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^Heheh, thank you very much! Though I doubt too many people would know what a "Morgan Alert" is.

Thank you very much, everybdoy! I'm glad you're enjoying the TR! Probably has something to do with the fact I combined alot of photos with the usual narrative. ^^I'm really sorry to hear you had Q bot problems. Did you go over to the Q bot booth to sort them out? sadly I don't have a picture of the mysterious 4th person but he was blonde and wore sunglasses.

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^I've never been on it but I am fairly certain Silver Star and raging bull are uncomparable. Even if it were trimmed to the poitn wwhere all the airtime on it was floater, at least silver star would have airtime. Raging bull was mostly fan turns and low to the ground manouvers, not a whole lot of airtime bits.

Well, I don't mean to be shamelessly plugging myself here, but my Midwest trip TR was written exactly for this kind of thing, putting a big emphasis on what the experience of a TPR trip is. If you're looking for a nutshell explanation, I'd say expect to have a world of fun and meet lots of interesting people. And expect to be surprised ALOT. Often things are not what they seem to be. Weather it's a ride with great reputation that ends up sucking(or the other way around), or just people being wonderfully bizzare and wacky. Try not to force yourself to fit in or whatnot, just find the people you get along with and have fun with them. If you basically relax, have fun with it, follow the rules, and make sure not to stand on any plantholders to take a picture of a waterslide with your brand new camera, you are in for the time of your life.

I don't think I know anyone who's %100 gay, but about %80 of the kids in my age that I know are bi.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how amazing the Q bots were! Those things were FANTASTIC!!! You'd reserve a spot on a ride when youg ot off of the one before it, and by the time you'd get to it, it would already be your turn to ride!

Well Luke was considered a child on Little Titans, which had a pretty cutthroat screening process so you could say we were 3 adults and 1 child. But envertheless, other parks we've been to ran fuller cars.

D'oh! Silly me! the topic's sub-title was still "Dells"! Updated now.

^Hour before it opens,or hour after it closes... each park is different, if they even give it. I think for CP it was like 2 hours before but it was shared by all CP resort guests. And it IS a huge advantage. If it weren't for ERT we never would've gotten a whole bunch of credits we got on the trip. ERT is absolutely awesome and a magor perk of TPR trips.

My goodness, what a bozo! I'd love to hear more of these stories.

^Oh.... My gosh. How stupid can people be?!?! That is absolutely hillarious. Share some more of your stories!

^^^I didn't say there are certain rides on which people die all the time, I said that people die on rides(as in different ones). Though what you said about how it is regarded makes sense. I just didn't know it wasn't considered a good coaster.

Six Flags Great America And for once, I have LOTS OF PICTURES!!! YAY!!! Well, morning came up and after a quick breakfast and round of apologies I felt like a new day was here and it was time to make the best of it. We all got on the bus and drove for 3 agonizingly long minutes. I had no idea we were so close to the park because when we arrived at the hotel it was dark and we were all sleepy. I honestly couldn't figure out why we didn't just walk to the parks most of the times we were so close to a park. But I guess it makes sense because if the buses have to go there to wait for us anyway we might as well just ride them, plus it'll save a couple minutes of sleep, which were sorely needed on the trip(I always seemed to be the only one that got enough hours of sleep for some reason) Don't you just love that first glance of a park in the distance? I was constantly on the lookout for those during the trip. SFGAm had a surprisingly dominant waterpark in it's skyline. I meant on going there but my plans would eventually be foiled. Blobzilla attacks Superman from the parking lot. Don't worry, Suuperman won. ...This time. so we all got off the bus(Yes, only now! told ya I have alot of pictures this time!) and headed towards the park entrance. The entrance was already piled up with people even though the park wasn't scheueled to open for quite some time. They let us in through the side and you could just feel the jealousy confusion and anger from the GP in the air. It was evilly delicious. Or maybe just wishful thinking. ERT is definately the stuff awsomeness is made of. SFGAm had a beautiful entrance plaza, and now I model most of my RCT parks' entrances around it. Aaanyhoo we started headin on over to our esignated ERT area of the park. No, Deja... We'll get to you later... Sorry, Demon, gotta run... We're heading over to... AGING BULL!... I mean... SLEEPING BULL!... I mean... NOT EL TORO! Did I mention ERT is full of win? Anyhow, we knew everybody was going to head on over to Raging bull first, so not wanting to wait the entire 5 seconds in line for the front row, me, Luke, and Shirley went over to Viper. We weren't the only ones who did that but there still weren't enough people in line to fill a train. Viper had surprisingly good theming for a Cyclone at a Six Flags park. It was basically themed to some run-down old mine or something. Viper's queue went right under Raging Bull, for some spectacular shots! One redeeming quality about Raging Bull is that it photographs extremely well. I know the picture turned out dark, but look at those air gates! Did I say already that ERT rocks? Anyhow, we get on in the front row, and I'm really not getting my hopes up about this ride. I'm just riding it 'cus it's there, basically. I've ridden two Cyclone coasters in my life. The original Cyclone at Coney Island, and Psyclone at SFMM. You all know how "wonderful" Psyclone was, and while the Cyclone is ALOT of fun it does toss you around quite a bit. And man was I taken for a ride!(Ba-dum-tiss!) Viper ended up ROCKING! It was alot of fun, it wasn't rough, it was well paced, had airtime, and was overall an extremely enjoyable ride! I was shocked to find out that a Cyclone was the best ride in the park! And this is not a park that lacks a variety of rides, mind you! It was so great we had to ride it again instead of heading on over to Raging Bull. Viper's exit had views just as awesome as the queue. Well, just as planned, everyone who went for Raging Bull first was now heading over to Viper and the drop tower(I think that's the only flat ride we got ERT on during the trip), so the station was ABANDONED! Me, Luke, and Shirley went to the front row. I was really excited to ride Raging Bull. I had heard good things about it, it looked fantastic, and I had been on Goliath, which I love. Well, the train leaves the station, and slowly climbs up the lift hill. I'm scared and excited, and then... A gigantic fall underground, very thrilling, followed by a giant turn in mid-air. The view from that turn I still have in my mind because it's very pretty. The train drops back down, climbs up and -TSSSST!- Strongest. trims. ever. You could really feel your body weight shift forward, and the first thought that instantly came to mind was "Awwww..." The mediocre floater airtime on that hill was the ominous forecast of the rest of the ride. At that point it was basically the world's tallest and fastest scenic railway. Amazing views, watching the track twist and turn in front of you was quite a sight, but as for sensation... Nothing. By the time it was zig-zagging on the low-to-the-concrete turns I was practically trying to stifle a yawn thinking "Oh please." The train hit the brakes and rolled back into the station. I was surprised to see there was nobody in line for the front row. So despite the ride being a disappointement, it was still rather fun, and prretty, so we didn't even get up and rode again. We left the ride and headed back out to the midway. The busy, busy midway. Did I mention ERT rocks yet? Well, it was time to hit the last ERT ride left. *Cue scary music* The drop tower(who's name I can't recall) was very well themed, and, while it looked quite short in photos, was looking pretty darn tall in person. I have never been on an Intamin drop tower before but knew they were supposed to be way better than S&S towers, and I love S&S towers, so I was excited to see what could possibly be the difference. I would've ridden Superman at Kentucky Kingdom first if it weren't for the terrible accident that happened on it. Once again we were asked by Robb not to make any refferences of the accident in the park. After a 2 minute wait I get on the ride, buckle up, and it climbs up slowly. there are great views and I am pretty scared, wishing I could've taken my camera with me. It gets to the top, stops, and drops. Yeah, that's about it. It was fun. Very fun even. But... I didn't get what the big fuss was about. I had much more fun on S&S towers. Well, ERT is over and it's time to get together at the plaza for Q-bot distirbution and a lecture. We had to split to groups of 4 in order for us all to get Q bots and Is till didn't have my group. Luckily Luke and Shirley, which I've been hanging around with and talking to during the trip, didn't have a group either so I teamed up with them, and we needed just one more person and evrybody already had groups so we teame dup with some random guy who's name I never really caught(sorry, person!), and through the day it felt awkward asking for his name which I shouldve already known. But together the four of us made a very fun team. I was worried about the fact that Luke and Shirley aren't credit whores, but they ended up being very efficient and energetic when it came down to planning the attack strategy on the park. We were instructed by Robb and Elissa to hit Deja Vu, Ragin' Cajun, and Demon first, seeing as they weren't on the Q-bot's list, and rather low capacity rides(The first two, anyway). Seeing as Deja Vu was closest(entry-wise, anyway), we decided to hit that first and as soon as we were allowed to roam the park(which was already after the gates opened to the GP! Eep!), we all made a mad dash to Deja. At that point I was very impressed with Luke and Shirley, which I totally did not take for the "running of the bulls" type. We got in line very quickly. There was already a bit of a line before us, which took forever because fo the ride's low capacity, but thanks to our mad dash, the line we had to wait in was significantly shorter than the line people who came in just a minute later had to wait in. In retrospect, this might be what saved our visit, credits-wise. We watched Deja cycle a couple of times and got in line. I was waiting for the last row. I was rather worried, though, because the only other time I rode a Deja Vu was at SFMM, and it gave me a drilling headache. eventually the airgates opened, we sat in the seats, and the train started climbing backwards, it was fun hanging vertically. The train dropped, and to my surprise I was treated to a fun, thrilling ride that didn't leave me with a bit of a headache. I actually enjoyed it, and I believe so did the rest of my group! I was surprised to find out that other TPR members did not enjoy it as much as we did. We exited the ride and immediatly rushed over to Ragin' Cajun, the park's wild mouse coaster. To get to it we had to detour around the wole park, seeing as much like other six flags parks, SFGAm is built in a circle. On our way there we passed the entrance plaza, which was now crawling with people, and entered a very nicely themed area called Mardi Gras which was built new orleans-style and had people inc ostuems throwing out beads. Overall the entire park was very well themed and landscaped for a Six Flags park. Waiting in line for a bit for Deja Vu, plus having to take a HUGE detour around the park to get to Ragin Cajun, combined with the fact that Wild Mouse coasters have a painfully low capcity meant that this was going to be painful. when we finally got to the coaster it had a huge line. We got in, and waited. For ages it seemed like we weren't moving at all. While this gave us time to just chat, relax, take pictures, think of a strategy and enjoy ourselves, it was still, you know, a long wait in a long line. I think Luke gave me his large-sized park map, which I have on the desk next to me at the moment. Batman teasing us from afar with it's fancy schmancy high capcity. Meanwhile all we could do is stand around, and gaze at the tubs rolling by every so often. After a rediculously long wait we were close enough to the station to understnad why the ride was taking even longer than usual. They were running an average of 2 people per car. Basically you rode in the groups you came in, which was just plain rediculous. In fact, I'm not sure why, but I had actually to ride seperately from Luke and Shirley. I don't remember who the 4th guy rode with. A rare sight of a 4-person car. Well, we got the credit out of the way. My car hardly spun at all, but as I was looking at Luke and Shirley's car, which was behind mine, they were spinning like crazy! I mean real whirlwind "spinning dragons" spinning! Well, as we determined while waiting in line, next up we were going to try and head for V2. And basically work around the park in a clockwise movement. Now, I've sene picures of V2, but not videos, so I didn't know it actually stops once it hits the top of the spike, so this was a nice surprise to see. The station provided some very nice views of the park. I've been on Wicked Twister at CP before, but I sat in the middle so the ride pretty much sucked. I knew I had to ride in an edge seat this time so I sat in the back for the true impulse invert experience. I preffered the weightlessness over the twist. And the ride was off! Overall it was a very fun ride and saved my opinions on Impulse coasters, seeing as it was way better than riding Wicked Twister in the middle. The train stopping while vertical was very weird and fun as well. Anyhow, I can go on and on but if this TR is too long nobody'll read it so I'll continue some other time. NEXT: SFGAm part 2!

Fantastic TR, Jahan! Your TR always makes me want to go update my TR. And aah, yes... The hot chicks me and Ryan "picked up". I can't believe during the entire trip I was using my american accent when it's my Israeli accent that they ended up liking so much! Oh, and also, it turns out that the creepy "independence day" cloud was in fact, a Tornado cloud, that ended up hitting not too far south from where we were.

Well, if I know anything about the japanese culture, it's pretty much a guarentee that the coaster will not be bought by anyone, at least nobody in Japan, since their culture would say that it's haunted and cursed. I don't get why everyone is so thrilled to see this coaster go, though. I mean, people die on rides all the time but I don't see anyone protesting to take down american rides which had people die on them?

Heheheh, awesome shots man! However am I the only one that upon going to Cedar Point looks at coasters all the time as opposed to trash cans? Your TRs are fun to read, they're full of photos so they really capture the moment. Keep it going! I want more! EDIT - oh, and everyone, you can't tell, but there's actually an additional trash can in the pciture of me and Ryan through the trash cans. They were all liend up a couple feet away!

Holy cow! While I am totlaly creeped out by this thing I can't help but be amazed. Also, it probably wouldn't look as creepy if it were leading a Disneyland parade dressed as Pluto.

^Heya Luke! Of course I ahdn't forgotten about you! All over the TR I wrote that you and your mom were a blast to hang out with! Plus, next up is SFGAm, in which we hung out the most. It was funny that despite being a relatively non-credit whoring group we were possibly the only ones to get all the credits that day!

That is awesome!!! However you forgot to mention that not only did Ryan not have to abduct a kid to ride Jr. Gemini, a kkid actually abducted HIM! And I didn't already have the credit, otherwise I would not have spent 45 minutes(longest wait in the park!) and go all "Creepy stalker guy wants to abduct your children" in the midway.

I didn't download the trakc yet but it does look improved, however I would suggest messing with the color shceme a bit more. I liked the previous train color better.

Well, I'd just like to point out that I heard that they're planning on removing the Galaxi back when we were at IB, way before it was sold. So while that has a higher chance of being true, I don't think it's to blame on the new owners necessarily.

yeah, me neither. It's off to a flyign colors start. earlier the screenshots were being buggy and now the site hasnt been working for several hours.

^^Luke was the youngest on the trip, he was 16 and the only one to get the Little Titans credit. ^I did not say the word "clique" as a bad word. I was just using it becuase it's shorter than "A bunch of people who hang out all the time and get along well". Theyre not all long time friends, like Thecoasterkid said, the hooters crew had people coming and going in and out of it. Also, I am not critiquing cliques one bit, I think its great that people found people to have fun with. All I was saying was that at the time, when I was watching everyone mess aorund on the lawn, BEFORE I had the insight I got later that night, I kinda wanted to be in the "clique", that's all. As for That's exactly what I learned and gained from that night. Which is why the rest of the trip was better(socially, anyway. Park-wise I think the first half was better). I must say I am very surprised for the better by how accepting and mature everybody is being about the thigns I wrote. I was a little hestiant to write it all at first. Regardless, seeing as that day was the only one that had such a messy underline to it, the TR shall now resume to it's usual "I was riding a coaster when all of a sudden such and such happened!" self.

I never really played the urbz.