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"Thrift Shop" by Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz was stuck in my head earlier in the day. If you haven't heard it yet, You Tube it, it is very entertaining and catchy.

How many trains are running on that thing? I'm hoping for one train operation.

Grizzly at CGA. Replace it with something useful.

Nice pics of the improvements at MK. So is that LeFou's Brew available in a non-souvenir mug? It looks like it from your pic.

I voted. The Jordan's Ballot Helper made it really easy, I would have been lost without it. Now I know how the polling works for future years. --Generator: Jordan's Ballot Helper 2012 (wood)-- --Ballot: c3c28b4029a-- --********@*****.com------ LOCATION FOLLOWS THIS LINE (LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS) ~"Atascadero, CA" NAME FOLLOWS THIS LINE (LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS IN Ballot) ~"Andrew Rector" RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE THIS LINE AS IS Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,1 Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,2 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,3 Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,4 Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,5 Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,6 COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,1 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,n,2 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA,y,n,3 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA,y,n,4 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA,y,n,5 Stampida Port Aventura ES,y,y,6 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES,y,y,7 The Grizzly Great America CA,y,n,8 I haven't ridden any wooden coasters outside of CA and Spain yet and probably wouldn't have voted hadn't Robb encouraged people to vote whether they have been on one or 100 woodies. I would have rated Stampida a lot higher (probably #2 or #3) if I hadn't ridden it this past Summer, but it has gotten extremely rough so I put it near the bottom. I still rate it above Grizzly (which I last rode in 2011) which isn't rough at all but does nothing and is so boring.

Wow! The new test track looks great! I've never ridden the old one but comparing the videos of the old and new versions, the new one sure looks like an improvement, especially on the indoor parts. Thanks for the video and all the pics.

Too bad there won't be a version for Mac Otherwise this looks like it could be a really good game. Pantera Entertainment, if you change your mind and make it compatible with Mac, I will most likely buy this game when it is released. If there is only a PC version, then I'm out.

The most interesting form of transportation I've taken to get to a amusement park is a funicular from the city part of Barcelona to Tibidabo. It's a cool way to start and end your park visit.

I'm glad Sea World is expanding their offerings in San Diego, and they barely had to lift a finger to due so. Now if only they would build a Busch Gardens in SD themed to Asia (I doubt that would ever happen though).

I wish I had the funds for the Tex-Midwest trip right now. If I have enough funds by February, I will put my payment in if they are still spots available or get on the wait list.

GG: Have any parks in California contacted you (either in the past or the present) about a possible or future ride in one of their parks (and if so can you give any names)?

Wow, what a cool setting for a fair with such a great variety of thrill rides! I went to Spain this summer and went to Girona for a day and walked by this park late in the day without knowing it hosts this great fair this time of the year. We didn't explore this park as we wanted to grab something quick to eat (we got Doner Kabap to go and ate it on the train) and make our train back into Barcelona. We did spend the day walking around the historic and river parts Girona and really liked it - Girona definitely is a "culture" place.

Cool TR so far. Thanks for the pics.

Thanks! I would love to go there if I am ever in Switzerland.

The first thing I thought when I heard Disney bought Lucas Film was the next Disney theme park built (after Shanghai Disneyland) needs to be a Star Wars park. A land isn't enough to justify all the planets of Star Wars. I would love to see a Star Wars theme park in CA, but FL has the room so a Star Wars Kingdom could be the future fifth gate. If they could find a way to rearrange Anaheim to build a Star Wars Kingdom as the third gate I would love that, but that isn't very probable (they could buy a whole city block and demolish it and connect it to Disneyland with the Monorail ). If Disney didn't just reboot California Adventure, they could have revamped it to Disney's Star Wars Adventure instead.

Schlitterbahn will be our early arrival park for the Texas Midwest Trip. It will be an addon for anyone able to come in a day early! Thanks! I will definitely consider this trip if I can get the funds for it by the deadline (assuming its not full). Schlitterbahn as an add-on is smart as not everyone is into water parks but I definitely am

Its sad and amazing at the same time to see all these pictures of the Jersey Shore piers/parks. What's really sad though is all the people who lost their homes or had significant damage done to them and the lives that were lost. I'm impressed though with how well organized people are in the NE and the efforts made by NJ governor Chris Christy, president Obama, and NYC mayor Bloomberg. Everyone is a lot more organized then after Hurricane Katrina, though that was a lot worse. Some good will come out of this. People will be brought together, things will get rebuild, new jobs will be created rebuilding and cleaning up, and better rides will replace the ones lost at the Jersey Shore parks. Just trying to see some light in this.

Wow I want to go on three of these trips :Texas/Midwest, Japan, and UK. I've never been to Texas before and can't go to Texas without going to Schlitterbahn. Will Schlitterbahn (the one in New Braunfels) be considered on the Texas trip? I was also hoping Holiday World and/or Indiana Beach would be on the Midwest part of the trip but I'm guessing they must be really out of the way if they're not on the itinerary.

^^ Where is that? ^ Is that the actual speed of that or is the video accelerated? Either way that ride looks awesome with an awesome view.

I don't see what all the complaining is about. I feel theme parks and water parks go very closely together and I like water parks /water slides almost as much as theme parks / roller coasters. If were in Indiana or in that region of the country I would definitely put a day aside for visiting Holiday World. Plus it gets really hot and humid in that part of the country (or at least I hear) and I'm sure park guests are glad to have an abundance of water attractions to cool off in. I wish more theme parks in California had an included water park, and a decent included water park, not a joke water park section like CGA with one good water slide. My only complaint about water parks is their operating seasons are so short (usually late May to early Sept). There are hot/sunny weekends in late April/early May and late Sept/early Oct in certain parts of the country (cough..SoCal/CenCal..cough) were if water parks were open people would go.

I would say the coasters at the Funfair parks in Pyongyang, North Korea just because the access to the country is so restricted (even though they allow certain tours now) and is even more restricted if your American. Even you managed to make it to DPRK, I would imagine it would be hard to get all the credits in one trip, as all the planets would probably have to aligned to have the all the coasters operating at once (not even including the SBNO ones) or to be granted access to all the parks. http://coolthingsinrandomplaces.com/?p=265 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d74_1226206457

Just caught up with reading the Italy TR. Great pics and videos especially the Stunt Show at Mirabilandia. Looks like a classic "never in America" experience. Being in that stunt show must have been the highlight of your Italy trip - being in one of those cars would be scarier than any rollercoaster, except China coasters of course. It sucks though that guy had to ruin the TR for everyone else. What other Italy parks did you go to after Mirabilandia / how many Italy days were left? Even if you don't post the rest of the Italy TR I hope a few bad seeds doesn't discourage you from posting TRs in the future. Everyone else loves them and it's what turned me on to this site and what's selling me on a future TPR trip (actually I'm already sold, I just need to save up $$). Anyways thanks for the TRs as always.

What kind of birthday present that would be me if the world ended on Dec 21

In This Moment "Blood" Their lead singer Maria Brink could be the Lady Gaga of metal.

I was in Spain this summer, Catalunya to be exact, and everywhere I went I saw people dining and shopping, and I thought to myself "what recession?". Build it and people will come, but it has to be built first. Major banks are having trouble is Spain, but La Caixa is doing better than most banks in Spain if I recall. La Caixa is also the majority shareholder of Port Aventura I believe.