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Well...Cedair Fair one-upped Six Flags again! Ranging Wolf Bobs is the new Chiller! -Dainan "That's a cool picture" Rafferty

Today was it's last day! But -Dainan "Quickest video I ever made!" Rafferty

Well...what did you guys have last year? Last year we had a Flitzer (Indy-500) and a Power Surge instead of the Wild Mouse and Zipper. -Dainan "And we didn't have Storm" Rafferty

Thanks! I orginally typed Afterburner but I thought I was wrong...so I changed it. I probably should of changed it! And the Wild Mouse is with Reithoffer, so it will be there! -Dainan "Nothing will beet the harrasment so whatch out!" Rafferty

So I got a call from my friend Karen asking if we should hang out Friday. And I just said, "Dude, we should totally go to the Carnival!" We just did the same rides over and over so I'll just give a discription of each! Rock N Roll Fun House A carnie yelled at us because we were playing in the barrel and when we went on the moving floor, he turned it off, and he kept watching us the whole time with an evil eye...so yeah, NOT FUN! Wild Mouse So before November I've never been on a Spinning Mouse, and now in June I rode my 4th! It was a Zamperla Twister (very similar to a Revechon Crazy Mouse), we were suprised. The Wild Mouse part of it, was really tamed and it was also very smooth until the ending. Overall, it was good...but I preffer the Flitzer they had last year. Ferris Wheel It was creaking, making cracking noises and I was able to see some loose panels...yea, no more thank you. Zipper Need I say more? Speed This ride made me very nervous before riding. Speed is made by KMG and it's a Skyscraper ride, and it was the only ride in the whole carnival I felt really safe on. It was really fun, and the view was spectacular. We rode it 3 times. It was much better at night. Wild Claw It looks like a Huss Revolution...exactly, but I later found out that this is a KMG Freek Out. Anyway, it's fun. So much better than a Huss Giant Frisbee. That's right, I said it! *MUST READ* The Extra Incestfull Carnie Encounter So Karen and I took an other ride on the Zipper, and some Carnie came up to us and was trying to give me a dart, and I just kept telling him to leave. Then he offered it to Karen and she walked away and said, "Cool, free dart!" and the guy said to "Romeo, don't you want to win your girl a prize?" We looked at each other and laughed and I said, "She's my cousin!" (We aren't really cousins, we just told him that to get off our backs) And he said "Kissing Cousins?" And we just said "NO!" We end up being dragged to his crappy ass game. I'm reluctant and finally I throw the freeking dart and pop the balloon. Then he says, "Come on, see, now play! Don't you want to win your kissin' cousin a prize?" I just got pissed, pulled out my empty wallet and said, "I HAVE NO MONEY!" The guy looks at me and says, "Look, buddy, I'm trying to get you some cheap ***** here! Just play!" I got furious and yelled at him and told him "This isn't West Virginia (I don't meen to offend anyone, it's just what came out)", and then Karen and I just left, and never went over to that part again! Storm It was...spinny...yeah, look at the photos! Pharoah's Fury The people behind us wouldn't shut up! We got no airtime, and they had to stop it MANUALLY! Super Slide Fun and broke my ass. NEXT! Haunted Mansion Crappy, smelly, not dark, nothing worked. Super Himilaya Super fun! Super fast! Super squished nuts! Super Airtime!?!? The Power Outage of Doom So we were in line for the Wild Mouse when all of a suddon we here a weird noise and we looked up and a car was stopped on the MCBR above the station and an empty car was stuck at the top of the lift! The Zipper lost power too, and the Generator Trailer had black smoke spewing out of it and into the Zipper. People were freaking out (on the ground, suprisingly not on the rides). They got power back enough to get the car off the MCBR and then it stopped at the last MCBR, but not even a minute later they got it to the break run where they evacuated the ride, via latter! Later on, every other ride would lose power, but then it'll come back! PHOTOS Here we are at the Carnival of doom and Mall Core Kids! YAY! New credit this year! Here is Karen everyone! Say hi to Karen. Tough break Karen, tough break. We has to look nice for our photo! What what! Me on the lift son! Werd for the gangsta g! Lift hill POV ftw! Karen feels the rath of the mouse! First drop! This is where we smile! The spinning was pretty smooth... Except for this part! I didn't like that part! Our on ride photo! WEEEEEE!!!!!!!! An over view shot of the Wild Mouse The Wild Mouse is a Zamperla Twister coaster. Every fair needs a Ferris Wheel Karen disagrees with me on that! Storm reminded me a little of a Scat on crack mixed with a Break Dance...it made us look stupid. It looks...interesting. Pharaoh's Fury ftw Nevermind, it broke. An other credit, but I had it from last year! Zipper...it was hillarious to see Karen's head smash into the gate. It was even funnier when I told her a company named Chance made it! Aww crap, this is the only picture I got of the Wild Claw...oh well! ENJOY IT! This is the Rock N Roll Funhouse And this is the Carnie Nazi! Who told us to not have fun and keep moving and get out of the barrel...yeah, we loved him! SUPER HIMILAYA GOES WEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD! It's Cassie! Come with us! (And she did) Karen's all "OmFg We HaS 2 g3t oN da Wild MoUseeeEEee!!!!!1111!1!! But we had to be mad gangsta wit Fitty first! So while we were in line to ride the Wild Mouse again, the power generater decided to blow, so the Zipper and the Wild Mouse lost power. and the Zipper had black smoke going into it (with people) Here's the other car stuck on the lift. We stuck around for it to reopen because we had nothing better to do, and we were the first people to get back on it. You always need to have a funnel cake! And a shot of me eating. Isn't that sexy? Night time shot Here is Speed made by KMG! Speed is da bomb! We rode it 3 times. The bad part is, that it's not included with the Wristbands so we spent $60 on it. But it was totally worth it. Karen, Cassie and Me After throwing 36 balls, Karen finally won her fish Speedy. Nothing beets a free souviner! And we stopped in the mall to visit our dear friend Rose! While we were leaving the mall to meet my mom in the car. This kid came behind me and started dancing and was singing "Don't ya wish your girlfriend was hot like me! I will **** you in your @$$ because your gay!" Karen and I just looked at each other and I just flipped off and went to the car. (Keep in mind, these "rocker" kids are hanging out at the mall...and yes I did work at Hot Topic for a while) I turned around again and just said, "By the way! I sold your outfit you jackass!" Ah, only losers hang out at the Staten Island Mall. -Dainan "Scary, but yet entertaining day" Rafferty

You got to know something frirst. (I work in a Zoo BTW), that all the anaimal trade is controlled by the AZA. And almost all of those animals are born in captivity, and for some of them, it's the better than the wild for them. So at the same time, I feel it's wrong, but if you are born in captivity, chances are, you wouldn't survive the wild, so for them, it's the ebst they got. -Dainan "Just found this thread today" Rafferty

This is a sneek peek for the Reithoffer Fair Photo Trip Report! It includes, On-ride photos, a video (not today), an eletric fire, a power outage, a Carnie Nazi, and the scariest encounter with a Carnie with no teeth and a Southern Accent! -Dainan "Stay tuned" Rafferty

^No problem! I thought this came from Lightning Loops. Anyone know for sure? Yes! Lightnin' Loops was relocated. The Lower Level was sent to Frontier City and still operates as Diamond Back. The Top Level was sent to Six Flags America where it operated as Python until 1998. -Dainan "Yup" Rafferty

That's from GASM. In the early 90's all three of GASM's loops got bracing on the loop and supports. Thus getting new track. Voila, you have pieces in the Safari! -Dainan "Now...ask me about Chiller " Rafferty

^That's what we plan to do next year! Our local SF park is Six Flags Great Adventure, but our Season Passes are from Six Flags New England because it's cheaper! But we allready renewed it twice so next year, we actually have to get a new SP. -Dainan "They raised the price when I was there though, $20 more now" Rafferty

Hi Christian! You should see John's other tattoo! I forgot to put this in the TR. An employee at one of the games wanted him to explain all of his tattoos, he got up to the one of the purple rooster and said, "This is my purple headed cock that hangs by my knee!" I got it on film, and all of our faces were priceless! He also has a Zombie Jesus tattoo! -Dainan "I emmidiatly thought of you when I saw it" Rafferty

People Me Anthony Savannah My mom Maggie Carey Krissy Jaye John Kerri Melanie Trip Report: So we arrived at the park at around 12. It took forever to get in, but we finally did. Everyboday wanted to go to Hurricane Harbor [first, so John, Anthony and I seperated to ride coasters. We first went to Mind Eraser....I don't know why either. Well, we got the only two rows empty. I got the last row by myself, and John and Anthony sat in front of me! Well...owe! That thing is so rough! I like the setting though. I like how the ground is so green and hilly, and how there's water under the first drop, and the station and queue is nice, but the ride itself. Totally sucks! GOD, why the hell does Vekoma still make SLC's? So what did we do, we rode it again! So to get revenge, I made Anthony sit in the last row with me (muwahaha). For some dumb reason, John thought this was the coolest ride he's ever ridden. We then headed over to Renegade Rapids, which would be John's last ride because he's deathly afraid of water! So we had a good ride on Renegade Rapids. It's a lot of fun, and has more to it than the older Rapids. So Anthony and I headed over to Roar which is still our favorite ride in the park. We got the second row the first time. We flew through the course and got great laterals and air! The second time we ran around and got the last row. It was great still. Well, after that I headed over and waited for the front row of Two Face: The Flip Side. It's cool not to face someone, but otherwise, it's like a smoother Inverted Boomerang. The guy next to me asked where I was from and when I told him New York he said, "I got a lot of hoes in New York".......okay... Now to continue. We went over to Wild One to get a back to back ride in the last row, but they stapled me both times! After that Anthony and I waited 10 minutes with this coaster enthusiest Jeff, for the fron row of Joker's Jinx. The ride was fast and smooth, and really intense! I love this so much more than Chiller! After that we headed over to Hurricane Harbor. I spent $34 getting lunch for my brother and sister. TOTALLY NOT WORTH IT! So, Carey, Anthony and I split up in Hurricane Harbor and went on some slide. First we did both sides of Paradise Plunge. Very good with some good air on a water slide! Then we went and waited for Tornado. This was my first ever Proslide Tornado, and it was the first ride in a long time to actually make me nervouse when we were up there. The turn into the drop is verys uspencefull and then the drop comes! I went down backwards with major airtime! We went really high up the funnel (up to the blue which is the square that the water comes out of). I was totally amazed by this. We did it three times that day! I'm not going to get into a whole list because I'm sure no one is actually reading this (if so, feel free to acknowledge it). We did all the slide (except for Hurricane Mountain) and we left the park. Notes -Two train oepration on everything except for Mind Eraser -The Life Gaurds were terrible, sending down empty tubes while people were on the slides (they'd get stuck in the tunnels) -The park ops and service was alot better than last time! -The line of cars was frightening while they had only two booths open. Photos: Welcome to Sux Flags America Yes, sux was not a typo. First ride was Mind Eraser This part hurts! This part hurts! This part hurts! This part hurts! And this part hurts! Yea...just get your credit and leave! Renegade Rapids rocks yo! "Yay! Two Face![/b] It looks like a Vekoma, but it doesn't feel like a Vekoma As Savannah says "Vekoma smooth as glass!" It's an illusion! Every park should have these signs! Hey John! Hey Christian! What's up? Wild One...great comment! Most ghetto Gotham Fields...er...City ever! How'd this get here Ryan? Shower Land! Oh yea, you all wanted to see my in a bathing suit now didn't ya? Savannah and a Corprate Door Way! Savannah, Maggie, and Melanie queuing for Paradise Plunge! Savannah coming down! Carey (not SxyDan), Anthony and Dainan (just not sxy!) Coming down Tornado's drop! Carey, Me, Anthony and Savannah! Like I said! We went up to the blue! Carey and I had to do it again! {Insert Caption Here} -Dainan "Sorry for the lack of photos! Oh well, be greatful you got any!" Rafferty

You should definately go! But if you are there for one day, there is no garuntee that you'll get on ever coaster! -Dainan "I guess I'm lucky that this is my park" Rafferty

Date: June, 7th, 2007 Time: 10:45am-5:45pm People: Me Anthony (my twin brother) Anan (best friend) Dan (nitro17) Mike (sickskillz14) The Report: So we arrived at the park at about 10:45am, to see a packed entrance! Thankfully I had a cupoun for a Free Gold Q-Bot (it's a few years old, but never used). I got it up to 6 people just in case, even though it started with just four of us (Me, Anthony, Anan, and Pebbles). Little did I know I'd need it for six! So we went over and tested the Gold Q-Bot at Skull Mountain. We walked right on and got the 5th car! It was a great ride as usual. After Skully we Flashpassed Batman The Ride. We got the second to last row! It was a great ride as usual! After BTR we headed over to Robin: Chiller. They got rid of the Flashpass, because they are currently building a new Flashpass line! The line was all the way down the ramp, to the entrance of the building, and we waited, seriously, only 20 minutes! Which included miss-alligning one of the trains! It was everyone's first time with the hump (besides me) and it was Pebbles' first time ever on it! We all loved it. Anan and Anthony like the hump better. He said it reminded him of Thunder Dolphin. After Chiller we went on over to Houdini's Great Escape. This is my favorite attraction (non-coaster) at the park. And what a dissapointment. Int he Pre-SHow, the screen didn't work, there was only one candle on on the candelabra! In the main show, only one key showed and the work lights above you were on, and scalfating and caltwaks were visible through most of the show, and it made you sick when it went past! And overall, people don't know when to shut the hell up! We then headed over to Rolling Thunder. They had the right side running so we flashpassed it! Mike was going to meet us at El Toro is 10 minutes, so we went on to kill some time! We go through the bumy and airless ride to get back into the brakes. We sit there. I look over and see them manually releasing lap bars in the station and getting people out and behind the air gates! CRAP! So they do the announcment, yada yada yada! We sat there for at least 10 minutes. Just goofing around and what not. Finally the get us back in. After that ordeal at RT, we met up with Mike (sickskillz14). We all flashpassed El Toro and walked right up to the middle, because that's where Anan wanted to sit! We start out and go up the lift. Up up up, slow down slow down slow down to the point where the lift stops and then it releases. You now creep around the turn really slowly, bulding great suspense for the drop(BTW: This is permanent). Then comes the drop. The rise still runs the same. Maybe .2% slower, nothing noticable. It's still fantastic! After that we headed over to the worst ride of the day! Medusa. That's right, Medusa. It was running so rough today. Me and Mike couldn't beliebe how rough it was. It was rougher than an SLC and those rock hard restraints don't help much. This ride is getting old and needs a refurb STAT! After that we tried to use the vending machines to get Power Aid, but that was a failure. So we met up with Dan (nitro17) and we all went on Saw Mill Log Flume. We got an acceptable amount of water! After that we headed over and Flashed Ka and headed over to The Great American Scream Machine. Anan decided that he didn't want to ride, once he was locked in, so he went bye bye. The ride was okay. The line was no longer than 5 minutes. Anan and Pebbles went to do Spongebob 3D while Dan, Mike, Anthony and I headed over to Kingda Ka. We waited for the front row of CP Beat It. This was the perfect weather for a front row ride on Ka! It was smooth and the ejector was great! After KK we went over to Moma Floras to get a Gyro. Dan and Mike went over to Chiller while the rest of us went on Blackbeards Lost Treasure Train (Pebbles didn't have the credit) and Skull Mountainagain! We then scanned for Nitro while we waited for Mike and Dan. Anan backed out and so did Pebbles because she was feeling a little sick. So the four of us got the last row! Great airtime! Usual Nitro ride! After Nitro we flashed for Congo Rapids. Mike had to go meet back up with his school, so it was back to just 5 of us! We got on Congo and woa! I finally got wet on this thing, and the water falls were off! I got completely pwnd by one wave! It was priceless! When we got to the lift, we saw our friend Walter operating the lift! So we talked to him while our raft kept getting stacked! Then he took out the blow horn to yell something to me, but by that point we were going into the station! With little time to spare we stampeded twords El Toro where we Flashed it, and it said 10 minutes. We didn't really have enough time, so we went over to Rolling Thunder, because now they had the left side running. After some bickering on weather to go on or not, we finally did. It turned out Darkridedan was oeprating. Dan got the front row with some kid, while Anthony and Anan sat behind him. Me and Pabbles got last row. Train checked, all clear, Dispatch! We start to leave the station and then BAM! The train makes a suddon stop, and they keep pushing, and I turn to see there's no train in the breaks! Oh crap, train stuck at the top of the lift! The control panel never indicated a break down so they evacuated the ride! They did our train imediately and about 15 minutes later, the train on the lift! Anan and Anthony decided to go to Skully, and that's when we heard the Flashpass go off for El Toro. We decided to ride being we were no more than 20 feet away from it. So we got in the last car. I sat alone 2nd to last, and Pebbles and Dan sat in front of me! It then turned out that KingdaToro was sitting behind me in a yellow ACE shirt! We rode, the ride is still great! After that I returned the Flashpass and went home! Photos: What you really care about Anan, Pebbles and Anthony I don't like this crowd! This lovely little paper turns into... THIS! Yay!!!!!!! Aww Robin is all alone. Just like at Chiller. Great, an other photo of Chiller! {Insert caption here} Pebbles and Anan in line for Chiller Anthony excited for his first ride with the hump. Well Rolling Thunder broke! Anthony and Pebbles are happy! Dainan and Anan are happy! And itching to get off! AH! Attendant coming back now! MIKE! Welcome to the Photo Trip Report. Now you will have stalkers each time you go to the park! Anan nervouse about his first ride on Toro. Ah, what a lovely train! The airtime never gets old! Back to Front: Pebbles, Anan, Me and Dan on SMLF! Anthony and Mike on SMLF (Mike got super saturated!) DAN!!!!!!!!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!? Double D Blueberry Muffin was on the transfer track all day. The one train on KK I've never ridden. Anthony and Dan in the front row of CP Beat it on lovely Kingda Krap...Ka. Anthony and Dan launching! Return Dainan and Mike launching! Return Dan got this cool shot of us coming back! Dan, Dainan, Anthony, and Mike have a fetish for choking each other Nitro! GOD DAMNIT PEBBLES! STOP BREAKING ROLLING THUNDER! Kingda Toro (in yellow ACE shirt), Dainan, Dan and Pebbles finishing there day on El Toro. -Dainan "What a great day" Rafferty

Nice photos! Believe it or not, I've lived in NYC my whole life, I've been to parks in 3 different countries (USA, Canada and Japan) and have never been to Rye Playland in my life! -Dainan "Great photos" Rafferty

Back in 1998, YES Disney was looking at the area. But no they're not buying. The rumor keeps going even though it's not true. -Dainan "The source of Coney Island and Astroland is right here!" Rafferty

Let them close! After the way the treated me, they can close! I'm greatful that the Cyclone is staying. Nothing else really matters. though there Breakdance is superb! -Dainan "There was a topic on this" Rafferty

^I love your list. But The Coney Island Cyclone was not a Harry Traver Cyclone Triplet. The Cyclone Triplets were: Crystal Beech Cyclone, Palisades Park's Cyclone and Rever Park Cyclone. -Dainan "Sorry...I'm a coaster nazi" Rafferty

Allright, so to do the typing part of this...here it goes. My friend Spike and I went to the park as usual. It was cool. We got to the park at around 6 after tons of traffic and went straight to Skull Mountain first. We waited two trains before getting on. After Skully we headed over to Nitro. We waited 15-20 minutes for the last row. It's nice to see all three trains running. The ride was hauling as usual. After Nitro we headed over to Batman The Ride. It was a two train wait for the last row. The ride was a little rougher today but still not that bad. It was off course intense as ever. After a ride on Batman we went over to Robin: Chiller. We waited 4 trains, but un like the last time I rode, the crew was fantastic. The ride is so smooth now, I can't get over it. After Chiller we headed over to Scream Machine. We walked on to the last row. It was mildly rough. I didn't hold on, and I never banged my head against the OTSR. After that, we moved up one row and went on again. After GASM we headed over to Rinaway Mine Train (Which has a new sign by the way, but I forgot to take a picture of it). The ride was okay...as usual. After RMT we went on Medusa. We waited about 10 minutes and got into the very packed station. We got the last row. It was running good. A little rough but not too bad. After Medusa we headed over to El Toro. We waited not even 2 minutes before entering the station. We went to the back where we ran into Mike, Nick, Brandon, Damon and...oh god they afre going to kill me, I forgot the last kid...sorry. We got on the 2nd to last row (they were waiting for the train next and then after that. Before we got in to our seats we ran into Chris (CoasterFreak on Youtube) and his friend Jared. The ride was different some how but still really good! When we got off we ran into Bernie Williams at the bottom of the stairs. Spike talked to him for a little bit and we ran around to re-ride. We realized the train was stuck at the base of the lift, which was pretty funny, but pissed because I could of been on that train if I waited one more ride. Oh well. We stuck around with Chris and Jared in the station until they made us get on the last train. We reroed 3 times! I love the El Toro staff at night. I'm not saying names, but some people up at Toro are just completely awesome. And they make us have a lot of fun! Agfter that, the park was closed for a wile so we left. Pictures: The "I" in Spriklers looks funny to me. Spike wants to get out of this traffic! Dainan just wants out! Finally here. Panda Express is not yet ready to open, but very close. Sky Ride's line. Spike in line for Nitro Yea... THREE TRAINS! New lockers up at Nitro Every trip to the park needs to include a ride on Batman. You can save a bunch of money on your Season Pass by switching to Geico. CHILLER TIME! How are you doing Batman's old train? The most ghetto Boardwalk ever! First off, there are no boards! What the fizzity up? Kingda Klosed seen from GASM. Does this really need a caption? MOSH PIT! Spike looks a little tired. El Toro night time fantasy! RyanMike (mpr), Jamon, Brandon(kingda ka owns you), and Evan Stuck Toro. Me and Chris. (The funny thing is, we were talking about meeting up one day during the season, and niether of us knew we were going today). Spike and I! Spike and his withsle of death! -Dainan "It was a good day!" Rafferty

These guys were from Long Island, and they're Italian . -Dainan "I'm Italian too" Rafferty

That was really cool! Awesome photos! I would love to do that one day! -Dainan "Too bad I don't roller blade" Rafferty

Coney Island Cyclone, after I got off from work ! -Dainan "Walk-on, front row!" Rafferty

We do that to our Top Spin 2, Breakdance and our now defunct Power Surge here in Astroland (Coney Island). -Dainan "I love watching people on Top Spin while I work" Rafferty

Actually, that teeshirt is part of an attraction teeshirt merchandise line... they still had the Splash Mountain tee as well last week when I was at the park. Not sure if the others are still available...as I didn't check for them. All we saw there was that and on Space Mountain kids-T. And a really amazing Haunted Mandsion Holiday Nightmare hoodie that i regret not buying! -Dianan "I really miss TDL " Rafferty

Great photos. I kind of like the idea of SM not having music! My mom bought this shirt back in November. it was the only shirt with an ttraction on it we were able to find. -Dianan " " Rafferty