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^ Just my two cents'...I was running IE6 and was hesitant to upgrade to 7 or 8, or to Firefox. But I bit the bullet and went for the Firefox 3.5.7---and haven't looked back. I say, "GET IT!" You won't regret it. Eric

Our city now has TWO new car dealerships: BMW and Mini (which is built by BMW). Eric

"Quick question for the older people. Was Ninja ever floorless?" (cooksta77) Older people...that would be me. Ninja's trains are exactly the way they were in 1988 except for the Asiany train and seat numbers they added. But having floorless trains on it would make it a lot of fun. Vampire, the suspended coaster at Chessington World of Adventures in England, was retrofitted with floorless swinging trains built by Vekoma as shown in this picture from The Roller Coaster Database: Eric

"I believe the the height of the lift of Shockwave was 170..." (Screamin_Eagle) Correct. Then GASM at SFGAd went to 173 ft., and Viper at SFMM is 188 ft. Note about Viper...I don't know what they've done, but I've had some pretty decent rides on it over the last couple of years. It isn't "butter smooth," but for me, very rideable. Eric

^ And Ninja's 42" height requirement allows younger kids to take their first "big coaster" ride. I doubt anything that would replace it would have that. Eric

Bigfoot = big legend. So, no. Have you ever been to Hawaii?

My one and only ride on Rim Runner was in 1995, not too long after it opened. I thought it was an enjoyable ride, which is why I was confused when plans were made to remove it during the last year or two. But, strangely, it's still there. Were those plans scrapped or is Rim Runner still on its way out? Eric

"Over time, with the money you've spent repairing your 20 year old car, you could have put a healthy down payment on a 2010 Charger." (Skycoastin Steve) I agree with your statement (except the part about buying a Chrysler product. ). But remember, too, that there are a lot of older cars on the road for one reason or another---their owners feel that the fun of driving them is worth any cost. (I bought a brand new 1983 Toyota Supra and drove it till 2002. I'd have kept it going, but just couldn't afford to have everything done to save it.) Some parks have rides that are 30, 40 years old and they're kept up because they're popular with guests. I don't know where Ninja stands with guests, but I've seen some pretty long lines for it over the years. For sure I'd miss it. Eric

^ Hopefully not with real fudge. That could get messy... Eric

I like watching bobsledding and luge. And, yeah, certain skiers, too. Eric

It's been forever since I was last at the Adventuredome. But I've often wondered how well the dome would hold up with a lot of rain with so much glass. Well, now I know... Canyon Blaster's new trains look really nice. I did notice that they've shortened the train to six cars from seven (when I last rode). Not a big deal, just an observation. Just a note, I noticed that one of your photos was missing the slash in the closing tag, so it didn't display. It's the one followed by the caption "How wet?" I have a funny story about something that happened on my first ride when the train was right where it's shown here: Nice report of a park that we don't see much of. Eric

I stole mine from Edward Brian Lemont. Eric

^^ @williammartina... All you have to do is answer the question that the previous poster asked; preferably with a silly answer---or whatever you want! Try to make it funny if you can. Then you get to ask whatever question you want; again, try to make it funny. If you're not sure, go back through the thread and read a few pages. You'll get the idea. You drive on a parkway on your way to a park. You park on a driveway while you figure out which way to drive. Why did they call those glowing things in the night sky, "stars?"

^ Posts in this topic an AWFUL LOT! < Posts in this topic an AWFUL LOT! V Just...awful!

^ That's why I've wondered whether Big Bad Wolf really was "at the end of its service life." So many other steel coasters have lasted 30, 40, even 50 years (Matterhorn). Of course, the whole suspended mechanism adds a complication or two, but still... I think Busch just wanted to take it out to clear a spot for something else. Eric

When you stop and think about it, parks have multiple steel coasters from the same manufacturer; I don't see why there couldn't be more than one wooden coaster from the same company. If GCII were to design a nice out and back design for SFMM, then why not? Eric

No, but I drove past it. Did you eat any cheese today?

^ Honestly the reason for long lines at Superman is due to the low capacity. You figure that usually only one track is open, and each car can only hold up to 15 riders at a time on about a two- to three-minute cycle time. (I've timed it.) That's pretty low. Even if both tracks were to operate at the same time, it'd still be a slow line. Eric

^ Well, that certainly makes cents... Eric

^^ If SFMM were to take down Superman, it would free up space for something big. However, there is sufficient space on the hill for something new even with Superman in place; as I mentioned above from Screamscape, a new coaster of a new type is rumored to make its appearance somewhere up on the hill in 2011. As it is now, Gold Rusher goes right under Superman's launch track at one point, so anything built up there could pass over or under Superman and not interfere with its operation. While I did mention that I think it's time for Superman to go, I don't think SFMM will take it out any time soon. Should it be removed, I would imagine that the park would replace it with a newer generation launched coaster; perhaps a bigger Kingda Ka or something similar. I've given thought, too, about Ninja "reaching the end of its service life" as Big Bad Wolf did last year at BGE. It will be 25 years old in 2013, which is how old BBW was. Should Ninja ever be taken down, its station could be used for something new as well. (I hope this isn't the case, though, because I like Ninja---and it's a type of coaster that is definitely on the endangered species list.) Eric

^ Superman was "state of the art" when it opened 13 years ago. Today? Not so much. Even though I still like the ride, it's time to consider replacing it with something else. Eric

^ Has what she needs. < Has some of what he needs. V Kneads bread dough to meet his needs!

First of all, thank you Wes and phazan, but what I was getting at is why there isn't a key that you can just press without having to know a code. There used to be such a key on a regular typewriter (can't remember which one it was, though, but even without one you could have made a "¢" sign by typing a "c," backspacing, then typing a "/" across it). See? Now we all learned something that you can do with a typewriter. Eric

^ How...how...how did you do that? Eric

^ I can understand. When I was nine I always wanted to go to SFMM...hey, wait a minute... [makes time out gesture with hands]...SFMM didn't even EXIST when I was nine. How could I have forgotten that? And why don't American keyboards have a "cent" symbol on them? Eric