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Cedar Point Raptor before the Vertical Loop!!! Splash Cedar Point style. Cedar Points rather Nice Carousel Steam Train Real steam too. Look out it's hot. Ok I used all the good caption already. Maxair and the Disater transport in the distance. Travelling through the mist the Iron Dragon appears. The Derby Racer Ok that's all I got here. really Artsy midway shot. maybe the money shot? Just Before it broke down. Is it suppose to go that fast?

Geauga lake Trying to figure out why Dominator will not leave the station. Note the cars are empty. Mr Hydes Nasty Fall running no less see I can prove it. Headspin a Vekoma Boomerang. El Darado it's big too. Dominator enough said.... What!your still reading aren't you? stop that go to the next pic alreday X-flight another fine Vekoma product. Ok I didn't get to ride it so email Dan if you did. But only as X flight. New track on Raging Wolf bob smooths things out. thunderhawk another slc yeah!!! park in transiton, power city rockin party? really Arrow double loop lift hill and motor.

Ok Sorry for the delay heres the rest Saturday June 25; 150 miles Slept in had nice easy ride up to Geauga lake. Went through Geneva on the lake on the way up there. No coasters there but a nice little tourist trap with a nice collection of flat rides. (Sorry no pics here just had lunch and moved on. Checked into an econo lodge about 8 miles or so from the park. Geauga lake is a park still in transition. The plus were they have done a lot of work to Raging Wolf Bob. Much of the track had been replaced and was noticeably smoother on the new track. Much of the old themeing was still visible but the park is very well maintained. Very clean and friendly staff. While waiting for dominator they took one train off the tracks dropping to two train operation. But had the empty one in he station after the removal and couldn’t get it to launch. Finally a manager showed up and got thing rolling along. Villain was a bit rough but a pretty decent ride. They also have the first arrow with twin vertical loops. A record setter in it’s day. Still a fun and not to painful arrow. (I liked it, but what do I know). X flight a Vekoma flying coaster. Broke down before I got to ride it. A vekoma boomerang and SLC Thunderhawk. Mr hydes nasty fall an older drop tower. Round out the rides. There was what appeared to be a Jet star track laying next to the lift hill of villain. (Coming, going or rusting anyones guess) I Enjoyed this park even though is seem to have an identity issue. But still a nice collection of rides. Sunday; 125 miles; Another short day riding up to Cedar Point. Got my room at the Maples (lucky 13) and headed off to do laundry. No really, then headed out to the point for the evening. Parking crew really didn’t know what to do with a motorcyclist. They sent me to one place. Told me I couldn’t park there sent me to another, told I couldn’t park there they sent all the way around to the back lot. By the water park and Magnum. Security back there said I missed the motorcycle lot but let me park back there. Yeah!!!. I’ll sum up the evening by saying I was treated rudely by some of the ride staff on the first few rides. Which put me in a really bad mood. So rather than whine about here onto Monday (which wasn’t much better) Monday; aprox25 miles total. So here’s the rest of the bad things that way I will finish on the good side. Top Thrill Dragster had broken down on Sunday (while waiting for it) and would not reopen for several days. Ok I know breakdowns aren’t really the parks fault but I had some of the worst luck here. Waiting for Raptor it broke down. Repair time Aprox. 2hrs broke down while in line for it later in the day twice but only each time for about ten minutes. (This really shortened the line so it got me on in under an hour with a posted 1 ½ hrs wait.) Blue streak broke down while waiting for it. Only 20 min. break down so I waited it out. M. Force broke down 3 times during my 2hr wait to ride Each time about 15 min.. Mantis and Gemini had some of the slowest loading I have ever seen. I had my Restraints checked 4 times by 4 different people on Gemini. Each one at least one min. a part. Stacking trains the wonder this thing had a 45 min. wait. Corkscrew’s crew was a little better but not much. Also their Derby racer is really tame compared to Rye’s playland Much slower. On to the high points. (Very few of these) Mean Streak had very small lines on in under 5 min. and a good crew. Also Magnum XL crew was running a bigger line than Gemini and only taking about 15 min. to ride. They were also having a good time and it showed. I rode this coaster the most, the crew was Great!!!. Disaster Transport also had short lines and a good crew. Wicked twister is a nice twist on the launch coaster. Wildcat Schwartzkopf goodness. Iron Dragon is worthy of a mention as their crew also was pretty on the ball. Demon drop another older drop tower and Max Air was fun too. Real steam train and the paddle boat excursion. Round out the highlights. All in all ths was a HUGE Disappointment, I will not go back here for a long time to come. (Unfortunate for me as I did like a number of the coasters here) I usually vote for stuff with my wallet. I went out of my way to have lunch, dinner outside the park on Monday. Spent very little in the park. I know a lot of you really like this park. This was my experience here As always thanks for reading if you made this far and onto the pics. Dwskunks.

Hey Brent Great trip report and nice photos too. Keep up the good work Dws.

Oh No I've been found out I'm really a Monorail and Carosel enthusiast. I hope that dosen't shatter your image of me.....

Kennywood Kennywood fountains. Jack rabbit at night Entrance to lost kennywood. Wait if it's lost how did they find the Entrance? Kennywoods Carosel see still no ideas. Thuderbolt ok I'm just out of good captions and bad ones too. Splash log Kennywood style Weee... ok you come up with a better caption. Jack rabbit Jack rabbit leaving the station. Phantom from the parking lot

More Photos for you too. Hershey Ice Cream? Leave williams with a Paratrooper pic. Cyclones straight lift hill time for a coaster pic Wildcat in the corner WG Carosel? is it still a carosel if none of the horses jump or is it a Merry go Round? Let's do a Poll WG added this to try and get Robb to come back. Lots of chop stix for you pleasure. Williams grove flame paint job rocks. Custom coaster Painting... Kissing tower Warning?? Kissing tower Hersheys Carosel

June 25, Well once again plans fall though. Had a nice lunch with my friend, said our goodbyes I set out on my way to Williams Groove. I figured 2hr here then of to Hershey. Traffic plus an Accident I get to the Groove around 4:30 not to bad open till six. Pay the dollar to get in. (Just gonna buy a few tickets.) By the time I get to the mushroom down pour. The woman in the mushroom saw it coming and ran out just before I got to it. I stand under an awning and wait for it to pass. They say over the PA Williams groove is now closed. But your welcome to ride out the storm at the park. Well about 40 minutes later it slows down enough to think about moving on. Rode on down to Hershey sunny again nice. Rooms in Hershey are more than I want to spend. Headed back to Mechanicsburg get a room. Then off to Hershey. They were doing get a 3hr preview with tickets for the next day. (Also including parking the next day too.) In the 3hr in there I was able to ride all most all of the coasters. Front seat at night on storm runner for your first ride is really disorientating. Very Fun. 192 miles today. June 26 Got up early went down to York to do the Harley Plant tour there. Was fun and really different than the very modern plant in KC. This one was built in 1935 as a lock manufacture Grabbed some breakfast picked up the camera and headed back out to Hershey. Unfortunately I forgot to charge the battery and left the spare at the hotel so I got only a few shoots but not as much as I wanted. Hershey was a fun park Superdelooper, Wildcat and Great Bear are fun. Comet is pretty good, Storm Runner and Lighting racer were great. Crowds were light staff was friendly all and all a fun day. June 27 A real crazy day. Started off getting to Williams Groove in the morning right for the opening. 6 or 7 school buses in the parking area already inside too. Oh well. Took a couple rides on cyclone and wildcat. Rode Dante’s inferno their dark ride with lots of cheesey scares. Including Car lights and air horns. Cyclone is one strange coaster you wonder if you’ll make it back to the station or not. But fun in a strange way. I enjoyed the time I spent here. Headed south to York then took 30 west through Gettysburg on my way to West Mifflin and Kennywood. Got lost a couple of times but not to bad. Just hadn’t gone far enough. Kennywood was doing a half price addmission after 5pm. Wasn’t too sure about leaving my bike fully loaded here so parked way up at the top. No one was taking money or directing you. Figured it would be safest there. Was pretty crowded there. 15 to 20 min wait for almost all the coaster except Phantom 30 min. Exterminator was closed. All in all another fun park food reasonable priced staff was friendly enough. My only real complaint here was the way they did the closing. Park closes at 10 so the rides close at 9:30 food at 9:45 and you will be out of the park by 10pm. Just different than the way most other parks do it. But Kennywood is not most other parks. Mine Ride dark ride is a fun one as well lots of skeletons. Noah’s ark one of those only one left type, walk though. Jack Rabbit is pretty good and Thunderbolt rocks. And Phantom well is Phantom, worth the trip and admission alone. Food, Staff and rides make this park stand out thumbs up. Rode up into Ohio to get a room for the night a long but fun day. A 345 mile day. On to the Pics Dws.. Splash Hershey style storm runner and the monorail I like one of these rides more than the other. You guess Wildcat Ok thats all I got for this one oh look Hershey has a Vekoma quailty ride. This one wasn't too bad. Not the Roller cowster the rare blue cow Whip with Head rest Comet and Tilt a Whirl Hershey Great bear in the loop Swans Don't mind the rain I need some good humor at this point in the trip. one wet Mushroom

randomness Playland Rye NY. the inside seats are doubles and themed to Knights of the round table. Ok I didn't get this. You can buy Hershey Ice cream at Dorney But not at Hershey park. They sell Greenly and Ben and Jerrys I just found that odd. Night Splash Dorney gaming area lots of trash cans in case you don't like your Prize?

Dorney Pic 33 S and S tower maybe? ThunderHawk heading for the lift hill. Steel Force no stacking wow. Staff was efficent and friendly. splash Dorney style Talon from the... hmm you know what Steel force and Thunderhawk from the Ferris wheel... could ba a theme developing One more Laser from the Ferris wheel. Laser looping goodness Laser Goodness!! Hydra the JoJo Hydra the Revenge

Sunday June 19, aka Father’s day. Not a good day to try to get to Coney Island I got lost a couple times. After making it through the Holland tunnel and getting completely lost. Stopped and asked directions. Got more lost. (The Map I had printed had me using streets that were closed for repair) . When I made into the Bronx and saw a Sign for I95 I went for it and headed for my second choice Playland in Rye NY. The wild mouse and the Kiddie wood coaster were both closed. The Dragon is pretty much a scenic coaster. However their Derby racer is fast. If you don’t lean in you will start to slide off. They also have a Mini Top spin (for lack of the real name) That really spins a lot. Also it will go to a Diagonal (one arm up one down) and rotate and spin in that position as well. An old mill ride themed with trolls and a water works kind of theming as well. Plus two haunted house rides. (I’m still a cheesey dark ride fan). An 1928 whip also. Oh yeah let’s not forget the Super Flight Coaster It’s like a poor man’s stealth, only more painful. A 1928 Carousel to unwind on. All in All a fun park light on Coasters though but fun. Glad I went on Sunday, Turns out their closed Monday and Tuesdays, Days milage with getting lost and all 218. June 20, Finally found a place to get an oil change done Spent the morning there. Spent the evening with my friend. Played some mini golf. Then grab dinner in went to see a movie. Madagascar. Only 30 miles today A nice break. Tuesday June 22 Dorney Park aka Trash Can Land. You can’t sneeze in this park without hitting one it’s amazing. Got a late start (slept in) got there around 1pm open till 10pm not to worried till I see the parking lot. It’s jammed. Oh well park forever away (no motorcycle parking here) get my ticket get in. Its really crowded around the front gate area. People changing and using the front lockers and no lockers for my bag anywhere in the front. Back by Talon’s entrance I find one. Then I see the reality. All these people are in the water park the Coaster side is deserted. Talon line is empty. Walk ons, wait two trains for a front seat and I’m off. I ended up liking this coaster, fun and pretty fast. Hydra though hmm..... front is a little rough after the mid course brakes, back smooth and forceless. The JoJo roll is different. I’ll agree with most people that Laser is the best coaster here. Thunder Hawk was running smooth but trimmed pretty heavily, I thought it was a fun ride though. Overall I found the park to be hit and miss no dark rides, either. Overall though was a fun day very light crowds till the water park closed. Then a few more people but not many. Steel Force was pretty fun too. Running two trains no waiting unless you wanted the very front or back. I didn’t go into the water park as it was crowded. Last ride on Talon I did there was a group of teens chanting “Grip of Fear” the whole way through the line and ride. It was rather funny. All in all a really good day Friendly and surprise, efficient staff. But light crowds may have played into that as well. Then Back to Hackettstown for my last night there. 135 miles On to the Pics Dws.... on line? sunset on the Dragon Exit the Dragon, I just can't keep coming up with good captions. Enter the dragon, Look closely you can see the dragon mouth open and smoke billing out his nose. Game time. What happpens to your hat if you wear it on a coaster? Can you spot the hat in this pic? Get Twisted (mini top spin?) This thing really spins alot. Derby racer hang on tight or lean a little? carousel horse, hmm he's 77 years old I feel younger already. Splash Playland style Superflight in a corner or maybe the money shot Superflight spiral lift hill

Elissa's parents are taking you to the Rage Music Festival at Castles and coasters? I think not, But I can't figure out where you are going. It's the spelling of "Vue" thats stumped me. Enchanted Island is also open. But that's a powered coaster. Maybe the Quaker is still driving now that you are out of the car wash. Waiting for the next clue, while stuck at work today.... Dws...

Great trip report! The crub bus is pretty funny. So 60 meters up and they put a hard hat on your head? Not like if you land on your head it will save you. What could fall on your head? The slope turning coaster thing looks fun and really different. Again Great trip report thanks for sharing. Nice Photos Dwskunks

I love Schwarzkopf Coaster's in general. I was really sad when PGA took theirs out. (they took it out to replace it with nothing ) But it's even sadder it's just rusting up in SFMW lot. Irks me to no end. I rode that coaster alot. First ride was in 77 I waited nearly 2hrs to ride. The last time I rode it you could walk on and reride almost all you wanted. Kind of sad too. Rode Knott's again this year, still a fun ride. I'm pretty sure these were the first shuttle coaster designs made too. Dwskunks

Couple of random photos Always end with a donkey pic to be popular Turtles at SFGAdv Lady Liberty NY skyline from the Jersy shore SFamerica two face note how close the ride closed sign is SFGAdv Medusa

Six Flags Graet Adventure Ok to be fair here's a log splash it was running Splash six flags style Batman and Robin the chiller. Only Robin running today Stacking the 3rd newly added train line moves at the same slow pace. Adding a train on to Nitro to move the line faster. Batman just like the other Batman's see cloning works Adventure mine train and the non running sky bucket station in front skull Mountain there's a coaster hiding in there. Great american scream machine in the loop. Superman Ultimate flight (front) GASM arrow pain machine goodness behind. Kingda Ka Closed

I have the worst luck with computers I seem to be having some sort of bios issue now. Just reloaded it all again. Ok enough whinning on to the trip update. Thur 6/16 Leaving Ashland and heading up to Six Flags America short stop here for Around 6 hours. The Staff was pretty uncaring on most the rides but mostly friendly. Got to the parking lot parked and cloud burst, Headed into the park after it past about 10 min. or so then just sprinkling the rest of the time there. Two Face was closed (Vekoma inverted boomerang). Batwing was really slow loading, no really slow! Only double rode on superman running about 20 min wait with very little line ughh. Roar 15 min wait with like 10 people in front of me. Joker Jinx was a little better so took a couple of spins on that and wild ones crew was actually moving with out stacking trains so took a couple rides on this.(it even had a line just moved quick) Then headed over to mind eraser to have my mind wiped clean It’s a Vekoma SLC so it does a good job. Took a spin on Tilt (a really brown tilt a whirl) One thing I liked about this park is it’s rather small and everything is really close so getting from one area or ride to another is pretty quick. Then head up toward Jackson and SFGAdv. Days milage 253 Fri 6/17 Six Flags Great Adventure, Well sometimes you just have a brain fart I forgot to charge the camera batteries when I got to the hotel so I had mostly dead batteries so I didn’t get a lot of footage here. Kingda Ka closed on the 8th, I think, and would remain closed for another month. Grrr..... oh well this park is really spread out lots of area and nothing around the park either. Tons of Middle school kids here today too. Besides Kingda Ka, Rolling thunder only running one side, Batman and Robin the chiller only Robin running, Nitro three trains all stacked, great american scream machine Best crew in the park long line but moving fast on in less than 15 min. Two trains never saw them stack them. Even had a huge line to pick up your season pass. Medusa, superman, even runaway mine and skull mountain had big lines. This was the most crowded park so far, All in all was a pretty good day got to ride most everything I wanted to just wished more of the rides were open. Then I was off to meet up with an old friend in Hackettstown, NJ. Days Milage 128 6/18 Spent the day visiting and did a trip to the statue of liberty, from liberty park. Nice day all together she drove first time in a car in a while. Next up Playland Rye NY, and Dorney park. I'll try to get the next update up sooner. Thanks for bearing with the delays and the amount of time it's taking to get this all posted. On to the pics Dwskunks.... I did find the train but no rides this day. Superman RoS airtime goodness but has two helixs also. Superman the ride of Steel the star of SF america. Wild One making a turn. Email Dan if you can think of a better caption. Ride this, then try to remember if you like it. I can't Batwing into the break run, all in all a decent ride just a long wait with a short line. Batwing Making a turn. I see a theme... Roar Making a turn It's a coaster pic does it need a better caption? Even Daffy was trying to leave. Maybe it was the $3 cokes. Skull boats I waited here about 5 min no boat showed I gave up the ride was running too. Down pour in the SF America parking lot.

Oh Good I'm not to late to vote. Lots of really good entries made it tough to decide. I picked my three and the votes in. Great job everybody. Dwskunks

Ok After a little play with the patch here's the big changes; Load bars when loading Music changes to next track for park when done Custom Stall Custom Stall with Billboard (2 different ones) Custom stall with roatating Billboard Loud Speakers (allows you to put the same music all over) Passport machines (guest visit and get a free gift after so many) Jumping Fountains ( Yeah!!) Tunnels for rides and Paths CTRL key places scenery at height of last Piece or chosen on placed) Terrian blocks ( no Idea yet as peep walk right trough them?) Aslo in here Gates and walls for path tunnel entrances ect. Particle generators for Fire mist and Smoke Waterfalls Mechanic button on food service Training button on staff profile window Fireworks preview window OK so most of this stuff is in the expansions but for those who didn't get or can't run them this is a good thing. Also installs buttons for dancing fountains, lasers and Wild/soaked none of which work for Obivoius reasons Just the smoke, waterfalls and tunnels make it worth while for me. Also seems to run a little better on my system Overall I think if you don't have the expansions worth the download. Dwskunks

True the Expansions fixed alot of this, but I didn't get either of them due to the box on soaked wanting 64mb video (mines only 32 laptop can't really upgrade). Also won't let you load Wild without soaked. Now you can. The Patch seems to do quite a bit adding alot. Also adds billboards, stand alone sales stands, Fireworks previewer, Land cube thingys, and more. My computer had crashed again when I went to get the 10mb download it gave me this one. That's how I found out about it. It does slow somethings down though and less options for the video settings too. Unless you put it in customize. I need to play with it a little more so I'll post more then. It also added an extras box to the tutorial. Dws

Didn't see that anyone posted this so here it is. The New patch will load coaster and peep interfaces faster and adds Tunnels to RCT3. Will also let you add expansions packs out of order. So if you only want wild you don't need to get soaked. Gamespot also has info on this as well as the download avilable. It's 110 mega bytes though so if your on dialup you'll be downloading all night like me. I haven't add yet so I can't comment on it. take the link below for more info US version. or just use your update on your RCT3 Dwskunks... http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rollercoastertycoon3/downloads.html?mode=patches Opps sorry you must be a member to download here But your update link should get you the same patch.

Congratulations Phishy; Looks like a nice place. Dws

PKD PKD from the tower. Little mouse powered clock? Big Mouse Not Chip must be Dale @ Paramount? Tomb Raider Fire heh heh fire Coaster and Fire, fire. heh heh, fire, fire Grizzly Hurler first hill Scooby doo coaster I'm to secared to put my hand up. Shockwave standing looping togo Hypersonic's XLC short launch distance PKD Wolf at BGWB

June 13, 252 mi. Headed south from Ocean city, on Hwy13 hmm. Stopped to get gas at Hornes Gas station. They sell bottled water that say “Hornes Water, it’s in the water”. Ok I thought it was funny. When I got to the bridge there I had some sticker shock $12 bridge toll. Holy crap. I thought the Golden gate’s $5 was expensive. When you pay the bridge toll they give you a coupon for a return trip within 24 hrs for $5 and a coupon for a free drink at he gift shop. Yes a bridge with a gift shop. This was an impressive bridge over 18mi long. two tunnels traveling south, the gift shop in on top of the second tunnel. Really strange. I’m thirsty so free soda sounds good. I wasn’t really rushing along because the brochure I picked up said Busch Gardens was open till 10pm. I Pulled in Williamsburg around 3:30 got a room headed down to the park. Pull into the lot ask what time they are closing the guy in the booth says 8pm well it’s 4:30 now so I think for a minute and decide a full day would be better. So back to the motel get another night added on no problem. Then went to Colonial Williamsburg. I’m in luck they are doing candle light tours tonight. If you like historical stuff. These candle light tours give you a little different look around than the usual day tours that they do. Tuesday June 14 Ok I have always heard this park has amazing landscaping but I was still blown away by it. Really clean park too. Ok so I get there in the morning get in to the parking lot Girls signaled to go a different way that of every one else. They have a place for motorcycles but the staff is a little vague on where I should go. I follow a road around they sent me down pass the bus lot (England lot) and toward an exit into the brewery. hmm most of missed something. Head back into the main lot ask the parking staff where I’m suppose to go. She says the England lot. Oh with the busses she nods. Odd place to put motorcycles. Well now the line to get tickets is huge. I waiting in line when the staff points out if you use a credit card with no discounts you can use these machines. So I get out of line go over to the machine but they won’t read my card. 10 min. later I’m back in the line to buy tickets, at the back of the line. Well all that was the first hour in the park. lol. The day did get much better. Germany was opening at 11am the other lands opened at 10 so I figured every one would be headed for Germany so I headed to Ireland and Loch Ness Monster (LNM). Only a few in line for the select seats. Got in the next train second from the back. Half way up the first lift hill and stopped. 20-25 minutes later we finished climbing the hill and got our ride. When we got back to the station the management was there to apologize for the delay and gave everyone a free meal ticket (all ten of us). Wow I’ve never gotten anything when stuck on a ride before. LNM has the strangest helix ever, you think it’s never going to end. Older Arrow looper with interlocking loops Not much to rave about but not really that bad I came back later in the day and rode it a few mor times. Its fun but not great. Curse of Dark Kastle. I haven’t been to IOA so you’ll get no comparison here. I did enjoy the ride. The first ride I waited about 30min. to ride. Later in the day it was just walk ons. (the park really was pretty empty) Nice theme inside and out. the 3D effects were top notch. On later rides there was smoke, and lighting effect that were not there earlier in the day. I think they were still fine tuning this. This is a really good dark ride. I did enjoy it. a lot Got some Sausages and sour kraut at Oktoberfest for lunch and a Budweiser world select on tap. (how come you can’t find this in CA bottled or tap?) Dancing and music during lunch. Big bad wolf (BBW?) After lunch another arrow product. It’s pretty good through the first part but after the second lift hill what a different ride that is for an Arrrow suspended.. Alpengeist Wow what can I say! Only one really rough spot before the mid course brakes, fast, forceful and the second half really close to the ground. (I think I liked this one) Very fun ride I could have a new B&M inverted favorite. Well themed just like everything else in this place. Now on to the least themed ride in the park Apollo’s chariot Two trains no waiting except for the front seat. The front is ok on this but the back it’s a completely different ride. The helix is air time full. I was on the lap bar the entire time in this helix. Couple of really good pops after that heading back. toward the station. Another really good B&M coaster. I pretty sure this is my first non looping B&M. Ok A lot of parks have splash boats, but how many have fire in them? Escape form Pompeii does. Fire on a ride is a plus for me. Were you sit will also effect how wet you get. Middle back rows not as wet as front center. Short ride but its really just a themed splash boat. All in all I enjoyed my day here the shows were also good Corkscrew hill, a fun 3d simulator ride Be sure to take a cruise on the Rhyne river, You can walk around the boat after it leaves the port. Plus the captain was letting the kids take turns driving the boat and honking the horn. Only about 7 of us on the boat though. Steam trains around the park, The Log ride Or barrels is fun one to nice big drop. Wolf show, This is Oktoberfest, show nice with lunch. Irish Thunder, 30 min. of Irish dancing. I missed R.L. Stine’s haunted light house. I Kind of wanted to see that But it was running pretty limited. Don’t forget beer school so you’ll know what your looking for in (good?) Budweiser Beer. Sorry Wally they make to easy The Staff here is very helpful and friendly. Most of them actually seemed to care about what they were doing and doing it well. Rides were well dispatched and not any real stacking on any of the rides. They also hire from other countries for kid wanting to improve their english. A lot of parks are doing this now though. Then off to Ben and Jerry’s before going back to the hotel. A very nice day indeed. June 15, 89mi. Got an early jump and off to Doswell VA and P King Dominion. Got a room at the Econo lodge across from the truck depot in Ashland. (I carry earplugs when I travel for such places but really didn’t need them here as it wasn’t that bad) I got in the park around noon. Volcano was not open. I headed straight back to Hypersonic XLC, short line about 30 min or so because of the limited seating only two trains on. Rolled out ready to launch and nothing. hmm 10 min. later they got us out and walked us back to the station. gave us all a cup of Ice water. We were told we could wait if we wanted to. 10 more min. now I’m on again. The launch on that is so fast. Your up to top speed 1.8sec about 72mph. By the time you realize your launching your on top of the hill heading down. wow. No real air time on the top or anything just that launch, but what a launch. Hurler I liked this ride simple lay out nice laterals in the corners not much air time though. Themed like a sound stage Was a fun ride but a little rough. not as rough as Anaconda Ok the hills and loops are pretty smooth on this Arrow product but what’s with that twisty section? Wow that part was rough. The ride Op noticed me coming around a couple of times (small line here maybe one trains worth with a couple of empty seats) Asked where I was from and couple other things then said just wait here when the train comes in. He then pointed out empty seats and let me ride as much as I wanted, that was way cool, Rode this a lot. (sorry lost count) now 2pm and Volcano opened. Also everyone in the park went there. So I rode Avalanche the bobsled ride and headed to the back of the park. Rode Grizzly Also light line The ride Ops here also let me move to empty seats, and laughed at me too for doing it. It’s a little rough not to bad though. Shockwave short line also but slow loading two trains one always stacked. It’s a togo stand up fun ride. Rebel Yell: the racing coaster here was racing sort of they would leave the station together but the forwards track would go slower up the lift so the backwards one would get quite a large head start. fun ride though. Ricochet. Wild mouse with a big drop. No wait, cars running empty walk on and enjoy. ride again no problem as long as no one was waiting. Scooby doo coaster. Little wood coaster pretty fun but kids parents were kind of looking at me with some concern so I only rode twice. (I guess I’m not cute and cuddly looking) Flight of fear, fun short line rode a couple times. Headed up to Volcano waited about 25min. to ride fun two launches then straight up and over backwards and into the lava flow. Fun and the rolls are just that rolls. 11 coasters here only a couple of really different ones here. Staff was really friendly and helpful making this the surprise park of the trip. Kudos to a great staff. Also of note Tomb Raider with fire and water. Eagles flight (flyer ride) Old time Autos, Nice Log ride and a soaking raft ride. Off to applebees for dinner right across the road from the motel. Two very nice days back to back. Sorry this one was so long. Here’s what your really looking for the pics Next up Six flags America and SF Great Adventure. Dws. Roman Rafts the rare blue clydesdale Apollos Chairiot Ryhne river curise BBW no thats Big Bad Wolf LNM loops LNM hill Line for LNM Light day at BGWB Hornes gas and water. A bridge to long?

Giant Dipper Santa Cruz beach boardwalk runner up Demon PGA