Guy T. Koepp

^I think youtube is having issues right now. I haven't been able to access it in several hours. All links seem to not work.

It's cause your going South. Or according to a wall map, downhill. Haven't you ever noticed that your car gets worse gas milage heading north. It's cause it's all uphill.

Depends on how early you leave. Morning does start at 12am.

^Don't drive during rush hour.

Awesome visit to the Australian Zoo. I only have one question. What, no Stingray exhibit?! Guy "Hey somebody had to vocalize it. It may have well been TPR's resident bad boy. Every one is now absolved of thinking it." Koepp

My what a handsome man you are Prince Desmond. It would be a pleasure to have your smiling face grace my coffee table for life. I got 6!

That mouse looks crazy fast! AWESOME! ^What's the big purple thing on her plate?

^Yes! But if you only pushed that envelope 5 miles per hour faster. You could shave 20 minutes off that. Guy "I say do it." Koepp

^Dude! That is awesome!

^They're called homomosexualites. And they're people. Just like you, me and Soylent Green.

^Say it isn't so! The coaster community will crumble without him.

You an me both. Only for me is was once or twice a month, as I grew up in San Diego.

I see that picture and expect a little girl to come running out offering to sell me Chickletts.

^DUDE! F^@K the Big Dipper! Have you ever ridden that Gibson coaster! It gives El Toro a run for it's money. I didn't realize it needed saving too! Prince! You got a new mission bro! Save the Gibson coaster! Me personally, I'm cash strapped right now or I'd do it. However, I'm sure someone of your stature could somehow start a campaign to do it. Perhaps you could start a cool website and collect money through the internet tubes. You saved one. Where's the love to save another?

Oh My God! You are so right. Sorry, you'll have to excuse me. My mind is slipping in my old age. Wow! So 2 to 2.5 hours extra. Geesh! Seems like minutes in the grand expanse that is my whole life. Ya know, it really is just all down hill after you turn 18. F^@K! I should just put myself out to pasture. You know what? The whole thing isn't even worth the 10 hours of drive time for me. Besides, it's Texas. Why would any right minded individual voluntarily want to go there. Guy "Ha! See what I did there? I turned that whole thing into a dig against Texas! My comedy genius knows no bounds! Now if only I could incorporate my hatred of cats into this somehow. Then my comedic genius turn in this thread would be complete. Wait! I just did it! Without even knowing I did it! See people! It's not too often that you get to see that kind of brilliance in action! In case you're all wondering, it is OK to bask in my glow. Please bask away. " Koepp

No, no, that's just dehydrated wood. You soak that in water for 24 hours and it expands into all the uprights, bents and track you need to build the coaster. I'm sure they probably dehydrated the directions as well. Can you find a small white spec in the rounds anywhere? That's the one you should hydrate first as it's the most important one.

^Plus 20 minutes to put in our dentures correctly, another 10 to down our ensure, 2.5 to change our depends, 30 minutes to let the Vicodin get into the system, (this can be done with our first gulp of ensure, so that saves 10 minutes), 8 minutes to get out the wheelchair, (16 if you include load and unload times), and I can't forget the ever important am I sure I locked the car dance. All in all, that adds about 1.5 hours on to the trip. But if your under 30 you probably don't have to worry about all that stuff. So... ...whatever he said.

So awesome! So very awesome!

I say open it now! Again, if you can get all your footers poured by tomorrow, you should be riding by Friday. PM me if you have any questions. I've built hundreds of these things before.

It should arrive tomorrow! I am emotionally erect with excitement!

I'll pass. Thanks for the pictures guys. But unless I'm with an awesome group of TPR folk, I'm out. This looks like the kind of place where disease happens.

So it looks like me and tha Family will drive down on Thursday. Get our passes processed Friday. Spend Saturday at the park. Drive home Sunday. Mabey hit up Crystal Springs on tha way home. If they even open this year.

I'm quite sure that for all intents and purposes it is, in fact, the same.

^It's much different. It's way more floater than abrupt.

If memory serves, I believe it was originally constructed in balsa wood. So this weight should be correct.