TheSchwitek

Travel the world via roller coaster.

Did this guy get a new paint job since I was there last year, or were there multiple Wii characters roaming around the park?

I was also fortunate enough to see Neil's amazing restraint check re-enactment at DSB. It was spectacular. La Ronde is a very strange park. I was there a couple weeks after the TPR trip and actually got on all the coasters, but it took nearly all day. The Freecreditreport.com: Exceeded expectations. 600th coaster. The French Attack: A used SLC. No more to say. The Pooping Dragon: A pooptastic good time. The Monsters: Old, unexciting wood. The Super Nicki Minaj: Decent, but looked like it came from a carnival. The Toboggan Mouse: Its a mouse. The Millapede Kiddie: Boring. El Boomerango: I actually loved these when I was a kid. Batman The Vampire: Solid ride. Queen Cobra: This ride looked like it was in an undeveloped country section of the park. Keep the pictures coming dawg.

The best thing about these trip reports is that everyone has a completely different perspective of the event. (Although all perspectives were extremely positive!) Even though we were all at the same park on the same day, it is still extremely enjoyable to look at each person's pictures of the day. Great report Chuck!

Awesome as always! I feel like that exact newspaper article could have been written about me when I was about the same age. I still have all my original park "blueprints" in my storage closet, including my favorite Nintendo themed park.

This comment definitely made me laugh. Seriously though, great pictures. The bash was a blast! Clever Guy. Clever Girl.

See Below: Someone puked all over this kid on the monster at Waldameer. The ride operator found a hose, and proceeded to "hose him down" in front of everyone. Of course I had to take a picture.

^ The worst part is that this same scenario is happening at the majority of parks across the country. The main goal is a quick turnaround and sell, sell, sell.

Not sure if this was the one at that specific fair. There were 2 of this same model, so its hard to be sure. However, Dixieland Amusement Park is only a 20 - 30 minute drive from SFOG and there is a credit there if you have not got it yet. It is open Saturday, 12 - 9pm and Sunday, 2 - 8pm.

Untamed is oddly rough for a brand new coaster. Dare Devil Dive is a lot better in my opinion. Canobie is awesome though, and the Corkscrew used to operate on the ghetto side of Birmingham, a couple miles from my apartment. Mystery Mine > Dare Devil Dive > Spongebob > Untamed

Top Thrill Dragster / Opening Week / Lots of downtime / 5.5 hours X / Opening Year / Lots of downtime / Slow Loading / Over 6 hours - I must have been a lot more patient back then, because there is no way I would wait that long anymore.

Monday, August 22, 2011: Little Dipper / Tuscora Park / New Philadelphia, Ohio This credit took some extreme whoring skills. Last coaster I needed to ride in Ohio.

Tickets purchased; hotel booked, Club TPR card and Season Pass in my wallet. See some of you next Friday night!

^^^^^^^^^^ THIS...is exactly why I deleted Facebook. And the fact that it is destroying the the world. Along with text messages, it is bringing us one step closer to the movie "Idiocracy." If you have not seen this movie; you need to. It's the future.

I am very happy to see that the park is still doing well! With the addition of that awesome new slide complex for 2012, the waterpark is really going to be great. With all the crazy comments about Astrosphere, I really wish I would have taken the time to ride it, rather than sprinting through the park on a quick credit run as usual.

Hahaha, that is awesome. I guess I do miss out on some good stuff since deleting facebook. Oh well, it gives me more time to spend on here instead.

Heard this weekend in a ride queue at the park where I work: "Have you heard about the coaster in New York called King Kong? It was the tallest and fastest in the world, but my cousin who lives out there told me it got blown down in the hurricane."

Great pics! I am very excited for this project as well. 2012 is going to be a very exciting year. Oh and I hate you for getting to live so close to Busch and Dominion.

All this discussion about the new coaster makes me think about how much the park has changed in the past 20 years. I really miss driving in through the toll booths and seeing Shockwave's giant blue and white structure looming in front of everything else. No one texting on their phone and almost hitting your car when you were parking. No facebook to act as a breeding ground for complaints about everthing imaginable before you even get to the park. Anyways, I'm still super pumped about what is coming to the park in 2012! I'll be visiting for sure.

1) Acme Gravity Powered Roller Ride (Six Flags Over Mid America) 100) Hoosier Hurricane (Indiana Beach) 200) Great American Scream Machine (Six Flags Over Georgia) 300) Lightning Racer - Lightning (Hersheypark) 400) Maverick (Cedar Point) 500) X Coaster (Magic Springs & Crystal Falls) 600) Goliath (La Ronde) 666) The New Texas Giant 700) Cyclone (Lakeside) Other notable milestones: 13th SLC) Ednor - L'Attaque (La Ronde) 22nd Boomerang) Tidal Wave (Trimper's Rides) 100th Wood) Hell Cat/Avalanche - (Timber Falls)

Those shore parks really do add up! 1) Alabama Adventure 2) Waterville USA 3) Sam's Fun City 4) Six Flags Over Georgia 5) Dollywood 6) Nascar Speed Park (Pigeon Forge) 7) Sir Gooney’s Fun Center 8) Santa’s Land 9) Carowinds 10) Lake Winnepesaukah 11) Indianapolis Zoo 12) That Fun Place 13) Kings Island 14) Six Flags St. Louis 15) Worlds Of Fun 16) Route 66 Carousel Park 17) Brookhaven Exchange Club 18) Adventureland (Altoona) 19) Arnold’s Park 20) Valleyfair! 21) Six Flags Great America 22) Haunted Trails 23) Cedar Point 24) Memphis Kiddie Park 25) Waldameer 26) Canada’s Wonderland 27) Wild Water & Wheels 28) La Ronde 29) Santa’s Village 30) Six Gun City 31) Lake Compounce 32) Canobie Lake Park 33) Funworld Game Center 34) Ocean Beach Park 35) Quassy Amusement Park 36) Adventureland (Farmingdale) 37) Boomers Family Fun Center 38) Scream Zone 39) Six Flags Great Adventure 40) Keansburg Amusement Park 41) Jenkinson’s Boardwalk 42) Casino Pier 43) Funtown Pier 44) Blackbeard’s Cave 45) Storybook Land 46) Gillian’s Funland 47) Gillian’s Wonderland Pier 48) Playland’s Castaway Cove 49) Steel Pier 50) Fantasy Island Amusement Park 51) Baja Amusements 52) Trimper’s Rides 53) Jolly Roger At The Pier 54) Jolly Roger Amusement Park 55) Sesame Place 56) Dorney Park 57) Seabreeze 58) Martin’s Fantasy Island 59) Tuscora Park 60) Fun Center at Paige’s Crossing 61) Wild Adventures 62) Funland Amusement Park 63) Frontier City 64) Sandy Lake Amusement Park 65) Yesterland Farm 66) Six Flags Over Texas 67) Pedroland Park 68) Deadwood 69) O.D. Pavilion & Amusement Park 70) Family Kingdom 71) Nascar Speed Park (Myrtle Beach) 72) Adventure Crossing 73) Six Flags Fiesta Texas 74) Busch Gardens Tampa 75) Fun Spot Action Park 76) Old Town 77) Legoland Florida 78) COMING SOON!

After riding all the GCI's in the US, here is my personal rankings: 1) Renegade 2) American Thunder 3) Prowler 4) Apocalypse 5) Thunderhead

I defintely indulged at that same Stewart's restaurant last summer. I 100% agree with the delicious orange soda, and I had a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich there as well. Not to mention, the waitresses there were very nice to look at. As for the two parks, I couldn't agree more with the ride collections being very "meh". On a positive note, the other Hellcat (my #100 woodie) is WAY better.

Those swings were quite honestly one of the craziest rides I've ever seen. They did hold some full grown adults that were twisting their chains about 30 times around during each ride cycle, so I think you are good to go 99er. They also allowed some pretty hardcore kicking and bumping of chairs during the ride, which made it even more interesting.

^ Amen Brotha.