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How did you get 50% off? I'm jealous!

^Yeah, I agree. The scare zones do seem improved over last year. The photo ops were really cool as well.

I do like that they are still doing small updates while the castle thing goes on.

That place is in serious need of a gutting. I was just there two weeks ago, and while Iron Man seemed popular, the only thing I thought worth it was the air conditioning and couches.

After riding Vortex 40+ times in a row for Coasting for Kids two years ago, I can say with authority that it's a rough and not fun ride.

I hope they eventually figure it out because I'll definitely be saving a ton of points! That new ship really looks great, I can't wait to see more of it.

I finally got my Retron 5 a little bit ago and I've been having a lot of fun playing all my old games. It's definitely not a high quality machine, but it lets me play all my old games with only one machine. The controller sucks, but it's passable. What I do like is that it automatically includes some cheats, almost like a built in Game Genie, and it allows you to save games! This really helps for those games that don't have save points. I'm also loving that I can finally play my old Famicom games I haven't been able to play for about 25 years! Is it still stuck on the Yellow Light? I've had that happen to my PS3's and I was able to repair them using some you tube videos. The first time, it lasted about 6 months, and the second times it's beens going for about a year with no problems!

I think the ride looks really cool! It'll be really interesting to watch this ride progress. The park is about 7 hours away, so I'll definitely be heading there when it opens.

It's really a great looking park. I'm hoping work brings me down there next year so I can visit!

I don't know how I missed all these updates! It looks like you had a great trip. And yes, Nevada is pretty much that ugly through the entire state! I'm still lacking the Desperado credit. Maybe one day I'll finally get it.

Great report Chuck! Such a great looking park. Too bad more parks don't do what BGW does!

If anyone is a fan of the Beatles, this may interest you. http://www.cnet.com/news/youve-never-heard-the-beatles-sound-like-this-before/ The whole set is $374.98 from Amazon, but they are available individually for about $20 each.

How is/was it? I've been thinking about reading it.

That's a cool looking elephant!

Gilroy Gardens had some pretty good artichoke and garlic stuff when I visited last...but that probably 5 years ago.

I love that event! Looks like it's as great as ever. You guys had awesome costumes as well!

It's interesting to see where everything ended up. I have always looked at these awards as interesting, but not really close to reality.

I think it'll be a great addition. If Norway ever had a line more than 10 minutes, I'd skip it. Anything to spruce up an old attraction is a good move in my book.

Looks like an amazing start to another incredible year of F&W!

That stadium looks on par with Reno's, and that's definitely not a good thing.

That makes sense to me. I have always gotten varying amounts when I log in, and I couldn't figure out why I got the amount I did.

I did the same thing, and only got about 2000. Most of the castles were 12 to 14 hours wait.

This is how the cheaters dice worked for me. For your town it ends up being a time saver. It's also nice just to click it and see if there is any attacks in your town. Every now and then I'll log in, hit the button, and see if there are any buildings under attack. If not, I can get back to whatever I was doing. It will automatically 'click' any shields or destroyed building so you don't have to scroll around looking for them. You just click the top left from your main town screen to use it. For another persons town, it is a way to instantly destroy a building. You just click on the building, then on the dice. However, it requires only 1 dice no matter what the reward is. So, if you are going to use it in another town, find the building with the biggest reward. Doing a spot check, I noticed that some people's towns give up to 140 elixir (for the castle) while some buildings gave only 18 in the whole town (all types of houses). 70 seems to be the most for the houses, and 140 for the castle. As for the castle levels, each one seems to give a bonus. It's either more nerds produced, or decorations/walls. I'm level 7, so I know have 15 nerds at one time. I also am building the recycler, and boxingham, but have no clue what they do. One weird thing is Barbarian homer (Homers new outfit). He is at a level 2, but I have no clue what that means or does. I don't know if I missed the dialogue or not, but it's telling me that I can upgrade him with 750 gold, but it doesn't say why. So far he has just had a few tasks and some dialogue. The revenge button (when you click on your castle) only shows the last person to attack you, so most of the time it just says "An Invader" so I have no clue who it is. I got Lisa and Bart's new costumes, but I can't use them yet. My strategy so far is to just upgrade the castle and other buildings so I produce more nerds for more elixir and gold.

After the 60 minute task, you get the building. Then you have to wait the 16 hours for it to finish. Not a very exciting start.

Looks like you were correct! Just got a new character and started building a fortress of some sort.