, oh wait, i'm always on lunch, so, make that, whatever else I feel like adding before I lose concentration. Yay for log ride tour!! Log Ride nerds lined up ready to snap away Log in rehab So, I know what you are thinking, there are only 4 logs here. WRONG!! this contraption goes down 8 more rows into the ground, how cool is that? Storage at it's finest. the logs are hoisted around by this thing logs chilling with no wa wa. We were told they still have 30 of the 32 original logs and were special builds, longer than the other guys. We were also told the reason they are missing two is one due to old age, and the other they sent off to try and have duplicates made, but the company they sent it to cut it up and failed. I can see the drool from here. so here we go down a hallway Random Christmas crap So here we are standing under, well almost under, one of the two lifts. This is an official ride manufacturer's fix for PVC pipe A Good Sign! spare parts SIT DOWN!!! But we're special, so we got to walk the trough you can only get this shot while walking the trough, on a backstage tour, at WCB 2011, why weren't you here? same with this shot and this one Nerds! walking down the trough, this is where we depart and go deep into the mountain and I mean deep, so everyone knows that SFOT had the first log flume, but do you know why? Well, it's becuase Knott's didn't want to risk putting in the first one. They went to Arrow, told them what they wanted to do and Arrow sold one to SFOT, after it was proven, they built the first themed flume, and second ever. rebar left sticking out after the shot crete. Apparently there are rooms in here that go to nowhere and stairs that go to nowhere NOTED! big pumps make water go splash splash still no faults These massive pumps go something like 13 feet below the surface. They recently had a need to replace one which required cutting a hole in the mountain and using a crane. Annual maintance also requires pulling them out and we were told they barely fit in the area we were standing in to service them. And finally, lots and lots of water goes through the pipes to give us that ride we all know and love. Thanks Knott's for the kick a$$ tour! For the next tour, all the geeks lined up at the Windseeker site for a tour of their dirt. The fountain is still intact NOTED! the big dirt hole why do people like taking pictues of dirt? So here's the scoop in case you didn't know. Due to the earthquake in Japan, some funky rules kick into place regarding construction of this magnitude and some earth samplings must be done. Thus, they are in a holding pattern, but hope to start hauling in their 60 trucks of concrete from 2 plants within the next few weeks. The famous B&M Support. Interesting note. The Windseeker will not rotate until it get's high up in the air so as not to get within a specific distanct from Silver Bullet when the chairs fly outwards. They had to remove the trees to make room for the 500 ton crane. more dirt "Over here could be a whore house and/or a brewery, but we are not zoned for that or a refinery" Both Robb and I were highly disappointed. So yeah, that's a tour of the dirt. After the rains Sunday, I returned on Monday and from Silver B the hole looked like a swimming pool. Look for it to open sometime after Memorial Day. So that's if for this part, the last part will include some rather embarrasing moments from lunch.

That would be me.

^^ Thanks Big Mike, great meeting you as well. Look forward to seeing you again soon!

So off to WCB 2011 Day #2 @ Knotts. Knotts, you out did yourself. From the custom made WCB Windseeker Shirts, group photo with Snoopy, backstage tour of the log ride and xcel, not to mention the kick a$$ gifts handed out at lunch, you truly have it going on. May the thumbs of many be pointed up and the blessing of 10,000 suns be bestowed upon you for your hospitality, even in the rain!!! Now, SIT DOWN! and enjoy Part 3 of 5 of my WCB diary and Part I of Knotts WCB! I'll start with the xcel tour. Up at the butt crack of dawn. You mean to tell me that we get to take a tour of the log ride? Holly @#$% that's fantastic! So this is Mark, guru of maintenance. He's telling us not to let our drool dirty up his ride. Ready Nerds? Forward March! The brake fins are made of aluminum and bronze. Catch car, in the station, no train. How cool is that? This thing has three cables, yes three. Thats three times your intamin cable fun. A cable runs on either side of the rail, see the cable? I do. Mark said the car, fins, everything has super tight tolerances, something in the range of a couple of millimeters. And a return cable at the end of the car. train go fast down track when go button pressed boring electronics room You can only get this shot on the backstage tour. and this shot. and this mega super nerd shot. Into the hydro room and we meet their lead mechanic, Mr. Pumpkin. Nerds still making their way into the hydro room, hurry up already! Nitrogen!!!! one of the accumulators for all of the massive amounts of fluid. Motor that makes coaster go fast. Actually, there are ten, yes ten motors on each side. each side is a duplicate of each other. Spare motor The big thing wraps up the intamin cable and makes sure it's all lined up and working properly. This is the other side. At this point, some of us got pulled out to go on the log ride tour so that they could get it open on time. Log Ride > Xcel tour, but the xcel tour was awesome in it's on way as we got to see the big motor that makes it all happen. Thanks Mark!!!

Finally, someone with the wealth and knowledge to save this thing!!! Ohio should be thrilled!!

^ Yes, I love it in the rear. The photo is coming, darned internet @ Knott's was slowwwww. I'm hoping the plane from LAS to TUL will have internet!!!

^^ That's crazy talk!!!!