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Well of course its stolen, its eBaumsworld!

Great PTR Erik, I kept seeing you at Solace, but due to my shy behavior i didn't bother you. One thing about this TR, you kept saying "yeah" too often... Other then that, good job!

O yeah, I remember Dan telling me something about that. Thanks for clearing that up.

Today, instead of watching the Super Bowl, I went to Magic Mountain with my friend Billy! It was a good day. Pretty much hit everything that was open. Even got on some stuff thats usually SBNO, including FreeFall, Spin Out, Orient, and even, get this, Sky Tower. *SHOCK* Alright, got there little after opening. We shot straight for X through Revo's exit. I swear, it has to be one of the best shortcuts ever. I find it kinda odd though, because I remember Jon used to say that If an op would ever see you go through, they would turn you around. But thats never happened to me. Heck, a security guy walked right passed us while we were jetting through today. Oh well. So we get in a near empty X, and boy did it fill up quickly! We got up to here, little did we now there was a HUGE crowd behind us, it was almost out to the entrance when we got off. Thank you Revo's exit! Now obligatory gearbox shot. If only I could hop on over there and get an X road wheel for myself. A man can dream... The third train still sitting underneath Viper. Fifteen to thirty minutes later we got off. X seems a little smoother, yet alas, she gave me a headache. Still glad to have her back though. After X Billy and I walked on over to an *open* Goliath. I have reason to believe that while Goliath was down, It had it's chain replaced. For underneath the brake run, there are two giant blue dumpsters. Whats in the dumpsters? An oily black chain. But before we hit Goliath, we followed up on something I mentioned in last month's PTR. Anyone remember the marked trees? Well they're gone. Only the stumps remain. Another angle of the remains. Goliath was empty, we got about 2 or 3 rides on it without leaving the station! Great as usual. Still one of my favourite coasters. Also, a little off subject, But I didn't know how to fit it in above. Under X there was a piece of track, I'd say its Goliath's, but you never know. And there it is. Close up of the lonely track. So back on subject! We left Goliath and hit GoldRusher! Just like Goliath, it was empty and we got a hand full of rides in one sitting. Curvy bit of JetStream from Goldy. Bet you've never seen the top of GoldRusher's lift from this angle on film. This shot was somehow timed almost perfectly. Just look at Riddler's and Batman's lifts! Left GoldRusher and went to Psyclone to pay our final respects. Sadly, you will never see a train pass here again, EVER. I like this shot. Too bad Its being taken out... Insert Psyclone removal caption here. We decided we had enough of Psyclone shots for now and Billy hit Déjà. I still had a bit of a headache, so I sat out and took some pics. Déjà's vert loop. Another angle of it. Anyone ever think Déjà's cobra looks weird? Going up the second tower. Billys on there somewhere. Wow, I just noticed how long this PTR is. If your still reading and looking, I thank ye. But it isn't over yet... So Billy wanted to go check if the Sky Tower was open, so up the hill we went. Going up, there are alot of orange spray painted markings. Most are small little circles. I didn't take any pics of them, but Billy has plenty pics of the dots. We got up to the top, and surprisingly, Sky Tower was open! But then again, you would already know that if you read the opening paragraph.... Shots from the Tower! Viper in the Batwing and X on the lift. Déjà and Psyclone. Ninja's layout. Did you know that the Tower can hold up to 300 peeps? I wonder where this hunk-o-steel is being moved. I caught S:TE during short shot. Later when Bill and I rode it, it short shot again after we got off. One of these days we'll finally ride S:TE when it breaks. A man can dream... The manual was just sitting there. Now you too can learn how to operate Sky Tower's elevator! Going down. Back on land and we noticed something. Whats this? Billy staring at the mysterious message An explanation to Ninja's mysterious downtime. We walked a couple steps over to Orient, got some nice shots from it. Yay we're in! Did you know Orient is Austrian? We couldn't believe how well this timed out! Tatsu's trim. Is this thing ever on? If it is I've never noticed it. Yay Revolution! So after riding it down, we re-rode it back up. Don't ask... Billy is back with his girl, Mega Footer got all pissed. But the heart wants what it wants. Down to Superman we went, and Billy noticed something. What the heck? Whats a Dra? And why is it laughing? Superman was empty, we rode it possibly 5 or 6 times. A line started to form and we couldn't stay in the station for re-rides anymore, So we exited and went all the way back through the queue. I was fine with it, but guess what? It short shot! They did the whole "Superman is experiencing minor technical difficulties, we don't know how long it will take. You can stay if you want or exit through the entrance where you came. You can also exit through the door to the left" One of these days it'll happen to me... We decided to leave the queue after about 5 or 10 minutes of nothing. Didn't hear him cycle for a while afterwards. After the little S:TE incident I noticed my camera was almost out of memory. So I left it alone for the rest of the day, hence why I'm stopping the PTR now. I really thank you reading and looking at this. I would've loved to put some more, but its long enough as it is. 'Till next time, -JD

I too noticed the trees, If its ok with Robb heres the link to my PTR on RCPro from today, http://www.rollercoasterpro.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4999 I call new Intamin for '08!

Update: Spin Out is no longer SBNO. I rode it today (1-21-07). Still a fun ride.

My bro is playing GH2 in the next room over, Its such a great game.

Chic 'n' Stu -System of a Down

Now they just need to get to FlashBack

http://www.rideaccidents.com/2002.html#mar6a Heres some info on it.

^They are Psyclone's trains. The normal trains cant be used backwards for some odd reason.

I have not been Estopped on a coaster, But i did get Estopped on Tidal Wave at SFMM! The Boat they sent before us was empty and stalled in the turn around, They saw it was stuck and Estopped us (the next boat) on the lift, We werent able to ride again because they closed it down afterwards...

I was there sunday. Didnt see you guys. O well.

XII, thats exactly what it was, thanks for the info guys

i was at the Orange County Fair the other day and there was a coaster, i think it was called the "HiMiler", ive been trying to find out stuff about it but im coming out with squat, does anyone have any info? link http://ocfair.com/2006/video/index.asp on the second vid called "Fair Video" you can see it on one of the dips about a minute in

nice PTR, im really liking the behind the scenes action

and if you do go to SFFT watch the show "Xcelleration" its freakin awesome!

so back on topic, go to SFFT, more to do

all i did was ask him to shut up cause he was down talking a great coaster and flames are not allowed on RCPro! your probably glad im leaving for vacation tomorrow

sometimes it gets annoying when a good coaster gets down talked over, and over, and over like SB or rattler, i set off like a bomb when i get pissed off or annoyed and take it out on whoever is nearby sorry

^^just stfu Three i enjoyed every single coaster at SFFT, most coasters people down talk i enjoy infact theres only 1 coaster i dislike, and thats the ever crappy psyclone, S:KC was awesome boomerang was the least painful boomerang ive ridden so far the only thing i found wrong with poltergiest was the paint rattler gave a nice "out of control" fealing road runner was nice and Der Rollschuhcoaster got me another credit

^rattler actually became my favorite woodie, you just gotta know how to ride rough woodies

^dont forget rattler! and if polty is open and you do rid eit, go for the back row, its more intense and offers a more out of control fealing, if you ride polty in the front, then its less intense and you notice how badly she needs a paint job

poltergiest was open when i went, i went on June 28th pic taken 6/28/06

and if you go to Seaworld when the park opens remember that the coasters open an hour later