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^Flight Deck is horrible period. I say pave it. I'm sure it would improve if they got the new trains for it, but not sure how much considering how bad Morey's SLC with the new trains was running this year.

TPR just did a trip to Australia in March of this year. http://www.themeparkreview.com/aussietour/

Knoebels can get busy, but they have really good ops so you should be good there. As far as Hershey goes, since SkyRush is the new hotness for 2012, get there right away when the park opens and just work your way through. Have fun!

Am I going to wake up tomorrow to here that Geauga Lake is reopening? It's hard to believe how fast things changed. It sounded like this park was all but dead. The park is in a good market and with time and the right leadership, they could bring this park back. That said, I'd like to hear more about this "new water slide attraction and roller coaster" before I start holding my breath.

^The idea is that it makes it easy for Phoenix to move out East and balance the teams. If that doesn't happen, they could probably move Detroit over.

^The top 4 from each conference would make it, and play each other out for the 1st 2 rounds. It hasn't been determined yet how the final 4 would work. I like the idea of 4 conferences, but I think it could be aligned differently. How awesome would an all Canadian conference be! Obviously travel would be an issue but it would be great for the fans.

It's definitely very strange. There's no way I'd donate any money to a project like anywhere when they don't even have a master plan. I understand that the design of a master plan is what they are supposedly collecting funds for but there's just way too many questions.

Sorry about the double post, but this is big news. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=382065 The NHL has approved a new 4 conference re-alignment. Basically it works out that there would be 16 teams in the West and 14 teams in the East. I guess the thinking is should Phoenix move to Southern Ontario or Quebec City, that would make things easier. The other possibility is for two expansion teams in the East. Basically it would work out like this: Boston, Buffalo, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay and Toronto Carolina, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, and Winnipeg Anaheim, Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and Vancouver If it were me, I would have put Winnipeg with the 3 other Western Canadian Teams and put Colorado in the Central instead. Also I think it would have made more sense geographically to switch Florida and Tampa with Philly and Pittsburgh, although the way its set up here, Crosby and Ovie are in the same division. Not that I should complain that Crosby is not in the same division as the Leafs.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=382060

YAY!

You remember when this was? I'm just curious since now it's braked a ton and they won't even let 4 adults ride in a car... wonder if they got stopped sometime I can't remember if they were having us go one or two at a time on that Mouse back in August during the Road To CP trip. Definitely interesting to hear that story. The same exact thing happened to me at SFOG! I remember putting my hands out on the back of the seat in front of me to brace myself. My friend that was sitting next to me thought it was the funniest thing ever. He's like "Just let go and relax, dude!", but I was ready to sh!t my pants! Another time, at a carnival when I was little, I was on the Super Loop/Ring of Fire when they held it upside down, and I literally almost fell out of the damn thing. The restraint that was supposed to be at your waist/stomach, was literally on my shins and I was basically hanging by my feet. That was the last time I ever rode one of those. I've never had anything like that happen to me but that would definitely scare the sh*t out of me.

^Yeah, that's a good point. I'm really not a fan of Potter but it would definitely be good if we saw Disney come back with something big as well.

Please can we skip ahead to May?

Really too bad. As much as I don't want it, my guess is more Potter. It makes them all kinds of money so I can see why they would want more. Hopefully it's something completely different though.

^ That didn't take very long. I know it's only been 2 games, but since Boudreau was fired and replaced with Hunter, the Caps have scored just 2 goals and have mustered only 36 shots on goal. Like I said, I know it's only been 2 games, and it might take time to adjust, but you gotta do better than that.

Leviathan?

Canada's Wonderland Seabreeze Martin's Fantasy Island Coney Island Six Flags Great Adventure Morey's Piers Clementon Park Knoebels Hershey Park Dorney Park Kennywood Kings Island Jungle Jacks Landing (Columbus Zoo) Cedar Point

What Robb and Chuck said. Phoenix along with the rest of the park is just that awesome.

Definitely noticed the rattling in the back car on Diamondback in August, and the back on Behemoth at the end of the season. Meanwhile Nitro is still smooth as new after 10 years. Can't argue with their reasoning on this.

^There are a lot of cases where coaches have been fired and you wonder why they were the ones held accountable. In this case however, Boudreau completely changed the style of hockey the team played and it didn't work. That definitely falls on the coach and they needed a change. Who's willing to bet Ovie gets a hat trick tomorrow?

^I'm a lot more optimistic about this than I was about the attempt from Southern Star. I hope this works out.

Really looking forward to Leviathan and getting out of the offseason!

I just love how there are no fences/barricades around the rides. In North America, that's asking for a lawsuit.

HD coaster porn coming my way soon! Thanks Robb!