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Kid fell out of a Zipper at the CNE. Rear-ender at California Screamin'-I think that was 2004, but the ride didn't reopen til 2005. (Tuesday, August 2, 2005) - At the Mississippi Valley Fair in Davenport, Iowa, a 31-year-old mentally disabled man panicked when his seat came to a stop at the top of a 50-foot Ferris wheel. He slid underneath his seat's lap bar in an apparent attempt to either jump from the ride or climb down to the ground. The man's caregiver, who was seated next to him, grabbed his arm and tried to pull him back into the seat, but lost her grip. The man then fell about 15 feet to the ride's hub. One carnival worker, who had climbed to the top of the ride in a rush to rescue the man, was able to slow the man's fall by reaching out and grabbing him. Another worker, who also rushed to climb the wheel, was able to grab the man near the wheel's hub and hold onto him. Workers then manually moved the ride until workers could safely bring the man to the ground. The man suffered only minor injuries. The workers are employed by Evans United Carnival Shows. Wow, I like those carnies

4 for me: Mindbender, Jaguar!, Montezooma's Revenge, Xcelerator :o

it does make a coaster more popular.. years ago a stand up coaster here at Six Flags St. Louis called the Rail Blazer, ejected a rider and that rider got killed, for the short time afterwards when the ride re-opened, it was super popular! everyone had to ride the coaster that killed someone.. its scary how people think.. My wife and I rode the Mindbender at West Edmonton Mall after it had killed someone. Here's a closeup of the wheels, check out http://schwarzkopf.coaster.net/ESmindbender-edmontonHF.htm

Coaster at PNE-almost all the turns are to the right, so the larger person sits on the left. If you start out alone on the right, you WILL end up on the left. I just save the time and stay left.

So...after riding Scream Machine at Expo, I can't claim Ninja in St Louis if I ever ride it?

Actually, Robert A Heinlein has a cool story about the Moon in "The Menace From Earth". The premise is that a large dome is built on the moon and that the gravity of the moon is low enough coupled with a higher pressure dome and some cutting edge engineering, that humans are able to fly with space-age designed wings...That man was brilliant... Mmm...

Red Roof Inn. HBO plus cable, free local phone calls, and when we stayed there, the LA Times was delivered to our door. Plus they are very reasonable and the Disneyland Shuttle stops there-$3 each for all day (2004). http://maps.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+100+Disney+Way,+Anaheim,+CA+92802+to%3A+disneyland&t=h&f=d&hl=en

Don't you guys realize the world was taken over already, this is all just a simulation of 1999

There's a saying in Hollywood- "Don't f**k with the Weinsteins". Michael Eisner found this out when he tried to stop Miramax from releasing Farenheit 9/11. The Weinsteins ended up buying back the picture for production cost. Buying back your movie-20 million dollars. Getting the best of Michael Eisner- priceless.

"Jesus of Suburbia" Green Day It has a nice segmented structure-works well with several different rides/elements.

when you go on rides like TTD of S:TE, rain drops feel like rocks! I had a similar experience on the Corkscrew at the PNE. We were loading and a shower was starting. They quickly dispatched out. Ouch! Brrrrr! Even at 55 mph, the raindrops feel like hail pellets and it takes about 90 seconds to soak through and go from warm to freezing cold.

Having riden only on the Oaks Park (and loved them), we have to check out the Seaside place.

Yes, I think it's an old British tradition that the former Empire still follows. We don't make such a big deal about Thanksgiving in Canada, in fact it occurs on Columbus Day, but we DO take two days off for Christmas and Boxing Day! Besides, Boxing Day sale sounds better than Day after Christmas sale.

Revelation at PNE-would this be a skycoaster? Insanity at Stratosphere A couple of braver TPR members on Insanity revelation-160 ft, at least 2G

Once you realize you're not going to die on the top hat, the rest of the ride does seem a little lame by comparison.

Look what I found! Starting at UNION STATION Ride ANTELOPE VLY LN-METROLINK (LANCASTER) heading north From: UNION STATION/800 N ALAMEDA ST To: SANTA CLARITA STA./22122 SOLEDAD CYN Pay $5.00 *METROLINK tickets must be purchased BEFORE boarding * Ending at SANTA CLARITA Total cash fare = $5.00 Trip distance is about 34.68 miles. Leaving Arriving Trip Time 09:15AM 10:04AM 49 mins 11:49AM 12:38PM 49 mins 02:47PM 03:36PM 49 mins 05:48PM 06:37PM 49 mins Looks like no Metrolink on Sundays, though That's from http://www.mta.net/default.asp for Santa Clarita, try http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/admin/transit/routes&schedules.asp This is the larger "printable" map-should give you some idea of what bus to take in Santa Clarita

It's probably the data they had from TerraServer-you could choose from aerial photo, satellite photo or topo map. Only some places had color aerial photo. They had an ancient picture of SFMM in black and white, the one on Google Earth was much better. However, the picture of Disneyland is exactly the same as Google's. In fact, it was taken the last day my family was at Disneyland. Judging by the time of day, we're probably at Pirates or over at DCA watching "It's tough to be a Bug". As a Linux user, I clicked on your link-it starts to work, then not- why am I NOT surprised? UPDATE: Working now - OOPs!

Sounds like the film business is learning-apparently if you go see Chicken Little in 3-D, they let you keep the glasses. Wait a minute-when do you EVER NEED 3-D glasses except in a theater that lends you a pair? Souvenir hunters make no sense sometimes. I'm thinking this could be a reaction to a society that has people everywhere and you have to be very self-controlled. Bodily functions and basic rudeness appear to have been honed to a science. I'm sure the culture will improve with more contact with the outside world.

Ah, Joe Cool's GR82SKATE. My daughter's (then 9) FAVORITE at Knott's. Like being in a really slow traffic accident (Ouch). Looks like X-Scream at Stratosphere is a similar idea....1000 FEET UP. I agree with Elissa, at least about X-Scream. Be cool like Joe, man.

Yeah, he's creepy. I appreciate him because I don't see him everywhere, but I can see how he could get on your nerves!

101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/arts/reasons.html 8)

For one thing, Homeland Security advises against using IE: Use a different web browser There are a number of significant vulnerabilities in technologies related to the IE domain/zone security model, trust in and access to the local file system (Local Machine Zone), the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) document object model (in particular, proprietary DHTML features), the HTML Help system, MIME type determination, the graphical user interface (GUI), and ActiveX. These technologies are implemented as operating system components that are used by IE and many other programs to provide web browser functionality. These components are integrated into Windows to such an extent that vulnerabilities in IE frequently provide an attacker significant access to the operating system. It is possible to reduce exposure to these vulnerabilities by using a different web browser, especially when viewing untrusted HTML documents (e.g., web sites, HTML email messages). Such a decision may, however, reduce the functionality of sites that require IE-specific features such as proprietary DHTML, VBScript, and ActiveX. Note that using a different web browser will not remove IE from a Windows system, and other programs may invoke IE, the WebBrowser ActiveX control (WebOC), or the HTML rendering engine (MSHTML)." http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/713878

The way the folks at Mozilla look at it, design the site to be W3 compliant, then any problems with IE are Micro$oft's problems!

Whooohooo! Coaster at Playland #18 Tmber Terror#16 Tremors #4 Pullayup #66 Timberhawk #135 The Pacific Northwest rocks! I am SO justified pimping out the Coaster at Playland! 8) That's right, the 47 year-old Coaster is #18

Six Flags Marine World is in Vallejo, just a little north. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=santa+cruz+to+vallejo+ca&spn=1.828911,3.559021&hl=en