Jon Sabo

Flat Ride: Any spinning ride. Coaster: Kumba! But, due to the size of the yard, a unique dive coaster would fit nicely (and use my pool for a water brake area).

I really enjoyed those photos.

Link Disney Gets Control of 'Indiana Jones' Movie Rights from Paramount Looks like another Indy movie(s) coming to the big screen. Hope it will be better than Crystal Skull. I would love to see the younger Indiana Jones series brought back to tv. I used to like that series.

yeah! Love the track color.

He almost appears as if he could have been on a Led Zeppelin (or Black Sabbath) Christmas album...err CD cover! I LOVE Europa Park, but never made it for a Christmas event. Guess I am going to add that to my bucket list now.

They are not wasting any time getting this built.

I'm interested how the theme of the ride will turn out. I enjoyed Krake and hope it will at least be on par with that.

It will be very interesting how they will incorporate that into the theme. For now, they could add Christmas lights and call it the Corkscrew Christmas tree.

Really loved the photos! I remember going to Air & Space museum when I was a kid and still think it is awesome today! Good to see another Shuttle on display

If John Hammond really existed and "sparred no expense"

Cool photos. Thanks for sharing! I like the OzIris theme.

Some I have seen: Guests 'name dropping' someone they know at the park in order to get a special access. Not following safety rules by ride attendant or safety spiel. Guest think they are owed the world or something when they were slightly inconvieneinced by a ride shutdown or delay (some parks provide some sort of pass). 1 guest holding a spot in line while the rest of the group "went to bathroom" or got something to eat and the group tries to intimidate others in line for speaking out about the line cutting.

The 2 I enjoyed were at Stratosphere and Universal IOA.

Hard not to go with Disney, although everyone seems to try and copy Disney with some aspect of a theme, operation, design... I think each chain has some good (and bad) issues, it just depends on each individuals perspective of what makes the park chain his/her favorite.

Those are some nice photos! Then again, ANY coaster in the snow is pretty awesome.

Some favorite Ride names that come to mind: Alpengeist Kraken Drachen Fire (was cool name back in the 90's) Katun Tatsu Manta

It would have been cool if Hydra would have a small pond with alligators around the jo-jo roll area.

Zero-G roll (especially on Kumba & Katun) and the Dive loop.

I would agree with the BGT operations. I worked for BGW and was amazed how different the two parks operate and thought it was just a 'bad' day for BGT. I have noticed that the park (BGT) does have some good days and some days are not so good. Operational budgets will certainly have an effect on future operations as they find ways to save money.

I miss the 'old school' B&M rides. I LOVE the creativity of Intamin rides.

Last hit may be the weekly theme song to Big Bang Theory.

I know the CW version of Leviathan was generally confined by the space, but I actually like this layout a bit better. Good job!

Yes, I will agree with you on that Robb! Fortunately the water bombs were not working the day I rode it. I am not really a fan of any of the wingriders at all. But, the Raptor was fine for me (if I had to choose) and Wild Eagle (for the view).

^that is just all part of the ride experience.

Having worked for a BG park, I would say B&M has some of the best for maintenance. Worst-many water-related rides. The pumps, the ride/track area, the lift and the control units. The ride vehicles require ALOT of maintenance in the off-season to keep them running efficient during the peak season. It is amazing at the amount of off-season work BGW goes through to get the rides ready for the next season.