CaptainUnknown

They'd charge $300 for a dragster slice today. In a few years with inflation, it'd only go up.

Phoenix at Adventureland Iowa. Park closed earlier than I thought it would, otherwise it would have been Monster with its lights all aglow.

^In your defense, the giraffes are probably more civilized than many New Jersians.

We had to put our cat to sleep tonight. I was the last thing she saw. I was wearing a Pirates of the Caribbean shirt with the silhouette of a skull on the front and text on the back reading "Dead Men Tell No Tales." RIP Kisses. October 2008-August 26, 2022 1:09 am. We adopted her when she was about 9 months.

Driving into work today, the radio station I was listening to played Falling in Reverse's "Zombified" immediately followed by Bad Wolves' cover of "Zombie." I'd have switched the order around.

Renegade at Valleyfair

If Mind Eraser was on fire, it'd be all over the news with click-baity titles. Best not to get your hopes up.

^Are those mozzarella sticks?

Let's just say I had the kind of day at work where I understand why a former coworker would drink on the job. As I type this, I'm getting fairly familiar with my liquor shelf. Thank god for whiskey.

Don't you just hate it when a package arrives and it looks like it got run over by the FedEx truck that hauled it? A recent order of Funko Pop!s (direct from Funko) I had arrived in such a condition with all 4 items having minor to extreme damage. Shoutout to Rob in Funko support for getting me replacements on the two with severe damage. The replacements arrived today in perfect condition (though the shipping vessel still had some damage that did not affect the figures). Bottom Jaws/Top Snow White were the ones that needed replacement. Top Jaws/Bottom Snow White are the ones that just arrived. Funko let me keep the damaged ones, and I have agreed to give them to out of box collector friends.

Dave was at least 2 GMs and a pandemic ago now, so odds are that whatever conspiracy theory board you have from your conversations is no longer valid. Hell, CGA was primed for a big expansion and instead is on its way to the gallows. Even if there was enough room there, (which I doubt) why would the park sacrifice prime waterpark expansion land for a coaster when there are plenty of other areas in the park that could hold it?

What the actual fuck?

This looks like a decent addition to the park. Is it what I would have added: no. But it looks fun and depending on travel prices and the KC Royals schedule, I might try to make it down to the area over a weekend next year. And then with the new attraction being so close to the Boomerang, that attraction's ridership numbers could increase due to increased traffic in the area. So I'm wondering if the park will get one of the new-gen trains for it. Or is that asking too much? Just because it holds no nostalgia for you, does not mean it pays no tribute to the original ride.

Yeah, Cedar Fair rarely makes all their announcements on the same day. The park's probably just waiting another week or so to announce their new fleet of trash cans.

I half want the park to add one of those SBF spinners just so they can say, "Hey, look: we built a coaster. You can get off our backs now for the next 20 years."

Nothing ruins the end of the week more than realizing it's only Tuesday.

^Is Kings Island really succeeding though? I mean they couldn't even replace their Vekoma flyer with a real giga. /sarcasm

Baseball announcer Vin Scully last week. Olivia Newton-John today.

Nichelle Nichols just died at 89 of heart failure. Godspeed, Lt. Uhura.

The proceeds from first ride auctions usually go to some local charity or other.

MN version is in the middle of the mall and free to enter. People frequently cut through the park to reach the other side of the mall. It also has an optional pay per ride system..This location is tucked into a corner and just implemented the pay per ride idea. So that definitely helps.

I went to a community theatre production of Beauty and the Beast on Friday night while Disneybounding the Beast. I had some great interactions with cast members after the show. I even got to dance with Belle a little bit. I had Gaston put me in a headlock. Poor Beast was one of the many cast members having mic issues all show. I went opening night so I hope they can get it all sorted out.

Fake It by Seether. For whatever reason, for the longest time I thought it was by Avenged Sevenfold and called Hypocrite.

This was dinner Friday night. The one on the left was a pizza with extra layers of cheese and pepperoni. The one on the right was the restaurant's garlic cheese sticks which they bake on their pizza crust.

^As long as it's like the one on Tornado at Bakken, I'd be fine with that.