Coaster Palooza

Monday (8/14) we decided to go to Kennywood. We had to umpire the 5:30 and 8pm games for the PONY World Series, but we figured we could get around 3-4 hours in at the park. Kennywood is awesome! Phantom’s Revenge is a great ride with a ton of airtime. We weren’t able to get on Jackrabbit because of our time, but we did ride the Exterminator, their drop tower, Thunderbolt, and Racer. I can’t wait to go there again. Here is the link to Idlewild, Lakemont Park, and DelGrosso’s http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28232 Dan we gotta go, we have a game to umpire. I'll give you the 50 cents! We finished up with some skee ball and Dan had to pick out his prize. I wish we had 5-6 hours instead of 3-4. Random shots on the way out. Yep, next year.... Next year... Both trains did race, but the blue side kicked @$$ every time Time for Racer. Steve and I got in the second row while Jim and Dan yelled from the middle. Pretty cool view though Even the crew had to wait for the single train operation. DOH!!! It was around a 20 minute wait. WEEEEEEE! Alright, Thunderbolt The trash cans had a bunch of wasps or yellow jacket in them, or they were a ghost bag! Good theming How early do we really get up? Time for the spining mouse....umm I mean the Exterminator. That didn't happen to us! This is the biggest splash though that I have ever seen on the boat ride. Here we go down the first drop! The arms up in the front are Dan and me! Come on guys hurry! Steve is thinking, I don't know if I want to ride Phantom, Jim has already tapped out and Dan is all in! We finally arrived after taking a nice long 25mph trip! Just can't get the camera away from him. We headed to Kennywood today, Jim has the camera at the moment!

More Pictures Keep on cranking. More photos and days to follow. Thanks for reading! It is time for some smashed pennies This is Fred's. They have this cool area with some facts and memorials about the Del Grossos along with this poem. Mr. and Mrs. Del Grosso This guy was leading her around and I thought that this is what Gyendolynne and I would be like when we get older! They have a cool kid's kingdom Yep, that's the look after you ride this one. We actually rode this... A little toot..... Steve has his concerns, Jim is a little curious and Dan is either holding on or trying to escape! Going up the lift hill Yeah, I am sure the 4 of us can fit, squeaze in tight! In case you forgot where we were. They have one of these drop rides that is about 100 feet. I hope I don't lose my hat! thlftthlftthlftpftpht... Here we go! 3 grown men on a kiddie coaster.... It looks pretty tame. Time to get the kiddie credit. Will we fit? This is a better DelGrosso's sign There is a lot of safety first! Is it elGrosso's?

Pictures continued. it's more trains! More trains They had a neat train set-up. One way, no head on collisions. Now you can hold on. We haven't left the station yet guys. Go CURVE! mmmm airtime The drop The baseball club...Altoona Curve POV It's a ballpark Up the lift hill... Don't be scared! Hey is this in rightfield? Hold on! There goes Dan. Dan really fills up the whole car. Jim hurt himself pretty good. This is the best pic of any of us. This is Steve. Here's me again! Use your Superman x-ray vision to see me. I believe that's me. Time for Toboggan Bumper cars broke down after this because the ceiling was falling down! Maybe not..... This is a much better ride POV Our crew! The brake crew. Yep, more facts. The oldest rollercoaster Steve, don't run over Jim! We made it to Lakemont!

I was assigned the PONY World Series (8/12-8/19) from PONY baseball along with three other guys from my group. We took off on a red-eye to Pittsburgh on Friday (8/11) and arrived in Pittsburgh the next morning. The World Series is being held in Washington, PA, which is just a half hour south. I will post a link to the whole World Series trip report later. Our schedule was Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday. The championship game is on Saturday. The other group worked Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Since Sunday was off, I moved our plans to have us go to Idlewild, Lakemont Park, and DelGrosso’s. Idlewild is really interesting. There have been a few trip reports on the park lately, so I won’t bore you, but “Come along, Come along to the castle Hug and Song.” A neat thing about Idlewild is you pay when you first get there. It looks like you’re paying to park, but it is for everything. Dan said, “Rick, make sure you get the senior citizen’s discount for McAuley.” This became pretty familiar the rest of the trip. Rollo Coaster was neat, wild mouse is just that, a wild/crazy/non-spinning mouse ride. Dan and Jim were making all sorts of noises in the back of this ride. It was a little painful. Hootin’ Holler is very good for food. The pics below will show some more. Lakemont is so interesting with their roller coaster just beyond the right field wall. It was great to be able to ride Leap the Dips and I actually liked the Toboggan ride. We also rode the go-karts. They have a neat train display set-up too. DelGrosso’s, what can I say. It has a Crazy Mouse ride, and another kiddie coaster. The water park area is neat and you don’t have to pay to park. You actually park by the water area and walk across a bridge that goes over the road to get the rides area. There were so many flat rides in all these parks. Hopefully I didn’t bore you. Here are the pics. More to follow along with other links. I thought I could get a good "before" picture of Steve with this ice cream cone, but there wasn't an "after" picture because he didn't spill it! This Whip ride really whips you around! Now Dan has his guns. We were going to do this, but it is similar to the mystery spot in Santa Cruz so we decided not to wait for it. Dan needs a couple six shooters. Here's Jim playing with his monkey that he won in the pig game. Dan needs food or he'll kill us all with his imaginary gun. Soak Zone is just beyond the exit to Wild Mouse. They're already yelling up the lift hill. Steve and Rick in the front, we should have brought ear plugs for all the yelling from the back. Do we really fit on this? It's still moving. Thanks for the tip, we know Jim and Dan will be yelling the whole time. I don't know if 4 200+pound men can ride this up that track. It's moving... The chick with the shades is gone, that must mean the ride is open! Rick, get out of my way and get us out of the neighborhood. More facts for you Here we are, do you like my hat? Is this over yet? You're too shy That didn't take long. They're not laughing... Hey, bring your hat. You can come too. We couldn't stop Jim and Dan from laughing hysterically at this whole ride along with the 45 minute breakdown. Yeah, you're invited... Come along, come along to the castle hug and song.... This better be good.... Why do we go backwards before we go forwards? Maybe it is to break the ride for the next 45 minutes! Yep, that's what happened, and we stayed there! 4 grown men on this ride....hmmm Jim is happy, Dan is confused. The neighborhood trolley, YAY! Okay, we made it here. I need to stop off at my gift shop first. Which way should we go? Yeah Dan, it's smoke free. Put those away. We'll head over to Mister Rogers neighborhood. We have heard so many good things about it. No water for us Hey, do you know if Wild Mouse is going to be open? Yeah, later on today. Great! Nice shades I'm glad the brake guy was back after our ride. Here we are! The 4 fools crazy enough to embark on an 8 day journey. This is only Sunday. I guess it must be "break" time No one is manning the brakes! Some facts for ya all! Wow! The Rollo Coaster, we gotta get on that. Had to take a pic here. The guys said I should be on the other side!

Some of you know that I umpire ballgames and at the end of the year I usually work some tournament games. Last year I worked the Bronco World Series and I was asked to work it again this year. I leave later on this week to go work the PONY World Series in Washington, PA. Enough babbling, onto the pics. I leave you with a parting shot of Chris. Jim and Rod Dan just chillin' waiting for the next game. I guess he was out. I don't know who took this pic. Me just goofing around. Juan making sure the plate is clean. Now, did you want a Gatorade and a cheeseburger, or the Tri-Tip sandwich? Chris, ready for anything. Here's the crew for the next game, stay loose Juan. Best part of the game, the walk back to the car. in between innings. Even during the game they are enjoying themselves. China, Puerto Rico, and the United States. Jeff in action behind the plate You guys need the water too. Stay hydrated Dan. and it's hit to left. The pitch is on the way... I believe it's a homerun. It looks like Dan might have a play here. Look out Jim! It looks like it was hit to right field. The pitch is on the way.... Trying to show off some guns before my 7:30pm plate job. He caught that one, nice hustle Jim. Jeff, ready for a play Wilson, that looks like a strike from here. I think Jim is stretching here, but I don't want to go any further than that! Running around, getting into position. Here they are on the field waiting for the National Anthem. Juan, Wilson, Jim, and Jeff Tuck. I know what you're thinking, all of us are always smiling! Yep, we have a good time. Jim McAuley on the left and Juan Munoz on the right. Our Tournament Director, Eddi Kubo sitting with Dan enjoying the postgame meal. Here's Wilson James getting his gear on before his 4:30pm game. Just goofing off before we go. and it's the morning crew, from L-R, Rod, Chris Bioletto in the back, Dan on my right and I am in the front. Here is Rod Pruett Just before leaving for the first game on Saturday at 11:30am. Dan is a little funny.

I saw this and just had to post it. http://explanation-guide.info/meaning/Fanboy.html

^ I really didn't notice...damn photoshop

^What section? We'll be in section 228.

It's looking like a great trip so far. We like camping too. I gotta say that "what happens in Pennsylvania, stays in Pennsylvania" is pretty funny! Hey brokeback boys...

Hey all, I will be heading to Washington, Pennsylvania in a couple weeks to umpire the PONY World Series. I will be there from 8/12-8/20. That leads into the pics below.... Yes it is only pre-season, but I don't know when I would get another chance to see my team play. I am too excited! WOOOHOOO, 4 tickets to the opening game on 8/19. That looks like something to do with the Steelers I don't know, but maybe my hat will give it away. A FedEx package, what could this have?

Great TR Derek. A lot of good times and great information. I agree with Yoshi above that the fastpasses can be used at anytime after your scheduled time. I did that with 4 passes at Disneyland in February. A park attendant told us about it.

That Steelers' celebration looked great! I wish I could have seen that. Roethlisberger is also throwing the ball in camp already. I can't believe he is coming along so fast. I'm looking forward to being at Heinz field in 3 weeks! Just to make sure we stay on the topic! I know it isn't in my hand, but I was drinking a Sam Adams Summer Ale.

Hi all, Sorry about not having too many posts lately, but my computer isn't connected 24/7 anymore at home. We are changing our 2 bedroom 1 and a half bathroom house into a 3 bedroom, 2 and a half bath. One other thing that is happening is that we don't have a full bath at home either. Our bathtub had a crack in it. Our masterbedroom is being remodeled. I'll just let the pictures tell the story. We are in construction land though and we have been for a month! It probably won't be done until the end of August. More pics to follow as the progress goes. Final shot of dirt and bathroom. We had to have our shower turned around too. More pics to follow, if I can get the computer hooked up! WOW! Cool and a new window! More progress, a new sliding glass door. Cool, at least the lights are bright. What a mess! More dirt. Just another view We couldn't believe all the dirt. Unplugged most of the time. Here's where the computer sits. Continuing progress here More progress in the bedroom Our family room Here is the framing for the new bathroom This is where the new bathroom will be. Here's the upstairs. No more plastic on the walls. Just a little further away from the entry to the bathroom The other side of the bathroom This is what the bathroom looked like after they dug another sewer line to be put in. Here's a bigger picture of the ceiling. This is the door and there is a lot of electrical work going on. We're having new ceiling lights installed too. This was our bedroom on 6/26 Another shot further away. This is where our sink and small closet used to be. Now this will be a dual sink. This is our master bathroom all torn up. Yep, that's the toilet!

This is a great thread Soren! I am really enjoying the reviews and pictures. Thanks for doing this.

^^^I can't recommend the VIP tour enough! We were only going to be there for the one day, but we were able to go the night before also. Our plan was to get the Q-bot, but when they said the VIP tour was $60 and the Q-bot for the day was $45, I figured it was a no-brainer. They have two tours a day. One starts at 11am and the other one starts at 3pm. There were only 4 of us in the group which was great too. I am looking forward to Six Flags having them at other parks. I didn't know SFGam had it, or else we would have done it there too! Thanks Julie and Soren! I enjoy your TRs also. Sorry for such a late reply, but we're having work done on the house and my computer access at home is a little spotty at best.

Day 3 – July 3 We had planned to use the Q-Bot system today to get through the lines we were anticipating. Unfortunately we didn’t arrive when the park opened. We were pulling in around 10:15. We paid $20 to park in the premium lot, which was fine since we didn’t pay yesterday, and headed to the Q-Bot station. We were told it would be $45 for the 2 of us, or we could get a VIP tour and exit line entries to the rides we wanted for $60. We thought this was the better idea of the 2 and decided to take it. It was by far the best decision of the trip! Our tour guide was Annessa. She really knew the lay-out of her park and the rides. There were 2 other people in our group, Rich and Jordan, it was Jordan’s birthday and Rich, his father, thought this would be a great treat. It turned out that it was. All 4 of us had an awesome time. We started out at Titan, then Texas Giant. Both rides were in the front row! We got our picture from Titan since we didn’t get it the night before. Next, we went to Runaway Mountain, followed by Superman and then the Oil Drigger. This was a good move because later in the day it was closed due to high winds. Just behind Oil Drigger is Shockwave, so we rode that, then Mine Train and skipped Mini Mine Train. No reason to waste our time on that ride today. Unfortunately Mr. Freeze is down, but we rode Flashback, and Batman. At this point, we had 1 more hour left. We rode Superman again and then headed to the front. Last night we rode Judge Roy Scream a few times and didn’t feel we needed to waste time going over there again today. Annessa gave us each 3 Flash Passes to ride 3 rides on each one and we could go up the exit line on all those rides. It felt like our on personal ERT of the whole park! We went to La Vibora for our final ride with Annessa. She said to be at the Chinese acrobat show at 3pm for our exclusive VIP seating for the show. It was 2pm and we decided to have lunch. Rich and Jordan went to the same place too. After lunch, we thought that we could get a ride on Texas Giant before the show. This turned out to be a really bad idea. We rode in the last row, first bad choice. The ride sucks in the back. It is almost as bad as Son of Beast. Finally the ride ended, but the damage was done. I think my video camera broke on the ride. I don’t know what’s wrong, but every time the sun hits something I was filming, it is extraordinarily bright. I don’t have the backlight on and I don’t know what to do except take it in to get it fixed. Enough with all that though. After the ride, we headed to the show. This has to be one of the best shows we have seen. The Chinese acrobats are very talented and they do a great job. If you have a chance, go see it. There are some amazing twists that this old body can’t do and probably could never do! The rest of the time we just bounced from ride to ride going up the exit ramp with the flash passes. We saw the cowboy show at 7pm. That was a good one too and not that well attended. We were a little worn down at this point and thought it would be good to have dinner outside of the park. We went to a BBQ place called the Memphis Red and Blue. They had Sam Adams Summer Ale on tap! After a good dinner, it was back to the hotel for some sleep. We slept in on July 4th and flew home in the afternoon. A great trip to Texas! Some final thoughts: The parks weren’t that crowded for 4th of July weekend. SFFT is a neat little park as is SWT. SFOT is big and if you don’t use the Q-Bot, that’s fine, but I would suggest using it or the VIP tour. The VIP tour was just $15 more and we felt like we had a personal ERT the whole day! Thanks for reading! Nothing beats a first class flight home. Thanks for looking! MMM dinner at the Red Hot and Blue Now they're leaving, and it is on with the show. They bring all the flags out. Here is the speach of "One Riot, One Ranger!" That's the painted horse you saw earlier. We are ending our day at the park with the cowboy show. I had Gyendolynne show off our 3 flash passes that contained 3 different rides on them each for us the rest of the day. Here we are waiting to ride the parachute ride. This was our tour guide, Annessa. We are sitting in our VIP seats for the Chinese acrobat show. I thought something was beginning to smell... Daffy Duck stole this basketball from a kid. It was pretty funny. Rich and Jordan are behind us on the ride. It was Jordan's birthday too. This was our last ride on the tour. It's a tobaggon (sp?) ride. Really neat! We decided not to ride Flashback, but Rich and Jordan did. They're in the front row. One of the MANY neat flat rides here. Are we back at SFFT? We were told that this was from the movie set and they decided to give it to Texas. This is how far away we actually are. That is the Rangers' stadium in the background. and a quick zoom in on Texas Giant I was able to zoom all the way over to Titan You get a really good view from up here. I don't think I have ever seen this photo posted before. Us up at the top Wow, no high winds. Then we went backstage at the cowboy show to find this bull. He loved to be pet, so we did and Gyendolynne got a tongue licking on her hand! We were able to take a back way to the back of the park from RW and this horse was out for a little petting. Some neat theming at Runaway Mountain Our Exclusive on-ride photo! Thanks for the shirt Robb. Always one for safety! We didn't get a chance to ride Runaway Mountain last night, so here's our opportunity with no wait! After we got our VIP tour, we headed straight to Titan for a quick ride and then the Texas Giant. Here is our on-ride photo. The two behind us were on the tour too. Just inside Six Flags Over Texas

All these updates have been great. Wish we could have gone. Maybe some time in the future. No rest for both of you though. I see the post was at 12:30am. I wish I had your dedication to get things done. Just can't find enough time at the moment. Looking forward to the next updates and I am sure you are looking forward to getting some sleep when they're done!

James, yes it did. At one point I felt like we needed to get out and push it back to the station! The trim brakes suck.

^Steel Eel has a good first drop and a little airtime. It isn't a great ride, but it is very smooth. Rattler is a kick your butt ride. It has a good first drop, but after that....... It isn't as bad as Ghostrider though, yet.

^^Wally, yes it is nice not having kids....at the moment. ^No one ever said that the Sea World pics were exclusive shots!

Just one more day to add here Soren. I hope you have fun on your days off and I am looking forward to some trip reports from you too.

More pics from Day 2 Here we are on Texas Giant. Thanks, More pics to be up soon... It's the #1 wooden coaster....in 1999. Here's the line for Texas Giant There's only one Superman though....at this park Hmmmmm, which one, Mini Mine Train, or Mine Train, so many decisions. Hey, it's their 45th anniversay. I can tell because it is all over their trash cans! Mr. Freeze, why do you mock us so...

Day 2 – July 2 Yesterday was very eventful. Today we wanted to finish up seeing the shows at Sea World and then jump on a plane for Dallas. It was raining when we left the hotel and also as we pulled into the park. Platinum Passes kick a$$! We had premium parking both days and didn’t have to pay to park. All their employees recognized it too, which I thought was great training by them. They don’t sell a premium pass in San Antonio and for them to recognize it was great. All the Anheuser parks that we have gone to have been absolutely awesome. We got our show schedule and map and Gyendolynne got a poncho for the day. I didn’t want one because I thought the rain would stop at some point. It did by the way! The show schedule changed a little bit. Every time I looked at it on-line, I saw that the dolphin show was at 10:45am every day! Today, the first show wasn’t until 12:45. Shamu’s first show was at 11am and then at 12:30. We decided to go ride Steel Eel and Great White in the rain and wait to see the Shamu show at 12:30. Both coasters had no lines what so ever. The thing that struck me as odd was the water ride next to Great White had a line! Who wants to get wet when it’s raining? We had lunch at the BBQ place by Great White. I don’t know what it is about Anheuser Busch parks, but all their BBQ places are awesome. The food is prepared the same at each park. It is great to see the consistency. We headed to the Shamu show after lunch. Believe is a very nice show. Once again, the trainer and Shamu have a special bond. After the show we went to see some sharks and have a little hospitality (for those who don’t know, you get 2 free beers to “sample” at the hospitality center in Anheuser Busch parks). The time was 2pm and our flight didn’t leave until 7:30. We thought, what the heck, why not try to change our flight to an earlier one? We arrived at the airport and were told to be on stand-by for the 4pm flight to Dallas. We actually made it on! We took a taxi to Hard Rock Café in Dallas. It is only about 15 minutes from the airport. We flew on Southwest and they land at Love Field. DFW is on the other side of town by Arlington (which is also by Six Flags). The Dallas HRC is the 4th one built in the USA and the 9th one built in the world. It is the Supreme Court of Rock & Roll. However, on this day it was completely dead! We ate dinner and took a taxi to DFW to pick up our car rental. We are flying home from DFW on 7/4 and we need to return a rental car there instead of Love Field. It was 7pm and I knew that SFOT wasn’t closing until 10pm. We decided to go there on the way back to the hotel to see what we could ride. When we arrived at the gate, we noticed that not all of the rides were running. In fact, Judge Roy Scream was the only one operating. The toll booth lady had her hand on her chin and looked really depressed. She asked us if we were here to ride the roller coasters. We said yes. She said they’re all closed because of lightning in the area. I asked if we could still park and she said okay, no charge! We parked in the premium parking and went in. First thing we did was head to JRS to ride it, since it was the only thing operating. Great ride, not the best, but I am into the old wooden coasters. We rode it twice and noticed that Superman was running, then Titan, the Texas Giant, holy cow! We got back in and rode Batman, since we were over there anyway, then I rode Flashback. This is where I encountered line jumpers. Next we rode Mini Mine train. The ride ops on this ride were total jerks and smart a$$e$ about it! We realized that we both couldn’t fit in one row. I went to the back of the train and Gyendolynne went to the middle. I got through the gate that felt like it was open forever, when Gyendolynne was starting to go through, the ride op closed it on her! I looked at Gyen and she said the girl looked right at her and did it on purpose. I stood up out of my seat and to the left (loading area) of the train. The male op on the left side asked, “Are you having a problem or just goofing around?” I said that I want to ride the ride, but I would like to ride it with my wife. Can you open the gate? They got miffed and then become even more smart a$$e$. It’s a kid ride for crying out loud! Once we got off that, we rode the mine train next to it. I liked the mine train in the end because of the saloon and the tunnel, otherwise it was all that great. We walked by Superman. It was the only ride we encountered with a wait. Oil Drigger was closed because of the high winds. At this point we thought we better try to get on Titan and Texas Giant. We rode Giant first in the front row (2 train wait for the front!). What a great ride, but only in the front. We would find out tomorrow that the ride in the last row is TERRIBLE. We went to Titan next and wanted to wait for the front. It was around 9:40 at this point. The parade was still going on. When we were around 7 trains from riding it, the ride op came over the loudspeaker and said, “The park is closed, if you are in line waiting for the front row, we are only running 2 more trains. The last two on the ride will be the guy in the green shirt and his friend in the white shirt.” We were around 5 groups (trains) from these people. I thought, this SUCKS. Why not say that BEFORE we get in line and wait? We stood there for 20 minutes for no reason. We could have ridden in another row and ridden it already. I also haven’t encountered that before. I thought if you were in line, then they would run it. Titan is a good ride. I think it is a little more forceful than Goliath at SFMM. Since the park is closed, it is time to leave. Unfortunately there are quite a few people trying to leave, especially since the ballgame just ended too. For those that don’t know, the ballpark in Arlington (where the Texas Rangers play) is right next to SFOT. It took a little while and, with the help of a police officer, we were able to get out of there. We thought, hey what a great day! We were in San Antonio at Sea World, we were able to change our flight to an earlier one, we hit the HRC, and we went to SFOT and almost rode all the coasters. What can happen tomorrow? Any ride is good with little or no wait. Batman should be better. The lightning left the area and everything opened back up! Oh my god, this is going to hurt.... On-Ride photo...teheee It's running, and it is operating 2 trains with no wait! I don't know, it's worth a shot to go over that way.... The Justice League was there... The band was playing, but no ride was running because of lightning in the area. By getting on the earlier flight, we were able to stop off at SFOT before they closed. Use the napkin when you're making a mess. uh-oh, not another close pic... Elvis was there! See I told you this place was dead.... Just look away people, I tend to make a mess with the wings. I think I'm going to need a napkin. I warned you earlier about the up close pictures today. but it wasn't crowded, it was his 21st birthday though. This was a neat Hard Rock, mmmm, time for a beverage. See, we have our suitcases! Straight from the airport to here. Hello Hard Rock Cafe Dallas! Good-bye Sea World, Now for the second reason we are here, free beer, or Hospitality!!! The two down below seem to be just laying there, waiting.... Pretty scary looking da da....da da....da da... it's their theme song Big aquariums, but where are the sharks? Every time I see a stingray now, I think of Finding Nemo! and those look like stingrays. Onto the Shark exhibit, but wait, these are jelly fish No hamlet would be complete without Natalie the donkey! Yep, the Clydesdales In case you didn't know, here's where we are! Not a really good shot, but the mare is cleaning the foal and vice versa. A new foal was born! I guess even horses get born on dating.... Another ski show shot. A little bit of the ski show. and a third one, just for good measure. Here's another. The following pics are a couple shots of Steel Eel Four of the five whales are splashing the audience. No one ran too, not like at Sea World San Diego! and then it's come chase me. A little more bonding..... Just awesome! Like I said before, I think this is one of the coolest things to be riding on his nose. Here's the bond that they have. Blurry pictures...GRRRR, she lays down on Shamu and has him take her out of the stadium. It was really great to see! The show is starting. This type of picture becomes a habit today. Time for some ice cream and the Shamu show. I figured, what the hell, I will spend a quarter to get them wet. Look just to the left of my face, that is the water coming at them that I am shooting. As is normal with the south, it stops raining and warms up. We decided to have the BBQ for lunch. All Anheuser Busch parks have a great BBQ place by the way! Great White's loop I really couldn't believe that there was a wait for this. There was no wait for Steel Eel and Great White! It's wet and rainy and these people are waiting for the water ride Nothing like a perfect on ride photo, eh? ride the coaster with no wait! First thing we have to do is.... Gyendolynne needed the poncho We're at Sea World in the rain and these two employees were pretty funny just outside the gate as we walked up. We think this was the vehicle that knocked the branch on our car yesterday. It seems to have the right height for it?

We thought it was a great floorless coaster. It is very smooth. We had a ride in the front row and one in the back row. Both were great. Medusa at SFMW is very smooth too, but I liked Superman at SFFT better because of how they use the quarry with the ride. I think Gyendolynne likes Medusa at SFMW better though.

Hey Soren, great to hear from you! I always like your posts of the random things you do. ^^ - Yes the Shamu show is a little different. The stadium is completely covered, which is great for that Texas heat! We have been to all 3 Sea Worlds and saw all the Shamu shows. They always get so crowded. Thanks again for the replies.