Ed Farmer

Not saying much has worked out fairly well for the park to this point, I'd say.

The Togo Proposal sounds like the name of a movie I wouldn't want to see.

You sir...are a lucky man. How was the show? Show was great, and I saw them again the next night at Empty Bottle. I do regret missing out on seeing them prior to the lineup shuffle, though.

Lol. Good thing I'm not there. Once I have a couple drinks in me I tend to make friends with everyone around me. They would have been target number one lol. I'm wondering where the rest of the story is... There is no way you spot those guys and don't have a story... Clearly they're paid prot...err enthusiasts wearing RMC gear to troll other enthusiasts.

Wilco at Chicago Theatre 2/22-23. Two more coming up on 2/25-26.

They'll still build the second half of that ride, eventually.

Pre-drops are the essence of life.

I'm really liking that layout. The more B&M Inverts in the world, the better.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18737245/mlb-union-agree-get-rid-traditional-intentional-walkwill-use-signal-dugout F*ck this, directly. Ridiculous.

^ They'll have more than enough time to put it up for Memorial Day Weekend (I assume that is when NE plans to open their ride as well).

Needs more B&M Rattle.

1. What is the farthest distance you've traveled to specifically visit a theme park? Roughly 300 miles to Cedar Point. Greater distances have been traversed, but parks were not the sole purpose of those trips. Looking to change that. I Wish TPR still offered tours! 2. Your favorite coaster in the state you live in? Batman The Ride 3. Would you rather wait in line for a boomerang (at any park) or a VR coaster @ a Six Flags? Boomerang. I have nothing against Boomerangs. I hope VR on coasters dies in a fire. 4. Have u ever been the only person in a train during a coaster ride? Yes. Hurricane Category 5 at Myrtle Beach, for good reason. 5. What is your favorite thing to do at your home park that does not involve riding something? Drinking something (beer). 6. Better time for ERT: Early morning or late night? Late Night 7. Name some theme park food that *sounds* gross, yet is oh-so-delicious? Chicken Fingers? Dunno. 8. Name your top three "bucketlist" coasters you have yet to ride. Fury 325, X2, Anaconda (Gold Reef City). 9. Have you ever been E-Vac'd? Did you receive anything if you did? No 10. What is the longest length of time you've waited for a coaster? 3+Hours for Raging Bull over Memorial Day Weekend in '99 (the year it opened). 11. Worst flat ride ever. Name it. Top Spins can die in a fire. 12. Your favorite SWEET treat at a park that is NOT your home park. Beer is pretty sweet to have when it's hot out. Or cold. 13. Congratulations! After aggressively gambling on the Plinko game you finally won a front of the line pass. Which ride do you use it on? What is Plinko? 14. If you could have a lifetime fast pass to ONE attraction what would it be? Maverick 15. Have you ever been next to someone that puked on a coaster? Yes. 16. Your home park is getting a new B&M and YOU get to pick what type. Do you want an invert/hyper/dive/floorless/flyer/wing/standup? All of the above is not an option. B&M STAND UP! 17. Name your favorite Vekoma. I am a big fan of their GIBs (Deja Vu, etc.) 18. What water ride delivers the most unacceptable amount of wetness? I don't mind wetness. 19. If you were able to help design a coaster would you want it to focus on airtime or inversions/positive G's? This is a good question. Probably airtime, but coasters like Batman The Ride are so excellent. I'll go with airtime. 20. Most comfortable trains/seats for a coaster are... B&M Hyper Coaster trains. 21. Choose one: Unlimited front-of-the-line access to your favorite coaster at your home park for one season OR $1,000 cash? Probably the $1,000. I go to my home park 2-3 times a season, so I'd just get a Flash Pass with the money. 22. You just got drowned by a flume/rapids/chute-the-chutes. Do you pay the $$ for the dryer machine or do you continue on with your day trudging around like soggy dog? Soggy Dog. 23. What is the worst food you've had at your home park? I had these fully-loaded nachos at SFGAm from JB's BBQ and Sports Bar... 24. You're at Cedar Point. You have a one hour ERT session on ONE coaster of your choice. You choose... Maverick 25. Favorite (non-clone) dark ride? Not a dark ride person, but Monster Plantation (SFOG) 26. What was your favorite park you visited in 2016? Cedar Point 27. What's your current credit count? Don't be shy. I just counted 202. That may not be the actual number, but it is roughly in the area. 28. Winner winner chicken dinner! You just won a trip with hotel and airfare included. The catch is its only good for Six Flags America or Mt Olympus. Which do you choose? Six Flags America. I actually don't mind either park, but SFA has a solid coaster lineup (and I'd like to get back on Iron Wolf before it gets sold to Cedar Fair and relocated to Dorney). 29. What is the best Intamin coaster you have ridden? Maverick 30. Your home park has to remove one coaster and one flat for an expansion. Which two rides would you be OK with losing? Superman Ultimate Flight and King Chaos. I'd even offer my assistance in helping them with the process. 31. Song/music you've heard playing at a park that absolutely has not business being played in a theme park? Lady Gaga 32. There's 5 minutes before the park closes. You choose to: Reride your favorite coaster in the park, OR get the new kiddie/junior coaster credit? I pass on kid coasters. 33. Do you visit the waterpark if it's connected to the amusement park? No 34. What 2017 addition are you most looking forward to? Mystic Timbers, probably. Stateside, at least. 35. What was the most disappointing addition to your home park in the past 10 years? Buccaneer Battle. Not only does SFGAm already have two flumes, a rapids ride, and an entire frigging water park attached- it replaced Deja Vu. 36. The most overrated coaster ever is... Superman Ultimate Flight always seems to have a long line... 37. What ride makes you wanna vomit? I have a pretty strong stomach. Top Spins? 38. What is the best consolation prize you've won at a games booth? I was trying to win a Pebbles doll for a girl I was seeing at the time. The game was the one where you have to pitch the baseball and knock over the stack of objects. I missed, but the ball hit the lip of the stand and bounced right back into my hand. The girl minding the game agreed with me that this was some sort of sign, and let me pitch it again. I threw a nasty power curve and knocked the fuck out of the stacked objects. I won Pebbles. What a glorious moment. 39. And the worst? I won the free throw game, but there were only Duke basketballs left. 40. End this questionnaire by posting a picture of your favorite light package (coaster/flat).

Here's something that I hope never makes it near the actual MLB, no matter how long games take to finish. Report: MLB Plans To Test Extra-Innings Rule Change In Lower Level Minor Leagues I'm all for it in the minor leagues, though.

Shockwave (SFGAm) still exists in the form of beer cans. Additionally, a segment of track was used as replacement on Demon- not sure where exactly. I remember reading that the park is using old Shockwave maintenance stairs somewhere on Whizzer.

I believe you're mentioning "Raging Bull"? Damn right he is. I'll back it up and spell it out. Raging Bull's first drop is better than Goliath's (and most other coasters). The good truth.

Kind Streak Real Mean Streak Super Mean Streak That's all I've got, I'll go away forever now for some more beer.

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I greatly enjoy their Chillwave.

Oh, they're there. College Basketball, and especially College Football are filled with the worst kinds of scum as fans. It gets especially frightening and bizarre when it comes to NLI/Signing Days. The internet has only (exponentially) worsened their behavior. It's certainly not everyone, but it's a sizable group, and they're loud as f***. I've lost just about all interest in NCAAB and NCAAF because of this. The best thing one can do when presented with degenerates, whatever their hobby may be, is to do one's best not to be like them in all facets of life.

Entirely unsurprising, and absolutely terrible.

This is why we can't have nice things. In the grand scheme of things, I'd always wanted to finally go for a tour (have been checking the Events section from time to time recently, wasn't aware of the Touring Hiatus/Stop- this explains it) It's really unfortunate that some can ruin it for all like this, but entirely logical from the Alvey's perspective. I imagine it's pretty disheartening to put all the time and effort into planning a trip, actually pulling it off successfully, and then dealing with that kind of garbage when it's all said and done for an indefinite period of time. Bummer.

I'll literally die if its a Batman clone. There can never be enough of them. I want another one at SFGAm.

F*cking right, Poland. I look forward to a trip back out there sometime by 2020. Really liking this mini-boom the country is going through. It took a while- I remember talk about Park Fantasia (it was essentially going to be Vekoma Land) as far back as 2002. That never came to pass, but happily there's this and Energylandia.

Needs VR. I hope this is only concept art.

You're playing with a lot of people's track records.