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^Lol...... we got the ponchos, sat in the front seat, and held our feet up against the front. Next time I ride I'm gonna just get drenched so I can look around more, holding that hood up around my head was annoying! I had my jacket and purse inside a garbage bag, and held that under my poncho.

Found a couple more pictures. These are from the Technifex website, that's the company that did some of the special effects inside the ride. www.technifex.com - some fire www.technifex.com - the water vortex

Cool!

EDIT: Give Hydra some forces! Make Kingda Ka the same experience regardless of train position, like TTD. Give El Toro buzzbars! Tear down all Top Spin rides! Damn nutcrunchers. If Hydra was taller, and had a more interesting layout, then it would have forces. You can't just say "give it forces", that's a pretty ambiguous thing to say. **Poof** Here comes the forces fairy! Hooray! Hydra's layout is damn boring, "giving it forces" would make it boring and forceful. Woo hoo.

What he said.

How did you get a UK tour shirt? lol

I'd remove the seatbelts from Rollercoaster at BPB Bulldoze Tomb Raider at PCW (Technically that's only one modification! ) Get rid of PMBO's 2 mph helix of doom Give Hydra a vertical loop

Thanks, Ted! Those are pretty cool!

Yeah Paul, the site looks like it hasn't been updated since 2002. I didn't post the pics because it said "do not repost without permission" but I couldn't find any contact info.

Ever since I rode Valhalla I have been fascinated by it. Because most of the ride is dark, I have seen very few photos from on the ride, and after riding it twice its layout is still a mystery to me. Also, somebody in the Traumatizer construction thread posted that Valhalla's building includes Pepsi Max Big One track as part of its support structure. I didn't believe it, so I set out to find the construction photos to prove it. And lo and behold I found these pictures: http://www.geocities.com/icphotos/valcon1.html http://www.geocities.com/icphotos/valcon2.html http://www.geocities.com/icphotos/valcon3.html Does anybody know where I can find more pictures of Valhalla under construction, or pictures from inside the completed ride? I've seen pictures of the first lift and the first turntable. Thanks! *EDIT* Ok so apparently I overloaded the site's bandwidth... sorry geocities guy! Gotta upload to TPR www.geocities.com/icphotos www.geocities.com/icphotos This is from www.geocities.com/icphotos

No Blackpool?!?! If I was in England and could visit only one park, it would definitely be Blackpool. Especially above Drayton. But that's just my opinion.

2 favorites: Oakwood The 'love swing'

mmm Balder!!!

^Dude, that's my life motto!

I scanned this thread to see if I posted.. I guess I didn't! I did my undergrad at the State University of New York at Fredonia, majoring in music education. I graduated in 2005. I'm finishing up my graduate work at the University at Buffalo, again majoring in music education. Only one class next semester then I'm done! I didn't have to take the GRE, but I did have to take a bunch of tests to get certified to teach in New York State. Now I have to take a bunch more tests so I can leave New York State!

Pleasureland Southport - the flyers were gone, the Helter Skelter was gone (I know it was SBNO for a few years, but the historical marker said it would stay!), two of the coasters were closed. That's the only park I've ever been disappointed by. I've been to plenty of crappy parks but the rest of them I wasn't expecting much from, so I wasn't disappointed (Drayton Manor comes to mind!).

Yes, except when big rubber ducks jump out at you and quack their brains out. Did you know that Kevin Federline is from Fresno?

Lol... how ironic... my friend Liz and I were just talking about Ikea yesterday! We're having an Ikea date once I move!

I actually have no idea what Wii means, and I don't care.

Ahh, but this would be a mall in Quebec, Edmonton is in Canada. Couldn't help but notice like 10 Quebec flags but not a single Canada flag. Hahaha! I forgot, Quebec wants to be a separate country! Let them go, I say!

Lol... "Intamin".... When I hear "Mall in Canada" I think of a certain Schwarzkopf in Edmonton...

Did it say anywhere which parks Herschend is looking into?

^^Does that mean I have to get my boob tattooed also?

It's the stuff that kept the UK Trippers ALIVE!!!!! --Robb "Blue Wicked...." Alvey Mmmm.... WKD... I wish I had discovered the stuff before Thorpe Park!

Lol... I'm sorry guys, but I can't believe Cypress Gardens is causing such controversy. Maybe I should look into this park, I know nothing about it!