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So I'm watching Robb's 2nd IAAPA video and at 5:40 he is interviewing Sandor Kernacs.. As many/all of us know, Intamin is split up into two separate companies Intaride (US) and Intamin (Europe). Robb asks Sandor about Thirteen,The Ferrari Ride in Dubai and Intimidator 305. He seemed genuinely excited about the first two but when Rob pushed him to comment about Intimdator, he made it clear (twice) that I305 was from Intaride and not Intamin and appeared through facial expressions that he wasn't proud of it.... Anyone think I'm reading too much into this after watching the video? Chris "likes i305" Connolly

I've used handbrake, wondershare, and imedia... If you are specifically looking for ipad conversions, imedia has ipad resolution and aspect ratio defaults. Wondershare is quicker (for me) with encoding but you would have set everything manually. Handbrake is awesome for ripping manufactured dvds but is kinda clunky for other uses. So I vote for iMedia unless wondershare was updated with presets.

^ I've never got to ride Villain, which puts me in a perfect position to spend my life savings trying to restore it or at least make a stupid shirt.

I just grayed out reading ten pages of speculation....

From the "talk nerdy" department.. I'm willing to bet that newest piece of concept art is essentially what you see after you immediately get through the gates. It also seems less impressive than some of the previous renders. This drawing looks like DHS with southwestern architecture instead of art deco. Add to that, the Hollywood Studios inspired gate and you have MGM2 ESPANOL. Lots of great things happening at DHS, but this seems uninspired.. Chris "Red Car Trolleys= Lots of Capital Investment for something we are all likely to ride once and then skip every trip after" Connolly

^ I told you it was all about the lubrication.. Chris is a scientist

LUBRICATION

@Shepp.. If you are looking to experience a place from the eyes of the locals on a cruise all you have to do is not book an excursion and just pay a taxi driver 50-60 US to show you the real island.. I've done this at multiple ports that I had visited previously and it was a great way to get the "authentic" experience. Note- The authentic experience sucks for most vacationers and personally I'd rather be on a quad excursion than viewing poverty. @Hockeyman55.. I was 15 in the mid 90's on the SS Norway (5 Times just on that ship alone in my teens) and it was great.. We'll the girls were great at least and the drinking age was 18 until the early 2000's .. Vacations are what you make of them.. I loved that ship.. Still friends with some of the people I met over a decade ago.

@thedoctor777-- I had to pin the blame on someone, sorry!

Someone look at the photo of Wisconsin Wheelchair Lady again.. Either that photo is haunted or the LSD is really kicking in at this point. Chris "Dr. Gonzo: I hate to say this, but this place is getting to me. I think I'm getting the Fear." Connolly

AMAZING contest. AMAZING entries. AMAZING winning design. I just like typing the word AMAZING. Congratulations to the winner! -AMAZING

The one thing that has destroyed me about this contest is the so-called "preservationists" did nothing to stop the demolition and scrapping of the Villain (taller, faster, newer, better name).. This is my tribute to the Villain, I light a candle in your memory. I know the contest is done, but yeah.. NEVER FORGET!

^Thank you! ------ aWESOME! Chris

@Rob(b)- It's an incredible thread.

@I LOVE RIDES - Your last entry was pretty awesome. This thread needs either more comments or more cowbell.

Here is another entry. This one isn't meant to really be funny. It's something I think has good design and you could wear it at a theme park to let other TPR members know you are in on the joke.

Apparently Prince Desmond is now Bootlegging TPR Movies as another source of income.

Kristin Connolly arrived home and decided that only two of my shirts made her laugh. She thinks this is funnier. I'm not sure I agree.

last entry of the night.. probably.. I still like my first one with the green text and the teminal font made in ms paint..

words on a post.

Yeah

^I support this entry, though I'm not sure why.

Can someone PM the helvetica font (world's most overused )..MSPaint won't let me skew the Dragon to my liking as well... Posted from a smoke signal.

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Good call Scot. I just donated $179.01 (a penny more than the total donations at .org) to the Anaheim Chapter in honor of PRINCE DESMOND. Wes, I wanted your contact info for this but my ADD kicked in and I just made the donation.. I'll forward your the e-mail confirmation. I expect everyone reading this to do what they can!