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I rock my K Swiss. Colin C

^Why can't they? I mean it seems unlogical, but is there a law or something that says they cant? I just dont see why thats absurd that the name and themeing be kept, its not like everyone is just going to up and stop riding it. I needs a new coat of paint and its getting different colors, big deal if its red! Look a Goliath and Walibi, La Ronde, and SFOG, all of them have different colors vastly different from the others! Even Goliath at La Ronde has "superman" colors! There is nothing that says a coaster's colors have to match its theme, albeit kinda stupid, its certainly not a reason to say "oh it has to be rethemed now". Colin C

^No. Im not with you. They repainted a bunch of batmans and left them alone, why would this be any different? Colin C

Yep, I could see it from my house last night! It was perfect near me, hardly any clouds. Sadly, the last time I saw a shuttle go up was when Columbia lifted off for the last time... Colin C

Wanna find out for yourself? Colin C

Im a woman. Colin C

Please keep your fantasies out of this, thankyou. Colin C

Brought to you by the GAP. Colin C

^PARADE KID CHRIS ELF IS THE MAN!!!!!!!! And Wes, my friends mom thinks emo's are called ewok's, so we call emos ewok's now. That added nothing to this topic, but hey, what other post really has? Colin C

I believe I am half computer joystick. Colin C

That man is a total player, see?: Colin C

^His Wii, DUH?!?! Nice update! Ive been on three cruises, and Disney was just about the best, I had a crappy time on the RC one I went on, but the boat was small and really run down, oh well. Have fun at the parks, let me know if you make a run through Sarasota, we can go pick up some more dyke shoes now that the mall isnt all torn apart! Colin C

^YESSSSSSSSSSSS it has my number on it and everything! Ladies, you know what to do..... Colin"Thats right, speed dial number 1"C

I just sent my very first mitch hawker poll ballot in, give me a trophie. Colin C

Ell oh ell to the "knocked up" shirt. Colin C

yep Colin C

Carrabbas. First major coaster for this company 127' tall Trains by PTC Colin C

Happy birthday Mike! Colin C

^Dude, chill out, its not a big deal who has seen what picture however many times. But holy crap they tore Python out quickly! I miss my Arrow Arch Supports already Colin C

MOONSAULT SCRAMBLE! I remember talking about it on the GAP a few weeks ago. Colin C

^Yeah thats what I was thinking, because that press release was written before both X Flight and Batwing were built, and the idea got the axe. But anyway, if Im wrong so be it, it just didnt make sence to me. And I actuially really liked X Flight, more so then the two SUF's Ive been on! It just did more, and was intence too! I probably rode it 10 or 15 times in a row during Coaster EXT this year, and if you closed your eyes it was crazy! But although Im sad to see it leave GL, Im glad its being rebuilt elsewhere. Colin C

^Steel Phantom? Colin C

^Im not Vekoma engineer, but Im pretty sure that the seats only have power to them when the ride is in the station, as a failsafe in case the locking motors on the seats decide that the want to open mid ride. I noticed this because you can see all the lights on the two boxes that are on the bottom of the rows which house the computer/speed controlers for the motors, and when the train left the station they turned off, and when they arrived in the station they turned back on and the seats raised as they entered one by one, thus pointing that the train only has power in the station. Now, Im not controdicting you, but allowing the trains to have power while on the circuit of the track would be a pretty stupid thing to do, plus the weight of carrying batteries to power these motors would load up the already oversized trains even more. So to sum it up, Im almost 100% positive that the trains only have power to the seat motors when in station and do not actuially raise and lower on the track on their own like you say happened to you. Colin C

Hummm its leaving eh? Sweet, I unknowlingly rode it in its last season at GL! But anyways here is my .02 worth about GL. I thought it was a very nice, well kept and small park on the park side. I actuially didnt visit the water side because it was wayyyyyyy to cold when I went, but the ride section was great! All the pathways were clean, trees trimmed, nothing looked run down at all. All the rides looked good, in fact I thought all the coasters looked close to new (except Double Loop, big dipper and RWB). Do I think this park is going to be parted out to other CF parks? Probably, I really wouldent be surprised. Do I think that with the right treatment and advertising CF could bring in more guests? Absolutly. The park has a great setting, and I feel that it really could be turned back into a thriving park. As for X Flight, yeah I didnt notice any themeing at all untill I saw some runway lights, runway numbers on the walkways, and I guess its themed to a runway of sorts! But one thing I absolutly HATE seeing was how the ops treated the ride. Usuially, the seats are supposed to come up and go down when the ride is in the station, but they raise the seats while the ride was moving into the station! It was horrible to watch! It was like as soon as the train dispatched, they flipped the switch to raise the seats so they didnt have to when it came to a complete stop back in the station! So I would suspect a lot of money being sunk into it just because of things ride ops do like that. Oh well. Colin C

Wow thats pretty cool! I wonder if you can actuially see the PMBO track on the ride? I always wondered what the did after that drop was reprofiled with the extra stuff laying around....... Colin"I love Nicole.........slore"C