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Turns out I'm not going to be able to make it to the party. I have to leave around 1, so I won't be able to attend the party. I'll still be at the ERT though! ---Brent

I voted back, even though I prefer the front on some coasters (Riddler's Revenge, California Screamin', etc.). Airtime is ---Brent

Sounds like you had fun at Knott's! Dang, they've done a lot of work at Sierra Sidewinder since the last time I was there. See you on Sunday Craig! ---Brent

Yeah, when I went on HM this past summer, I realized it was no where near as good as the one we have here in Socal. Hoefully this refurb will fix all those little problems I noticed. Brent "was the one begging his dad to let him ride Haunted Mansion as soon as they walked into Magic Kingdom" Shenton

Ninja looks sexy! Hopefully it will be up by Sunday so I can ride it! ---Brent

Holy crap! Finally, that piece of junk is gone! Now, after they clean up the park, we can expect an Intamin woodie right? ---Brent

In other news, my dad and I have officially decided, we ARE coming to this event. Woohoo, I'm so excited! About time I caught up with the TPR gang once again. We will be at the ERT and the Post-Bash Party! Brent "can't wait to ride Tatsu for two hours AND see KidTums!" Shenton

Congratulations R&E! I'm so happy for you two, hopefully I'll get to see her next week! ---Brent

^ Seriously. Now to add my share of stalking: I've met R&E and anyone else who was at the European DVD Premiere/SFMM Meet in 2005. Also, I hang out with Antonio often. And I've managed to meet our good friend Soren. Woohoo, I'm a professional stalker! JK ---Brent

I'll know by this Saturday if I'm coming or not. I can't wait! ---Brent

Holy crap Al, my name is Brent and my friend's name is Allison. Anyways, good Photo TR, glad you had fun! ---Brent

Swing Life Away - Rise Against ---Brent

Matterhorn (Fantasyland Side)-Disneyland ---Brent

That t-shirt looks awesome! Anywho, I got my hoodie, thanks Robb! I also enjoyed the maps you sent along as well. The money is in the mail either today or tomorrow. Once again thank you! Brent "most comfortable hoodie he's ever felt" Shenton

I'm not even gonna start ranting about what Knott's should do, so to give us a little break, I'll post some of my pictures from Monday, some of them you might want to see! First off, seems like the construction workers have a wierd fetish for 7-11 That's a lot of rebar Two dumpsters, a cement maker, and dirt. What can get better than that?! Some of the already placed footers Possibly a tunnel? The old train station with some heavy machinery You can really see how far they've dug down when you see the Balloon Race platform that high up Just to let you know, the following pictures were taken off property and I was in no restricted section to take these pictures. And now, what you've all been waiting for... What's that stuff way off in the distance? YES! It's track! Some curvy bits Look at all those supports One last picture Well, there you have it. Hope you enjoy them! ---Brent

^Cool! You're so lucky you've been on a train that rolled back! I'm so envious. Where did you see me? ---Brent

Hey everyone! Today I went to Knott's with my good friend Antonio(CoasterCrazy88). The park was semi-crowded and defenitly had some colder weather later on. Anyways, onto the TR! We arrived at the park around 10:45. We parked towards the left of the entrance. My dad thought it was going to be a crowded day. Turns out he was right and wrong. We walked towards the park to find the lines for the tickets extremely long. Isn't it beautiful? Man, that's a long line At this point, we waited for like 20 minutes and finally got our tickets. We walked into the park, phoned Antonio, and wait. He comes and we immeadiatly head for Jaguar, which ended up being a walk-on. It was running much faster today than I have ever seen it. It was also a lot rougher than I have ever seen it. Both Antonio and I were saying, "OW!" His restraint ended up clicking an extra notch, which provided a painful ride. Yay or neh, you decide After this ride, we proceeded to Montezuma's Revenge. Running great, like always. Didn't go very high up the spike though, which disappointed me. Mmmm, shuttle loop Our ride over, we turned to the right and walked through Camp Snoopy towards Snoopy's GR8 SK8. We waited in line for a little bit, but decided it was too long and bailed. The park's skyline (excluding Xcelerator and Ghostrider) Next, Antonio wanted to do the Screamin Swing. He decided we was going to pay for me, so we got our tickets and jumped right on. And let me tell you this, it was AMAZING. Great airtime along with some positive G's made for a pretty sweet ride. I <3 S&S We walked through the Boardwalk and headed towards Xcelerator. Now this ride proved to be very interesting today, but you'll find out more about that later. Antonio and I headed for the very last row, while our dad's sat a few cars ahead of us. Very minimal wait with two trains in operation. Of course, great ride as always. Amazing airtime and just an overall beautiful ride. Top hat goodiness After this Intamin masterpiece, we headed to the left of teh exit and rode Supreme Scream. Now this turned out to be an interesting ride. It was regular till we got to the top. When we got to the top, I was looking around at the ground below me (I'm facing the 91 right now) and looked across the street. There, in a park behind a green fence lay some shipping contatiners. And next to those containers was track. Probably track for Sierra Sidewinder. I started screaming, "Track!Track!Track!". Antonio barely gets to say "Awesome!" and we started to fall. We ended up laughing about it and went on it again later just to look at the track. Overall, the ride was running really well today, providing a much more forceful drop than past times. I like drop towers. Especially when you get to see construction objects We then proceeded out to the exit of the park towards T.G.I. Friday's. We were walking under Silver Bullet and I noticed something that wasn't there during Haunt. There was a new drive a toy tugboat 50 cent attractions in the lake. I thought that was pretty cool. It was so cool, I took a picture of it T.G.I. Friday's was really good. I had a regular hamburger which was pretty good. They sat us in the bar area even though we were under 21. I was pretty surprised about that. After about an hour of sitting, eating, and telling stories, we hi-tailed it out of there. As we were crossing the crosswalk to get back over to Knott's, I found the funniest sign I've seen for a while. Just take a look at my picture. Brent likes food I had to take a picture of it, it just reminded me of ACErs so much We re-entered the park and walked to Ghostrider. It had a pretty significant line, but we waited anyways. The line ended up being about 45 minutes. Now the ride was great and not so great. It was great because the drops were producing some crazy ejector airtime. It was not so great because it was beating us to bits and pieces. This coaster has seen its Glory Days fly past. Curse you evil coaster! *shakes fist* After this painful ride, we walked over to Silver Bullet. As we arrived, the train stopped mid-lift. We figured it just E-stopped and got in line anyways. Five minutes later, the train was moving again. When we arrived in the station, we decided to wait for the front row, the only seat on this ride where you can actually enjoy the coaster. SB was running VERY well today. I was quite surprised at how well it was doing. Smooth, lots of positive G's, and a great helix finale. Could this be the same coaster that pretty much everyday gives boring rides? I guess it was. Stopped mid-lift, suckers! Part of the layout Now it's time for the closed rides segment. RipTide was closed for refurb, or it was just to cold outside. Perilous Plunge was down for major refurb (drained with cranes). And finally, Xcelerator had gone down. The Top Spin of Doom! Great ride, too bad it wasn't open. And this ride was down for a while Now time for interesting Xcelerator stories. We decided to wait to see if they would open Xcelerator. They were testing trains that were barely making it over the top. I thought they might rollback. Turns out, a few launches later, they launch the red train, and it rolls back. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is only the second time this has happend on Xcelerator. Everyone was walking away all disappointed, while I stood there clapping saying "Awesome! Rollback!". Since Xcelerator was obviously going to be closed for a while, we got in the 30 minute line for Boomerang. Antonio had never been on Boomerang, so it would be another credit for him. The ride was okay, not a lot of headbanging, but lots of painful positive G's. While we were pulling up the first spike, a palm frond fell off one of the trees and hit Dino. We were laughing really hard, and were glad that he didn't get hurt. Ve-coma It was starting to get dark, so we decided to do the Log Ride! It usually doesn't get you very wet anyways, but I guess tonight was different. We didn't get really wet, just damp. In one part of the ride, there is a pipe that sprays water out into the flume. It is supposed to turn off when you get like a foot away from it, but I guess it was being stupid. The water kept going, getting all of us wet. Plastic logs, yay! "Check out how wet we got!" After are wet experience, we headed back over to Supreme Scream to look at the track again. Same ride, but it was running great today so we all enjoyed it. Once again, I <3 S&S As soon as we got off, we asked one of the ride operators in Xcelerator's station when it was going to open. He said he didn't know, so we started to walk away. Suddenly, we hear this scream, "IT'S OPEN!". So we run over to the entrance and get in line for the front row. This row is the best seat on this ride. It is amazing. Great view and unbelivable airtime. Oh yeah, front row! Dino and my dad prepare for the awesomeness that is the front row After this ride, Antonio had to leave, so we parted ways. My dad and I headed for a last ride on Silver Bullet. I was simply blown away at how great this ride was running today. It usually is very slow and forceless, but it seemed like it was running way faster today. These are my friends the water dummies. They like to pee on certain people. Nice night picture of Silver Bullet The ride over, the sun set, we decided to leave the park and head home. Overall, it was a great day. It was really cool to see Xcelerator rollback, I wish I was on it. So this end my Photo TR. Hope you enjoyed it! ---Brent P.S. I'm going to the park tomorrow, so I'll take some Sierra Sidewinder pictures and do another Photo TR.

Great photo TR Tom! I also get sick on those KMG Experiences. That ride is probably the worst rides I have EVER gone on. This fair looks like a lot of fun, even if there was no drop tower! ---Brent

Well, when I went to WDW, we stayed at the Contemporary, which overall, I wasn't very impressed with. Lots of construction going on, not the greatest pool, and after all of the monorail stops, so you had to ride it all the way around to get to Magic Kingdom. /rant Anywho, my favorite Disney hotel is the Grand Californian. Although I've never stayed in it, just walking around in it makes me feel like I'm back in Yellowstone at Old Faithful Lodge (not the middle of a theme park). Great atmosphere and lots of eye candy. ---Brent

Wow, that was amazing. Defenitly the best piece of RCT3 work I've seen. That would be an awesome ride in real life! I love your work fisherman, keep it up! ---Brent

Mine: From left to right: Colin, Alyssa, Benji on the Sun Wheel at DCA ---Brent

Double Decker = Heaven on Earth It truly is the best candy bar ever created! ---Brent

Tomorrow and Monday I'm at Knott's! Two days of Xcelerator, yummy! ---Brent

^^^Ooo, that's trippy James. I can't really understand how SUF makes you feel, because I've only been on its better cousin! ---Brent

Yes, ABC 7 Eyewitness News Do you work as a plumber? ---Brent