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And I thought I got screwed by the weather in Charlotte when I went to Carowinds at the beginning of the month. That sucks man.

Thanks! Rye Playland and Lake Compounce used to have ones too. Not sure why we have so many, but I'm not complaining! At least the midwest has that awesome indoor wipeout at Worlds of Fun. As one who has operated Valleyfair's Scrambler, I too wish more scramblers were enclosed. The ride's shade structure is a mesh canopy on a stick. Does so little against sun or rain that it might as well not be there. But yes, Cyclone Sams is awesome.

Still not working as of last Tuesday. Or today.

Around.

Pepperoni.

If I was a conspiracy theorist of an enthusiast, I'd say there's something intriguing about Valleyfair first getting Carowinds' ex-GM and then getting CGA's. On a more personal note, I'm going to miss Brad. He was always willing to talk whenever we saw each other on the midways.

Nevermore.

^Bill, I don't know who buys more stuff on eBay: you or Weird Al Yankovic.

I bought one of those car vent phone holders. $15. Took it out of the box to test it and the damn thing won't hold my phone secure when I'm holding the apparatus in my hand. It's getting returned and the search begins for a better one.

Hallows.

I don't know what I'm more excited about this thing: taking pictures of it from every angle, or eventually riding it myself. Why does airfare to Canada have to be so expensive?

I saw Mission Impossible: Fallout today as well. As an action movie, I thought it was incredibly enjoyable. As a Mission Impossible film, it was slightly lackluster as I feel it lacked the signature setpiece. The helicopter chase climax was great and all, but it was no suspended on a wire from the first, the Burj Khalifa from 4, or the plane takeoff from 5. But overall, I greatly enjoyed it and am excited for the next installment in the series. Also, to the person that brought a yapping emotional support chihuahua to the theater:

All I ask for is the chance to prove that money won't make me happy.

They're waiting on a part according to the rumor I heard.

Maybe a racing water coaster?

When I was there last week, I walked onto Vortex front row. I think i was the only one on the train. It was bad, but not as bad as Iron Wolf was. Carolina Goldrusher was running rougher than Vortex that night. I'm genuinely curious as to how much of a difference the floorless train would make. It'll be interesting to see what (if anything) the park does with it.

Was the cellphone policy the same on Steel Vengeance during ERT as it is during the day, or were you able to work with the park to allow some other arrangement? But otherwise, glad you had fun! Looking forward to the full report in that thread.

Six Flags Fiesta Texas removed their chute the chutes for a Raptor. From what I've heard, Six Flags Over Georgia's has been SBNO for most of the year. Fewer water rides will mean more people will go into the water park.

^It was my first time at the park and I just got back from the trip. Park closed early the past 2 days because of severe inclement weather. The forecast made me think that I would have very little time to ride everything I wanted to at the park over 2 and a half days. So yeah, I had to leave, but once I got on most everything, I had to go back to Fury. I'm glad the last ride I got at the park on this trip was on Fury.

Fury 325.

Fury 325

After my flight was delayed 2 hours, I arrived at the park around 7:30. Rain and other bad weather had driven everyone else out so that most everything was a walk-on or a cycle wait. Scorecard: Intimidator 2x Fury 2x Drop Tower 1x Carolina Cyclone 1x Vortex 1x Carolina Goldrusher 1x Flying Cobras 1x Boo Blasters 1x Afterburn 2x Nighthawk 1x Intimidator 1x Fury 3x Rather impressive for only 2.5 hours.

Fury 325. Second to back row. Last dispatch of the night.

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