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I would love to see more of these updates. especialy the mysterious coaster you keep mentioning but nobody actually saw.

Heheh, thank you

No. The concept of being stuck on a boat in the middle of the sea for days is very unappealing to me. Ironically, though, I have little trouble with long plane rides. Did they ever write about you in a newspaper/magazine? If so, what?

New comic posted! Remember, I meant no harm to anyone, I'm just a cartoonist! Reviews will be appreciated.

Ha ha! I only now discovered this thread! it's funny and original! whatever happened to it?

Happy birthday Elissa!!!

Great TR Jahan! I am having alot of fun reading these, keep it going! I didn't realizze most people didn't like Zeus. I liked it. On one hand it was a bit boring at first because all the airtime was floater airtime, and we were all treated to better things during hte trip, but on the other hand, it's that exact same issue that made the last dip's crazy ejector airtime so fun and surprising. I think "Pocket coaster" is an insanely good name for what Avalanche is. And... What are gyros?

^^I was loading too slowly as well so I just looked for a vid of it on youtube and it loaded pretty fast

Well, while I ahve my doubts, I do want to remind everybody that every so often there will be an upgraded version of an old and sucky ride that ends up rocking. Whilee I realize this is not exactly the same case, people's reviews of Master Blaster waterslides were luke-warm and less than enthusiastic. But Deluge is the same concept with aslight upgrade, and it is a fantastic ride. So hopefully this case will be the same.

No. Frankly I doubt I eat anything that has any vitamins in it. Are you the artistic type?

Not necessarily. Its a matter of taste and values. I have no problem with the way music's headed. Did you ever manage to solve a rubik's cube?

Holy MCBRs, Batman! That ride looks AMAZING! I didn't even know it was being built! Looks like a crazy mix of El Toro and Balder! Whoever designed this thing knew what they were doing(though the MCBRS do kind of screw things up for me) I sdudenly feel like going to Korea. "Up, down, up and down, rollercoaster T express..."

Awsome, Will! I am glad to see you didn't abandon your TR! Ah... Cedar point... That was a wild couple of days.

Flip flap railway pulled less than 15Gs and it snapped riders' necks, so I guess it takes less.

^Blah, sorry. Like I said at hte beginning I'm terrible with names.

Yikes, that's almost as high of a G spike as flip flap railway!

Why would it be dead?

^That can very well work, on the midwest trip a couple of people joined even thoguht hey don't like rollercoasters all that mucha nd they still had a blast, what with the rest of the rides and the awsome people

Canmt wait for the next instlalment! Awsome update! You missed all the stormy craziness though! And I think that actually might be the bolt that hit avalanche, awsome!

SCAD TOWER (I didn't take my camera to extreme world so bear with me, also, please excuse me if I get a name wrong, I'm not good with names) This entire TR segment is about the experience of riding a SCAD tower for the first time, if you're not really into detailed descriptions of experiences skip this now Right, so after our day all around the Dells, and upon returning to Mt. O me and Max decided to head over to the SCAD tower at the adventure park across the street. I was dying to try it out, and yet scared out of my mind. Here is a pciture of the SCAD tower stolen from a TR by Token Yankee Guy Taken from http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=38201&sid=563f92044ef5b4bd7bc1537932f7d8db On the way there(even though it was just across the street) we noticed a residental house that had a kcikass front yard with a little carousel and other bizzare playground thingies. Like I said, no building in the Dells is normal. So after goofing off for a while we headed over to the adventure park. I bought a ticket and ended up meeting Terrance, Scott, and a couple of other people there.(I think Homer was there, too, but it's been 7 months since the trip, easy to forget(which is also why I've been updating so much lately). Amazing how time flies by, no?) I was still very scared, well, eventually me, Scott Maxs and someone elsewent to ride the scary metallic beast. The ride op lady assigned us turns to go on the ride. I was last. "Are you freakin' KIDDING me?!" I thought. I was paralyzed with fear of the dang thing, I wanted to get this over with, not stand around and see other people plummet from a contraption taller than my apartment building knowing I'm next! We all put on our special plummeting-to-our-potential-demise-suits. Well the first two people, among which was Scott got on the ride's platform, which soone nough was lifted in the air. I had to look on with sheer horror. After an agonizing amount of time the platform's bottom was opened and someone was lowered out from the hole, dangling in mid-air. Then, snap! A quick(and frightning) freefall, they were caught by the net. Next was Scott's turn. He was lowered out from under the platform too, and then released. He(naturally) screamed his ass off, but he also did a movement with his arms that resembled a chicken trying to fly. This made everybody watching crack up laughing. But the funny thing is, after he got out we realized he wasn't even aware he was doing that. When he saw the video of himself(please someone upload it!) he laughed too. Then it was me and Max's turn. We got on the platform. He was first. As the platform started lifting off the ground I was clutching on to the railing for dear life, trying not to shiver too much. Soon enough we were at the top, overlooking the dells. I was scared shitless and was considering not doing this at all. The younger of the two lady ride ops who were with us, a young blonde, was strapping Max in. The older one was telling her "Now hook that there... No, not there... Like this." and "Now you do such and such." "You have GOT to be #@$%^ing kidding me" I thought. "SHE'S A TRAINEE?!?!" The floor then opened, I tried not to make it too bovious that my arm was now welded into the railing and that my feet were stapled as far as possible from the gaping hole. I had been skydiving before but when you're skydiving there's always enough time for plan B, the safety chute. Plus it's harder to grasp how far up you are because everything looks like a miniature model. This was not the case here. Here I was on a structure that's a 5 second drop off the ground, if something bad happened, I would go splat. Max was lowered down and then- SNAP! he freefell and was no logner in sight. My turn. In my mind was a raging battle. I did not want to do this. I wanted to get down and leave. I was never on a ride in which I was not strapped in by at least 2 fiberglass walls and a lap bar untill earlier that day, and even those were on a set track, and weather I was leaning forward correctly or not had no impact on the result of the ride and my skull. But on the other hand... Everyone was down there waiting for me. Scott, , Terrance, Max, and a whole bunch of people I didn't know. If I chickened out I would look like the biggest pansy on the trip plus I would be out ten bucks. So peer pressure set in and I released my death grip on the railing. The traineed ride op strapped me in. "Now put that there" the older ride op instructed her while I was thinking of various swearwords. "Count me down first, okay?" I asked wussily. -"Alright." The floor beneath me opened, I couldn't look down if I wanted to, but I knew how far up I was hanging by a flimsy rope. I was lowered under the platform and all of a sudden I see before me the Dells' woods from way up above, and I could see exactly how high up I am. I was freaking out. No OSTRs, no seats, no lap bars, just a flimsy rope and hook, which, in a second, are going to be detached. "3...2...1..." The hook was released and Is tarted plummeting. Took a second for my brain to process it all. And I screamed. I screamed as loud and as high pitched as I last could when I was 13. This was not a fun scream, mind you, this was an "Oh my god I am going to die" scream. Then I realized I have been falling for a while. The net should've caught me by now! "Where's the net?! IS SOMETHING WRONG?! WHERE'S THE NET?!?!?" And then - I landed in the net. After the initial shock faded off I could hear everyone laughing their asses off. I knew very well that it was because of my scream. I was still lying motionless in the net with a gigantic tired smile splashed across my face, because pansy or not, I conquered a ride that scared me half to death. Only as the net finally touchedthe ground I let myself move and get up. I stepped out and took off the suit, everyone was still cracking up, Terrance's laughter could be heard for miles. I stepped over to everyone. After he stopped laughing Terrance blurted out: "You gave Mariah Carey a run for her money". But then it was my turn to get revenge. It would seem as though Terrance was too scared to go on the ride to begin with, we all tried to convince him, and when we offered to pay for his ticket he considered it but it never went through. Anyhow I went to get my DVD of my ride on it. Terrance wanted a copy for himself too. I didn't really want him to have one seeing as I was embarassed but I wasn't going to be uptight and ruin his fun. Luckily the DVD machine broke for jsut long enough to make Terrance not bother to wait it out and for me to get my copy(which, by the way, I have no idea where it is now. If you want to see Scott's video of my high pitched plunge look up 4 posts before this one) Everyone had already left and so I amde my way over to Mt. O, it was finally time to hit the waterpark. To be continued.

Ha ha! Awsome video, Robb! looks awsome! At first I thought the Bouncy Bouncy clips were fast forwarded... Now I'm not so sure... It looks absolutely crazy!

Ah, my bad. I didn't realize the park was built after the pier, I thought they were both one and the same. What's so special about the pier itself, then? I know there are other piers around that aren't as famous.

^And why's that? Like it or not, Pacific park IS a Los Angeles landmark.

yeah, 17 years ago the city I live in was being bombarded by Iraqi missiles, now, thankfully, it's alot safer here than it is in many big american cities.

^Whoa! I wonder what the sept. 11 attacks had to do with it? Where are fairs and parks going to turn now for small footpr-- Oh no. More boomerangs?