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Nice TR, Ted! That Teddy Bear coaster is super cute. The ferris wheel, however... yikes! No way in heck you'd get me on that thing! Second favorite picture of you EVER!!!!! Favorite picture of Ted ever!

Great TR, Erik. It's nice to see people including non-coaster activities in their vacations. That house on a rock thingy looks really awesome! You may be ahead in the credit race for now... hehe.

^What about Intamin or Vekoma, who go both ways?

Yay for pictures of Ed!

^^There is no way you look 16. Nice try, though.

LOL @ Lou's hair transformation. Same thing happens to me. That's why I gave up hope of ever straightening my hair on the trip.

^What did you do?!?!

I try to be patient and optimistic. Lately, my patience and optimism is running out. In my mind, everything pretty much sucks lately and I can't get out of this rut.

^the two pairs I currently have cost $10 each.

^That's why I never pay more than $20 for a pair of sunglasses. I am always breaking them or losing them.

Manduck is better than Geoduck.

Balder.

I think it's really hard to look at what's in place right now and speculate about what it is. If the supports look similar to an Aqua Trax, that's because they're all made by Intamin!

That looks like a cute park. Thanks for sharing your photos. OUCH at that border traffic!

LOL... that volcano is so pointless. The inside is just all mud, and it smells awful. Plus, you can see out the top. But, y'know, stinky volcano is better than no volcano. Now they need to put the "waterfall" part in. That part reminds me of going through a power transformer or something. Dragon Mountain is one of my favorite rides, although if I had to rank it would not be in my top 10. It's just so quirky, and those two tunnels through the mountain are awesome. Plus, after all these years, it is not unbearably rough. In fact, I venture to say the back is smooth, even though it does shimmy on the "straight bits".

Derek thought he was Ryan King on this trip. Derek and Heath "pound it" at Friendship Cove. Deer... POUND IT!

Holy cow, he's right! If you want to hear it, go to www.jwpepper.com and search for Latin Fiesta. You can listen to an MP3 there. It's about halfway through the song. El Cumbanchero!

^Or looks at your forum banner right now.

Yes. I'm sorry if I'm interpreting this all the wrong way, but it seems like you do not like Derek and are just looking for reasons to attack him. It's none of my business, I'll stay out of it from now on. Sorry.

Can't you take ANYTHING as a joke?? Sheesh!

^No. PTC train.

You must have failed math in high school.

If only they would REALLY "renovate" Predator, lol. I wonder if they could retrofit it with Intamin prefabricated track.

Predator didn't run during Fright Fest last year. At least, not the day I was there. Neither did Mind Eraser.

I disagree, Ted. Darien Lake is in a stupid location. If it was closer to the 90, I'd think more of its potential.