ILoveRides Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Hilary and I had a blast at West Coast Bash! Here's our TR... (PS... if you don't know about the manly pose or Hilary Duff... check out my Adventure City Trip Report and read the comments!) We arrived at SFMM at 7:30am and found Gertrude and Beth waiting outside. Poor Gertrude. Neil welcomed us and announced special excursions this year! Then we were let loose for morning ERT. Here is the line at X2! After riding X2 twice, we headed up to Tatsu for a few rides. And then on to Terminator where other WCB'ers were surprised to see that I am a machine. ERT rocks. See what I mean? We got to stay on the train for as many re-rides as we wanted. Next up was the behind the scenes tour! We got to check out construction of the new 500ft. Intamin going in by Deja Vu! It's really coming along. Can't wait to ride it! They told us the ride is going to be named "Fanboys Rejoice!" A view of Deja Vu you can't normally get! I wonder what that track is for. It must be for 2012 cuz it doesn't look like it's going on the 500ft Intamin. Another view of Deja Vu you can't normally get. We then walked around Terminator towards Riddler's Revenge and Batman Spotted on the tour We got to take pics under Batman. The new paint looks great! One of my favorite shots from the day. Batman and Riddler's One last pic taken of Batman on the tour. I really like the new colors. We then met up with the Bebes who struck a manly pose when they saw us!!! The Bebes are huge manly pose enthusiasts! And what would an ILoveRides Trip Report be without me striking a 100% official manly pose? Next up was our excursion that had more stuff you can't normally see. We got to check out where the old metro trains are stored and the plot of land that Flashback used to stand on Flashback's old queue building. Wait a minute... who is that inside the Flashback building? Is that who I think it is!?!? It's Gertrude!!!! And look how happy she is to finally be at West Coast Bash!!!! I bet you're wondering how she got in... well... I told her I'd give her an extra ticket I had if she did something for me... I had her strike a manly pose to get my extra ticket!!! Looking good Gertrude! Giving the Bebes a run for their money. Flashback's queue now stores a bunch of stuff, including some water dummies. Some of them had writing on them. This one says "Get To Work" This one says "I'm going to pee" After the neat excursion, we went to ride canyon blaster since Hilary and I didn't have the credit yet. Hilary then got arrested for trying to ride Percy's Railway. (Disclaimer: No, we didn't actually try to ride it... we know we're too big) Later on we met up for the group picture. This is what it looks like when you're standing in the crowd. And look who else made it to the group picture! We then had a hilarious Q&A session, and found out about the awesome night ERT (racing Colossus + custom soundtrack on Terminator + basically every coaster open) After the presentation, we left the park for a bit to get the world's best vegan pizza at Tomato Joe's. YUMMMM. This is a tradition every time we come to magic mountain. On the way back, I snapped a few pics of X2. X2 in black and white. I didn't get any pics during night ERT since we were too busy running around having the time of our lives... so I'll leave you all with two final shots of the SFMM skyline. Bye bye SFMM!!! We had an amazing time, and can't wait for next year! WCB Knotts TR coming soon! Edited April 26, 2010 by ILoveRides
odene497 Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 This is so amazing! And serious question, is the park known for having random geese around? That night there were two sitting on a ledge and I went and sat with them...
nln00b Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Great TR! You had me laughing quite a few times! Good for Gertrude, she got it! I had a feeling they were going to build a 500ft coaster.
cooksta77 Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 HOORAY FOR GERTRUDE! I always thought DeJa Vu had a personality on that other side. Great TR, I love TR's like this that add some laughter.
Calicoasters Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 And serious question, is the park known for having random geese around? The Geese are huge fans of TPR Events! You should see how many friends Gertrude brought for Terminator ERT during Termination Day.
Mr Chris Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Probably my favorite TR EVER! Hilarious and I love the word bubbles. Can't wait to see more.
Pirouettes907 Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 This TR pretty much made my morning. Can't wait to see what shenanigans you have in store for Knott's! ~Megan
Guy T. Koepp Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Awesome TR! One of the most creative I have seen this year. Keep up the good work.
pimstoned Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 This is the first I've heard about a 500 ft Intamin at Magic Mtn. Can anyone point me towards a news source or tell me more about this. Living in SoCal, this is exciting news! Dan
Guy T. Koepp Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 ^Dude! It was right there in the pictures. Didn't you see it? Guy "Pictures don't lie." Koepp
The Bebes Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 OH. MY. GOD. That was the funniest TR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm still crying. Gertrude and her manly pose had me on the floor. That was AMAZING and I am sooooo honored to have been a part of the greatest Trip Report EVAR!! - Lady "Manly Pose Enthusiast" Bebe
coreysjunk Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Best TR since our Termination Day trip report!!! Hilarious and awesome! I just hope you're not planning to dump Hilary for Gertrude!!!! P.S. Can I use your trademarked "100% manly" explosive icon? -MR Bebe
Emiroo Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Gertrude Manly Pose FTW! We need that manly pose logo on a t-shirt!
Sir Clinksalot Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 Amazing TR!!! X10 on the Gertrude Manly Pose FTW!!!
Kingsislandfreak Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 I love sfmm you showed alot of awesome things
Steelinwood Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 I think Gertrude should have a coaster named after her!
DenDen Posted March 30, 2010 Posted March 30, 2010 OMG, thanks for making my mondain day at work feel better! It's all about Gertrude and the manly pose!
packfanlv Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 You are a funny dude! Great TR!! (Even though our scavenger hunt group didn't make it in the post because we were too busy running around in circles instead of taking pictures. )
Mechanic Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 That 500 foot Intamin looks freaking SWEET! Awesome TR! I can see the "100% manly pose" becoming a new TPR staple.
ILoveRides Posted March 31, 2010 Author Posted March 31, 2010 Wow, thanks for all the positive feedback everyone! I'm glad you all liked the TR. P.S. Can I use your trademarked "100% manly" explosive icon? -MR Bebe Sure thing! Anyone can feel free to use it. I attached the image below... Manly Pose Enthusiasts... Use this to authenticate your manly poses!
coastermatt Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Creative TR! It's nice to see a little humor in a trip report, helps spice things up.
kasseroo Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 Brilliant TR! I shall start a slow clap in your honour! *CLAP.....CLAP.....CLAP.....*
ZeroG001 Posted March 31, 2010 Posted March 31, 2010 That was an awesome photo TR! Very creative, and you had some great shots of Riddler and Batman in there.
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