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How do you fall thirty feet? If they fell out going down the drop they would have landed somewhere in the tunnel, and that's not thirty feet.

That's not good. You would think the lifeguards would react before she was already unconscious. I wonder what actually happened.

I don't know if I should keep my new avatar of me getting eaten, or my good ol' "six flags neverland" one.

No. Have you eaten onions today?

My whole block is INSANE right now. 1/4 sticks of dynamite are going off everywhere, and they're shooting off HUGE mortars in the middle of the road, that cover the whole block. The cops have given up trying to stop my neighboorhood from doing them, and everyone knows it, so everyone does them worry free. -Nick

There's something wrong with my left kidney.

That looks INSANE!!! I'll add that to my list.

^ Hahaha, well what you see is actually the woodchips they used to dry it up, and yeah I got pretty weird looks wherever I went. It was my first time using a digital camera so I was taking pictures of everything. I looked like a spy with my TPR shirt on, I got some weird looks from ride ops.

^ I agree that it could be pretty good with new trains. There was a little bit of air on the first drop, but I also noticed that there's a trim there now. If it was smooth and trimless, I bet it'd be great. They still have the plaque in the station from a long time ago saying it was rated the 9th best wooden in the world. So they claim. -Nick

That's really interesting. I always kind of thought that an E stop wasn't an option. You would just sit and wait it out. Getting off on a little platform would be scary. 300th post! -Nick

I'm pretty much a roller coaster fan, but things like themeing are important too, because it adds to the whole experience. If there are specifically cool rides I'll ride those too, but my main draw is the coasters. -Nick

Bouncy Bouncy looks amazing! I don't know who you couldn't have fun on that ride. These reports are awesome. Have fun! -Nick

^ Thanks, and about Viper, the drop does seem to be getting smaller and smaller. It used to give me the weirdest feeling, but now I feel nothing, it's just rolling down a hill. However, everytime I ride it I like it more and more. It doesn't get as much credit as it deserves. -Nick

Thanks for the compliments. The waterpark is really.nice, but on a hotter day. ^^I'm surprised it wasn't at all rough in the back, I figure it's mostly going backwords, because your the first entering the boomerang, so your still going pretty fast. ^ I forgot to look for it, but I've seen pictures of it sitting there. I too hope they decide to do something with it, A new B&M would be much better, but a very used stand up is better than nothing. -Nick

Last Friday, my friend Mandy and I, along with my brother and his girlfriend went to Darien Lake. We usually go once a year. The weather turned out great and the park was actually pretty empty for a Friday! We left Auburn at around 10 am and arrived a little before noon. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking but here is my opinion on the coasters. "Ride of Steel"(Superman): 9/10 Always a great ride, a little shaky, but not bad at all. Predator: A piece of crap. Painful to ride. It has no redeeming qualities except for it's sentimental value to me. 1/10 Boomerang: Not horribly rough, but headache inducing. 5/10 Viper: A good ride. Not rough, fun. 7/10 Mind Eraser: Not too rough either, actually fun! 6/10 Overall we had a great day, and hopefully Darien Lake going flagless will bring good things. Enjoy the pictures. -Nick Yay for no flags! Tornado was added in 2005. It's a great ride, but we didn't get wet today... Mind Eraser from the parking lot. I always thought it looked so huge. Walking in, we see Predator is open! Although it's really nothing to be excited about... One last shot of Viper. Lift hills are hot. Finally we made it to the station, this is as busy as it got. One of my favorite pictures. It's in a really nice area, but the walk to the station takes longer than the ride. Curves and camera stuff. Vertical loop goodness. We went over to ride this piece of Arrow sexiness. The swinging ship sucks. I approve this Vekoma ferris wheel! Mandy says hi. Viper is actually my second favorite in the park. It's really not too shaky at all. Barracuda Bay Mind Eraser and the log flume. We decided to ride the ferris wheel, just to sit for a while. My camera broke for a good portion of the day, but started working on the ferris wheel, so I made sure to get plenty of pictures from up top. I usually like Darien's Boomerang, but we rode the backseat once and got headaches. Is that a Vekoma I see? We rode the front once, which wasn't all bad, but later we sort of dared ourselves to ride the back seat. Twice. I never really thought a coaster could be too rough for me, but at the bottom of every hill the lap bar would slam you in the stomach. It was almost unbearable. Even the ride ops were stunned that we came back to ride a third time. Not too well. Predator was my both mine and Mandy's first "big coaster" and I've always loved it for that reason. It was closed during our visit last year, so I was anxious to see how it was doing. We gave Superman a break and decided to ride this pile of crap. At one point the line looked like this. We got a back seat and front seat ride within 20 minutes! The last three bunny hops deliver some serious air. I heart Intamin magnetic brakes. But it didn't! The line was about a two ride wait most of the day! I love this picture, too bad it came out blurry. We thought Superman, I mean "Ride of Steel", would have a huge line with it still being early Test run through the trees! It broke! We noticed a crowd leaving the area and came to find this. After a few minutes, they got the lift going, so we stood at the entrance hoping it wouldnt take to long to reopen... Back to Superman and it's shrubbery. I guess I should really start calling it by it's official name. I think if it can't be Superman it should be repainted and given a new theme completely. Mandy thinks it should now be called "The Bomb Pop" Uh oh. I had to take a peek. Heading back towards Superman, we pass Shipwreck falls. Definetely not an exceptable amount of wetness! The first and smaller drop is in the background. After Mind Eraser we took a ride on the log flume to cool off. It's a nice ride, with two drops and a tunnel, and you don't get too wet! I think B&M should copy this design. Puke cleaning. Side loop. Somebody threw up in the station, so almost everybody left, giving me time to take pictures in the queue which goes right under the ride. Purdy. It really isn't too bad. We rode three times in the front and once in the back. It is time. Ranger is getting pretty old. The last time I rode it shook a lot sideways. Darien Lake really is a great park. A few good coasters, and a really nice setting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures! They finally let us in. We were two rides from getting the front seat, and the first train they sent out with people broke down on the lift. We decided not to wait, and left. They tested much longer than anticipated, but we were first in line, and I refused to leave! A lot of people began sitting around everywhere. The test seat has seen better days. While waiting I took some more pictures. This is my favorite support on the whole ride. Tehe.

Wow I just decided to look through this and it was REALLY funny! All of the squirrel pictures where hilarious and it was funny how he made him write an apology! It's cool what these people do to scammers. -Nick

Damn, I missed it.

I used to go to discovery.com, and find a thing they had about roller coasters and watch the POV of Millenium Force, this was before I even knew what it was. Then I started going to coasterphotos.com, and a couple of years ago I found this!

Bonus helixes are awesome!!!!! Great update, looks like your having a great time! Hopefully I'll be able to join you next year!!! -Nick

The way the shape gets smaller in the middle looks like it'll be one hell of an, I guess you could say, "elbow chopper".

I'll be at Darien Lake in 12 hours!

"Call Me When Your Sober"- Evanescence

I love fireworks, but as Nicole said they're illegal in New York. My brother drives to Pennsylvania to get them. I live in the "ghetto" of my city and pretty much everybody does fireworks here. Cops don't really do much, they're afraid of my block. All throughout summer there are random half and quarter sticks of dynamite going off. At night people do huge mortars that cover the whole sky. A few years ago on the fourth of July everyone was out until around 5 AM, and at about 4, I was out on my street with my brothers, just watching everything that was going on. I live about 100 feet from the post office, so the pull through thing with the outside mailboxes are clearly visible. A guy went over and put a half stick of dynamite in each mailbox. One shook, and the other came unbolted from the ground, flew up in the air and ripped in half, showering mail all over the ground. A police car later drove by and kept right on driving because he wasn't going to stop without backup... -Nick

Yes Is your house white?

That's too bad, and it's kind of weird, just a few days ago I was wondering how it would be played out if a TPR member died or something. His family is in my thoughts.