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Nope. Do you believe that the game THIS OR THAT is pretty much the same thing as the game would you rather?

Proslide Tornado Top Thrill Dragster or Kingda Ka?

Green Lantern gets stuck on the block brake for a while because the ride runs 5 trains and the car on the block brake can't leave until they dispatch the train in the station. Anyways, it sounded like you had a really good day @ SFMM.

I saw a bear today.

Such a shame about Shock. It looks like a really good coaster. Anyways, Rainbow Magicland looks really good. Keep up the good work.

Green Lantern @ SFMM on Thursday Night.

OMG!!! I got on Green Lantern today and it is SO GOOD!!!!! And from what I heard from one of the employees, they are planning on putting in a single riders line to allow groups of three to go since they won't load a car without 4 people, and looking in the line for single riders would be too hard. And like everyone else said, you don't even remember the ride had armguards once the ride starts.

NO!!!!!!!! The first three were really good, but I just can't see a fourth movie being made without totally killing the trilogy. It ended too good with the 3rd one.

All right. Since the Northeast Trip is only a month away and I still haven't finished my Middle America Photo TR, I had to fix that. Luckily, there's only one more update left to post. And that would be Valleyfair. While it was sad that this was the last day and all, man was it a great way to end the trip. This day included lots of great ERT, lots of great rides, lots of great food, lots of great people, and of course, Mike singing Bohemian Rhapsody was awesome. Aww. It's our last park of the TPR Middle America Trip. =( But luckily, we ended at a pretty kickass park known as Valleyfair. In typical TPR Tradition, we have started the day with ERT on Wild Thing. Yup. This is how ERT should be. Wild Thing ERT Craziness. It was pretty much just like Mamba and Steel Force. Yeah, all Morgan Hypers are pretty much the same. Now I've completed the standard Morgan Hyper Collection. Ok, I still need Steel Dragon in Japan, but I'm unfortunately not going to make it to Japan anytime soon, so it'll just stay with the American Trio for a while. (I envy everyone on the TPR Japan Trip.) Ok, Wild Thing ERT is over. Time to go and get the credits. First up, High Roller. High Roller was a very bizzare ride. It felt like it had potential to be decent, but was raped by a set of super harsh trims on the first turnaround. All right. Up next, Mad Mouse. While the ride itself was decent, A very special moment has occured on the Arrow Wild Mouse. Ash got his #100th Credit!!!! "Hey, at least my 100th wasn't a Boomerang." OMFG!!! Who's idea was it to ride this and why the hell did I join them!!!? I've said it before and I'll say it again. These rides are the product of the Devil himself. We decided to take a day ride on Renegade in case it blew up and Night ERT got cancelled. Renegade is still a very good woodie and definetly my 2nd Favortite GCI after Prowler. All right. Now it's time to take a ride on Excalibur, AKA "Frankenstein the ride." "IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!" Seriously though, Excalibur was a very bizzare and f*cked up coaster. I don't even know if I consider it to be a good coaster or a bad coaster. As for good coasters, it's time for us to head to Steel Venom. Yup, it was another really fun ride. But unlike V2 @ SFGAm, the holding brake was actually working on Steel Venom. Steel Venom Twistiness. "Check me out. I got my 100th credit today. Arn't I special?" Dude, they still have their Chaos here at Valleyfair. This place just got even better. Wild Thing VS Steel Venom. FIGHT!!!!!!! All right. Time to get the final credit needed here. Credit #220. To my suprise, this was actually a really smooth Arrow Corkscrew. Verical Loop on the Corkscrew. Hmm. This looks quite similar to another park I've been to. Yet another fake helix of death. All right. Now that we got all the credits out of the way, we can relax and enjoy the park. But first, lunch. This band was actually pretty good and managed to play some hits such as Smooth Criminal, and of course, Renegade. Valleyfair actually decided to do something different and serve us a Tex Mesh rather than typical burgers and stuff. It was really good, I just wish it wasn't so windy since it blew my plate around. (Luckily, all the food was off.) And then we had the Pointless Awards Ceremony. Oh yeah. And as a suprise, Valleyfair gave us on ride photo magnests of us on Wild Thing during our morning ERT. First off, thank you Valleyfair. You guys are awesome. Second off, why do Laura and I look like we're getting tazered in our onride photo? All right. Now onto our Backstage Tour. Wheels. It had to be wheels. "I knew we've only been together for a few minutes, but will you marry me?" Who let Domo in here? Wild Thing from the backstage tour. And now, get ready to see a bunch of cool kickass backstage Renegade shots. Here's the common backstage shot. It's a common shot and appears on Valleyfair brochures and on their website. But you can't get it unless you're on a backstage tour. Yeah, this isn't a shot you see very often. Check me out and my badass wood. Oh come on, my wood is too badass. Mike, that's badass wood right there. What you were holding in your hands there is nothing but crap. Another cool first drop angle. Yes, there's actually airtime right there. Renegade Goodness. "Ha Ha! Look at those losers on the other side of the gate. Must take photo of losers." I decided to go and check out their Screaming Swing. Yeah, that was awesome. Xtreme Swing from the earlier backstage tour. We made a deal and promised that Neil would ride the Tilt a Whirl if Jackie would then ride the rapids. Thankfully, they both agreed. Dude, I don't even care if Jackie does the rapids. Neil on the Tilt a Whirl was the funniest things I've ever heard in a theme park. People in our group wanted to get their Mild Thing credit. However, it was another children only kiddie coaster where you could only get the credit if you went to Valleyfair as a child. *Puppy Dog Face* Aww. But we need the credit. Pretty pretty please!!! =( You people are truly sad and pathetic. I can not hide my feelings anymore. I love you Brian. While it was cool to see Jackie on the rapids, I'd much rather see Neil on the Tilt a Whirl again. Oh yeah. Valleyfair will be getting a Planet Snoopy in 2011. (Well, it is 2011, so they now have it.) At this point, I decided to just head into the parking lot get parking lot shots until the bus comes to take us to dinner. Ooh. Artsy Shot. I keep expecting the train to come and hit me in this shot due to Mamba's Headchopper Helix. Steel Venom Parking Lot Shots. I really like this shot. There's just something about it that I really like. Yeah. That holding brake is definetly awesome. "Umm, Samantha? Is everything all right? I mean, it's only an Impulse Coaster. It can't be that bad." Wild Thing Shadow Shot. Good bye Valleyfair. See you later tonight for Renegade ERT. In the mean time, it's time for dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. Cheers, to a kick ass trip and a kick ass finale of kick ass Renegade. Looks like Martin is winning in Trivia again. Michael's going for the Buffalo Wild Wings Challenge. Can he do it? Yup, he did it. And while he looks like the Joker here, he still has more balls than I ever will for doing it. Night falls and we head back to Valleyfair. One last Wild Thing ride at night before it happens. RENEGADE ERT!!!!!!! Renegade ERT kicked major ass. It was simply f*cking amazing. There was screaming, cheering, excitement, hand slapping, and everyone was having a ball. Themeparkreview, Incrediblecoasters, the owners of Valleyfair, and even the park security joined in the fun. While I'm still depressed that the trip is over, I'm glad it at least went out with a bang. Words can not explain how amazing this trip was. So to make it even more amazing, Mike Austin sung Bohemiam Rhapsody by Queen to make one of the most epic moments in human history. Reliving all these memories from the Middle America Trip is really making me excited for the Northeast Trip next month. Hope you enjoyed the Photo TR>

X2 @ SFMM on Thursday Night.

There is an exception to every rule in the world, including this rule about there being an exception to every rule in the world.

Canobie Lake Park looks like a really nice park. Looking foreword to visiting it next month on the Northeast Trip.

Mount Olympus. The employees aren't very friendly nor fast, the park is too cheap to get more than 1 train for any of their coasters, the rides didn't feel like they were maintained well as Zeus was sh*t and Hades seemed like it had much better days, and nobody at the park tried to speed things up by not taking 5 minutes to dispatch a train when crowds started coming in.

I envy you all so much. This trip looks amazing. Can't wait to see more of it.

Xcelerator this evening.

Yesterday, they were doing a pull through for Green Lantern. Hopefully this means that they will start testing the ride very soon.

It is.

In other news with Green Lantern, they put the Green Lantern Symbol on the ride. It definitely makes the ride look more complete. This is now up on the ride.

My interest in roller coasters has introduced me to cliff jumping, and bungee jumping. I'm hoping to try skydiving soon as well.

Why do people feel the need to always end a post or message with "Sent from my Iphone/Ipad"? Does your Iphone have any magic powers that made the message so special that they feel the need to tell everyone where they sent it from? I don't get it. Sent from my Imac.

Good tasting cookie with terrible fortune. It's not like your fortune actually comes true. Would you rather have no arms or no legs?

They have one in Camarillo, and it's awesome. However, I'm guessing that Camarillo would be too far for it to be a food truck replacement. Anyways, I'm definitely hoping I can make it to whatever ends up replacing the Food Truck Festival.

Land Down Under - Men at Work

Nice Photo TR. You pretty much summed the park perfectly. I'm definitely looking foreword to going back there this summer.

Roadrunner Express @ SFMM this afternoon. Cha Ching!