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@willthegolfer: Haha nope, it's something else. Yes the tracks were imported from No Limits (except for the kiddie [which is a hand-made CT by SteelRides,] and the woodie), the stand-up and the looping star were imported by Cinipaes and the mega looper was imported by Coaster-Inc. @tarheel1231: Thanks! That means a lot actually. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hello guests, we're back from a day late in the 1993 season! The park built some new things, and you can see them here: Shot0163.bmp Hello! (Author's Note: I finally got peeps walking in this section by using a peep generator CS piece.) Shot0164.bmp Midway 1993. Shot0165.bmp Looping Star is a walk-on today! Shot0166.bmp Cyclone still shows it's dominance over the park. Shot0167.bmp Fresno Flume. Shot0168.bmp This area of the park has generally stayed the same. Shot0169.bmp Python is still flipping people while standing up! Shot0170.bmp This is the area that was expanded (again). Shot0172.bmp Along with RPM and Pirate Peril.. Shot0173.bmp The area now has a restroom building.. Shot0174.bmp A food center.. Shot0175.bmp And Tilt-A-Whirl! A new family ride. Shot0176.bmp It spins you and up to 3 other people around rapidly in each individual tub. Shot0177.bmp This section of the park is quickly becoming more crowded. Shot0178.bmp You may be wondering what this HUGE piece of cleared land is for... Shot0179.bmp Well for the park's 10th anniversary, we are building a new large wooden coaster named Gunslinger! Shot0180.bmp I wish I could say more, but all I can note is that the skyline of Fresno Vista will be changed forever! Are you excited for Gunslinger? You should be! You'll have to wait and see how big of a ride this thing will be! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Feedback appreciated! EDIT: To let you all know, right after this I finally decided to turn on the out-of-park trees option and the background options, so now it doesn't look like Fresno Vista is completely in the middle of nowhere.

That log flume has a very nice layout. For that ride and the mine train, I suggest DasMatze's wood support replacer, and it will make you rides look much nicer! I also like the placement of just about everything in your park, it all fits together very well!

@KoasterKing48: I might have to do that. Thanks for the suggestion & feedback! @Geauga Dog: I thought that the park getting an Arrow mega looper was more unique/unusual/weird than getting the stand-up, but I see were you are coming from. Yes, the park is receiving 3 flats in upcoming years (up to 1995), one for 1992, one for 1993, & one for 1995. The year 1994 will be special though. @tarheel1231 & @IrishCasual: I would love to do POV's, but my computer can't run this park very well (only 5-10 fps at most times) so the POV's would be too laggy, Sorry. Happy Valentine's Day and Happy 10th Update! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Berik Mikingston here again, this time to show you some pictures from our 1992 season! These include our new-for-1992 ride, RPM, a used Shwarzkopf enterprise! RPM is Fresno Vista's first inverting flat ride so it is quite exciting! Enjoy: Shot0153.bmp Welcome back to Fresno Vista! Shot0154.bmp Looping Star is still a popular family looping coaster. Shot0155.bmp Rare picture of Looping Star's loop and the Midway from the other direction! Shot0157.bmp Cyclone's area still takes up about a third of the entire park! Shot0158.bmp Cyclone is probably going to be the park's most popular ride for a long time. Shot0159.bmp Must be a slow day today. Shot0160.bmp Fresno Flume is still dropping riders at a 60 degree angle! Shot0161.bmp Freefall is one of the scariest rides in the park. Shot0163.bmp RPM is located by Pirate Peril, and it is a very exciting attraction! Shot0164.bmp Python flies right past RPM! Shot0165.bmp The coaster has done very well with the public. Shot0166.bmp Pretty picture. Shot0167.bmp Time to head out once again! We are building a new flat ride next year, but you have to wait and see what it is. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you think the new flat ride is? Feedback appreciated!

^ Here is update 9. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey viewers! We have a new roller coaster this year! You'll just have to see my pictures to find out what it is! Shot0142.bmp The walk way up to the entrance! Shot0143.bmp Obligtatory Picture! Shot0144.bmp Very nice area of the park. Shot0145.bmp The world's steepest log flume! Shot0146.bmp Cyclone being the huge, popular ride it its. What's that in the background? Shot0147.bmp Freefall doing it's thing. Shot0149.bmp Pirate Peril is also doing well. Shot0150.bmp Happy Mountain! Shot0151.bmp Something's different here.. Shot0153.bmp This year's new ride is Python! Shot0154.bmp And it is.... Shot0155.bmp A 100ft tall B&M standing coaster! Shot0156.bmp This ride has a very similar layout to Iron Wolf which recently opened at Six Flags Great America. Shot0157.bmp It's main differences are some track shaping and the lack of the dip in the spine on the straight track before the corkscrew element. Shot0158.bmp The coaster flies around it's layout at around 55 mph! Shot0159.bmp The ride has two inversions, a vertical loop and this, a corkscrew/flat spin. Shot0160.bmp There is also a moment where you can get wet by a water sprayer! Shot0162.bmp Python is an awesome new experience, and many love the ride! Shot0163.bmp Here is the ride's station. Shot0164.bmp Python is definitely going to be a hit! Shot0165.bmp That's the end of this update, see you next time! Hope you enjoyed Python! Check in next update in 1992 for another new ride!

I think Arrow/Vekoma coasters should get the new Vekoma trains if the old Arrow/Vekoma trains don't run well (Exceptions for Loch Ness Monster & Tennessee Tornado, plus maybe a few others). If the coaster has a good enough layout (which most of them do, even if they are cookie-cutter style), than better/more comfortable trains should improve ride experience drastically. The idea isn't bad, though.

I say Disney Sea or the new Ocean Kingdom park are the best candidates.

I disagree. Have an open mind or not, but if you go to Magic Mountain and experience great customer service, good operations, and well maintained coasters, you will exit the park with a great time. I seriously doubt anyone who reports here actually goes there and would continue to hate on the park if the park continues to do great things. I have to agree with SFMMGeek27, because just see how many people complain about Elitches' "terrible" coaster selection. But when I go I keep an open mind, good attitude, and am always with friends, and every day I go to Elitches I have an awesome time. If I'm having a good time I can stand: Twister 2 needing to be retracked, Half-Pipe and Tower of Doom's consistent break downs, Sidewinder's 4-minute dispatches, all the family flats having just one operator, and not always the happiest attitudes from ride operators. I personally think I'd have an amazing time at SFMM and continue to keep it on my bucket list even with all the stuff said about it on here. That being said, SFMM could still change a lot for the better, but a large portion of the hate towards the park may be just people going in and paying attention to all the bad things about the park instead of thinking about how the park has many decent/awesome coasters & rides and not an almost all clone coaster selection (Elitches).

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, here's update #8. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Berik here, and oh my goodness it has been quite a while since I've updated you! 2 operating seasons, in fact! Here at FVAP we've just started our 1990 season and I would like to show you pictures, including those of 3 new rides that have been built since Cyclone. Most of the pictures of those 3 rides will be from their opening years. For 1988 we opened Oinkers!, a spinning flat ride for families! In 1989, our 5th anniversary, we opened Fresno Flume, an Arrow Dynamics log flume. It has the steepest drop of any log ride, sending you down a 60ft drop at 60 degrees!This year we opened Pirate Peril, a swinging ship ride! Hope you enjoy these pictures from an amazing 1990 opening day! Shot0129.bmp Welcome back! Shot0130.bmp Here is Oinkers! from 1988. Shot0131.bmp It is an adorable little family ride. Shot0132.bmp Here is Oinkers! in 1989 with the then brand-new Fresno Flume! Shot0134.bmp The 65ft tall Fresno Flume reaches 40 mph on the main drop. Shot0135.bmp It has a very nice placement in the park, by Cyclone and Oinkers!. Shot0136.bmp It has a relatively simple layout. 1 long lift and 2 short lifts, with 3 drops. Shot0137.bmp Our newest attraction, Pirate Peril, is located by Happy Mountain and Freefall. Shot0138.bmp It is a large family ride. Shot0139.bmp The ride in almost full swing! Shot0141.bmp Lastly I leave you with this pretty picture. Stay tuned for a new major attraction next year! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you think the new ride will be?

You do realize that the 4 TGG woodies (5 if you count Dauling Dragon as 2) in the top 20 are all above the 6 GCI woodies. Even if the Voyage shouldn't be there, still Ravine Flyer 2, Fireball, and Dauling Dragon are higher rated than the top GCI contenders. If you count CCI woodies along with TGG woodies (I do, because they are made by the same designers except Ms. Dinn herself, and TGG would still be CCI today if she hadn't closed so it wouldn't be involved in her divorce), than Boulder Dash is also included with TGG woodies above the GCI's. As Robb said, GCI's are solid B+ rides, but don't offer the airtime of TGG, Intamin, RMC and many CCI wooden coasters.

^We got the exact same everything!

I love how it completely dominates everything on that hill!! Wish I could visit Liseberg.

It's on my MP3 and Spotify playlist.

Has anyone seen any new information on Anaconda's & Volcano's upgrades/rehabs?

I really hope it is a Giga, as the world needs more of those. Since BGT & BGW are fairly similar on their additions (Like Falcon's Fury and Mach Tower are both drop rides, Griffon & Sheikra are both dive coasters, Cheetah Hunt & Verbolten, Alpengiest & Montu, etc), If BGT got a Giga, could BGW also be a likely candidate for one?

Thanks Robb! Yay just got this!

Exciter looks awesome and is perfect for that spot. Also loving that you saved Fireball! Can't wait to see Exciter open and thrilling passengers. Keep up the good work!

Now days Tilt-a-Whirls cost almost $600,000 I think, so I wouldn't be surprised if an enterprise cost $500,000.

Hopefully Fireball doesn't get removed because that would be 2 major attractions removed for one ride. Also I like Fireball.

The park must have done some work, because when I rode Zeus in 2011, it was 20x worse than original Hades I enjoyed Hades back then but I haven't ridden it since it's transformation.

^Dude, there are many rides that pull 6+ G's, like Tower of Terror at Gold Reef City or Mind Bender at SFoG. Heck, Boomerangs all hit 5.2 G's.

For recent things, all the coasters at Elitch Gardens were a lot better than they were/are regarded.

I hate to say this, but it seems like you have gotten to the point were you can't have fun on a decent roller coaster. I mean come on, I even have fun on rides like Iron Wolf and Twister 2, coasters largely regarded as boring/rough. Some people need to learn to enjoy themselves. On the subject of SeaWorld, I am glad they and the other trainers are calling Blackfish out on it's crap.

I honestly think that this has been almost every coaster lover's dream for a flying coaster, so I'm not surprised.

Update #7. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hey all! A look at the park from later in the 1987 season. Shot0128.bmp What a view! Shot0129.bmp The nice midway. Shot0130.bmp The park has been doing very well recently, mainly because of Cyclone. Shot0131.bmp A picture from the exit of Looping Star. Shot0132.bmp Today has been slower, as you can see by FreeFall's line. Shot0133.bmp Happy Mountain has been a kiddie favorite since opening. Shot0134.bmp As you can see in this picture, AstroWheel (along with the rest of the rides) got chain links at their ride boarding entrances so people can no longer try to walk into a ride area while it's operating. Shot0135.bmp Octopus is a very fun family ride. Shot0136.bmp Haven't seen much of Little Dipper in a while. Still fun though! Shot0137.bmp Fancy Shot. Shot0138.bmp Cyclone has also been doing very well, though today it is quiet. Shot0139.bmp It's line recently got updated so that you don't have to walk through the whole switchback on a slow day. Shot0140.bmp Guests love the 6 inversions on Cyclone, the most in the world (Along with it's sister coaster). Shot0141.bmp This batwing is one of the most intense parts of the ride. Shot0142.bmp When the ride hits it's brakes, most people have already decided that Cyclone is their favorite coaster! Shot0143.bmp Soon the park will be adding rides to Cyclone's area, making it less lonely. Shot0145.bmp Many love the view from the top of the world's tallest roller coaster (along with it's sister coaster)! Shot0146.bmp See you next time! Can't wait for next year! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Feedback is nice!

I don't have a Nvidia card and getting the same problem, but someone said it was an Intel graphics card problem. I'm on a laptop so I don't think I can get a Nvidia card.