Meteornotes

That happened one summer when I worked at Hersheypark. The whole park lost power for about six hours. No one was injured, and it was more annoying than anything constantly having people ask when the power would come back on... dt

Life Of Brian is the best. And Fawlty Towers is the funniest TV show ever! I still need to get that DVD set... dt

I like floorless coasters, but they don't offer the OMFG experience that some inverted coasters do in comparison... dt

Mahavishnu is indeed godly. If you like that, check out some other '70's fusion stuff, like Return To Forever, or the solo works of Al DiMeola or Jean Luc Ponty. For more current stuff, it's hard to beat Planet X or Derek Sherinian (he records under both titles). dt

There's going to be a Jaws 30th Anniversary DVD this June, according to the news over at The Digital Bits... dt

^When we were in Orlando a few weeks ago, I forced Mary to watch that "Top 7" show, which we decided should be re-named "Top 7 Ways You Want To Stun Gun Krista!" Man, she is annoying!!! dt

Wow, when I was there a couple of weeks ago, it was easily the busiest I've ever seen the place. Can't imagine how annoying it would have been to be there now. Let me second the recommendation for staying at places around the lake. I've stayed at the Boardwalk and just stayed at the Dolphin, and really like staying in that area. Besides easy transportation, the whole boardwalk area is a cool place to walk around and there are decent places to eat. Of the two, I preferred the Boardwalk, but both were nice places to stay... dt

Bizarre that I never saw any sort of "transferring" page, but everything seems cool here. Does seem a bit faster too! dt

OK, both shows last night kicked ass! Especially the second one, where the brothers raced to the finish line! Plus, the two words that always equal quality entertainment: GIANT AARDVARK!!! I still can't believe for as much as they screw up, those old people manage to stay in the race... dt

I think that BGW is among the most overrated parks ever. Sure, it's a nice clean park and all, but there is not a lot to do there, and the coasterse are all "ok" at best. Alpenbrake is one of the worst inverteds ever, and Apollo's isn't exactly exciting either. And the food is VASTLY overrated! It is only SLIGHTLY better than anything you'd get at your average park. I will never understand the fuss over it. Anyway, if you like to walk around and look at scenic views and flowers and such, it's a nice park, but for riding, I find it lacking. I haven't been there since 1999, and am in no hurry to go back. PKD, while it's not the park it used to be, is still a pretty good park. Lots of fun rides, the operations are pretty good, and they have a decent water park (stay away from the enclosed slide of death!). They are currently re-tracking Grizzly and that will be closed until sometime in May, but everything else is supposed to be up and running. I've found that the wood coasters at PKD run much better earlier in the year, so now is a good time to visit. For riding, I'd really recommend PKD over BGW... dt

SF parks pretty much win this award. I've had some "amazing" experiences at SFMM and SFWOA, but for the money, you can't go wrong with some of the stuff I've seen at SFA. Once, we approaced a cart that sells drinks/hot dogs. There were two employees behind the cart, one talking on a cell phone, and the other eating a hot dog. We ask for bottles of water, the one on the cell phone ignores us, the one eating holds up her hand as if to say "I'm busy stuffing my face now, you'll have to wait!". We eventually got our water... There's a restaurant in the park that serves, among other things, chicken dinners. The only thing is, SFA apparently thinks that one jumbo sized pack of chicken from the local grocery store each day is plenty, as this place always runs out of chicken! One time we're in the place, and of course people are asking for chicken and they're out, and one of the employees behind the counter yells "We're out of chicken! The next person that asks for it is getting kicked in the ass!" Nice... I've seen some disturbing bathrooms here too, like the one that was flooded by a broken toilet, and three employees, including a manager, just sort of stood outside of it and watched the big puddle of water, as if they'd never seen anything like that before. Oh, and this is also the place where I saw Robb's camera get stomped on by a ride op. What a park! dt

I have the same name as the guy that runs Burger King or something like that... dt

The train ride at Knoebel's. It's long, it's pitch black at night, and you get to see rodents eating corn! dt

Anyone that was at the first Solace knows how amazing Ghostrider was in the rain. Some of the best coaster rides I've ever had... dt

That Call Of Cthulhu United Offensive cover OWNS!!! I would so like to play that game... Dave "proud owner of a Miskatonic University shirt" Thomas

Chaos or a Frisbee. I'm looking forward to trying some new and interesting flatrides in Europe... dt

My first coaster and first new credit of the year was Silver Bullet at Knotts. I've already gotten four new credits this year, which is three more than I got all of last year... Dave "closing in on 300" Thomas

Nope, not my finger. I need them for grabbing things and tossing them and other tasks. Of course, it could be the dead DT's finger. But if that's the case, they really missed out on an amazing marketing opportunity. They could have held a "Find The Founder's Finger" contest, and the person that found it in some Wendy's food could have been elegabled for valuble cash and prizes. Just another reason why big companies should really contact me for really unique marketing ideas... dt

I thought you could now get a choice of human fingers, fries, or a selection of rabid bugs as you side choice... Dave "I may have misheard the commercial, though" Thomas

That second pic should be captioned "The park now offers an "ACerSized" portion on their lunch menu." Dave "never tires of ACE jokes" Thomas

Space Mountain at WDW. Dave "I want to go back to FL" Thomas

Wow, that sounds amazingly cool. I haven't listened to the radio (other than Stern) on a regular basis since KNAC went off the air. Radio has been a joke for years now. Be nice if there was something on the dial besides Top 40, Rap and Spanish programming. We lost two "rock" stations here in our area recently, so it would be cool if someone around here would adopt this new format... dt

Crystal Method - Legion Of Boom dt

Well, Robb, I recognize all those games. Of course, I'm old and remember playing those in the arcade, and I was in that basement more than once... My favorite games include: PC - Total Annihilation, Half Life (both versions), Doom, Quake, Warzone 2100, Diablo games, Warcraft/Starcraft, Mechwarrior games, all the old Infocom stuff Console - Katamari Damacy (I bought a PS2 just to play this), Mario Party, Sonic games, NFL 2k, Soul Calibur...probably more, but can't think of any at the moment... Arcade - MARBLE MADNESS (I still want one of these machines), Gauntlet, Tempest, Defender, Galaga, and pretty much any pinball machine dt

Is there some technology out there that could make the last two Star Wars movies not suck?!? Dave "not really looking forward to the last one" Thomas