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The Fun Machine Took A Sh*t And Died - Queens of the Stone Age. Magnificent name!

^Well then... I don't know why the Chiller had such a bad record. Wizards? Indian burial ground? Probably Indian Wizards.

That'll be really nifty once the restraints, seats, and (I assume) LL decals are on. I wonder what product these cars will be advertising?

The Freeze's opened the same year (1998) as Chiller. Chiller was meant to open in 1997, but there were far too many technical problems to keep it running.

Begin rant. My roommates. My f*cking roommates. Please, make yourself comfortable and let me tell you a tale of my f*cking roommates. For anonymity's sake I shall refer to them as Bulk and Skull. So Bulk is this short awkward guy with tons of body hair. And somehow it manages to get all over the bathroom. Just everywhere. Last week I decided to shake out the rug in front of our shower, and could probably have made a coat from all the hair that was in it. Plus, Bulk is chronically unable to keep his mouth closed when he eats. Like nails on a chalkboard or styrofoam rubbing together, it's one of those horrendous noises where you can't do anything at all until the sound is over. I can't imagine how someone can learn to eat that way without realizing that it's happening. Plus he always leaves his room light on when he leaves for the library for hours at a time, which really drives me up a wall. At least he almost never cooks. Skull, however, does. When he does cook (which is about 3-4 times a week), he cooks only one thing: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Whenever he cooks it, despite us having convenient plasticware, he always uses a wooden spoon, which is the hardest to clean. Plus he always, ALWAYS uses a measuring cup for the milk, thus making another thing to clean. This is the only thing you know how to make!!! Haven't you figured out how to estimate the amount of milk you need at this point?! And why do you pepper your mac & cheese??? That's weird! But anyway. Skull always makes the entire box of Mac & Cheese, and he always eats the entire goddamn box of Mac & Cheese. And Skull is a pretty gangly guy, so where does he have room for all this processed pasta and cheese? Well, he doesn't. Within half an hour of his nutrient-impoverished meal, without exception, I hear him run to the bathroom with the urgency of a man whose mass is more crap than human, and he slams the door shut and takes the most disgusting-sounding sh*ts I've ever heard. And this happens EVERY TIME HE MAKES MAC & CHEESE. Hasn't he deduced a pattern yet?? I have hypothesized that these dumps are so bad that he's crapped out the idea that you're supposed to clean your dishes when you use them. I once held a passive-aggressive siege with Skull over the Mac & Cheese cookware, washing everything else that may be in the sink but leaving his untouched. So what did he do? Ate out for the next MONTH. I don't think the dishes were ever even touched. I had to cave in after a month because I just couldn't stand it anymore. Basically, both Bulk and Skull are just big, virginal manchildren who don't understand the concept of 'when you use a glass you can just wash it out and reuse it, not leave it in the sink and use another one'. With incredibly rare exceptions, I now hold exclusive domain over cleaning the dishes, filling, running, and emptying the dishwasher, taking out the trash and recycling, and cleaning the tub, toilet, and bathroom sink. The only thing keeping me sane is the knowledge that once they're out on their own they'll be completely helpless, mired in their own filth, floors covered in Jimmy John's wrappers, and having to eat with their hands because there hasn't been a clean dish in their apartments in months. I guess it's my own fault for choosing to live with them. But I had no idea that it would be like this. End rant.

If S&S manufactured the track pieces, then why is it so shaky and awful-looking? Whose fault would that be? Also, that name makes me think of this:

Screamscape: This makes me really sad for some reason.

This is all I have to add: theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

I didn't mean coming down that way, I meant it more like going there. I know, I just didn't want to pass up an opportunity for a good ribbing I never really understood the expression, yet I say it all the time anyway.

Personally I like the ring of "Flight Deck H2O"...

Guys are you sure they're going to have the trains running in time for opening day? I know they're on the track but they haven't been moving at all. Maybe the wheels haven't been made yet?? I think they're way behind schedule!!!!

^^I would thing that they would add Fahrenheit because of the low capacity. The lines on that can get pretty ridiculous, and would be a pretty attractive choice for the pass. I don't think something like Wild Mouse or Roller Soaker would get preference over Fahrenheit.

This really does look magnificent.

Is it just me or are those test dummies really unsettling? I mean, upper body covered in a towel and bound up in packing tape; they look like kidnap victims. I expected them to wake up from their chloroform stupor halfway up the lift and start trying to escape.

Vaguely off-topic, does anyone know how ride height requirements are actually determined? Is it up to the manufacturer's discretion or the park's, or some other governing body? And what criteria are used? So many questions!

There's a video screen accompanied by an employee in front of the queue. The queue plays a series of clips such as a train going into a tunnel and a woman eating a banana. If you laugh at it, you are forbidden to ride Then again, I highly doubt I'd be able to ride anything if that were the case.

That's not entirely out of the question. Great Adventure opened two family coasters and Medusa in '99. I'm sure there are more examples in other parks but that's the one that most readily comes to mind.

^ Probably because now all the stages of a coaster's construction are much more transparent than they were 9 years ago (I doubt people devoted quite as much time to analyzing pictures of dirt as we do now). Nowadays is much easier to see the steps between the trains getting there and the covers being put on, and so I guess much easier to assume that 'something is wrong with the covers' and 'that's not the way it was in the B-Roll', etc. At least, that's my two cents on it. EDIT: I thought of a fairly non-stupid analogy. Which would be more stressful: Seeing a fully-built house of cards, or being able to watch someone painstakingly build that house of cards?

A (frankly paranoid-schizophrenic) thought just crossed my mind: What if Premier is intentionally shipping all the not-Superman-looking parts first to troll the enthusiasts?

I've been telling myself that the train covers are just arriving separately from the rest of the train, but as time progresses this notion seems less and less likely

17/26. Should've got the Gwazi one, but I clicked before I read the whole question.

Well SDL not testing doesn't surprise me because I thought I saw somwhere in this thread that it got new trains. I'm not sure so correct me if I'm wrong. Yup. It's getting a new paint job and new trains from Gerstlauer (but keeping the lapbars; Anton would be pleased.)

How long before the "the lottery actually ruins your life" articles start coming out again?

B&M seems to be really fond of super-long brake runs lately... Any particular reason for that?