Westcoast Bash 2010 Photo TR

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Well, Westcoast Bash 2010 has come once again. And once again, it has surpassed the previous year's WCB. And that's without the Knotts Day. I'm sure it would've been even better with the Knotts Day. Anyways, the photos can tell the story of this awesome day.

Well, that wonderful time of year has come again and Westcoast Bash is in the air. This year, Westcoast Bash kicked some serious ass and was chock full of suprises. For instance...

"We have removed the OTSRs from Revolution for the day!!!"

Yeah. We all got fooled by that. But they still had the awesome doughnuts.

"GRR!! I'M THE DOUGHNUT MONSTER!! GIMME SOME MORE DOUGHNUTS!!!!"

And we also had Morning ERT on X2!!! (As well as many other rides.)

"All they need to do now is bring the sea of doughnuts into X2's station."

"Arn't there supposed to be like 700 people at this event?"

We decided to give Tatsu a ride.

Now this is how ERT should be.

Aww. Ninja won't be open today. =(

Looks like we'll just have to settle for Terminator instead.

"Housekeeping. My name is Hans and I'm here to make your bed."

"Ha Ha!! The Preshow got stuck!!"

Unfortunately, This was the only time we ever saw DejaVu run today.

For our first backstage tour, we got a look at Mr. Six's Dance Coaster's Dirt Lot.

And some really kickass hidden angles. Too bad DejaVu stopped running.

Photo of me nerding out during the backstage tour.

"Hey Buddah. How does it feel to have your home invaded?"

Well at least Terminator is running.

The Track for Mr. Six's Dance Coaster has arrived!!

There's an angle of Terminator you don't see often.

"TAKE THE STATION FLY BY!!!!!"

Moving on with our backstage tour.

We now present some rare Riddlers Revenge Angles.

Next up is Batman the Ride.

We're in a backstage tour taking rare and amazing photos of Batman!! What more do you need to now?

First Drop Goodness.

Can somebody please explain to me why Batman has those sleeves on one of the trains? (I should've asked during the Q&A.)

Too bad there's no train in this shot. But it still kicks ass.

First Drop Goodness from another angle.

All those great shots of Batman made me want to go ride Batman.

"Hey Andrew. Don't get sick."

Needless to say, Nobody got sick today.

Up next would be Goliath.

Holy Crap!! It got CROWDED today!!

Luckily, Scream NEVER has a long line, no matter how crowded it is.

I see cars in this picture. That's not good. (Oh well. We've got ERT, so it really doesn't matter.)

To kill some time, Cody, William, and Andrew decided to take a spin on Sierra Falls.

"We arn't scared of getting wet, We're just scared of that Black Widow that was in our raft!!"

Then it was time of our Westcoast Bash, which as always, was very tasty.

"We need more Blue Bunny Ice Cream in California."

Time for this year's Scavenger Hunt. And this year, we know to look under the trash cans.

One of the things in the Scavenger Hunt was a little something called the Evil Paragraph. (It really was evil.) Needless to say, this plaque greatly contributed to the evilness of the Evil Paragraph.

After the Scavenger Hunt, we had a Scream Backstage Tour.

This was really freaking amazing!!!!

As you can see, we got to get up close to Scream.

"I don't care about all these awesome shots and cool angles. I'm just happy that I have my very own Scream Bolt!!"

This photo is basically eye sex. It is so beautiful.

And with that last caption, I am officially declared a Nerd.

Final Dip Goodness.

Up next was a Collosus Backstage Tour.

"Can we please have Night ERT on the Tractor?"

And now it's time for the Q&A with Tim, Neil and Jay. (Many great plans for SFMM were discussed here.)

I know that dirty little secret about your true speed Superman.

"What do you mean this isn't the 101 Freeway!!? Damn! I guess those old people can't drive rumors are true!!"

So that's why it was so crowded today.

Looks like the Physics Day kids overheard Neil's joke about the removal of Revolution's OTSRs.

We decided to settle for a ride on Jet Stream.

"Hey!! You learn Physics in boring classrooms!! Not on log flumes!!! Get back in your classrooms and back to work!!!"

I was not amused about getting wet.

Looks like we won't get on Tidal Wave.

Never mind.

After Jet Stream, I really didn't feel like going on Tidal Wave. (Though I did ride it earlier this morning.)

According to Cody, this goose's name is Geoffrey Sonic. To him, geese live forever.

"I totally forgot how much I love to soak myself on Tidal Wave's Bridge. I should start doing it alot more often."

SPLASH!!!!

We decided to have a little fun on the bumper cars.

For dinner, we decided to eat at Longhorns BBQ.

Six Flags can't escape the past.

"Grr!! I'm losing my mind at Longhorns BBQ!! This is not BBQ Sauce, It's Blood!!! Gimme your soul!!!!"

In all seriousness, Longhorns is awesome. The food is totally awesome.

Jay was right. This is the prettiest part of SFMM.

Later, we decided to take a ride on Swashbuckler.

"What the hell is going on here?"

You fail.

"Oh Crap!! I didn't think this was a Starflyer!!!"

We decided to take a ride on Thomas, just for the hell of it.

NERDS!!!

Many lives were claimed today when a series of trainwrecks were caused by a couple of evil giants.

We spun the living crap out of the Balloons. And it was awesome.

Yes. We conquered Bugs Bunny World.

We even put ourselves on the Short Bus.

I want to give a shout out to the Bugs Bunny World Ride Operators for taking our picture on this and the Balloons. You guys are awesome.

That's enough Bugs Bunny World. Let's instead lose our sanity with this merchandise.

Wolf VS Crocodile. FIGHT!!!!!

"GRR!! I'M A KILLER WHALE!!! I LIVE AT SEA WORLD!!! GIMME SOME FLESH...I MEAN FISH!!!!!"

Check out my Sea Anenome Glove.

I have the strangest feeling that someone is watching me.

And now onto a carousel.

Canyon Blaster had the best operations. First, the ride operator made everyone scream as loud as they could, then each person had to individually scream as loud as they could, and we had to be screaming during the ride. It was actally awesome.

"I WANT MY MOMMY!!!!!!!!"

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There's still more.

Night ERT has begun.

While it may seem that Collosus was the same as always...

Collosus was actually racing tonight!!!

We're going to win this coaster race for sure.

They also gave us a completely special Westcoast Bash Soundtrack for Terminator.

"What do you mean you got to skip the preshow!! Everybody must go back and watch the preshow!!!"

Unfortunetly, DejaVu was still closed.

We rode Goldrusher during ERT.

As well as Riddlers Revenge.

Superman was running quite well for Night ERT.

And how else do you finish this update than with Night ERT on X2? Westcoast Bash kicked ass this year and I'm sure 2011 will be even better!!!

[the ghost]

It's crazy how similar are schedule were. I did not introduce myself for the simple reason I had no idea who you were, cause I recognize the screen name, but not the face, or I would have said hey. My friend for no apparent reason was calling your curly haired friend Nick Jonas, who he does kind of look like from far away. Anyway, what an awesome day, and what an awesome event. If anyone is in California, especially southern California, who has not been to Bash you simply must go. The pictures he took of ERT were like that for everything, and we went on pretty much everything multiple times throughout ERT and got quite a few consecutive re rides on many rides. Anyway, awesome pictures, I'll be sure to say hey next year.

[Emiroo]

Exellent PTR. One of the better ones I've seen from WCB this year. Great shots and great mix of shots. I've got to make it out there one of these years...

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That was your best WCB update so far. Nice job with the photos this year! The pictures of us in Thomas Town were hilarious.

 

We had a great time this year. Simply one of the best theme park events ever!

[haiderodes]

Deja was open Monday.

[SharkTums]

 

Did anyone say what that tractor is for? It kind of looks like they may be turning it into Trevor from Thomas and Friends.

 

[Mechanic]

^ Good eye! That tractor is very Trevor-ish.

[XII]

While I never anything about the fate of the tractor during that Backstage Tour, it does seem like it would be turned into Trevor after seeing how the tractor looks like him.

[SharkTums]

^ Good eye! That tractor is very Trevor-ish.

 

Thanks! Between having a younger brother and now a toddler, I'm quite familiar with the Thomas characters!

[willh51]

I would love to go to Magic Mountain. I might kill to have ERT like that.

 

Did they paint Deja Vu's train or do something to make it look so good?

[Maverickrocks]

Amazing report and photos! Seriously, this was awesome to view! I espically love the backstage photos of Riddlers, Scream, and Batman. Seeing those shots really pumped me up for my coaster season, which begins in about two weeks.

 

West Coast Bash looks 10x better than Coastermania at CP. Maybe I need start saving up for a trip west next March....

[FitchCoaster]

Man, I kept seeing you guys all day but I couldn't connect the faces to the screen names. Well now I know, so here's a late "hey!" I'll be sure to say hey in person next time!

 

But anyways, great pictures man, I especially loved the Scream! ones. Looks like you guys had a great time!

[ZeroG001]

Very nice Photo TR that really shows off how great the event was! Those Scream photos are amazing, and now I'm wishing even more that I had gone on those extra backstage tours. I saw you guys throughout the day, too, but never came by to say hi. Hopefully I can meet you guys and some other TPR members at WCB 2011. Thanks for sharing the awesome photos!

[usctrojansrock11]

Loved the Scream photos!

[Emiroo]

Thanks! Between having a younger brother and now a toddler, I'm quite familiar with the Thomas characters!

 

I have 2 boys and I am familiar with them as well. Their names are: $10, $15, $10, $20, $25, etc. I tell you that Thomas crap is a racket. Doesn't the theme song say that there are only eight characters? Yet at the store, there are dozens upon dozens with new ones popping up weekly. These new characters aren't even referenced anywhere in the Thomas universe. They're just making up stuff at this point. But who wouldn't? It's like printing your own money. I hate Thomas. But my boys like him and his toys. Whaddya gonna do?

 

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[The Bebes]

Great TR! We saw you guys all over the place at SFMM! I wish we could put face to screen name! See ya at the next one!

 

-The Bebes

[Steelinwood]

That shot of scream was really amazing! I'm glad you all had fun. I'm going to be there next year to the best of my ability