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That's a shame to see it being demolished like that. I really regret never trying the ride since I will never have a chance to now (just started to ride drop towers in September)

Congrats

I think Circuit City has the Platinum edition on sale for $19.99 this week. I wish I would have waited since I bought Gold for $19.99 from Best Buy a few weeks ago.

I'm not surprised to see there is a High School Musical show now given it's popularity (my school district was one of 7 schools in the country to pilot it for their fall production and it sold out almost instantly which never happened in the history of the district), but I really think it looks out of place in Tomorrowland and should have been somewhere in MGM. That picture showed a huge crowd and I wonder how difficult it will be to walk through Tomorrowland while the show is going on especially at the end of the month when walking through the Magic Kingdom without a show like that in the middle of the area is difficult.

Looks like there will be another DS game I have to get. I use to love playing Theme Park (and Disney's Coaster) before the days of RCT. I tried to install Theme Park on a newer computer a few years ago but it only ran so fast it was unplayable.

Wonders of Life even looks to be in worse shape then it was when I was at Epcot 2 years ago. It seems like such a waste with so much of the pavillion broken or closed and it's very short operating time. I think it was the day before Christmas when I was there and even then there were less than a dozen people waiting for Body Wars.

I agree with that. There is no good reason to not have a coaster running. Even Trailblazer which goes slow enough that I still think people would ride it or SDL which isn't too fast either. I understand not having Storm Runner open and all the coasters in Midway America since that part of the park is never open this time of year.

Even with Walmart in my area, I go to Target a lot more than Walmart. The stores are dirty, they are ususally poorly organized (merchandise thrown all over), lines are long and prices aren't that great on some items like video games. I also don't like how Walmart has used predatory pricing where they lower prices to even take a loss just to get other local stores out of business and then they raise the prices once they are the only ones left.

My first trip to Morey's was last year so I never got a chance to ride it but what I don't understand is, that since there are some upcharges already on that pier but it's not a regular pier with rides, why not just leave the ride where it is and get the ride open and include it with the wristband option for the other 3 piers and or admission with tickets like every other ride. I think people would be willing to talk to the pier just for that ride especially since if I remember correctly, it's between the pier with Great Nor'Easter and the pier with Sea Serpent so most people walk past the pier anyway

I am really glad to hear that they are doing all that work to Laser. I really was convinced it would be leaving soon.

That's what I am afraid of if it goes to Dorney. I feel like Laser is almost done anway since there seems like a good chance if not X-Flight then it will be the GCI in 2008 and the Laser area seems like the part of the park where it would go. I really would hate to see anything happen to Laser especially since it's portable to it could be re-located elsewhere in the park easily (though I don't see that happening).

I think the Castle Escape game was not the best choice for the game. They could have used another game since I think there are more than 1 to choose from.

A lot of the deals are online already. I picked up some stuff from CircuitCity.com and Bestbuy.com that I wanted so I don't have to go to those stores tomorrow.

For all Nintendo DS owners, Ridge Racer DS, $4.98 with free shipping at CompUSA.com http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317868

I hope it doesn't end up at Dorney. It looks like the ride takes up a ton of room and that seems like something Dorney doesn't have so it would probably end up replacing something.

Magic Kindgom, not only is it my favorite park in FL, it's my favorite park out of every park I have been to.

Yeah, it's mostly kiddie rides and family rides open with a few adult flats open. The lack of coasters open is what keeps me from going more than once every few years (no reason why Trailblazer can't be open weather permiting). This is also the first year they have an admission ($9.95) for unlimited rides. It used to be pay as you go or buy a wristband for unlimited rides

^ Sell them on EBay, you'll get a lot more than what EB and Gamestop will give you. FYE used to give awesome trade in prices but not so much anymore. I agree with what others have said. I despise EB and Gamestop and never buy anything there since they have merged (EB used to have good deals once in a while but I still rarely bought anything from them). I have had so many problems at the EB's it is ridiculous. Not to mention they sell used games as new by re-wrapping them, I bought a "new" game from them once that had a scratched disc and had crumbs in the instruction manual! They also gut a game where you take the empty case and leave it on the sales floor as a display box and keep the disc and manual in a drawer. These are sold as new but employees can take home the games and play them. Hardly what I would call new. What really got me angry was how they lied to me with the PS2 launch- . I pre-ordered in June, was supposed to get it on launch day. Launch day comes, they tell me the were shorted systems, I'll get the system in the next shipment. I call every few weeks and am told the same thing (that each shipment they get, they are not up to my name yet). Finally in January over 2 months later I call and they tell me they called me to pick up my system weeks ago and I never picked it up so I lost the pre-order spot. They never called because I gave them 2 numbers and never got a call from them and if they had really called, why did they keep telling me I would get in on the next shipment around when I supposedly was called. Corporate was called and 2 days later I get a call from the manager of EB saying they "found" my system.

Not counting WDW, Hersheypark's Christmas Candylane. It's nice to have the park open so late into the year even if no coasters are open.

Great Nor'Easter at Morey's. I knew SLC's had a bad reputation so I expected the worse but really enjoyed the ride (it was my 1st invert) last year. I was looking forward to riding it again this year and I'm not sure if it is more rough this year or now that I have ridden 2 B&M inverts and use to the smoothness of them, SLC's will always feel more rough but I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I did last year. I'll still ride it next year (and every yearly trip to Morey's) but it's not something I will look forward to as much.

There is little to no incentive for someone to learn English now which is part of the problem. Everything is in Spanish. Go into any store and pick up a product and you'll probably see the product has English and Spanish on it. Almost all stores now have the signs with English and Spanish, there are the Spanish TV stations and even driving by stores, in the window you see writing in Spanish that translates to "We Speak Spanish." It's already to the point I think in Texas where you can't even get a job in some areas unless you speak Spanish and English. Even those Monopoly McDonald's pieces have English and Spanish on them and now toys like that new Elmo and some dolls they have Spanish speaking versions of them.

I'm disgusted at what has been going on today. Multiple robberies, shootings, riots etc. over a video game system! It has brought out the worst in some people and I am just as angry at Sony for releasing so few systems which is part of the cause.

That VIP ferris wheel car with the TV is awesome.

I went to 2 different Best Buy stores today and both stores had people camping with tents and everything. I wonder if anyone in those lines actually are getting the systems for themselves or just for EBay.

I'll probably get the Wii and either the PS3 and 360 but not for a while (year or more). I feel both systems are overpriced (Wii is over $300 with the cost of the extra neccessary controllers) and I'm satisfied with PS2, XBox, Gamecube, PSP and DS. Every new release game I want this year is either available on a system I already have (Tony Hawk Project 8) or is only coming out for the older systems like Thrillville.