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Wes, I get the feeling you're trying to make a point, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

I'm 100% sure the mouse is made by SBL. The giant "SBL" written on the side is a pretty big clue:

^They did a water screen already on Dragon's Revenge, so my guess is that they'll use it again here.

Here is the animation for the attraction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nUERrLywoY&fmt=18 The embedded video isn't great quality, so I would suggest checking out the High Quality Video on YouTube

Pretty sure all the coasters there are SBL (since the TR said there were SBL signs on all of them): * Loop&cork Screw Coster (their spelling, not mine) * Junior Coaster * Crazy Mouse On an unrelated but funny note, SBL also makes the American Adventure, where guests can shoot at Kangaroos, Cobras, Zebras, and other American wildlife.

From http://www.schlitterbahn.com/congoriver:

I never did understand the concept in ride theming whereby simply riding the coaster you are fighting the bad guy somehow. See SWSD's Journey to Atlantis coaster as a prime example of how spectacularly this concept can fail.

I wasn't doubting the authenticity of your photos. I was just surprised that Disney chose such a reddish orange for the monorail given that there is already a Monorail Red (and frankly, I'm surprised they went with orange at all given that the logical third color would be either yellow or green).

Maybe it's just your camera, but it looks awfully red in those pictures. I would've expected it to look more like this photoshopped version:

It looks like they started a construction blog at ripriderockit.com (a little late, but it's better than nothing): http://ripriderockit.com/#/construction-blog

It's about weight distribution. 400lbs concentrated in the back of the raft is quite different from 400lbs spread between two people.

Hopefully it will turn out better than the last coaster to have a tornado effect *cough*windjammer*cough*

I thought that the following episode of the reality/game show "Cha$e" would interest the theme park geeks here, since it involves the two teams being "hunted" through Universal Studios Hollywood. The show originally aired on SciFi, but you can get it on Hulu at http://www.hulu.com/watch/47928/chae-the-theme-park-10 It's actually pretty funny to watch if you know the park, as the editing is really sloppy. They'll show someone being chased by a hunter, but the hunter is running through City Walk while the person being chased is in front of the Simpsons ride.

Sorry to drag out an old thread, but I wanted to post a link to a POV I found of the ride that shows off the new projection effects: The cool stuff is in the last few seconds of the video.

Got it -- you have to put them in order of the time stamps.

Hmm, it looks like http://www.lexcorpinternational.com/ exists too. These sites came from http://www.jimmystruth2power.com/ which is another in-game blog. On the security page I found the correct pictures, but then what? SPOILER (highlight to read): >>I tagged the picture in each that had a 2-digit number and the same person in it and it said "Facial Identity Match Found", but then what? Are the 2-digit numbers in each picture significant?<< What's the next step?

At least get your wacko theories straight. The Mayan Calendar ends in 2012, Nostradamus has nothing to do with it. Nostradamus was a philosopher and astrologer (fortune teller), not an astronomer (the telescope had not even been invented yet when he died). A mistranslation of Nostradamus supposedly predicted the Great Fire of London, not Chicago, and a correct translation showed it to be a commentary on the heretic burnings that were occuring at the time. The passage that supposedly predicted 9/11 was a complete internet fabrication -- Nostradamus never wrote them. The only thing correct in that entire post is the last sentence.

The fascades in the backlot area that they are rebuilding was primarily used for shooting, although as mentioned above the tram tour did pass through the streets that weren't currently being used for filming. What is NOT currently being rebuilt is the King Kong attraction (which was part of the Tram tour) which was hidden behind some of the New York facades and was also destroyed in the fire.

I missed this when it was originally put up, but on February 3rd the fictional "Clawshun Industries" created a new website at http://www.seetheride.com/ which has pictures of the SFNE S:RoS and SFGAdv Medusa construction. The site also claims both rides will open Memorial Day. There is also a new message on the Clawshun Industries home page:

Doing it selectively by region would violated the contest rules as laid out on the website (and therefore is a violation of federal law). However, unless they aren't done sending out emails, they seem to have screwed up majorly on this one. Me and my girlfriend signed up using different addresses within minutes of each other, but only I got an email. People I know that signed up after us also got emails. Has anyone recieved a "not a winner" email, or recieved a winning email today?

I got by Bag of Crap today too. Maps ranging from WDW's Magic Kingdom to Seoulland MagicLand. Interestingly, both parks have an Adventureland, Tomorrowland, and a Fantasyland (with a Tea Cups ride and a Flying Elephants ride). Thanks!

I also wonder what happens if you move between now and when you use the coupon.

That's not how markets work. If demand is down, prices go down to attract more buyers. Current example: housing. It's a valid point, but I disagree. Utilities went up for the first time in about 5 years here. Rumor has it, it's due to people using eco-bulbs that draw less wattage. Demand on the power grid is less, yet the rates are higher. You can either pretend to know better based on anecdotal data and rumors, or you can look at actual data. Check out the attached chart below:

That's not B&M track -- it's made by AMEC. It's the same style track that AMEC used to retrack Disneyland's Space Mountain: