Sir Clinksalot

I dunno, the Paradise Pier attraction queues are pretty bad. I still think the best queues in DCA are Grizzly, Bugs (duh), Muppets (duh again) and SSL. The rest are just kind of bleh ... and not Disney standard IMO.

Superman: The Escape Can only get about 1/2 way up and only lasts about 20 seconds ...

Awesome Trip Report. Sounds like you had a totally awesome time. 9 1/2 hours at SFMM. That's gotta be some kind of record. Gregg "we were out of there by 11:30" C.

I think the best coaster songs aren't necessarily your favorite songs. But just songs that fit well with the segment or the age group you are trying to appeal to. Some I have been thinking about: For a "Clones of Six Flags" segment: I think I'm a clone now - Weird Al For a "SFMM" segment: Highway to Hell - AC/DC (could work for a SFMM and Knott's segment)

Thanks for the advice everyone. As of right now it's looking as if I won't be able to get there. The night I was planning on going is our scheduled "Fancy Schmancy" dinner with my whole department with our department head. Hopefully it will be a different night, if not I can't chance being late to that. Gregg "Stupid work for ruining my plans during a business trip" C.

HOLY CRAP ... I'm so out of it. It was indeed Colossus that I last rode though, not Revolution. Although Colossus was rather crappy.

Has anybody else in the LA area checked out the "New" 93.1. For those of you unfamiliar with the pathetic radio station in LA consider yourself lucky. Not only did we have 2 Classic Rock stations, they both pretty much sucked. Although Arrow (The old 93.1 station was better than KLOS IMO). Our "Modern" rock station KROQ should be renamed KRAP. Our Hip-Hop stations are annoying. About the only good thing on the FM dial has been KLSX, but with Stern leaving next year I'm sure that will be crap. Anyway, it's an all new format that basically plays anything and everything, and it's all good. In the past week I have heard everything from Aerosmith to Madonna to AC/DC to No Doubt to Flock of Seagulls to The Mars Volta to Run DMC. It's a really different mix of music, but strangely enough I REALLY like it. One of their tag-lines is "It's like your Ipod, on random" and it really is. If you are in LA definately check it out. 93.1 has moved from #4 on my radio pre-sets to #2 behind 97.1. It may move to that spot soon.

The Who - Pinball Wizard

Revolution at SFMM ...

LOL!! Well, my belly is significantly smaller these days. Still not "small", just "smaller". Gregg "Hoping to lose another 10 lbs before WaterPark season" C.

Over the weekend: Robots: It was cute. Not as good as the Incredibles or Shrek 2, but WAY better than A Sharks Tale Wimbledon: Sure it was predictable, but it was still good. Kirsten Dunst is way hot. I Heart Huckabees: I couldn't get into it, lasted about 30 minutes.

I remember we went looking for the park when we got Married in Vegas. We were at the MGM, and still couldn't find the damn place. It was pathetic. Gregg "Wanted to get the "Credits" even though at the time didn't know what "Credits" were. " C.

It's scheduled to reopen on July 15. It's the same layout, although it's all new. New Track, new Queue, new platform, new effects, etc. I for one am glad that they didn't go with the DLRP style ride. The old layout was fun, not too extreme. I think I saw somewhere that the height requirement went from 40" to 44". I wouldn't be surprised to see Big Thunder follow suit.

For those of you who don't feel like signing up: I think it's idiotic that Six Flags is going to have this opportunity with 2 MAJOR sports venues less than 5 square miles away from the park. A Super Bowl coming on 2011. Any improvements made to the park over the next 6 years can be made up with 1 full football season and 1 super bowl week. Easily. SFOT, IMO is in a perfect geographical area. Moreso than Disneyland and a hell of alot more than SFMM.

It's so hard to think of my favorites, there are so many great ones: Arcade: Ghost's n' Goblins Galaga Ms. Pac Man Donkey Kong Pac Man Tron Star Wars Dragon's Lair Asteroids Tempest Q*Bert Berzerk Centipede Street Fighter II Police Trainer Daytona USA Console: Mike Tyson's Punch Out Super Mario 1,2,3 Castlevania 1,2 Excitebike Zelda Super Mario World Final Fantasy III (the best one of the series IMO) Super Star Wars Super Empire Strikes Back Super Return of the Jedi Donkey Kong Country Street Fighter II Tecmo Bowl Tecmo Super Bowl Mario Party Tony Hawk Series Super Monkey Ball 1,2 Cool Spot PC Command and Conquer Heroes of Might and Magic RCT 1 and 2 Monkey Island Series I'm sure there ALOT more I can't think of right now ..

Why does Soarin' close if it's raining??? That doesn't make any sense ...

^ No!! If I do Wild Adventures it will be before Kristi get's there. If we do Dollywood it would be on Friday if I can get out of the Friday conference stuff, which is a possibility right now. If I can't get out of it then it's just SFOT on Saturday and no Dollywood. Gregg " Maybe getting some "Solo" Credits" C.

Okay, so I have the Tuesday of my business trip to GA open next month. Since I am pretty sure I'm going to rent my own car I was thinking of maybe taking a day trip to Wild Adventures. This will all have to be done in a day. From Atlanta to Wild Adventures and back to Atlanta. I was thinking of leaving at 6am, get to Wild Adventures at 10am. 10 - 2 at the park and then 4 hours back to Atlanta. Is this doable? Is this advisable? Gregg "Who wishes that SFOG or even Dollywood were open on that Tuesday" C.

Sure the schedule we did was hectic, but you have an extra day in there. It's totally doable. I mean, if you want to get the most out of your trip sometimes you have to be hectic. Heck, when I go to Atlanta next month I'm probably doing some insane 1 day drives. Atlanta to Wild Adventures back to Atlanta on the same day. Atlanta to Dollywood back to Atlanta on the same day.

This actually sounds cool to me ... I swear, at this rate I'm going to have 5 versions of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Indiana Jones before all is said and done.

I thought about that after I posted ... I'm surrounded by SmartAsses!!! Gregg "It takes one to know one" C.

Took this on Saturday ... good shot of Jaws ...

^ Don't do that ... Just learn and move on. Nobody asked you to leave. Gregg "Your post was already an improvement ... " C.

I actually liked Flashback when it first opened. I think the ride can be made good again, especially with the nice new B&M restraints that they use for their hyper-trains. I don't think it will be back at SFMM anytime soon, if ever. But, if they aren't going to use it, tear it down, expand HH and let some other park have it. Same goes for Greezed' Lightning up at SFMW. Put it somewhere for God's sake!!!

So what CD's are on heavy rotation on your personal radio station? This week in my CD case: Rush: Moving Pictures Genesis: Genesis Harry Connick Jr: Songs I heard Green Day: American Idiot Slipknot: Iowa Depeche Mode: Violator The Choir: Wide Eyed Wonder U2: How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Jars of Clay: Much Afraid Barry White: Greatest Hits Burning for Buddy: A Tribute to the Music of Buddy Rich Soundtrack: O Brother Where Art Thou Lisa Loeb: Tails The Strokes: Is this it? The Cure: Wish White Zombie: La Sexorcisto - Devil Music Vol. I "Weird Al" Yankovic: Poodle Hat Frank Sinatra: Sinatra at the Sands with Count Basie I basically listen to music 8 hours a day when I am not teaching a class ... like this week.