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I never have been to a club at Pleasure Island in all of my visits to WDW. I think it's because I'm not into going to clubs as it is and with the limited time at WDW, I'd rather be at the parks then spending time at a club.

Family Guy. I watched South Park for a few months and lost interest (this was about 5 years ago).

Out of the 3 I have ridden, Rolling Thunder, Rebel Yell and Lightning Racer, I voted for Lightning Racer. I like the layout of the ride the best and the ride just seems more fun.

Hersheypark, at least 15 times WDW Resort, 14 times. Probably to the Magic Kingdom 25+ times (not sure of exact count but I usually go there at least twice a trip). Playland (Ocean City, NJ) - around 30 times Gillians (Ocean City, NJ) - around 25 times

Outlet stores in Reading, PA. I get most of my clothes from there including sports t-shirts (what I wear almost everyday), jeans from different companies etc.

Oh, that would make sense why the ride seemed so short then. I have never been to Disneyland so I just figured it was the whole ride.

Yeah, I have mixed feelings about what they did to Dorney. I like how they added some new coasters (especially the B&M coasters) but I hate how they removed a lot of the classic rides like those boats that ran in the middle of the park near the Zephyr.

For me, it's a tie between the Jersey shore and WDW.

I used Gamefly (won 2 free months from McDonald's Monopoly last year) and the turn around time from Philadelphia to CA was horrible. It took them over a week to receive and process the games I sent back. I also used Red Octane about 5 years ago. The thing I liked about them was that they rented imports but they didn't have the greatest selection. Something else I didn't like about them was that they e-mailed me a coupon for a free rental after I cancelled my membership (the coupon was sent to all news letter subscribers). I used the coupon and my order total was $0.00. They charged me the rental fee on my credit card on file anyway and they claimed because the coupon was for new customers only (coupon terms never said it). They did credit me the money for the rental but I think it's horrible customer service to charge you for something when you agree to a total of $0.00 when placing the order (if it was an error and they didn't want to honor it, they should have never sent the game to me to rent).

I remember seeing a POV of the WDW ride but it was so dark you couldn't see anything other than the beginning, lift hill and end parts of the ride. If I remembered the URL I would post it. I downloaded the 2nd video you posted with the lights on and I after seeing it I am almost certain the ride at WDW is longer. WDW's ride is 2 minutes and 38 seconds long (according to that Disney World guide that you see in bookstores) and even with the lift hill taken into account, I don't think the one at Disney Land is that long/

I'm still intimidated by the ride. I not sure about the launch and the overall layout looks like a lot. In the past few months I just started to go on more intense rides so I am working my way up to the bigger rides like inverts. Maybe next year I'll be ready for it. I agree. I'm considering not going at all during the summer next year and maybe just doing Springtime in the Park and going back in October. Even on a weekday in the summer the lines were longer than I expected (45 for Great Bear, 30 for Comet, 20 for Sooperdooperlooper!), so these off season events seem like a great time to go.

While I agree that it does seem like a lot of new dark rides are shooting rides, since Hershey already has a traditional dark ride (the factory tour), I'm glad to see something different. And since there aren't really any shooting dark rides in the area, I think it will go over well.

The front, I like having a view of the track without other people or cars of the train in front of you. I usually sit in the middle though because that part of the train usually has the shortest wait. I'll wait for the front if it's not much longer of a wait but if it's more than 2 or 3 trains of a longer wait, I'll take another row.

Nice photos, despite living near all those parks and spending almost my entire past 5 summers at the shore I have never been to those parks (I usually go to Ocean City and Wildwood). The paying to go on the beach is common at the NJ beaches. It's like that in Ventnor, Margate, Longport, Cape May and Ocean City as well. It sucks for the visitors who are only there for the day. For the whole season it's not that bad only $5 for the season in Ventnor/Margate. I also hate how different parks have height restrictons on the same ride/type of ride. Like that kiddie coaster you said they wouldn't let you on is the exact same type of coaster (maybe not design/layout but same company for sure because the track and train looks the same) they have at Playland in Ocean City and there is no height limit (I see adults on it all the time).

Nice photos, I always remember seeing that placed advertised on TV years ago. Looks like a good park for kids.

Deciding to take one last trip to a park this season, it was between Dorney, Hershey and Great Adventure. I was just at Dorney 6 weeks ago, I thought Great Adventure would be way too crowded so I decided to go to Hershey. I got to the park a little bit after 2, when the park opened. I went to a ticket booth in Music Box Way (free admission, it was either pay as you go or buy a wristband for unlimited rides for $24, I chose the wristband). I then went to Pioneer Frontier to try to get on Sidewinder. It was closed so I headed to the Trailblazer. 1 train running but the station had about 10 people in it so it really didn't matter. Same ride as always, tame but still fun. Next I headed to Great Bear. Other than the front row, basically every row was a 1 train wait thanks to 2 trains running. I chose row 7. I love that helix after the lift hill but for some reason I didn't enjoy the ride as much as I did last time (my first time riding was in the summer). I think it's because the ride seems so short compared to Talon which I think is now my #1 invert. I still liked the ride a lot and without a wait I got back in line again for another 1 train wait in row 5. After that we did both the antique cars and sports cars. Every time I am at Hershey, the queues for these are full but today for the antique cars no one was in line and for the sports cars only 2 people were in line. Next up was the Kissing Tower which was closed last visit. It was running better than the last time I was on it because it rotated (last time I was on it was 2004 and there was a sign up saying it wasn't able to rotate anymore due to a new program). Some others wanted to play skill games in Minetown, so I took the opportunity to get another Great Bear ride, this time I only waited about 20 seconds! Seeing as we only had a limited time in the park (had to leave by 6:30 p.m.) we decided to go to another section of the box. We then went to Fender Bender in Music Box Way. Like the cars in Minetown, it always seems like these bumper cars have a long wait. We go to the line and there is no one in line at all! It took a while for the ride to start because they needed to get more people on the ride but it wasn't too bad. The cars were really slow though which was kind of dissapointing. Next we went back into Midway America. I saw Wild Mouse had about a 15 minute wait which I didn't feel like waiting in so I skipped it. Wildcat appeared to be running with trains 2/3 full so I figured it was a walk on. It turns out they had the middle 1/3 of each train chained off which turned what would have been a 1 or 2 train wait into a close to 10 minute wait. While in line I heard comments such as "Oh, that section must be closed to balance the train or else the train would tip over." The worst part was other people believed it and got scared. I think it was because they had a limited staff and it was easier for them to not load the full train. Went to the Merry Dip Fun Slides quickly with a 5 minute wait. Not much to say about it other than it's not as fun as the giant slide at Dutch Wonderland or Morey's Piers in Wildwood. Next up was the Whip which was just a wait for the next cycle. Still my favorite flat and a great ride (not sure if I like Hershey's or Dorney's more). Since I was right there, Lightning Racers were next. I chose Lightning because last trip I was on Thunder (and lost). There was only 1 train running on each side which I wasn't expecting but there was only a 2 train wait so it wasn't a big deal. Last time I sat in the front seat but I sat in the middle of the train this time and actually think it's better not to sit in the front. I think you get a better view of the racing if you don't sit in the front and the ride seemed more fun becing able to see the dueling and racing between the 2 trains. My train won, but barely. We then went back into Pioneer Frontier and did the train ride which had a few props for Halloween with ghosts in some of the buildings and a headless horseman on some grass near the tracks. No wait for the ride. We then went to the monorail which was about a 10 minute wait due to them only running 1 train. It was neat to take a night ride on the monorail since I usually don't go on the ride at night. It was almost 6:00 at this point and I still had to get to Comet and Sooperdooperlooper. Comet's line was to the ramp (1/2 full) out of the station. The sign said 30 minutes when queue is full and since there are 5 switchbacks and the ramp, I figured it would be a 5 minute wait. It was really a 10 minute wait, not too bad but I was surprised that since other coasters had such short waits. But I guess it's because Comet is the 1st coaster you see once you walk in Founder's Circle so everyone goes to it first if they don't run to Storm Runner. 2 trains were running thankfully. Unfortunately, the trims were on more than they were during my visit in the summer which slowed down the train during the 2nd half of the ride but I still really like the ride and I still consider it my #1 wooden coaster. I had about 10 minutes to get to Sooperdooperlooper, ride it and meet up in Founder's Circle so luckily Sooperdooperlooper had an empty station except at the front of the train as usual (unless they are running 1 train) and I walked right to the back row for a ride. This was my 1st looping coaster and I still think it's a great ride. I forgot how forcefull the loop was especially after going on Great Bear earlier. I definetly prefer the loop on Sooperdooperlooper. At that point it was time to leave with a quick stop at Chocolate World for the dark ride tour. Overall, I have never seen the park so empty before and I was kind of surprised crowds didn't pick up while I was there considering it's the last day of coasters opearting at the park this year and since it was Halloween weekend, I thought it would be a lot more crowded. I guess people either went to haunted houses/attractions or wanted to go to a park like Dorney or Great Adventure where they actually have Halloween walk throughs or mazes unlike Hershey who just has some minimal Halloween decorations and themeing up. It was a great trip to the park and a great way to finish my coaster season.

Sooperdooperlooper at Hersheypark last night

Disagree completely. I hate the idea that so many people have that Disney Land/Disney World (and other parks for that matter), are just for kids.

I have also been on the one at Dutch Wonderland. I thought it was interesting when I was younger (before I had ever been on a motion simulator) but last time I was on it, it really seemed lame. I guess for little kids who aren't ready for a more intense motion simulator it's an ok ride.

Drop Towers, Launched Coasters, Flat Rides that flip you upside down.

Nice how the seller is charing $7.50 optional insurance yet UPS insures your item free up to $100 so they are probably going to profit off the insurance (doubtful extra insurance will go over $7.50 total even if it does get over $100 before shipping). I would have bid if shipping wasn't so much (probably would pay around $50 - $60 with shipping).

DDR Max 6th Mix (Japanese version)

Kind of old but it fits this topic well: http://www.dancedanceresurrection.i12.com/

I didn't know any other park had the ride. It's cool that it still exists but: taken from the website "OLD 99 TRAINS Scenic kiddie train ride. Must be under 54" tall to ride. "

I might be heading down to WDW in December but otherwise I'm done until next Spring.