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FABULOUS. do you have a link? I'm not seeing that at the regular Great Adventure site as an offering. nothing yet for Fiesta. .but will see if they hopefully follow suit

. . Saturday daytime continued. . . after my rides on the two flats, I continued my way around the lagoon path, enjoying looking at some of the Howl-O-Scream decorations - which weren't near as scary in the daytime: from what I was told, this area typically has vampires haunting among the hanging cages. . but none during the daytime (and none at night on this Sat. before Halloween visit. . . tho I have to assume majority of the scare actors were being used for the Houses / queue lines - as there were TONS of scare actors in those places later. Although there were a dozen or so unique ones scattered thruout the scarezones later. . just not really in this particular one). the bar over here in this zone is amazing tho. . .and looked even better later that night. the menus were out early. . many of the bars had similar drinks, but with slightly different names, depending what "zone" you were in. I only tried a small sip of once bitten and it was good. (just not a big drinker if out in the sun all day) these skeletons had GLITTER on them. were they Twilight vampires? ewwwwwww. . .scary. Rio Loco was running - it was also the last weekend for this water ride as well, I was told. I didn't want to get really wet tho was planning to ride. the Staff at the gate assured me that the waterfalls were off due to the chilly evening weather. It wasn't pulling much of a line, so I figured I'd come back and ride it on the way back thru the area as I wanted to try and catch the Beluga show later. but I was more interested in getting over to this guy here: another "new" (even tho a clone) coaster for me, Great White. as it's a B&M Batman, I knew to head for back row, left side. And this standby pulled some nice G-s and really chugs thru the course. It's not the most intense "Batman" I've been on - that would be SFOG's version - but of the two Batman Clones in Texas (neither one named Batman), I do think I slightly prefer Goliath at SFFT, although the setting for Great White is much better (ie: it's not a parking lot coaster) Next up was a new type of coaster for me - Wave Breaker: the Rescue Coaster (or as my brain kept calling it: Wind Breaker - the gas powered coaster) I wasn't able to "try me on for size" because this gentleman was cleaning the test seats for literally 40 minutes (he was still doing it when I walked by later). I mean, I guess he did a thorough job on it. . but he certainly tied up the seats for quite a while. as mentioned in part 1, all coasters were running 1 train ops. But the only one that REALLY needed more than 1 train was Wave Breaker. which makes sense, as it's the most "family friendly" coaster in the park, and there were TONS of families out this Saturday afternoon. This was easily pulling a 1hour + line, but luckily with the all day quick queue, it was only about a 5 minute wait for me, and I was able to choose front row for my ride on it. some great views of Steel Eel's Drop (and Wave Breaker's launch) from the raised station platform. Nice view across the lagoon of Journey to Atlantis as well from the station. and Great White. I guess if this park doesn't have an observation tower, the closest you can get to it is the Wave Breaker station. here comes the 1 train back from it's prior cycle since i hadn't gotten to try the test seat, I was actually a little surprised at how one sits in this coaster. I had really thought you leaned into it, like a MotoCoaster, or rode like Pony Express. Especially with those handles on the front.. I thought you leaned forward to grip them. but nope, you ride it like you're sitting on a Jet-ski. I mean, makes sense, but I hadn't realized that. and to be 100% honest here. . . once I got situated in the train and the restraint came down? I truly felt like I was sitting in an open air port-o-let. not exactly the most comfortable riding position for a coaster. . .LOL what did i think of it? hmm. . well. . it was fast. and enjoyable. It didn't really do anything too exciting in my book.. but the two launches were fun, and if it hadn't had such a long line, I might have gone back around and ridden again. (but even with quick queue, I didn't feel it was so good that I needed to cut in front of the standby line again to get another ride). So. . a solid family ride, but if you're looking for "thrill" ? this isn't really gonna cut it. But it IS very fast, and if speed is your thing, you'll enjoy it. just across from Wind Breaker is the Penguin House. . with a "moving sidewalk" feature. That was a lot of fun, but oh my, the stench in here. I'm not sure what, if anything, could be done to help counteract that. . but . . yeah. Even if the doors hadn't recommended the wearing of masks? I'd have put mine on, as it helped a bit with the smell. the Penguins are adorable tho! and then back out into the beautiful day (and clean air), and onto the last major Coaster I hadn't been on yet today: Steel Eel I had gotten to ride this early in the month when I was at Sea World for the Howl-O-Scream launch event, so this wasn't a new coaster to me. But I enjoyed it, even tho I knew this Morgan Hyper doesn't have any padding on the seats, and the large amount of airtime is "not kind" to guys. So I knew better than to ride in the back. but when I got up to the station, and walked right on? where did I get directed to (the open row?). . yep, 2nd to last row on the train. so yah.. this ride is now known in my memory not as "Steel Eel". . . but rather: "ow, my balls" at least I laughed thru the pain, and it's a fantastic ride up near the front. So I recommend riding it towards the front of the train for you guys considering it. (if only Magnum XL's Seatbelt Trick would work here on this coaster). it was getting near 1:30 pm, and I needed to eat something (dinner wasn't until 5 and i hadn't eaten yet today) - and wanted to try to catch the Beluga show, so I started to head my way back along the lagoon path that I had come up, and discovered a place you can cut thru near Wave Breaker's launch that you can get some great pics. (would have been perfect if I could have gotten Great White's train in the background. . but with 1 train ops I was too impatient to wait for that perfect pic). I like this pic tho. and this one (same comment but if I had gotten Steel Eel's train on the drop..LOL) the coasters really are kinda batched up near each other in this park. Makes for some nice photo ops tho. Looking across the lagoon as where the Tidal Surge flat is being built. Over by Great White's "thru the arcade" exit, I stopped her to grab a snack. really pretty typical theme park food..but what's NOT very typical? Look at those very reasonable (for a theme park) prices! here's what I got for a light lunch (added the cup of cheese for .35) after eating, I went ahead and put my phone & keys in my ziplock, and went ahead and queued up for Rio Loco. (no pics, since phone was in bag in pocket) the line was dead enough that it was a walk on, and since the group of 4 behind me didn't want to share a raft, I got to ride this solo. The only problem with riding a rapids ride solo? yeah. . you're the only weight in the raft, so it constantly turned so your back is to the rapids. LOL. . yeah. . so even tho the waterfalls WERE off (thanks for that SeaWorld), I got off with my shorts, and butt completely soaked thru with what felt like 40degree water. oh well. . was soaked, so might as well head over to Journey to Atlantis. I mean, once wet, you're wet. I tried to ride in row 3 in a center seat. . but after letting the raft in front of me go so I didn't get stuck on an edge (they were operating 3 boats total), a group of 3 came behind me in my row, and rather than mess with it? I just went all the way to the end of the row and they got in behind me filling the other 3 seats. it's a fun ride, but yeah. . being on the outside seat, drenched my top half to match with my soaking wet shorts. at least the water, although cold, didn't have any smell to it (unlike, say, the water one gets splashed with from the Orca show). once I was drenched and off the water rides tho, I could take my phone out and take pics again while I air dried. from the "exit bridge" at Journey to Atlantis. I hadn't realized how much time I had taken for lunch and the two water rides, and I knew we had a meet up at Bayside Brews at 3pm with TSU (the event originally was gonna start at 3, so this was the official kick off). But I thought I had missed the Beluga show. I decided to head over to the stadium anyways to see if I could catch part of it, along the way taking a couple more pics of Tidal Surge construction from the walkway along the lagoon: I got to the pathway to the Beluga stadium JUST as the show was letting out, unfortunately. But did bump into several folks that were at the TSU (Thrill Seekers United) event and they were heading over towards Bayside Brews for the meetup. since I didn't really know exactly where that was (still too new to the park), and it was pretty close to meet up time anyways (~2:30 and we were meeting at 3), I headed back the way I had come with them, and we found Bayside Brews, and hung out and chatted and I made some new TSU friends. very quickly it was meetup time, and the TSU Admins came and welcomed those of us who were there for the event, and once again I got to say hello to Ray from SeaWorld (also a member here at TPR!) who came out along with some other ladies from the Park with a surprise for us: (once we signed the waivers) - a behind the scenes Hardhat tour of the progress made on Tidal Surge! yes, I'd been taking pics of it from across the lagoon. .but I was gonna be able to get up close and personal with it. how cool is that?? it's HUGE up close. and it's gonna be even bigger once they top it off with the top section and the "swing bar" Those giant air cannisters fill me with joy. .this thing is gonna be INTENSE. can't be a "hardhat" tour without a hardhat now can it? i mean. . how sexy is this??? the view one will get if facing the lagoon in the seats when onride. the attendees went back with Ray in groups of 5, while the rest of us chatted and visited (and I committed to going thru the houses with Paige - who had come to the event alone, but ended up going thru the houses with a a group of us). Dinner was at 5, but I knew from those that had been in the Beluga show, that there was anther show at 4:45 pm, so I headed over to Beluga stadium and grabbed a seat towards the back (so I could leave early to get to dinner). awww. . from my seat at the end, I could peek behind the stage and see the Belugas playing and ready to go on: it was certainly getting noticeably more crowded, and i put my mask on to sit among this many people in the stadium. as the show got closer to starting (this pic was still about 15 minutes ahead of show start I think) the stadium really filled up. playful Beluga pod awwwwwwwwwww I stayed for about 20 minutes of the show, but by then had MORE than enough of the rude people around me standing up, moving around, cutting thru rows after the show had started, fussing at kids to pay attention to "the whales", and I had seen the adorable Belugas. So I made my exit and headed over to Port of Call - the picnic area that back behind one of the Stadiums and Journey to Atlantis - it doesn't do much, but it sure is photogenic. . LOL the buffet style meal served, with burgers, hot dogs, potato salad, beans, and ice cream for desert. it was all very good. . among the best food I've had at a theme park in quite a while (the burgers in particular were very well prepared). We ate until ~6pm, but then headed back out into the park. Howl-O-Scream houses officially open at 7pm, so we had about an hour to kill. . and even more folks had poured into the park while we had been eating. Makes sense, of course, it was the Saturday before Halloween. the group I was hanging with to go thru the houses, including Paige, and one of the TSU admins, Amy, headed over towards Steel Eel. but my testicles decided that I should sit this out out (and I didn't want to ride just after eating anyways) so I found a nice spot to rest in the Voodoo Bar near the Swamp House, and enjoyed watching the coasters and the beautiful evening while I waited for the rest of the group to ride things, and the houses to open. such a pretty park: . . to be continued in part 3: Night Falls and Howl-O-Scream begins.

while absolutely understandable that you are looking at Disneyland with a bias? I still very much agree with some of your point on things not being up to Disney quality or acceptable (not being able to order a corn dog ala-carte? WTF is that???). The mobile ordering thing is complete BS - but that happens across most parks these days. I had the same thing at SFOG, where they would not let me get a drink unless I mobile ordered it (and Mobile ordering wasn't working for me that day). but still a great report, and love seeing the pics. the Knotts event sounds fantastic. Really need to get back there.

terrible. . but trying to get back on track for Nov.

so in addition to TPR site here (where I'm a long time member) & FB group, I'm also a member of the Thrill Seekers United Facebook Group - a group of mostly Texas Enthusiasts. this past Saturday, TSU hosted an event at SeaWorld San Antonio, and as I've really never experienced this park (some may have heard me mention that the only time prior I've been to the park was in the late 80s - before they even had a single rollercoaster), I decided to go for it a bought into the event - which was to last from 3pm-11pm, and included a meal, and a skip the line pass for 1 haunted house, as well as quick queue in the evening. + a reduced admission price that included parking. Since I knew the event ran until 11pm - and it was the day before Halloween and the park would be SLAMMED - I decided to make a weekend of it, and just grab a hotel in San Antonio area to visit Six Flags Fiesta Texas on Halloween day for a few hours before heading back to Austin. (I booked a hotel directly across the freeway from Fiesta, so once leaving SeaWorld, a short drive to the SFFT area, then crash. . .seemed like a good plan. what could go wrong? yeah, right?) Anyways, a friend knew it basically was my first time to experience SWSA, and offered me one of their "Bring a friend free" membership perks, so we planned to meet at the park opening - so I'd be spending the whole day at SeaWorld. As the day got closer, things kept getting better and better - same friend was able to gift me up-close parking as they weren't going to be using it. And the Event kept getting better: with 48 hours to go, we were given a surprise gift of Fear Pass - which would let us skip the lines at all 5 Houses (instead of just 1 of our choice), and then the day before we found out that our Quick Queue would be good all day, so if we wanted to show up at opening, we could get the wristband then to use for the whole day! how perfect, and wonderful, since I was going to be getting there right at opening to meet my friend anyways. So I got up at 7am, and headed out to San Antonio ~8:15 am, to pull into the SeaWorld parking lot just around 10:15 am. this is gonna be so much fun, and I can't wait to experience the park! and luckily, since three weeks ago, when my spouse upgraded my iPhone to an iPhone 11, I've actually learned how to use the camera. . so got some much better pics than I had been getting right after the upgrade (like at the KISS concert) Aquatica had closed for the season already, but that was OK, I'm not really a waterpark person anyways. It's so weird it's in the center of the park tho. the view from my up-close parking spot. (this is an excellent perk, and I can TOTALLY understand why someone would upgrade the membership to get this perk) I'm here, I'm queer, I'm ready for fishies! (and rides) Upon arrival, I eventually figured out that the main gates are just security, and are not the actual entrance to the park. . . those entrances (one for Aquatica, and one for SeaWorld) are actually past these main gates. So I went thru security and found the TSU folks sitting by the main fountain where I picked up my meal pass, my quick queue, and got pointed to where the actual park entrance is. However, one of the TSU folks - either Frankie or Josh - mentioned that since it was really before the park opened still (10:30 was official opening time), now would be a great time to see the Dolphins. wait. . Dolphins? oh yeah. . I remember reading in CoasterBill & Britt's report that the dolphins are outside the main park gates (weird!). . so I headed over that direction with a few of the TSU folks - and really no one else - and not only were the Dolphins over here, but also a really nice Shark Habitat. really weird it's outside the main gates. . so no admission needed for these (tho I guess to get to this point, you'd have paid for parking/had it with your admission anyways). but still weird it's outside the entrance gates oooo pretty over here! back behind me there is an under water viewing area - which I did go to on the way back. . but once I saw the Shark Habitat sign, I wanted to check that out first. and here it is. . sitting off by itself at the end of a path: Explorer's Reef - the Shark habitat. Lion fish. . so pretty. wonderful huge tanks full of stingrays and then the main attraction (for me). . sharks.. ooga-booga so mean looking they even have tattooed sharks. . this one has "exit" on it's fin. . . so if you see it coming, yer dead it really wasn't crowded, but the signs on the doors mentioned this was an indoor attraction and masks were recommended, so I put mine on to go inside. Mask compliance wasn't great among attendees.. but I did see more folks with masks than I was expecting, so that was nice to see (I'm triple vaxxed anyways, but as it got much more crowded in the evenings, I was glad that I had my mask. .since I have someone at home who is really vulnerable, and I need to do what I can to protect him). so yeah, I wore my mask off and on thruout the day, and then during the night when it got much busier. after seeing the Sharks, I headed back towards the front gates, stopping along the way to see the Dolphins thru the underwater viewing area and then I was in the park. It was probably 10:40 by this point and the park had just opened, so it was very empty this early, and would stay relatively quiet until ~4pm when folks started pouring in for the Howl-O-Scream houses that started up at 7pm. I headed towards the lagoon, and went to the right, planning to stop and ride/do shows as I passed them. as you can see? absolutely BEAUTIFUL weather. . . it was in the mid 70's and in the evening it dropped down to the 60's San Antonio has a very large Latino population, but still I thought it was rather cool to see so much Dia de los Muertos decorations up. and lots of "traditional" face painted "scare" actors in these zones - that are not really part of the "Howl-O-Scream" sections. SeaWorld San Antonio really does love their stilt walkers tho.. i counted no less than 5 separate pairs thruout the park. cool, huh? and they even had an Ofrenda set up.. where you were encouraged to send a picture of a departed loved one to the address noted, and then in the evening, the pictures were put up on the screen in the center of the Ofrenda. THIS, I thought, is an amazing idea, and hopefully it's something more parks do, if they are gonna go all in on Dia de los Muertos decorating thru Halloween. coming to my 1st ride in the park, this is the SWSA version of Journey to Atlantis - much shorter and very different than the version in Orlando. this one is basically a chute-the-chutes, but it does have an interesting backwards section between the two towers, and a small drop that's done backwards. I was going to ride it, since this was the last weekend for operation of the water rides. (and I had come prepared, with zip lock bag for my phone). . but didn't want to get wet just yet . so just took pics of it when walking by for now. Loved this "sugar skull" design on the stingray. nice job SWSA Looking across the main lagoon, here's Steel Eel, a turnaround from Wave Breaker, and to the far right (behind the bush) Great White (Batman clone) Closer look at Steel Eel track, and Wavebreaker turnaround. Since the park had just opened, I figured the coasters hadn't started running yet and so that's why didn't wait for a train on the coasters to take the pics. but it turned out, that Sea World was expecting a slow day - figuring everyone would be out for the Haunts not the rides (I was actually told this when I asked about it) - and so all the coasters were one train ops. --> to be fair: other than Wavebreaker during the day (which was pulling hour+ lines, and Texas Stingray at night (which had maybe a 30 minute wait), that was a pretty accurate gauge of what the crowds wanted to do (the houses had HOURS + lines). from same location, a look at Bayside Stadium (in use during summer months), and a better look at Great White's lift-hill/drop. and over here on the right? the new ride for 2022 is taking place: Tidal Surge - what will be the tallest & fastest Screaming Swing in the World. Really excellent location - it's gonna swing out over the lagoon. (little peek of Texas Stingray over the tent there too) Great White, Texas Stingray, and Tidal Surge construction from across the lagoon. Heading back onto the main path, passing by Journey to Atlantis, and snapping some pics of folks getting soaked as I head towards my 1st ride of the day Skloosh! In the center here, is where the boat goes backwards down that slight drop before it turns back around forwards for the main splashdown. SWSA was also doing a Beerfest this weekend (I think it was the last weekend for it too..which makes sense, Oktoberfest type of thing). not many partaking just after park open, but the German band was there playing to the folks sitting in the Biergarten. ah. .HERE'S what I'm here for: as noted, 1 train ops. . but really, for the first few hours of the day? this was walk on. see? walk on. I rode it 3 times during the day: front, back, and middle. in the front it was good, but in the back and middle? this ride is really incredible. It reminded me VERY much of InvadR at BGW, but with similar trains to what KI has on Mystic Timbers. So every seat is a good one, and fairly smooth. Spoiler - I also rode it at night, and holy crap, is this incredible at night. My favorite ride in the park. Easily. directly across from Texas Stingray are two flats - what I'd call a mini-troika, and a mini pendulum. Neither of these were open yet - I wasn't' sure if they were going to be open today or not, but as it was close to time for the 1st show of the day, I headed back towards Orca stadium (which I guess used to be called Shamu stadium? no mention of Shamu today in any show I saw which was a little odd). as noted, still pretty early, so the attendance for the show wasn't very much . . but I picked what I thought was a good seat and got ready to see Orcas. Uh-oh. (but I figured I had enough room around me to move if I needed to get out of the way. . and luckily enough, the Orcas DRENCHED the folks sitting in the section to the Left of me, and to the Right of me - but the skipped splashing my section oooo. . pretty! Nom Nom Nom as noted. . once I figured out how to work this new iPhone camera, I actually got some pretty great pics. Like this one: and this one. . which amazes me every time I look at it. Sometimes I just get lucky with perfect timing. Leaving Orca Stadium, you get a great view of Texas Stingray, so stopped and took a few pics of it even waiting for the train to be on the tracks this time as I headed back past Stingray (towards Great White), the two flats across from it had opened. So I hopped in line for Riptide Rescue - a small Troika that has some great forces it's actually more intense than it looks. . but yes, Sea World really needs some additional flat rides - so Tidal Surge is a fantastic addition for 2022. and then I headed next door to Sea Swinger wow, this smaller version is really intense. Not sure if it's as intense as the one at ZDTs, but it's close, and I guess because it's so much smaller than Joker (SFFT), or Riddler (SFOT) or Max Air (CP) it really feels like it's flying and throwing you really high in the air. Great ride. (and I just noticed that they actually DO have a sign up for what time the rides open. Well done on SeaWorld's part, even if I didn't notice it when I was in the park. . LOL) Pausing to look at the park map, I knew I had 3 more coasters up ahead of me (only one of which I had been on - during the "Black Carpet Event" - Steel Eel. So I grabbed a bottle of water (less than $4 - at a theme park! I was impressed) and continued on my way around the lagoon. . . . to be continued. . . .

since i finally went to SWSA, I added three "new to me" coasters: Great White (Batman clone), Wave Breaker: the Rescue Coaster (a multi launch "jetski" coaster over the water. . pretty tame, but fast, and fun). . and the best of the bunch? Texas Stingray - reminded me very much of InvadR at BGW, but with trains that were very much like the ones on Mystic Timbers. Really good during the day, and INCREDIBLE at night. (and no, I didnt' bother with Super Grover's Boxcar Derby. . . tho I DID get my fat ass in the seatbelt to ride Grover's Sesame Street Carousel (so there!))

Spent Saturday at SeaWorld SanAntonio with a group of folks from Thrill Seekers United for quite the fun event (which included a Fear Pass to get into all 5 houses on the day before Halloween - yes the lines were L-O-N-G so thank goodness for that. . . as well as a surprise up-close look at Tidal Surge construction). it was really my "true" 1st time to experience the park, and I had a blast. Full trip report (and my day today at SFFT coming up in the near future) with LOTS of pics (:P) . . but I wanted to share this pic now, as sometimes? I manage to get a beautiful pic. no filters used, just my iPhone 11, and some good timing on my part:

# it's still filming

Every park across the Country has been SLAMMED in October for the Halloween offerings. read thru some of the trip reports, and you'll see this has been the norm this year - which as you note, is a good thing for the parks. People are really eager to get out. (not just theme parks either. . .I've been to a couple of concerts, both almost completely sold out, and to a daytime "art festival" that was so packed, I never took my mask off even tho it was outdoors, and we didn't stay long)

I've never read the books. and the 1984 film is unwatchable unless you are familiar. So I say watch the new version, which explains things as it goes along. . . then, if you want, you can watch the 1984 version (which will then make sense, and fill in the rest of the story, since the 1984 version is the full story from the books, instead of stopping 1/2 way thru, as the new movie does - it's part 1 of 2). I loved the new film so much, I then stayed up till 3am watching the 1984 version (also avail. on HBO Max). i've never made it more than 45 minutes into the 1984 film - it's a mess. . but after seeing the new one? I could follow the storyline, and liked it well enough (and Captain Picard is in it!).

^ I know her from this track:

No SPOILERS "Dune" 2021 stunning. . . with incredible visuals, incredible sound design, incredible costuming. SO well done. With anything confusing, explained by a character on screen near the scenes that could be confusing. if I had to find a compliant, a minor one would be that in a few scenes it's just a tad bit too dark - so hard to tell what's going on. but that's a minor quibble. . . Excellent world building - even tho it's going to be wrongly compared to "Star Wars" (that film borrowed heavily from the worldbuilding in the DUNE books), it is very much reminiscent of the Scope and Scale of that first "Star Wars" film. recommended. .and I'm only sad that now we have to wait for Part II to find out the rest of the story!

I haven't been since before Pandora was built. . but even then there was no way we could have done AK in one day - even at a rushed pace. the Safari takes a while, if you're doing the shows (at the time was Lion King, Tarzan, & tough to be a bug. . but think now it's Lion King, a reimagined Nemo, and Bug), there was lots of animals/nature to look at thruout the "lands". . and the rides were heavy hitters at the time that all booked long lines (Safari, Everest, Kali Rapids, Dinosaur). I imagine that Pandora brought more crowds with two top tier lines. While I'd certainly rather spend more time at Magic Kingdom? a 4 day Disney trip for me now would probably be: 1 1/2 Animal Kingdom, 1 day Hollywood studios, 1 day Magic Kingdom, 1/2 day EPCOT (but we'd park hop to EPCOT every night for different meals in World Showcase). tho honestly, I'd add another full day and split it between extra 1/2 day at Hollywood Studios & Magic Kingdom on the above itinerary)

Magic Mountain and Fiesta Texas are *both* year round parks. . who don't draw huge crowds on "off" months - which is why they've started doing "events" thruout the year (including food/beer festivals, Mardi Gras, etc) to try to keep folks coming year round. Magic Mountain and Fiesta Texas also are BOTH parks with competition nearby (SeaWorld San Antonio is literally 14 minutes from Fiesta Texas), and MM has Disney (~1 hour), Knotts (~1:30), & Universal (less than 30 minutes away). your argument (such as it is) is not looking at the reality of the situation.

SFFT is getting a B&M Dive Coaster. as to SFStL complaints every time another park announces something big?

looks like you are correct!

I would say the cat's out of the bag, and I was pretty way off on the theming thinking it would be Shazam themed. they posted this on Twitter today: strong rumor is that it's the announcement of the Raptor. and these Red/Yellow colors match the color scheme of the new coaster. know what else is tomorrow, 10/21? "Wonder Woman Day" https://jetpackcomics.com/2021/10/13/thursday-10-21-is-wonder-woman-day/

I need to get back on track. been a really stressful past 6 months, and have put on a bunch of weight (again). still not back up to my heaviest, but I've got to cut back on the crap and start exercising again.

^ you shouldn't be excited. i've heard whispers that "Corporate HATES your park"

American Thunder is the best coaster in the park tho. . so it's worth the trip just for that.

^ yah . . Zach sent me a link to the Wiki page to read up on em!

one of my favorite Disney Rides. I absolutely prefer it to Indiana Jones. . . which is odd, as Bill says, it's the same ride system. I think it gets crapped on because it's located in the "crappiest" area of Animal Kingdom: the cheapie Dynotiopia area. . but now that Primeval Whirl is gone, maybe the area will get a refresh and not look like carnival rides in a Disney Park.

^ "Bald Knobbers" ??? creeeeepy

maybe they have you just in a shallow pool and the "virtual" adds all the exotic fish?