My Vegas/Cali trip

[coasterboy25]

so i turned 21 july 8 and for my birthday gift, my dad surprised me with a trip to Vegas and of course i convinced him to take me to California as well. I got to admit Vegas is a fun place, but the coasters there are sub level. Not really worth your money but me being the coaster monster I am went ahead and paid for it.

 

We stayed at New York New York, which was a great place and was paradise compared to where we stayed in California. But more on that later. I'm just going to give the name of the coasters i rode and then give my rating.

 

The Roller coaster at NY NY - it was actually pretty good, i liked the way it goes around the place but i hated the restraints.

 

Speed at Nascar Cafe - one of those coasters that i just wish i would have skipped. It just was not all that fast but then again I've been on both TTD and Ka.

 

Buffalo Bill's Desperado - someone told me that it was a smooth coaster well i guess i went on a bad day, i mean it was some 114 degrees out there. Funny side story or at least it is now that i look back onto it. I actually lost my wallet on the coaster but luck have it, it was sitting in the seat that i had just walked off of after going once more. Is that a miracle, i think so!

 

So then we went to California for a few days and i was really excited about Universal and the original disneyland and 6 flags. Sadly i feel like i missed out on Knott's but Universal had nothing. We were able to do the whole park in less then 5 hours. That is sort of sad to say the least.

 

Disneyland did not fail me, and i was a little skeptical because I've been so many times to Disney world. But DL did not let me down. We went on a Saturday and were able to do everything on a pretty busy day. Course we decided to go back the next Tuesday but more on that in a second.

 

We stayed at Travel Lodge International which was ok in distance compared to DL but it was advertised to be a hotel and was worse then some of the motels I've stayed at. Well maybe it was the Ny Ny Hotel that spoiled us.

 

So we then went to Six Flags California and we were lucky to go on a Monday and beat the LA traffic. I still do not know exactly how we were able to get there so early. Anyways heres my ratings for each ride i rode and in all i really enjoyed this six flags.

 

Tatsu - By far one of the best flying type coasters i've been on, i was just glad it was not another superman clone.

 

Goliath- Being from Texas, I've rode the Titan which is almost an exact replica except the large turn before the mid-brakes and i just have to say that everything in Texas is Bigger and Better, haha at least this ride was.

 

Scream - very lame in terms of excitement. But then again I had been on Medusa and S:KC so many times before.

 

Riddler Revenge - i think this is a hidden treasure that never gets talked about a lot, honestly it was the best stand up coaster I've been on. I feel for this coaster to because it was overshadowed by the others.

 

Superman- still good for its age

 

X- I have been riding coasters since i was about age 8 or 9. Never have i found a coaster that not only got me once but both times i rode it. To put it terms of Texas Talk " its a bull that you just have to stay ahead of or else it will take you" seriously this coaster is up there in my top 10

 

So now that i have bored you to death. I just thought i mention my last day at Disneyland, yes it was Tuesday July 17the, 2007 which for you history buffs, is the birthday of DL. I really had no idea until we went to see Talk with Crush and Crush pointed it out on a kid wearing a button. So then we actually walked over the celebration they had which was short but very nice. If it was not for Disney himself, we probably would not see so much competition between theme parks and see less innovation and more of the same.

 

Oh and by the way i was able to ride Finding Nemo and to be honest if you have the time then wait it out but if not , you should enjoy the other rides first because the line is very short towards midnight.

 

In all i really enjoyed my trip and if you like to see pictures, go to www.myspace.com/coasterboy12345 and just look at the pics labeled vegas/cali trip under my pictures, I may get in trouble for placing my myspace on here but I will be Honest I could not figure out how to put pictures on the post.

[sfmman2000]

Goliath- Being from Texas, I've rode the Titan which is almost an exact replica except the large turn before the mid-brakes and i just have to say that everything in Texas is Bigger and Better, haha at least this ride was.

 

Huh? Goliath and Titan have the exact same height drop...

[coasterboy25]

i meant the extra helix in terms of better, not sure why i said bigger