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YAY I'm starting my trip report! lol This one will be really short since it was my first day there and I literally slept about two hours before leaving so I slept most of the way there. My flight was freaking early in the morning so I had to leave even earlier (flight was at 6:40AM, left the house about 5:10AM finished packing about 3AM lol) and I'm definitely the type of person that can and will fall asleep anywhere so most of the flight time was spent sleeping. After arriving, a friend picked me up and we headed off to my hotel to check in. After that it was my first trip to Cici's Pizza and to hang out at her apartment for a bit with some other friends. I ended the night with a trip over to the Kirkman Ale House. I love me some Ale House and with that it was off to sleep to be up at the a$$ crack of dawn to catch my bus to Busch the next morning... er later that morning! Bottoms up! mmmm my second Sam Adams Cherry Wheat beer and a Jolly rancher shot. YAY that's me from Phoenix! YAY Airport monorail! YAY land! (Hey, I'm bad at geography AND took these pictures every few hours after I would wake up for a bit lol) a body of water YAY! some mountains with no snow... some snow on some mountains...

I like Kennywood, it's where I rode my first spinning coaster, EVER, and the flats they have there are awesome (including Autorace, the cars that just took off out of the station that was built in 1930) and they have a decent coaster selection.

I like the left a little more, it's more 'widescreen" and unsquished pictures would look cool, The right side looks a little too small.

Dude, Awesome TR! I haven't been to SFDK since 2001 and the only credit I actually have from CGA is Stealth lol. Definitely hoping to make it up later this year though.

I'm definitely in between what has been posted recently, but I don't blame a whole "stereotype" for that, just the individual(s). I've been exposed to a wide array of people at a younger age; 17 while working at Cedar Point first time out of the house, and out of the closet. Actually being in an environment that lets seeing all types of people in various stages of their life, has definitely opened my eyes and mind about people. I've always been open, but that experience has let me met some of the most interesting people I've ever met (not unlike TPR really) and to expect the unexpected of people. I do find some of the really femme guys to be bothersome sometimes, and I also think the guys who try to hard to be "straight acting" can be annoying at times too. Either way it won't stop me from at least giving a quick chat to try and see the real them, and sometimes it's not far off, but sometimes it is. Just one of the fun things in life that everyone deals with no matter what sexuality you are. As to what type I date, it all depends on the guy, his personality, and if we click, any takers lol? At least a like of coasters and Disney isn't a bad thing. With myself, I never really tried to fit in anywhere but where I was comfortable, so I'm not too fem and not too butch and don't try to go either way. I'm just me and that definitely has it's moments on both sides of the spectrum. I've actually had people forget that I'm gay, so when I say some random comment about a guy they look confused for a second. And if all that was too long, I'm gay, everyone annoys me equally, I'm weird, and single lol.

I'm glad you were there to know exactly what happened. There were a lot of things that went wrong for the accident to happen, and it could have been a LOT worse if it wasn't for some of the quick thinking crew. That's all I'm going to say about that that. I will say that I think the rain policy is quite ridiculous.

Jahan, You'll make the ladies (and some men ) swoon with the stubble, that or flag security at an airport. Awesome TR so far and I'm glad you liked Cedar Point. I know it's not the best (I don't like Millennium Force actually, it bores me aside from the first drop), but it's definitely my home away from home.

Dude, awesome TR! I was actually at the parks the week before so I missed seeing Block Party Bash at Hollwood Studios (but I've see in it more then enough times at DCA) and this brought back some awesome memories (including the food, Mmmmm) *off to work on my TR*

Living in Southern California and having visited the Gold Coast parks, I say you can skip KBF and it looks like you're already skipping Universal. Stick with Disney and SFMM. What you're missing at KBF coaster wise is bigger or better at SFMM and the flats are not that different then what Dreamworld has.

http://www.irfanview.com/ is great and free.

This is amazing so far Yohan, Awesome job and I really can't wait for the end. i takes me back to the awesome time I had on Spain (also doing a really late TR of it lol)

I'M ALIVE! But sadly now my vacation is over That does mean I get to edit all my pictures down and post them (including a few videos) Stay tuned cause I'm lazy and have to start back at work tomorrow lol.

^ Funny enough Patrick did mention you would be the only one actually registered to know him when I told him I was putting his picture on the internet lol. ^^ I'm pretty sure it's under Bravo's exit Stairs (the middle shaft) it's actually really hard to see unless you have some sort of light source (such as a really bright flash and people to scare when it goes off lol) to shine on it. It's half hiding behind some boxes so be on the look out. Thanks for the kind words! Like I said, I really liked how these shots came out. I'll be back sometime after WCB to finish off this part of the year.

So As I'm packing to head off to Florida (SQUEEEEEE!!!!!!!!) I decided to put up some of my pics I took while at Disneyland yesterday (and some fillers from previous trips lol I didn't take nearly as many as I should have!). The goal of the trip was just to ride the favorites and to compare my favorites from Disneyland to their counterparts found at Walt Disney World, cause I'm definitely a dork like that. I'm also the kind of Disney Dork that is much more into the "behind the scenes" stuff of How they did that more then the "magic" of the place, so I'm looking for differences in lighting, efects, general silliness, and where that little extra it of pixie dust landed. (was that corny enough, can you pay me my $50 now Disney?) Anyway, I leave for Florida in a few hours so this will be it for a quite a few days as I don't have a lovely little laptop to take around with me (yet). Hope you enjoy and I'll see some of you at WCB!! Goodnight dead body hiding under Tower of Terror's stairs freaking me out everytme I walk by you. Goodbye tiny Castle Bye Adventureland There are actual boobies in that mural (not pictured) Time to leave, but not before one last ride on Indy! Since Fantasmic wasn't playing, you could take night rides on the Mark Twain It seemed really dark in the park. (look at me, I'm a regular Dr. Suess) Haunted Mansion looks so plain without all the hallow-ristmas decorations Fun with photoshop and of course the night shots! I sat behind the hot teacher/ advisor Get soaked on Splash Mountain! That msut mean one thing, and one thing only... oooo the lights came on Back to DL Trash talking Dumpster: The Ride! I'm thrown for a loop *rimjob*...er....*rimshot* POVEEEEEEEEEEEEE POV and Construction shot all in one, damn I'm good. Building the permanent Churro carts Yes, I admit it, I watched the little High School Musical 2 parade like show single float thingie they had. mostly cause they cast hot guys for their singers (hey guy on the left) and I like the music. Indiana Jones is by far my favorite ride in existence! This is also an acceptable wait time Dream Suite my butt. It was a gorgeous day out! A welcome change from the stormy weather that past week I count three attractions in a row from here, will it be the same at WDW? I have to smell better then that guy in the middle I took a shower why won't anyone ride with me? This is an acceptable wait time for Space Mountain YAY the castle didn't blow away with the last storm This is one of my favorite pictures, EVAR! The drive down to my friend's was beautiful!

I see Disneyland refrences already! I can't wait for the rest of this TR!

^Hands Down EGF is what MF should have been! Thanks for actually posting the big update, it really feels like some great closure to the trip and I know the other two trips will feel the same as all this slowly rolls over their trip (mid-west I'm talking to you!)

Thanks for the kind words everyone! I'm really excited for the rest of the stuff I have planned. I definitely got that vibe from the place. I'm excited to see the difference between here and Florida (same as with the Disney parks!) and it was my first time in the arctic exhibit so I had no idea what to expect really, I think they did a good job giving the animals a place to live (you know, for not being in the wild anymore) Oops, missed a decimal, and most of these captions just seemed to write themselves when i was taking the pictures lol! I loved the Commerson's Dolphin, they are one the smallest dolphins so I eventually plan to steal one of these and a sea otter for my pool. Hmmm those ducks have seem to gone rogue then. better warn those cats of yours. I knew there was at least one person who would like that. yeah, we walked over to that area and saw all the soaked people and decided against it. I figure my friend and I both got our passes so when it warms up we could go back to ride if we really needed to ride it.

-Last row on Raptor -I'm definitely wierd in that I like the last row on Mantis the most -Iron Dragon isn't smooth, but the first and last cars will be your best bet, they both have different "high Swing" points during the ride, but it's not many. -Front seat, back seat, or 52 (back of the fifth car) for MF -The only seat I ride on mean Streak is the front seat, always smeed the smoothest to me -13 already mentioned for Magnum -Front row or last car on Blue Streak -Surprisingly, the smoothest seat on Corscrew is the very last row. if you want the big airtime go for the first car as that first bunny hop and the hill after the loop give some pretty intense airtime in the front

I've already been to Six Flags Magic Mountain and Sea World San Diego. The next two weeks will add Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Busch Gardens Africa, Sea World Orlando, Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney's Animal Kingdom. The only other park that will definitely be hit is Knott's Berry Farm. Anything other then that is either in planning or hasn't been planned yet.

^Knott's was always the exception for that rule.

Last of the pictures for Sea World San Diego. Park-wise, the next two weeks have me visiting Disneyland, Sea World Orlando, Busch Gardens (Africa/ Tampa Bay/ Dark Continent), Walt Disney World and Six Flags Magic Mountain for West Coast Bash . It's my first visit to those three Florida parks so expect literally hundreds of pics in the next few weeks! Shamu Rocks is definitely a must see show if you happen to be at Sea World. The Show's finale with two of the Orca's back flipping out of the water I really liked the show and would to see it again! I'm pretty sure this was during "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez The screens also spun. I was definitely more mesmerized by the screens then the Whales, but both definitely got their dues in this show. The show was really fun! Basically it was the Whales performing their "behaviors" set to music from around the world. VERY colorful and none of the sappiness that is sure to come from the daytimeshow "Believe". The big screen is actually made up of four different high def monitors that could move around independently The amazing screens and yet anothe rof the orca's swimming aorund We then went in to find our seats at about 6:30. the Soak Zone was pretty empty lol You can see someof the Orca's in the bottom right of the tank. Patrick aso had a dipped chocolate chip cookie The best pic of Ulises I got My friend patrick was hungry so after that chocolate thing he had earlier, he then had a choclate eclair while taking a look at Ulises, one of the Orca's, in the tank behind the stadium. It's finally dark outside YAY! Free beer! of course it was a busch product so *blech* We went back to JtA to kill some time until Shamu Rocks and I got a bit more wet then last time. Dolphin show set called "Discovery Cove" Silly Rainbow Fish they were all. "if we don't move he might not see us." Lick Me I'm telling you, the lack of landscaping really hurts the park. Fake Palm Trees Haven't ridden it yet as it was way too cold, but I got my pass and it will warm up. Th epiano has the runs as it kept squirting people. You can also see the turtle tank right next to the ride just to the right of center of the picture They have the Sea Turtles in two tanks that the ride runs right through Shipwreck rapids has these really really good water canons (the kind bystanders pay $25 to blow a load in your face) so it was a definite skip this time around OOO make me the sydney opera house! "Screw them come hang out with us, we don't bite." jooooiiiinnn uuusssssss I sssseeeee yoooouuuu I can not help but think of the Little Mermaid instead they look like this *blech* I wish eels really were that cute My name's not Steve, please don't kill me Eel on Eel action! My biggest complaint for the park was the lack of landscaping. I'm so disapointed with the park (yes, that was sarcasm) This guy totally posed all nonchalant for me

2 of 3 WHhat are you looking at? Dave Thomas is practicing with ducks on this poor unsuspecting Flamingo for his world takeover If I could do that I would never leave the house Pink Flamingos (highly disturbing movie...) Clyde and Sam show up late. The pre-show Mime Clyde and Seymour's set for their show "risky Rescue" This one looked dead. This guy got up but the one in the bak was all "F' it" These guys would rather nap Feeding time for the Sea Lions and Seals I dubbed this "too much f***ing chocolate" I dubbed these "Corkscrew flowers" more pretty! ooo pretty! Hello San Diego! It's much easy to tell in Humans. most of the time... People feeding tube for the Sharks Sharks! I "count" one penguin in this picture If i knew these guyswere outside i wouldn't have spent so much time trying to get that many pictures inside, it really stunk in there. I'll be there next week!! You are here HR Puffin stuff Happy 25th anniversary Penguin Encounter! It's kinda like Happy Feet Hi Jahan! Bears always seem to be attracted to me. The Beluga's from below the water level Those don't look like Polar bears to me... hmmmm... what are these? Left hand Polar bear? "Heading South" is that like going down? The walruses from below the water level Walrus

Sea World San Diego 02-18-2008 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) Disneyland 02-25-2008 Getting to Florida 02-27-2008 Busch Gardens Africa 02-28-2008 (Part 1, Part 2) Sea World Orlando 02-29-2008 Universal Studios Florida and Islands of Adventure 03-01-2008 Sea World Orlando Part 2 03-02-2008 Walt Disney World: Epcot 03-03-2008 (Part 1, Part 2) Hollywood Studios and Downtown Disney Part 1 03-04-2008 (Part 1, Part 2) Magic Kingdom 03-05-2008 (Part 1, Part 2) Animal Kingdom and Downtown Disney Part 2 03-05-2008 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) Las Vegas 06-25-2008 Castle Park 07-25-2008 Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights 10-03-2008 I have a lot of fun things planned for the next few weeks so why not do PTR for all of them since I love taking pictures and showing them off (mucho praise please lol) Anyway, To start it off was a trip down to Sea World San Diego to get my Platinum Pass. The last time I went to Sea World was before Wild Arctic opened, so I had a lot of fun new things to epxolre and remember. the pictures really speak for them selves so I'll just get to the 108 I'm posting. As always I hate using flash on a camera, as it washes out a lot of color, and I don't have a tripod, nor want to carry one, so some of the darker pictures are a little blurry and I apologize. ooo what's in there? bear in a bucket Three of them in this pic Beluga Whales! Not Shamu but still awesomely large. Right hand blue! Lafet foot red! Right foot blue. Next up was, also new to me, Wild Arctic! not too bad, we sat in the back and didn't get too wet. Tee hee The dolphin wants a kiss. awwwwww Surprise-spalsh-that's-not-really-a-surprise-cause-it's-right-behind-the-station. Our chariots await. left foot blue It's kinda like DDR, or Twister The underwhelming station which can load three boats at a time. *insert another "busy park" joke here* Reverse 69? You're doing it wrong. *insert busy day joke here* cool little waterfall that went right into a vent in the ground Enough pictures, let's ride! *Splash* *Littel kid runs away before she can get wet* lol *Spalsh* *little kids run away before they can get wet* Dolphins pretending to be Shamu! Atlantian symbol? Can you spot the speaker in this picture? It had semi-decent theming for having to deal with Donna Fry "How wet will I get?" not the best ride ever, and I couldn't undertsand one word that was said before or in the elevator, but it was definitely still a fun ride. ooo it almost looks like a complete building from here. *shudder* the Observation tower, Didn't go on it this time around as the friend I was with didn't want to pay $3 for oneride. And it was such a beautiful day we decided to go cool off over at Journey to Atlantis. Otter-ball awwwww. I want one for my pool. Quick stop to the outside kiosks to get my pass "processed" and it's off to the Sea Otters! Random Bridge for those bridge enthusiasts. I have no idea about it, but is pretty. After about two hours of sleep, it was off to San Diego! For those of you who live in Southern California and had to deal with the construction of the 91/215/60 overpasses they're finally OPEN!

^I swear to you I read that as flesh pass!

I know there's a long line, but will you marry me!?