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Yeah... I did think Excalibur was smooth. I was surprised myself! OK... I guess I'll say that Renegade wasn't rough, it just wasn't as smooth as any other GCI that I have ridden.

Nice TR! I loved everything about Branson when I was there. Looks like you guys had a great time. It's always nice to witness someone ride their first coaster.

Disclaimer: This is my very first TR on any website, let alone Photo TR. This is very long. Please, bare with me as I may ramble, or screw things up! So... among my many other trips this season, I took a trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota to ride some coasters this past weekend. I took my Mom with me. My Mom is awesome and I don't know what'd I do without her. She is seriously the best travel partner ever! She's down for riding in the car for for however long we need to, and she's down for sleeping in the car when it's called for. She doesn't care how fast we have to rush through parks just so I can get all the credits, and she also doesn't care how many parks and coasters that I try to cram into just one day. Anyways, like I stated above, this is my first TR ever on any website. I'm going to do my TR first, then post pictures from the trip. Here's the parks that I visited this trip, and will be posting about... - Little Amerricka in Marshall, WI - Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in the Wisconsin Dells, WI - Timber Falls Adventure Park in the Wisconsin Dells, WI - Valleyfair! in Shakopee, MN - Nickelodeon Universe (Mall Of America) in Bloomington, MN - Como Town in St. Paul, MN Here we go... We left home (Saginaw, MI) at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, August 1st. We drove through the night till we got to Little Amerricka in Marshall, Wisconsin. We arrived at the park at about 6:00 in the morning which I thought would be perfect so we could get some shut eye in the car. Boy was I wrong. We, and the park, were surrounded by crop fields, cow pastures, and the worst smell ever! Plus, I can never sleep in cars. (side note... make sure you double check the times the parks are open that you are traveling to!). It finally started getting light enough for me to read the sign that said the park wasn't going to open till 12:00 p.m., which I thought opened at 10:00, so we now had 6 hours to waste in Marshall, WI, which if you have ever been there, has 1 blinking light, 2 gas stations, a dollar store, and maybe about 8 other random little stores that also weren't open. We spent a lot of time sitting in the car staring out the window. Finally at about 8:30 a.m. I saw someone pull in the park, which looks like a run down carnival, with a newly refurbished Woodie in the middle of the park, and a weird little monorail running the perimeter of the park. I went and walked around the park and took some pictures and was hoping to con/pay the person into letting me ride the coasters so I could be on my way to the Wisconsin Dells. That didn't happen, as I chickened out and couldn't ask. It probably wouldn't have happened anyway. Finally 12:00 p.m. rolled around. I ran to the ticket building, bought my tickets, and hopped in line for the ricketiest Mouse coaster that I have ever ridden. I'm pretty sure on the bunny hills that led back to the station, that the cars were coming off the track and slamming back down. After the Mad Mouse, I headed over to the claustrophobic deathtrap known as the Wild & Wooly Toboggan. I have ridden a few of these at traveling fairs before, and wasn't looking forward to this one. Hopped in the car, got the ride over with! Next up was Little Dipper, which was appropriately placed next to a cemetery! It was a rickety little thing that would fling you from your seat over each little hill. The ride operator was being nice, and since I was the only person on the coaster, he let me go around 4 times, but I was ready to stop after the first lap but I didn't have the heart to say it cause the guy was so nice and excited that I drove all the way from Michigan to ride it. After the Little Dipper I headed over to the Meteor. This little guy looks amazing. It looks so fresh and clean. The trains look real nice, and it still has the old hand brakes that I love! I was pretty excited to ride it. There was no wait at all, and I magically got the front seat. I asked the ride operator if he would snap my photo real quick, and he did. He also said because I had tickets and not a wristband, that we would get a bonus lap. It was a fun little ride. It was very smooth for a Woodie, and they let me take pictures on the ride, which never happens! While pulling through the station for our 3rd lap, he said if we make a lot of noise that we'd get a 4th bonus lap, which we did. After my ride I snapped a few more pictures, went back to the building and bought 1 more ticket to keep as a souvenir and got a little photocopied park map. Talked to the Owner/Manager? Lady for a few minutes and she thanked my for driving all that way to visit their little park. It was nice to be appreciated. We left Marshall, WI as soon as possible! We were now on our way to the Wisconsin Dells. Once we arrived in the Dells we stopped and grabbed some Subway to eat. After Subway we headed down the street to Mt. Olympus. This place looks amazing when you're pulling up to it. It's like wooden coaster heaven, kind of like Holiday World, but it looks way more impressive. It may have been the busiest that I have ever seen a park in my life, but for some reason the lines for the coasters weren't that bad. It could have been cause it was blazing hot out and everyone was riding water rides/slides. While I'm on the water park subject, I'd like to thank the person at Mt. Olympus that decided it was OK for people to walk around in their bathing suits, cause there was definitely some nice scenery wandering around! After buying my wristband, and my Mom's "Spectator" wristband we entered the park. It was way bigger, and way more beautiful than I had expected. I went to the first station that i saw, which happened to be Zeus. I waited about 10 minutes for the front seat. The ride was a little rough but not too rough, and it had some pretty good airtime. After Zeus I headed over to Hades, which I had been super excited to ride since it opened! I waited about 45 minutes to an hour for the front seat. After all of my excitement and anticipation, I was not let down one bit! I LOVED this coaster! It drops right out of the station and pretty much has a whole coaster ride before you even reach the lift hill. Once you crest the lift hill, you see a small black hole at the bottom of the hill, a giant parking lot, and the rest of the coaster on the other side of the parking lot. I don't know if the tunnel under the parking lot is usually lit or not, but it wasn't the day I rode. I was surprised at all of the action in the tunnel. If I'm not mistaking I may have even felt a decent sized drop in there. You fly out of the other side of the parking lot, get a little air, and back in the tunnel you go. Now, back on the park side of the parking lot you fly back out of the tunnel and over a decent size hill that had some good air time, and do some more fast paced twists and turns back toward the station. You then wipe the tears from your eyes real quick so it doesn't look like you were crying, which I almost did with excitement! Overall I loved Hades. The ending had a little shuffling going on, but besides that I have no complaints. After Hades I headed over to Cyclops which had no wait at all. I rode in the front seat cause I'm usually a front seat kind of guy. It was a crazy ride! I got off and had to see why you have to be 18 to ride in the back car. I found out alright, haha. After I almost got flung out of the train, and got slammed around like crazy, a fun slammed around like crazy though, we pulled back in to the station. I pushed my spine back in my body through the top of my head and was on my way to ride Little Titan's, which I never got to ride cause the ride operators were being sticklers! I even tried to bribe them with money, as well as kids and their parents. Unfortunately people thought I was nuts and wouldn't take me up on the offer. I then headed over to Pegasus. There was also no wait for it, and it seemed to me to be your average family Woodie. After Pegasus we headed to the indoor section of the park so I could ride Opa, the spinning mouse. Spinning and I don't really work well together, but this coaster didn't bother me at all. It was actually quite boring compared to other spinning mice that I have ridden (i.e. the one at Beech Bend, WOW!). After riding Opa, I went in one of the little gift stores and bought a Hades shirt, then we wandered back over to Hades so I could make sure it was actually as good as I though it was. It was! We forcefully left Mt. Olympus and headed about 2 blocks away to Timber Falls Adventure Park. We arrived there and I saw the cutest little Woodie ever named Avalanche! The train only has 3 cars. The coaster travels around the whole park, which isn't big at all. I bought my ticket, ran up the entrance ramp, hopped in the cute little train, and had no idea that I was in for one of, if not the craziest, most out of control rides of my life! You know how you hear the GP sometimes say "it felt like it was going to fly off the track"? Well, it even crossed my mind this time, haha. It's an insane little coaster. I had to ride it again, and asked one of the ride operators if I could film it with my digital camera. He said he didn't care. Up the lift hill I go, down the drop, around a highly banked turn, over a little hill, then I realize that there's no way I could film the ride by holding the camera in my hand, so I unfortunately gave up. After Timber Falls Adventure Park, and after being up for 39 hours straight, we started our 4 hour drive to Bloomington, Minnesota to our hotel. I was fine till we got about an hour and a half away, and all of a sudden I couldn't hold my eyes open any longer. So I asked my Mom if she could drive. She reluctantly said yes, as she's paranoid to drive on the highway. I finally dozed off for about 20 minutes and woke up to the sounds of rumble strips. My mom was all nervous cause there were semi's all around us, so she slowed down to like 45 mph and was swerving all over, haha. I told her she better speed up to at least 60 and just watch her lane, and everyone else will pass her if they need to. She finally calmed down and I dozed back off only to wake up about 15 minutes later to a big thud and some more swerving. She hit some sort of animal and spider cracked my front fascia on my car. Oh well, we're alive and well, and I am wide awake now. I finished out the drive, we checked in to our hotel, and after about 43 hours of no sleep, I fell asleep before my head even hit the pillow. We woke up Sunday morning August, 3rd and headed to Valleyfair! in Shakopee, Minnesota which was only about 15 minutes from our hotel. We got to the park and got waved through the parking toll booths, cause I have a oh so special Cedar Point Platinum Pass. We rolled right up to the gates to park, cause my Mom is handicapped. Got my Mom her Senior ticket for $16.00 and went and got my ticket from Guest Services. We then headed straight to the back of the park so I could ride Renegade. Fact about me: I may be GCI's biggest fan! I was SO excited to ride this thing I thought I was going to pee my pants! I told my Mom that I would be right back cause there was no line and it should be quick. Wrong! There are hidden parts of the line, like the part that goes under the station. Anyway, it still only took me maybe a half an hour and I was in the front seat. It was definitely a GCI Woodie with Millennium Flyer Trains. These are my favorite coasters out there, and this was no exception. It had the airtime, the quick direction changes, the laterals, and everything else that I was hoping for, but I must say, out of the 7 GCI's that I have ridden this may be the roughest, besides Gwazi that is. It was still a super good ride though. After Renegade we headed over to Excalibur. I was really surprised at how fun and smooth this thing was. I was not expecting this. There was no wait at all, so I rode the front seat. There was a pretty good pop of air that took me by surprise, and I wasn't expecting it to have that much speed. From Excalibur we headed back up to the Mad Mouse so I could get it out of the way. I hate how mice always have the longest lines, and are so boring. Waited. Got it out of the way. Moved on to the High Roller. Waited about 10 minutes for the front seat. I expected a lot more out of the ride. It crawled over the hills and had no airtime what so ever. Oh well, it's another credit. After High Roller I went over to Mild Thing and tried to beg my way on to there, which didn't happen. Guess I need that Big Mike charm! I then talked my Mom into riding the Ferris Wheel so We could take some pictures while at the top. After the Ferris Wheel, we head to the Corkscrew. It's your everyday head banging Corkscrew with a good little airtime hill. After the Corkscrew we headed over to Steel Venom, where some small bruises were born. I always like these type of impulse coasters. I liked the one at Geauga Lake, so I figured I'd like this, and I did. That hold brake on the back spike really takes people by surprise! After Steel Venom we rode the train around the park and snapped a few more photo's. From the train we headed back to Wild Thing. I really liked this coaster. I again waited about 10 minutes for the front seat. I wasn't expecting it to have as much speed and airtime as it did, and I especially didn't expect it to be as smooth as it was. I had tears running all over my face, and so did the girl next to me, so I felt a little better about it. After riding Wild Thing, we headed towards the front of the park. I picked myself up a sweet Renegade shirt, we pick up an over priced photo of us, and were on our way out of the park. We left the park at about 6:00 p.m. Found a target and bought some Peanut Butter Cups (my favorite, and some Sun Chips to take back to our Hotel. Then I had to hunt down a car wash to try and get the 10,000,000 smashed mosquito's off of my car. On the way back we decided it would be a good idea to pick up some Pizza Hut. It was delicious as usual. We then just hung out and relaxed at the Hotel. Watched some TV, and played on the internet, then got some good sleep. We woke up bright and early on Monday, August 4th and headed to my most anticipated place of the trip, the Mall Of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Not only am I a Coaster Enthusiast, I'm also a Mall Rat, and my Mom and I both love Putt-Putt Golf! The MOA has all 3 things in the same place. How perfect! We arrived and headed right inside to see the Lego store... Eeeee.. I also love Lego's! From there headed to get my wristband for Nickelodeon Universe. I purchased it at one of the little self serve stations, then stood around like and idiot trying to figure out how to get it on. I saw all kinds of kids, parents, and random people wearing them. I knew there had to be a way. I was trying to peel it apart, lick it, my mom suggested maybe it's magnetic... no luck! Finally I asked some lady and she told me that I had to get a sticker for it.. Duh! How simple! After I got that all figured out I headed straight for the Avatar Airbender, cause it was the one that I was looking forward to the least and wanted to get it out of the way. I waited about 10 to 15 minutes before I was loaded on. You go right up to the glass ceiling on the thing. It looks like you could kick right through it. It actually turned out to be a super fun ride, and didn't make me sick at all. From there I headed to the Pepsi Orange Streak. I expected this thing to be slow and boring, but I ended up really liking it. It travels around the whole park and you get to see everything. It even goes through the mountain that houses most of the log flume. It was a lot more zippy than I expected, and it turned out to be quite fun. After the Pepsi Orange Streak I headed for the Sponge Bob Square Pants Rock Bottom Plunge. After riding Mystery Mine at Dollywood, I was having mixed feelings about riding this. I only waited about 5 minutes to sit in the front left of the car. I had to take my plugs out of my ears so I didn't lose them or get them mashed into my head. It turned out to be a pretty good ride. These vertical lift hills are really weird, but you get some good ejector air cresting the hill. It wasn't as rough and head bangy as I thought it was going to be, although the bruises that were born the day before at Valleyfair! were really brought to life after my ride. After Sponge Bob Square Pants Rock Bottom Plunge we headed over to the Fairly Odd Coaster. This thing was a lot crazier than I was anticipating. The first drop took me by surprise, and the rest of the coaster was history. We pulled back to the station and I had to close my eyes and hold my head cause I was SUPER dizzy! I haven't felt that sick since MaxAir at CP! The coaster looks awesome though, and is very photogenic, and I love how it interacts with the Midway's. It even had 2 little spots of airtime. They take an on-ride video of you that you can purchase. I asked the lady working if I could take a picture of the screen. She said yes, so I actually took a video of it. They don't show your entire ride, but you get to see a good chunk of it. After riding the Fairly Odd Coaster we headed over to the Underwater Adventures Aquarium in the basement of the MOA. You go down 2 different sets of escalators to get down there. We paid something like $16.00 a piece to get in. They have a few different sections, my favorite probably being everyone else's favorite, the 300ft underwater tunnel. They had a moving floor in there that you just stand on, but the best part was you could get off of it anytime you wanted to to spend more time in the tunnel. There were some pretty sweet sharks in there. After the tunnel, I spent about 20 minutes trying to get my Mom to pet the Stingrays, I finally convinced her and was able to snap a photo of it. After the Underwater Adventures Aquarium we headed to the Guest Services counter so I could rent a wheel chair for my Mom, cause I knew that we had a lot of fast moving to do to see the whole mall. The wheel chair was free to use which I was pretty pumped about cause I'm used to paying a ton to rent them at parks. We started on the 1st floor and worked our way up the to 4th. I walked pretty fast, and stopped in maybe 12 to 15 stores. I saw all kinds of good Nike's, which I have a huge collection of but unfortunately didn't have enough money left to add any to the collection, and I also had to check out the Hot Topic there, cause I manage one here in Michigan and had to see how they operated. We then went back down to the 3rd floor and ate at Famous Dave's. After Famous Dave's we tracked down the Moose Mountain Adventure Golf. I was really looking forward to playing this course, cause from pictures I have seen from it, it looks awesome. Well, it definitely looks awesome, but it was probably the worst layed out Putt-Putt that I have ever played. We still had fun playing though. I won. I actually got a hole-in-one on the 18th hole too which earned me a free game, which I ended up keeping as a souvenir. After playing Putt-Putt we headed back to Nickelodeon Universe so I could ride the Log Chute. I love flumes, and this thing was no exception. It may be the best, if it's not the best flume that I have ever ridden. The theming was awesome. There's a big mountain that it goes in and out of, little cabins, a GIANT cow/bull, and Paul Bunyan. It has like 2 or 3 lift hills with 2 drops. One of them being hidden and it can't be seen from anywhere unless your going down it. I was really impressed with it. After the MOA and Nickelodeon Universe I was hoping to have time take my Mom to IKEA, cause I always tell her about it but she's never been to one. Unfortunately we spent over 11 hours at the mall and had no time, so we just headed back to the hotel to get some rest, cause we had a long drive ahead of us on Tuesday. We woke up on Tuesday, August 5th... got some free Donuts and Waffles at the Hotel, then headed off to Como Town in St. Paul Minnesota for the last credit of the trip. We drove about 25 minutes through a bunch of construction to get there. We got to the park and had to park super far away from the entrance. I spotted an employee taking some water in a locked gate not meant for the public. I begged him to let us in there so my Mom didn't have to walk all the way around to the gate. He was super nice, and understood the situation and let us in. I went and bought my 4 tickets at $0.75 each and headed for the Screaming Dragon. After being laughed and stared at by the kids in line, as well as the ride operator... I was nestled in the front seat and ready for my death grip going up the lift hill so I didn't tip out of the train. 3 times around the course, and a few laughs later I had collected the last credit of the trip. On the way out I picked up a couple park maps for the collection. I opened one of them up to check it out and had no idea the place was as large as it was. It looked to me like a mini Carnival Midway. I was wrong. They had a pretty decent sized Zoo that you could go in for free, but we unfortunately didn't have time. After we got to the car, we did spot a few Giraffes though. We left Como Town and started the long trek home. We ended up passing back by the Wisconsin Dell's and couldn't pass it up. We decided to play a quick round of Putt-Putt Golf at the World's Largest Pirate's Cove! They had 91 holes... yes, 91! We only played one 18 hole course, that took about 2 hours to play through, which took some of our valuable driving time away... but we just couldn't pass it up, though I did have to pass up Avalanche, the cutest, craziest coaster that I told you about at Timber Falls that was right next door. We left Pirate's Cove to continue our drive and we stopped somewhere in Wisconsin again and ate at Buffalo Wild Wings. We continued our drive from there into Illinois where I had to try some Del Taco that I hear so much about. It was pretty good. We continued our drive through Chicago, and into Indiana. Finally, Welcome to Michigan... Ahhh... then the dreaded Highway that is 69. The worst highway to drive at night. It's long, it's boring, and it's the best way home. I ended up getting home at 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6th. Slept fast cause I had to work 8.5 hours that day. I am still trying to catch up on sleep. Overall, this trip was one of my favorites that I have taken We visited 6 different parks. I rode 23 Roller Coasters, which were all new credits for me. I rode 2 new Log Flumes. We played 2 new Putt-Putt courses. W saw a lot of new, and beautiful things. I spent some quality time with my Mom. We drove 1596.9 miles the whole trip, and spent I don't wanna know how much in gas. I really hope you enjoyed reading my TR. (That is, if you made it all the way through!) Thanks a ton for reading! Photo's coming soon. Keep an eye out!

packfanlv... Thanks for the tip! That will help a ton. I'm actually gonna start typing the TR tonight, and hopefully finish it tomorrow night, then start adding the photo's by park. Thanks again... I really appreciate it!

Man, I really wish I would have entered this!

I'm never surprised with all the complaining when a new coaster is announced, but I never understand it. If you're a coaster enthusiast, like myself, you'd be excited for ANY type of new coaster no matter the size, the layout, the elements, etc. I think this thing looks AMAZING!

Nice TR once again, Big Mike! I really liked Knoebels when I was there. I think that I got the most extreme airtime that I have ever had on Pheonix... I thought it was going to eject me right out of the train! Did you ride the chair lift that goes up the side of the mountain? It was awesome, and had an amazing view! I have another question... When you do these Photo TR's, do you have to resize all the pictures, or do you just have your settings set to take them this size? I just took a pretty fun trip to Wisconsin and Minnesota and I'd love to do my first Photo TR, but I don't want to have to resize all the pics. I bet there are easily over 1,000 of them, though I don't want to post them all. Round 2 Rubber Duckies, here I come!

Nice TR! I really liked BGA. It looks like you picked an awesome time to go. I went in the middle of January. The lines weren't bad, but they definitely weren't as good as when you were there, and I only got to ride one side of Gwazi!

HOORAYYYYYYYY!!! 10 Rubber Duckies, 10 Rubber Duckies!

Awesome TR! What an insane fair. You would never think that they could make portable rides so big. I wonder how long it takes them to set up the whole fair.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little dissapointed in all the answer changes.

I know... I'm still confident in my answer. Thanks for the tip though!

There are lot's of 9 counts, with quite a bit of answer editing (which isn't allowed, people!)... but I'm gonna have to go with 10 Rubber Duckies! 10 Rubber Duckies: Final Answer! You got some great photo's of Lightning Racer, and Sooper Dooper Looper! You also did a great job of hiding some of the Duckies! This is super fun, Big Mike!

What a bummer about your internet. I'm sitting here with a pen in my hand waiting to tally up the second part of the rubber ducky count, haha... cause you know, how can I be the Big Mike Reader of the Year if I don't post first! Loved the HP photo's so far. I LOVE Lightning Racer, and something that I'm still regretting 3 years later is not riding Roller Soaker cause i was a party pooper and didn't want to get wet! I'll be back this year though to redeem myself. I'm looking forward to rest of the pics! (not just for the rubber duckies, either)

This is an awesome idea! I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your TR, especially all of the death traps, dark rides, stuff you wont find at other parks, and of course, the boobs!

Corkscrew at Cedar Point in 1987.

Amazing TR, as always! I've got to say, I wasn't too impressed with Raging Bull, but on the other hand, I really like American Eagle which a lot of people seem to dislike. I loved Viper, Batman: The Ride, and of course...the best coaster in the park, Whizzer!!! Burnt feet. Ouch! Atleast you got a cute photo out of the deal!

So my buddy Chris took his kids down to this place in Irish Hills, MI which is pretty much in the middle on no where. The place is called "Stagecoach Stop USA". I have never heard of it, and I also didn't know about the now defunct coaster that they have named "The Cornstalk Load Goldmine - Runaway Mine Cars". I couldn't find any information on the coaster. Here is a link to the places website "www.stagecoachstop.com", but it doesn't have any information on the coaster. Ever heard of this place, or the coaster? Being the good guy that he is, when he spotted the rusty, shut down coaster... he thought of me! He gave me some photo's that he took of the coaster this past Friday and Saturday. They aren't the best quality, but they're better than any other pics that I've seen of this coaster, which is none! Here are the photos. Hopefully this works out ok, as this is my first time posting any photos like this. View of track from outside the park. Closer view of same section of track. Last two turns, and little bunny hills before returning to the station. Some track with theming in the background. Mining Rig theming. OLD SCHOOL lift motor with chains, and belts! Part of the lift hill, and motor. Closer photo of the front of the train. Somewhat of an overview with a tarped train. Control panel? Entrance sign for the coaster.

This is awesome! I love Lego's soooo much! I remember when I was a little kid, I wrote Lego and asked them if they made a roller coaster. I got the meanest letter ever back telling me that they can't accept my suggestion, and that they make plenty of other Lego's that I should check out. What a bummer! First, it wasn't a suggestion. Second, I was a little kid... be nice! Anyway, I still love Lego's, and this TR! Nice job!

Nice photos! I really love Indiana Beach. Cornball Express has a special little place in my heart! I'm glad to hear that Steel Hawg is not super rough, cause I guess I just assumed that it would be.

So far I have been to... -Cedar Point -Kings Island -Michigan's Adventure -Universal Studios Florida -Universal Studios Islands Of Adventure -Seaworld Orlando -Busch Gardens Africa -Six Flags Great America -Waldameer -Six Flags Over Georgia Still to go this year... -Six Flags Great Adventure -Darien Lake -Lake Compounce -Hershey Park -Busch Gardens Europe -Valleyfair -Nickelodeon Universe -Mt. Olympus -Noah's Ark -Riverview Park -Timber Falls Adventure Park

Is this a trick game? I spot "1" rubber ducky, "5" different times! Awesome update as always, Big Mike! I appreciate the babes in underwear. I feel like I'm visiting the old BMRS. I also like the picture of the Volley Ball match Thanks for working your magic. It's much appreciated. I'm really looking forward to the rest of what's to come from the BMRS! As always, have fun, & safe travels! Brian

Ravine Flyer II at Waldameer yesterday. I thought it was super fun. A lot better than I thought it was going to be. The front seat was super smooth, and gave a lot of floater airtime, and the back seat was a bit rough, and had some good airtime in different spots. What a beautiful view this thing has from the top of the lift! I rode it 10 times, and met a fellow ACE member (don't make fun of me!), and I can't remember his name for the life of me, but it is always nice to bump into a fellow enthusiasts.

^^ Powder Keg is flippin sweet! I was sooo surprised the first time that I rode it. I didn't expect to like it, but I LOVED it!

I'm gonna have to go with Hydra @ Dorney Park. Thunderbolt @ Kennywood. I'm surprised that this one hasn't been mentioned yet, Thunderation @ Silver Dollar City. Sitting backwards, going through the helix is pretty fun.