Token Yankee Guy

^^ We even checked out the queens palace in Edinburgh. That also is a nice castle.

^ I've visited Edinburgh Castle when our tour group stopped for two days there. I really loved Edinburgh and I want to go back. Very nice city.

Well, I'm probably going to have about a thousand people mad at me...heres the conversation between my sister and I. If you guys recall, back in february a bunk bed collapsed on top of me and it pushed the school to inspect all the furniture. Now the beds can not be lofted since they can pose a hazard. anyway, here's a picture of the bed and here I am covering the gash with a washcloth. theres the bed

ummm, the park was pretty packed that day. Superman looked to have I say about an hr to 1hr 1/2 wait. Since you're going next month I think you'll be fine since school will be session. I can't remember when they switch to the weekend schedule though. So if I were to guess i think the waits were about 0 (small rides) to about 2 1/2hrs (Kingda Ka's wait)

Happy Birthday Allison!! Also a happy birthday to maynard_Hicks and RCoasterny

Firstly, I'd like to state that I conqured Kingda Ka and all I got for it was a youth XL size T-Shirt. I bought the wrong size t-shirt and realized it when it didn't fit me when I tried it on at my grandparents house. Now onto the TR, Yesterday I drove over to Six Flags Great Adventure since I was visiting my grandparents for the weekend, so this gave me a great chance to get back to the park and finally ride Kingda Ka before the summer ended. I was successful in riding it and it was amazing. I start the day out pretty early, i left the house around 7:30am and got to the park 8:30am so I was one of the first few people to get through the turnstiles so I had no problem in getting a Gold Q-Bot. Which I did purchase one because the queue for Kingda Ka all day was about 2 1/2hrs wait. While waiting at the turnstiles, I actually ran into someone who lived two towns away from me, so we hung out for a bit, we both got Q-Bots and we rode on the 4th train of the day on Kingda Ka. Front row of course. Kingda Ka is amazing in the front end, when our train departed the station to the transfer track/launch track, I was a bit nervous since I've never experienced a coaster that went over 100mph. When it was our turn to launch, we rolled up and the cable sled hooked onto us, we rolled back and heard the horn and we launched. Now I did hold on since it isn't wise to have your hands up when you initally launch. The train got up to speed in three stages. It wasn't a constant increase of speed, it would gain up to one speed and hold it for a split second, then go faster and do the same thing, and then it do it for the final time where you're going 128mph right up the hill. When going over the top hat you go pretty fast and then you decend down the 270degree spiral and over the airtime hill. Now as you heard me mention I did enjoy this but I did have some negative thoughts about it. - Last row: It isn't fun since you're constantly shaking side to side. - I didn't really feel any airtime on the top hat, nor on the "airtime hill" - It broke down about four times while I was there. The first break down did push my Q-Bot time at least 30 minutes, but I didn't mind since I found someone to hang out with and we chilled out till we both left. The second break down happend right after the train I was on launched, when we pass through the end of the brake run we came to a crawl which meant the brake fins didn't retract, which means...ride broke down. So we waited in the train about 10 or so minutes to get us back into the station so we could get out. The last two breakdowns occured almost back to back while Russ (person I was hanging out with) and I were waiting for the front row (which took about 2 1/2hrs). During that time we talked with some people behind us and we joked around and made fun of this kid who was obnoxious and running his mouth. We were hoping he'd get ejected from the train...sadly that didn't happen. (yes, I can get that evil) Of course I did other rides while in the park, but not really. The only other rides I hit was Superman, Skull Mountain, and Rolling Thunder. Between those rides I was either recovering from my headache, eating, or waiting for Kingda Ka which I rode 4 times that day. Now onto the photos! GOATS!!!....what? Goats are sexy....At least I think so. oops, forgot to add this ealier in the photos. My Onride photo of Kingda Ka. Sorry for the poor quality, my scanner sucks...Now onto the hot and sexy picture I told you guys about! Gas was up to 2.75 in PA. Luckly I only put a few bucks in and topped it off in NJ where it's cheaper. You can see more damage here. Look how far the ground moved away from the edge of the road. closeup of the area. You can see into the quarry when originally you couldn't This is neat, this is where the birm (far right) collapsed into the quarry during a bad rain storm last year. They had to close this road and rebuild it to the left because the collapse caused fissures along the road. This is the "eight sided school house" that my ancestors help build. Fun Fact: my family (on my mom's side) helped with the American Revolution by having soldiers stationed at their house before George Washington crossed the Delaware River to Trenton. Driving back to my grandparents house. This is where the stateline of NJ and PA is. This train is actually being brought back into the station. It even turns out the train on the launch track can also back up into the station since it didn't back up into the sled yet. Where you see this train is where it stopped when coming into the station. This was breakdown number 3. For all you dirt lovers on the boards, here's a picture of the former Viper site. All I've noticed was they smoothed the dirt around and the station is still intacted. But other than that, I haven't seen anything new. Scream! No wait...it's Medusa. If you look between the trees straight ahead, you can see someone walking on the launch track. This was during the first closure which was just a routine inspection. That guy walked from one end of the launch track to the other making sure it was fine. hmmm, I still prefer calling it Kingda Klunk. Boardwalk side entrance to the Golden Kingdom due to the crappiness of my camera without having a zoom. Here's a picture of the train going over the top hat on Kingda Ka. Train infront of ours ready to board. Me waiting to board the number 4 train. Our train was the 4th to launch for the day. Us walking into the station...ooo no one in it yet Looking down the midway. The offical entrance to Kingda Ka is at the far end of the picture. I'm at the Fastlane entrance where only 5 of us were waiting. This is the queue entrance for Kingda Ka...Notice it is jamed pack from all the people. But if you notice where I'm taking the picture... People getting ready for the run of the bulls. It was a lot of fun running and dodging people at split seconds. It's like driving in Connecticut. Entrance to SFGAdv Driving down the road into the park Driving down I-195 East towards SFGAdv and you can't forget about cocks! What?

I'm listening to the junk they got on the musak system in our store. It's funny, the same song will be playing in each store since all the stores are connected to the same system.

This is the sort of thing that brings down the credibility of this country...if their is any left. I mean come on, people are suing over the smallest things in this country just to get more money. And the wife is suing for 2 million because "for the loss of her husband's consortium and other "tangible benefits" including "love, affection, attention, caring and companionship." Now I personally believe that the 2 million one should be thrown out of court.

my friend Rich, just IMed me this picture.

5ft 11in. sooo close to 6ft. Also, I'm like the second tallest in the imediate family. My Dad being the tallest.

^^ NOOOO!!! That makes me want to go straight. Craiggers "Isn't a fan of speedos" K.

^ haha, at least I didn't mistakinly say something like, "I'm Sorry, but Donkey denied you for check privilages" while I'm at work. You know you've been on Themeparkreview.com too long when you cry when the website crashes.

Brian forced me to post a comment in his TR so here it is.... Nice legs.

Damnn...at first when I saw your closet I thought it was your shower.

OMG! that dessert looks soooo delicious. Soren, if I ever get to Germany and meet up with you, can you bring me to your grandmothers house for dinner? hehe Craiggers "drooling behind the service desk" K.

I bought a Powerball ticket and Classic Lotto ticket today. They were screw up tickets (tickets that the person behind the desk printed incorrectly and the customer didn't want) And what's a pain is; Cash 5, Classic Lotto, and Powerball tickets can not be cancelled, so we gotta try and sell them. So I bought them so the cash office didn't have to worry about them tomorrow. I have gambling issues!

You got a nice house soren, do you live in it by yourself or with others?

Since we've had so many themed threads like, "inside your icebox" and "outside your bedroom window" I'd thought I'd start the thread of where you post pictures of what your home looks like. This is the only addition we've done to the house which is our sunroom. Our big back yard. It's a pain to mow it with a push mower. You can even see my dog on the back porch. Back of the house Front of the house

wow...the bathroom part crosses the line, Robb. Otherwise, hilarious.

If I'm correct. the difference between hash brown and home fries, is the has brown is a compressed cake version of home fries. and home fries is the hash brown, just loose. I think that's what it is since I work in a supermarket and I should know these kind of things

^ It's a deal, soren.

I got a new bowling ball It's a 14lb ball and I got my name and my last initial ingraved on it. I was going to go with Token Yankee, but it was too big, so I went with Craig K.

congratulations. btw, nice pic.

I heard that on the radio, but I heard like 42 hours of gaming, not 50

it took me a while to search through my Live Jouranl Archive to find my schedule. Monday: TV Studio Production II | 1 - 4pm Digital Media Imaging | 5:30 - 8:30pm Tuesday: American Sign Language | 1 - 2:15pm Sounds Like Music | 4 - 6:30pm Wednesday: Video Digital Editing | 9 - 12pm Thursday: American Sign Language | 1 - 2:15pm I got a relaxing semester this fall.