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DougMJr

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  1. When I was 6, my family went to Martins Fantasy island. This was the opening year of the Silver Comet and my dad, a fan of the Comet at Crystal Beach, wanted me to ride it with him. I had never been on a roller coaster before, I was afraid, I did not want to ride. With a lot of persuasion and the promise of ice cream when we got off, I agreed to give it a try... Next thing I know, the ride is over. The best way I can describe how I felt when we exited the ride is as follows, "Comet is one helluva drug." I immediately made my dad get back in line with me, I completely forgot about the promised ice cream but it didn't matter. I was hooked, it had begun. My childhood consisted of hours and hours of RollerCoasterTycoon, renting some VHS tape about Coasters from the local library over, and over, and over again. Recording Travel Channel specials on coasters onto VHS. Plastering my bedroom with park maps and brochures of parks that I would want to visit someday. And when my family finally got internet access, drooling over pictures of the brand new Top Thrill Dragster, gawking at pictures of Millennium Force, staring with disbelief at Son of Beast... a wooden coaster with a (now defunct :[) loop! My parents never quite understood my obsession, but hey... better than a drug habit I suppose.
  2. I'm 0/3, and it's the second time in a row that they refilled with presents right after my turn... It's like, "you lose" and I look at the cam and am like, "those weren't there a second ago!" t-minus 7hrs 2min 'til 'round 4. *edit* Silly me, I guess the "cam" they show you when you lose isn't the actual live cam. After getting in line the presents are just how I left them.
  3. ^ Apparently it has happened on a Vekoma Flyer, I can't imagine how terrifying that would have been.
  4. I gave you a shout out in line, I asked if obx was for Outer Banks. I didn't know you were from the forum though. Admittedly, I am new to the forum so I don't really know who's who around here. My Claw name is duggl.us by the way.
  5. Just lost again... Back in line. *Edit* It looks like they just did another refill, right after my turn... Anyway more good stuff for the claw! *Edit* Shout out to CoasterKings908, 4 spots in front of me.
  6. Back in line, 5hs, 42min to go! Any winners have any tips for snagging a prize?
  7. For the 2010 season Viper was re-painted it's original black. While walking in with a good friend of mine, she said, "Look! They bought new track for Viper!" I explained that they actually just painted it, but agreed it was looking good. She didn't believe that they could re-paint steel track. While entering the queue, we noticed that a five-foot-ish section of track right after the corkscrews was left unpainted and was still green. While I thought that it would be enough proof to convince my friend that the track was indeed painted, she saw it and exclaimed. "They forgot to take out this old piece!" I just decided to drop it and enjoyed the day with a good friend.
  8. After reading this thread I'm actually thinking about applying for for the program for Spring 2012. I graduate from my two year school in December 2011 and was thinking about taking the spring semester off and doing my last two years starting in the fall. Doing the WDW internship during that Spring/Summer I'm taking off sounds like it would be a blast. Although I have to admit I'm a little unnerved by the negative things I've heard about the program, it seems like overall most people say it was a very positive experience.
  9. I'm halfway in between Martin's Fantasy Island and Darien Lake, but I'll have to say that my home park is Darien Lake.
  10. I've had restraints become loose but never fail before. Once on RoS at Darien Lake the lap bar seemed to loosen to the point where the only thing holding me in was the seat belt. But I didn't really notice that it was a problem until the ejector airtime hills at the end. However, I'm kinda a small guy so the restraint didn't necessarily need to be that loose for me to have a little too much wiggle room.
  11. My first coaster with inversions was Boomerang: Coast to Coaster at Darien Lake. I rode it several more times until I had a headache, I was hooked.
  12. I'm guessing the longest queue in the park would be for... the elevator?
  13. I'm by no means a fan of trims. But I understand that they are sometimes necessary. And I am forgiving when the trims are designed into the original design, like Maverick for example. It just hurts to see a trimmed coaster not living up to its potential
  14. I don't know if it's the Weirdest breakdown in my life, but once I was on Twister (Huss TopSpin) at Darien Lake when it slowed down during the middle of an inversion, stalled upside down for a second, and flipped right-side up again. There, for 30min, we sat there, in the air. Apparently a transformer caught on fire and cut power to the park. They manually let us down somehow, and spent another 5-7 min manually pumping the pneumatic cylinders (or something of the like, I wasn't sure) that raised and lowered the harnesses. They wouldn't let us move until they were fully up, even if we could duck out. After 40min in a TopSpin restraint I'm not sure if I'll be able to have children.
  15. same reason my manhood shrinks in the pool What was the best thing before sliced bread?
  16. I never had a problem on Maverick, but maybe the Vekoma SLC at my home park has just increased my tolerance for headbanging to a point where I just don't notice it anymore. The only time I ever really had a problem with OTSRs is when I used to wear eyeglasses, ouch!
  17. Ride of Steel at Darien Lake. It's just awesome speeding over the pond when it's dark off and seeing the moon reflect off of it. Millennium Force, for somewhat the same reason. Wicked Twister... ect. Actually, I guess I prefer riding coasters at night... it's better in the dark.
  18. I love RoS's helixes, it's like the Intamin version of doing a doughnut in a icy parking lot.
  19. Clue #1 Time = "The roller coaster of tomorrow has arrived, and it's only at Opryland," said Julio Pierpaoli, the park's general manager. -From press release http://www.rcdb.com/pt/4562.htm?dt=126&d=77 Clue #2 Expired = Defunct Clue #3 Houdini = Houdini first performed at Opryland http://aronhoudini0.tripod.com/id2.html Clue #4 Athens = Nashville is sometimes called "Athens of the South" http://nashville.about.com/od/historyandsites/a/NashHistXline2.htm Clue #5 Aerosmith = Rock 'n' Rollercoaster (themed by Aerosmith at Disney), Coaster by the same name. Defunct at same park. http://rcdb.com/166.htm Clue #6: Mickey = Rock 'n' Rollercoaster is also a name of a ride found at WDW Clue #7: Boomerang = Same Manufacturer, Vekoma Clue #8: Parthenon = The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park. http://www.nashville.gov/parthenon/ Clue #9: Enclose = It was an enclosed rollercoaster. Clue #10: Closed = The park and the coaster are now closed. http://rcdb.com/4562.htm Clue #11: Mall = Closed and Mall built in place (ironically closed by flooding. http://www.simon.com/mall/oprymills/default.aspx Clue #12 Flooded = Operyland got Flooded in 1975 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opryland_USA#1970s *This was a lot of fun, will participate again.*
  20. Mindbender - Galaxyland 1)Time - Operating since 1985 2)Expired -Schwarzkopf is expired, out of business 3) Houdini 4) Athens -Olimpia Looping, made by Schwarzkopf 5) Aerosmith - Was at edmonton Sept 14th 6)Mickey 7)Boomerang - Schwarzkopf made a shuttle coaster, sorta like boomerang? 8)Parthenon 9)Enclosed - It's enclosed 10)Closed - Mindbender closed after an accident, but re-opened. 11) Flooded - There is a Mindbender at SFOG which flooded. 12)Mall - Located in mall.
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