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That is too funny. I can't believe Peter Pan's wait is that long! NEXT! LOL. Definitely check out Mickey's Philharmagic! It is awesome! Ride Space Mountain also, I think that is going into rehab, if it isn't already.

THAT, was really cool! What a difference even ten years made! I have only been to HersheyPark once so far, so I do not know the entire layout by heart like some (as a matter of fact, I was quite confused the looking at the map the first time out). I really enjoy looking at parks I have been to back in the day! Thank you so much for sharing that!

Great report! Looks like you are all having LOTS of fun! I am a sucker for these shots! Keep em coming!

It may not be rust, but it still looks awful! I really hope they spice it up with a slightly less putrid shade of brown. That was definitely an easy mistake to make. I remembered about the color, and I almost thought that it was rusting too.

Great Report! That was so different. It was awesome seeing the park in a different light. My faves are def the second and third pics!

Thanks! Oh I know. Although, my drive will be considerably longer! lol. (I'm coming from NY) The second I pass the FL border, I know the anticipation will be building up the entire way to Orlando! Silly, but it does. And of course it has to be such a LOOOONG state! Great Adventure is great. There are just so many good rides there. I cannot wait to get back there myself. My HersheyPark update will probably be awhile. I just want to know, because remember, I really do not have much in the way of pics of the park. Most of it is the Zoo park. I want to know before I post, who wants all the animal pics? EDIT: Went to Great Adventure on Friday. I just have to say, like ALL THE FLATS ARE GONE! There really isn't much left as far as "adult" flats. I guess they didn't get much love... So my trip report should hopefully follow prior to my leaving next Wednesday.

OMG... I just saw this. How on earth did I not see what was going on this weekend!? (Too involved with PTR's on my own thread? lol) Wow. But I suppose it is good they are changing it now, then to have the ride already open, then say - OH, this doesn't work, let's fix it"! I get there in the afternoon on July 2nd. I think I may take a run over there when I get there just to check it out. If they do have the opening on July 3rd, I am still trying to debate whether or not I should go that day. Too crowded or pics of the (hopeful) opening? My gut is telling me to go for something different, but I am thinking my family may not approve of the insanity though. I guess worst case scenario I run over to IOA, like originally planned? IDK... Lena "KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED" Messana

Matt, more great reports! I am at work now, and cannot wait to watch the videos when I get home. Also, thank you for the seat status on those coasters. Hopefully I remember it when I get there. Only three more weeks until I am in Orlando! I totally can't wait! My SR class went to Disney for our trip! I do not hear of that very often anymore. I have actually been hearing of some really cheesy SR trips lately. It is good to know that some schools do not try to cheat you out of the hard work you guys did. (Plus, don't we have to pay for it anyhow? lol)

Oh yes, military has some nice discounts this year! This looks like your basic condo type of place. I never stay on site. I ususally rent a villa for a week somewhere close. The thing is, you have all the luxuries of home. Usually it includes, besides the rooms, a full kitchen (although from what I am reading, may not), and washer/dryer, two bathrooms (depending on how many bedrooms it has). Of course you bring your own toiletries. There may be the normal complimentary stuff, but how big is that really? I say relax, and enjoy! You may never want to go to a normal hotel again! I know I don't! Best place to check up on this place is Trip Advisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g34515-d488025-Reviews-Wyndham_Bonnet_Creek_Resort-Orlando_Florida.html Just do not always believe the bad when reading stuff here. Some people get mad about stupid stuff, and make a big fuss for nothing.

Nice old shots! I love seeing stuff like that! Is this Medusa a mirror image of the one in SFGA? I notice the drop is backwards, but you mention it has the only sea serpent element... so I was wondering if it was the same thing.

I think I posted on a spam post (prior to seeing this thread). It never occured to me that there is spam in here. You know how you get people in here that just post the wrong thing in the wrong place? Sorry... I was actually hoping to push it to the top so it got seen, and either moved or locked though.

Part II Next day we stayed by the pool to try and catch some sun. There were showers on and off the entire time we were there Tried to get close to the geckos Even the signage is colorful! Another cloudy day I love the feeling I get when we are about to enter THEME PARKS Today let's start here I just was taking pics of various things Went to see Shrek for the first time Some of these posters were hysterical MY FIRST VIEW OF HOLLYWOOD RIP RIDE ROCKIT STUFF And if this clarifies the question in the HRRR topic...yes, there will be country to choose from I took these while on the Twister Queue I still love the tracter in the wall Before I knew this view would change Inside twister Amity Simpsons...we opted out, and to wait for the kids MIB Back over to IOA. When I think of music from the park, this is the music that I remember first. The JP music...chills ... I know they don't (or maybe they do), but I feel like they moved the dinos closer to the deconstruction before they took down the dragons does anyone ever show the garage? Hotel in the airport Great, more rain Jet Blue names their planes. I never knew that. I learned alot on this trip New York In the plane I can't wait for my trip this summer!!! Looking at these pics leaves me with great anticipation!

OK... ONE more. I have to end this weekend with a Florida update! This was my first trip to Orlando since 2005. We were supposed to go as a family, but something happened where we ended up cancelling. Then last minute, my husband and I decided to get away for our first solo trip somewhere. I felt bad dumping the kids on others, as we went to Florida, but hey, we deserve it. And I have to say, I wish they were there. My pictures suffered without my enthusiastic children. Also, I was devastated. You see, our flight was delayed until about 11pm from a 7pm flight, due to delays from a storm three days prior. We got in really late, and by the time I went to sleep, it was about 3am. Of course, I wake up at 7 in the morning. So I figured let my hubby sleep. I went off to use my (then only 8 months old) new camera... Nikon D40x - in the hotel room. You know, different angles of stuff, try to mess around without the flash. Needless to say, I got some bathroom pics, put the camera on the toilet, and it somehow slipped off and fell on the hard tile floor. IT WOULD NOT WORK! Thank goodness I am a prepared camper, and had my Kodak Z610, but still, all those non flash pics I wanted, I wasn't getting this trip. So these pics are really of me messing around with no flash. I am sorry if they seem kind of boring! Also, it was my first glimpse of what was to come... WWoHP, and HRRR! Not that HRRR had really been built yet, but they had already sectioned stuff off from the original Twister queue, and there were posters everywhere. Upon going, I was really uneasy about picking a hotel. We normally stay at a villa or some type of hotel that has a kitchen. This was my first time in over ten years picking an actual hotel. They all had some bad reviews. So I picked the Ramada Plaza on W. Irlo Bronson. It was by the Highway, and on the other side of the highway, was a jail! What the heck, right? Aside from the delayed flight, and the dropping of the camera, the hotel check in was amazing. No more than 7 minutes and we had our key and all! Pretty good service if you ask me! Our Alamo rental was a Pontiac G6. IHOP was just under the overpass, McDonalds just down the road (you could see it if on the corner) Breakfast was good, so we decided to eat here two out of three days I tried to remember to get different views of things, although it is quite hard when you are physically there. The colors of this THEME PARK are amazing... and not just because it was for the Spiderman ride No Flash I cannot wait! Bye!!! Just some deconstruction pics Finally got to see this attraction One day...

Fright Fest, 10/27/07 My last SFGA Photo trip report...I never made it back last year, and the only time I was able to go this year, was a day that called for rain. I was nervous that they would close the park if attendance was low like some have complained, so I opted out. This last day was for Fright Fest 2007. We didn't stay at night, because by the time we were ready to leave, the crowds had started to venture in, and we couldn't even walk! My husband just will not stand for huge crowds. (Yes, so we plan to go to Orlando the July 4th week this year...lol) Anyhow, enough of my babbling, on to my rainy trip report. First, most of us by the fountain Our Batman rain gear Waiting the rain out, at Sponge Bob... Went to eat... another kinda had to be there thing...but my daughter fell... the floor was so slippery one could sue this park and own it all... My sister and daughter LOVE this ride... Can you guess what song was playing? First ride: El Toro. Funny that El Toro is my favorite ride in the park, and it has the same height for the first drop more or less than my least favorite ride. (Nitro, if any of you have questioned it still) Our "theme" for this picture was supposed to be "act scared"... but not everyone accomplished this. There are six of us in this pic. It was raining, so I put a clear plastic bag over my camera, and was still taking pics with bag, without UH OH, I guess the fix was an Epic Fail Creepy Ronald McDonald looking clown...over a kiddie ride! looked cool I think this was to take a pic of the...theming?? lol Maybe for the colors... The sign was..funny (For Kingda Ka) Some help from an albino stranger... NO no no no no! Running away from BEES!!! In October! Of course, as we left around 3, the skies cleared up! Verrazano Narrows as dusk approaches. This is almost it for my PTR's. We went to Hershey in August 2008, and spent a few days in Orlando July 2008. Both do not have many pics. But of course I will post them soon.

I definitely cannot say I like head banging. It had been so long since I rode Cyclone, I just had to. The Cyclone was really just rough that first drop for me, and banging my leg something awful didn't help at all, then tame the rest of the way around. It just felt like at every up was a pause, like...let's go already! I am so used to El Toro, spoiled at that!! Oh yes, I did mistake the cars. I had both, and included one for some reason, never really checking it out. I am glad I got the cars for Chiller though since it no longer exists! Some of that stuff in the junkyard is cool. Last time I was there though, I really cannot remember if they still had one. We were kind of rushing around to do the coasters really. I had two days. As of my last trip, I was not a coaster person... so I wanted to make sure I did them. Next time I will pay attention though, because we have 8 full days. Now, it is really early and I am awake, so I will post another update, since it is complete already. So sad that I am rushing through this, hopefully everyone gets to see it! This one will have two SFGA days. The first one is short. The second LONG... enjoy! I know we did! We took a short side trip to SFGA to run on a few rides...(Aug 2007) LMAO My son tried... It is not as easy with a point and shoot...I wish I had my Nikon here... Yeah, it was a short day. This day was way too hot to be hanging out in lines, even non existant ones.

LOL. That is so funny, but definitely made my day! See, missing the nutcracker one was a good thing for me! YAY!

Thanks Pacfanlv! I didn't even think of that... My kids are growing up in these reports. LOL. That is pretty cool. My daughter is now 16...and my son is 14. Time has sure flown by pretty quickly! Teacups Make Me Sick, (cute name btw!!) This is true. I can take loads and loads of pics, and never stop! I've got lots of GB of memory cards to back me up! (And a laptop to dump it out into!! LOL) Sad that some of the rides do not last. That one was definitely a fun one! Big Mike...thank you for your support! Next up is Coney Island. It has been ages since I have been here, and we wanted to go on whatever we liked, before they decided to get rid of it all, and of course, ride the Cyclone. It ended up staying yet another year after this too. On the train... The Cyclone I remember when the P.O.P. bracelets were like $11.99 I just started to take random pics... hopefully I caught a good bunch of it... I do not care what park this ride is in...no way... Ha ha...this ride is..um... funny. I didn't know exactly what they would be taking away.... So as we walked, I snapped Bump her!! We had to... even though it is sucky! Can ya tell?? IMO, one of the greatest rides there...I always loved this ride And of course, we have to ride the Cyclone... I got smashed in the side of my knee going down...OMG that hurt! Did you know that it is considered "a park"?

Big Mike, nah, it is not that I'm unhappy, just that the force of that drop (still) gets me. I was just sitting back relaxing, if you will... I will still go on it everytime...front, back, whatever. I am kind of hoping KK will be like El toro, where you do not feel the drop. Nope, lots of people reading, no one really replying. That is ok... I do not reply on all the PTR's I read. I do try, but it depends if I am at work or not, or how busy I am. I feel so repetitive sometimes! LOL. I love all trip reports with lots of pictures! Thank you themeparkguy27. I do have some more waiting to be posted. I can do another one tonite because it is now on the next page! I feel bad because I do have lots of pics to share, but not everyone has a fast running PC. So you guys aren't even getting the half of it! But since you don't know my family, I try not to be overbearing with the people pics. Some are just so funny though....

I actually have almost all my PTR's ready to put up now... so I will try and space them out. This is the last one for today. Hopefully it ends up on a different page then the last one. Hopefully there will be a few more posts in between this and the next. Now we are in 2007. We went to Great Adventure a few times, and also hit up Coney Island, and the Statue of Liberty. I know the statue is not a theme/adventure park, but I will include it because it is what I did on my vacation if anyone wants me to. I also have pics from the Intrepid (2006), the day before it went into rehab, if anyone is interested in pics from that. We went with a bunch of friends. First ride was Nitro...and you will have to wait to see if I went on or not!! (insert suspensful music here... dun dun duuuunnnn) We went on the roaring rapids. This is everyone's wet sides. Bugs decided to get fresh this time... I must not take pictures with bats... Will this change help? Not me!! ok, so my family has banned me from this ride due to the forces that throw you around and bang you up. I bruise very easy, so they will not allow it. Am I missing anything?? I'd love to have my zoom lens for shots like this, but I will not bring my good camera to this park Road Runner with the Cyote! (The Road Runner would be me - Meep Meep!) I love this shot Monkey see, monkey do Look, it was a point and shoot Kodak! I cannot explain this. It just happened. I do not know the name of this ride... Swings from side to side... and spins? My son getting mad that he was not winning... But learned that if you keep at something long enough, you will prevail! El Toro train... I didn't go on this today. My stomach wasn't up for the probable way it felt at 200 ft high. And yes, I went on Nitro. First row too. I am not scared of the first row, I was scared, if you will, at the way the drop feels. I still don't like it. I wonder if my face looks like that all the time...lol

Very cute song. It works! After all this hype, there is no way for me to chicken out. I hopefully will be good. I am sure you will capture every second of it on film though! I know my friends and family are all going to be! lol

Hmm, what is next? Still 2006. This is actually the last update from 2006 because the weather was bad, and my son got sick. We were supposed to go to fright fest in both Maryland and NJ, but never made it to either due to that streak of "bad luck". It was hot, we all look like crap... Nope not yet... maybe next year... And there they go... again... Here they come! The Great Scream Machine. Now, I have always wondered, maybe sonmeone can help. Why do they name coasters that are NOT clones, the same name? Family in the train There is the bull Big turtle Yeah, that was it for this time around. It was really hot, and I think by this time we had been here enough to be tired of pics. Next up - 2007. Will Lena ride Nitro? Tune in soon to find out!

Thank you Movieguy. That is definitely a compliment! I just love taking them so much, that it inspires me to keep at it. Especially with my new camera. Big Mike... My camera shall be at your beck and call on our SFGA trip. I will send the pics to you ASAP!! Do not let me forget to get your address before we part, unless you want a zillion and one emails. I tend to over do it. I know it has been a bit since my last, um... update. I cannot really remember where I left off, other than I was doing the Six Flags trips. I started it at work, and forgot it. Today I am home not feeling well, and I feel dizzy thinking about the pics, but it has been awhile, and if I am to post my current trip when it happens, I need to get a move on! May 2006: fountain pic We decided to break tradition today (Nitro as first ride) and run over so we can check out the Bull, but it wasn't open yet. They decided that the line for Kingda Ka wasn't too bad, so they went to ride that. Remember folks, I haven't been on KK yet. First time is expected to be in August with Big Mike! So the tigers are on the way.... My sister, daughter & brother ^I waited with them in queue as far as I was allowed to go. This was back when they needed "tickets" to ride Then I went around to take some pics while I waited for them to finish up. Some El Toro shots prior to its opening: This sure looks different from the pics I took last year! Now, it is off to Nitro. Have I gotten over the bug that wouldn't let me ride? No, not yet. Soon though. That is my family over there! lol. Hey Bugs! We were an uneven bunch, so my daughter went alone... Crappy map picture. I have the huge park map from back then too. It is just way too big to scan. June 2006: Yes guys, It is tradition... My brothers and son (who is not 14 and WILL NOT BUDGE... he won't ride a coaster bigger than Skull Mountain!!!!). Parade. I have never seen one of these at a Six Flags Park Ice down his back... RUN DANNY!!! El Toro is now operational! UM...NO THANKS. This line was really long. We will wait. Over to Rolling Thunder One gives it a thumbs up, the other looks like he has a headache! Then they ride the swings... (note to self, must get better flats pics next trip) As of this day in 2006, I still had not been on Nitro!

Funny I should come up on this topic today. I do not normally scroll through the random boards, but the Twilight topic got me for a moment. Anyway - I live in Queens, NY. The prices went up to almost $4, and I think even hitting that in the highest grade before dropping. Then, they went down to $1.89 last year for regular. Now, this week, I noticed the prices were $2.69! The same price as the price listed in the first post of this topic. Felt the need to share it... so how long will it take before the prices get out of control again, or are they just spiking it for the upcoming vacationers?

Ok, with the first glimpse at New Moon, I must bring this topic back up. First off, because I was one who didn't jump on the bandwagon to rush and read the books, or see the movie. This past month, I finally got around to it. I started Twilight, and in under a week, I had all four books finished. It is captivating. I didn't mind the sometimes weak dialogue, because I knew that this is a book written for young adults. This is not written as an adult book. You can normally find it in the Teen section of your local bookstore. (Just so all of you who are complaining about that shotty dialogue etc, know why it is like that). I did see the movie first. To me, they did not take away anything of importance to make the first movie. I understood immediately the connection they had. Not from hearing about it either. Upon reading the books, of course it was more in depth, it is a book! The differences really were so minor, like where Bella saw Jake for the first time in Forks, or how you didn't know until the end of the book that the "bad" vamps were in town...there were only subtle hints that if you didn't see the movie, you may not have picked up on. For those that were expecting more, I also think that it was a little, slow. Maybe that is not the right word. But this was more of an explanation. The second movie should be much better. Lots more action! Now, on to the New Moon trailer. I thought it was good, up until they showed Jake's wolf. And the poster with Edward and Jake blocking Bella... Jake is supposed to be getting HUGE! He is smaller than Edwared, and I think that by this point he should be the same size, or bigger. Maybe I should read it again...but in any case, his wolf was too CGI, and too small!!! And already, there was a difference in how they came to get Laurent in the meadow. They could have left that alone I think... I will wait for the movie and see, but I am already slightly annoyed with the CGI... What does anyone else think?

^Um... ok. Guess I had to watch it to get it. I forgot it was on, turned it on midway, and once the preview of New Moon came on, I turned it off. Wolves, very upsetting. (Must search for Twilight topic) Back to HP now, the detail on these buildings are wicked! I am so psyched to see this complete. I thought I was excited for HRRR.... There is so much to look at in this park, and not just ride. I really shouldn't be all to surprised by the detail I guess, considering all the other areas are heavily themed. IMO, this will be a great addition to the THEME PARK, for fans, and non fans. I agree, maybe this will make a non fan become a fan. I think the movies are getting kind of eh myself, and I like the first few movies. I have yet to read the books. The last one, I completely just don't like. I am hoping for a new found liking for the next movie.