YoshiFan

I try not to make any major purchases because it makes me uncomfortable. I have a waiting approach, where if there is something I want that is expensive, I wait for a deal on it so I don't feel as bad. Like if I see a video game I want but it's $50, I don't mind waiting for a deal on it even it means waiting a few months to get it for $10 - $20.

Yeah, there was an intereview in Hardcore Gamer magazine a few months ago with the creator of the game and he said he didn't want to make any more games because I think it was something along the lines of the game not being designed to have sequel after sequel. I guess it's similar to Yugi Naka and NiGHTS where he said there would never be a NiGHTS sequel because it could never be as good as the original. On a side note, 1up.com kind of gave Me and My Katamari a bad review of 7.0 and said: "By the end of the game, you will have replayed the same six ministages half a dozen times apiece. That's about 30 minutes of unique content, chopped into pieces and pasted together to give the illusion of length. " Doesn't sound like the greatest way for the series to end.

Sounds cool, but in the meantime, there is this for a portable DDR fix: http://pocketmedia.ign.com/media/reviews/image/dancedance/dancedance_main.jpg

At Hersheypark, the park was empty one day and on Wildcat, althought they were running 2 trains, they had the middle 1/3 of the train chained off (I guess they didn't have the staff to check as many lap bars or didn't want to be bothered). The ride should have been a walk on but was a 3 train wait because of the chained off seats. While waiting, some people started speculating why the middle part of the train was closed. One idea was, "They have that part of the train closed, so it won't tip over because it isn't balanced." Other people in line seemed to go with that theory. I was thinking to myself, if the train would tip over with a full train load of people, it would either never run at all like that or they would never load a full train even on days when the wait is 30+ minutes.

I heard that one of the reasons it wasn't re-located was because some of the clearances were in violation of some code that was put in place but since the ride was built before the code, it was allowed to stay as it was but if it was to be re-located, they would have had to fix those clearances which made it not cost effective. I agree it would have been great if Knoebels got it (and Viper or Greezed Lightning since they could use a steel coaster)

I voted for Talon. I really like the layout and those helices.

Maybe the mean the drop is 120 feet long? I really don't want to see another park lose a log flume. Plus Le Scoot is a really popular ride in the park judging by the line it usually has.

I didn't know they got rid of them. That's too bad since I thought the concept was great. If you don't get to your hotel until around dinner time, you could still go to the park for a few hours rather than with a regular ticket where you wouldn't want to use a whole's day admission for just a few hours.

I'm not sure about other companies with larger seats besides B&M but I know with the B&M larger seats, anyone can sit in them. When I was on Hydra, I saw non overweight people using the 2 larger seats on each train.

I think it depends. No restraint will ever accomodate every person but I think if a ride can accomodate the majority of riders it is fine. What I have a problem with is a company like Intamin where I hear stories of rides like Millenium Force where people with 38" waists are being turned away from riding. I think B&M does it the best where they have the regular seats (which are more accomodating than regular Intamin seats) and then they do have the larger seats which can accomodate evn more people.

I hate how it seems like every arcade has that roller coaster simulator, yet it's always the kiddie version. A few years ago on the boardwalk, I saw an adult sized one that can seat 2 people and had 6 choices (Gemini, Blue Streak, Magnum, Iron Dragon and I think Mean Streak and Raptor). I haven't seen the adult version around since then. I think they asked if everyone was over 18 because the rules (at least at my local CEC) is that you have to be 18 to be allowed in without a parent/guardian because they use that kid check system. I would go to CEC once in a while because the games are so cheap but they have the same video games for the past 10 years. I keep seeing Pump It Up advertised in the commercials for CEC but I have yet to see one. Pump It Up for less than a quarter a game would be great since most arcades charge $0.75 - $1.50 a game.

I just pre-ordered my copy today. If anyone else plans on getting it and doesn't mind waiting, Outpost has it for $24.99 with free shipping (I think the MSRP is $39.99 since that's what EB is selling it for): http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4741309 The only problem is that they may not ship it at release if they get too many pre-orders. I pre-ordered Mario Kart DS from them and got it 2 weeks after the release because it was backordered.

I have only been on 2 Boomerangs and 1 SLC but I found the Boomerangs to be worse (rougher) so I voted for them.

I like Morey's Piers and the 2 Ocean City, NJ parks (Playland's Castaway Cove and Gillian's Wonderland Pier). I like how none of those parks have a gate admission so you can just walk in, ride a few rides and just relax for a little bit and not have to worry about getting your money's worth of the admission, though Morey's does have a wristband option for the days when you want to ride as much as you can.

Poland Springs Plunge at Great Adventure is also a Hydro-flume

Great White's tunnel, right after the first drop (before lift) where it turns around to get to the lift hill.

Awesome setup. I had one of the kits when I was younger but it was too complicated for me at the time (I was around 7 or 8). I can't find the complete set though or else I would build it now since I at least hope I could figure it out now.

I don't like the commericals. Previews are bad enough. I mean, you are already sitting there for around 10 minutes watching previews and movies are so expensive to see and then you have to watch commercials as well? I try to get to the movie as late as possible (I never see movies when they first open so it's never a big problem about a show selling out), so I can miss the commercials.

If it's like the exit at WDW, the car basically makes a turn (a large U turn sort of) that is in almost total darkness and a few seconds later, you are back in the loading area.

My spring break is March 4th to March 12th. I might go to Atlantic City, for a few days but I'm not sure yet. I hate having spring break when it's still winter and cold out and no parks are open (in my area).

http://www.putfile.com/johnychen Serpent and some other Astroworld POV's

I like the ride but I think it's too short of a ride and you go through the ride so fast it's hard to see much (like at the beginning when you pass by the viking boats). I also don't like how they have that film at the end of the ride. You have to wait until the film is over to get into the room and while you are waiting, the waiting area for the film gets very crowded and cramped. They should provide an alternate exit since when the doors open to the theater, 90%+ of the people just walk through to the exit and don't watch the film anyway,

I don't think it will hurt them. It seemed like there were so few amounts of free express passes to begin with anyway (when I was there, all the free passes were gone by 10 a.m. except for Terminator).

Great pictures, that kiddie observation tower looked cool. Sesame Place has a very similar climbing mountain that was still there as of a few years ago (last time I was there).

Schlotsky's, I was only their once (some place in GA on the way to WDW) since they don't have them in my area but the sandwich was good, better than Quizno's