tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49060526952546350662024-03-05T02:32:11.403-08:00Coaster BlogCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-89500562464961251602009-09-30T09:56:00.000-07:002009-09-30T11:10:55.333-07:00Six Flags Magic Mountain<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE55Rgui0e40YATmpCTPfBhfXjeZn-JI5oKSn3dLAp9S0lqfIeQUDG8Arat0DVxlenQpHIw4k5_GWW33V-Z7kq-PS4aO3y0BEG2kF49izuJCJSLhVYlwYrwRVEE5_3GH5iOwb77tZGTKqc/s1600-h/IMG_6455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE55Rgui0e40YATmpCTPfBhfXjeZn-JI5oKSn3dLAp9S0lqfIeQUDG8Arat0DVxlenQpHIw4k5_GWW33V-Z7kq-PS4aO3y0BEG2kF49izuJCJSLhVYlwYrwRVEE5_3GH5iOwb77tZGTKqc/s320/IMG_6455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387310446525243858" border="0" /></a><br />Six Flags Magic Mountain - 9/22/2009<br /><br />Today we went to the park because Six Flags was hosting their Summer Concert Series with a live performance from Everclear. Not a band I care for at all, but it happens to be one of Sarah's favorites! We showed later in the afternoon and didn't ride many coasters. We brought our souvenir bottle with us to the park and didn't feel like paying a dollar every time we wanted to ride a coaster.<br /><br />For some reason not all the rides have the same loose article policy and I was asked to carry my souvenir bottle with me on Goliath, Colossus, Riddler's Revenge, and Gold Rusher. I don't understand why it's okay on those rides, but not on Terminator Salvation The Ride, Tatsu, Batman The Ride, Scream! ect... We spent some time at guest relations filling a complaint against the locker policy and souvenir bottles. I think it's wrong to make guest carry their souvenir bottles with them on rides like Goliath because it's a safety issue, but I also think it's wrong to make them stand in long lines on a hot day without anything to drink.<br /><br />Well we rode only a few coasters that day and Sarah got to see Everclear so I still consider it to be a good day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12oA4COU-e5tFbJBR1JU1cwEGD6SeFYhcuRAeN6mM2w2HmkawVm7PbPIGwA9jNq8mxumI-VurXBUl-EqDFMuOcFBoZ6WQxHy3YxkiA_-D9psKPFhSXQ1vIkm61-tNLUR-7A-fSzFmMBz6/s1600-h/IMG_6450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12oA4COU-e5tFbJBR1JU1cwEGD6SeFYhcuRAeN6mM2w2HmkawVm7PbPIGwA9jNq8mxumI-VurXBUl-EqDFMuOcFBoZ6WQxHy3YxkiA_-D9psKPFhSXQ1vIkm61-tNLUR-7A-fSzFmMBz6/s320/IMG_6450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387312300492096994" border="0" /></a>Apperantly The Aquabats are good. I've never heard of them and if they sound anything like Everclear I'm glad we skipped them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGWl5joC-UUhrVWB5KZMU4rt13S4KirDPrsQlAtPKn_5VSAf0GHgvzRH1SvTFQlB7xBS0qgIcGFT9Zs1TpaMb3Iz_XDC5VOpc-UruGHqHmgA1wSSZMCgBFu7AO0fE9x4Q9X4KIwJvpWkP/s1600-h/IMG_6410.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGWl5joC-UUhrVWB5KZMU4rt13S4KirDPrsQlAtPKn_5VSAf0GHgvzRH1SvTFQlB7xBS0qgIcGFT9Zs1TpaMb3Iz_XDC5VOpc-UruGHqHmgA1wSSZMCgBFu7AO0fE9x4Q9X4KIwJvpWkP/s320/IMG_6410.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387312291116964034" border="0" /></a>I can still talk Sarah on to a water ride every now and then.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRknW5hwbfHpF-K4CaT9wbt2Ipesr7_bbKxLo6UrPhuzNlj_FkNUJ8Pvdgwh-TasaNv0sZKN8eF0KL_Ggc4UIO4yYhwlJ-mlVzBeuJyEsOphR_VMpu1rpBIn9lQghumM0nmqj9QI-2ofBJ/s1600-h/IMG_6390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRknW5hwbfHpF-K4CaT9wbt2Ipesr7_bbKxLo6UrPhuzNlj_FkNUJ8Pvdgwh-TasaNv0sZKN8eF0KL_Ggc4UIO4yYhwlJ-mlVzBeuJyEsOphR_VMpu1rpBIn9lQghumM0nmqj9QI-2ofBJ/s320/IMG_6390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387312284778295458" border="0" /></a>Colossus looking larger than life. I can't wait to ride you Backwards again!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhurqpPAszQnF1dCKNEFxerG2znPITO2yjlkIV5Q2WvQfrz1L5XPD_FqICDwlvCXtf3WLarmn5M_5zGiDaAtmoGLsW3kn49ItY3hleiaxDKT1ATIrf-GSXbU34fpaDNLKwGpLvBZzjSR0/s1600-h/IMG_6399.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhurqpPAszQnF1dCKNEFxerG2znPITO2yjlkIV5Q2WvQfrz1L5XPD_FqICDwlvCXtf3WLarmn5M_5zGiDaAtmoGLsW3kn49ItY3hleiaxDKT1ATIrf-GSXbU34fpaDNLKwGpLvBZzjSR0/s320/IMG_6399.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387312276626933394" border="0" /></a>Still the best coaster in the park for almost 10 years!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tK0zsyzNVUnsdB95kxy-0sKV88kpLT_A0qHYEo-gL06rS2Wa_FG-9KqpcFI3LAkg-KlVEPPpfqh_qLEvcTJ7QyLGx8bgdTzXTVg1cUI6gD5-2jjwuXPEV88xy7lXSuqKXS_jdR2D2ZKD/s1600-h/IMG_6448.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tK0zsyzNVUnsdB95kxy-0sKV88kpLT_A0qHYEo-gL06rS2Wa_FG-9KqpcFI3LAkg-KlVEPPpfqh_qLEvcTJ7QyLGx8bgdTzXTVg1cUI6gD5-2jjwuXPEV88xy7lXSuqKXS_jdR2D2ZKD/s320/IMG_6448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387315081782058018" border="0" /></a>We got some Shakes at Johnny Rockets.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlpf9-OW6ombXbPJyyu2FX7jd45AmJXXj0QX2zvoxXW5kgfkk5TSvO01d-gU0DSCWVH0zAYXjkw2GO9caBQszGTyZkKZDoMtlC3_LDGAaAditasg4CWpQeE2iFCmJwUBuIG-ncHPlV60R/s1600-h/IMG_6445.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlpf9-OW6ombXbPJyyu2FX7jd45AmJXXj0QX2zvoxXW5kgfkk5TSvO01d-gU0DSCWVH0zAYXjkw2GO9caBQszGTyZkKZDoMtlC3_LDGAaAditasg4CWpQeE2iFCmJwUBuIG-ncHPlV60R/s320/IMG_6445.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387315074096673938" border="0" /></a>I could watch this for hours!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxlhg6h2bTp2N9ii7rR_vnhD_uD5LEtuzu835ibztC3ISNeHwfevBmHYbOgmuIuoEHg9lMA4N-8C-Ht4wH42mZMi1nyIX3XGS9y5LTIbUKz1TA8q_6cajPwkzkrYsFcvsN_iYgC_bmhh_/s1600-h/IMG_6444.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxlhg6h2bTp2N9ii7rR_vnhD_uD5LEtuzu835ibztC3ISNeHwfevBmHYbOgmuIuoEHg9lMA4N-8C-Ht4wH42mZMi1nyIX3XGS9y5LTIbUKz1TA8q_6cajPwkzkrYsFcvsN_iYgC_bmhh_/s320/IMG_6444.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387315064911458514" border="0" /></a>This group was spending some serious coin trying to bomb all the Log Jammer riders!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlFkGngiB38sxPGn0QPdDLOIBdzWsc1M5zBfBFcChzW6xKiqxZHq41ROL0ax8fQED_A5VR_3vW58O8afWHQx6Z-LvXy54RepGCXm6sw_4V3DXtkupfWcquP3uTqYYDTofUOOKJ8rEqMvh/s1600-h/IMG_6443.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJlFkGngiB38sxPGn0QPdDLOIBdzWsc1M5zBfBFcChzW6xKiqxZHq41ROL0ax8fQED_A5VR_3vW58O8afWHQx6Z-LvXy54RepGCXm6sw_4V3DXtkupfWcquP3uTqYYDTofUOOKJ8rEqMvh/s320/IMG_6443.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387315059824187970" border="0" /></a>They seriously bombed every boat for the next 45 minutes!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0kBIGtGg3y6eAkvMJtfhyphenhyphen7XuMDWrDPteJN0DDCWajBFAI5UQ21bdFjHJCD8tDFipPxHwnGwwuI7OaJfQiI0qj2rc62BplSRpbvqXYtOFKuGiDsfdiqsqG-CsEk-X7UavL2FLorBGtUQZ/s1600-h/IMG_6441.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0kBIGtGg3y6eAkvMJtfhyphenhyphen7XuMDWrDPteJN0DDCWajBFAI5UQ21bdFjHJCD8tDFipPxHwnGwwuI7OaJfQiI0qj2rc62BplSRpbvqXYtOFKuGiDsfdiqsqG-CsEk-X7UavL2FLorBGtUQZ/s320/IMG_6441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387315045461459954" border="0" /></a>Maybe I should post the video!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWICi9Ms_vPZd3r2B-2jymE61IE3ZAnfqO0dowYZvRiR9Vexh71ujc2ia0E15YnLnDlOKBjYJo_7IQnfv1QAku5DggNxN3O3zWaeZOdkcfAgxq4t1MR55cKQpbG7-D6Mx37blJOitzLku/s1600-h/IMG_6387.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWICi9Ms_vPZd3r2B-2jymE61IE3ZAnfqO0dowYZvRiR9Vexh71ujc2ia0E15YnLnDlOKBjYJo_7IQnfv1QAku5DggNxN3O3zWaeZOdkcfAgxq4t1MR55cKQpbG7-D6Mx37blJOitzLku/s320/IMG_6387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387316943078044690" border="0" /></a>This Cobra Roll is Depressed and Lonely! It says, "Please put me in the ride rotation program so I can go to a park that will actually give me the attention I deserve!"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirEzZDjfB8h6KuQ8Spn8AK6KOOXi5XJk9kNwmKyBynVgWSyaoPwZVX6brroLYzlfwBRwzLEYFYH558krXlEFgfaSqBuag-ujiliDeA-73_PwVwnVLGclq8w59wYVLaagDziIrRucydOHp/s1600-h/IMG_6420.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiirEzZDjfB8h6KuQ8Spn8AK6KOOXi5XJk9kNwmKyBynVgWSyaoPwZVX6brroLYzlfwBRwzLEYFYH558krXlEFgfaSqBuag-ujiliDeA-73_PwVwnVLGclq8w59wYVLaagDziIrRucydOHp/s320/IMG_6420.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387316928395839986" border="0" /></a>Multi-Million Dollar Looping Coaster, or Moving Billboard? You be the judge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtJF2MPOyJBD3LeQf4sDJ_4gAgPJz0oCR1Qi_FpvF0CuLy5dBL0JbvFVhBXF65YJQ0MwWrifpFZTzHqO5FNwki_gwc5EJ0j6hFkDLh5Acf7lgtwMkcxi74lr2lj2SQKqBWXrejg94dz1f/s1600-h/IMG_6416.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDtJF2MPOyJBD3LeQf4sDJ_4gAgPJz0oCR1Qi_FpvF0CuLy5dBL0JbvFVhBXF65YJQ0MwWrifpFZTzHqO5FNwki_gwc5EJ0j6hFkDLh5Acf7lgtwMkcxi74lr2lj2SQKqBWXrejg94dz1f/s320/IMG_6416.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387316920372477010" border="0" /></a>High Speed Ninja Shot, HI-YA!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkW6iGCuL3JTHbp1eK2dLz4nKNRgRq9fVtE33Pom9Xr37oPK4Xgjgqc2B6r_ao_udowolDe2skZoKlgOIZQ7wLjGuJ4sYg7XO84p3_JmX4GF7POAWuZ6W-Ju6Ugix4drzzf2xBs7xFeXFV/s1600-h/IMG_6395.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkW6iGCuL3JTHbp1eK2dLz4nKNRgRq9fVtE33Pom9Xr37oPK4Xgjgqc2B6r_ao_udowolDe2skZoKlgOIZQ7wLjGuJ4sYg7XO84p3_JmX4GF7POAWuZ6W-Ju6Ugix4drzzf2xBs7xFeXFV/s320/IMG_6395.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387316912111139122" border="0" /></a>Isn't it obvious we rode Colossus several times today?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv_sjGFBl7iZOSbs0GrHXesUykbbOcDQ0sBQoacDVLDWKSaiAL03plh66hcOyuott-YL4s_bgf70WqOGoFPyO1cKMtGP8EHm8QPzNGID13P1QRcXo1-viHko_b7G4OrR0EnJJlBEQoIDy/s1600-h/IMG_6392.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQv_sjGFBl7iZOSbs0GrHXesUykbbOcDQ0sBQoacDVLDWKSaiAL03plh66hcOyuott-YL4s_bgf70WqOGoFPyO1cKMtGP8EHm8QPzNGID13P1QRcXo1-viHko_b7G4OrR0EnJJlBEQoIDy/s320/IMG_6392.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387316902500763026" border="0" /></a>New trains 2011 - Called it!<br /><br />Sarah is not the greatest singer, just listen to her Sha, la, la, la, ect... lati-da! This is Brown Eyed Girl - Everclear<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_85BuUsvkBw&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_85BuUsvkBw&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />We ended the night at Knott's Berry Farm for some quick Xcelerator rides! Thanks for reading and have fun!Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-58783285563472472652009-07-26T21:10:00.000-07:002009-08-04T12:36:31.162-07:00SeaWorld San DiegoToday Sarah and I went to SeaWorld San Diego! This is the first time I've been since age 6 and the first time period for Sarah. It was partially cloudy in the early afternoon, but the sun shined through later in the day. We saw a couple shows, a lot of animals and went on our first water coaster! Here are some our experiences I captured today...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSkocfbEQQcf29wWiLeFuFkgpP75dyCsaNWunQW4oRX2ZAXaXp5a80W2ig4cEd9SPvSAmk2sCrtI8AVTjUjWpg1D4pTKu19PTBAnuvlUaxGsWGCkIsTi-P3dJkERjnhCIsW5kucnZZd9q/s1600-h/IMG_6040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362988880728945986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGSkocfbEQQcf29wWiLeFuFkgpP75dyCsaNWunQW4oRX2ZAXaXp5a80W2ig4cEd9SPvSAmk2sCrtI8AVTjUjWpg1D4pTKu19PTBAnuvlUaxGsWGCkIsTi-P3dJkERjnhCIsW5kucnZZd9q/s320/IMG_6040.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Sarah and I on <strong>Bayside Sky Ride</strong>. Of coarse I'm doing my fat guy pose for the camera, I've been getting better and better at that pose as the years go by ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq6B9kq5g5RkyWZlumOY4DCsZ3wTa8V3g8KwDwYxE-dbVX_EeFskFpWWNNGbdJZhvCH5-0l6IkfAJ9QuRSay2U2kzMsYzZ14RhOpEzNsB0ZqcGpMAu_h4pSZhz47FTVlrpdFdIZ11U1Cr/s1600-h/IMG_6031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362989776270064354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfq6B9kq5g5RkyWZlumOY4DCsZ3wTa8V3g8KwDwYxE-dbVX_EeFskFpWWNNGbdJZhvCH5-0l6IkfAJ9QuRSay2U2kzMsYzZ14RhOpEzNsB0ZqcGpMAu_h4pSZhz47FTVlrpdFdIZ11U1Cr/s320/IMG_6031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NkOhbWLm_wSAjhHKPZqv-b8j-1BMXPferm5mxR8HaaJl3qQgMu-qWG-tU6R-gNrouFLfhvHXorcunE1zCGD6k0Axj2vYzdD0O6ZHMJpXfgit-qxdZsMhIZ0WJ4gmNNKq2p6CSGNuT3xg/s1600-h/IMG_6032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362989768619391218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NkOhbWLm_wSAjhHKPZqv-b8j-1BMXPferm5mxR8HaaJl3qQgMu-qWG-tU6R-gNrouFLfhvHXorcunE1zCGD6k0Axj2vYzdD0O6ZHMJpXfgit-qxdZsMhIZ0WJ4gmNNKq2p6CSGNuT3xg/s320/IMG_6032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgEOZFj7QYrsXoDdQUnOdYva8iABdbuthds0CTcAr2OaZd4je7xv0mK0rDUv5Lt6_2cvadX2AOwy72WHErcfQb-O6jNnLoawkxOCySGOxYb3RnVR5FpPNoWFm2cdueMLZu2C350EtuDSV/s1600-h/IMG_6033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362989760543774930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzgEOZFj7QYrsXoDdQUnOdYva8iABdbuthds0CTcAr2OaZd4je7xv0mK0rDUv5Lt6_2cvadX2AOwy72WHErcfQb-O6jNnLoawkxOCySGOxYb3RnVR5FpPNoWFm2cdueMLZu2C350EtuDSV/s320/IMG_6033.JPG" border="0" /></a> This was the first thing we did at the park because we happened to be in the area. Sarah was playing "tour guide" today and she led us to the back of the park to catch a show that wasn't playing for several hours! After that I was promoted to tour guide and Sarah resigned. The Bayside Sky Ride cost $3.00 a person. I'd rather it be free, but it was still worth it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDBwKqfRCrtdsOFo1yohx3MbM6PB06LFHVItCRLelOttAl8Y_IWacOI4Q6TJjajx5FekPUitdqPqFWJQTr7Oc9UiJKSQJCDsGpVlcbSOvWL5zncZYIgGrgeoCJHQmD4vuJD8gzku0LX_Q/s1600-h/IMG_6015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362990743424897010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDBwKqfRCrtdsOFo1yohx3MbM6PB06LFHVItCRLelOttAl8Y_IWacOI4Q6TJjajx5FekPUitdqPqFWJQTr7Oc9UiJKSQJCDsGpVlcbSOvWL5zncZYIgGrgeoCJHQmD4vuJD8gzku0LX_Q/s320/IMG_6015.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Not worth $3.00<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQXbj_mgEq94_hPXzNpV9GY47GEa1egWtQpo0Bttm0L0QKrnZaH6IHkYhegqtlJ0rOKDjFZwu8ybHUBfYLZqMpCM5AFUUB3NP-zS8XoZitjPgE2-ctPDJmn7Ru7Ovvv6ULAv7hus848c7/s1600-h/IMG_6019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362991300641374658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQXbj_mgEq94_hPXzNpV9GY47GEa1egWtQpo0Bttm0L0QKrnZaH6IHkYhegqtlJ0rOKDjFZwu8ybHUBfYLZqMpCM5AFUUB3NP-zS8XoZitjPgE2-ctPDJmn7Ru7Ovvv6ULAv7hus848c7/s320/IMG_6019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu7hl4KdBwsEazrQSQzez5cMNl8G8BdFrrMTvxnJZn9vh-7X-EglqZL37DBbxuZLAvgWn4PIK_ccvs5UNIgI_ueQVPSkpEaKKZkmFUh3tcLYbdHrnSLUPIVyXHtoYnT-_CYMVPmDcHrzf/s1600-h/IMG_6029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362991296931682402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu7hl4KdBwsEazrQSQzez5cMNl8G8BdFrrMTvxnJZn9vh-7X-EglqZL37DBbxuZLAvgWn4PIK_ccvs5UNIgI_ueQVPSkpEaKKZkmFUh3tcLYbdHrnSLUPIVyXHtoYnT-_CYMVPmDcHrzf/s320/IMG_6029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjYVA_iDd_YHyagH76ti_AHKj-DV6BTdiIjiPD5cj5IbOphAXxjcfCCOmh5yAfWHmxOkTY6wUMxkPA3xrDqcS3PT_zdKo4GdhUvBerJlMle553cyzad6rSIaVBtI1LNXuctACC8At6tHI/s1600-h/IMG_6020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362991287952728066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjYVA_iDd_YHyagH76ti_AHKj-DV6BTdiIjiPD5cj5IbOphAXxjcfCCOmh5yAfWHmxOkTY6wUMxkPA3xrDqcS3PT_zdKo4GdhUvBerJlMle553cyzad6rSIaVBtI1LNXuctACC8At6tHI/s320/IMG_6020.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Shipwreck Rapids looked awesome, but there was no way in hell I could Sarah to ride it. FUN FACT!!! - Since We've been dating we have gone on an exciting 0 Rapids rides! Sarah hates water rides with a passion!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsT4LBEn1tLQX8L6jzfoQ0GEdEpSeUbrlDAwuEIIuVPSljOwhc8S_8RF34zNyuhPIFr5-vx9M5bM2ixY4-L_FUDQlxF2jWyoaI9-X11gJW9cbXrG-AvIwUeUi4voK0tt-4UJYzBH21QT6Y/s1600-h/IMG_6025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362992572016676562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsT4LBEn1tLQX8L6jzfoQ0GEdEpSeUbrlDAwuEIIuVPSljOwhc8S_8RF34zNyuhPIFr5-vx9M5bM2ixY4-L_FUDQlxF2jWyoaI9-X11gJW9cbXrG-AvIwUeUi4voK0tt-4UJYzBH21QT6Y/s320/IMG_6025.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^The simple life.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UD7RZAk9-GFRmVPfuoacTxLFkdBJfrDMMkD858DFFUpopLoZIk6Lrq3JTT-7b40xxSdHfN6GdFxCMzzLxaGZlk0_ypcnG5CHSEHq98DNsJL4T4x1wHtPHe6_KiFcAprWdMTiHa-sSauK/s1600-h/IMG_6064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362993106276207234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7UD7RZAk9-GFRmVPfuoacTxLFkdBJfrDMMkD858DFFUpopLoZIk6Lrq3JTT-7b40xxSdHfN6GdFxCMzzLxaGZlk0_ypcnG5CHSEHq98DNsJL4T4x1wHtPHe6_KiFcAprWdMTiHa-sSauK/s320/IMG_6064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlr0K6j4wWxN_Fx7yZRCiqogXuHvsfOgbxvQAXGMd5OxnYYApnrl49dRWv9USLbpd4Cbwo92HOliJkbPwQ9k1-8DWkx7zVTxiso-r2cxEuyanYEhhks7ph5bhqiFaMZdMOfu_9mK6s-2d/s1600-h/IMG_6062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362993096324441666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlr0K6j4wWxN_Fx7yZRCiqogXuHvsfOgbxvQAXGMd5OxnYYApnrl49dRWv9USLbpd4Cbwo92HOliJkbPwQ9k1-8DWkx7zVTxiso-r2cxEuyanYEhhks7ph5bhqiFaMZdMOfu_9mK6s-2d/s320/IMG_6062.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRDk3Jz9vZNmU9o9t31gdfEEX9kj3Z9PRFU1L5thJiAvUBWusNzB06ypqYTuDpFFKFKroRYybepSCncT3_7DYesF_tpvS3y_4MsfXZDsxZa_o1pYcc8Qy4ahohqDRNyUxc3uXDztOrQbV/s1600-h/IMG_6065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362993092861033538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRDk3Jz9vZNmU9o9t31gdfEEX9kj3Z9PRFU1L5thJiAvUBWusNzB06ypqYTuDpFFKFKroRYybepSCncT3_7DYesF_tpvS3y_4MsfXZDsxZa_o1pYcc8Qy4ahohqDRNyUxc3uXDztOrQbV/s320/IMG_6065.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^I've tried to get Sarah to do this in the past at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, but she refused! Today she was feeling pretty lucky and finally made it happen.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsjpbFjB2Ss&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsjpbFjB2Ss&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Maybe she thought she needed to step it up because if my Dad could put a giant wild one on his head, then maybe she could atleast touch a barbless (Can't Sting) one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzes2-DlcEYBVq8u8t7E7gUmIw09YF-kQr7fZxZMHxqkczEVrU8mRF-6FmkPtmADeQiilxqsm4A3sD76JWPn8hN-wemBbCuss2_KqE3TLyz0IH9xTstH4prdSkiM5jaXb_yAZRCGA2qTOp/s1600-h/dad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362998417585032898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzes2-DlcEYBVq8u8t7E7gUmIw09YF-kQr7fZxZMHxqkczEVrU8mRF-6FmkPtmADeQiilxqsm4A3sD76JWPn8hN-wemBbCuss2_KqE3TLyz0IH9xTstH4prdSkiM5jaXb_yAZRCGA2qTOp/s320/dad.jpg" border="0" /></a> We had to see <em><strong>Cirque Del La Mer</strong></em>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDhv2bs7HPkqp75utX7PQ-vSxN2lUMuS5rnjCFp2B8J34HZ1eRTXvOQL-SAdpy2Om-oFop-Yvib5GQiEeHkNSCwV0_LaYTOewdKCXH44-PYRHjZiNbT2FzrKxhAL8bA_vkfZDKaHdPG7T/s1600-h/IMG_6024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362999304704768290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXDhv2bs7HPkqp75utX7PQ-vSxN2lUMuS5rnjCFp2B8J34HZ1eRTXvOQL-SAdpy2Om-oFop-Yvib5GQiEeHkNSCwV0_LaYTOewdKCXH44-PYRHjZiNbT2FzrKxhAL8bA_vkfZDKaHdPG7T/s320/IMG_6024.JPG" border="0" /></a> This was by far the most exciting and entertaining attraction at SeaWorld San Diego!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQK3TEb1Mcdu9_VmFK-zFFxtXGXupMB26sDoCynk1sy1Vp_s8x5MoMq8wOrTRrN57W2uzkZMljgdyLX23hf1InsEsaX6zQ__V9Lw90kYAvqMdehubEcotNEOfM5OoXvos7Y8fsn6Cgcfg/s1600-h/IMG_6154.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363000210319198194" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqB532Y1R013Mx8h0jw2RhijUSdzDbH_P7-K42WYD-rxzJANJLHym8JPTUYUPJ-3GY4U92B6j5755vOsJojEJ5nkg_wTcPRZspsbvgXyvwSXXpxzEKN9uEeqC8GZuugC1ZTFmhIbdxuvkJ/s320/IMG_6122.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^But these clowns stole the show! :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl2Z0N8O_KDDE3pxFacuC-7pIyUkuk9FoA8IXVn844iUjLKao-aP29_Km5mjOpG2vGB3mE7TjAqtNF_pAYtlHU01OdmMe3PGe6O-LfwbjAF9O_lHwICkZ4ImLdPM0IHpZ2eOCllrvYAPL/s1600-h/IMG_6089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363001676509137122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl2Z0N8O_KDDE3pxFacuC-7pIyUkuk9FoA8IXVn844iUjLKao-aP29_Km5mjOpG2vGB3mE7TjAqtNF_pAYtlHU01OdmMe3PGe6O-LfwbjAF9O_lHwICkZ4ImLdPM0IHpZ2eOCllrvYAPL/s320/IMG_6089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjOR16zenfq37WOGbA2M3LC3EZjRvw75Ur7DrJc14_rioK6Cj-H5HjdMldOIHFu9yaLP5tEq3km1eF9V3Eu3S0dmgaZ76qU8bQSJRjC0WWdcauVrfz4aedvQAhuv-uCSNz-BwmtsL8-Pi/s1600-h/IMG_6078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363001671711263746" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsA35Nmt0wNskcXZuth4JeG15rviKGFqNSnxL5fv2JsWm6aOYALfDAGKHRsubbRQSOLBCteva8guncutU0o9aRk11OECOtoKKDtzb_GFoa8n-xVmP1Q5pIbpGGK_7IxORlhRNazm0fbILC/s320/IMG_6102.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Sarah was feeling even more lucky as she touched (more like tapped) the tip of this dolphin's nose.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iEbMPMvvhNed_yiZBnpN7B4uaNzwRjCS365FUNRsEpxnNB88DjsjOroICYecDusQVjrlCgb57j3Iyfy8QUQZaksuqJF0XYrR7PWdLKLzOSmCLKmoKGFKvRIfrOGG21J4O4-RZi7Z35-6/s1600-h/IMG_6018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363002853816455186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iEbMPMvvhNed_yiZBnpN7B4uaNzwRjCS365FUNRsEpxnNB88DjsjOroICYecDusQVjrlCgb57j3Iyfy8QUQZaksuqJF0XYrR7PWdLKLzOSmCLKmoKGFKvRIfrOGG21J4O4-RZi7Z35-6/s320/IMG_6018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimu7kdJcEN0_k00i6ZKlmqjMA6vKR2wyLbAhyphenhyphen76B5HudGr59NMlbNB-nW2lJggm8nLeehIx7FVtqMaJSzcdSo0ILdTH1NhFKyoxwEnA3c2UQN5r-TWCyvASa5j0ZjJdcY4hNn3HaZcHE60/s1600-h/IMG_6189.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363002846316403090" style="DISPLAY: block; 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My burger wasn't as good as it looked, but Sarah's sandwich and cheesecake were great!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNeuH-mkNbD3OTnK58HyFY9BIQUqhABX9h2UTMHjJhUTUun8nfu9hOUZwaFr3v2zT7mtDB9WBFAOLzHASQyNPrfgKS034ysFR4_DiCAGfUhqY3nT1mBV95otCOn1E6ddX9Sod8qF7S_5G/s1600-h/IMG_6253.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363003521994554818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNeuH-mkNbD3OTnK58HyFY9BIQUqhABX9h2UTMHjJhUTUun8nfu9hOUZwaFr3v2zT7mtDB9WBFAOLzHASQyNPrfgKS034ysFR4_DiCAGfUhqY3nT1mBV95otCOn1E6ddX9Sod8qF7S_5G/s320/IMG_6253.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6xDC9Woaa0aaECp9afQ_PR-ku-xg-U_O7SX_gaSZilVgm8U9GJPYfYeznuGjzp_mg4_KGIRtL2lGhSDQp4jbOATuo1M-ax0REbkVbDmoufa93DPDuvWnDw57icA701tSYenyGxnwqwf3/s1600-h/IMG_6247.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363003517205901506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6xDC9Woaa0aaECp9afQ_PR-ku-xg-U_O7SX_gaSZilVgm8U9GJPYfYeznuGjzp_mg4_KGIRtL2lGhSDQp4jbOATuo1M-ax0REbkVbDmoufa93DPDuvWnDw57icA701tSYenyGxnwqwf3/s320/IMG_6247.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^These _____ Dolphins were awesome!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbV1Rzp_tHFMYjkkkQv9pQJDIwKwvBdAAvAsVFRBu7zSncZU9NzWBtZ54OX53iLsaJC4yzkAF8CDRd7Ikn7jhBXESKHwrgPYn2KK5QqALIx5U-AY22AFNdfGlQQa_iwNgQD3w1WGY4pD3/s1600-h/IMG_6208.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363003836749797922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbV1Rzp_tHFMYjkkkQv9pQJDIwKwvBdAAvAsVFRBu7zSncZU9NzWBtZ54OX53iLsaJC4yzkAF8CDRd7Ikn7jhBXESKHwrgPYn2KK5QqALIx5U-AY22AFNdfGlQQa_iwNgQD3w1WGY4pD3/s320/IMG_6208.JPG" border="0" /></a> "MORE FLAGS, MORE FUN!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O0jcqqPGOff0_3lkkdHx_Syy6k3OAY6Peroqnm7DVv37CBc8yGX8ciW4Yq56O6ihpcQgWqcoq6VGA9-oVfWxAbilmsfUpJkr8nbfrNfJfC2g6iK_vTm35UH_i68M49XEA5LjZKQKLY8x/s1600-h/IMG_6308.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363004841407578306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7O0jcqqPGOff0_3lkkdHx_Syy6k3OAY6Peroqnm7DVv37CBc8yGX8ciW4Yq56O6ihpcQgWqcoq6VGA9-oVfWxAbilmsfUpJkr8nbfrNfJfC2g6iK_vTm35UH_i68M49XEA5LjZKQKLY8x/s320/IMG_6308.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqpx1YmsUlGUp1AYvOMgy_G6A5mrcFUAT6VXI8rGJnitqN8Q0cVHmqqL2RqA2qqcwzH_XfNZ0zHiQ6ArZE-2Pidf35dZpmJSHEfFr_USHARuVb3a8uhb_wuCZ2i_B2nquNGWtN2ZKtp6R/s1600-h/IMG_6282.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363004835612442690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglqpx1YmsUlGUp1AYvOMgy_G6A5mrcFUAT6VXI8rGJnitqN8Q0cVHmqqL2RqA2qqcwzH_XfNZ0zHiQ6ArZE-2Pidf35dZpmJSHEfFr_USHARuVb3a8uhb_wuCZ2i_B2nquNGWtN2ZKtp6R/s320/IMG_6282.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUc9HU0o0oW17z08ySdXDIJVS3iAhiAJ3YojIH34THHku1qcK__PzDYahixC9Gfwl3vlCgWVW6jpowV8ZAHP8jzi2QyW_nP9jUT0UVfKwtP3g3UTR8ZJf0FqHa9etIekq5gW6hh3-yRNU/s1600-h/IMG_6272.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363004830541009138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUc9HU0o0oW17z08ySdXDIJVS3iAhiAJ3YojIH34THHku1qcK__PzDYahixC9Gfwl3vlCgWVW6jpowV8ZAHP8jzi2QyW_nP9jUT0UVfKwtP3g3UTR8ZJf0FqHa9etIekq5gW6hh3-yRNU/s320/IMG_6272.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Shamu and friends catch some big air, but I'm not too impressed with their show. I prefer the show at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom more because it is educational and has all the stunts.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8FIpnTfRSpkS39qnZFiFNLamPgArNziquiwnKqsAEgdNgS1-dyxXF-XYhmGu3LvrVWsHvcWq4pXlxK2S_56gAdNVUsqGyO3Ff62GBYF8n1wD-TXIlVHAK0w59OM3mbQP_991uu4gHxBp/s1600-h/IMG_6316.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363005737730117666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8FIpnTfRSpkS39qnZFiFNLamPgArNziquiwnKqsAEgdNgS1-dyxXF-XYhmGu3LvrVWsHvcWq4pXlxK2S_56gAdNVUsqGyO3Ff62GBYF8n1wD-TXIlVHAK0w59OM3mbQP_991uu4gHxBp/s320/IMG_6316.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^If you can't see these penguins...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnRLhx6N0_F0yOXkWtCkrYX22SMhMjrssIHuJV14hM_PsnG8yIVrYBf8zyobYyRBAk6pNV7tqPYsu6EXb5vT-W9HnnW4A1AGr9P3dxWct5ML1jzom7PbdPgHHHKhKUklg8wRqeJSKzcKp/s1600-h/IMG_6336.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363005967875722610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbnRLhx6N0_F0yOXkWtCkrYX22SMhMjrssIHuJV14hM_PsnG8yIVrYBf8zyobYyRBAk6pNV7tqPYsu6EXb5vT-W9HnnW4A1AGr9P3dxWct5ML1jzom7PbdPgHHHKhKUklg8wRqeJSKzcKp/s320/IMG_6336.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here are these guys.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRna1ZWgFUjBZlQG-ORJdG4bP71oUB_DM6YKqDZPUDI-mL2Mmr6VlWZci6d5jcGQhEcJ7aQEzcRQmG9ULN6hP4W4bEejki7wFv9WODh_a_-Nlz85GUMyN_sf9ukERYrzoTdFhEkZtCLduC/s1600-h/IMG_6350.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363006467384508946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRna1ZWgFUjBZlQG-ORJdG4bP71oUB_DM6YKqDZPUDI-mL2Mmr6VlWZci6d5jcGQhEcJ7aQEzcRQmG9ULN6hP4W4bEejki7wFv9WODh_a_-Nlz85GUMyN_sf9ukERYrzoTdFhEkZtCLduC/s320/IMG_6350.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRBGPIVLtSEKJ-onXBMp09U0bADlROVmxTm8P0a2m-h6UM6J65ZIs9-uAGNkT_xZuhC0BXeFXkluv64xXvHqkAEdaU7rw3YBQ8M9fJDrxYrjjGJl4dz8ywL-Jp93UwGhls5bmZROMJBm7/s1600-h/IMG_6353.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363006460021492146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxRBGPIVLtSEKJ-onXBMp09U0bADlROVmxTm8P0a2m-h6UM6J65ZIs9-uAGNkT_xZuhC0BXeFXkluv64xXvHqkAEdaU7rw3YBQ8M9fJDrxYrjjGJl4dz8ywL-Jp93UwGhls5bmZROMJBm7/s320/IMG_6353.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^I hope your kind is still around when I have children.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-elexfiDljMmRPE3Y6RYgYn6zOHG91BaD3xGcBbzJbyQKEuZY3-xd1oHzGs_JK7iPGC9mMSPN9vijiYzu9wyqAdgxZod0U-4F-0mp-e-t1eqOKU7p36_2HdCU1ufkgY4yctkZ6_p9H3E/s1600-h/IMG_6356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363006700243033394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-elexfiDljMmRPE3Y6RYgYn6zOHG91BaD3xGcBbzJbyQKEuZY3-xd1oHzGs_JK7iPGC9mMSPN9vijiYzu9wyqAdgxZod0U-4F-0mp-e-t1eqOKU7p36_2HdCU1ufkgY4yctkZ6_p9H3E/s320/IMG_6356.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^Mankind needs to stop invading their habitat!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIzyTBMpcPCdH-ISax_DCZR3rTHDHagRCu2wqI078WHz0GcneIVlkR7FuWGPZUwINHv8rdSxZXCpFJi0C753edhFztZqn3qAnMYpCjj2RybEosE3PGI7j9C2nZ8fz6dADWR4NYgTXiSs0/s1600-h/IMG_6361.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363007067818131138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIzyTBMpcPCdH-ISax_DCZR3rTHDHagRCu2wqI078WHz0GcneIVlkR7FuWGPZUwINHv8rdSxZXCpFJi0C753edhFztZqn3qAnMYpCjj2RybEosE3PGI7j9C2nZ8fz6dADWR4NYgTXiSs0/s320/IMG_6361.JPG" border="0" /></a> ^I forget.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGGKLN9LLlI-HR4DOJklOsDZMbBS3B9ivTGkArtD6DEJ1TWCqvDy75WsnXsv4UBH8_xFKbr1dOPsLdHBu96wI5nixps1fDEQf-r9GRiIY0ajlWJuXy7M_hK4LhAmoedL73YHJaaqw1Bq3/s1600-h/IMG_6211.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363008337705758738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGGKLN9LLlI-HR4DOJklOsDZMbBS3B9ivTGkArtD6DEJ1TWCqvDy75WsnXsv4UBH8_xFKbr1dOPsLdHBu96wI5nixps1fDEQf-r9GRiIY0ajlWJuXy7M_hK4LhAmoedL73YHJaaqw1Bq3/s320/IMG_6211.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ok, I've gone too long without mentioning a coaster on the "Coaster Blog," I give you <strong>Journey To Atlantis</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrbqg03ZYH882V6mI-S1n1oKWcfHQpQ0ernJPZD82gtuoXOTdMxBFqMNQSV442fRzsFr88ALF9ZfRYkbUevwpAzCssw9abPTV6-ZN4ALmvjzDs03Tv4_AfSX3-UyRlkX8ul2-E0aIrMDU/s1600-h/IMG_6239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363009407958020290" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe4iKUM3EMQROVRyETBbJUSvOVoMzp_piSGg5uYsZXRP1cp5IMNie5e-2Gy8gdWeU37ohnIfJigczqj717TFyKkls7F7MO3hVSP7DNjf5Q4eQeHBY5W6SfWVeWQ5B1TN0VPh3iLrSS3i_t/s320/IMG_6212.JPG" border="0" /></a> The ride had good theming in the queue line, but it kind of lacked a bit on the ride. I didn't care for the voice speaking to you on the ride. There was a message it was trying to get across, but half the time I couldn't make out the words. I thought the ride was fun and unique from all the other coasters I've been on. It was definitly a great way to cool off! Sarah and I rode it in the front row and got soaked. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFp-bLJQaNwHVK37g1SseQBL-HyA_-NFTRDusl15YWwv5qkutfZTxP_yUCujCbXwMM7e1Ov8tgexsclzZfzqJdl0WpesLWjALif2GE4mLBRYes4dDIoE_VNMf3JEGs9Hch-Mf7I4ZrU5Zf/s320/IMG_5799.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunday - June 28th<br /><br />Today my sister Jenn, Sarah, and myself went to an event hosted by Theme Park Review at Six Flags Magic Mountain. TPR Termination Day was the perfect event to highlight the park's new rollercoaster <strong>Terminator Salvation: The Ride</strong>. The event started at 9 A.M. with an hour an a half of ERT on Terminator Salvation: The Ride. We went through the pre-show buildings because at the time we didn't know of an alternate route. We were able to skip the first part of the pre-show but were forced to wait for second and third. We were able to get 4 great rides in during the morning ERT. The ride was a bit more intense than I remembered it being in May. On a hot day like today (I'm not sure exactly how hot it was today, but I heard it was a little bit over 100 degrees) we were happy to find that the ride had mist in both tunnels and the station fly-through!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMpzwqlIJV9DIIJB4T2vWw9qcXok8arCusPErQH8958p3s7KQLdvRyzo4BuXoH8p-hFYOyBkzDusYDdAn1edtweEMB0eq4aEmuSASpQaRHTJSgK1uk8v8cpfXYkQ782hIuH0LoOr5uToR/s1600-h/IMG_5810.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184392589040834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMpzwqlIJV9DIIJB4T2vWw9qcXok8arCusPErQH8958p3s7KQLdvRyzo4BuXoH8p-hFYOyBkzDusYDdAn1edtweEMB0eq4aEmuSASpQaRHTJSgK1uk8v8cpfXYkQ782hIuH0LoOr5uToR/s320/IMG_5810.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_T0e7uOlONhTqLhNH0MrFyR4w_7_DltFLlh02OYDfAUUPW6TB_B5iARNm4mgJTbEomCGGIc7OhmtDLl1jvcht6fdKiorfoc8YHpn4cfdQN4oaAAAOgqqs8UA3rRUDJG7bh2WhN8eb9nl/s1600-h/IMG_5809.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184381277874434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_T0e7uOlONhTqLhNH0MrFyR4w_7_DltFLlh02OYDfAUUPW6TB_B5iARNm4mgJTbEomCGGIc7OhmtDLl1jvcht6fdKiorfoc8YHpn4cfdQN4oaAAAOgqqs8UA3rRUDJG7bh2WhN8eb9nl/s320/IMG_5809.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevuvJPoyUDC8X1_7EUYzTYv8Tnyr14EAUOZquGO7ar4F9XL72cju5faQHTWrp8V1V391xdmSE-PtsUtx-aIMqD9WcyX4h6WaWdDJd0RHMu3x6oIzoK0nppFB78Ue-ibV4wvKhEWtNMsmS/s1600-h/IMG_5812.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184380194088034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevuvJPoyUDC8X1_7EUYzTYv8Tnyr14EAUOZquGO7ar4F9XL72cju5faQHTWrp8V1V391xdmSE-PtsUtx-aIMqD9WcyX4h6WaWdDJd0RHMu3x6oIzoK0nppFB78Ue-ibV4wvKhEWtNMsmS/s320/IMG_5812.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyq8fBoWtEoAgBXC9MrG3JR5o2a8oU_4RGHxpTLftwlw2D4cgzqgocAHW6NRq0oCJq5h9UqvMPtOK166htK9HN5lXDavdySELGffLdo2STtNY94-1nZfjJxJJgGuu4kB35HVlcyqtfz5_/s1600-h/IMG_5808.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184375055341938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTyq8fBoWtEoAgBXC9MrG3JR5o2a8oU_4RGHxpTLftwlw2D4cgzqgocAHW6NRq0oCJq5h9UqvMPtOK166htK9HN5lXDavdySELGffLdo2STtNY94-1nZfjJxJJgGuu4kB35HVlcyqtfz5_/s320/IMG_5808.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYqLAjcqtN0pjmSmWC-0GKoXU6Ml0Qe4_e4fiQXoDGdhmWKzXUbFoYXCghDrHhx9xdGlFE0oBkLDf12DOeOo9wX2wIa_BtWwEQiog80iOUZvbyqiyWWQj-X0ACNM4Egvg2zqqSzH5wDdK/s1600-h/IMG_5807.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353184367609078738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYqLAjcqtN0pjmSmWC-0GKoXU6Ml0Qe4_e4fiQXoDGdhmWKzXUbFoYXCghDrHhx9xdGlFE0oBkLDf12DOeOo9wX2wIa_BtWwEQiog80iOUZvbyqiyWWQj-X0ACNM4Egvg2zqqSzH5wDdK/s320/IMG_5807.JPG" border="0" /></a> After 4 exciting rides on Terminator Salvation: The Ride we needed to rush over to X2 to beat the general public. We had to take the long way around the park because of some work being done on Tatsu.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05SKtmmcVkko7hIkvjzHZTL8q5_Mm-tkh4U83fYeN2osQjaMMPpzPn814SlTFdk2WcZLSt8mjVKmUlhE18zP7vilZoeA7-anhwNu_35Q8xxsT3XQVuDqAPwN0qVVrtWigHWL_RTx14iiB/s1600-h/IMG_5802.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353258709430450946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj05SKtmmcVkko7hIkvjzHZTL8q5_Mm-tkh4U83fYeN2osQjaMMPpzPn814SlTFdk2WcZLSt8mjVKmUlhE18zP7vilZoeA7-anhwNu_35Q8xxsT3XQVuDqAPwN0qVVrtWigHWL_RTx14iiB/s320/IMG_5802.JPG" border="0" /></a> The park was just opening as we got to <strong>X2</strong> and the sun was burning us alive!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdN-w2dWEclWFlyTUgTFepSRjdwupf0QVSGtR_aZctG8aEQs7jGthtEKKPX7Hynzpl0_Z1IEd99hyh_I_rnUFtqYqnav2azg4neh-JomXq1e6GBXMEe-qr89oJ96pWl543a0E0zLBCghl/s1600-h/IMG_5814.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353267208556372018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdN-w2dWEclWFlyTUgTFepSRjdwupf0QVSGtR_aZctG8aEQs7jGthtEKKPX7Hynzpl0_Z1IEd99hyh_I_rnUFtqYqnav2azg4neh-JomXq1e6GBXMEe-qr89oJ96pWl543a0E0zLBCghl/s320/IMG_5814.JPG" border="0" /></a> While we didn't beat much of the general public we did get on X2 in less than 45 minutes. Unfortunately the ride was pretty rough today and the worst I've had on it since it's transformation. We also rode in the front of the train which usually is the easiest ride to handle.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HXOhAnP2BlPwtzVKgggpmLYQqiz23DA2SU6gay1eDU2dscpk5Nx4n0KevbVk1Z7pwb6tcCHNWRgGVh0DdWeAt4XyuO9x9fZBw9Kg2EL15A2SwNvsCHHk5g3U56e__KL3gQMQ-JjhnKng/s1600-h/IMG_5834.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353270482735940290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HXOhAnP2BlPwtzVKgggpmLYQqiz23DA2SU6gay1eDU2dscpk5Nx4n0KevbVk1Z7pwb6tcCHNWRgGVh0DdWeAt4XyuO9x9fZBw9Kg2EL15A2SwNvsCHHk5g3U56e__KL3gQMQ-JjhnKng/s320/IMG_5834.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lfRKcMsrLKNDz2Nppv4pGi9lAR067f_GC_QgeZzCDa9JTuAwEb9nPhnk2lDKd0_JDA2B1z8M9clQ_Xn_bpX1XAhIEY9Vt2NceQT7EH9BlBxuu2EEUrizYQV_YgYf4O4SfV02uhkTjj1M/s1600-h/IMG_5831.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353270481361096962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2lfRKcMsrLKNDz2Nppv4pGi9lAR067f_GC_QgeZzCDa9JTuAwEb9nPhnk2lDKd0_JDA2B1z8M9clQ_Xn_bpX1XAhIEY9Vt2NceQT7EH9BlBxuu2EEUrizYQV_YgYf4O4SfV02uhkTjj1M/s320/IMG_5831.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vBMCoQs50_6EclhHLWXm6t09uVWRHdRf1JcSLdKG0WfsGCUkFaBE5jLewWDdZFegunS8qwYWqooBrXZFoXIYjIZQvLYxtnWI7JvtPkMatXPvumtwrgDer3IjDUCH2E4Lu3RY0ifuluxl/s1600-h/IMG_5829.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353270472788651650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8vBMCoQs50_6EclhHLWXm6t09uVWRHdRf1JcSLdKG0WfsGCUkFaBE5jLewWDdZFegunS8qwYWqooBrXZFoXIYjIZQvLYxtnWI7JvtPkMatXPvumtwrgDer3IjDUCH2E4Lu3RY0ifuluxl/s320/IMG_5829.JPG" border="0" /></a> X2 left me feeling beat so luckily the West Pavilion was opened early! This event we knew better than to "TAKE THE CHICKEN!" Everything else we got was great, especially the patato salad!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpC4HwdUh19lG-NgsD2m7Uqi6Fxs3TeSfdP6UVSdyS5mUlVR0HP0VGa8HTzXMw-X8PAv5Zq7eevDIUVrgDFmumJrbCq7aKV_vXIIvPR8MzeQMNdSkwOw-iiFnEa3uxAarKUuH1lLMZ2RWu/s1600-h/IMG_5842.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353272213283164482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpC4HwdUh19lG-NgsD2m7Uqi6Fxs3TeSfdP6UVSdyS5mUlVR0HP0VGa8HTzXMw-X8PAv5Zq7eevDIUVrgDFmumJrbCq7aKV_vXIIvPR8MzeQMNdSkwOw-iiFnEa3uxAarKUuH1lLMZ2RWu/s320/IMG_5842.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was my goal to eat as much food as possible because we still had a very long day to go! We headed over to Goliath which didn't have a long line and it moved fast, but the mist was off!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeP50gv9yDTeHAGTfdwV6RnlpUkMOvZ3MSuakNJDRzlwe__nCgBYNBZ6pG2sGhiAejWq-xpXf15aM-4lYodNCLcCnByT3LtBeXQa2VudSpNCQSqm7NAc0aOgkrtOtMIV56Po3xTqgHZuIx/s1600-h/IMG_5844.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353276455811633186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeP50gv9yDTeHAGTfdwV6RnlpUkMOvZ3MSuakNJDRzlwe__nCgBYNBZ6pG2sGhiAejWq-xpXf15aM-4lYodNCLcCnByT3LtBeXQa2VudSpNCQSqm7NAc0aOgkrtOtMIV56Po3xTqgHZuIx/s320/IMG_5844.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Goliath</strong> was perfect as usual! This was the first time my sister has ever started to see grey on Goliath's incredible helix. I made fun of Sarah for being a loser and riding Goliath by herself!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP12E14k4QRCp7xcYtiya-Jl0nLbCEeaI3lwhj2T8Gayhusy9oH1ct4VbLOeyYgqu6lbOPF__2TGRLINC77jsGt5j6-hnzNoeaA0jDAo0neR0WgMcbnvCqLoR6joQtT_zqv_1-seDETzTz/s1600-h/IMG_5847.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353277523581412834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP12E14k4QRCp7xcYtiya-Jl0nLbCEeaI3lwhj2T8Gayhusy9oH1ct4VbLOeyYgqu6lbOPF__2TGRLINC77jsGt5j6-hnzNoeaA0jDAo0neR0WgMcbnvCqLoR6joQtT_zqv_1-seDETzTz/s320/IMG_5847.JPG" border="0" /></a> rawrtotheargh also thought Sarah was a loser so he stomped on her!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZDz4Z_9NgbvhMHdW7_yRSrUjGgu1CxQPUPQaEodOucH5tPpyCv766GG_p3Sa7Jv6T05TcBmgfwtx4FYi6CUxT8LJZN26Fsh9kVGfMbgRxW9xbtHhwcq1hITJYRpV_mbeKdDvOiNdLvpF/s1600-h/IMG_5848.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353278313098952210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZDz4Z_9NgbvhMHdW7_yRSrUjGgu1CxQPUPQaEodOucH5tPpyCv766GG_p3Sa7Jv6T05TcBmgfwtx4FYi6CUxT8LJZN26Fsh9kVGfMbgRxW9xbtHhwcq1hITJYRpV_mbeKdDvOiNdLvpF/s320/IMG_5848.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ok, so he didn't actually stomp her down, he just took the seat next to her.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pl87LFm2jIwVw9bKFddbNXPtmTLxsH7RjvWWcjbVMXft6NY84lX2KAQ8j5z_YrR-aIx79y3C4Kbp9TRfkEdU8QXtgP5BoGreSkvYj2ye9OesuKnqLGJ1jM5b0nD3EB38AlcbTxTJ5rp3/s1600-h/IMG_5843.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353279128507829906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pl87LFm2jIwVw9bKFddbNXPtmTLxsH7RjvWWcjbVMXft6NY84lX2KAQ8j5z_YrR-aIx79y3C4Kbp9TRfkEdU8QXtgP5BoGreSkvYj2ye9OesuKnqLGJ1jM5b0nD3EB38AlcbTxTJ5rp3/s320/IMG_5843.JPG" border="0" /></a> Still the best first drop ever... EVER!<br /><br />Now we moved on to Colossus and Scream! <strong>Colossus</strong> was a great ride in the back with plenty of pull down ever single exciting drop! Colossus had to prove a point to my sister that just because the final hills are small, they are still powerful enough to blow her hat away!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tvDIY-k465VmGCfXKjNL7r9fFxGZ7EOn9E6auCuGH14rMkyQ_cquKqnYmIzjHKRTykH2rRPHmYp4UbtshsxWGLhIeACgmz6TTIQX5VrJA-2vktaScXhXOCeL30cWnRTj9PmWl-lX8rpd/s1600-h/IMG_5849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353280154769062722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tvDIY-k465VmGCfXKjNL7r9fFxGZ7EOn9E6auCuGH14rMkyQ_cquKqnYmIzjHKRTykH2rRPHmYp4UbtshsxWGLhIeACgmz6TTIQX5VrJA-2vktaScXhXOCeL30cWnRTj9PmWl-lX8rpd/s320/IMG_5849.JPG" border="0" /></a> Moving on to <strong>Scream!</strong> a attendant at the bottom of the station told us that we needed to store our Souvenir Bottles in a locker! This is the first time I've ever been asked to store my bottles before! We decided to hide them even though we were told it was "not safe." Scream! has been a big disappointment for us in many of my previous visits, but today it was totally awesome! There was a little virbration at the bottom of the first drop and one solid headbang (I was wearing sunglasses so double the pain) but the rest of the ride was pure exciting B&M butter!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxVwzJdpE6bQJJ7LyjxaH4e_LeMAs6I_gxtg8ivmNrmqnD_cPTxTAjd_r9l_I8yZFB_qQHy6Gu6FwRgltoqqymnvL_JehASlairQBEEJf7U36LHKwnMw_gL2cdzMKHV8Sl3Ieh-A6NfAr/s1600-h/IMG_5850.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353282045438022546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxVwzJdpE6bQJJ7LyjxaH4e_LeMAs6I_gxtg8ivmNrmqnD_cPTxTAjd_r9l_I8yZFB_qQHy6Gu6FwRgltoqqymnvL_JehASlairQBEEJf7U36LHKwnMw_gL2cdzMKHV8Sl3Ieh-A6NfAr/s320/IMG_5850.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvayCLYgEC72sK3hZU6tmJmJ8ViXiTNg45YgAvnjfAdAhOfGEVKrNrI-2fFiRUEQE8UPyZUEMqBripKZvju1m1wT4-fRzXRpg9KKB99RH90lXdeIS4j4Nzewg_Az7yVhJMUgqvD9P2pJ9-/s1600-h/IMG_5854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353282041921517074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvayCLYgEC72sK3hZU6tmJmJ8ViXiTNg45YgAvnjfAdAhOfGEVKrNrI-2fFiRUEQE8UPyZUEMqBripKZvju1m1wT4-fRzXRpg9KKB99RH90lXdeIS4j4Nzewg_Az7yVhJMUgqvD9P2pJ9-/s320/IMG_5854.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixG3PytrcGjleIEzToLAYjnjO0xjYL8344Ti3xTPmbrQDzx9UhSVAOfh650BTafGkbSJrsYd0pQJ4vvJekyyXUO6_2eBj5s188otXch4pKKb-E_GUhgmxb0PM2Pud6pLieKkRXBoJj34Ws/s1600-h/IMG_5855.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353282035988024178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixG3PytrcGjleIEzToLAYjnjO0xjYL8344Ti3xTPmbrQDzx9UhSVAOfh650BTafGkbSJrsYd0pQJ4vvJekyyXUO6_2eBj5s188otXch4pKKb-E_GUhgmxb0PM2Pud6pLieKkRXBoJj34Ws/s320/IMG_5855.JPG" border="0" /></a> We headed over to <strong>Batman The Ride</strong> where again they wanted us to store our souviner bottles in a locker. This time we actually did it and what a waste of my time and money. Six Flags has made many awesome changes in the park the past two years but this is bullcrap.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEiJhw5QLIsUVZaM5MoCP0HWySPWN4e76AjZDfSsOiPfOuhOuBgzmmx2z4BWcZfkGwgdEP0uP2ml9kC6GJOZdbh3AWcfjiVc8ig2kW-o0x00Al55sekqXVP7ptD8p1RhgsQcQumMI5LVY/s1600-h/IMG_5859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353335597018944898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEiJhw5QLIsUVZaM5MoCP0HWySPWN4e76AjZDfSsOiPfOuhOuBgzmmx2z4BWcZfkGwgdEP0uP2ml9kC6GJOZdbh3AWcfjiVc8ig2kW-o0x00Al55sekqXVP7ptD8p1RhgsQcQumMI5LVY/s320/IMG_5859.JPG" border="0" /></a> I understand that it might make the lines move a little faster if riders didn't have to cross the train to drop off personal belongings, and I know that personal belongings have been stolen when left off to the side of the station. What I don't understand is why the souvenir bottles? And why Batman The Ride and Scream!? Both rides have open platforms where riders can quickly set a souvenir bottle off to the side before boarding. I doubt there are a great amount of people that would steal a souvenir bottle that someone has been drinking out of all day! Maybe I'm missing the point, but I think it is lame and in some cases (souvenir bottles, hats, and sunglasses*) pointless to charge people a dollar for each locker at a ride.<br /><br />*I've never been asked to store a hat or sunglasses in a locker before riding, and I hope that day never comes.<br /><br />Batman The Ride had about a half an hour wait for front, but it was well worth it! The ride was just as smooth yet very aggressive as it's always been! It would have been a pleasant surprise if the mist returned to the low spots of the track... And when did the cop car disappear?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBl9MkFXetqSHOt0njTUfvDBz7eQDkk1DcEA1shMghQDayRDwd92pq0b2lfOlDdKeGguWGU4qDcQE_ic9rmH4EAEUG9dL85NTDxASqjFDEZEAH1a6KjzVket-DVXN7GGs0XC2SlaHGJebn/s1600-h/IMG_5868.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353341266398798690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBl9MkFXetqSHOt0njTUfvDBz7eQDkk1DcEA1shMghQDayRDwd92pq0b2lfOlDdKeGguWGU4qDcQE_ic9rmH4EAEUG9dL85NTDxASqjFDEZEAH1a6KjzVket-DVXN7GGs0XC2SlaHGJebn/s320/IMG_5868.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-_BijFsH_B8AxCEP_RcW0iktfr3VI8t7Xh3SW-A7_58DLu7fOLYONdxtoLwiFsqyvQHLYfU3YFvDqgPAoEp3mpCnOi2GoZuli5QfCPrS3LWv_M53LX_Y13JkmpARFstfvxialcGThJl0/s1600-h/IMG_5862.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353341258467775778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm-_BijFsH_B8AxCEP_RcW0iktfr3VI8t7Xh3SW-A7_58DLu7fOLYONdxtoLwiFsqyvQHLYfU3YFvDqgPAoEp3mpCnOi2GoZuli5QfCPrS3LWv_M53LX_Y13JkmpARFstfvxialcGThJl0/s320/IMG_5862.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlsGoo00fXL7l7z7L-33T5q_2c52WvhU5Le8x-4qhVVsVycMnLvtU1m7KM02dS1RUBgFpd6DFuEhMQc2cIsCsIOyhfOPqerl9ORag3zoFdkZQOvNhkvrghiU7hvCQEiUJv6hegmktgtzB/s1600-h/IMG_5864.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353341251379802050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlsGoo00fXL7l7z7L-33T5q_2c52WvhU5Le8x-4qhVVsVycMnLvtU1m7KM02dS1RUBgFpd6DFuEhMQc2cIsCsIOyhfOPqerl9ORag3zoFdkZQOvNhkvrghiU7hvCQEiUJv6hegmktgtzB/s320/IMG_5864.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to Tidal Wave to catch the splash on the bridge! The water felt great on such a hot day like today!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoqi4cxi2w1zFamLrBs1ZFfT9854RIJ0VSOXmXRGYTPvmyGcWXvkycCuCJnBZJFlhZKOAYpX9F-h7j0rhMLwz1it-XSqjImeGjCVMvfXC7Y8Xsjlk8u2Hmw2s9euI_RI3wvKAV1FZM9K9/s1600-h/IMG_5890.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353342749015117122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoqi4cxi2w1zFamLrBs1ZFfT9854RIJ0VSOXmXRGYTPvmyGcWXvkycCuCJnBZJFlhZKOAYpX9F-h7j0rhMLwz1it-XSqjImeGjCVMvfXC7Y8Xsjlk8u2Hmw2s9euI_RI3wvKAV1FZM9K9/s320/IMG_5890.JPG" border="0" /></a> We wanted to ride Riddler's Revenge but decided to watch a lucky group of people get their "evacuation credit."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yhy13v-XJmAmkw-I0CFUZ2NzjX2oWJWrQX9xq2jXjsL58sqlwx7m-XJDLX06Y35KyW7ZIzgyz12GR6XMAndzZuSesH8AZY2DOBJJDOu6KH0Dr7MbxjudmTyuqit5W8nPtLkoieeZRpbM/s1600-h/IMG_5883.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353343572784701634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yhy13v-XJmAmkw-I0CFUZ2NzjX2oWJWrQX9xq2jXjsL58sqlwx7m-XJDLX06Y35KyW7ZIzgyz12GR6XMAndzZuSesH8AZY2DOBJJDOu6KH0Dr7MbxjudmTyuqit5W8nPtLkoieeZRpbM/s320/IMG_5883.JPG" border="0" /></a> We decided to check out the new show titled, "Matt Hoffman's Danger Defying Daredevils Stunt Show." See...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd262OWQON6TpfJvRlIaWdQGtTQdkBt-R-fSM8PMm0TPIa-dI3mF4FSIhSPTtyqBNJ3dprcOkXDTM_BYSd6D2ah6_6XyTkUeFD0F0T1g-XrPw8kQDfIljQMyL5uQhOro04QK089X5eBB4K/s1600-h/IMG_5929.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353344780398239202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd262OWQON6TpfJvRlIaWdQGtTQdkBt-R-fSM8PMm0TPIa-dI3mF4FSIhSPTtyqBNJ3dprcOkXDTM_BYSd6D2ah6_6XyTkUeFD0F0T1g-XrPw8kQDfIljQMyL5uQhOro04QK089X5eBB4K/s320/IMG_5929.JPG" border="0" /></a> The show was okay, but I like the Batman Begins Stunt Show a lot more. There were some great danger defying stunts but you can't see all of the show from certain seats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQ-caDHUyjZ6rZzY2_d2CCAgmfA9MOtUfUl_UbBJIMauA3xsxmE5BxUhwmJjoAIDXZt1YSKpwClxRMVVfr1nYz6TitulpgYUiEb041z7Yo9EIURcFZJDFj6ID-lWeaSq_4DawbivdPgvl/s1600-h/IMG_5920.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353348276160855746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQ-caDHUyjZ6rZzY2_d2CCAgmfA9MOtUfUl_UbBJIMauA3xsxmE5BxUhwmJjoAIDXZt1YSKpwClxRMVVfr1nYz6TitulpgYUiEb041z7Yo9EIURcFZJDFj6ID-lWeaSq_4DawbivdPgvl/s320/IMG_5920.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwKzBDgyWOSnz_ZDGRKzyFcNuwjigPVqxDpHFD-pCQREhE1_GyCvmM0ZDadvDD-0Xm3y8hlOIxBFUiBtJm5C20x0kcymmXsP8YK2141Ez8HsStpvkkTvfbLIRC0BPQkzbCUPT049CbxWN/s1600-h/IMG_5915.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353348240474219602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwKzBDgyWOSnz_ZDGRKzyFcNuwjigPVqxDpHFD-pCQREhE1_GyCvmM0ZDadvDD-0Xm3y8hlOIxBFUiBtJm5C20x0kcymmXsP8YK2141Ez8HsStpvkkTvfbLIRC0BPQkzbCUPT049CbxWN/s320/IMG_5915.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wz5MzdtF53d6alCOca9Aua9PjuDuRfHBnkGlBEovOssX8XlW-p9EuKwGfPduq82Pr1NW-0lPDYKT-pAfQKuKzg-eI1ZHqULmpdw07rvTAVxd6kLkcpK3NwhNFsAlVDHxqA6t0yCssrAF/s1600-h/IMG_5899.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353348204337933298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Wz5MzdtF53d6alCOca9Aua9PjuDuRfHBnkGlBEovOssX8XlW-p9EuKwGfPduq82Pr1NW-0lPDYKT-pAfQKuKzg-eI1ZHqULmpdw07rvTAVxd6kLkcpK3NwhNFsAlVDHxqA6t0yCssrAF/s320/IMG_5899.JPG" border="0" /></a> Still trying to beat the heat we got in line for <strong>Jet Stream</strong>. The line was a bit long but thanks to a million boats it moved very fast! Jet Stream was a lot of fun and I totally got soaked!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGH9jtiU-Lg0N0lJg8qBuenXmBPJIuUSlMPrjd5xGTwLpG45oAd1Tof8HTXOXGOmjEUK9WIgg8_Ss643SOJTx7t09_7GvH5cO3flBX_Ew7Qi5pmmmCBOr_HTvYyP_NGU4xIiGEYyU_27k/s1600-h/IMG_5934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353350498837846482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGH9jtiU-Lg0N0lJg8qBuenXmBPJIuUSlMPrjd5xGTwLpG45oAd1Tof8HTXOXGOmjEUK9WIgg8_Ss643SOJTx7t09_7GvH5cO3flBX_Ew7Qi5pmmmCBOr_HTvYyP_NGU4xIiGEYyU_27k/s320/IMG_5934.JPG" border="0" /></a> When leaving Jet Stream we heard a loud roar and new that <strong>Riddler's Revenge</strong> had reopened! It was just a couple minutes wait and the ride was perfect! And by perfect I mean no vibrations, no roughness, absolute perfection! I was 100% positive that Riddler's Revenge would be the best ride of the day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizY7uaHvbFF_HNuImKEKtTZ7y_o_zOKQNNqzXuy5_oWQcL5oaSpVxG5nNL5bj-uEAvYQt-aIf-nzeFagAYedEwwL7TLZHMZwUAOIOz1parxJxqbKW2sxm_d-ODuJYG_hVxO9EMYGsddvqy/s1600-h/IMG_5939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353358774518812786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizY7uaHvbFF_HNuImKEKtTZ7y_o_zOKQNNqzXuy5_oWQcL5oaSpVxG5nNL5bj-uEAvYQt-aIf-nzeFagAYedEwwL7TLZHMZwUAOIOz1parxJxqbKW2sxm_d-ODuJYG_hVxO9EMYGsddvqy/s320/IMG_5939.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TpgeJoDqYFtwSWI43oafkSl-SYeIwFyLhwSfVtx4TZJsW6S1W1F3xPNU0LvfF-tVLAEibp-1NpjS4J2YHgfsc1cKp3LdwMdw8NemneBZUB_SoTtJlS32r7SLlmUkKPGfR6hstaF53i3d/s1600-h/IMG_5938.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353358769649025186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TpgeJoDqYFtwSWI43oafkSl-SYeIwFyLhwSfVtx4TZJsW6S1W1F3xPNU0LvfF-tVLAEibp-1NpjS4J2YHgfsc1cKp3LdwMdw8NemneBZUB_SoTtJlS32r7SLlmUkKPGfR6hstaF53i3d/s320/IMG_5938.JPG" border="0" /></a> After all that excitement I was ready to cool off again, but Tidal Wave's bridge was no longer an option! An employee wouldn't allow anyone on the bridge from the exit side... pretty lame with the weather being so hot! Sarah got a quick bite of Papa John's Cheese Sticks on we jumped on <strong>Gold Rusher</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2s0SUIq42CgXxeThLis4KoGSTkD5pH72MBd9BU6wkF9jqNrGfS_724Hwgc6J52o_nOKHfWX4gz0EiGP4Wsc2rQm71h9Drc7-BgQd65-V58xeg-Ij6iBkZtYiQE7Wsl_uslo8gai_ne2S/s1600-h/IMG_5949.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353360163314957234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2s0SUIq42CgXxeThLis4KoGSTkD5pH72MBd9BU6wkF9jqNrGfS_724Hwgc6J52o_nOKHfWX4gz0EiGP4Wsc2rQm71h9Drc7-BgQd65-V58xeg-Ij6iBkZtYiQE7Wsl_uslo8gai_ne2S/s320/IMG_5949.JPG" border="0" /></a> While I usually love Gold Rusher's violent direction changes I found today's ride to be rather painful! We made our way up to <strong>Superman The Escape</strong> which had a long line that moved very slowly! We waited more than an hour for our ride but we didn't mind too much because it was freezing cold inside the building. While in line I overheard this lady say "I want to see Jesus, that's how fast I want this ride to go!" totally cracked me up!<br /><br />Because of my height and another man's height the ride operators had to change our groups up a bit and one lady wasn't too happy about it... "Why you makin' me ride by myself?"<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2m58MRQn1nt1ltYL_8WkKsTc9BSzFfL1NzBr5C5D-kXPy3H0SwuWnlGqL0PZ8p3hzUEmMbEqnSaeycVGedN6fqv05S_WGW4NnS5AOXfvVvYlHzu-6mIb_6W9Wu_bqhyphenhyphenAmpS9iDcfT6bl/s1600-h/IMG_5882.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353362522098502370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2m58MRQn1nt1ltYL_8WkKsTc9BSzFfL1NzBr5C5D-kXPy3H0SwuWnlGqL0PZ8p3hzUEmMbEqnSaeycVGedN6fqv05S_WGW4NnS5AOXfvVvYlHzu-6mIb_6W9Wu_bqhyphenhyphenAmpS9iDcfT6bl/s320/IMG_5882.JPG" border="0" /></a> And who is trying to convert Superman? He doesn't believe in God... He is God!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7A5-JAijWYfkz_qibyYbHrEqoGqwD9Xl-TVLPP-LRz7sdaf2bEbJrSkrSyetNKrep1DJ6L4VM0tu8_dLJ8DFHlq3Hw9fxbvunfdZ5JCuH5JP4bpnLP1d_YLd0VTOyM-LYF22ONe1Ei0W/s1600-h/IMG_5942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353362943904112258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7A5-JAijWYfkz_qibyYbHrEqoGqwD9Xl-TVLPP-LRz7sdaf2bEbJrSkrSyetNKrep1DJ6L4VM0tu8_dLJ8DFHlq3Hw9fxbvunfdZ5JCuH5JP4bpnLP1d_YLd0VTOyM-LYF22ONe1Ei0W/s320/IMG_5942.JPG" border="0" /></a> We headed over to <strong>Ninja</strong> for an exciting yet exhausting ride in back row. This is my favorite seat because it has the most intensity and I like to watch the rest of the train swing the course. When we got off the ride I felt pretty disoriented so it was time to get something to eat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eo5p_uqU7FOMc4MAy7z1SRvExhDpdrj0hO9UUs30VWQwHePbPzNT6trfv-AMMpKLe2b1cmrtx4-Ii-In2rftnG2XlraVc6DCX6ZRPgEAAaIF9D1tHYbM21EZ4vZr8KBdAMwAq2lTvxhK/s1600-h/IMG_5937.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353526487956402770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3eo5p_uqU7FOMc4MAy7z1SRvExhDpdrj0hO9UUs30VWQwHePbPzNT6trfv-AMMpKLe2b1cmrtx4-Ii-In2rftnG2XlraVc6DCX6ZRPgEAAaIF9D1tHYbM21EZ4vZr8KBdAMwAq2lTvxhK/s320/IMG_5937.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Id-diy0tfiwW16WXNaM0gzeQJCwhzxpbDU2NbdCAo5iCisxXTyl0lZUJQrMBfAsD83qkJNwMQrwiHiDJIWqMqeYfSspXGMgUmqN5I2l2iOouAqcBUlixsXXp0XidLXKWN9h33v3YSF92/s1600-h/IMG_5936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353526482272577666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Id-diy0tfiwW16WXNaM0gzeQJCwhzxpbDU2NbdCAo5iCisxXTyl0lZUJQrMBfAsD83qkJNwMQrwiHiDJIWqMqeYfSspXGMgUmqN5I2l2iOouAqcBUlixsXXp0XidLXKWN9h33v3YSF92/s320/IMG_5936.JPG" border="0" /></a> We decided to take a trip up to the top of the <strong>Sky Tower</strong> before heading down the mountain.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8jdu2mj6HGKNuZTYX_2dE2ET1Y5K-yCxLMsxz4T4Hr4oZz5lDsiw3p2zNVxNA_3UCVchxdLLNXThOwMZQCrLBSi29BsHH4OKHml4LnxqUm0-FmX4u32qCxSvCa5dQbZ6Qw8ycvciSLAI/s1600-h/IMG_5956.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353528975050245826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL8jdu2mj6HGKNuZTYX_2dE2ET1Y5K-yCxLMsxz4T4Hr4oZz5lDsiw3p2zNVxNA_3UCVchxdLLNXThOwMZQCrLBSi29BsHH4OKHml4LnxqUm0-FmX4u32qCxSvCa5dQbZ6Qw8ycvciSLAI/s320/IMG_5956.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking forward to riding these a little later! All Night Long!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo-PZklVCRjdd3UH7X5BKgPB1a5HKogaCUYe8-0km4YcyQskX4mwFdJOll81s_ODxr_gQCKgvbwIITBE4ubqQpeC5_0ewrgYgp9fGzcmrqX0-9pWnoGi5cAkhooEXYpFH-49sjOZnmHd0/s1600-h/IMG_5955.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353528972116706354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCo-PZklVCRjdd3UH7X5BKgPB1a5HKogaCUYe8-0km4YcyQskX4mwFdJOll81s_ODxr_gQCKgvbwIITBE4ubqQpeC5_0ewrgYgp9fGzcmrqX0-9pWnoGi5cAkhooEXYpFH-49sjOZnmHd0/s320/IMG_5955.JPG" border="0" /></a> We took the <strong>Orient Express</strong> down to the front of the park and headed towards the <strong>Moose Burger Lodge</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVJAEufhO09wpVvCGRtjGfBCFPgl9K2DnCIkOCNvNmkCBzzLM02xCjTsdYESwabVjdgZX8YELkvitCPttRbcXsM6TjV4sqK6joknFtB0xAN_3U83pbk-338eIhHzfdyoDtCxrLYUqAPu9/s1600-h/IMG_5957.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353530966119568258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVJAEufhO09wpVvCGRtjGfBCFPgl9K2DnCIkOCNvNmkCBzzLM02xCjTsdYESwabVjdgZX8YELkvitCPttRbcXsM6TjV4sqK6joknFtB0xAN_3U83pbk-338eIhHzfdyoDtCxrLYUqAPu9/s320/IMG_5957.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was great to sit in the Moose Burger Lodge and get some much needed food and rest!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0yS2UDFkE5fyab8g56LfLs-wtWTR8W5NC3JWoUDp6mPR_OkvYDZsb91utPqayJHuylJKFL79yu74d0nJHiMGkb4akLFfMLXHXeweP1ODIcllfI4mv0_EK9zWtdofR1wOKfKqG8gk4SWX/s1600-h/IMG_5963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353531634515737042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0yS2UDFkE5fyab8g56LfLs-wtWTR8W5NC3JWoUDp6mPR_OkvYDZsb91utPqayJHuylJKFL79yu74d0nJHiMGkb4akLFfMLXHXeweP1ODIcllfI4mv0_EK9zWtdofR1wOKfKqG8gk4SWX/s320/IMG_5963.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkbt4lKAgyp_GSI-YbeK3j8FkLGGeac1RMfPkN9SkHI1JfG0qvq3cJtO2RVTx3Nl0CwhXPWTLRafWjWlGoJT598tVl0PJrgqbrvO2HkXzyNizQRkgSWHS_Ki7W8zlXVGLam8MqX6zwb3Q/s1600-h/IMG_5964.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353531631712776546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkbt4lKAgyp_GSI-YbeK3j8FkLGGeac1RMfPkN9SkHI1JfG0qvq3cJtO2RVTx3Nl0CwhXPWTLRafWjWlGoJT598tVl0PJrgqbrvO2HkXzyNizQRkgSWHS_Ki7W8zlXVGLam8MqX6zwb3Q/s320/IMG_5964.JPG" border="0" /></a> After a big meal we were ready to ride again and we headed to <strong>Revolution</strong>. To all of our surprise, Revolution was actually a great ride today! It only had one headbang wasn't near as rough as previous rides.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIwOt8tAvj0uXcR7AEAw1YoCCFhTS-EnREbA6AEW_ztgxcJOFVHdBZ70Ic9HrNyniUp_g9a16fcKMWzVPU3QT8XCCQ485TZjDbeM44H6dI8fa-VZa2q7ePmb68VNOwCAxXl_NJ4dHspIz/s1600-h/IMG_5794.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353533770728043090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIwOt8tAvj0uXcR7AEAw1YoCCFhTS-EnREbA6AEW_ztgxcJOFVHdBZ70Ic9HrNyniUp_g9a16fcKMWzVPU3QT8XCCQ485TZjDbeM44H6dI8fa-VZa2q7ePmb68VNOwCAxXl_NJ4dHspIz/s320/IMG_5794.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride wasn't so smooth but totally awesome! Viper was a little rough today but I always enjoy this coaster, escpecially when my souvenir bottle was pouring out on my sister behind us during the corkscrews.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZGoOm-cEC1jDZ_GWdyGfEozXlpKphxndWCEVcYxwxIi30iiqv4z7jRjqiktldoyDkAK7Zvove2x3MijIHqEU8kJbeAaYc3wkQrQdIytRE-a6JLsX6lu7l8YmrTtXJ7ePiJGvUAmG53S8/s1600-h/IMG_5841.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353536773705346466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZGoOm-cEC1jDZ_GWdyGfEozXlpKphxndWCEVcYxwxIi30iiqv4z7jRjqiktldoyDkAK7Zvove2x3MijIHqEU8kJbeAaYc3wkQrQdIytRE-a6JLsX6lu7l8YmrTtXJ7ePiJGvUAmG53S8/s320/IMG_5841.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B_Zxk-8GoCoWO1yhjoaKHlRm4tVvdeX25w9J4owhXojblpGx8fJDHYIpXRvWuS8XWoFJs_m0eax7JWb8dDDXR2aPGygW0LRF4H1v_jAELBqwYuA4zOZXqVkXw_7jc-RgJXu4gLAkHsXR/s1600-h/IMG_5838.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353536762353668322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B_Zxk-8GoCoWO1yhjoaKHlRm4tVvdeX25w9J4owhXojblpGx8fJDHYIpXRvWuS8XWoFJs_m0eax7JWb8dDDXR2aPGygW0LRF4H1v_jAELBqwYuA4zOZXqVkXw_7jc-RgJXu4gLAkHsXR/s320/IMG_5838.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aBwFBPAlhJgGvyN9jQYUkBcSnl1FQN0u5RXrSNcIm3i_qXHHbTDPHe3MrOmorAowX00wum9D0itJPhKtWUrjm_nGK6DCpYXzh3PrAtMXg2-yvIRi1qo2dv4KXTLJarZCCpf8s1rIK7MK/s1600-h/IMG_5823.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353536759291155474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7aBwFBPAlhJgGvyN9jQYUkBcSnl1FQN0u5RXrSNcIm3i_qXHHbTDPHe3MrOmorAowX00wum9D0itJPhKtWUrjm_nGK6DCpYXzh3PrAtMXg2-yvIRi1qo2dv4KXTLJarZCCpf8s1rIK7MK/s320/IMG_5823.JPG" border="0" /></a> We got in line for <strong>Tatsu</strong> and it was going great until they switched to one train operation. It took us about an hour for front row and the night ride was really good. (No Photo)<br /><br />The park was only open for another hour so we headed over to <strong>Déjà Vu</strong>. Sarah decided she was done with looping coasters for the rest of the day and she left to go sit on a bench for a while. Jenn and I got on Déjà Vu in row 15 (almost 16... my favorite!) The ride was incredible but totally disorienting (Good thing Sarah passed) Jenn squeezed her sunglasses too tight while riding and they broke!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RNwgdAku4vyfu1OMQHlAzAOTU_bZ6BHoIeu4tMeJLr8bTEj2K-k8f3JhNPxc5qT16SAaLmb6MozaDelR6tUQE-w5IuWmOsSeOqWT84sICrYhSpPrAcDy4m8tzZlx41FYZX2FI7eMALAK/s1600-h/IMG_5970.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353558705035089986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3RNwgdAku4vyfu1OMQHlAzAOTU_bZ6BHoIeu4tMeJLr8bTEj2K-k8f3JhNPxc5qT16SAaLmb6MozaDelR6tUQE-w5IuWmOsSeOqWT84sICrYhSpPrAcDy4m8tzZlx41FYZX2FI7eMALAK/s320/IMG_5970.JPG" border="0" /></a> The park was almost closed and we got in line for <strong>Terminator Salvation: The Ride</strong>. I figured ERT would start soon so we might as well get a head start. We sat in line for almost half an hour while the line never moved an inch! ERT was already scheduled to begin. We keeped seeing trains go around with only a few riders on them. It turns out Kobe Bryant and friends were getting their own ERT on the ride. Our ERT was pushed back to a later time but that didn't stop everyone from having way too much fun! We got 6 amazing night rides in with the great people of Theme Park Review! The Bebe's group and Calicoasters' group got many rides in together! And when the audio was out on a train, we made our own!<br /><br />CAUTION! Puke!<br /><br />The "Machines" tried to ruin our ERT with a little puke on the train, but that only took a couple minutes away!<br /><br />CAUTION! Puke!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MoFY4QsqzmaH6LU0dqKCYpJY5ifJ6z6W4MZvTBt6ToSmUOo9NwkmJv_YBd-uq38F9OKqU8t25jd8PnKk0y-BAmBG9q9XXrk68wwFKg2Hhy61q1Y7XpQH3qrnVYc6dnItJPWMvxyaMmlg/s1600-h/IMG_5972.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353561942796698546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6MoFY4QsqzmaH6LU0dqKCYpJY5ifJ6z6W4MZvTBt6ToSmUOo9NwkmJv_YBd-uq38F9OKqU8t25jd8PnKk0y-BAmBG9q9XXrk68wwFKg2Hhy61q1Y7XpQH3qrnVYc6dnItJPWMvxyaMmlg/s320/IMG_5972.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />^CAUTION! Puke!<br /><br />A lot of coasters (if not all) are better at night, but Terminator Salvation: The Ride is by far the best! Yes, I said it! The BEST! This coaster is totally mind blowing at night! I wish the tunnel mist was still on, but that's because I'm 280 pounds and the only person after 10 o' clock still sweating!<br /><br />Thank You Robb and Elissa Alvey, and Six Flags Magic Mountain for an awesome event! "TAKE THE TUNNEL!" over and over again! Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNvEPHslNcsyZ9RL0nyX7LGoPKjMEfPjwvNnvM3dchok0erXFScS9_SODpfShf9GSDggkwIMlm78fGeC9a5V39OWxBmW-3PN2fh4D73hwra_lExahb9GqHZga96frenGl4e_nTvVOCrmx/s1600-h/IMG_5976.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353564989633419058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMNvEPHslNcsyZ9RL0nyX7LGoPKjMEfPjwvNnvM3dchok0erXFScS9_SODpfShf9GSDggkwIMlm78fGeC9a5V39OWxBmW-3PN2fh4D73hwra_lExahb9GqHZga96frenGl4e_nTvVOCrmx/s320/IMG_5976.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Today's Ride/Show Rankings<br /><br />18. Orient Express<br />17. Sky Tower<br />16. Matt Hoffman's Danger Defying Daredevils<br />15. Gold Rusher<br />14. Superman The Escape<br />13. Revoltuion<br />12. Jet Stream<br />11. Viper<br />10. Déjà Vu<br />09. Ninja<br />08. X2<br />07. Colossus<br />06. Scream!<br />05. Tatsu<br />04. Batman The Ride<br />03. Goliath<br />02. Riddler's Revenge<br />01. Terminator Salvation: The Ride<br /><br />Found Coins: 2 Quaters, 1 Dime, and 22 Pennies</p><p>We've done a lot of riding this year but I think it is time for a little break! We don't have anything "scheduled" until August 22nd when Everclear performs live at Six Flags Magic Mountain.<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKezaVbmqOH52h0B6dy3TkNyOFuS62nDcilk7QBrbcOBVyA5NQSyDe6DzPiDbdGppQvDnChLkb86APvF4OW_Fp5c4JCC4mq4yFBwlF7XwQ3mNOyDQl2ClhRj6ebSqJ0sa1dWIbALLS5wp/s1600-h/IMG_5792.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353575150446413842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKezaVbmqOH52h0B6dy3TkNyOFuS62nDcilk7QBrbcOBVyA5NQSyDe6DzPiDbdGppQvDnChLkb86APvF4OW_Fp5c4JCC4mq4yFBwlF7XwQ3mNOyDQl2ClhRj6ebSqJ0sa1dWIbALLS5wp/s320/IMG_5792.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPV0uFSSfQaE-TMBgQkba_9IEm-WdEMfA9xXLbwIkRmWhLMdI95emtW1SNHbzV-HEVJyqXD0kkPIul85I5izLU9AzY875FGk7iO8vKv_YADrXwedDJqerDaa962sOe8l0xNlQ-T0yZ1kzY/s1600-h/IMG_5791.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353575143783981970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPV0uFSSfQaE-TMBgQkba_9IEm-WdEMfA9xXLbwIkRmWhLMdI95emtW1SNHbzV-HEVJyqXD0kkPIul85I5izLU9AzY875FGk7iO8vKv_YADrXwedDJqerDaa962sOe8l0xNlQ-T0yZ1kzY/s320/IMG_5791.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xWfoTInft-5N5MSh6QhF2tjTL1_6PO4OrK8yark_HPC1BMvUKR299P8kEzibQIvI82qiLFFoVrQNaEXKfLVGGeuYrXs7JvECEBzlSuRCN4ZDKe4C9IdSD__SProrkSu4rLaDHYG9fi2a/s1600-h/gedc2898_calicoasters_and_sarah_112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353575155430233746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3xWfoTInft-5N5MSh6QhF2tjTL1_6PO4OrK8yark_HPC1BMvUKR299P8kEzibQIvI82qiLFFoVrQNaEXKfLVGGeuYrXs7JvECEBzlSuRCN4ZDKe4C9IdSD__SProrkSu4rLaDHYG9fi2a/s320/gedc2898_calicoasters_and_sarah_112.jpg" border="0" /></a> ^Photo taken by Mr. Bebe and stolen by me... Thank you by the way.<br /></p>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-56098099779239628852009-06-19T13:57:00.000-07:002009-07-20T19:22:06.494-07:00Knott's Berry Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxWk3KKDdgOPOd5UFuOeMeZFfdszzp0iy_c4Y62O9zvrDUCfCT7odzFkChN0-wLSHYr7IZgmbA3KzU3lfeZVZWheL3a-7jnBp6EIzFkOtdmo4qw_RCruQD9T3o8FDlbXDT8fcMbNzkYh9/s1600-h/IMG_5749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349146218747761746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxWk3KKDdgOPOd5UFuOeMeZFfdszzp0iy_c4Y62O9zvrDUCfCT7odzFkChN0-wLSHYr7IZgmbA3KzU3lfeZVZWheL3a-7jnBp6EIzFkOtdmo4qw_RCruQD9T3o8FDlbXDT8fcMbNzkYh9/s320/IMG_5749.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunday, June 14th Sarah and I took Morgan to Knott's Berry Farm. The park wasn't too busy but the lines for ride we could all enjoy were too long. Morgan rode some of the smaller rides alone while Sarah and I sat there completely bored! I wished we had more people to come with us to make the day more exciting! We thought about taking Morgan to Six Flags Magic Mountain because there are more rides there for her and more rides that we can all enjoy together, but drive all the way out there didn't seem worth it. Morgan's coaster count is currently at 7 and if we take her to Six Flags Magic Mountain her count will jump to 10!<br /><br />The only part of the day we all enjoyed together was Sierra Sidewinder and the "Fool's Gold" Stunt Show at the Wagon Camp. I made a "music video" for the Sierra Sidewinder that contains clips from this and previous visits.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5rj3PnNxv18&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5rj3PnNxv18&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I asked Morgan to rate the coasters she has been on and here is here list.<br /><br />07. Gadget's Go Coaster - Disneyland<br />06. Dragon - Legoland California<br />05. Timberline Twister - Knott's Berry Farm<br />04. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - Disneyland<br />03. Matterhorn Bobsleds - Disneyland<br />02. Sierra Sidewinder - Knott's Berry Farm<br />01. Space Mountain - DisneylandCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-83168189173264315852009-06-08T09:58:00.004-07:002009-07-01T12:41:25.389-07:00The Big "O" Vacation Part 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXAqLeNb6Il-Vrotfg7a9M0sn3kU1aguTdwpz41EFTEydnNNG8IGQi62Ujo-jPweBvEaDcc8nqRfmQCJ3aIcaO94e4Jio1YH2DdOKUKK4-_EyTVHkFm637ziMto2cI7hewFzhRhxBbcwW/s1600-h/IMG_5685.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346858568788608626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigXAqLeNb6Il-Vrotfg7a9M0sn3kU1aguTdwpz41EFTEydnNNG8IGQi62Ujo-jPweBvEaDcc8nqRfmQCJ3aIcaO94e4Jio1YH2DdOKUKK4-_EyTVHkFm637ziMto2cI7hewFzhRhxBbcwW/s320/IMG_5685.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunday - June 7th<br /><br />We didn't do what we planned<br /><br />Part 5 - Nothing!<br /><br />We were supposed to go to the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, but I guess we didn't feel like going. We were honestly ready to be home and back in our own bed! I'm sure we would have ended up having fun at the Zoo, but here is what we did!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlIJMsRTq9YERVnSpzrQqKoBMFJcSTe3bjMXrJMEzttxvg6w7jsJOBVXwyoj7i2RK5FDBoaFIQ8Wo1eDjzcwbCmHL8kea15B7f5D-3bVK287wdvJZRICNfFEh4aQAiIyirO1Q7Yf7Ho0U/s1600-h/IMG_5632.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346859582119892978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlIJMsRTq9YERVnSpzrQqKoBMFJcSTe3bjMXrJMEzttxvg6w7jsJOBVXwyoj7i2RK5FDBoaFIQ8Wo1eDjzcwbCmHL8kea15B7f5D-3bVK287wdvJZRICNfFEh4aQAiIyirO1Q7Yf7Ho0U/s320/IMG_5632.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAH57to6VP3nokmeH8nsR5Nr2xNVLTs4XhCJOsv-Ge6BOLykPAdT369LIAFXA9Mnv5EZTveHUXSY36N9sI-uwOGJ6cslDWMHCvuNAcmdqglUADHmH3XG2HcsiC3CwNaGbx9VZvMzR3hMk/s1600-h/IMG_5636.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346859575990279154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAH57to6VP3nokmeH8nsR5Nr2xNVLTs4XhCJOsv-Ge6BOLykPAdT369LIAFXA9Mnv5EZTveHUXSY36N9sI-uwOGJ6cslDWMHCvuNAcmdqglUADHmH3XG2HcsiC3CwNaGbx9VZvMzR3hMk/s320/IMG_5636.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5BbLa4h3yQeOyX3s1PO37p-dsFVvtxoD4gGCTNAZG6bPwYNtlldLqGa22bGcN0cUo2dOoEVl6x0hyCO2J2oH8dwQA25zhSKNMoLJV_g38WKM0uyrLe6D3oEKz0ZH3wPN0GzjgMsNXhkx/s1600-h/IMG_5633.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346859572105690482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr5BbLa4h3yQeOyX3s1PO37p-dsFVvtxoD4gGCTNAZG6bPwYNtlldLqGa22bGcN0cUo2dOoEVl6x0hyCO2J2oH8dwQA25zhSKNMoLJV_g38WKM0uyrLe6D3oEKz0ZH3wPN0GzjgMsNXhkx/s320/IMG_5633.JPG" border="0" /></a> We checked out of the Ghetto and had a nice fatty breakfast at the Waffel House!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUcVErdfcern1vbkofmJPIQnMYn1hxm1W2ECV2vMenIZkkXROpflEFnojN7OOHltd_lj1OZDm3hYJKZpMk05TE-C5wSQ8LJcMpNny_gIPx47SDETACQSvF4WFlH4Xd-CQoA5ffA-FPwRQ/s1600-h/IMG_5642.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346860475986478514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUcVErdfcern1vbkofmJPIQnMYn1hxm1W2ECV2vMenIZkkXROpflEFnojN7OOHltd_lj1OZDm3hYJKZpMk05TE-C5wSQ8LJcMpNny_gIPx47SDETACQSvF4WFlH4Xd-CQoA5ffA-FPwRQ/s320/IMG_5642.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkhphglHB13VPPKEh07qcN_AAaANhDQoVib6bz-R9yRuacrrWjxcLnN-3veWkjJZFNsmOukElTlvU8xGTk7CeZmS8IAMCLVVRpCpixwdWKC-ep62bj8ZrW8JHbwr0E2kmdopaQs543oVU/s1600-h/IMG_5645.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346860474311435426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkhphglHB13VPPKEh07qcN_AAaANhDQoVib6bz-R9yRuacrrWjxcLnN-3veWkjJZFNsmOukElTlvU8xGTk7CeZmS8IAMCLVVRpCpixwdWKC-ep62bj8ZrW8JHbwr0E2kmdopaQs543oVU/s320/IMG_5645.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r9g_737wKQ47A0L-RChZ2JZtcXDPVuqmT6NQ_M4xlIsOyP5m1_S-5WQwGwpmk75ca76tWcFpzYKm5FJwFIGE1ECAfW1kB-F9BDpEOBZL1MeayGSXXmGRTKOs4bEYQCs-3QO9QRqnh3-D/s1600-h/IMG_5643.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346860468613510562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8r9g_737wKQ47A0L-RChZ2JZtcXDPVuqmT6NQ_M4xlIsOyP5m1_S-5WQwGwpmk75ca76tWcFpzYKm5FJwFIGE1ECAfW1kB-F9BDpEOBZL1MeayGSXXmGRTKOs4bEYQCs-3QO9QRqnh3-D/s320/IMG_5643.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then we did some Antique Shopping! My Favorite! Yay!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljvTYpITXMNP5zDfcVeH6gafzv6-H3YqskX91RuNhcSvJER8ikz2CZH-xmkPFaMkjRPM0WVDS7M0pPQnhA3udxBALne1XxVaGv4LMeXx8ERVe3oswzAiXJ4MOW-SbIhZIX0xsaJhOlGFC/s1600-h/IMG_5647.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861318838826162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljvTYpITXMNP5zDfcVeH6gafzv6-H3YqskX91RuNhcSvJER8ikz2CZH-xmkPFaMkjRPM0WVDS7M0pPQnhA3udxBALne1XxVaGv4LMeXx8ERVe3oswzAiXJ4MOW-SbIhZIX0xsaJhOlGFC/s320/IMG_5647.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqUQ7BNv6wgVkmpXIO7Ihq-XqU4I56naaKb70JsirdL0Mzbc1qzQuNq_GGw_tn9aM9JGuRO1p5VgkYBy4rqwbTo1kRtAQDNc63giCZAnqkW5VL8ju8Na_nvtoLhZZXWzWYKvSURZXM0uM/s1600-h/IMG_5650.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861316502387762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqUQ7BNv6wgVkmpXIO7Ihq-XqU4I56naaKb70JsirdL0Mzbc1qzQuNq_GGw_tn9aM9JGuRO1p5VgkYBy4rqwbTo1kRtAQDNc63giCZAnqkW5VL8ju8Na_nvtoLhZZXWzWYKvSURZXM0uM/s320/IMG_5650.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VlalS9BpmdXIs5DGkrfb6R-3u-ghMyC2SI9DyqVHCuvcOWHrjkk-6TxwgvtWxoa0NrEtY4RdgmC-vNqEbMp2ziKLTdlEzBAGLB50KFBfStB3PlJuDkOU4C0pPVgL3QHKySpGPlXcdiCO/s1600-h/IMG_5655.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861310889542498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VlalS9BpmdXIs5DGkrfb6R-3u-ghMyC2SI9DyqVHCuvcOWHrjkk-6TxwgvtWxoa0NrEtY4RdgmC-vNqEbMp2ziKLTdlEzBAGLB50KFBfStB3PlJuDkOU4C0pPVgL3QHKySpGPlXcdiCO/s320/IMG_5655.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJr29qEI4SgFKpVRCog6iTRdX-n6RXyfLqJ_L7Qn8OHKPfzFj-AWRhSdGZstnoDlEuvkN3E6-MR27oZrS4ylF28EGr8qcSrbsjdnNWHd9AluEL9fapRkYG3NwgpNG9vhxZ-DXYcGeA2KW/s1600-h/IMG_5660.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861308390726626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJr29qEI4SgFKpVRCog6iTRdX-n6RXyfLqJ_L7Qn8OHKPfzFj-AWRhSdGZstnoDlEuvkN3E6-MR27oZrS4ylF28EGr8qcSrbsjdnNWHd9AluEL9fapRkYG3NwgpNG9vhxZ-DXYcGeA2KW/s320/IMG_5660.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm8R9fpsS09NgxAAHGD3US8XzCG7D9AMvwkhNTOP_b-iKwrd0QgR9QIwRp2AovL2cvXeNNhM2wknHez08n6B14PY65QsDtqI7LExbX9VQdFp-7FHSeLxFKrg3TvsJFTdTxeKl3xUctj9_/s1600-h/IMG_5656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861300421644882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPm8R9fpsS09NgxAAHGD3US8XzCG7D9AMvwkhNTOP_b-iKwrd0QgR9QIwRp2AovL2cvXeNNhM2wknHez08n6B14PY65QsDtqI7LExbX9VQdFp-7FHSeLxFKrg3TvsJFTdTxeKl3xUctj9_/s320/IMG_5656.JPG" border="0" /></a> Then we went to an outdoor mall but left really quick because it was too hot and boring!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfqebVb_lNBzcGrPEMLnecl4aOfEcmA0DcKXeXRs0QQbB1TAIN3DF7ycXCZrd7z6lJMxPdrUNvKQRrfquTWM0FjH5wEC86lVN9-aPYa6PdmONqk_QiAibeUN4Bj4dVDGUPpGjWJOmJxhT/s1600-h/IMG_5665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346861869274950738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfqebVb_lNBzcGrPEMLnecl4aOfEcmA0DcKXeXRs0QQbB1TAIN3DF7ycXCZrd7z6lJMxPdrUNvKQRrfquTWM0FjH5wEC86lVN9-aPYa6PdmONqk_QiAibeUN4Bj4dVDGUPpGjWJOmJxhT/s320/IMG_5665.JPG" border="0" /></a> Took me a minute to realize there was a car on the wall!<br /><br />So we didn't really care to do anything else so we showed up several hours early for our flight!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSKDdT8rCwlow0BJ5thrhoXFxN-wRB832hxAOkMNjrsR7wPWWt-WUCvm3kiVGZH3CaVj2xpuqHpK00FXhfu147myZnciKe0x4Ra9TtBJvPybuYLmtBxNmaxVuqT8-UOB7CXcKFPPRet2d/s1600-h/IMG_5670.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346862270831940802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdSKDdT8rCwlow0BJ5thrhoXFxN-wRB832hxAOkMNjrsR7wPWWt-WUCvm3kiVGZH3CaVj2xpuqHpK00FXhfu147myZnciKe0x4Ra9TtBJvPybuYLmtBxNmaxVuqT8-UOB7CXcKFPPRet2d/s320/IMG_5670.JPG" border="0" /></a> Johnny Rockets is at the airport!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqr3neJ3lg-yUNYomZmcwsheGXtsM4Nt10EuF0LeX-_DPcU20_8YtzVElawNWiCTARR5GLYPAUdQ_bEiETQvnddsi0NeztfEPTlbXeM_7OxeyHRLUM8gcnu6SjaaDAZTbTLdqnf2d3VPHx/s1600-h/IMG_5672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346862481299652434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqr3neJ3lg-yUNYomZmcwsheGXtsM4Nt10EuF0LeX-_DPcU20_8YtzVElawNWiCTARR5GLYPAUdQ_bEiETQvnddsi0NeztfEPTlbXeM_7OxeyHRLUM8gcnu6SjaaDAZTbTLdqnf2d3VPHx/s320/IMG_5672.JPG" border="0" /></a> So was Paul Blart<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuRYBe3zudQms_wuZ2jGtKzHZsCA6akx3WVYD54GJRw1Y0gtlAiIIvXedexu3Qgb23F0eB5vwCeyVDMpOEhC7aeDAvpKcxUm22VyzGKtEWZ1L-R44_kseHokquR3s2fVgZPNUJLXdYIf/s1600-h/IMG_5674.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346862724761593490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuRYBe3zudQms_wuZ2jGtKzHZsCA6akx3WVYD54GJRw1Y0gtlAiIIvXedexu3Qgb23F0eB5vwCeyVDMpOEhC7aeDAvpKcxUm22VyzGKtEWZ1L-R44_kseHokquR3s2fVgZPNUJLXdYIf/s320/IMG_5674.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ate Pizza Everyday!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebd1crNzNx2NsQw1-zVkR27h_cKxCUSHCIcjADGnb2B7Yzwed0C62Z_nqRH571tEJUX2DdAJTNp4u4NW0RE1-D-Pqo35ZI0XJDIHEZqbgYeyOwB0xbksnpPkXITF5G0d0JQeX4gAOcEHh/s1600-h/IMG_5693.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346863074654604738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebd1crNzNx2NsQw1-zVkR27h_cKxCUSHCIcjADGnb2B7Yzwed0C62Z_nqRH571tEJUX2DdAJTNp4u4NW0RE1-D-Pqo35ZI0XJDIHEZqbgYeyOwB0xbksnpPkXITF5G0d0JQeX4gAOcEHh/s320/IMG_5693.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw62JMHj6KwYqx9k1qEPD_m2ZLaLwt83r0ZcXLlzqvZR0Nk-Q0USU9GOZhkjljV4v6RZk0Mki7PUTyYQJuNHRHY2NqoxqucPrezfzIwWrpo0P7pMVoU6kYRNrKVNmJeaZM-SEGfGixVTTi/s1600-h/IMG_5694.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346863069839559570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw62JMHj6KwYqx9k1qEPD_m2ZLaLwt83r0ZcXLlzqvZR0Nk-Q0USU9GOZhkjljV4v6RZk0Mki7PUTyYQJuNHRHY2NqoxqucPrezfzIwWrpo0P7pMVoU6kYRNrKVNmJeaZM-SEGfGixVTTi/s320/IMG_5694.JPG" border="0" /></a> Got on another plane.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYsNhuaagOqWDvPHcG2uDoeGROvVR3EuVPtGtgzb9h5Saw7wBCemOmWgkkYT5WSASweG-byUT_kFgWg3qUHox3JHkll2OndfjJnO2niRs7MNPhlyuxrIRu3Wf-rGeUXJGbBmThqnGOHjQ/s1600-h/IMG_5701.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346863382776082338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyYsNhuaagOqWDvPHcG2uDoeGROvVR3EuVPtGtgzb9h5Saw7wBCemOmWgkkYT5WSASweG-byUT_kFgWg3qUHox3JHkll2OndfjJnO2niRs7MNPhlyuxrIRu3Wf-rGeUXJGbBmThqnGOHjQ/s320/IMG_5701.JPG" border="0" /></a> Finally... Home!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHfookGXKOJyZiekmMDae22_B2c6KAOjhwZ6SO-3-c-B4wvlOHMHXx9WOVoxR8Zo4JgVFFcGU2nkM_TWE2kXx2_daHdGXKMAZrNR3UjDidyUAKQ4L-4WZY_DaaP88fC5iZkGxpak9gL6L/s1600-h/IMG_5703.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346863378413246690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilHfookGXKOJyZiekmMDae22_B2c6KAOjhwZ6SO-3-c-B4wvlOHMHXx9WOVoxR8Zo4JgVFFcGU2nkM_TWE2kXx2_daHdGXKMAZrNR3UjDidyUAKQ4L-4WZY_DaaP88fC5iZkGxpak9gL6L/s320/IMG_5703.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My New Top 10 (As Of This Exact Moment)<br /><br />10. Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point<br />09. Medusa - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom<br />08. X2 - Six Flags Magic Mountain<br />07. California Screamin' Disney's California Adventure<br />06. Riddler's Revenge - Six Flags Magic Mountain<br />05. Goliath - Six Flags Magic Mountain<br />04. Xcelerator - Knotts Berry Farm<br />03. Colossus (Backwards) - Six Flags Magic Mountain<br />02. Maverick - Cedar Point<br />01. Diamondback - Kings IslandCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-82322139444165838632009-06-08T09:58:00.003-07:002009-06-13T09:54:09.112-07:00The Big "O" Vacation Part 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRDXSPc76A7mCLFvLZSuRqzqsFbm4GPI0ZmVDwIA-gpC0pXSHCQW78Ub1FnO-mxn9Ld6OX1zLiYrQPjpZxDtgJR45MPfocCk4aC8RhJQCakoLGl_hZc9ZprPuKl9dFBCm3RRX0VG4ZNBd/s1600-h/IMG_5477.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346569010244817602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRDXSPc76A7mCLFvLZSuRqzqsFbm4GPI0ZmVDwIA-gpC0pXSHCQW78Ub1FnO-mxn9Ld6OX1zLiYrQPjpZxDtgJR45MPfocCk4aC8RhJQCakoLGl_hZc9ZprPuKl9dFBCm3RRX0VG4ZNBd/s320/IMG_5477.JPG" border="0" /></a> Saturday - June 6th<br /><br />I finally get to ride the Beast!<br /><br />Part 4 - <strong>Kings Island</strong><br /><br />We were so exhausted from the day before that I wasn't even looking forward to riding coasters. We showed up to the park just a couple minutes after it had opened. The first ride we headed to is the World's Tallest Wooden Coaster! I wasn't sure if this was going to be a good thing or a bad thing. I've read many reviews that claim this coaster is very rough and unpleasant! We waited about 20 minutes for front car second row. I was actually starting to get that over excited feeling I get on some of my favorite coasters! The <strong>Son Of Beast</strong> station is really high off the ground so the ride begins with a drop immediately out of the station. The lift hill is steep and massive, at the top we began our descent down one of the most exciting first drops I have ever been on! The ride speeds through an exciting giant double helix! The ride had it's rough spots, but was nowhere near as bad as it was described. Our ride on Son Of Beast didn't even compare to rough rides we've had on GhostRider or Mean Streak. Sarah and I were both very pleased with this coaster and I'm glad to put it in my #3 spot of best wooden coasters!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6bVx4gHpzBS78kdZUsV278nbii3T1Kkqp_d0nOwrz5vSra-SKFmdsAhZuvtqtq0hVIpREcAg7qGcyXxMvzv2H2ToUFkeXiF_DMKGj8gCaMBf70OOZyBTQspWKd8mJJ_X6WyhtLRanMIV/s1600-h/IMG_5123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346573868217134482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6bVx4gHpzBS78kdZUsV278nbii3T1Kkqp_d0nOwrz5vSra-SKFmdsAhZuvtqtq0hVIpREcAg7qGcyXxMvzv2H2ToUFkeXiF_DMKGj8gCaMBf70OOZyBTQspWKd8mJJ_X6WyhtLRanMIV/s320/IMG_5123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZfNcmu9C7AFhTiFvwS5aGu_LACg_qi0UOz0qh_t7MkEuk8jR_5iAqgFcFXMo1NExUVBeIbGfEUYg0TYYSK_ms8LFVNGycJl17tG_g1i1qNy0tGVDoojJupHm12VixLoFHlmYoTRIXxnl/s1600-h/IMG_5159.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346573860322908258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFZfNcmu9C7AFhTiFvwS5aGu_LACg_qi0UOz0qh_t7MkEuk8jR_5iAqgFcFXMo1NExUVBeIbGfEUYg0TYYSK_ms8LFVNGycJl17tG_g1i1qNy0tGVDoojJupHm12VixLoFHlmYoTRIXxnl/s320/IMG_5159.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM7u2OiFN5APgql7EZXDB5YLvsbuhzeiSdeST3QSRywJqqicRSp3u5GFL30rRJLLEO7gtOB9haYKTkmXLY6G7cS4bTJ7jVLH2egrBk4ZoKgyD2VGc-2abyyP0RvVofknIUKEsdSMph7NV/s1600-h/IMG_5143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346573857416304162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRM7u2OiFN5APgql7EZXDB5YLvsbuhzeiSdeST3QSRywJqqicRSp3u5GFL30rRJLLEO7gtOB9haYKTkmXLY6G7cS4bTJ7jVLH2egrBk4ZoKgyD2VGc-2abyyP0RvVofknIUKEsdSMph7NV/s320/IMG_5143.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82wVd2qpqk086Rww-U6FwHsKSZmzxVklVSKp7xrMLMY0GBktuAAjVwxttIOGBNS1pXfeDrYFDp05fKBjiYVclQKEuTdiWdhwmmq8gWxNFB2MKu9GQQanDg4V4ejdzprSeeQGa4QXueh3t/s1600-h/IMG_5134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346573848971840626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82wVd2qpqk086Rww-U6FwHsKSZmzxVklVSKp7xrMLMY0GBktuAAjVwxttIOGBNS1pXfeDrYFDp05fKBjiYVclQKEuTdiWdhwmmq8gWxNFB2MKu9GQQanDg4V4ejdzprSeeQGa4QXueh3t/s320/IMG_5134.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dz2sp8YOYGq6LPyFHuDrlMKbmgmSGbgra1HSFifnC5iFsnZjl9gPyRQ85soLl6ghVKjfFq4afM8JiN-dk-bwVMNla8-umlSDoKYno1AXFAofaOcGd-jzn4pDEp9EQecZy426vvlCBe2k/s1600-h/IMG_5121.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346573844457106450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8dz2sp8YOYGq6LPyFHuDrlMKbmgmSGbgra1HSFifnC5iFsnZjl9gPyRQ85soLl6ghVKjfFq4afM8JiN-dk-bwVMNla8-umlSDoKYno1AXFAofaOcGd-jzn4pDEp9EQecZy426vvlCBe2k/s320/IMG_5121.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbLj6khqGerXY9nLgWcSi44H6llIaTxaQrsF29nFLNgOVzdkvZvFHfFStdw_nS4hRkCdA3j_HQhPsGRwJW5GE3P-qeNSyAKdXHFAfWwtUSXm8CsCM2LULCka6LQpFEQUfdwKPZxdwLUlq/s1600-h/IMG_5470.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346574524677094274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbLj6khqGerXY9nLgWcSi44H6llIaTxaQrsF29nFLNgOVzdkvZvFHfFStdw_nS4hRkCdA3j_HQhPsGRwJW5GE3P-qeNSyAKdXHFAfWwtUSXm8CsCM2LULCka6LQpFEQUfdwKPZxdwLUlq/s320/IMG_5470.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now we were excited to ride some more coasters so we headed over to <strong>Flight Deck</strong>. I think I'm a some what of a fan of Suspended coasters. I love Ninja and I liked Iron Dragon even though it was super slow. Now it was time ride one of a more extreme nature. Flight Deck did not disappoint! We blasted through the coarse swinging wide on every single turn! The ride was short, but very good!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunEaFlZ8IKT8wH3QRd2410vrqZCiVcFsuWKPP5PpIqg-5E8HSUDmYHpwp3rz23FU9h2Orwz4VpEmpvb_xC6Pv_6d6AMMAPXZRvp4UaPaLQWiEOmJTan_F5eDlxyU0tR70Gu428eRohG4K/s1600-h/IMG_5149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346576662203549506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunEaFlZ8IKT8wH3QRd2410vrqZCiVcFsuWKPP5PpIqg-5E8HSUDmYHpwp3rz23FU9h2Orwz4VpEmpvb_xC6Pv_6d6AMMAPXZRvp4UaPaLQWiEOmJTan_F5eDlxyU0tR70Gu428eRohG4K/s320/IMG_5149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxf-FwL_H6mpm-RQusYXTW0Kd8p9TTFJGquQqIpmIsyWoht4vBsFS8mGTMqxMPDEwENEAhdeROiwFbBzloXGWo6wPxGGZH0ihkV2PKNPFZSfn0qvVSt8hegr3I472kQ_2QR8E7uXjqtUe/s1600-h/IMG_5164.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346576652126888098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfxf-FwL_H6mpm-RQusYXTW0Kd8p9TTFJGquQqIpmIsyWoht4vBsFS8mGTMqxMPDEwENEAhdeROiwFbBzloXGWo6wPxGGZH0ihkV2PKNPFZSfn0qvVSt8hegr3I472kQ_2QR8E7uXjqtUe/s320/IMG_5164.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO8RmsvDVw1XyCdxujzy63kpJ4HvkHvC5XE3_i_AxPkJl2uDK2u0dHL9OPhkeQeSbYJqle4c0TFbqGfQsK99Trd_U73Geo72M98AVoqR0p14Q7S8zIELSSqBdXidBmeR4RQ6zo0R8FPc_/s1600-h/IMG_5161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346576644881752226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHO8RmsvDVw1XyCdxujzy63kpJ4HvkHvC5XE3_i_AxPkJl2uDK2u0dHL9OPhkeQeSbYJqle4c0TFbqGfQsK99Trd_U73Geo72M98AVoqR0p14Q7S8zIELSSqBdXidBmeR4RQ6zo0R8FPc_/s320/IMG_5161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6NjQO_6SH_VKaoN8QiSjP-iKJahyphenhyphenG8TzP2x0B3J8GeuXV1kUCS7oEKoS_ZON7tkjb5dktLxN6fro6sHKnRq0FWehteCfaDh1SG2PgrYZOx3LZ8TYvUlC4hAI1zeH8goZw1wqXZtj3JYu/s1600-h/IMG_5153.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346576638864197970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6NjQO_6SH_VKaoN8QiSjP-iKJahyphenhyphenG8TzP2x0B3J8GeuXV1kUCS7oEKoS_ZON7tkjb5dktLxN6fro6sHKnRq0FWehteCfaDh1SG2PgrYZOx3LZ8TYvUlC4hAI1zeH8goZw1wqXZtj3JYu/s320/IMG_5153.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2cuxcnNxQAI3ozbPXPsjg__DIo0XNhpe7f4dz0GxOFeMBZy4yWCxJzlUl_914Mb0fqUWUtdi-vgbkRrTEVdY-MSeS-A5LR1saiHa44lrB0BAAU-XKzAc4m7ptwS11Hw_YLXL0uMHz7yM/s1600-h/IMG_5175.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346576633864130642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2cuxcnNxQAI3ozbPXPsjg__DIo0XNhpe7f4dz0GxOFeMBZy4yWCxJzlUl_914Mb0fqUWUtdi-vgbkRrTEVdY-MSeS-A5LR1saiHa44lrB0BAAU-XKzAc4m7ptwS11Hw_YLXL0uMHz7yM/s320/IMG_5175.JPG" border="0" /></a> Invertigo was going to be our next coaster, but the line was already long and the coaster wasn't even open yet! <strong>Adventure Express</strong> was our next coaster. I knew to expect it to be much better than any Arrow Dynamics Mine Train I've ever been on before, but I didn't know it was going to be incredible! Adventure Express uses it's terrain to it's full advantage! The rides begins with a helix and tunnel and continues with hills and curves along the hillside! The theme wasn't too great, but that fact that it had any at all was a +.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvToSFt19jF9FL5GTD4h4U74I6zVKo3K66tCeAMTWe_A2ywbaSAoVF1KQA17AeKguZ89W-ATBb6QfycIKl4ogWHuqErMHDezEHPSaOGsjvmA-qvHmRg6TrKWOZZLiURJZ0srL17hyRzp7e/s1600-h/IMG_5271.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346578788841788498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvToSFt19jF9FL5GTD4h4U74I6zVKo3K66tCeAMTWe_A2ywbaSAoVF1KQA17AeKguZ89W-ATBb6QfycIKl4ogWHuqErMHDezEHPSaOGsjvmA-qvHmRg6TrKWOZZLiURJZ0srL17hyRzp7e/s320/IMG_5271.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1X7PRoumsTwQzXNklSxtQFdfpL5Wr3np7dv6ruc9SOPpGVKwTL_KSK5CG5uOOHmadPdflBrikOnKcx60MS7r7WHbSgv_3gEBLaOfAuMLW6-rT1TV_CcyxogfUR7iDlZ0OT5lCBBB7vDt/s1600-h/IMG_5191.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346578782774766530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1X7PRoumsTwQzXNklSxtQFdfpL5Wr3np7dv6ruc9SOPpGVKwTL_KSK5CG5uOOHmadPdflBrikOnKcx60MS7r7WHbSgv_3gEBLaOfAuMLW6-rT1TV_CcyxogfUR7iDlZ0OT5lCBBB7vDt/s320/IMG_5191.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJzru5qrn7jEzvDGOdd_SmfPwqbARKezGNj2Tjc1hAoUxNvNCtRtcPaxbxwDGgu5MYXuua7QvzSgldS_vI4Rks7_5sCYWZm9-75JlK2vgekahwSzQ_JYuSM7gmpcXqipFkof9DPhWaiKL/s1600-h/IMG_5197.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346578778219267090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJzru5qrn7jEzvDGOdd_SmfPwqbARKezGNj2Tjc1hAoUxNvNCtRtcPaxbxwDGgu5MYXuua7QvzSgldS_vI4Rks7_5sCYWZm9-75JlK2vgekahwSzQ_JYuSM7gmpcXqipFkof9DPhWaiKL/s320/IMG_5197.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that we walked over to Racer, but skipped it because only one track was open and the line was long. We headed into the X-Base to check out Firehawk and Flight Of Fear.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaSIlGfT4M_bA2x6KyxpLLve54rLZIjiU5RTnzu4kvCEQbmXU2to_PcyD0G5-QtnNwDAcFgbOQPUsky5njk2f-H7WPh_qb2pHWMgDWS4bkJTy0uYa-SF1-fFLu0vFOw9PPWfLXuCsZ50B/s1600-h/IMG_5205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346579514876711394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBaSIlGfT4M_bA2x6KyxpLLve54rLZIjiU5RTnzu4kvCEQbmXU2to_PcyD0G5-QtnNwDAcFgbOQPUsky5njk2f-H7WPh_qb2pHWMgDWS4bkJTy0uYa-SF1-fFLu0vFOw9PPWfLXuCsZ50B/s320/IMG_5205.JPG" border="0" /></a> Firehawk was only operating with one train and had a long line so we decided to ride <strong>Flight Of Fear</strong> first. The ride had some good theming and a mildly entertaining story. The ride itself was extremely exciting! I was expecting a ride in completely darkness, but there were several multi-colored lights inside the building. The fact that there were no shoulder restraints made the inversions much more comfortable.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQV1OH0adzsjTbGDTU8ndqcf651Y-ToQ-vK0Km8yuKrPeXvImGhBECiPEdDSyJo1x3CD_mlTIuHQaPRbOOEbGr0shH83FvMuNcPp-IpWVjudvvZetHxNNhSersX1rvS1R6jkY3LMCJj1D6/s1600-h/IMG_5458.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346593585638986498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQV1OH0adzsjTbGDTU8ndqcf651Y-ToQ-vK0Km8yuKrPeXvImGhBECiPEdDSyJo1x3CD_mlTIuHQaPRbOOEbGr0shH83FvMuNcPp-IpWVjudvvZetHxNNhSersX1rvS1R6jkY3LMCJj1D6/s320/IMG_5458.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiV3Z52-fgWBI0kUm7xxxGccWRujnxaO-BTMPGxv5n2fz-GTDQmOA4JC6MamMKV3ujfWoEJdbWhHEKbQ0Qt03xQMiOjggf-CKulynQW-VmeK8-gKbQdrNA8X-pt-HV8xn7Z5BuC_i0gHQ/s1600-h/IMG_5236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346593574863936786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiV3Z52-fgWBI0kUm7xxxGccWRujnxaO-BTMPGxv5n2fz-GTDQmOA4JC6MamMKV3ujfWoEJdbWhHEKbQ0Qt03xQMiOjggf-CKulynQW-VmeK8-gKbQdrNA8X-pt-HV8xn7Z5BuC_i0gHQ/s320/IMG_5236.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh395DBq1UNxFzda3IFfnosxFE0hoYeoxwhkVws1OAqdLNZRxOn81TKCzF0Xz9d1h_Ha8kEvjNCtYAKIj9eBpq8X-Zg17XTWGPSrmP3lSLBnfZlCOFpiSZ9ocKlqn9BVbSF1rsLAO8Z5R7H/s1600-h/IMG_5211.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346593570435815426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh395DBq1UNxFzda3IFfnosxFE0hoYeoxwhkVws1OAqdLNZRxOn81TKCzF0Xz9d1h_Ha8kEvjNCtYAKIj9eBpq8X-Zg17XTWGPSrmP3lSLBnfZlCOFpiSZ9ocKlqn9BVbSF1rsLAO8Z5R7H/s320/IMG_5211.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNeN8xa-qempS5Fr4ETjmcvBKgmE9Kqk56iV30S7W86TVbyW8xv8-0BsCSy1rCTiVV6YZyOwLmfeZOMsX0-kNI4CNvEp8k5eQV9N6cxUzKee8xOG0IrDR532hF8aDg5sn-_Dim5QsHp4c/s1600-h/IMG_5215.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346593564806703714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNeN8xa-qempS5Fr4ETjmcvBKgmE9Kqk56iV30S7W86TVbyW8xv8-0BsCSy1rCTiVV6YZyOwLmfeZOMsX0-kNI4CNvEp8k5eQV9N6cxUzKee8xOG0IrDR532hF8aDg5sn-_Dim5QsHp4c/s320/IMG_5215.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here is a clip of the launch!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Rw57wiMSHU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4Rw57wiMSHU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />After that we headed back over to <strong>Racer</strong>. We rode Red Racer first. It was a great out and back coaster with great airtime on all of the hills. Red Racer was actually really smooth for an older wooden coaster, but we didn't get a race so we jumped back in line for Blue <strong>Racer</strong>. Blue Racer had the perfect amount of wooden coaster roughness and a little more "bite" than Red Racer. The ride operators still were not racing the coasters then :(<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qscUb4Ml-QhVxuoeX5Y3i5Yq2yPyS-7w6d7RNCNyi66VhvJo1UE2jBX8GoDxE1YrF1diZrgjwR5knIYf9J8gsJ4Rn-T1jfwdJ1IBOmz0PCpmvQJvHHMIjnUiPNwmFchyphenhyphenP0_CcO9u8vkn/s1600-h/IMG_5201.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346604716259666322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qscUb4Ml-QhVxuoeX5Y3i5Yq2yPyS-7w6d7RNCNyi66VhvJo1UE2jBX8GoDxE1YrF1diZrgjwR5knIYf9J8gsJ4Rn-T1jfwdJ1IBOmz0PCpmvQJvHHMIjnUiPNwmFchyphenhyphenP0_CcO9u8vkn/s320/IMG_5201.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VLj4XYw_ws_kfHFjEKswnC4P7zJblGRYHeRI-RjBwOkcl0uKXG2WDBOC38_cglJBP8uVPbmss_rOLw6Q1jXGZGWif2_cJuaw5x44bslKikBvc4fbPzjKCSqEN_mgQ_2iNQVB8q6PfYc-/s1600-h/IMG_5372.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346604712629976194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8VLj4XYw_ws_kfHFjEKswnC4P7zJblGRYHeRI-RjBwOkcl0uKXG2WDBOC38_cglJBP8uVPbmss_rOLw6Q1jXGZGWif2_cJuaw5x44bslKikBvc4fbPzjKCSqEN_mgQ_2iNQVB8q6PfYc-/s320/IMG_5372.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qDz7faHZGzj5BMTr-L_yFSABMV1LX84h4vXPzyiGrE69td-OnUktwfJeHSgyVCZTLwPRUPI5N7CPRZywpbFYdeHMNVTHzndeAPvIAAo98H-ERabV5AYy1PH2qUifOgCWRKuvcLCwGMK0/s1600-h/IMG_5378.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346604708565908466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qDz7faHZGzj5BMTr-L_yFSABMV1LX84h4vXPzyiGrE69td-OnUktwfJeHSgyVCZTLwPRUPI5N7CPRZywpbFYdeHMNVTHzndeAPvIAAo98H-ERabV5AYy1PH2qUifOgCWRKuvcLCwGMK0/s320/IMG_5378.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmSaH9Hex3KjQ2PoprMqxN0EioUMEpfAbU5WGZdSDcvyqU84CHbsiMUX5Ko273yEloc2-s9p6L63gPMFovZG2hQmzadFpdcfQP0pgB4nBUgZOe4ERurA7piSjqIAk7nh6Y-aY8UIXqPuZ/s1600-h/IMG_5351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346604705034941890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmSaH9Hex3KjQ2PoprMqxN0EioUMEpfAbU5WGZdSDcvyqU84CHbsiMUX5Ko273yEloc2-s9p6L63gPMFovZG2hQmzadFpdcfQP0pgB4nBUgZOe4ERurA7piSjqIAk7nh6Y-aY8UIXqPuZ/s320/IMG_5351.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdr68V-NjGvq5dv3PBMIdV3mhGNs-P5JHKhlAE1YaGtvpc7OfGQHWoFTiHfqVD6wTbH75Ild9mboe1eOoD7Gm7uANhgbLTUtiYJviLEWrQ1aiEMJy_0axuyD1HCGfMn5i4slqA3j4SCv8/s1600-h/IMG_5258.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346604696113015906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdr68V-NjGvq5dv3PBMIdV3mhGNs-P5JHKhlAE1YaGtvpc7OfGQHWoFTiHfqVD6wTbH75Ild9mboe1eOoD7Gm7uANhgbLTUtiYJviLEWrQ1aiEMJy_0axuyD1HCGfMn5i4slqA3j4SCv8/s320/IMG_5258.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now we were feeling kind of hungry so we got some really good pizza at <strong>LaRosa's Pizzeria</strong>. The pizza was just how I like it! Cheesy and Greasy!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke4uofGBFOLull2huVFytTDbtEFtCjTgSr9R7l0CEaPp-mE-AOuHSoPHFFdyBnJuRqwd0F2OFsdDIlWdXKIGZUXhAfu0A2a96wgAB33JeuiAFbLVDrZT_Yif60fLUxQVu38v1ebCbWa8b/s1600-h/IMG_5283.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346613071025518834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhke4uofGBFOLull2huVFytTDbtEFtCjTgSr9R7l0CEaPp-mE-AOuHSoPHFFdyBnJuRqwd0F2OFsdDIlWdXKIGZUXhAfu0A2a96wgAB33JeuiAFbLVDrZT_Yif60fLUxQVu38v1ebCbWa8b/s320/IMG_5283.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3sd7cVg4FK7NYq9Mg8O1kKy0ILLYQ0fzrI5c319KUcxjUIi6PxQksLhxBjt6E1nRrWNGMbCmK8xGBK58fIRVJxNe8N5uG1oHexLi7i3fiw_ceDdfexpVEJeZmiIUCD-tjxXuGpdrBVdI/s1600-h/IMG_5285.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346613064987058642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3sd7cVg4FK7NYq9Mg8O1kKy0ILLYQ0fzrI5c319KUcxjUIi6PxQksLhxBjt6E1nRrWNGMbCmK8xGBK58fIRVJxNe8N5uG1oHexLi7i3fiw_ceDdfexpVEJeZmiIUCD-tjxXuGpdrBVdI/s320/IMG_5285.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we got in line for <strong>Backlot Stunt Coaster</strong>. I wasn't sure what to expect of this launched family style coaster, but thought it couldn't be bad if the line was long! The coaster was very fast paced and fun with great theming and a nice pitch black tunnel section! The park almost had the Los Angeles theme down perfect but they forgot to spray paint everything!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU0Tljz6qxK23NZTuUi4JJPYj5yUoHJN4EA0nE_Aln9nL0KhWZ0gz8mDZUX0B8Kd7Yo00WYv4uguiW2oNuZ3r9x6EU8MMglzbQtwTZBwB5lr0Nt2E3fK6PC1fVUHFpcg83T74Xk7dMIpg/s1600-h/IMG_5319.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346619165390940626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQU0Tljz6qxK23NZTuUi4JJPYj5yUoHJN4EA0nE_Aln9nL0KhWZ0gz8mDZUX0B8Kd7Yo00WYv4uguiW2oNuZ3r9x6EU8MMglzbQtwTZBwB5lr0Nt2E3fK6PC1fVUHFpcg83T74Xk7dMIpg/s320/IMG_5319.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKjfC0DMOOu1KAR3Jn5_H_7APxBlqBEYkuQLDyB5ft7uuCd-zJ4GRzosM2ewSwRF-uQyB4KK0B5kMuTtKRKA1zG2G3qIBcc4kY7Ho6TzxJbAW4TVYKb5S0warpUXM6utgBaIJez_7eyNH/s1600-h/IMG_5317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346619155373047090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKjfC0DMOOu1KAR3Jn5_H_7APxBlqBEYkuQLDyB5ft7uuCd-zJ4GRzosM2ewSwRF-uQyB4KK0B5kMuTtKRKA1zG2G3qIBcc4kY7Ho6TzxJbAW4TVYKb5S0warpUXM6utgBaIJez_7eyNH/s320/IMG_5317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TUhLEJrd6tBJCG6F3XyfauvKPa1btZNR11LjSrdnmsk1o0C8w3QsSQbB83mHH78mIJ1CseBvNAkDVjp3Y6EeKOcSGSG5ri55S_pfj8aEEv9WU-fd8OBwb2j1yoa4eZrygmLZl0my7d_k/s1600-h/IMG_5390.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346619146365831698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TUhLEJrd6tBJCG6F3XyfauvKPa1btZNR11LjSrdnmsk1o0C8w3QsSQbB83mHH78mIJ1CseBvNAkDVjp3Y6EeKOcSGSG5ri55S_pfj8aEEv9WU-fd8OBwb2j1yoa4eZrygmLZl0my7d_k/s320/IMG_5390.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnD5GAJyYU-pL_tPvSXkIX82iIYwngbB57SRSjv7O5X5EqLakZgXMt5vfzA8140cu4ug5IzRthiwZCiPX1ZP2DwyUe4s30FNGJyL5HbXAV27xxtE4BkVTDiPkQK4vvP_cUnIcN2UumaRd/s1600-h/IMG_5295.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346619151687340338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnD5GAJyYU-pL_tPvSXkIX82iIYwngbB57SRSjv7O5X5EqLakZgXMt5vfzA8140cu4ug5IzRthiwZCiPX1ZP2DwyUe4s30FNGJyL5HbXAV27xxtE4BkVTDiPkQK4vvP_cUnIcN2UumaRd/s320/IMG_5295.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjmSgAr9i1spP6Tdz99TcFgOVXN3gh13ybp2Qn0aNx_jtqRk8WGrZtvBC7RSE-67ABZ0U6CvZVxq6Og85G_Og-0X3pjrThOKURnENsnURqIKx4cXscRP6zGYE5dY14GonadRXXxPbYUa-/s1600-h/IMG_5389.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346619142403222962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjmSgAr9i1spP6Tdz99TcFgOVXN3gh13ybp2Qn0aNx_jtqRk8WGrZtvBC7RSE-67ABZ0U6CvZVxq6Og85G_Og-0X3pjrThOKURnENsnURqIKx4cXscRP6zGYE5dY14GonadRXXxPbYUa-/s320/IMG_5389.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we got in a long line for <strong>Vortex</strong>. Luckily the line moves fast so it didn't take us too long to ride this monster! I always thought Vortex had the most interesting layout of all the Arrow Dynamic loopers so I was really excited to finally ride it! The ride was much smoother than the other Arrow Dynamic loopers I've been on, but just as intense! The Batwing was a lot faster than the one I'm use to on Viper.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoH0PgoKAYYHfTvVGlM8LDZntwiN3LSilY6uhrHH3y1_FI4Dv2NAODjgYiqHlbsdisLqtHw3b8WS7IdKZKPKAvDcC-ymAeOKMXlHiqvSfDQzF__691fiYJaUAek5tz7NgzeYLOg_C-3MB/s1600-h/IMG_5366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346627501377578610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoH0PgoKAYYHfTvVGlM8LDZntwiN3LSilY6uhrHH3y1_FI4Dv2NAODjgYiqHlbsdisLqtHw3b8WS7IdKZKPKAvDcC-ymAeOKMXlHiqvSfDQzF__691fiYJaUAek5tz7NgzeYLOg_C-3MB/s320/IMG_5366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYWKBeEx-kC989QM49kXTnO9-b6AIR0OowqwzbtKb6r0jRHmfbkOM5EA3WwtSA2zAdBSLEu19TZZ_FSKwgdG91NkHynSrsolz6_mErVERL6TL_xNe3buHaqQB_u1vhVANZnaYCQwLmT_z/s1600-h/IMG_5339.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346626705457922290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYWKBeEx-kC989QM49kXTnO9-b6AIR0OowqwzbtKb6r0jRHmfbkOM5EA3WwtSA2zAdBSLEu19TZZ_FSKwgdG91NkHynSrsolz6_mErVERL6TL_xNe3buHaqQB_u1vhVANZnaYCQwLmT_z/s320/IMG_5339.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiqbq9ssXxbXqOReMb23286Bzl47339hB6vwVK0SbceddbRhcg2TvkKoRGKJSNGkGI17QnOLroDFuYs6hEMh8CI_fSR_9ddSKfsYF3nHRmyjH4p43ipZXMa1dcqmZiz1VCiuuFyb8n8Lo/s1600-h/IMG_5335.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346626703829328418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiqbq9ssXxbXqOReMb23286Bzl47339hB6vwVK0SbceddbRhcg2TvkKoRGKJSNGkGI17QnOLroDFuYs6hEMh8CI_fSR_9ddSKfsYF3nHRmyjH4p43ipZXMa1dcqmZiz1VCiuuFyb8n8Lo/s320/IMG_5335.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkGQ62Nj0tkEryJAu8_IBv_cUde-wlB7axBtFSVXALMlmEgrXFeTaJzi4mnywNTvwKcNTfVx05VHXpFyu_ZWpgFeJdELjai2BX5Ek2ocp9ur7dofy1OdjCVCwgGCmRmrkVGglvhXdc73-/s1600-h/IMG_5327.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346626697747767218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkGQ62Nj0tkEryJAu8_IBv_cUde-wlB7axBtFSVXALMlmEgrXFeTaJzi4mnywNTvwKcNTfVx05VHXpFyu_ZWpgFeJdELjai2BX5Ek2ocp9ur7dofy1OdjCVCwgGCmRmrkVGglvhXdc73-/s320/IMG_5327.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2qVsKGSuIfOUN4eiFmN3LvGqNM5pQI-ZsnIgGjiSOLl9s57hTyisqFQ0TdJjEadSUi6_FrsU93Rf1sUOCpB1F2IK1j8NGPTrneBWvghOXiU9ze3kdIYbsezQBiWTU59NL1SpfTx6xG9B/s1600-h/IMG_5320.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346626692724461186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2qVsKGSuIfOUN4eiFmN3LvGqNM5pQI-ZsnIgGjiSOLl9s57hTyisqFQ0TdJjEadSUi6_FrsU93Rf1sUOCpB1F2IK1j8NGPTrneBWvghOXiU9ze3kdIYbsezQBiWTU59NL1SpfTx6xG9B/s320/IMG_5320.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp5l2wqtFvQxSX1Yquc80FQgDALb-G_OInQL22FvV4Ho5xnWXkbn3dIPpU2JJPiZDzE0CHvKLoBvzYCmFyTskO3nLAL2ltaLe-b43AnTtlXhUTtgsnbZpXBN31SMFb3c7x11H0YaWs77p/s1600-h/IMG_5328.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346626690317613138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDp5l2wqtFvQxSX1Yquc80FQgDALb-G_OInQL22FvV4Ho5xnWXkbn3dIPpU2JJPiZDzE0CHvKLoBvzYCmFyTskO3nLAL2ltaLe-b43AnTtlXhUTtgsnbZpXBN31SMFb3c7x11H0YaWs77p/s320/IMG_5328.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21-evKp8rdK016SZXb_srSmDWTO8yXGMEwryZk_xwVkN8ldIR5guhAO0BNLuYCxDZSMG4LYUfg1RXTd_Ie8oVWp73Vht2xRJ1U5BNjVID9OI7qAVK-GlX-zNbVM-y2e3Zt80nI3x4BKR-/s1600-h/IMG_5432.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346627507297367938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21-evKp8rdK016SZXb_srSmDWTO8yXGMEwryZk_xwVkN8ldIR5guhAO0BNLuYCxDZSMG4LYUfg1RXTd_Ie8oVWp73Vht2xRJ1U5BNjVID9OI7qAVK-GlX-zNbVM-y2e3Zt80nI3x4BKR-/s320/IMG_5432.JPG" border="0" /></a> After Vortex we walked over to Firehawk and got in line. The line was even longer than before and they still only had one train operating. Sarah and I decdided we weren't ready to wait for it yet and we headed over to the brand new <strong>Diamondback</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcS5Biysr6JvddVTPlQKfAa4Ct73xgUWLyPz_j5VK9cOPcsJOhDwEVJbr3z96FZ3z04VI-nFllUfbs6f3bXfhyphenhyphen_zBJsNbQhzi3jinXtdqqffiCKz7dyRpuAoLLz56fadCsNxCfK_eKVv/s1600-h/IMG_5403.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346630386703624466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtcS5Biysr6JvddVTPlQKfAa4Ct73xgUWLyPz_j5VK9cOPcsJOhDwEVJbr3z96FZ3z04VI-nFllUfbs6f3bXfhyphenhyphen_zBJsNbQhzi3jinXtdqqffiCKz7dyRpuAoLLz56fadCsNxCfK_eKVv/s320/IMG_5403.JPG" border="0" /></a> Diamondback had a really long line but we stuck with because I read it moves very fast. In about 20 minutes we boarded the train for a ride that can only be described by one word... AIRTIME! Every single hill was packed with out of your seat air! The ride was buttery smooth and still intense enough to steal my heart! Yesterday Maverick was our favorite coaster but it didn't last long because Diamondback is both our New #1 Coaster!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTk29yHyNxEm09HQ35kvasSSymyYUQG_lUCMhRuAkEpZ6IJMO5rGymiy3eMyKQ4mf3VeFBSnVXacwfFpTEKd-O7p9wiLI3nuvI0rB-4K9m9c_wHtuoWzlsjXIuOExpubRS4VVQhGHEfJoQ/s1600-h/IMG_5541.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346632636195253362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTk29yHyNxEm09HQ35kvasSSymyYUQG_lUCMhRuAkEpZ6IJMO5rGymiy3eMyKQ4mf3VeFBSnVXacwfFpTEKd-O7p9wiLI3nuvI0rB-4K9m9c_wHtuoWzlsjXIuOExpubRS4VVQhGHEfJoQ/s320/IMG_5541.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9l7vrfM_zzRaWIYgDo6Hw2_9ehdrG8hn_Pa1ofY0Qh02QcAvTn85niqc20th2SHZNPRLA07ssIqsESJt6KU8bOIkmeCYxFLVo5XBqiODfgA6xoUJekxGkJvR22LBWqRhh-rHzJQ9ExH4/s1600-h/IMG_5277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346632634897939122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9l7vrfM_zzRaWIYgDo6Hw2_9ehdrG8hn_Pa1ofY0Qh02QcAvTn85niqc20th2SHZNPRLA07ssIqsESJt6KU8bOIkmeCYxFLVo5XBqiODfgA6xoUJekxGkJvR22LBWqRhh-rHzJQ9ExH4/s320/IMG_5277.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuzil7LdaySWradlDZmSE-YVQRdPL77_HdUKQHEaH-vJsOXHTjgTQiLCZ7bqLAQdcLDEl7_J7gX5BMtwgFzw6iSCYpgb0Dl73LgMXv6KPw8tpvumj0Hxx3sPj5jFhDKYsG3Fj_qCGveeb/s1600-h/IMG_5400.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346632623995970370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuzil7LdaySWradlDZmSE-YVQRdPL77_HdUKQHEaH-vJsOXHTjgTQiLCZ7bqLAQdcLDEl7_J7gX5BMtwgFzw6iSCYpgb0Dl73LgMXv6KPw8tpvumj0Hxx3sPj5jFhDKYsG3Fj_qCGveeb/s320/IMG_5400.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPrM3VKdKA2svFFuWIEZEpGXl-c4th8qtXCQVq0l2TbV0LAOyfV9B_W38D8e-TtNgrFgvyer540f7M5tb29RL8HY2ymCjVAh4NifwIOs37KenaYj0Zg1kgb28K4CxAfnEbLhmD0tX_D58/s1600-h/IMG_5467.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346632629901989682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPrM3VKdKA2svFFuWIEZEpGXl-c4th8qtXCQVq0l2TbV0LAOyfV9B_W38D8e-TtNgrFgvyer540f7M5tb29RL8HY2ymCjVAh4NifwIOs37KenaYj0Zg1kgb28K4CxAfnEbLhmD0tX_D58/s320/IMG_5467.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY9NxhBePhZ1-JVpSb_j5i9zP8zCdgE9Wntjh3-gnEstcsuWFGY_wG7G4_swe9X5FWhiLUWL-cl3vaHvKOB2N-e91mfYfNJpkRT2iZ9lT2IA4dBoIg85ME0T1UPaduREwiv-q_9aOuYFJ/s1600-h/IMG_5279.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346632622723863314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxY9NxhBePhZ1-JVpSb_j5i9zP8zCdgE9Wntjh3-gnEstcsuWFGY_wG7G4_swe9X5FWhiLUWL-cl3vaHvKOB2N-e91mfYfNJpkRT2iZ9lT2IA4dBoIg85ME0T1UPaduREwiv-q_9aOuYFJ/s320/IMG_5279.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoUKiuhqQwSr2ak4z0bYMnj8VL9O8LKibvj4xLJtNAmkqfdfOMATkWNCpinnxnJQXRZCgZ0pxq06sp5GmWQZ_JsuWJQa4V-uOZ_lUOBJnH31hCe-kedrIwdfILBgt_N-iR2iD5OfLjowF/s1600-h/IMG_5405.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346634013271063634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFoUKiuhqQwSr2ak4z0bYMnj8VL9O8LKibvj4xLJtNAmkqfdfOMATkWNCpinnxnJQXRZCgZ0pxq06sp5GmWQZ_JsuWJQa4V-uOZ_lUOBJnH31hCe-kedrIwdfILBgt_N-iR2iD5OfLjowF/s320/IMG_5405.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIiMrXnWxr9RIfQvyaoc7b2yBde4gg1iOD2l5Ww9rXe_Id-MZq2MwF3IkDdRRjxckMnkAvAJeAFq57aU7EBsZcuY7LYspMrs6mPxR6KdTCAj4tlDXqCbNc4LyIAOpctwxA5p9cVk2q2Kx/s1600-h/IMG_5454.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346634478725266338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIiMrXnWxr9RIfQvyaoc7b2yBde4gg1iOD2l5Ww9rXe_Id-MZq2MwF3IkDdRRjxckMnkAvAJeAFq57aU7EBsZcuY7LYspMrs6mPxR6KdTCAj4tlDXqCbNc4LyIAOpctwxA5p9cVk2q2Kx/s320/IMG_5454.JPG" border="0" /></a> After all that excitement it was time to ride a coaster I've been excited about for 10 years! <strong>Beast</strong> was next on our list and I was more than ready to finally experience it myself! The entrance to the ride was a bit lame and the only part of the ride you can see from the park is the lift hills! The rest of the ride is buried in ground or covered by the forest!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_zbrvX1I42UuAeaHAo8RAxHIj3G4UTZcetRRlBMn_sfm4qzTPUFBE6gqjnd0Cvp9e2RXdNa2I1GoZ_MYV7SB4LJdcc8m30iWSkcb05_kIrLK2DkZpOX110fuzKoEb8DHYIs9_R9WB0C2/s1600-h/IMG_5427.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346639692036129650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_zbrvX1I42UuAeaHAo8RAxHIj3G4UTZcetRRlBMn_sfm4qzTPUFBE6gqjnd0Cvp9e2RXdNa2I1GoZ_MYV7SB4LJdcc8m30iWSkcb05_kIrLK2DkZpOX110fuzKoEb8DHYIs9_R9WB0C2/s320/IMG_5427.JPG" border="0" /></a> The ride had a bit of over average roughness and a lot of trim breaks, but the experience was epic! The train racers through it's massive course rushing through undergound tunnels and flying by trees. Even though I've seen many videos of this coaster I still didn't know what to expect! It was worthy of claiming my 2nd favorite wooden coaster!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl_l96OPCmB2WjnqJOwfREj0DQ-k8IwZFqdjCshiOVA3lg0oHGaaFVw7cg9Ui2LTCbGMiFKcN_9BEdAaz2vLMwYAYt3pAxPwgv-DX1UeyTIdMVbCLYBZpOF5K0ULecnJmMD6Wefba1FV6/s1600-h/IMG_5449.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346642302959690210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfl_l96OPCmB2WjnqJOwfREj0DQ-k8IwZFqdjCshiOVA3lg0oHGaaFVw7cg9Ui2LTCbGMiFKcN_9BEdAaz2vLMwYAYt3pAxPwgv-DX1UeyTIdMVbCLYBZpOF5K0ULecnJmMD6Wefba1FV6/s320/IMG_5449.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2iwuhLga_Lj8L0P8vQvQ6lQ2ZLyKmPXdcKQInT88dszJIfWeEx0qvWwbDFnC1UDtFGBGXtav7v7IwqnE6XjNUuKsJkuM_gXy3OsRWQSka4d9Gf-XtTf3f5zmMwq8J9GZVgoaB7_oC6Yw/s1600-h/IMG_5430.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346642296130077746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ2iwuhLga_Lj8L0P8vQvQ6lQ2ZLyKmPXdcKQInT88dszJIfWeEx0qvWwbDFnC1UDtFGBGXtav7v7IwqnE6XjNUuKsJkuM_gXy3OsRWQSka4d9Gf-XtTf3f5zmMwq8J9GZVgoaB7_oC6Yw/s320/IMG_5430.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZV8Ewfarvlw1ELhlto-MsXtrBb_jwZBFOmdlq4GDiPPA_sbkMrKLG7seuOfsc7av0VwGEfV56Fmzucsje5Q5Kdc-PEHMO0TJLLqAllgOH4Hsn-5G8m3u-t77tgIQmjviDzKKtcYloC7H/s1600-h/IMG_5446.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346642294505741058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZV8Ewfarvlw1ELhlto-MsXtrBb_jwZBFOmdlq4GDiPPA_sbkMrKLG7seuOfsc7av0VwGEfV56Fmzucsje5Q5Kdc-PEHMO0TJLLqAllgOH4Hsn-5G8m3u-t77tgIQmjviDzKKtcYloC7H/s320/IMG_5446.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxB6X0yAozedZ0SeOwxXoJSrKMc4nFUWv-mqpNti4YjusP0sgaSdI-EuRcO9zS2IbkjXDqg20WvsA2YkHqzHGDnPigNRt9jsBvpk5haxQH_KN-i4E0u9HYekh6EDsWDO7QyGu9U_PqM86x/s1600-h/IMG_5445.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346642290169017810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxB6X0yAozedZ0SeOwxXoJSrKMc4nFUWv-mqpNti4YjusP0sgaSdI-EuRcO9zS2IbkjXDqg20WvsA2YkHqzHGDnPigNRt9jsBvpk5haxQH_KN-i4E0u9HYekh6EDsWDO7QyGu9U_PqM86x/s320/IMG_5445.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-NRfEKxNvPETqdE0lN-HZbrWkzKaE_SFozQVOGHYmqnqW9nOcf-pOjYYDNEej0AQKHGIZpNgr2BRSmp3FG0f7I90deOzufprcZIOaOI-sUTbJbBQUrWgmDLg59qmmMMW2jFubcnos-PW/s1600-h/IMG_5429.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346642282102953314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-NRfEKxNvPETqdE0lN-HZbrWkzKaE_SFozQVOGHYmqnqW9nOcf-pOjYYDNEej0AQKHGIZpNgr2BRSmp3FG0f7I90deOzufprcZIOaOI-sUTbJbBQUrWgmDLg59qmmMMW2jFubcnos-PW/s320/IMG_5429.JPG" border="0" /></a> After Beast we headed over the 1/3 scale version of Sarah's favorite structure the <strong>Eiffel Tower</strong>. We got to see a good view of the park as well as those hidden coaster layouts.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliBm1DiJicNxEczqKbE4hgpUj2lfXiGw9clBcY8vKUu6UlTu00CaT2MGPxk58Dy_yvZpXonH9EPptXQxECute6dpR5eJPjdOtsK2BqtCCdcM9HwujB3PPkGu8FOeVIAV6kIaPYaWIWyoN/s1600-h/IMG_5116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346646356253740626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliBm1DiJicNxEczqKbE4hgpUj2lfXiGw9clBcY8vKUu6UlTu00CaT2MGPxk58Dy_yvZpXonH9EPptXQxECute6dpR5eJPjdOtsK2BqtCCdcM9HwujB3PPkGu8FOeVIAV6kIaPYaWIWyoN/s320/IMG_5116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vo8AdrUw7Z-S7ZMdLMDIGJTr3lCDSnQS4Ke9plbOLgVWlhzwdS5aC8UpwmiHNVZlGR4vjvjhcIgZEH-cyE571o_8yx3QeOK_nwPTWCIfARj-qCjTm5RxkVTM0CG7WkfGgUs0kAqPImcJ/s1600-h/IMG_5393.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346646351316041810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vo8AdrUw7Z-S7ZMdLMDIGJTr3lCDSnQS4Ke9plbOLgVWlhzwdS5aC8UpwmiHNVZlGR4vjvjhcIgZEH-cyE571o_8yx3QeOK_nwPTWCIfARj-qCjTm5RxkVTM0CG7WkfGgUs0kAqPImcJ/s320/IMG_5393.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfoFYRKv7H2dvOqVuXqn7AiMDOdHy_dhqbhyphenhyphenWbTLZOl7HvHfH1pFJiqweJIzZWiNBxkklX3SBT0IZ6MWJhGK4Tkko2izvyuVhk-uxCLR3TTe2uBMLw0ITkygWRBazpnE1MizBzZvA6t4I/s1600-h/IMG_5480.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346646346332085410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfoFYRKv7H2dvOqVuXqn7AiMDOdHy_dhqbhyphenhyphenWbTLZOl7HvHfH1pFJiqweJIzZWiNBxkklX3SBT0IZ6MWJhGK4Tkko2izvyuVhk-uxCLR3TTe2uBMLw0ITkygWRBazpnE1MizBzZvA6t4I/s320/IMG_5480.JPG" border="0" /></a> While up there we noticed that <strong>Firehawk</strong> had a much shorter line so we headed for it next. When we got there the ride was closed! I stood in front of the entrance for about an hour until it reopened.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmYHBfhl8Uz-ms2s5_5mrtkqgEcZhyphenhypheng8T3hM8ti6OPnSllTjI0xFkwt1TZ8Ldigv3uJe14POkS_uhigHh3v0vqEYYj07pfXkSFEJhAvLSwINMiLzFVsMZ2Vs1WU946OKtZKr6UYESmfWC/s1600-h/IMG_5485.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346647766242012914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmYHBfhl8Uz-ms2s5_5mrtkqgEcZhyphenhypheng8T3hM8ti6OPnSllTjI0xFkwt1TZ8Ldigv3uJe14POkS_uhigHh3v0vqEYYj07pfXkSFEJhAvLSwINMiLzFVsMZ2Vs1WU946OKtZKr6UYESmfWC/s320/IMG_5485.JPG" border="0" /></a> The transition from sitting down to laying down was a bit jerky and we left the station on our backs! You couldn't really see the track until the pre-drop at the top of the lift. Then we were twisted over into flying position! This was the scariest part of the ride for me. The rest of the ride was packed with intense turnovers and inversions! The highlight of the ride for me was the constant change from being on my back to my stomach! Riding Firehawk makes me want to ride Nighthawk at Carowinds to compare layouts. When we returned to the station we layed there for about half an hour to be individually evactuated from the train. I don't think Firehawk reopened for the rest of the night.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGRvHBnWjOacmWVdr9x5BDqRwn_VSPe0ybYpsmjGTQejBIG3GsQyIyS2qMd8QQDIXEA_J7OpdTK44vnWPIlH5Xj15IEQagwWwnhXcqMy__A9FWfnehgwjY03gti7NpmIXfFBO1tpQXKOt/s1600-h/IMG_5380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346653312908403138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGRvHBnWjOacmWVdr9x5BDqRwn_VSPe0ybYpsmjGTQejBIG3GsQyIyS2qMd8QQDIXEA_J7OpdTK44vnWPIlH5Xj15IEQagwWwnhXcqMy__A9FWfnehgwjY03gti7NpmIXfFBO1tpQXKOt/s320/IMG_5380.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO6qE-DpsZcC5IPw0gKFsDf4UMjxH1gCtPOr71cZWsA_BcTYaRZG6UPNcds3Gxyss8xywW_DT9ZUMO63w6iI2S2nU6GRl2hEK00l0UXUE_3BHHzA305RIF6HvaBc-isA1jXWY1QALHMLX7/s1600-h/IMG_5495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346651833646433138" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpZ7mt_ab3kFadSfpuamGqZausNrtWYzianq4s-PSZG8gYQAI0VGtyFhYJifYmexzlIZJ4Ed0OLJyZB6H3WCqbHCjR57AFv3uRZA4VRTNKhpRYxcAdmeL6MLUwOON4U_rs4mCNRaRV6pk/s320/IMG_5212.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqCR4rCxfWr-dKWlIWetQLR_sRC-0xCcNp3qZIyyNn7wkMUdZCiJQT5t69CDPLqEP3TYYevatWo5ce6Pzn9ZbsRIlNKgJzZtVJWS2Vi-ldFU-N4hnp_0PKpb3JNEYj5EMeuleNEkniWZC/s1600-h/IMG_5483.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346653316337704274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMqCR4rCxfWr-dKWlIWetQLR_sRC-0xCcNp3qZIyyNn7wkMUdZCiJQT5t69CDPLqEP3TYYevatWo5ce6Pzn9ZbsRIlNKgJzZtVJWS2Vi-ldFU-N4hnp_0PKpb3JNEYj5EMeuleNEkniWZC/s320/IMG_5483.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a quick clip of Sarah being help out of the train.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e417M2ytjQk&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e417M2ytjQk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Now we wanted to see what a kid friendly wooden coaster was like so we headed over to the <strong>Fairly Odd Coaster</strong>. When I think of kid friendly coasters I don't think wooden or suspended coasters and Kings Island has both. While standing in line we heard all the little kids bragging about how many times they've ridden the Fairly Odd Coaster today. 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I wish we had a wooden coaster of this size in California because it is an easy introduction to the world of wooden coasters. I was intemidated by them when I was younger so I know my niece and nephew will be.<br /><br />After that we headed over to the super fun <strong>Avatar: The Last Airbender</strong>. We prefer the circular seating on Survivor The Ride at California's Great America but Avatar: The Last Airbender was still really fun to ride! I wish every park had one of these rides because I like them as much as I like most coasters!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHx4pkE5eW8nIqwG5j_cSA7voPwyRuoTMvdND4LcogzWc3u9sXg_zvlCMppZGvKgVgfHzpAFaGuFIrAE7CrSktgaE5CrmrdQ2SQt42KFmd_A00VOYHONV2KOnKBaJC5h2c3WJTwh191Hv/s1600-h/IMG_5519.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346799154211955682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHx4pkE5eW8nIqwG5j_cSA7voPwyRuoTMvdND4LcogzWc3u9sXg_zvlCMppZGvKgVgfHzpAFaGuFIrAE7CrSktgaE5CrmrdQ2SQt42KFmd_A00VOYHONV2KOnKBaJC5h2c3WJTwh191Hv/s320/IMG_5519.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHbGE5DAY7dCy3HVLiqPEkP_tYUyRK4fvzw5P_v7_mUzSj31En8tegkdtDRv4WwPx7W5uBTC1EGPKA-GH77XbcoJ_pdzah7NDU0RYJeI4Gjyghbxb7DLvePXDkevL_XUyPOEC3YOAj96f/s1600-h/IMG_5515.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346799147815244530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHbGE5DAY7dCy3HVLiqPEkP_tYUyRK4fvzw5P_v7_mUzSj31En8tegkdtDRv4WwPx7W5uBTC1EGPKA-GH77XbcoJ_pdzah7NDU0RYJeI4Gjyghbxb7DLvePXDkevL_XUyPOEC3YOAj96f/s320/IMG_5515.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EqO4HTzQvOs&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EqO4HTzQvOs&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />After that we went on the other kid friendly coaster <strong>Rugrats Runaway Reptar</strong>. This coaster was a bit more thrilling that the other, but it was also pretty rough! The track is so compact I was worried about hitting my feet on the track below!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFluPi5Avzk8DSKkpXN0U5ZBgGiDWPwHNanlTxmGUC7y3n1CzlRrC_1FEL6C2QcBn6xjGtSuhjPVonf_wwVmIChSAN5g01F5gKyLHUwFw0Xq-xisBjT3Fuq0F4vQa2LCHXiA8mTV50GzB/s1600-h/IMG_5528.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346805998660621458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKFluPi5Avzk8DSKkpXN0U5ZBgGiDWPwHNanlTxmGUC7y3n1CzlRrC_1FEL6C2QcBn6xjGtSuhjPVonf_wwVmIChSAN5g01F5gKyLHUwFw0Xq-xisBjT3Fuq0F4vQa2LCHXiA8mTV50GzB/s320/IMG_5528.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCKU6sPWdDY22pBgEJKt-6OWSXFoUvmKe1DP9ActEQCu-QqNMVcgtmHJWqElKvCMyKXJ-9DNv0WMIO74z96WoKMM_FZ5FOx8_U4RPWwepn3mIZcvkOUsouhzabss3r8S33lwWM7gA4cXd/s1600-h/IMG_5530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346805991911895730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCKU6sPWdDY22pBgEJKt-6OWSXFoUvmKe1DP9ActEQCu-QqNMVcgtmHJWqElKvCMyKXJ-9DNv0WMIO74z96WoKMM_FZ5FOx8_U4RPWwepn3mIZcvkOUsouhzabss3r8S33lwWM7gA4cXd/s320/IMG_5530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf4J4rrn8I3v9UMt5vm-g-SDWaz2JnuJ834BXZgYvIPNeHQpBuc4dPaucV-xMvC74EYacRlxQj4zMsubnMtfO-6s4KWbWzyLEOZa7yl7k-x_P1wL5JzFvV47HyE6ZFjZqvkAgUWgZi2Yi/s1600-h/IMG_5527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346805985168830930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwf4J4rrn8I3v9UMt5vm-g-SDWaz2JnuJ834BXZgYvIPNeHQpBuc4dPaucV-xMvC74EYacRlxQj4zMsubnMtfO-6s4KWbWzyLEOZa7yl7k-x_P1wL5JzFvV47HyE6ZFjZqvkAgUWgZi2Yi/s320/IMG_5527.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride was on the <strong>K.I. & Miami Valley Railroad</strong>. The railroad took us through the woods which is the only way to see the White Water Canyon rapids and then over to the Water Park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjutobvf4e-fi_VLCowzi2jHCJaEzTJzmhCmRZVUIkTXSvObZ5uh31KhgmXq6n1COSgHs36kKqQ4T2fE1dyeU5zPyKu-2T7ZE_oiE1qAbudDKUE4wnCufivddezB8xzAnx6-98pUATmb24/s1600-h/IMG_5542.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346807431765974338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjutobvf4e-fi_VLCowzi2jHCJaEzTJzmhCmRZVUIkTXSvObZ5uh31KhgmXq6n1COSgHs36kKqQ4T2fE1dyeU5zPyKu-2T7ZE_oiE1qAbudDKUE4wnCufivddezB8xzAnx6-98pUATmb24/s320/IMG_5542.JPG" border="0" /></a> When the train returned to the station we rushed over to <strong>Diamondback</strong> for another ride! This ride we were towards the end of the train and surprisngly got the same great ride!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt0FnkjiKfO8CtW3x8Oz48bmIZ9m8hIMhFx3bkXgy1sExOxBeIhjTySgPGJI6T64V6x_Di76_k0LMaGGfXlq_apOWZ3Mbr5I8Ks25Up-N9D5BcPrmGYYIC9fw2rqytQYCEUsZpnaPt06S/s1600-h/IMG_5583.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346809915779533010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYt0FnkjiKfO8CtW3x8Oz48bmIZ9m8hIMhFx3bkXgy1sExOxBeIhjTySgPGJI6T64V6x_Di76_k0LMaGGfXlq_apOWZ3Mbr5I8Ks25Up-N9D5BcPrmGYYIC9fw2rqytQYCEUsZpnaPt06S/s320/IMG_5583.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zBRFEITV5AY&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zBRFEITV5AY&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />By now it was getting late and it was now or never with <strong>Invertigo</strong> so we headed over there. For some reason the line for Front/Back was shorter than all others so we got the best seat with the least wait! Everytime I ride an Invetigo coaster I says "It's my favorite Boomerang," but I say that everytime I get off Déjà Vu too, so... ?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W0InMEM0go1egHUuTDj22V_26S5A5WOZ37ahb3AiWg7i7jFMhEayJNm9ytEFL1EKSmaNELhKvMvpQdbF1lwCXSkqB2eewBLVof1dZtVNvVXDMeZiDdZKTToMtYgSmDqId9v1S85dXZ-b/s1600-h/IMG_5557.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346811637813689186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W0InMEM0go1egHUuTDj22V_26S5A5WOZ37ahb3AiWg7i7jFMhEayJNm9ytEFL1EKSmaNELhKvMvpQdbF1lwCXSkqB2eewBLVof1dZtVNvVXDMeZiDdZKTToMtYgSmDqId9v1S85dXZ-b/s320/IMG_5557.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywqXBNxaG2ijl6dULzetGILOI3y7GHIP5F7SS7MjPd0GzB3Lcqx3H_wqwyZjvu_r-yaTcxyhSmxP8r5S61o9lSF9USOEOjvLP1rGtmPYBqB_IV3sJgtFBIpByfojJvHLaDlBp-wM3xuez/s1600-h/IMG_5571.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346811633110113378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywqXBNxaG2ijl6dULzetGILOI3y7GHIP5F7SS7MjPd0GzB3Lcqx3H_wqwyZjvu_r-yaTcxyhSmxP8r5S61o9lSF9USOEOjvLP1rGtmPYBqB_IV3sJgtFBIpByfojJvHLaDlBp-wM3xuez/s320/IMG_5571.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLfBiLr14C-NB-a4B1WzdRWHf3fZfJEvBSr7pxJcT4N1XNmaTIphXg7fhVzL4knmAKKqLXWRFOjZ5Yfzbf2t_KLeCWqnfwIUKcEwKeOywhxcxLyMaww4J7HOP_iS6i_vc_L10nTv3Xv_n/s1600-h/IMG_5563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346811630067951970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLfBiLr14C-NB-a4B1WzdRWHf3fZfJEvBSr7pxJcT4N1XNmaTIphXg7fhVzL4knmAKKqLXWRFOjZ5Yfzbf2t_KLeCWqnfwIUKcEwKeOywhxcxLyMaww4J7HOP_iS6i_vc_L10nTv3Xv_n/s320/IMG_5563.JPG" border="0" /></a> Invertigo gets credit for being the only coaster of the trip that left me completely disoriented after ridding!<br /><br />Everyone who helped us plan our day at Kings Island highly recommended a "night ride" on <strong>Beast</strong> so we had to check it out! While the coaster was great during the day it takes on a whole new attitude at night! The train roared through the dark forest and into the pitch black tunnels!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_QlzhfS1iZIzn0BsNCn4EnfH83bTQfcdqvgx3vCkEvZak_0rN3xaf5r3ipxgl5DMnrMOmSoynrvTL0AFpG3wyDPugxoRtf8DWv-eGgR0vz0xgusjEoaM-jWRPA4w6EwwGh9B7vhnHGes/s1600-h/IMG_5584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346813660981326402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_QlzhfS1iZIzn0BsNCn4EnfH83bTQfcdqvgx3vCkEvZak_0rN3xaf5r3ipxgl5DMnrMOmSoynrvTL0AFpG3wyDPugxoRtf8DWv-eGgR0vz0xgusjEoaM-jWRPA4w6EwwGh9B7vhnHGes/s320/IMG_5584.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZLFw_laeGY_cG85Zo2curZadA1hb7B5eN7d08ZGbwAEK_hQBJvA3QrjRXWJh4Liy1UcvUCm0AHuHIkRlQjDwpSIzrEFqYhEQxJ__KPCNfy_xnzBiG4dd6pOkuIgp9gP3ryyCYO4GGyuq/s1600-h/IMG_5588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346813658397183522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZLFw_laeGY_cG85Zo2curZadA1hb7B5eN7d08ZGbwAEK_hQBJvA3QrjRXWJh4Liy1UcvUCm0AHuHIkRlQjDwpSIzrEFqYhEQxJ__KPCNfy_xnzBiG4dd6pOkuIgp9gP3ryyCYO4GGyuq/s320/IMG_5588.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now the park was closing soon so we headed towards the front of the park to watch the fireworks! We ended up more interested in the Eiffel Tower though!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1T-2_5yeRqFNQxKDI-I-sODInR6Lyj6KAScBtxi1oUUSUDCG0jEJ-uWxpS-9Ze4Zx1r6PMMscZPSa9NHmTSighqidlHLKSApRIcVyvUY-buVggdfLXHT56Ky8s9OG1GJwjBncyQEkNzj/s1600-h/IMG_5615.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346814654064151842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn1T-2_5yeRqFNQxKDI-I-sODInR6Lyj6KAScBtxi1oUUSUDCG0jEJ-uWxpS-9Ze4Zx1r6PMMscZPSa9NHmTSighqidlHLKSApRIcVyvUY-buVggdfLXHT56Ky8s9OG1GJwjBncyQEkNzj/s320/IMG_5615.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG-4lkwHRYsAVbXUx4srETgaXRwFjoivcexNn3rAGkLgifG3j6yUVTk02gT5dMrsvfKdBGXB7shWMK4grEXm8vc9M4Ks5fd8bWKM68XHs1DRN-Ep-cxLhwzOM_Jj2JIvYI8SKpUoG-GbK/s1600-h/IMG_5620.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346814650348230930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQG-4lkwHRYsAVbXUx4srETgaXRwFjoivcexNn3rAGkLgifG3j6yUVTk02gT5dMrsvfKdBGXB7shWMK4grEXm8vc9M4Ks5fd8bWKM68XHs1DRN-Ep-cxLhwzOM_Jj2JIvYI8SKpUoG-GbK/s320/IMG_5620.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sarah and I had a much better day at Kings Island! We both left with the same #1 coaster Diamondback and Sarah left with Kings Island being her favorite park! Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik69DOhz26W3tpFfph3bE599cTGEASPCZNOqIwm_bDanGifkmkTFX6EgwMyHwx1jebsHrmmkTJa39x2yq916S4SfW1f9zoWRnT59feOkBlmQ2WK2wuRpnGaCGa_rLBvScXfdb1DIrxlMDP/s1600-h/IMG_5478.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346815874514625410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik69DOhz26W3tpFfph3bE599cTGEASPCZNOqIwm_bDanGifkmkTFX6EgwMyHwx1jebsHrmmkTJa39x2yq916S4SfW1f9zoWRnT59feOkBlmQ2WK2wuRpnGaCGa_rLBvScXfdb1DIrxlMDP/s320/IMG_5478.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />16. K.I. & Miami Valley Railroad<br />15. Rugrats Runaway Reptar<br />14. Eiffel Tower<br />13. Fairly Odd Coaster<br />12. Avatar: The Last Airbender<br />11. Flight Deck<br />10. Adventure Express<br />09. Racer<br />08. Flight Of Fear<br />07. Invertigo<br />06. Backlot Stunt Coaster<br />05. Vortex<br />04. Firehawk<br />03. Son Of Beast<br />02. Beast<br />01. Diamondback</div></div></div>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-47910338565465717652009-06-08T09:58:00.001-07:002009-06-25T12:00:27.008-07:00The Big "O" Vacation Part 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YB-beK7xLG8jP_RnTffnL58H35uTSIxUsNxtvpeGGQrgcUnsS1-JJQVQfNT4xdC62erY0m00xZJhrND8SsLw3VRro7PY31jS4-s_D-Dgr4NOJg58I6xVHWU18199mnu7IPMNJI7BCNgo/s1600-h/IMG_4745.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346462342102122530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9YB-beK7xLG8jP_RnTffnL58H35uTSIxUsNxtvpeGGQrgcUnsS1-JJQVQfNT4xdC62erY0m00xZJhrND8SsLw3VRro7PY31jS4-s_D-Dgr4NOJg58I6xVHWU18199mnu7IPMNJI7BCNgo/s320/IMG_4745.JPG" border="0" /></a> Friday - June 5th<br /><br />Finally after more than a decade of waiting...<br /><br />Part 3 - <strong>Cedar Point</strong><br /><br />After several hours of tossing and turning we got ready for the day and our 2 1/2 hour drive to Cedar Point. I knew Ohio wasn't going to be like California but I wasn't expecting to see almost nothing for more than 130 miles! The only decent sized town we drove through was Mansfield were I got a ticket for running a red light! In my defense the caution light changed much faster than any I've ever seen before. The officer was really nice, but didn't let me off the hook! He did say that a lot of people run that light and that is why he was setup there... So I don't feel as special I guess :/<br /><br />Well after almost 3 hours of only seeing barns and random houses we finally made it to Cedar Point!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREcujaTrouZMYqL5TXNRVnMZjEUyKZ449ge7WsBGHy4_bLlfScuTN8QK6RXcingz7TvY5c-B3NTgRG0wUwKv10bWqdNybi-ApcoRKlD_Wk9tgJtmKvtS2tKQAW1PeoPNKqwjpG7kSt1Do/s1600-h/IMG_4685.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346465224060334194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREcujaTrouZMYqL5TXNRVnMZjEUyKZ449ge7WsBGHy4_bLlfScuTN8QK6RXcingz7TvY5c-B3NTgRG0wUwKv10bWqdNybi-ApcoRKlD_Wk9tgJtmKvtS2tKQAW1PeoPNKqwjpG7kSt1Do/s320/IMG_4685.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwwZSxP6yo-RfvAcTP2h6kO5Es0R6fRN8O7AFexrAxC9qKtYV4OJB6LqS2nkogWgDr3TegfQAzUG-WMQAKW4UD7IRESjwTOEfSjph27WqDhJuaTDDumrIOlJ2jWVlFV4i0dkug5bfojox/s1600-h/IMG_4694.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346465215543855202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwwZSxP6yo-RfvAcTP2h6kO5Es0R6fRN8O7AFexrAxC9qKtYV4OJB6LqS2nkogWgDr3TegfQAzUG-WMQAKW4UD7IRESjwTOEfSjph27WqDhJuaTDDumrIOlJ2jWVlFV4i0dkug5bfojox/s320/IMG_4694.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfdb_TT-JYJtVNFqkwwNW-uQhWqO96lSBD82VnVICrbW7Xb5Nq7NLEHEAbLEYmFu9vti2-IIRm2ZFwhFhpkAxwEcTOtHno6QefIhImMCHRDpeJlJKP5dKuCU34HM4NlMJav-XlBQHzk5N/s1600-h/IMG_5112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346465209742277970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibfdb_TT-JYJtVNFqkwwNW-uQhWqO96lSBD82VnVICrbW7Xb5Nq7NLEHEAbLEYmFu9vti2-IIRm2ZFwhFhpkAxwEcTOtHno6QefIhImMCHRDpeJlJKP5dKuCU34HM4NlMJav-XlBQHzk5N/s320/IMG_5112.JPG" border="0" /></a> We made it to the park several minutes before Early Entry was let in. I think I was shaking a little because I was so excited. Of coarse when the gate opened we rushed to the most highly anticipated feature... The bathroom! By the time we got out we rushed over to <strong>Millennium Force</strong>. Millennium Force was predicted to be my new favorite coaster so I was extremely to finally ride it. When we got to the entrance I was told to store my backpack in a locker. I liked how all the lockers were for all day use and it only cost $2 (depending on size.) There were a few people in line so it should have gone fast but we had to wait for operators to take water dummies out of a train. I think we waited close to 35 minutes for front car second row seats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBW8UH5WevtXYMWvylC5_Kf9yXkSPSB9CwDJBKVn8In1MmIyexARY_6yhzvgzKbWLIqZ-JtSLpFJDCY8Y2HX9v1UJjohCgmlb1sxQsDVTJTJrPSBPmpJHiBr2ddb7Bi-iG3aSu7HDtdS-x/s1600-h/IMG_4726.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346468537620283106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBW8UH5WevtXYMWvylC5_Kf9yXkSPSB9CwDJBKVn8In1MmIyexARY_6yhzvgzKbWLIqZ-JtSLpFJDCY8Y2HX9v1UJjohCgmlb1sxQsDVTJTJrPSBPmpJHiBr2ddb7Bi-iG3aSu7HDtdS-x/s320/IMG_4726.JPG" border="0" /></a> The lift hill is steep and fast which is pretty exciting, but it kind of killed the first drop a bit. I think a first drop is more exciting it's approached slowly and Millennium Force just speeds on by. I was impressed by the rides speed, but it wasn't very forceful like I was hoping. I wanted to feel tight turns and hills with great airtime, but I was a little let down. I still think Millennium Force is a great coaster, but it is not in my Top 10.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWCH-0P5EFKVmFF9GPECE7YfPZLvMyyfHxCHjvHFSuSTYRxWH2Ldv1_q2aYr2RyRRQHi8r9hDUyBoSN2AI_NhZenIlFdLKonPqTm6GZHyOojmHuCF2-0zgt62SqjH46RkpFaO9O1u3kAS/s1600-h/IMG_4743.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346472527892897858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWCH-0P5EFKVmFF9GPECE7YfPZLvMyyfHxCHjvHFSuSTYRxWH2Ldv1_q2aYr2RyRRQHi8r9hDUyBoSN2AI_NhZenIlFdLKonPqTm6GZHyOojmHuCF2-0zgt62SqjH46RkpFaO9O1u3kAS/s320/IMG_4743.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfolYdL6Y_I6T0mCdhS5_z6qKMRcrq5Sg7tH0brGteAf_OK5fGBPcbrmzc88xGMzKXYxhk7RKwt0Drr4NrK8ehHv0ltFPMNhTW60P7mpjxhLbvXyf_JrdQv9g12RD5U1C-6-4fJV0GFnh/s1600-h/IMG_4753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346472519641533346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJfolYdL6Y_I6T0mCdhS5_z6qKMRcrq5Sg7tH0brGteAf_OK5fGBPcbrmzc88xGMzKXYxhk7RKwt0Drr4NrK8ehHv0ltFPMNhTW60P7mpjxhLbvXyf_JrdQv9g12RD5U1C-6-4fJV0GFnh/s320/IMG_4753.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8W-DZ8hF7z_MdfcxMxr5uS63Zdfj8kERKa5lab5C5cBYn2EjWw3VEsbe7OJUO3xZwCOpJd2ZwX-eZ0KxJYoCvk-R1cr_kgUifRS23WlIShXYNF_AIoUl2Jw-u0LsRLu4zaqGq7PiZjtn/s1600-h/IMG_4733.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346472518217579490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8W-DZ8hF7z_MdfcxMxr5uS63Zdfj8kERKa5lab5C5cBYn2EjWw3VEsbe7OJUO3xZwCOpJd2ZwX-eZ0KxJYoCvk-R1cr_kgUifRS23WlIShXYNF_AIoUl2Jw-u0LsRLu4zaqGq7PiZjtn/s320/IMG_4733.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9G1hqOcyajSFp4Q6x4h94gFsnp5I-vlAAmSisvcozmF0tAjv078PF3NYMuFD2sYljZtvFNF0SjZdShJzO44mmV_KAuqfOo9mGBrYUldOICRFeICRbEqNeX2OSz1OkMdBzXHe5qVfN7I2/s1600-h/IMG_4728.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346472513044869874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9G1hqOcyajSFp4Q6x4h94gFsnp5I-vlAAmSisvcozmF0tAjv078PF3NYMuFD2sYljZtvFNF0SjZdShJzO44mmV_KAuqfOo9mGBrYUldOICRFeICRbEqNeX2OSz1OkMdBzXHe5qVfN7I2/s320/IMG_4728.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we decided to ride <strong>Maverick</strong> before the park was open and lines filled in. I don't know why, but I wasn't expecting much from Maverick and never gave it the attention it deserves. We waited about 15 minutes for front car second row. The ride had a quick jolt of speed at the bottom of the lift hill but it didn't travel that fast up the hill. The beyond vertical drop was extremely exciting even though very brief. The ride changes direction very fast tossing us side to side! The first hill had an extreme amount of airtime follow by a flawless twisted horseshoe roll. The second launch was much faster than my mind had calculated leaving me breathless! The ride continued with even more twisted track and one last hill packed with tons of airtime. Sarah and I instantly declared Maverick our favorite coaster! We wanted to ride it again, but the line was much longer when we got off. We should waited again because the line got longer as the day progressed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKylV88QQm0Kv7sHRTIoLys1EbCr92mcqlshpONuwbv4oGIv1jTUG-Ye_SRECTg6EHVSAjlenf5HHoDiGCEnzCGHsxVyNZoBWqOJeLRhCfESlOZG95YdvRo1GmjJxMQitpZXtyPY-vT5h/s1600-h/IMG_4996.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346477309369748994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKylV88QQm0Kv7sHRTIoLys1EbCr92mcqlshpONuwbv4oGIv1jTUG-Ye_SRECTg6EHVSAjlenf5HHoDiGCEnzCGHsxVyNZoBWqOJeLRhCfESlOZG95YdvRo1GmjJxMQitpZXtyPY-vT5h/s320/IMG_4996.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAkD22VYtAVjDBegiflYaJICfereMHwTmXM_-Hw-kBUrQCPL2t4LN69HEku5NsAV9-_Wa8kpm2Ajhmaq7PjP1qUg3-8Z07xkCyz-pDDHdYP1I-Zu0lCBwHmw_MWecMP2XqDorLu8Dwp38/s1600-h/IMG_4765.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346477303259953394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAkD22VYtAVjDBegiflYaJICfereMHwTmXM_-Hw-kBUrQCPL2t4LN69HEku5NsAV9-_Wa8kpm2Ajhmaq7PjP1qUg3-8Z07xkCyz-pDDHdYP1I-Zu0lCBwHmw_MWecMP2XqDorLu8Dwp38/s320/IMG_4765.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTegb8nvde0UxeB4798dFjsogIH0shDEj1I0HqVvRMvlxo13vQxBUfvucjGh-nYCA7YBBgtV73O9Z7Nny6i6AvbrxJZa1rkY7ShJ19_LrCkeUhPT68x-qS3SG9fig2eUMEWDiGsNm92-NI/s1600-h/IMG_4993.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346477297447677138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTegb8nvde0UxeB4798dFjsogIH0shDEj1I0HqVvRMvlxo13vQxBUfvucjGh-nYCA7YBBgtV73O9Z7Nny6i6AvbrxJZa1rkY7ShJ19_LrCkeUhPT68x-qS3SG9fig2eUMEWDiGsNm92-NI/s320/IMG_4993.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWt3OOTTh9t14HZ8xCcfomDaaRoI4BX6wQg_lCKY_XKdrLVPDLR_uDsjyUMzdbL_EunQoMyH7Ft2vKMYYAxeRFo9AGxzOGpTQXbRQes9AG4zAQXfgb20Y39Rate_vwCRPMlDp5drzgY5Wu/s1600-h/IMG_4768.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346477293358820722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWt3OOTTh9t14HZ8xCcfomDaaRoI4BX6wQg_lCKY_XKdrLVPDLR_uDsjyUMzdbL_EunQoMyH7Ft2vKMYYAxeRFo9AGxzOGpTQXbRQes9AG4zAQXfgb20Y39Rate_vwCRPMlDp5drzgY5Wu/s320/IMG_4768.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqWeSJNDLTr9cHfXNJ_nhsrG1E_zvF0ilecolC4Z-dHUCD7Trk1sU94DPVFYXUFD_DTwKfCHBgGN4YhmcH-LywYGNFS1WDc1jpp2T_vWw9G_0ERDB4RgejlYnmb0_VS8ax8fNnKw2XGP/s1600-h/IMG_4755.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346477286525529314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaqWeSJNDLTr9cHfXNJ_nhsrG1E_zvF0ilecolC4Z-dHUCD7Trk1sU94DPVFYXUFD_DTwKfCHBgGN4YhmcH-LywYGNFS1WDc1jpp2T_vWw9G_0ERDB4RgejlYnmb0_VS8ax8fNnKw2XGP/s320/IMG_4755.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now that we were extremely excited we needed something to ruin it for us so we went on <strong>Mean Streak</strong>. Even though it is much larger than any wooden coaster we have ever been on before there was no excitement to ride this. We waited just a couple minutes for front car second row (See a pattern) and the ride was rough the second it started moving. The 1 good thing I can say about this coaster is that it has a nice view from the lift hill, but then again every coaster at Cedar Point has a nice view. The first drop was large but had brakes on it! The entire coaster was just brutal and unpleasant. GhostRider is easily and easier coaster to ride. Mean Streak is now the worst coaster I've ever been on!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31jCA7LgvX6ByItesG11_stNOJceSnJFwSYagjCtYiaraMTrtjyr80HCPSzvJ2g9rAAPxVnFtWmkL5M4lXteuLCztVyCQbzRtHz1R2nP_Uu0L7JRzI6xUrOmeH2CfbIKDRWKKMDORfj2M/s1600-h/IMG_4775.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346479506990366610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31jCA7LgvX6ByItesG11_stNOJceSnJFwSYagjCtYiaraMTrtjyr80HCPSzvJ2g9rAAPxVnFtWmkL5M4lXteuLCztVyCQbzRtHz1R2nP_Uu0L7JRzI6xUrOmeH2CfbIKDRWKKMDORfj2M/s320/IMG_4775.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCwyHZcjgVYy3sMdl7X4aWcQEzTVK_xyWvKFDJIHMd9BSSoKomyX515YAUQYGEIR258YW3fOG5nf0kQWhACnqXJIltkeFx5vW9ZKldt2iUMAAkPhCZ5vbWUK00QVz06A3eCU1eQP2M3jo/s1600-h/IMG_4776.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346479496073264978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKCwyHZcjgVYy3sMdl7X4aWcQEzTVK_xyWvKFDJIHMd9BSSoKomyX515YAUQYGEIR258YW3fOG5nf0kQWhACnqXJIltkeFx5vW9ZKldt2iUMAAkPhCZ5vbWUK00QVz06A3eCU1eQP2M3jo/s320/IMG_4776.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to <strong>Gemini</strong>. I have heard many good things about Gemini so my expectations were high. Unfortunately only the red side was open so we didn't get the race we were hoping for. Gemini was fun, but I thought it would have been better as a wooden coaster. It was really smooth and had great drops, but the turns didn't have the rumble only a good wooden coaster could deliver. Sarah really enjoyed Gemini because it was a big coaster that rode like a little coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CgmIRKRRrR5yEMtYrI4rUXDeapRU88vd0fjRaYpysjU8iVDpYxZNn0VFQQIhrBIMP0mUsPioYoHFbK4OEDYIfAUKEnsnk1jy61uhGCcNKVriLt2iH2Ugc1wtV0tx_rHiA04_WLGPTx5o/s1600-h/IMG_4785.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346481771448867682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3CgmIRKRRrR5yEMtYrI4rUXDeapRU88vd0fjRaYpysjU8iVDpYxZNn0VFQQIhrBIMP0mUsPioYoHFbK4OEDYIfAUKEnsnk1jy61uhGCcNKVriLt2iH2Ugc1wtV0tx_rHiA04_WLGPTx5o/s320/IMG_4785.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8jdKsmdOeIH1F9gYo6iXPaCUC4VvmjvDu1MqGYHoeE5sTnfl9VRBNXTVGAayMCNJXOvnvjqNGxiNgupencibya-V7odwwKYLRMcLAGMzHW7FG-jxCqTIMHGARYBRWbpaJCB3xsBqo58D/s1600-h/IMG_4780.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346481768412156722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8jdKsmdOeIH1F9gYo6iXPaCUC4VvmjvDu1MqGYHoeE5sTnfl9VRBNXTVGAayMCNJXOvnvjqNGxiNgupencibya-V7odwwKYLRMcLAGMzHW7FG-jxCqTIMHGARYBRWbpaJCB3xsBqo58D/s320/IMG_4780.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next coaster was <strong>Magnum XL-200</strong>. I didn't know what to expect from this ride because I've read so many mixed reviews. I've always looked forward to riding this 20 year old original hyper coaster and now it was my time! Magnum XL-200 is nowhere near as rough as it's "relative" Desperado. The ride was actually very comfortable and exciting. The final stretch back to the station was loaded with airtime and exciting tunnels! This was one of my favorite coasters of the trip!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7Cq7gVnUDxnRgrD9FWnusHzPOx_yLUHChN3-CtKn14os6BA4n75LHmplnFmlFcPdlTGg8O8aAN7krBtbcbu4nh5wN4gcbE_JM6tvS7SmbzVDouyhV-ksv3ev1DnCe7PtXXLG7_5wIyJy/s1600-h/IMG_4790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346484310917189586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7Cq7gVnUDxnRgrD9FWnusHzPOx_yLUHChN3-CtKn14os6BA4n75LHmplnFmlFcPdlTGg8O8aAN7krBtbcbu4nh5wN4gcbE_JM6tvS7SmbzVDouyhV-ksv3ev1DnCe7PtXXLG7_5wIyJy/s320/IMG_4790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCHOfE95uzjbYMbxAEQBJ2N9uXmSVAydP8QHZ1wdIthmeWjeN2Ax6fXfDqclfgGvecnW0EfAWnLejy2EpNEAapqeUAsuiS9nZu8VavCwHM_ZAIyzAqdwt-4m3ja6eV1UbTEeoLe1QmJJR/s1600-h/IMG_4798.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346484307156664802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCHOfE95uzjbYMbxAEQBJ2N9uXmSVAydP8QHZ1wdIthmeWjeN2Ax6fXfDqclfgGvecnW0EfAWnLejy2EpNEAapqeUAsuiS9nZu8VavCwHM_ZAIyzAqdwt-4m3ja6eV1UbTEeoLe1QmJJR/s320/IMG_4798.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu_Xz7Rc9daizKIS5e3KLV9mFe85G8sMgVSm4EHCbGy0D17GIeucxlRUdycEnipWveRZauB4XfduguXJbpjkdZSKgSyd-KR60wql74e-bQ-HOra-_6Ski9W3-q6LEymnB4MU6FxcweAuA/s1600-h/IMG_4795.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346484302743639490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYu_Xz7Rc9daizKIS5e3KLV9mFe85G8sMgVSm4EHCbGy0D17GIeucxlRUdycEnipWveRZauB4XfduguXJbpjkdZSKgSyd-KR60wql74e-bQ-HOra-_6Ski9W3-q6LEymnB4MU6FxcweAuA/s320/IMG_4795.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hC1xr1w54R7y5eg3ZmtCssf_oLZHy4Bf-kJqwCAblDqDwu-P6rWN_o6ekt_8L8Py_1PS9NZc8uTVRczNpnk5CwTjItzFe1ubAE1rN55M0YxMwT2RGXgj-cOAYwQGqBkJmccGwxFGMbXT/s1600-h/IMG_4799.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346484297636289442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hC1xr1w54R7y5eg3ZmtCssf_oLZHy4Bf-kJqwCAblDqDwu-P6rWN_o6ekt_8L8Py_1PS9NZc8uTVRczNpnk5CwTjItzFe1ubAE1rN55M0YxMwT2RGXgj-cOAYwQGqBkJmccGwxFGMbXT/s320/IMG_4799.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now were hungry and needed to get some rest so we went to the <strong>Midway Market</strong> because it was highly recommended to me. I think it cost about $15 a person and the food was pretty good. I highly recommend any indoor facility when you have a long day to get through. We stuffed our faces with food and Sarah's favorite, desert!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7Uv6ZKAQIAnIf2iJIcwZeAHbm4Oz0xS-cBWETEXfK99tDcqL3xvgL03c1GTA_UxUZ-2WjU7eLydmeAhDEK5jvaRGDltggMx4aIvxR22AR8WWjkwsd0USBm7W1oVgZtPhwi656ttaMaYL/s1600-h/IMG_4811.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346487582042758626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7Uv6ZKAQIAnIf2iJIcwZeAHbm4Oz0xS-cBWETEXfK99tDcqL3xvgL03c1GTA_UxUZ-2WjU7eLydmeAhDEK5jvaRGDltggMx4aIvxR22AR8WWjkwsd0USBm7W1oVgZtPhwi656ttaMaYL/s320/IMG_4811.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxxig-8qwC7-1vAgVqwU_52nFVWJF_90oI57uefT-P3YoCqaW2yOjkHn6uNe1WbUjQ3Raq1WWHQPUB2b9wFLbzIKnXwOcwjOuMaYTB__Rt7ktfX7-ra4edL9_RyzhTIGS4GXh2O94Bkk5/s1600-h/IMG_4813.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346487577751765666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxxig-8qwC7-1vAgVqwU_52nFVWJF_90oI57uefT-P3YoCqaW2yOjkHn6uNe1WbUjQ3Raq1WWHQPUB2b9wFLbzIKnXwOcwjOuMaYTB__Rt7ktfX7-ra4edL9_RyzhTIGS4GXh2O94Bkk5/s320/IMG_4813.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVBRXcpAUWat0-EcF3lZIUMaaL5HabqONaWz41VEbERy_Kuoi9GLbnd8SiFqjQy5diJPSKgJAIyrnXza0XUTpHIBFYemDaHH0OJ2hDcEQsizc4MCpyEpvuK7P3r56aZL0krOIG_MOHZ4h/s1600-h/IMG_4816.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346487576334075474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVBRXcpAUWat0-EcF3lZIUMaaL5HabqONaWz41VEbERy_Kuoi9GLbnd8SiFqjQy5diJPSKgJAIyrnXza0XUTpHIBFYemDaHH0OJ2hDcEQsizc4MCpyEpvuK7P3r56aZL0krOIG_MOHZ4h/s320/IMG_4816.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now feeling recharged we headed over to Disaster Transport and waited in line for several minutes. The ride had broke down so we left and headed over to <strong>Wicked Twister</strong>. This was one of the rides I was concerned about fitting on, but I fit on the test seat outside the line. The line was little long but it moved faster than V2: Vertical Velocity back at home. I forgot to keep count, but Magnum XL-200 was my 50th coaster since Sarah and I have been dating. Wicked Twister was Sarah's 5th.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3tZI8ht19hF1S7uaFjtwJ7oJ9f0cIewHoti1iwGtqRP4Qoh0D4n_T0uRB2nozd1_OpuOD_0TI1uZMmNj5xSKkTXHa7BrnTQYIp5wciLGBnz_fUieTCx23eo-hdupM5mgjBWhUqy6PXQQ/s1600-h/IMG_4848.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346489370535862610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3tZI8ht19hF1S7uaFjtwJ7oJ9f0cIewHoti1iwGtqRP4Qoh0D4n_T0uRB2nozd1_OpuOD_0TI1uZMmNj5xSKkTXHa7BrnTQYIp5wciLGBnz_fUieTCx23eo-hdupM5mgjBWhUqy6PXQQ/s320/IMG_4848.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oops! I mean 50th!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiK9Wzp1o2ipmDXxRAdXUx0yxs2ARIx6ZBEhBBOSFnRloZB3mD1-KcIUCfaj_Y0anbMKkqVfoVS_SsZ_QO97XKZfXVazxb-ty6lQKFDA5Uuowf_XMD2x_WEkcWpvhWlGvMBkWTCVp1nv04/s1600-h/IMG_4849.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346489649846417090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiK9Wzp1o2ipmDXxRAdXUx0yxs2ARIx6ZBEhBBOSFnRloZB3mD1-KcIUCfaj_Y0anbMKkqVfoVS_SsZ_QO97XKZfXVazxb-ty6lQKFDA5Uuowf_XMD2x_WEkcWpvhWlGvMBkWTCVp1nv04/s320/IMG_4849.JPG" border="0" /></a> Wicked Twisted was very fun, but I think I prefer the straight vertical spike and 45 degree spike on V2: Vertical Velocity.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbM7OyA2eTOVlN0tCcxcqt3KeZbUvkgIGt333nEszYzzsLi1IPiG1ckrOlpI91rsD5OT9gzlEjv5CVoeIpMMvMfMDuJ1yLAvXvYJBNocxYwACWyC73IGzx7U93iSRrLu7ce0DYtLnT7Sdj/s1600-h/IMG_4880.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346490931460885410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbM7OyA2eTOVlN0tCcxcqt3KeZbUvkgIGt333nEszYzzsLi1IPiG1ckrOlpI91rsD5OT9gzlEjv5CVoeIpMMvMfMDuJ1yLAvXvYJBNocxYwACWyC73IGzx7U93iSRrLu7ce0DYtLnT7Sdj/s320/IMG_4880.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKD5JrHpsvOPDldNLu-WuF23RLQGV8Mvs7_wx2BXkPxHyyjfiVXhUQ19dvSJVYEyp_FD7cmwzJtWvgHdaGglgtfSa3_hDCPEGS9BXT4RK6DMhSlVHdWG9ndVtVBQt5x9Zou1yxxudZU0v/s1600-h/IMG_4844.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346490924996470306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKD5JrHpsvOPDldNLu-WuF23RLQGV8Mvs7_wx2BXkPxHyyjfiVXhUQ19dvSJVYEyp_FD7cmwzJtWvgHdaGglgtfSa3_hDCPEGS9BXT4RK6DMhSlVHdWG9ndVtVBQt5x9Zou1yxxudZU0v/s320/IMG_4844.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfoBUhNzqDr3WO3w5ovq24pMV71RGQE3jVCv13YJA1Jkru1tLU6nTWs54roZGTl9U5-frbXpQDOIRkczofX5b-sW0EhbQ7iYP3RfQDwOmQPL4Gl7zrPaAJaFrlXf_djRyiuAkl76Iz6mh/s1600-h/IMG_4850.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346490919701976866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfoBUhNzqDr3WO3w5ovq24pMV71RGQE3jVCv13YJA1Jkru1tLU6nTWs54roZGTl9U5-frbXpQDOIRkczofX5b-sW0EhbQ7iYP3RfQDwOmQPL4Gl7zrPaAJaFrlXf_djRyiuAkl76Iz6mh/s320/IMG_4850.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAje2HaD_GRdzXbSYf6gFM2CJeIpD-aQKoxeN-rAs67Mg-ltMgBCoDAgvQZuZx3eX6ZZfvQXS2AdXGeG98LrJWrDsYIHGStR21fvDBgsK-QGGR2M86th7d6abqG-87tGGVrkKtp4lpBmD/s1600-h/IMG_4843.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346490915230548962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRAje2HaD_GRdzXbSYf6gFM2CJeIpD-aQKoxeN-rAs67Mg-ltMgBCoDAgvQZuZx3eX6ZZfvQXS2AdXGeG98LrJWrDsYIHGStR21fvDBgsK-QGGR2M86th7d6abqG-87tGGVrkKtp4lpBmD/s320/IMG_4843.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IpoUKhREep8&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IpoUKhREep8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />After that we headed back to <strong>Disaster Transport</strong> and now the line was moving again. I was expecting Disaster Transport to be pitch black, but there are several moments of visibility. The theme is pretty good but could use an update. The ride was really fun and moved a lot faster than I predicited. It didn't really feel like much of a "bobsled," but that might of had something to do with the lack of light.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPTwoSN3BycIsoSnZt1sN-onmM5Wt-_d_Y7SZpxwOBOs5d2c375mm1tc4Ch8pl_IA8exQ9T7rD7jRqjV9rdM5rvyItov510gqkQ47LlQwkDVtjC1ANHvmllMTCQr43HPkZuA2THUZrur9/s1600-h/IMG_4859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346492326257413122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPTwoSN3BycIsoSnZt1sN-onmM5Wt-_d_Y7SZpxwOBOs5d2c375mm1tc4Ch8pl_IA8exQ9T7rD7jRqjV9rdM5rvyItov510gqkQ47LlQwkDVtjC1ANHvmllMTCQr43HPkZuA2THUZrur9/s320/IMG_4859.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpf6L8Oj44t3q3ruMFz_ohHpNfVcFFtN_r5nsktOlEgzg7ibHfPlAfhKT3SIAxA94rPhlq809QRXEn8NrUrjOSUJtH_7aRcIKat_2n40cCGoYlf9-ibq3dM8nPrRj5rpg2i1Vh-fyB0jy/s1600-h/IMG_4821.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346492321950053986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpf6L8Oj44t3q3ruMFz_ohHpNfVcFFtN_r5nsktOlEgzg7ibHfPlAfhKT3SIAxA94rPhlq809QRXEn8NrUrjOSUJtH_7aRcIKat_2n40cCGoYlf9-ibq3dM8nPrRj5rpg2i1Vh-fyB0jy/s320/IMG_4821.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1Fo1UGAXzOPK4_sFlXnvAr-F7UgVrF1ff9RCY5upIHIoWcCB1EEpxPuoHklf-oGHx0MhFjzwLitjshn5D_t6wre18UblPSJs-zACe_rngSKr6y0gJNDZHXcCeCuzXhLEa0MJzZTN_PPi/s1600-h/IMG_4854.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346492318901671890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1Fo1UGAXzOPK4_sFlXnvAr-F7UgVrF1ff9RCY5upIHIoWcCB1EEpxPuoHklf-oGHx0MhFjzwLitjshn5D_t6wre18UblPSJs-zACe_rngSKr6y0gJNDZHXcCeCuzXhLEa0MJzZTN_PPi/s320/IMG_4854.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now it was time for the most scariest ride of the day, <strong>Sky Ride</strong>. Ok, well it wasn't that bad, but these things do freak me out! The scariest one I've ever been on is at the San Diego Zoo. Sky Ride had some great view of the front half of the park, but it scared the crap out of me because it started to shake coming into the station.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzW9kVHe8Byr5R8H2SU0TjOhEKZ7ao4YdDKc0AjvtrM0iZNOfw6OO7GiVHhUelUXxFcbZ6rVBk9aCrI761PW9i8VjcIy-_qWleliaG0vCjxGsWylaeIir-nOUJ1jGB-HZXpAx6JjOTAlY/s1600-h/IMG_4872.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346494397797143090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzW9kVHe8Byr5R8H2SU0TjOhEKZ7ao4YdDKc0AjvtrM0iZNOfw6OO7GiVHhUelUXxFcbZ6rVBk9aCrI761PW9i8VjcIy-_qWleliaG0vCjxGsWylaeIir-nOUJ1jGB-HZXpAx6JjOTAlY/s320/IMG_4872.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r-RbuIOM1_UdTZzKKTn7IepYu8trjiyG88WEH8Y5JOsTVkiH3vQ2ysO7kbfVbWHfX-qJ282tAfJf_eyS9leqTXGeaSkCibO3FwJXP1zOJgCWnyjUQ_1S50-5gqZX1DX0ZrL5jhJ4JPuF/s1600-h/IMG_4869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346494392056309186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7r-RbuIOM1_UdTZzKKTn7IepYu8trjiyG88WEH8Y5JOsTVkiH3vQ2ysO7kbfVbWHfX-qJ282tAfJf_eyS9leqTXGeaSkCibO3FwJXP1zOJgCWnyjUQ_1S50-5gqZX1DX0ZrL5jhJ4JPuF/s320/IMG_4869.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82mvHPYes4z8alUYjQPPDa0WKrjHQjlJ4NRO1ae8Vf6XY0VcIcNVeIrTRNKMNkn5OxAyL4rvxquTZd-zDVxanJkddIkjqZ97oG42Q78sfrTkrSSMtBGzBW5M01Ptkl6TNl8aontsTw1zM/s1600-h/IMG_4867.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346494385339050626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82mvHPYes4z8alUYjQPPDa0WKrjHQjlJ4NRO1ae8Vf6XY0VcIcNVeIrTRNKMNkn5OxAyL4rvxquTZd-zDVxanJkddIkjqZ97oG42Q78sfrTkrSSMtBGzBW5M01Ptkl6TNl8aontsTw1zM/s320/IMG_4867.JPG" border="0" /></a> And now it was time for the real scariest ride of the day <strong>Top Thrill Dragster</strong>. The line was long, but it moved very fast with 5 trains in operation! The wait for front was just outrageous, so we waited for second. Sarah wasn't sure she was "man enough" to ride this thing, but it turns out it was pretty easy! In fact the only thing that stands out on this ride to Xcelerator is the 120mph launch! The 420ft. tower was really easy and it travled slowly over the hill overing no airtime! The twisting drop down though was pretty freaking cool! In comparison though I prefer the intense ride on Xcelerator over Top Thrill Dragster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9PrcGXQDVypMZsQRyHS49qz3PV2qs1vraQfno3uub4564ZsgKgS6icRBLDv1ZT8egZbgtO0qDUg4cxVshiZ9cm94qaQ6eKLN5qzbOFL3mjD_JzVb6WJgEJRJhOmAbBmInI7AERZRpl2q/s1600-h/IMG_4910.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346496846970333474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9PrcGXQDVypMZsQRyHS49qz3PV2qs1vraQfno3uub4564ZsgKgS6icRBLDv1ZT8egZbgtO0qDUg4cxVshiZ9cm94qaQ6eKLN5qzbOFL3mjD_JzVb6WJgEJRJhOmAbBmInI7AERZRpl2q/s320/IMG_4910.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueNXTuli3UMS2a7AKHeHaix3fqDntAZYhtnbsSUU7wyGDH4UWCdrTkFC0sU5T7BHANXm3SMuaDpSq_WHkG_7WL2mRybxpx2oztUfoPkm8ZZ-Uey8oGcbV0B5o9qb093Le9lpLLD5CZevg/s1600-h/IMG_4913.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346496844284503234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiueNXTuli3UMS2a7AKHeHaix3fqDntAZYhtnbsSUU7wyGDH4UWCdrTkFC0sU5T7BHANXm3SMuaDpSq_WHkG_7WL2mRybxpx2oztUfoPkm8ZZ-Uey8oGcbV0B5o9qb093Le9lpLLD5CZevg/s320/IMG_4913.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jLAj3CI0Q3e5ycbJ3YRLXoO-51hPXMvX-Iy9YSS1ojbkK6PqnmSfk_GSLTHBnHCeEBq5QBTkudAHgKRoliTLblhkommwqrQ7kllk8lQi0dX3L5d77465t7IsOFRmEfze5GWMniNcQySx/s1600-h/IMG_4908.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346496838001724722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jLAj3CI0Q3e5ycbJ3YRLXoO-51hPXMvX-Iy9YSS1ojbkK6PqnmSfk_GSLTHBnHCeEBq5QBTkudAHgKRoliTLblhkommwqrQ7kllk8lQi0dX3L5d77465t7IsOFRmEfze5GWMniNcQySx/s320/IMG_4908.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBdydpxwXoV61keNiFeKW0Nrt3MPOoL3umBfXdc1Z8AXEh9-PSbMmu9xAbuzObNLMNPkGDAH77KvYrE1Q5LpTyQKblqRyYnnZPkTxJETh5ZeJIrSclOupBXyalWayjWQJ3ZoeZ2hvNiV5/s1600-h/IMG_4945.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346496836865388818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBdydpxwXoV61keNiFeKW0Nrt3MPOoL3umBfXdc1Z8AXEh9-PSbMmu9xAbuzObNLMNPkGDAH77KvYrE1Q5LpTyQKblqRyYnnZPkTxJETh5ZeJIrSclOupBXyalWayjWQJ3ZoeZ2hvNiV5/s320/IMG_4945.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQIhq3SbA0k&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WQIhq3SbA0k&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Top Thrill Dragster gave us a big rush of energy and we rushed over to <strong>Corkscrew</strong>. Corkscrew was pretty fun for a super short coaster, I wasn't expecting so much airtime on the second drop! The ride is still really smooth for an old Arrow Dynamics coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWwqIUVjiKJOg4hqKtsi4Tw7Ok4nvWPw7dqtdJuXbDSSKrNRL9fR-QaKgv26Shwe0vXNG7lwN-MkS-dp7p0jg6yWglepeNvt_AQnLPscQIhj0P5bhufgYNf5XFm8AnuZRdb7nQH4o5QJB/s1600-h/IMG_4892.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346498465390125458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWwqIUVjiKJOg4hqKtsi4Tw7Ok4nvWPw7dqtdJuXbDSSKrNRL9fR-QaKgv26Shwe0vXNG7lwN-MkS-dp7p0jg6yWglepeNvt_AQnLPscQIhj0P5bhufgYNf5XFm8AnuZRdb7nQH4o5QJB/s320/IMG_4892.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwYfvp1h3KErpP5aNr0UiADQaUX-pI5v5mLc0Qk7kcjYFBwN5PZAVKGCBxHh68CgkxcUocqwe9z98xpvVI86gNZPRgUSRC7WMuTBp2rD02fZscdd214fFESNaEk2NV5xBrsB8Lfoqr98T/s1600-h/IMG_4932.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346498458779566226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwYfvp1h3KErpP5aNr0UiADQaUX-pI5v5mLc0Qk7kcjYFBwN5PZAVKGCBxHh68CgkxcUocqwe9z98xpvVI86gNZPRgUSRC7WMuTBp2rD02fZscdd214fFESNaEk2NV5xBrsB8Lfoqr98T/s320/IMG_4932.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ij7lhA8ejr7XSWOafkEHHueAcyVfTjuQu4FAyS1JMyMI68deG8t15Ibb-1UreBEnMsrpQEkJcW1Ufihx-l8TUQ9sUj1Hg1J_wRQo3XR6OludKx6xwNY5-QZ_2ZRYo69pchjelZcEWueC/s1600-h/IMG_4896.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346498453821755602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ij7lhA8ejr7XSWOafkEHHueAcyVfTjuQu4FAyS1JMyMI68deG8t15Ibb-1UreBEnMsrpQEkJcW1Ufihx-l8TUQ9sUj1Hg1J_wRQo3XR6OludKx6xwNY5-QZ_2ZRYo69pchjelZcEWueC/s320/IMG_4896.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we noticed <strong>Gemini</strong> was racing so we headed back over for a ride on the blue side. This time we rode near the back of the train. The back offered more forceful drops and a much better ride experience for us, + who doesn't love a racing coaster?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iNeRA5AFShJE8e9Sr31jKvUtCg_tV5ZakS_cspI8iOWcDeVdpvVkPYt5pfdqUU71O0liDJARRAoufO6CymgfpsSRHkr5TJV9NfIv_Naepfq-pEfdyTHIYuzrlrMY90YlrV27H44iABiQ/s1600-h/IMG_4947.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346499646134918978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6iNeRA5AFShJE8e9Sr31jKvUtCg_tV5ZakS_cspI8iOWcDeVdpvVkPYt5pfdqUU71O0liDJARRAoufO6CymgfpsSRHkr5TJV9NfIv_Naepfq-pEfdyTHIYuzrlrMY90YlrV27H44iABiQ/s320/IMG_4947.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRBSiHc4hWxcyhGbUqIwAPhR24M4E0zOR9nc9TFDH_0Za-ss0JyOjwimCeRgtxTpMxerqjHb8I4MIrpGdgPww1udsWU-3lErzGK2Da6roS7lZcczYInpZsEB-Q08N4UgBVgDUVoP-7rR_/s1600-h/IMG_4954.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346499639736641010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRBSiHc4hWxcyhGbUqIwAPhR24M4E0zOR9nc9TFDH_0Za-ss0JyOjwimCeRgtxTpMxerqjHb8I4MIrpGdgPww1udsWU-3lErzGK2Da6roS7lZcczYInpZsEB-Q08N4UgBVgDUVoP-7rR_/s320/IMG_4954.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvqfULIzRLzqDls3VU79LJiIG-SzU6C9D76OAe4YTgxq2gMmzAR167XW8Es7DF1LP3yXiP2vKqpdNYn93jo9L0sdePDVCRnhower3HnZug_IIwPH5uSkC6HnhiMW_Or2ZWFfxhaizpFi2/s1600-h/IMG_4948.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346499633026704658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvqfULIzRLzqDls3VU79LJiIG-SzU6C9D76OAe4YTgxq2gMmzAR167XW8Es7DF1LP3yXiP2vKqpdNYn93jo9L0sdePDVCRnhower3HnZug_IIwPH5uSkC6HnhiMW_Or2ZWFfxhaizpFi2/s320/IMG_4948.JPG" border="0" /></a> We skipped Woodstock Express and headed over to <strong>Cedar Creek Mine Ride</strong>. While I think Cedar Creek Mine Ride looks a lot better than Gold Rusher, I thought the ride was really boring. It lacked those tight turns that toss you around like a rag doll. The final helix was my favorite part, it was EXACTLY like Gold Rusher.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXz2d1HYBFdVMulr_utGdbByVl79oTcXLBh4r5i6_3SBw77pk_Vw7UKkvm-eqS_IaBqQr2lgOFsvMzpLCvH7FafninmhnzDXhKSjAX_phjucxe1GhvpyeQuUezvjjnmpbytO1697d7SgO/s1600-h/IMG_4979.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346501466242276770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXz2d1HYBFdVMulr_utGdbByVl79oTcXLBh4r5i6_3SBw77pk_Vw7UKkvm-eqS_IaBqQr2lgOFsvMzpLCvH7FafninmhnzDXhKSjAX_phjucxe1GhvpyeQuUezvjjnmpbytO1697d7SgO/s320/IMG_4979.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqiisbIkDuqLEfJhn_O5H5iv0qiAilX3JlnVgL7R-jQgvtLE3xFLYk1mKhoINO1vj4EZJPTbmqoX-rabanECZorBVyubgpreNKUX7eIa9DHE3tBiyaVqxmRuOoAzB8EvPOOQ1eU5j0cJb/s1600-h/IMG_4968.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346501459287574002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqiisbIkDuqLEfJhn_O5H5iv0qiAilX3JlnVgL7R-jQgvtLE3xFLYk1mKhoINO1vj4EZJPTbmqoX-rabanECZorBVyubgpreNKUX7eIa9DHE3tBiyaVqxmRuOoAzB8EvPOOQ1eU5j0cJb/s320/IMG_4968.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMROQTEsPpFrNE-CxNGzxb-0DCGqjiPnQqGpxKrrZgdPx39kGUX6SNRAfD_rEPp9Jj_bGXarDnzH3DKP0rNgX4ewUIZdoGCczFBFWzE3mhpaSK_o6jL_8Ik_aCb5It5AzUu7zBdrn8CanP/s1600-h/IMG_4778.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346501455774546114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMROQTEsPpFrNE-CxNGzxb-0DCGqjiPnQqGpxKrrZgdPx39kGUX6SNRAfD_rEPp9Jj_bGXarDnzH3DKP0rNgX4ewUIZdoGCczFBFWzE3mhpaSK_o6jL_8Ik_aCb5It5AzUu7zBdrn8CanP/s320/IMG_4778.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we checked Maverick's line to see it was completely filled in and then peaked into the <strong>Town Hall Museum</strong>. There were a lot of interesting things about the parks history.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkhunP9QcrJ8T1DB2XFoGw13VeHyR8D7pZjcL4o3xK2sCqoe2k9DgLfF7r6VXDr41qr5d6Xc5qBHkxrEeJJLpXnUEI8Da_omjcFahbc9sp5huH58EUSF0-528JyixDe3eAA9kV4ca7pNo/s1600-h/IMG_4971.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346502624011407058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkhunP9QcrJ8T1DB2XFoGw13VeHyR8D7pZjcL4o3xK2sCqoe2k9DgLfF7r6VXDr41qr5d6Xc5qBHkxrEeJJLpXnUEI8Da_omjcFahbc9sp5huH58EUSF0-528JyixDe3eAA9kV4ca7pNo/s320/IMG_4971.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQLWf6jYaqXhel6qk-P1zg544gX-OnWKQZayv7ysg0tyQG1S1KdEvOxJruqXtbRZctHZsOkD07kN-7_iVPsAlTPC4thCBflOBnUvhGs5sIdsQasRB5N32spGPA1SEF0Nf8FM26KMjW-EK/s1600-h/IMG_4975.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346502621608908274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLQLWf6jYaqXhel6qk-P1zg544gX-OnWKQZayv7ysg0tyQG1S1KdEvOxJruqXtbRZctHZsOkD07kN-7_iVPsAlTPC4thCBflOBnUvhGs5sIdsQasRB5N32spGPA1SEF0Nf8FM26KMjW-EK/s320/IMG_4975.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPSToNCmjGgp9Y4ZrQM7bPLt-aDwJO6mdBGQFgyXrsrLBF7RLFGYMSII2rg5XYouCQ61CoWS1GIHu05aZ3N4zmZGFPfPj1M8D5awGnUqxOvhJdll10E-mPc1pw97E8E4ZszRA-qYwwhjb/s1600-h/IMG_4973.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346502616197455602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNPSToNCmjGgp9Y4ZrQM7bPLt-aDwJO6mdBGQFgyXrsrLBF7RLFGYMSII2rg5XYouCQ61CoWS1GIHu05aZ3N4zmZGFPfPj1M8D5awGnUqxOvhJdll10E-mPc1pw97E8E4ZszRA-qYwwhjb/s320/IMG_4973.JPG" border="0" /></a> By now the park was extremely crowded and sun was burning us alive! We got in line for <strong>Mantis</strong> and that is when we started to feel miserable! Sarah both felt exhausted and were ready to be done with this day. Mantis took more than an hour to get on and was the longest line of the day. I thought it was a great coaster and I especialy liked the twisted layout during the second half of the ride. Sarah thought the coaster vibrated too much and it reminder her of Scream! I thought it was a great Stand-Up coaster that offers a more twisted layout compared to Riddler's Revenge and Chang.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZAD7HfeEzM1x1l_cg7wMlbzDwl5itGf31CbYRIRLYXS8w1RtvV7_ow4pXB6t0HdoKVWYxU80WTzp0iRa13V99jjAzXHhT3ITBg6qDlJ6ZfXJp1Nh5iMddxW3q9872TVtqPvUcoEqkhj0/s1600-h/IMG_5010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505939928245810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZAD7HfeEzM1x1l_cg7wMlbzDwl5itGf31CbYRIRLYXS8w1RtvV7_ow4pXB6t0HdoKVWYxU80WTzp0iRa13V99jjAzXHhT3ITBg6qDlJ6ZfXJp1Nh5iMddxW3q9872TVtqPvUcoEqkhj0/s320/IMG_5010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe3QFwdMKMbqcTO5oXJ48x6apB9E307NgAirG_JFsnLW6vtlCdgPuThq5Oe53yyUrQhu1OtYAzdEIaYHVRxcsttwqG-0I_N8RNT_gJmTZLkLTsonyhzyhtNF51DXDtIvi71a32vtqf5Xu/s1600-h/IMG_5038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505931016459842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe3QFwdMKMbqcTO5oXJ48x6apB9E307NgAirG_JFsnLW6vtlCdgPuThq5Oe53yyUrQhu1OtYAzdEIaYHVRxcsttwqG-0I_N8RNT_gJmTZLkLTsonyhzyhtNF51DXDtIvi71a32vtqf5Xu/s320/IMG_5038.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JVFp-36EvGWAQJwTIJPisgCou1TdJDrPuRkA2glg33XMWRB7OVehkeR9n2_IassEgrpS59qpMD4bwekpuZONY5lkqow-IbuxAcbspvDoiNitK6NeabZU80vQkACMN2PUtPapZU_8_N8k/s1600-h/IMG_5012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505923705731842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JVFp-36EvGWAQJwTIJPisgCou1TdJDrPuRkA2glg33XMWRB7OVehkeR9n2_IassEgrpS59qpMD4bwekpuZONY5lkqow-IbuxAcbspvDoiNitK6NeabZU80vQkACMN2PUtPapZU_8_N8k/s320/IMG_5012.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hcoGW264ruoaQkw1OP7W3qUed0kdlGQ9ZbHqdKEMSOmUX4Y41cAsl8pL6MrIpZBXfveNLBLYvitEdFlfb-u_HgXHB_TnEt101G5j5EiXGFeHDx2tV03GChnNBICv3rsyjcVXU7a-3ier/s1600-h/IMG_5003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505919628160018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hcoGW264ruoaQkw1OP7W3qUed0kdlGQ9ZbHqdKEMSOmUX4Y41cAsl8pL6MrIpZBXfveNLBLYvitEdFlfb-u_HgXHB_TnEt101G5j5EiXGFeHDx2tV03GChnNBICv3rsyjcVXU7a-3ier/s320/IMG_5003.JPG" border="0" /></a> We needed a break from aggressive coasters so rode <strong>Iron Dragon</strong>. Definantly one of the slowest coasters I've ever been on! The layout actually looks okay, but the trains travels through it very slowly. It was a nice break that we greatly needed.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-R298hnkuN8b2zRVd24qTJsGtK9KUyFoviMDyPMUHqGNYJ_HlXehrMdtZhlS1G5QklV4qc1hXkm0yr91HRwvXz5nZhrL0v-fliJ25SnBPSqnFVoRyflSS0LpHn_9budiTo3JMb0OEOH5/s1600-h/IMG_4919.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505140138495890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-R298hnkuN8b2zRVd24qTJsGtK9KUyFoviMDyPMUHqGNYJ_HlXehrMdtZhlS1G5QklV4qc1hXkm0yr91HRwvXz5nZhrL0v-fliJ25SnBPSqnFVoRyflSS0LpHn_9budiTo3JMb0OEOH5/s320/IMG_4919.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzP-PonyXWW3vDHxwx0Xm5HRWcwTkwVp6hPhOMu6HLzG2PVlbtYPpR_XC3mPL0pATlOxEJhNEqEAWHDWsEh6LFNnHfNUL4PJtS4zzWhFOVeVZl8VCvmj8UElwYMmj0CnpBoFw0BE_970Y/s1600-h/IMG_5046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505133362998610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzP-PonyXWW3vDHxwx0Xm5HRWcwTkwVp6hPhOMu6HLzG2PVlbtYPpR_XC3mPL0pATlOxEJhNEqEAWHDWsEh6LFNnHfNUL4PJtS4zzWhFOVeVZl8VCvmj8UElwYMmj0CnpBoFw0BE_970Y/s320/IMG_5046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqE4XWNkMGOtjebzqW4_qSc-NN1bKlGVTvuSG1NVyy_Vnw2udQTfLUkff26d95QC7KjNl8U9LHAjvDBCe80IsfamURqyYObnk-IzTUKCcHzML7qLxbwhPt36bDCOpDOdailPyB5xxfVzk/s1600-h/IMG_4903.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346505132296651170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqE4XWNkMGOtjebzqW4_qSc-NN1bKlGVTvuSG1NVyy_Vnw2udQTfLUkff26d95QC7KjNl8U9LHAjvDBCe80IsfamURqyYObnk-IzTUKCcHzML7qLxbwhPt36bDCOpDOdailPyB5xxfVzk/s320/IMG_4903.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we got in line for <strong>Wildcat</strong>. I told Sarah to expect good things from this ride, and we weren't dissappointed! Wildcat is a little scary because it has an "unsafe" look to it, but it is a total blast! The drops are all steeper than expected, the ride is really smooth, and the helix is a little intense!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixegBWjXzBk-6W3RADwEtrm7-4bSR6GnhUWJM9AMXUZdYTSYmBJVLUa0Srqj0LNowVTQzitGDzXOThNvNwuSCZNGjBZNNOeQQR3klkM0d9AZkIUsppj4zmZ8UPbJqKRzfFm7XIxSbQZPN/s1600-h/IMG_5055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346507798084924754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixegBWjXzBk-6W3RADwEtrm7-4bSR6GnhUWJM9AMXUZdYTSYmBJVLUa0Srqj0LNowVTQzitGDzXOThNvNwuSCZNGjBZNNOeQQR3klkM0d9AZkIUsppj4zmZ8UPbJqKRzfFm7XIxSbQZPN/s320/IMG_5055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17QqjG1Cp7dFZtdXgOKJdrTsvkq122VrWtCLsv9XUFCT_k2mah1MGRlPm7yr1XmfpjQdPCH2-p1kJ4DHmvCVl8o-NMh7Xgh7clnzZKW7BtEg5tOHcql9vMH3AUTqw6VGaZMdh-m_YX3nI/s1600-h/IMG_5054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346507791614264274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17QqjG1Cp7dFZtdXgOKJdrTsvkq122VrWtCLsv9XUFCT_k2mah1MGRlPm7yr1XmfpjQdPCH2-p1kJ4DHmvCVl8o-NMh7Xgh7clnzZKW7BtEg5tOHcql9vMH3AUTqw6VGaZMdh-m_YX3nI/s320/IMG_5054.JPG" border="0" /></a> Moving on even though we just wanted to crash we headed over to <strong>Blue Streak</strong>. Definitly a much better ride than Mean Streak! The ride had a great amount of airtime on all the hills! I thought the ride was a bit too violent, but Sarah thought it was totally fun! It might have something to do with me sitting on the right side of the train. Sarah got force on to me during the turn around while I was pressed up against the side of the car! Blue Streak was fun, but so far I wasn't too impressed with Ohio Wooden Coasters.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbQqUcMQTui0-CqTwfI6mmWkxIaRmTGpaRCPtpUDUmZMjNWvspCLHfrFHcJoims_LDE962A4RFiqxyz4MlivmkyFiFXLiCiVW3sAW6HF__PGPlJb8yJBcdDNA07v0f8dbEje7OoZ5EeTq/s1600-h/IMG_5061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346510176175405298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbQqUcMQTui0-CqTwfI6mmWkxIaRmTGpaRCPtpUDUmZMjNWvspCLHfrFHcJoims_LDE962A4RFiqxyz4MlivmkyFiFXLiCiVW3sAW6HF__PGPlJb8yJBcdDNA07v0f8dbEje7OoZ5EeTq/s320/IMG_5061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4I31-BOuU8gSz3fmxmwamsOw7nV7sZFo0r3ENMIb5casMr3P2iyic-kKf7ZT28jcGr0e9S3D7zzCFpRFsHxjvNBQipNSg0YYzQ_B1fCadMfhZ1eadzPU30wjv72Yxlj4gYM-zpZFHzi5/s1600-h/IMG_5059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346510172733562818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4I31-BOuU8gSz3fmxmwamsOw7nV7sZFo0r3ENMIb5casMr3P2iyic-kKf7ZT28jcGr0e9S3D7zzCFpRFsHxjvNBQipNSg0YYzQ_B1fCadMfhZ1eadzPU30wjv72Yxlj4gYM-zpZFHzi5/s320/IMG_5059.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwDW-hsWXqdiYf-rnt_V5z45vF1RohuWgbeufxHyJiTZOmD1fPaHEwkFu8qg-fXWzH0wjpTt4wnqFMcC5Zy1lzft7LWtTnQ2kGempL7izS4f2ANg6OXHguHZbxagfKorYzDFQVhTKZYtF/s1600-h/IMG_4697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346510166551621778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwDW-hsWXqdiYf-rnt_V5z45vF1RohuWgbeufxHyJiTZOmD1fPaHEwkFu8qg-fXWzH0wjpTt4wnqFMcC5Zy1lzft7LWtTnQ2kGempL7izS4f2ANg6OXHguHZbxagfKorYzDFQVhTKZYtF/s320/IMG_4697.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaOSyQheURElCSqyE98geIZuXHBRmLARBZYFee3qtg4z5SIHLDotMUo4UL26FAHlC-3bYph-yA_dYfyKqEjuue8edNHZkSMkE_O80vXpmPcfnT5kAyBDT8JpWePDLOHGJFJMunxCOx_R6/s1600-h/IMG_5070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346510162555030274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRaOSyQheURElCSqyE98geIZuXHBRmLARBZYFee3qtg4z5SIHLDotMUo4UL26FAHlC-3bYph-yA_dYfyKqEjuue8edNHZkSMkE_O80vXpmPcfnT5kAyBDT8JpWePDLOHGJFJMunxCOx_R6/s320/IMG_5070.JPG" border="0" /></a> Finally the last ride of the day, <strong>Raptor</strong>. I'm glad we saved it for last because the line was shortest at this time in the day. I wasn't shocked that the two B&M coasters in the park had the longest lines! Raptor was very hard to wait for, my legs just didn't want to be stood on any more, and my eyes wanted to shut. I'm glad we waited though because the ride was really good! It was exciting, intense, forceful, and pretty long! I still think I prefer the intensity of Batman The Ride, but this coaster definantly kicked Silver Bullet's butt! Raptor was one of my favorite rides at Cedar Point, and a good coaster to end the day with.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJHdPE20UPCXb3Pp_8Dn_s_0VVZGnp0p6cpk9gpHv5VgSwvgccCCb_wwXQw1POKS7jAuQGkUiDcngewLYBZmYc6HWd3hW2Aw56nSKsfM4zPNnJPGlqVfeHx2uBsZitkv2BiGBsCZFuUw-/s1600-h/IMG_5068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346512690022793858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrJHdPE20UPCXb3Pp_8Dn_s_0VVZGnp0p6cpk9gpHv5VgSwvgccCCb_wwXQw1POKS7jAuQGkUiDcngewLYBZmYc6HWd3hW2Aw56nSKsfM4zPNnJPGlqVfeHx2uBsZitkv2BiGBsCZFuUw-/s320/IMG_5068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ooxvy6rmLvKBH4S0ICeZnwNk4ICxsigriIQHBxorN2AWx38kYqNeyQ07wFUl6Hmad2C7iEpo3J2jISWdyCL_OO3mT363O6behd9wdvv0aety_42AuwdgewMrmDFXa8A7kwRNGCypQwt6/s1600-h/IMG_4807.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346512678143806274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ooxvy6rmLvKBH4S0ICeZnwNk4ICxsigriIQHBxorN2AWx38kYqNeyQ07wFUl6Hmad2C7iEpo3J2jISWdyCL_OO3mT363O6behd9wdvv0aety_42AuwdgewMrmDFXa8A7kwRNGCypQwt6/s320/IMG_4807.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2awHq722q9GxXef48wqwLpW98PhYg9Zq-qr9Yr0MbdW3ysorRaQJq5mc0n89eXm_Iint9MNFoXWZvD_967yTrzPtyDmeYKXHw2GyVNw6KcmMIodbDKNpR9d3al70orkJlqCB0zg48AAt/s1600-h/IMG_4876.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346512673744339938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji2awHq722q9GxXef48wqwLpW98PhYg9Zq-qr9Yr0MbdW3ysorRaQJq5mc0n89eXm_Iint9MNFoXWZvD_967yTrzPtyDmeYKXHw2GyVNw6KcmMIodbDKNpR9d3al70orkJlqCB0zg48AAt/s320/IMG_4876.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8lFVh19dJrGU5Pu_yR29oMGBXAdWaPvaZYARYaSZwCf-xpIfeE_KQ-CEs_a5amMYYrAGUGyimOSKebyKHqLZPf-oKEQazWpm5CdHQjaCVBS75kPVnRUfI3TiYr61ZPdZOqDs0-EsF9uz/s1600-h/IMG_5081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346512685861203234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8lFVh19dJrGU5Pu_yR29oMGBXAdWaPvaZYARYaSZwCf-xpIfeE_KQ-CEs_a5amMYYrAGUGyimOSKebyKHqLZPf-oKEQazWpm5CdHQjaCVBS75kPVnRUfI3TiYr61ZPdZOqDs0-EsF9uz/s320/IMG_5081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee44ldH0UHncnO-sjZuENDSgQnZMzsQ2y_cB8BarmLzHkrExu0PRKaWn1veHz48z2x55hUfY2CMNInOEoZ365RnutcENpCvIboJgCT0dn66RMYdNRmguWrQq7RKrhRXi74ZY3iP14lx73/s1600-h/IMG_4875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346512667255216386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee44ldH0UHncnO-sjZuENDSgQnZMzsQ2y_cB8BarmLzHkrExu0PRKaWn1veHz48z2x55hUfY2CMNInOEoZ365RnutcENpCvIboJgCT0dn66RMYdNRmguWrQq7RKrhRXi74ZY3iP14lx73/s320/IMG_4875.JPG" border="0" /></a> I thought Cedar Point was a great park with a pretty good coaster collection. I thought the park was in a great location and it was cool to see water all around the park. I thought the park had pretty gardens especially a long the Midway. I didn't like how some of the buildings, rides, and theme had this outdated look. There were a lot of signs, buildings, and benches that needed a new look or new paint.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbqyGUJiryD5MqQkiN0fh6oxqZhZp7UfozW_Gp0YpoQwlyO6dfJDXg4nFjpiK8LZ8oeifG2ScFLnHUCSdEKl_zT5soW-WWc2fHfTQXkti8SlHqA9vcrqZkN4n-Mrqwjm6uo02b8EUAmcz/s1600-h/IMG_4748.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346513720284353170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbqyGUJiryD5MqQkiN0fh6oxqZhZp7UfozW_Gp0YpoQwlyO6dfJDXg4nFjpiK8LZ8oeifG2ScFLnHUCSdEKl_zT5soW-WWc2fHfTQXkti8SlHqA9vcrqZkN4n-Mrqwjm6uo02b8EUAmcz/s320/IMG_4748.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnefmAdYmsSQxnFRymh0T8wo2AS4w-In-uXjC7ZN3IZo5FhEzlXRjywBAdDRCv4wWw9a3aXQfRiOFZiBfqLm0FTUsAVoIyfv8LzoZE2DDcv4AHsYriFgMhJXFjjyDcg7LYrYrWsSwqFm-/s1600-h/IMG_4747.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346513708646435394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnefmAdYmsSQxnFRymh0T8wo2AS4w-In-uXjC7ZN3IZo5FhEzlXRjywBAdDRCv4wWw9a3aXQfRiOFZiBfqLm0FTUsAVoIyfv8LzoZE2DDcv4AHsYriFgMhJXFjjyDcg7LYrYrWsSwqFm-/s320/IMG_4747.JPG" border="0" /></a> I definitly prefer Six Flags Magic Mountain over Cedar Point because I think they have a better coaster collection in almost all categories! We did have a great time at Cedar Point and hope to visit it again sometime in the next few years! Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />16. Mean Streak<br />15. Cedar Creek Mine Ride<br />14. Sky Ride<br />13. Iron Dragon<br />12. Blue Streak<br />11. Corkscrew<br />10. Wildcat<br />09. Disaster Transport<br />08. Gemini<br />07. Mantis<br />06. Wicked Twister<br />05. Millennium Force<br />04. Raptor<br />03. Top Thrill Dragster<br />02. Magnum XL-200<br />01. Maverick<br /><br />Found Coins: 2 PenniesCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-15895097458274891332009-06-08T09:57:00.003-07:002009-06-12T08:20:40.602-07:00The Big "O" Vacation Part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9HGg0rAvnVxLRjkOnH45UOs2yZ3pV0e1Btl6E8JUptXzAZ6cO6X7MIOstjQh7hH1fBgXQP-ePx-hP_5LEYNf-8jUY6eYs7Kpo4WqteoTTJZ2uF6fsTNdCWM7196rA0Mv89ckW0LCQvn3/s1600-h/IMG_4675.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345025418495864834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9HGg0rAvnVxLRjkOnH45UOs2yZ3pV0e1Btl6E8JUptXzAZ6cO6X7MIOstjQh7hH1fBgXQP-ePx-hP_5LEYNf-8jUY6eYs7Kpo4WqteoTTJZ2uF6fsTNdCWM7196rA0Mv89ckW0LCQvn3/s320/IMG_4675.JPG" border="0" /></a>Thursday - June 4th<br /><br />A totally boring and long day of flying from San Diego to Columbus.<br /><br />Part 2 - Boring Day Of Flying<br /><br />We got up a little early and started packing for our trip. I even made a checklist so we didn't forget anything! We drove over to my parents' house where my Mom was waiting to take us to the airport.<br /><br />Continental made our travel pleasant, the staff was very helpful and friendly. On our flight from San Diego to Houston we had a nice turkey sandwich meal and got to watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop. The movie wasn't really that good. It was funny, but the story was really lame.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhSNlKjpjYp6fgiamDZ6lWRQATyrSvT9CtZtuFHIqC2Wzj-sTKTpRW1yGDj6KDYFFsF5MUXBEYlmXr7JhC4kLesEmpm5gTc9W_4o0FooO9w74CnPbIRR2bGevBi55Q63jHfk2IQh0Ywg8/s1600-h/IMG_4671.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345027359922942066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhSNlKjpjYp6fgiamDZ6lWRQATyrSvT9CtZtuFHIqC2Wzj-sTKTpRW1yGDj6KDYFFsF5MUXBEYlmXr7JhC4kLesEmpm5gTc9W_4o0FooO9w74CnPbIRR2bGevBi55Q63jHfk2IQh0Ywg8/s320/IMG_4671.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkhti2G7g16IJnsMLNZh-5rDG3UsZwW50y-DZOn0kW6rXZJlFli3O4R74IkVyJ633hFWOVz6O4Aju7VxZ5GpHFK-mTygOxE6iKKNBvBDPbHVoAkH2hQT5mSSvco2gofwJcYRWEUT31FAc/s1600-h/IMG_4665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345027353985485906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkhti2G7g16IJnsMLNZh-5rDG3UsZwW50y-DZOn0kW6rXZJlFli3O4R74IkVyJ633hFWOVz6O4Aju7VxZ5GpHFK-mTygOxE6iKKNBvBDPbHVoAkH2hQT5mSSvco2gofwJcYRWEUT31FAc/s320/IMG_4665.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Houston airport was pretty big, it even had a Bass Pro Shop inside! Of coarse they have plenty of Texas (Pride) T-Shirts too!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83wCV4W87KPjsiE0UAZ15H_6dVlO5EtrYZdJ2m8tcKE0IRCr2s9YlT53WVheQmSH30SfjkfgXyTzDooJ77hUfbOAlHbV7JUhTmw2IPMHcWqp6pl4HZuznIFra3h3KBITijVzb7UTeIoCW/s1600-h/IMG_4679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345027995197640450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83wCV4W87KPjsiE0UAZ15H_6dVlO5EtrYZdJ2m8tcKE0IRCr2s9YlT53WVheQmSH30SfjkfgXyTzDooJ77hUfbOAlHbV7JUhTmw2IPMHcWqp6pl4HZuznIFra3h3KBITijVzb7UTeIoCW/s320/IMG_4679.JPG" border="0" /></a>Nobody seemed to like walking either so we kept seeing little shuttle carts drive by every couple seconds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OYejCI34iEtqhoMeAiuPfxm-OmDfrlNd7sMSPwUTUwwHyvHgAiTc0CZ0mW72_WfoR0HPv79LjmJVHQTAUl9vkeWmMxR-iD9ItvfeItmTszRiQaDGYw5Usd65ozZgWub74wvEwqM2M9mb/s1600-h/IMG_4680.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345028260599959154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OYejCI34iEtqhoMeAiuPfxm-OmDfrlNd7sMSPwUTUwwHyvHgAiTc0CZ0mW72_WfoR0HPv79LjmJVHQTAUl9vkeWmMxR-iD9ItvfeItmTszRiQaDGYw5Usd65ozZgWub74wvEwqM2M9mb/s320/IMG_4680.JPG" border="0" /></a>Our flight from Houston to Columbus was hard! We were both really tired, but I can't get comfortable enough to sleep on a plane. When we arrived to Columbus we headed straight to the Budget Rental Car booth. I was a little disappointing that we ended up with a Ford Escape. I was supposed to have a compact vehicle reserved for me, but I ended up with an SUV. Though it was small I still wanted something with better gas mileage. We had a short drive to our hotel in Reynoldsburg, and when we arrived there we people standing outside on their phones and one guy was urinating on the sidewalk. The Days Inn was cheap, but not very nice! We got to our room around midnight and I struggled all night to fall asleep. There was a bar inside the hotel and some people were outside the building or outside our room. I think I got close to 2 hours of sleep that night! Not a very good start for Cedar Point the next day.Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-88702377225292388262009-06-08T09:57:00.001-07:002009-06-12T08:11:10.109-07:00The Big "O" Vacation Part 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFN_jKkPb8wF97stM5b52b9s1cG2hxireoygT7SB2rk1pz7942UbcvPXR2KVr14rp4MMrA9V6Hq9EpAL5G9V5d21i-_cnKZFBFCVTeqw06GL8kPALJzm16KlmR1Qt7ikY25gPJqunk9Ez8/s1600-h/IMG_4646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345009353180144626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFN_jKkPb8wF97stM5b52b9s1cG2hxireoygT7SB2rk1pz7942UbcvPXR2KVr14rp4MMrA9V6Hq9EpAL5G9V5d21i-_cnKZFBFCVTeqw06GL8kPALJzm16KlmR1Qt7ikY25gPJqunk9Ez8/s320/IMG_4646.JPG" border="0" /></a>Wednesday - June 3rd<br /><br />I know this is my Coaster Blog and it should be just about rollercoasters but I'm posting everything we did in the Big "O" Vacation.<br /><br />Part 1 - <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Offspring</span><br /><br />Vacation official began when Sarah got home from work and we started to get ready for the show. Usually I wouldn't care to see the opening acts, but we have no Internet or television at home so we left for the event early.<br /><br />We found our seats just as the opening act began to play. The <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Street Dogs</span> were surprisingly really fun to watch, they had a great stage presence and some good songs too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF3h2JPAFcIEvHYFx5ZhWvSaRCtz5mUNaue5O1GhzHbAjegeHKhyGq1L7OJdLNgmiINvXQgzdSXuN-MRhB5R508yLfV07NvW_9e8D9WT-SThfV2wCNOfEzd6WKtEteI4QjHv1zenILzOy/s1600-h/IMG_4518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346448032130600434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvF3h2JPAFcIEvHYFx5ZhWvSaRCtz5mUNaue5O1GhzHbAjegeHKhyGq1L7OJdLNgmiINvXQgzdSXuN-MRhB5R508yLfV07NvW_9e8D9WT-SThfV2wCNOfEzd6WKtEteI4QjHv1zenILzOy/s320/IMG_4518.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhGZ6yJt2gsLhPk692ubbeCp6oI61oPP51V52zvfUkkiykTZJeteNCkZf2FxayMdAf_zT0iv6RoV4jHP1L4yaRmkHGiA2ItxGuWrbFlR5Pg4ujK9OSlaTUafPbWQjwmmug5tfGWpV4Jf4/s1600-h/IMG_4504.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346448026995627666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhGZ6yJt2gsLhPk692ubbeCp6oI61oPP51V52zvfUkkiykTZJeteNCkZf2FxayMdAf_zT0iv6RoV4jHP1L4yaRmkHGiA2ItxGuWrbFlR5Pg4ujK9OSlaTUafPbWQjwmmug5tfGWpV4Jf4/s320/IMG_4504.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6Jivmu0H-prjpkpVKyo76LmuAY17Lu9pJpm-tzLsIsAfnW-VUB8l40kmNEPzXRQYNfmD56E2FbdvKhG8tdDWVzYtQefp5AGiKcnWG_8avnjCc7d84jBCiFrT_yABtrqwgXrJoxTv0ggU/s1600-h/IMG_4509.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346448023778013746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6Jivmu0H-prjpkpVKyo76LmuAY17Lu9pJpm-tzLsIsAfnW-VUB8l40kmNEPzXRQYNfmD56E2FbdvKhG8tdDWVzYtQefp5AGiKcnWG_8avnjCc7d84jBCiFrT_yABtrqwgXrJoxTv0ggU/s320/IMG_4509.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBqKdkhwLlkhzluVl4oHk2NClZNqEa0eE-7C4vnwJImE5OtQw4Ta6Y8eerSP0bYgMWCyojHeEF6N8l6vTzXgtqadtw2LVDpgMjqYtiUSWWTrHQ87K65RO1NkIenrFhwWLy7I6nrI9h6t0/s1600-h/IMG_4508.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346448018239040418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiBqKdkhwLlkhzluVl4oHk2NClZNqEa0eE-7C4vnwJImE5OtQw4Ta6Y8eerSP0bYgMWCyojHeEF6N8l6vTzXgtqadtw2LVDpgMjqYtiUSWWTrHQ87K65RO1NkIenrFhwWLy7I6nrI9h6t0/s320/IMG_4508.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImpx3bNe3yVlCIGiHrvM27KzMi9R3kqbxaTluRGiVtPqCmp9OG_AyGWQVIamzJPThKj_0Wi1m6EXWb7zdbf5wzKcQbOeKwtSBeff3FtW_HOVJSo8_73o4v9iLAArxQq_gN9g5wE3Iznf-/s1600-h/IMG_4499.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346448015246495474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjImpx3bNe3yVlCIGiHrvM27KzMi9R3kqbxaTluRGiVtPqCmp9OG_AyGWQVIamzJPThKj_0Wi1m6EXWb7zdbf5wzKcQbOeKwtSBeff3FtW_HOVJSo8_73o4v9iLAArxQq_gN9g5wE3Iznf-/s320/IMG_4499.JPG" border="0" /></a>The next act didn't impress us much. The <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Akaline Trio</span> had almost no stage presence and some of the songs were really boring. Some songs were sung by the bass player and I didn't like his voice at all. The only good thing up on stage was the drummer. I thought he was really talented and probably the best drummer on the night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrtkYkZYxnVKolXRNuH5T0JYWzZySuce5_xw54PzexoemLLBHF880b4UTYNrMwMyxExrylHsQ06xoh2NmQ1Sf_jUzfuD3mJiRnfDBRYvcywzLVvfbr9hGPUQYtANQXwUuhl6b6wNcLaDi/s1600-h/IMG_4528.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345011940126863378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrtkYkZYxnVKolXRNuH5T0JYWzZySuce5_xw54PzexoemLLBHF880b4UTYNrMwMyxExrylHsQ06xoh2NmQ1Sf_jUzfuD3mJiRnfDBRYvcywzLVvfbr9hGPUQYtANQXwUuhl6b6wNcLaDi/s320/IMG_4528.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNOJflP0Ik82EC6cF7xs9xTs5Ze0-k_1xO-ECQH4b4_zdIPToBxjZLhbYtZpv8lSjxE2Dw30WzY6pHACgzhSd4_z1b2pUP8Yb9jjDrwjiTAcWR2O0oGEBARx0O__sGmp0NB75Zk-hhIqx/s1600-h/IMG_4529.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345011931857352658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNOJflP0Ik82EC6cF7xs9xTs5Ze0-k_1xO-ECQH4b4_zdIPToBxjZLhbYtZpv8lSjxE2Dw30WzY6pHACgzhSd4_z1b2pUP8Yb9jjDrwjiTAcWR2O0oGEBARx0O__sGmp0NB75Zk-hhIqx/s320/IMG_4529.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmZLv88CZ9YJmHFmefb4NBckckW4ckdFiltjuLi_Vz-jfYW44i8ay9DRGyr-QYEMy5KA7g_pQCybfmS8p0m0SRjzlyQqauoEZf6HfWlkx2XoNUAJepbiWoVCtZ1_R3rhfm9hySqAI4u14/s1600-h/IMG_4525.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345011927212017330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmZLv88CZ9YJmHFmefb4NBckckW4ckdFiltjuLi_Vz-jfYW44i8ay9DRGyr-QYEMy5KA7g_pQCybfmS8p0m0SRjzlyQqauoEZf6HfWlkx2XoNUAJepbiWoVCtZ1_R3rhfm9hySqAI4u14/s320/IMG_4525.JPG" border="0" /></a>Now it was time for what we came to see... Sarah's favorite band, <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Offspring</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaXfLXPIt_Tq6xxSBMII24SLdsalRJpnH0GjRLX7RwJZBzY-UUsSHB89jOa-zQmWj2DxDngkkj3ojEZkg0c1LamgJx_EQy0s8C9An-klLugEpWXkef92XgkJ2sE_e3aD9PNNRQudyHXfB/s1600-h/IMG_4519.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345016906851230818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaXfLXPIt_Tq6xxSBMII24SLdsalRJpnH0GjRLX7RwJZBzY-UUsSHB89jOa-zQmWj2DxDngkkj3ojEZkg0c1LamgJx_EQy0s8C9An-klLugEpWXkef92XgkJ2sE_e3aD9PNNRQudyHXfB/s320/IMG_4519.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Offspring didn't really have a great opening for the show, but just to see the band live was exciting enough! They had an incredible stage presence, great lighting and backgrounds, they sounded great! One of the best live shows I've ever seen. They played 20 songs and even played my favorite song from them, <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Have You Ever</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEHurNLhwrKR73MZ0Re3LSlW98VFcXpxyDV4oXLhPKpZLf5sX2vRJOn0iQ8Aa8SS-DB_4aq_Ip4SR1pYMuYl8_pXMFyStXv74pTwrkzUX18-8D6Ens_49o63qmipV68omI4hLhXmYDZaQ/s1600-h/5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346456033989626370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEHurNLhwrKR73MZ0Re3LSlW98VFcXpxyDV4oXLhPKpZLf5sX2vRJOn0iQ8Aa8SS-DB_4aq_Ip4SR1pYMuYl8_pXMFyStXv74pTwrkzUX18-8D6Ens_49o63qmipV68omI4hLhXmYDZaQ/s320/5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREgcpIPm9fquLryD3t2DUQ6Wchpq0DL5P1roMh-ZeOoFAW-2jfWOKpNTUwkQfdU8zMq_G9LeQPgxzQw77WfLA-4l1UNNfJwAoa1BLc2I0YTjfDG5yCbniHvrdDGF-4nZ1DG_T07vjhn-r/s1600-h/4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346456029378638978" style="DISPLAY: block; 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They played a great set with a good mix of new songs and old songs.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">01. Stuff Is Messed Up<br />02. Bad Habit<br />03. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid<br />04. Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)<br />05. Have You Ever<br />06. Staring At The Sun<br />07. Half-Truism<br />08. Gone Away<br />09. Fix You<br />10. Gotta Get Away<br />11. Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?<br />12. Why Don't You Get A Job?<br />13. Americana<br />14. All I Want<br />15. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)<br />16. (Can't Get My) Head Around You<br />17. The Kids Aren't Alright<br /><br />18. Hammerhead<br />19. Want You Bad<br />20. Self-Esteem</span><br /><br />After the show we bought a bootleg (probably) T-shirts from a guy outside the venue because shirts at the booth were $35! I bought Sarah a shirt she liked that was only $10 :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhirQmXd7hcI63Ji3FmDLQ4K_bMw8Gd57yh7pHQ9ndUBxCcQvL1K6F326Kpigcayr4NyogCPSdo87CqNAwDpiWAUoaPLrZ3wqRggTYLXAAvJW6q_KxQV8-Z1RVuoDiGQ38IASgWI11qpu/s1600-h/IMG_4657.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345023080538413330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhirQmXd7hcI63Ji3FmDLQ4K_bMw8Gd57yh7pHQ9ndUBxCcQvL1K6F326Kpigcayr4NyogCPSdo87CqNAwDpiWAUoaPLrZ3wqRggTYLXAAvJW6q_KxQV8-Z1RVuoDiGQ38IASgWI11qpu/s320/IMG_4657.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKGHuyuAWQRW_LHEduZiZVDfmVU_Ntm0HG6fNH7iIJy05Rp58j8FHqgciENGCqsmu1_K5vVzVITBgRAlmQfxcTVOVY75xiIja6igeI5AlnE6bCO-oOTCF25nMpAI4TtO8lGdwsHlxoNrQ/s1600-h/IMG_4660.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345023077159375154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKGHuyuAWQRW_LHEduZiZVDfmVU_Ntm0HG6fNH7iIJy05Rp58j8FHqgciENGCqsmu1_K5vVzVITBgRAlmQfxcTVOVY75xiIja6igeI5AlnE6bCO-oOTCF25nMpAI4TtO8lGdwsHlxoNrQ/s320/IMG_4660.JPG" border="0" /></a>Now it was time for bed because we had a long day of flying ahead! Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGbR8kQLxFFK6LblsEzapXYZphZJe8reljZLNM5c29L1SNXq2OHxU-19k5Zp1msYHvPvBhIzhFIeoKYjFUm9WDOTz-W8Ym7my-HOI69ktgTM50IrQ7v1Mh0Oc6Tnx_zkLbDryIyPSFb-/s1600-h/IMG_4511.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345024009554892610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpGbR8kQLxFFK6LblsEzapXYZphZJe8reljZLNM5c29L1SNXq2OHxU-19k5Zp1msYHvPvBhIzhFIeoKYjFUm9WDOTz-W8Ym7my-HOI69ktgTM50IrQ7v1Mh0Oc6Tnx_zkLbDryIyPSFb-/s320/IMG_4511.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div></div></div></div>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-49563214485865335102009-05-21T00:18:00.001-07:002009-05-23T09:20:31.260-07:00Terminator Salvation: The Ride<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBmF23Fwv_7Ro8WFvJ7UCfAnZR_7h4ILvagKzPEPIwKOikw3agBjpNfQH2QPHv9o_Y_c_1bYcMEpvzrSTdLa9KHoiQTgWIeeqGJuEaokQU8KS68Wy7BqL3zVZY6cRLgVMyJY1AIxLGEyU/s1600-h/IMG_4425.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqBmF23Fwv_7Ro8WFvJ7UCfAnZR_7h4ILvagKzPEPIwKOikw3agBjpNfQH2QPHv9o_Y_c_1bYcMEpvzrSTdLa9KHoiQTgWIeeqGJuEaokQU8KS68Wy7BqL3zVZY6cRLgVMyJY1AIxLGEyU/s320/IMG_4425.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338884235784543426" border="0" /></a>What a busy day! It started early with me packing up the car this morning with all our belongings. Then I had to drive down to San Diego to pick up the keys to our new place. I spent the next several hours packing and moving, trying to get as much done as I could in a limited time. My time was limited because I got an invitation for an event that I couldn't pass up! Last night a friend of mine on coaster-net.com & themeparkreview.com offered Sarah and I a chance to preview the all new Terminator Salvation: The Ride two days before it opens to the public! A radio station was giving away these special preview tickets for those who entered in on their website. My friend David and his parents all won tickets. The were nice enough to include Sarah and I as their guest. Sarah's boss let her leave work early and we were on the road before 2:30. Unfortunately traffic was terrible and we didn't get to the park until after 5:30! The event started at 6:00 when the park closed to the general public. We were worried that arriving so late to registration the line would be packed, but it actually only took a few minutes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_ECq0lx15v3kWF3nug5qmOBCKuzqNvnOwmuwv1O0FzCSmiI2IOzwdHY6mreDAN-luoTrIjp-BXapTh3onr61XL2-7C44wSVpLEJwzkajcaf7Cj0rVUFM4dJTQYbhoXnLw8j7V7woQB-I/s1600-h/IMG_4372.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_ECq0lx15v3kWF3nug5qmOBCKuzqNvnOwmuwv1O0FzCSmiI2IOzwdHY6mreDAN-luoTrIjp-BXapTh3onr61XL2-7C44wSVpLEJwzkajcaf7Cj0rVUFM4dJTQYbhoXnLw8j7V7woQB-I/s320/IMG_4372.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338889121359649298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizNIygN6Ivq2PyYWrqdSwpLVBnVK6wl-65W5E5Ukwl4Tc_1dQJjrQIYaqOQTDkCmjSUdIoWRWwHEJjnUvQpHJPFVLJp6DrQpGqhcxAsHhAzG6hri-5Qdtvi2ljmiqq0GNjbsIjAb34m0d/s1600-h/IMG_4369.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhizNIygN6Ivq2PyYWrqdSwpLVBnVK6wl-65W5E5Ukwl4Tc_1dQJjrQIYaqOQTDkCmjSUdIoWRWwHEJjnUvQpHJPFVLJp6DrQpGqhcxAsHhAzG6hri-5Qdtvi2ljmiqq0GNjbsIjAb34m0d/s320/IMG_4369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338889116547370514" border="0" /></a>The tickets were for park admission and the wrist band is what got you on the rides! It kind of felt like we were back at West Coast Bash! The T-Shirts helped too...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMoo4lFwLgve3FklZkITH5RpXUt0ImsqfAwu3I3pWy21yK4DwNhRO68_-7J_PszDAhyphenhyphenUoXdt7BQgE-l-kC1yWoTNhkzruBSpwKNpaAn4OgmwgkjpvEuPmiszIAxvl6J6ofNrW_8EG_WfR/s1600-h/IMG_4370.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMoo4lFwLgve3FklZkITH5RpXUt0ImsqfAwu3I3pWy21yK4DwNhRO68_-7J_PszDAhyphenhyphenUoXdt7BQgE-l-kC1yWoTNhkzruBSpwKNpaAn4OgmwgkjpvEuPmiszIAxvl6J6ofNrW_8EG_WfR/s320/IMG_4370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338889869085156610" border="0" /></a>Since so many Theme Park Review members won tickets Robb Alvey asked us to wear our site/event shirts to show our pride and to help identify each other. This was also a good time to buy a new shirt because Robb was selling them for only $5. I couldn't pass up the offer!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94ueQ_O4wwMnxk366qf-xJlpBghF-fBlFb2jUTJ8dz2-DSbFkDcDFE5eEAvlwSJ6GOYj7YIpTO1sZYXDxdhGKxQm3IezbR5ro_mSJaCLfhsNe3Sra7IU0f1Sm3ogF0hRrP6LYoLQ0_NQY/s1600-h/IMG_4482.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94ueQ_O4wwMnxk366qf-xJlpBghF-fBlFb2jUTJ8dz2-DSbFkDcDFE5eEAvlwSJ6GOYj7YIpTO1sZYXDxdhGKxQm3IezbR5ro_mSJaCLfhsNe3Sra7IU0f1Sm3ogF0hRrP6LYoLQ0_NQY/s320/IMG_4482.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338891009626274690" border="0" /></a>I met with him at the very short line for Terminator Salvation. We were all very shocked that the crowds were this low! We were expecting the place to be flooded with people. Luckily for us this meant more rides on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Terminator Salvation: The Ride</span>. The ride line is pretty neat looking, decorated with aged looking railings, barbwire, steel buildings, and vehicles used on the set of the actual movie!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0La7-knMT_OSV4ohZcN-kJw0NX12f573k6z4SpRdwtyhKX9NrOX_X2BdAjJuvOZDxVYppF34P2q6Ln8S_TiOjS6VlWsfF6rZKBcLi6hwvXs0VBolTLuUaB3h0xs7joHMf90YV5nDNALb/s1600-h/IMG_4409.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0La7-knMT_OSV4ohZcN-kJw0NX12f573k6z4SpRdwtyhKX9NrOX_X2BdAjJuvOZDxVYppF34P2q6Ln8S_TiOjS6VlWsfF6rZKBcLi6hwvXs0VBolTLuUaB3h0xs7joHMf90YV5nDNALb/s320/IMG_4409.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338893549283006690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh481hWJSdavqHBk8tmL_l40PzxBOaJDHH1ernUrGpdYl8P1sYiRUPMQcRYKEJXg_xgEYjodMvpq9bfrfJBC9uO1toUeUX-74R9uGhSJr88c6pzVVO5y2vLlNpDdeFaf-vM5WXipxEdhXfF/s1600-h/IMG_4379.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh481hWJSdavqHBk8tmL_l40PzxBOaJDHH1ernUrGpdYl8P1sYiRUPMQcRYKEJXg_xgEYjodMvpq9bfrfJBC9uO1toUeUX-74R9uGhSJr88c6pzVVO5y2vLlNpDdeFaf-vM5WXipxEdhXfF/s320/IMG_4379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338893544780527874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ00ucs4pmGRGKFeElcAKdanBDQ_sofczyeSWv1VXZBFS49I7nnAnPMRSJ_KcB74t8hh7IcskMu2qfbLfNTiFEW6QojjpfAebYIyGlDmZn-V_KVRvL0ZCWGzkKbctUOPU1qRHnDIHOd4J/s1600-h/IMG_4381.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ00ucs4pmGRGKFeElcAKdanBDQ_sofczyeSWv1VXZBFS49I7nnAnPMRSJ_KcB74t8hh7IcskMu2qfbLfNTiFEW6QojjpfAebYIyGlDmZn-V_KVRvL0ZCWGzkKbctUOPU1qRHnDIHOd4J/s320/IMG_4381.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338893542303399650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H09BGnrx8wAUmvIb3fpXjc5NQlh-S6NFaU7-dly6mwADGtQupL4So7IunIDJv-kX7ntk0lRBXY4h2l7NGrkMocczyCNmY9Ck2UOUtF0Ypmc4k_zJF8fqaDUmwSZDPSEG4QU-4KysHGwg/s1600-h/IMG_4377.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H09BGnrx8wAUmvIb3fpXjc5NQlh-S6NFaU7-dly6mwADGtQupL4So7IunIDJv-kX7ntk0lRBXY4h2l7NGrkMocczyCNmY9Ck2UOUtF0Ypmc4k_zJF8fqaDUmwSZDPSEG4QU-4KysHGwg/s320/IMG_4377.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338893536548935074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR6yAUondB30KM7Ezo65zGoin2bkSaDEKT1E08Y8sH5ZD9Sf6oOkole_zbO9LlbCqAdyaaaXYm2MXyVZ126S5iTytv06se9PDkqDNaG96dUlmXt3x_IhFGn9r68AL9vjgKt2N1Kmv9DHx/s1600-h/IMG_4374.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitR6yAUondB30KM7Ezo65zGoin2bkSaDEKT1E08Y8sH5ZD9Sf6oOkole_zbO9LlbCqAdyaaaXYm2MXyVZ126S5iTytv06se9PDkqDNaG96dUlmXt3x_IhFGn9r68AL9vjgKt2N1Kmv9DHx/s320/IMG_4374.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338893526914062146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_Vy1ehr7hKdCVpjAuf5fF4-IWE22yxGwyAh8JLxPkcVPapMwmzUzOfkCHOLIHT02EXfTD_6RNv4_BUU4eT0VO_vErRXzp2Ucf5rpVYuEbh7-gg15fp8-LE8sYdzx-Gr_9Ze1MdRu6x7f/s1600-h/IMG_4424.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_Vy1ehr7hKdCVpjAuf5fF4-IWE22yxGwyAh8JLxPkcVPapMwmzUzOfkCHOLIHT02EXfTD_6RNv4_BUU4eT0VO_vErRXzp2Ucf5rpVYuEbh7-gg15fp8-LE8sYdzx-Gr_9Ze1MdRu6x7f/s320/IMG_4424.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338899035344234482" border="0" /></a>After the line we entered a building and this is where the pre-show begins. The 1st room looks like some kind a bunker or base with radio and surveillance equipment and television monitors. It is very loud inside the building and it sounds like there is a war going on just outside. The pre-show begins with visual transmissions from a women in an unknown desert area. As the story moves along you find out she is at Six Flags Magic Mountain and the Terminator Machines are surrounding the place! Her mission is to protect a group of survivors (us) that are hiding out in an old Terminator factory.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9DGrnhKljfZmmQb1pMNDlIYILCE7SgqDF8dTdZ69QP10coXHc7nvZXHFPz78F1pZZuBc9Rimz7W0b3RkS1encPjeU7A69_2wzWFT3Uo_7MSrh8oY_TUVJ6tycRytjwk1A1VebEnf0KeW/s1600-h/IMG_4391.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9DGrnhKljfZmmQb1pMNDlIYILCE7SgqDF8dTdZ69QP10coXHc7nvZXHFPz78F1pZZuBc9Rimz7W0b3RkS1encPjeU7A69_2wzWFT3Uo_7MSrh8oY_TUVJ6tycRytjwk1A1VebEnf0KeW/s320/IMG_4391.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338902664964263906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQ4yRkJL5cnq7LAAOKmRwNKFGaZ0pAOZpzhM1fnsPDx3BqHFKjcWxnTHdIxbrFSce8sYnabaEypoqsS7aD4mqEpcUuszD00BXau5nxaAqzuPFpej6XB-NBFX-XTCTnGRtN-GSWIUOLGsi/s1600-h/IMG_4389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOZET8F4EHqvKpFUxlB0m0YASlVNHhMVtWU1xgyFYWMUL8y1Z7ZNddAzDWURA1UZOENPRwwk1T0EKlyMGWuLIBHMZ8mGT9_edmaxAlolC73nHsF1ChOrcIiPsD57jWCL0XFF1gVFhcatT/s320/IMG_4388.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338903300484657778" border="0" /></a>Though I'm not that impressed with the acting in the pre-show, I think it totally did the trick for building excitement for what's to come!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEyF8wT2_xqvSJs6fThajZHHRzXhec5q5y0-PuEdfgEHRowH0_jR8W6PmsvPCgJeJojR9NiYuRhVLKxS8xZec9WDKGaygKYY2BSiuQdABmBOC9TlpNvRoU5c5M0znZVzW22oaTGOuwzVe/s1600-h/IMG_4446.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEyF8wT2_xqvSJs6fThajZHHRzXhec5q5y0-PuEdfgEHRowH0_jR8W6PmsvPCgJeJojR9NiYuRhVLKxS8xZec9WDKGaygKYY2BSiuQdABmBOC9TlpNvRoU5c5M0znZVzW22oaTGOuwzVe/s320/IMG_4446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338906039147484610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3-5PlA-sg_A312EGm0h5CG-h1RWcifFnRwfJJbpo-9OV067Ge4Jxz4_gk_5JSC3POlu-k18u1nrlxOEmy3V3Nb8q9Z-V6_b1pffnPzgeUJBSLyzj6U0J2MoJ1Ab_BFVRhgZ_AakfSypT/s1600-h/IMG_4401.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4j6RzXYt0rQuWZQkikPgcARyCBDEhe8_Bfu95d8jUOT4MDAcFciW-bFMuP5-f2wLSCVo4OyzNULIRE4D-n0KyAYx6NxPoGqDXIjsXeEY8pqeiTisgLYcMAF9d1QutvHAZ6ow8bHSEZHB/s320/IMG_4447.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338906044531733122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZM8L5r3D5XOs73Y-Rjfeyzx2TwXdwGrA2q9hrDg2um5JBHyudOI4n3Qsk77fXdyBvxQHU2MIrrPHkmH7osPSPZD5O7FycCvriLpIu55JJZuz0BMnOaFaiL66QcrFMOwePZHEJJOSbQUrT/s1600-h/IMG_4397.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZM8L5r3D5XOs73Y-Rjfeyzx2TwXdwGrA2q9hrDg2um5JBHyudOI4n3Qsk77fXdyBvxQHU2MIrrPHkmH7osPSPZD5O7FycCvriLpIu55JJZuz0BMnOaFaiL66QcrFMOwePZHEJJOSbQUrT/s320/IMG_4397.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338906020836106082" border="0" /></a>The pre-show consist of 3 sections each adding to the story of the rollercoaster that awaits us. As the conflict gets out of hand it is important for us to escape using the "train" to get us out of this hot spot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxgUmNJ8zR5D5JKIWxnRKpa7yuKHcYAr59R9K4CBbwTAVvdEmGgekhb5d6erPqkISJbHYAl9haiUT0Cb8L1lYOXD_f6n51CCAdF2AXl65U7ijK4l6ywPYjdoM_EhT_q3qr0fgssu-ZEn1/s1600-h/IMG_4393.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxgUmNJ8zR5D5JKIWxnRKpa7yuKHcYAr59R9K4CBbwTAVvdEmGgekhb5d6erPqkISJbHYAl9haiUT0Cb8L1lYOXD_f6n51CCAdF2AXl65U7ijK4l6ywPYjdoM_EhT_q3qr0fgssu-ZEn1/s320/IMG_4393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338907261228484962" border="0" /></a>The station looks just like any generic station but with a section of track just above it. Just as you're standing there waiting to board, a train comes roaring through the station!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYHM7fEVel8Bia2-8hs8XWgI7g59y-4vfRcKa-KQ9NLnx93yTg_6sJ-_8-z36uo5N2s6go9fyDpzZtpixKxg31oItlr_rL97WGP-HYzhXksQSKSufxvDF2m10lXTa5_82zdhOt7sIQqGO/s1600-h/IMG_4404.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYHM7fEVel8Bia2-8hs8XWgI7g59y-4vfRcKa-KQ9NLnx93yTg_6sJ-_8-z36uo5N2s6go9fyDpzZtpixKxg31oItlr_rL97WGP-HYzhXksQSKSufxvDF2m10lXTa5_82zdhOt7sIQqGO/s320/IMG_4404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338909460794486498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuMR8wAVduDeGo9Y8tkKZYDmwGGOVInb5BC_jbfKOjS1v-rQEWwi7AfgBdfsvZ6slY26qL4j0w-F3kaIvITb9qV4BSjAEyl9fHuHC9GqXAVv3ooto79D9nt59_FqzgRX7P5S2oWqh9Agq/s1600-h/IMG_4411.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAuMR8wAVduDeGo9Y8tkKZYDmwGGOVInb5BC_jbfKOjS1v-rQEWwi7AfgBdfsvZ6slY26qL4j0w-F3kaIvITb9qV4BSjAEyl9fHuHC9GqXAVv3ooto79D9nt59_FqzgRX7P5S2oWqh9Agq/s320/IMG_4411.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338909458253227506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpB0de-9TpigADEZUwoq8X0EtHSpfkUdSfydyLQZ-X3gs-U6a029LaDoOjHGJN3OOqxokbc8YSE_etIkwS_bt8aXE5NAwK_JEz2aSDGC-HylZL47e321ODFyTUpC4QVm-lJPF8QkZL-mm/s1600-h/IMG_4403.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpB0de-9TpigADEZUwoq8X0EtHSpfkUdSfydyLQZ-X3gs-U6a029LaDoOjHGJN3OOqxokbc8YSE_etIkwS_bt8aXE5NAwK_JEz2aSDGC-HylZL47e321ODFyTUpC4QVm-lJPF8QkZL-mm/s320/IMG_4403.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338909452461343762" border="0" /></a>Trying to keep the excitement of the pre-show alive in the ride, mechanical type sounds and rhythm start playing from the on-ride audio on the train. The audio builds up the excitement while traveling up the lift hill. As you reach the top the "escape" begins. The ride is very quick and fast paced, rushing through lumber and twisted track! The ride changes direction and elevation quickly offering little bits of positive, negative and lateral G forces. 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I was really concerned about the ride being too short, and while yes it is a short ride, I think it packs a satisfying punch! After our first ride we jumped right back in-line and it started all over again. Although I was really impressed with the pre-show I really didn't want to see it on my second run. When we got to the station we were assigned to front row! So far it is my favorite seat on this coaster because it seems to pack more forces than in the middle. Another thing that makes the front seat greater than the others is the speaker position. The speakers up front are at a lower height than on the other cars making the audio a bit less "in your face."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAASNIVm2fz9Ctur7BxTGxCrl1MJcLzCoYLi-2XOZ5r9kOrQfApPzUKURR5iTsAagYrgSMvihlpWyHppy6ACYK8p4fl93zHCZe0oCcy4LCMyqZhKyfwW3PzdSojPuzUe1TpmAY7HZ8209i/s1600-h/IMG_4419.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAASNIVm2fz9Ctur7BxTGxCrl1MJcLzCoYLi-2XOZ5r9kOrQfApPzUKURR5iTsAagYrgSMvihlpWyHppy6ACYK8p4fl93zHCZe0oCcy4LCMyqZhKyfwW3PzdSojPuzUe1TpmAY7HZ8209i/s320/IMG_4419.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338927819677231554" border="0" /></a>After our second ride we didn't want to deal with the pre-show again. To keep the excitement going for us we attempted to get a ride on a coaster that Sarah and I have only been on once together! Back in 2007 when Sarah and I just started making regular trips to Six Flags Magic Mountain we got one great ride on my favorite coaster at the time <span style="font-weight: bold;">Déjà Vu</span>! Easily one of the most scariest rides in the park, my favorite seats were the outside seats in the very last row. Sarah and I have never been so afraid on a rollercoaster like we were then! Back then Déjà Vu was a must ride for me and I would never skip it on my visits to the park. Since Sarah and I have been together we have avoided the ride due to long lines and Sarah being afraid of the ride. My last ride on Déjà Vu was in October of 2007 with my buddy Joe. It was at that time I learned that there was a height cut off on the ride and I was too tall for it! I recently checked my height last week and for some reason I shrunk a bit! I'm now 75 and 3/4 inches, and quarter inch under the restriction.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9NcYWXV6Cnvcr6PYzuYpJBWq6yFadYvL5gOThYSYlJ9AYq6dpB1Y-nEFZLpGrQ5OMclVMxsVA6h6_YYyPqmrsu5TPtLpjiNanDFtrspioWiOqJECKQLC4jXgx8dywEMtl9oHhDHZXb86/s1600-h/IMG_4426.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9NcYWXV6Cnvcr6PYzuYpJBWq6yFadYvL5gOThYSYlJ9AYq6dpB1Y-nEFZLpGrQ5OMclVMxsVA6h6_YYyPqmrsu5TPtLpjiNanDFtrspioWiOqJECKQLC4jXgx8dywEMtl9oHhDHZXb86/s320/IMG_4426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338924830399685970" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbg4Qo36X5w_1e0h3g3WOLnwCzbXIx3u3ljLHv7E-KEIIX800BMnm238EnTn25vd0GFlGiIEFx7JJda4FaiMIPttvV3XPuVFrehzFo9tsSj9c0Fpr-sXdn9VjU9vGEaiFy4mWvze6w7fq/s1600-h/IMG_4429.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbg4Qo36X5w_1e0h3g3WOLnwCzbXIx3u3ljLHv7E-KEIIX800BMnm238EnTn25vd0GFlGiIEFx7JJda4FaiMIPttvV3XPuVFrehzFo9tsSj9c0Fpr-sXdn9VjU9vGEaiFy4mWvze6w7fq/s320/IMG_4429.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338924839331630498" border="0" /></a>As we walked through the line Sarah was way behind me trying to get out of riding it. I gave her a little bit of a guilt trip to get her on the ride. As we sat there waiting for the ride to start I could sense her fear so I tried to distract her. I told her we got to ride a brand new coaster and now an old favorite of mine, I'm now ready to get married. She smiled and seemed to lighten up. The ride was no where near as scary as we used to believe, but it still had it amazing forces and excitement, especially that backwards loop!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaobSDIHdZuLODwKdKTR2eO3IZPRsNzXfMPprCJ9uPyUeAeQ5sdcIaZbCuXmjTTVcIdwxdswnQL99xR8m3DdZ6NpeeV2MTwWW7H68bTNHjG_lIZftCMw7xjUt-a1ETaAEugy326XezptrR/s1600-h/IMG_4438.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaobSDIHdZuLODwKdKTR2eO3IZPRsNzXfMPprCJ9uPyUeAeQ5sdcIaZbCuXmjTTVcIdwxdswnQL99xR8m3DdZ6NpeeV2MTwWW7H68bTNHjG_lIZftCMw7xjUt-a1ETaAEugy326XezptrR/s320/IMG_4438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338926883990456258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkAryavywlxcv7UoVuNiPQTn4SISQYS77Ug4neB92psFx1vYvzSA-jdhDPcq1mpRmQFOKmE9VK4Oej1LBKx4eTCRVeHvBxgtNjaMSB-PVJDWEz2CBjRyeIYnATWXFKp_K2HVJMZcSOx-j/s1600-h/IMG_4430.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbkAryavywlxcv7UoVuNiPQTn4SISQYS77Ug4neB92psFx1vYvzSA-jdhDPcq1mpRmQFOKmE9VK4Oej1LBKx4eTCRVeHvBxgtNjaMSB-PVJDWEz2CBjRyeIYnATWXFKp_K2HVJMZcSOx-j/s320/IMG_4430.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338926877452219458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEJyNTSsP8NAjPiygjj863gnk8fFpIznLS_P90iEmQuIUb_0HjLyFwAk5HQ6jhW1KAuuJiWRM6tl1Mi98vWdccRhTYBTpwQRpS234z69dv1exJWf1j2KOOohO4ZH9XKMnWe02fou_nhUw/s1600-h/IMG_4437.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEJyNTSsP8NAjPiygjj863gnk8fFpIznLS_P90iEmQuIUb_0HjLyFwAk5HQ6jhW1KAuuJiWRM6tl1Mi98vWdccRhTYBTpwQRpS234z69dv1exJWf1j2KOOohO4ZH9XKMnWe02fou_nhUw/s320/IMG_4437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338926872153825970" border="0" /></a>After that Sarah was hungry for some Pizza so we headed over to the<span style="font-weight: bold;">Waterfront</span> for Papa John's Pizza. We ordered our food and I went to get out my Xtreme Play Pass for the discount and I realized my card is missing! The last time I used it was in April so I have no idea how long it's been missing. We sat down and ate our (paid too much) pizza while talking to David's parents about Ohio trips, Cedar Fair prices, and all things coasters, and some things not. The big birds collected up their little ones from their home in The Movie District to come beg us for food!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgKC-c16UM7kV7KqpFB5_J75kA5a0zLGrdX1HyeQzK2UdCUY3E3q8r0dAdrNSSw9O_yFy2n4gnFFn2xMiiwl18szMWTtpKDEaHrJPI1e6dRmN542kPFBGp6B-aNiLYCn53QTmvqY0E72-/s1600-h/IMG_4439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHgKC-c16UM7kV7KqpFB5_J75kA5a0zLGrdX1HyeQzK2UdCUY3E3q8r0dAdrNSSw9O_yFy2n4gnFFn2xMiiwl18szMWTtpKDEaHrJPI1e6dRmN542kPFBGp6B-aNiLYCn53QTmvqY0E72-/s320/IMG_4439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338935291160577010" border="0" /></a>We talked for a while but now it was time to ride again! We headed back to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Terminator Salvation: The Ride</span> for a night ride! We still would have like to skip the pre-show, but it sure beats just sitting in any regular line! We boarded near the middle of the train and got one exciting night ride in. The fire effect blasting out of the vehicle below totally lit up the area!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS1ggE_7Z1Jgyt4qVK3T-veHrCB-yWqMx-2IjU0RCpS70dX1k6NvKgi5jXUX8KpBF2OW2exnDVhqaI9jNrwCxED5lQkG2lowK1N_TeWEH5X8bz7xLt_kZt-5DeGDU0j_KPkiEnXka2v8k/s1600-h/IMG_4449.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS1ggE_7Z1Jgyt4qVK3T-veHrCB-yWqMx-2IjU0RCpS70dX1k6NvKgi5jXUX8KpBF2OW2exnDVhqaI9jNrwCxED5lQkG2lowK1N_TeWEH5X8bz7xLt_kZt-5DeGDU0j_KPkiEnXka2v8k/s320/IMG_4449.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338937373915801682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKysdoDxWRLs05Xv-iXSr2iQljRTtROfCmvw9y_D55L0HkF7XNWL-H9nnEfG-qC5hziz9tzcAqRZ3C4LdqpC46nNAf7kExLtxYyWmQfOAsckmEYjuxGiocVfvQo5k1oYDpKGcFnnBxOre/s1600-h/IMG_4448.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKysdoDxWRLs05Xv-iXSr2iQljRTtROfCmvw9y_D55L0HkF7XNWL-H9nnEfG-qC5hziz9tzcAqRZ3C4LdqpC46nNAf7kExLtxYyWmQfOAsckmEYjuxGiocVfvQo5k1oYDpKGcFnnBxOre/s320/IMG_4448.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338937372021520194" border="0" /></a>The audio was so loud on the train my ears ears rang for the rest of the night. Sarah also things she got a migraine from the audio level. We kept hearing that X2 was a walk on so we had to check it out and take advantage of it! When we got to the coaster we found out that it wasn't running and having troubles so we headed back up to <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tatsu</span>! Tatsu was about a two train wait but only because they were only operating one train. We waited for front to take advantage of the ultimate night ride!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ0KBeO_hQW-T9zNkxhebr8FlKSfrMOG8wGdWUzx2lPru7imPyCFWEoNHN21ozHr1y9s6BIYNn6gIPw67aOGJJoklGjgb0Wyz6p2Ji7MAO-Prgfpt6FK1TvkhxiLlp6DkoPIMyvBV8wQL/s1600-h/IMG_4455.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZ0KBeO_hQW-T9zNkxhebr8FlKSfrMOG8wGdWUzx2lPru7imPyCFWEoNHN21ozHr1y9s6BIYNn6gIPw67aOGJJoklGjgb0Wyz6p2Ji7MAO-Prgfpt6FK1TvkhxiLlp6DkoPIMyvBV8wQL/s320/IMG_4455.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338939611799620258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE_Rs73e0M8NQv-nOts1j5sMFFbb_ypJVh01f13pLXNIFheITidUcTHtngujJBfljQwnma0f_7B-VRQB-B6SmEdRXh5D_qI_MXM2pbr0ImdDj-u6V7GrwIerhmRGXMP8MJjXfif1YuGun/s1600-h/IMG_4454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE_Rs73e0M8NQv-nOts1j5sMFFbb_ypJVh01f13pLXNIFheITidUcTHtngujJBfljQwnma0f_7B-VRQB-B6SmEdRXh5D_qI_MXM2pbr0ImdDj-u6V7GrwIerhmRGXMP8MJjXfif1YuGun/s320/IMG_4454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338939609450116434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r6fTyYGuWFFrF6k9CO4ScBiu1fY2yz5fUag26o3axdui5g1ONjU3Oh90CgsvE0zMEPltRAw34Oa-XlIxyjZpyfJaFO6yr4EO6hNcdYGWrvZbZ_dm1BHQYSO1CQN-gaWTd6-ulSlsNLCa/s1600-h/IMG_4452.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r6fTyYGuWFFrF6k9CO4ScBiu1fY2yz5fUag26o3axdui5g1ONjU3Oh90CgsvE0zMEPltRAw34Oa-XlIxyjZpyfJaFO6yr4EO6hNcdYGWrvZbZ_dm1BHQYSO1CQN-gaWTd6-ulSlsNLCa/s320/IMG_4452.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338939603280327090" border="0" /></a>My favorite rides on Tatsu are always at night, and tonight was no exception. The ride was fast, forceful, and buttery smooth. After that Sarah's migraine started to kick in so we skipped a second Déjà Vu ride and headed to <span style="font-weight: bold;">X2</span> to end the night.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIsj71kOGS5D4IdsMB9Q4ikKm3mWvyEiuLTnZeLlzdkpGiR1Q4Y8zF63yH_CIE9R_KFS6GCz-qiHSsN9WUS5p1JnfN24uIIOFF9AH0CiLaspZujB9llT5By7LiLTURn4pHIjCyQ4azZHa/s1600-h/IMG_4450.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIsj71kOGS5D4IdsMB9Q4ikKm3mWvyEiuLTnZeLlzdkpGiR1Q4Y8zF63yH_CIE9R_KFS6GCz-qiHSsN9WUS5p1JnfN24uIIOFF9AH0CiLaspZujB9llT5By7LiLTURn4pHIjCyQ4azZHa/s320/IMG_4450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338941355026446114" border="0" /></a>The gate looked kind of haunting with no one present!<br /><br />X2 was still down but we decided to wait it out. I think we waited about 20 minutes before it started operating again. When we first got in the station there were a few groups waiting, but when it was go time there was only 6 people still waiting. Sarah was laying down on a bench in the station during the wait. When it was time to go, she told me to go alone. I rode <span style="font-weight: bold;">X2</span> near the front of the train on the inside seat (a first for me.) The ride was great, but I know it could be better, so my next ride was on the outside towards the middle of the train. Much more intense than in the front of the train, and more my style too. In between rides I would go to the bench and tell Sarah just one more time, and I would re-board the same train. My last ride on <span style="font-weight: bold;">X2</span> and for the night was as close as I could get to my favorite seat. I sat in the second to last row on the outside seat. It was by far the best X2 ride of the night. This was the first time I've been on X2 with the fog present during the ride. It defiantly adds some excitement to the ride, especially at the end of the Outside Raven Turn.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDV406PqxkK_rhDLrZcLVRzNg7XLZ7VV22YRRO5kR7K7ANqoFSBIEAgKBnt0yEjMRUCd2Xie_LQGlHxaZzCqEMHelLxSJToFmlhstQcLYrIAu28KzSMSj9FoqkKmh5OiofY01ReUqGdCq/s1600-h/IMG_4456.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbDV406PqxkK_rhDLrZcLVRzNg7XLZ7VV22YRRO5kR7K7ANqoFSBIEAgKBnt0yEjMRUCd2Xie_LQGlHxaZzCqEMHelLxSJToFmlhstQcLYrIAu28KzSMSj9FoqkKmh5OiofY01ReUqGdCq/s320/IMG_4456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338946409907945106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yyq6vizFXcAGaPuMCcOjixCuBKO4XujCKZfcQSHdI8K_f_qd5w3eRbkV3OSJDhUIswrkiWUV6BFvQOou0puIVIW26gIXXxgmrhOVfkUlv7QT6ryb2FD4lWCHEktr4fxOp8Hk6d7YL5k_/s1600-h/IMG_4461.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1yyq6vizFXcAGaPuMCcOjixCuBKO4XujCKZfcQSHdI8K_f_qd5w3eRbkV3OSJDhUIswrkiWUV6BFvQOou0puIVIW26gIXXxgmrhOVfkUlv7QT6ryb2FD4lWCHEktr4fxOp8Hk6d7YL5k_/s320/IMG_4461.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338946408581410866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8sjxcbiqTjWk_usipnHWpvQUaJVa_hEjfDzEbq-zkThmMBAKFdYiiOkW42mCd36N0WfgvBb407NZXRuqqu78z-gVI29NfM4agnn2l_X-uwwHBbauA4I9Hm_hEVgrYIicNTD4RcRbhFgM/s1600-h/IMG_4468.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8sjxcbiqTjWk_usipnHWpvQUaJVa_hEjfDzEbq-zkThmMBAKFdYiiOkW42mCd36N0WfgvBb407NZXRuqqu78z-gVI29NfM4agnn2l_X-uwwHBbauA4I9Hm_hEVgrYIicNTD4RcRbhFgM/s320/IMG_4468.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338946402866255554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6UHOy-UEwwbeTiuZ5uetXjxhc-OxJFEnaQ-0Olc-gDwrxHSjd4fGIu1dWkdiZrOWRsMZObJI_gavW5y6VFWgakRfvVy8bYK_NpG_PQGRLI1708rEPmiMByKMW-NUTb3ILsm_HwN1zoWx/s1600-h/IMG_4469.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6UHOy-UEwwbeTiuZ5uetXjxhc-OxJFEnaQ-0Olc-gDwrxHSjd4fGIu1dWkdiZrOWRsMZObJI_gavW5y6VFWgakRfvVy8bYK_NpG_PQGRLI1708rEPmiMByKMW-NUTb3ILsm_HwN1zoWx/s320/IMG_4469.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338946398060915602" border="0" /></a>The event was now over and it was time to leave! As we were down the hill on Magic Mountain Parkway waiting at a light, Sarah tried to take some headache medicine. I don't know what she did, but she almost puked! I asked her to open her door, but she said she is fine and it's gone, but then it happened again! She seemed kind of helpless so I reached over and opened her door. She totally puked a few good ones out the side of the car. We pulled into the gas station to the right so I could buy her some water. Even though she got sick, She still had a great time! She was dying to ride a new coaster and we have David and his parent's to thank for that! So Thank You. Thank You. Thank you! Are Credit Counts are now: 45 - Me, and 44 - Sarah!<br /><br />Sorry the pictures aren't that great, I was more excited to ride than to blog!<br /><br />Next Trips are Cedar Point 6/5, and Kings Island 6/6! Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />04. Tatsu<br />03. Déjà Vu<br />02. X2<br />01. Terminator Salvation: The Ride<br /><br />This is kind of a tough one... X2 is clearly the better ride, but it wasn't that great riding it alone. Terminator Salvation: The Ride was really great and it takes the cake because my first ride on it was by far the most exciting part of the day!<br /><br />Found Coins: 9 PenniesCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-51134726506024571192009-05-17T18:20:00.000-07:002009-05-18T18:54:54.385-07:00Knott's Berry Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVknDBKhT-ngw5r-DisK4QrW6jctmucNuCqxuo6Imhy7RlwABlibnIBqLERtEjoEybhrreKBoGD6SNMFAKWWHcOo5wQVqfyOxPMeg58LPjC0s-CmhmfO07Ift-mAc8_MtrLEQ9b4itWm3y/s1600-h/IMG_4341.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336968471889873666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVknDBKhT-ngw5r-DisK4QrW6jctmucNuCqxuo6Imhy7RlwABlibnIBqLERtEjoEybhrreKBoGD6SNMFAKWWHcOo5wQVqfyOxPMeg58LPjC0s-CmhmfO07Ift-mAc8_MtrLEQ9b4itWm3y/s320/IMG_4341.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today we had a quick, fun visit to Knott's Berry Farm. The purpose of today's visit was to upgrade our Annual Passes to Cedar Fair Platinum Passes. We entered the Pass Processing Center from inside the park to try an avoid the long line outside. We were told the upgrade would cost $35! I was shocked because It cost $150 to buy a Cedar Fair Platinum Pass Brand New... and our regular Knott's Berry Farm Passes were $90. So our total cost was $125 per pass... $25 cheaper than if we bought it brand new! I wasn't expecting it to be cheaper, Infact, when I added parking to my Knott's Berry Farm Pass in January it cost $40... $5 dollars more than the Platinum Passes we purchased today. Cedar Fair needs to fix their wacky prices. At the time (11:30) they only had one cashier so we went to ride some rides. We were told that 3 O' Clock was a good time to come back.<br /><br />We walked straight through Camp Snoopy to get to Montezooma's Revenge. I was bummed to find the ride closed, but glad to see a lot of work going on around it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGXhOkZyyMw-6h98FyI7NgXANXYri1I2EPanbbdJGMD74roWPm7isR9OC7gyPJBbKO9kLUToWBO-BLS8YHA24qvjABcfrtMEIVx57xZ65d0-Ha2bOcHyPqF40iTQq1xa211zY8Ot5x2kR/s1600-h/IMG_4308.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336975011779877986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGXhOkZyyMw-6h98FyI7NgXANXYri1I2EPanbbdJGMD74roWPm7isR9OC7gyPJBbKO9kLUToWBO-BLS8YHA24qvjABcfrtMEIVx57xZ65d0-Ha2bOcHyPqF40iTQq1xa211zY8Ot5x2kR/s320/IMG_4308.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BPaVnbg2KCTWuEVsx5d1rCvBlnriEQR6jQgSNq_J9rNaB3cOOSLKkDP-1ZfOKJgdS01QLydjJafVtQkwnOmQqEuqryfiM5yEd32qGH_3EZm6lbSXNTLCnnCUUduy7xDlAg5Xtru26WzA/s1600-h/IMG_4307.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336975010248730562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BPaVnbg2KCTWuEVsx5d1rCvBlnriEQR6jQgSNq_J9rNaB3cOOSLKkDP-1ZfOKJgdS01QLydjJafVtQkwnOmQqEuqryfiM5yEd32qGH_3EZm6lbSXNTLCnnCUUduy7xDlAg5Xtru26WzA/s320/IMG_4307.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCFV0fEzeLWV7gfNjGxCH5NOTDpqTYcmFUeAg4XyxoXpRxFU8cfX-SS16pS9PLupzUJQVB7Fs_Q8kS15RkDr-zCSSJYqqjNxWU1hYaB2kkqI3qrKXhgxxsGTpm7RimN-hCq-1E6v_pHG_/s1600-h/IMG_4306.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336975004095253794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCFV0fEzeLWV7gfNjGxCH5NOTDpqTYcmFUeAg4XyxoXpRxFU8cfX-SS16pS9PLupzUJQVB7Fs_Q8kS15RkDr-zCSSJYqqjNxWU1hYaB2kkqI3qrKXhgxxsGTpm7RimN-hCq-1E6v_pHG_/s320/IMG_4306.JPG" border="0" /></a> We headed over to <strong>Jaguar!</strong> next. I would have been a walk on, but the staff was too busy talking about how fast their cars are to make sure riders are secure. I was a little surprise the park wasn't busy because Six Flags Magic Mountain has been really crowded for the past several weeks. I finally got to ride Jaguar! up front today... really not much of a difference though.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0plg-a0kSnd8l9wiX42edriCnZn4vAW7dkx1auCfa5as8Nl7mbbM0Zk50bm01aQpv4VQ4AeX07IMSV8xwkLQp45ccTiKqs1giy_qeX3x3qSm9El4u8TPv9utCnl9buab07jVWAQRiIIJ/s1600-h/IMG_4313.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336977264856523506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0plg-a0kSnd8l9wiX42edriCnZn4vAW7dkx1auCfa5as8Nl7mbbM0Zk50bm01aQpv4VQ4AeX07IMSV8xwkLQp45ccTiKqs1giy_qeX3x3qSm9El4u8TPv9utCnl9buab07jVWAQRiIIJ/s320/IMG_4313.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIA9KnJPzQs5ocjTOpBkoxXzMIRGt4J6H9fIY9knyLPvGk_gVJBzg_TKnLwzAgnWbDJIQAxPqqsJADeDmbEtLuZgsymOM6iPg3coI3rYJBBBb45ttLzFzLkN4n4USWJ7SrXkI0cEYbGUe/s1600-h/IMG_4311.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336977258707253970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkIA9KnJPzQs5ocjTOpBkoxXzMIRGt4J6H9fIY9knyLPvGk_gVJBzg_TKnLwzAgnWbDJIQAxPqqsJADeDmbEtLuZgsymOM6iPg3coI3rYJBBBb45ttLzFzLkN4n4USWJ7SrXkI0cEYbGUe/s320/IMG_4311.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiycRYuazDPj0zWnX0CtZqyzlnfmbeAU6TMmlQiFWKWEgAPNcUIVui479UxVGXK_Ap68A2oRGNQIUFDfr8btkAr_0sjtagtrsHIbvMWeQEZx0HyQlxkTfLbtLYZenxny5EpwfQpU_84KrA/s1600-h/IMG_4309.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336977254436330530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiycRYuazDPj0zWnX0CtZqyzlnfmbeAU6TMmlQiFWKWEgAPNcUIVui479UxVGXK_Ap68A2oRGNQIUFDfr8btkAr_0sjtagtrsHIbvMWeQEZx0HyQlxkTfLbtLYZenxny5EpwfQpU_84KrA/s320/IMG_4309.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to <strong>Xcelerator</strong>. Here is a good Xcelerator hint: If you see Xcelerator running, ride it! You never know when this coaster will break down and be closed the rest of the day, so ride it when you can! The line for Xcelerator was really short, even with only one train operating. We decided to ride in the front row because it was only a 3 load wait. Sometimes it's too good to be true and we got stuck waiting for a "minor technical difficulty." Eventually it was our turn, and as usual the ride was perfect!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszBamO99Z42Xkqa04pPqyCbNF-JwUiQBgRD-4aiN5jmM7vUBBzKWFYXjxjUepcvSeHeY4hANoaXcOZCrbLgYQkVxHwDN_b53EP6O_kxSxHro4CXOOfmKXDRMtcF3aNGdKqOr4yQ_0Afua/s1600-h/IMG_4318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336980731464265186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszBamO99Z42Xkqa04pPqyCbNF-JwUiQBgRD-4aiN5jmM7vUBBzKWFYXjxjUepcvSeHeY4hANoaXcOZCrbLgYQkVxHwDN_b53EP6O_kxSxHro4CXOOfmKXDRMtcF3aNGdKqOr4yQ_0Afua/s320/IMG_4318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EI64swjGfA3OLG6rmcnG-63aTKSfiN5HljPw2mHMn-zz6Xvvax1498NAwHR5TI_kj3nIAVvIroWDQ7ZAHjY75KZdVo5Y9Mr6UOO6x2woSKQlSBV7x51IPuicm4_b3FOnRd00qJIontgG/s1600-h/IMG_4317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336980724316797634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6EI64swjGfA3OLG6rmcnG-63aTKSfiN5HljPw2mHMn-zz6Xvvax1498NAwHR5TI_kj3nIAVvIroWDQ7ZAHjY75KZdVo5Y9Mr6UOO6x2woSKQlSBV7x51IPuicm4_b3FOnRd00qJIontgG/s320/IMG_4317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7jNg1pH1tIZdPxh9XUd2nHE3yQj3zmxxszQmDg8zVK0RmoEtj5PoiU46hBOnDEvv9K_8HBrQfXCJ0EWYsLgVdHY5OVc3SLBvozjkQ_WgnNUI0jB7oeCkgzzhEMUThcieCMix9aifmufg/s1600-h/IMG_4320.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336980714922789170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7jNg1pH1tIZdPxh9XUd2nHE3yQj3zmxxszQmDg8zVK0RmoEtj5PoiU46hBOnDEvv9K_8HBrQfXCJ0EWYsLgVdHY5OVc3SLBvozjkQ_WgnNUI0jB7oeCkgzzhEMUThcieCMix9aifmufg/s320/IMG_4320.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fUmhA7jiW9ZggZsPp8wgYhlI2r68UpfB8LipnvcZEDF4XjNs-UBLTzZ2vAI4OMPZ5nM7A2Rah6FkZJodj0XcdqkeNPumyuouBxvygS5SHkkTBhQ3mLFqqtBREqee0htThCe1JQa05Q_K/s1600-h/IMG_4323.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336980712731617906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fUmhA7jiW9ZggZsPp8wgYhlI2r68UpfB8LipnvcZEDF4XjNs-UBLTzZ2vAI4OMPZ5nM7A2Rah6FkZJodj0XcdqkeNPumyuouBxvygS5SHkkTBhQ3mLFqqtBREqee0htThCe1JQa05Q_K/s320/IMG_4323.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we were hungry so we headed toward the exit. We stop back into the Pass Processing Center and upgraded our passes! $70 later we have new Cedar Fair Platinum Passes!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8jtsGz3qxH1XtfltxJBtIXbiFu6yp8QWreQE2p9LN7AGE7Z7K3ydjpCz9OXqTe28psBjx838NVaI3qTtUwC0odk1D7NvyFRbMO4p3Utg1kitJ7pQqcFdrOr9NAI_owmhiCJ6RyacgI_n/s1600-h/IMG_4366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336981832619325362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8jtsGz3qxH1XtfltxJBtIXbiFu6yp8QWreQE2p9LN7AGE7Z7K3ydjpCz9OXqTe28psBjx838NVaI3qTtUwC0odk1D7NvyFRbMO4p3Utg1kitJ7pQqcFdrOr9NAI_owmhiCJ6RyacgI_n/s320/IMG_4366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Yeah I know, they look the same, but on the back it says "Platinum Plus," "Platinum Pass, and "Terms Of Platinum Pass Apply." After that we left the park and headed to Portillo's for some great Chicago style Hot Dogs. I don't know why anyone would eat at Knott's Berry Farm with Portillo's and Philly's Best down the street. I wouldn't recommend anything else!<br /><br />When we returned to the park it was time for <strong>Silver Bullet</strong>. Silver Bullet had only a little line due to it's single train operation. We rode it in the last row because it is simply the best spot on this ride.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWO2oHH4QUmPP5rr-OfMC9yuQpTGPnbVKmIwb_ZLgwb1ceg-SHvfU1OaCEXfMUmp_yXvwCVtpDkRRL8lTzOKHyx1Mh8OXPCwvzQLMeQntqob5tYrfP12lAcB5G-aHlJ68Z6QI1b4o8UqF/s1600-h/IMG_4362.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336984493780004002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWO2oHH4QUmPP5rr-OfMC9yuQpTGPnbVKmIwb_ZLgwb1ceg-SHvfU1OaCEXfMUmp_yXvwCVtpDkRRL8lTzOKHyx1Mh8OXPCwvzQLMeQntqob5tYrfP12lAcB5G-aHlJ68Z6QI1b4o8UqF/s320/IMG_4362.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMFfEtHFyqGRidRSNwzgnb6WG9iOXGFbrV8NFhPtOekFVo7my4E4knI_P89q6zZTNnzUbZpgCK2qaDOdngiKRhdNSaYLelIB5mGIXAJDZWXPkIalMf0nvITIX484jDCg1XpKZKpb9kqdQ/s1600-h/IMG_4326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336984483349136530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMFfEtHFyqGRidRSNwzgnb6WG9iOXGFbrV8NFhPtOekFVo7my4E4knI_P89q6zZTNnzUbZpgCK2qaDOdngiKRhdNSaYLelIB5mGIXAJDZWXPkIalMf0nvITIX484jDCg1XpKZKpb9kqdQ/s320/IMG_4326.JPG" border="0" /></a> The ride was much better to me today, but Sarah thought it was the "same old thing." She is totally ready for some new coasters! She only has to wait 19 more days!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CGyGuW2SpoQ23YiJUEq5xG921PZxg9QZe59UZRSDa2C34CegHmpLBINu6WL3kF2qqhXRkc8afg05uY3xwYZ6fRWE9Zu6bkKjoyYw7qcVzyyHrufVaUAINB8JAmgeJydt8qARWAkInUtL/s1600-h/IMG_4334.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336985490178254738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CGyGuW2SpoQ23YiJUEq5xG921PZxg9QZe59UZRSDa2C34CegHmpLBINu6WL3kF2qqhXRkc8afg05uY3xwYZ6fRWE9Zu6bkKjoyYw7qcVzyyHrufVaUAINB8JAmgeJydt8qARWAkInUtL/s320/IMG_4334.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to the <strong>Timber Mountain Log Ride</strong>. This ride actually had a bit of a line, but was well worth the wait. Sarah and I rode in the front of the boat and got a decent amount of wetness. I know we make fun of the General Public all the time when they loose articles on rides, but today we had to laugh at ourselves. Sarah's hat blew right off her head during the final drop of the ride. It made for a good laugh, and don't worry, we weren't about to try and retrieve it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ThAbC_fQcVZRZ5qRJn43jjLc7Shi1UnfIOGPCtPmEtdEDzBnNSBDpshmMuhRY5K8Mcy_PeNskvjRgpFAyKEhWjVSHhBTqSQLpdWxzlFv9xoacy5UhNJ5VCBjM6X_A2tvCGSqKaZ3-CzQ/s1600-h/IMG_4346.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336988550397612018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ThAbC_fQcVZRZ5qRJn43jjLc7Shi1UnfIOGPCtPmEtdEDzBnNSBDpshmMuhRY5K8Mcy_PeNskvjRgpFAyKEhWjVSHhBTqSQLpdWxzlFv9xoacy5UhNJ5VCBjM6X_A2tvCGSqKaZ3-CzQ/s320/IMG_4346.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxSqZ-ML8GtihUh_6ndmsVuSPe6JQ28EAeXpLrap3YJLlNhEzAe9wm4vL-ePSI4izSnnAvCdwzFW9TcekWvFzXYJ0lgThdZuPUHxSARVW8Z8uLXAp1_u42dRk1qBOMWdMJh4EvVLxpImE/s1600-h/IMG_4343.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336988552956811794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxSqZ-ML8GtihUh_6ndmsVuSPe6JQ28EAeXpLrap3YJLlNhEzAe9wm4vL-ePSI4izSnnAvCdwzFW9TcekWvFzXYJ0lgThdZuPUHxSARVW8Z8uLXAp1_u42dRk1qBOMWdMJh4EvVLxpImE/s320/IMG_4343.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-volvNT3vjnVFR2bR8SVOfUdqcz4_rQX8zgjWjm6uyQBNK4cY_o9E6xGQN8_RVPHOKPnuPeHGbiEYcnW6TCTANr2B8Zw98O8thfWvhwo-ys3BgKMCl64hP3W2Cv95rmXfYCQmE9MwZu7/s1600-h/IMG_4350.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336988547006668258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-volvNT3vjnVFR2bR8SVOfUdqcz4_rQX8zgjWjm6uyQBNK4cY_o9E6xGQN8_RVPHOKPnuPeHGbiEYcnW6TCTANr2B8Zw98O8thfWvhwo-ys3BgKMCl64hP3W2Cv95rmXfYCQmE9MwZu7/s320/IMG_4350.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkFQEM4nO01rsSpkF-35pF02TiLT-s4q8C8U4bs4tTvmNrUVWK78hZvUFC6YPPrfVqjQsCCW2LcLIsfwSuktUtqMHH0bFY5vodftQnRbxcaQ8YGF9PNHQ8LqbQA9rSiKUo8HCGQ2Ove7B/s1600-h/IMG_4348.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336988540955376930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkFQEM4nO01rsSpkF-35pF02TiLT-s4q8C8U4bs4tTvmNrUVWK78hZvUFC6YPPrfVqjQsCCW2LcLIsfwSuktUtqMHH0bFY5vodftQnRbxcaQ8YGF9PNHQ8LqbQA9rSiKUo8HCGQ2Ove7B/s320/IMG_4348.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXk-9HCW3WLAB_z7nJ3D9YUpBONgU3cKJPVxh7iKHANfz6ve4DbOp4ifXFKBJjO1fQ7GwIMfRE4fcNwcwaqBoHlxW9kPhhzx0fAAhAlHrqop0otENodpqu93D8gtSlYRCOOrj9P-1T3HB/s1600-h/IMG_4342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336988537498889490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXk-9HCW3WLAB_z7nJ3D9YUpBONgU3cKJPVxh7iKHANfz6ve4DbOp4ifXFKBJjO1fQ7GwIMfRE4fcNwcwaqBoHlxW9kPhhzx0fAAhAlHrqop0otENodpqu93D8gtSlYRCOOrj9P-1T3HB/s320/IMG_4342.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our next ride was <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong>. We rode it in the last car which usually spins wildly but gave us little. Sarah always appreciates the ride when it spins less, but I'm the opposite. While we were sitting on the break run a Bee landed on a girl opposite us. She had a panic attack and the be was knocked down into their car. The Bee ended up back on her leg and she freaked out again until the Bee flew away. We thought it funny, probably cause it wasn't us!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2AcPOAXzc2cOThn2ghzxuIZ567QA5AgXjzvaFH7_ddNgEMY7Gks-n90p9-01kNqyjLwM8fX3DmOjby4zFETl3RwgNtuizis9OXEyr2uwvza1W4fm83TQJx0fZ1oPeJnMhlUw-TFk5QHT/s1600-h/IMG_4358.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336991087435926802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2AcPOAXzc2cOThn2ghzxuIZ567QA5AgXjzvaFH7_ddNgEMY7Gks-n90p9-01kNqyjLwM8fX3DmOjby4zFETl3RwgNtuizis9OXEyr2uwvza1W4fm83TQJx0fZ1oPeJnMhlUw-TFk5QHT/s320/IMG_4358.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2HbFZx4dM80JmLTdxdQhGmLMFb4u4KBtYBRZjBcgLgnB5ey3Gpwr47YuKqZeHTm0v3x63VncCiJUDmv8tFwqqCLglxfZDu2boH4vw1vlccD514RKquNgt7FLvcIimHyVmMdF5enaaFiN/s1600-h/IMG_4356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336991085872270146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2HbFZx4dM80JmLTdxdQhGmLMFb4u4KBtYBRZjBcgLgnB5ey3Gpwr47YuKqZeHTm0v3x63VncCiJUDmv8tFwqqCLglxfZDu2boH4vw1vlccD514RKquNgt7FLvcIimHyVmMdF5enaaFiN/s320/IMG_4356.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf4A_jfAQEnGSCNxggRscm6kN-UNmvPGl98xHoIxiMRzoY_SU5VwzhVNvhzdx6hEaJF5gaqAbmW9f4qhL2zDrvK5R7TGYlYezT33Pohsprs0tTX0_7ZrWWsVBlgFbjTQPk_95fXP87k8M/s1600-h/IMG_4360.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336991082321895874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcf4A_jfAQEnGSCNxggRscm6kN-UNmvPGl98xHoIxiMRzoY_SU5VwzhVNvhzdx6hEaJF5gaqAbmW9f4qhL2zDrvK5R7TGYlYezT33Pohsprs0tTX0_7ZrWWsVBlgFbjTQPk_95fXP87k8M/s320/IMG_4360.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr6JF_V6RZ7p5fPOY5qhpmzGsEe-y4dxS2hRsvP-BDra8TNtM713A_1SUXyOxt96YBLXHLGkG3IqyYwNROKMsVu9A0XipXpFrK0FXNPZFH1B6dl7P19x3TNTGHf595vxfxMMoXBXvcVZ0/s1600-h/IMG_4355.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336991077302957202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYr6JF_V6RZ7p5fPOY5qhpmzGsEe-y4dxS2hRsvP-BDra8TNtM713A_1SUXyOxt96YBLXHLGkG3IqyYwNROKMsVu9A0XipXpFrK0FXNPZFH1B6dl7P19x3TNTGHf595vxfxMMoXBXvcVZ0/s320/IMG_4355.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After that we were ready to go home, so we left! It was exactly 3 O' Clock when we left, but the Processing line wasn't dead like we were promised earlier.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXzn7c0jCAE7xIzLU2gnES0RW-L3HIIkfA4t-O5BreXJZHbqB-553Ii12Ff7ZoIUsqtomoFis1m_HgnKJYx96OU58OWIC1t2ngMZSMgLn-bwvZI15N63ZFeuiyX9wtoyQBzY4GlKwLi7m/s1600-h/IMG_4363.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336991557284826530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXzn7c0jCAE7xIzLU2gnES0RW-L3HIIkfA4t-O5BreXJZHbqB-553Ii12Ff7ZoIUsqtomoFis1m_HgnKJYx96OU58OWIC1t2ngMZSMgLn-bwvZI15N63ZFeuiyX9wtoyQBzY4GlKwLi7m/s320/IMG_4363.JPG" border="0" /></a> Thank you for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Also, we would have ridden GhostRider, but we are afraid of it now. I don't want to trust it just to be abused.<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings (Arrange By Sarah)<br /><br />05. Jaguar!<br />04. Sierra Sidewinder<br />03. Silver Bullet<br />02. Timber Mountain Log Ride<br />01. Xcelerator<br /><br />Found Coins: 1 PennyCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-90466259576411092942009-05-16T09:14:00.000-07:002009-05-16T09:39:18.129-07:00Blog On Hold<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CCaWfVU1tGJJqpmwNwSuJ7mMMyc-qideeKd2rvGtbYhBqnJSnkCiv824bqLXikSf7FACCt_iOOB-02vjmurBw24YS9LiObDhCUNutesFmljdjoUEbFaj7MG_jbKeKbcgYdJX2xt3iO_r/s1600-h/IMG_4020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336462290794396642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CCaWfVU1tGJJqpmwNwSuJ7mMMyc-qideeKd2rvGtbYhBqnJSnkCiv824bqLXikSf7FACCt_iOOB-02vjmurBw24YS9LiObDhCUNutesFmljdjoUEbFaj7MG_jbKeKbcgYdJX2xt3iO_r/s320/IMG_4020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>We are so broke right now that we are canceling our Internet and Cable services. We plan on turning them back on sometime after our vacation. This will save us at least one month ($135) in services. I'm sure it's going to be a challenge living without Internet and Television!<br /><br />We are going to Knott's Berry Farm tomorrow but I'm not sure if I have time to post that before our services get cut off. I know what you're thinking, "If they are so broke, why are they going to a theme park?" We are going to Knott's Berry Farm to upgrade our season passes so our trip will be a little cheaper. With the upgaded passes we won't have to pay for admission and parking on our trip!<br /><br />I'll try to get some post in when I can... Thanks for reading, and have fun!</div>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-13223874092885803022009-04-30T16:23:00.000-07:002009-04-30T17:50:03.951-07:00RollerCoaster World - Rollercoaster Tycoon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcQwPJcALhJGNe_i03Al-VKENzBrbjm4SXNgumQzhp6uJ-RQdRHhv75JXuaI2Bj8r9cijHH_sLo7BnPURgwj_PeHteT6EB5OZinhquBj-sC1ZeufrjXqujb6LlXyTOz5x29MQSSDkOEJ2/s1600-h/RollerCoaster+World+2+Overview.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330629626148435826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 171px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcQwPJcALhJGNe_i03Al-VKENzBrbjm4SXNgumQzhp6uJ-RQdRHhv75JXuaI2Bj8r9cijHH_sLo7BnPURgwj_PeHteT6EB5OZinhquBj-sC1ZeufrjXqujb6LlXyTOz5x29MQSSDkOEJ2/s320/RollerCoaster+World+2+Overview.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Park Size: 1,635,260sq.ft.<br />Rollercoasters: 21 (Inversions: 26)<br />Staff: 96<br />Shops/Stalls/Rides: 165<br /><br /><em>RollerCoaster World, The Leader In Thrills!</em><br /><br />I originally posted this park back in January,<br /><a href="http://calicoasters.blogspot.com/2009/01/rollercoaster-world-rollercoaster.html">Original Post</a>. After finishing the park I still wanted to add to it. The park is finished again, but with some changes to the Roller Coaster line-up. The park originally started with a coaster to "represent" every coaster that has operated at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Due to the limitation in the game certain coaster weren't represented well. In this update I have broken that rule, and the new creations have nothing to do with Six Flags Magic Mountain or really any other parks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWW7lfPraYgNbsR_CO6GrqBSqZUEQHsB-S_pHAWr_Srq9V3M6uZBDeHAqcer4kPCP8pBJNrqWWFilDD5BrvK_h9Zl2qp66ujHKPurFw1HLybliF9jm30aAZApoelWu4ovIslkqCgBO9XX/s1600-h/newrodentrun.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330632302012112802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWW7lfPraYgNbsR_CO6GrqBSqZUEQHsB-S_pHAWr_Srq9V3M6uZBDeHAqcer4kPCP8pBJNrqWWFilDD5BrvK_h9Zl2qp66ujHKPurFw1HLybliF9jm30aAZApoelWu4ovIslkqCgBO9XX/s320/newrodentrun.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Rodent Run</strong> - Speed: 28, Time: 1:09, Length: 1,565, Color: Blue/Yellow, Type: Mouse Custom (Inspired by but nowhere near a recreation of Mountain Express)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE66zw4d_Y47kLTUWmDDgdJDauanRtexZM5dzqoiSb6gZ9zeSCW0S4MnqTgUHJ4p-AxYiddxoaFKkAnOn2xPUuz6xqYpZvLkWPC1vWcsx5jdIT-fC5pzuWFQgDxmIaw9jaW6PoKovjkPJi/s1600-h/oldrodentrun.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330632306240978818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE66zw4d_Y47kLTUWmDDgdJDauanRtexZM5dzqoiSb6gZ9zeSCW0S4MnqTgUHJ4p-AxYiddxoaFKkAnOn2xPUuz6xqYpZvLkWPC1vWcsx5jdIT-fC5pzuWFQgDxmIaw9jaW6PoKovjkPJi/s320/oldrodentrun.JPEG" border="0" /></a> The ride was updated with a brighter color scheme and a more family friendly lift hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qvPWQKNYZ0HYB_F1Pe9qQH8kUimXkhMz0ErnJbC48k6FcEgoNScA4vnfBbizk4nHJRHLXHg46OxqBfWOACwLOIMqPvtURJ8IG05IN6XLIRMKGdK_2ANWNkqwyTDVviUa78SBcQ6FNmNV/s1600-h/newviper.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330633644116022306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qvPWQKNYZ0HYB_F1Pe9qQH8kUimXkhMz0ErnJbC48k6FcEgoNScA4vnfBbizk4nHJRHLXHg46OxqBfWOACwLOIMqPvtURJ8IG05IN6XLIRMKGdK_2ANWNkqwyTDVviUa78SBcQ6FNmNV/s320/newviper.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Viper</strong> - New Paint Job To Brighten The Coaster Up<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09qSuWFA5TTPHCWyJ9ouiv2SQk4JJe9i-ZalTMLbZo4cbuTXnzs-qzfoEhSv86F0AbBeHSVNRbX6ZbcPerFha-9rwx6JAniWpZQ4b9HfRnn2YCIRCypSrw3xYHHk7dnuZ7s0eok1Mp-iD/s1600-h/oldviper.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330633645963256738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09qSuWFA5TTPHCWyJ9ouiv2SQk4JJe9i-ZalTMLbZo4cbuTXnzs-qzfoEhSv86F0AbBeHSVNRbX6ZbcPerFha-9rwx6JAniWpZQ4b9HfRnn2YCIRCypSrw3xYHHk7dnuZ7s0eok1Mp-iD/s320/oldviper.JPG" border="0" /></a> I thought about painting it Brown... Maybe Next Time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2znxfq9e3Ul0pDGRfzvrYyci-313NNuA5bchLpnYONLEhPUlJhr96x_qNRjPMh5yS4dXT11IiZW-z3zfaQUeR9TXP4DxGqYM11yzNMHCEIEAlaPs8PNKqxk2q08ntyT1EgFjIehhm1N46/s1600-h/newlegend.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330634193841283154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2znxfq9e3Ul0pDGRfzvrYyci-313NNuA5bchLpnYONLEhPUlJhr96x_qNRjPMh5yS4dXT11IiZW-z3zfaQUeR9TXP4DxGqYM11yzNMHCEIEAlaPs8PNKqxk2q08ntyT1EgFjIehhm1N46/s320/newlegend.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Legend</strong> - Same Paint Update as Viper<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcXLjBYYv79Jjgcd8cHdgxR0HEfrK1ypbYjBWKXg-jy2iaZtMYzMTaKwhWu_1wM0OWHrGbKdoQaMiJcoZayPntfFVh97-grrnglTo2ciACfmXsRS5fEQ0Vsf3fU09mfKx1cqJQrPeFaOo/s1600-h/oldlegend.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330634189370279202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGcXLjBYYv79Jjgcd8cHdgxR0HEfrK1ypbYjBWKXg-jy2iaZtMYzMTaKwhWu_1wM0OWHrGbKdoQaMiJcoZayPntfFVh97-grrnglTo2ciACfmXsRS5fEQ0Vsf3fU09mfKx1cqJQrPeFaOo/s320/oldlegend.JPEG" border="0" /></a> I actually like this coaster faded more...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcjqzqQzR37AROtKILli8BI_pulnoIaLmPp-oflO3jf5nhhojVUfRY9nuiA2tctVzSf6wz2gGBkJIfPYWFaaKHeKhde5uSMzG6pL0g5nb8L1MSGvFBE0eZlluIZ4t9ArCwQphyJK6qHIw/s1600-h/newpredator.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330634725525770818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcjqzqQzR37AROtKILli8BI_pulnoIaLmPp-oflO3jf5nhhojVUfRY9nuiA2tctVzSf6wz2gGBkJIfPYWFaaKHeKhde5uSMzG6pL0g5nb8L1MSGvFBE0eZlluIZ4t9ArCwQphyJK6qHIw/s320/newpredator.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Predator</strong> - Speed: 43, Time: 1:15, Length: 2,464, Inversions: 0 (Loop Removed) Color: Black/Black Type: Sitdown (Stand-Up Trains Removed) (Inspired by but not a recreation of Shockwave) Status: Operating (Never operated as a Stand-Up during Predator 2's operations.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwMCs2ZJ-HEaCFDFhXZF8jliVOYREQ96g-AV6JquT0lZPyNjZ-PWH25auUUYjJ9C-kfcm9-x9j490_aU4EzqzGJU92v0PSFbmPKR6ecNK9LBGcVeh0ZN0af84EuDEfGuCOzpryOQvms9u/s1600-h/oldpredator.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330634721741268018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwMCs2ZJ-HEaCFDFhXZF8jliVOYREQ96g-AV6JquT0lZPyNjZ-PWH25auUUYjJ9C-kfcm9-x9j490_aU4EzqzGJU92v0PSFbmPKR6ecNK9LBGcVeh0ZN0af84EuDEfGuCOzpryOQvms9u/s320/oldpredator.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Back when it was a SBNO (Standing But Not Operating) Stand-Up Coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWyP7tqTD9u892vr6W8fFCB_aXmRBhyqIgKMQ-ooIoOhEUYlNH83RjbBiPA28bEkCut6X0S-CsHzJpOXqeX9-Pmb6eUkFy_26Upn5g8oKdd_dw8jcVtxtaBYIngcHHlGWBP-P7UJICHsV/s1600-h/newxspin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330638946106927986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWyP7tqTD9u892vr6W8fFCB_aXmRBhyqIgKMQ-ooIoOhEUYlNH83RjbBiPA28bEkCut6X0S-CsHzJpOXqeX9-Pmb6eUkFy_26Upn5g8oKdd_dw8jcVtxtaBYIngcHHlGWBP-P7UJICHsV/s320/newxspin.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>X-Spin</strong> - Speed: 41, Time: 1:44, Length: 3,130, Color: Blood Red/Grey Type: Spin (Inspired by but nowhere near a recreation of X/X2)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMUO7F157NxJH1q-luHHMpLhC1YTAugdTvVkEpZqcuxwBfAyZmjl4JeIVC6aDvwVoqNQDhmZF7F6c_VzdpLMPtVHIG3ceuvqKU3xgdjj7Gi1U2I3Fg7TEyfHuuwPTO0W-lzKlPa3ouL5e/s1600-h/oldxspin.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330638941261384114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDMUO7F157NxJH1q-luHHMpLhC1YTAugdTvVkEpZqcuxwBfAyZmjl4JeIVC6aDvwVoqNQDhmZF7F6c_VzdpLMPtVHIG3ceuvqKU3xgdjj7Gi1U2I3Fg7TEyfHuuwPTO0W-lzKlPa3ouL5e/s320/oldxspin.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the only Spinning coaster I've made with a steep drop. I wanted it to be intense and fast. This update features and even larger drop with a tunnel and completes it's circuit with more speed than the original design.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjuNfB0jO-YwsIjZv1Egb1e_zaqM9QGiOadrZGeS9f-LeJY_H8XXSiFKxb_tPOXlCnnNlIdy4IsFMzRgmgV_YjasXr0-OI4-ZUIDuJr2E8FGCtKRPPuJ71Oqm7Z4QIKIpS6YQXMtyRPTW/s1600-h/marsescape.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330641093630125682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGjuNfB0jO-YwsIjZv1Egb1e_zaqM9QGiOadrZGeS9f-LeJY_H8XXSiFKxb_tPOXlCnnNlIdy4IsFMzRgmgV_YjasXr0-OI4-ZUIDuJr2E8FGCtKRPPuJ71Oqm7Z4QIKIpS6YQXMtyRPTW/s320/marsescape.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Mars Escape</strong> - Speed: 40, Time: 58, Length: 1,962, Color: Orange/Blood Red, Type: Family Launch (Part of the Big Update Changing Galaxy Space Port into Mars Space Port. Construction also added a new Shop and Motion Simulator Ride.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ksOJYXs1ECp88D8eEVnZh5DhWLqvrbMmPWtendMJR2QJm3IlqMfCjHYjNq8VdQn7AiEW5p2TsnEvGaWHBX8SXM-DBcuXisOACbunkrHowc44v25jfjPACZ97DeH8xVX1mNB13XPCq9Rp/s1600-h/spacediver1.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330641091628290258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ksOJYXs1ECp88D8eEVnZh5DhWLqvrbMmPWtendMJR2QJm3IlqMfCjHYjNq8VdQn7AiEW5p2TsnEvGaWHBX8SXM-DBcuXisOACbunkrHowc44v25jfjPACZ97DeH8xVX1mNB13XPCq9Rp/s320/spacediver1.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Galaxy Space Port Before Mars Space Port Update.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooUiYgYWoZQCMl_ub-ujwj06-q_7y7mQ_QpOf3NKpONVi8ZxcJNOd4HFdW7wwqM82hyPwPXkaRY77KHn8pwvHlpf7tSWeSTkPqhz6JZNV5tOzsBpmrF-h-3l6RaMWSgha_S3mecYuxKkR/s1600-h/spacediver2.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330641087414382754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooUiYgYWoZQCMl_ub-ujwj06-q_7y7mQ_QpOf3NKpONVi8ZxcJNOd4HFdW7wwqM82hyPwPXkaRY77KHn8pwvHlpf7tSWeSTkPqhz6JZNV5tOzsBpmrF-h-3l6RaMWSgha_S3mecYuxKkR/s320/spacediver2.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Space Diver's Layout.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8YXlqRk8LGRmL_F4ItQpt_mstFxJlUtuOrGGmFpGtjhNyARL5nLR-a5Jl286FqOIpqXckMvn2gk2siGWPl99NjEZZdoOtLU3NrJC8ooYED6O2aNPG8S25WjAly2HAuIi1hqB7ekak95W/s1600-h/speeddemon2.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330643541911152162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8YXlqRk8LGRmL_F4ItQpt_mstFxJlUtuOrGGmFpGtjhNyARL5nLR-a5Jl286FqOIpqXckMvn2gk2siGWPl99NjEZZdoOtLU3NrJC8ooYED6O2aNPG8S25WjAly2HAuIi1hqB7ekak95W/s320/speeddemon2.JPEG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Speed Demon</strong> - Speed: 46, Time: 1:55, Length: 3,635, Color: Brown/Brown, Type: Wooden (Another change in the Coaster Line-Up that is more Family Friendly)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV0orm4WDVYSm9swCk2gflZYpNLXPa0AHuHUv7O7hR7rKeU5XKM-ReyQDzdd-hiKZclJM9K2mkzzEGvIIzZQ4vwgvENR2nEW39ySvqoxnoL0MWx_qIvsCWBtr7-nYrYCo2xjrZqlMcMK3/s1600-h/speeddemon1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330643542184555074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkV0orm4WDVYSm9swCk2gflZYpNLXPa0AHuHUv7O7hR7rKeU5XKM-ReyQDzdd-hiKZclJM9K2mkzzEGvIIzZQ4vwgvENR2nEW39ySvqoxnoL0MWx_qIvsCWBtr7-nYrYCo2xjrZqlMcMK3/s320/speeddemon1.JPG" border="0" /></a> Speed Demon's Entry is located across from the Season Pass Holder side entrance.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd4unY49E88YGvC7VMC1ik0LI038oZIsqj3w5j8nXC3VnS7pJeQayiXi23f8z5Ohg1dEsVMc820NAQh9V1jVgNXcXRaolMfYOyhlnxfAoJ-jGx-jUS3dWqSnYEUws8XtN__OElCnyIvCa/s1600-h/stealth1.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330643533829557250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFd4unY49E88YGvC7VMC1ik0LI038oZIsqj3w5j8nXC3VnS7pJeQayiXi23f8z5Ohg1dEsVMc820NAQh9V1jVgNXcXRaolMfYOyhlnxfAoJ-jGx-jUS3dWqSnYEUws8XtN__OElCnyIvCa/s320/stealth1.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Stealth was very out of place because of it's specific theme.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp8Ky5Cf7tNCP7MTScVsXPKO68eTsC0p7BtVSmFsrJW4r5yCF6cvfUTmm8kAnSsVPlLm4bpLuYcdlQ9S8PnVEC40kFsP_mUd656NfffoePwFpuhi5QReXFEdy9fZ4o_Q9cJn7aO36Ci_9/s1600-h/stealth2.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330643537388041602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp8Ky5Cf7tNCP7MTScVsXPKO68eTsC0p7BtVSmFsrJW4r5yCF6cvfUTmm8kAnSsVPlLm4bpLuYcdlQ9S8PnVEC40kFsP_mUd656NfffoePwFpuhi5QReXFEdy9fZ4o_Q9cJn7aO36Ci_9/s320/stealth2.JPEG" border="0" /></a> The park lost a total of 10 inversions from these updates!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTl8cJtH_d8RbP9zSodnj6o_mpWuv8vR9AT5doYRt2cqhFpiAcOvQZ6-D7ITu5qiJRFpNvNLT3ju4o4GoQxOwAPL6XBDtbx_jKTaNAVIkWBdXwfcODUG_OslL9goIp2Ngz0WTKL9Ify9o/s1600-h/oldflashback.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330646023972510834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTl8cJtH_d8RbP9zSodnj6o_mpWuv8vR9AT5doYRt2cqhFpiAcOvQZ6-D7ITu5qiJRFpNvNLT3ju4o4GoQxOwAPL6XBDtbx_jKTaNAVIkWBdXwfcODUG_OslL9goIp2Ngz0WTKL9Ify9o/s320/oldflashback.JPG" border="0" /></a> Flashback before construction on the parks newest Coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ__U7cEsHtnmWT1lXvogej15yua-2lTdi2PUEyTUljG4EviCMRP5ucLU3ycTAV-yOJPY-BBNwGFx0PvH12HgquO5Z2IhUsSdEQ_e5Iqw5fE8YUYh58uHxgOori5gTTqu7bHHxd3qGEcZi/s1600-h/newflashback.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330646425371984738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ__U7cEsHtnmWT1lXvogej15yua-2lTdi2PUEyTUljG4EviCMRP5ucLU3ycTAV-yOJPY-BBNwGFx0PvH12HgquO5Z2IhUsSdEQ_e5Iqw5fE8YUYh58uHxgOori5gTTqu7bHHxd3qGEcZi/s320/newflashback.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Flashback's queue line after construction. The old entry for Flashback is now the entry for the New Coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbR-P1T07xSo84pPWUReQGOlG6D6NNNVlJK-LYrP-imQJo859Qmdp1lflAMV3JJQx7zfey56-EfIeOKRnGimGpgDZ8EUnkuJSZp7iVB7siAjZEPiUA9-CpL5hNFbriwbObs_HZjNiyMD9/s1600-h/darkness.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330647217300810786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbR-P1T07xSo84pPWUReQGOlG6D6NNNVlJK-LYrP-imQJo859Qmdp1lflAMV3JJQx7zfey56-EfIeOKRnGimGpgDZ8EUnkuJSZp7iVB7siAjZEPiUA9-CpL5hNFbriwbObs_HZjNiyMD9/s320/darkness.JPEG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Darkness</strong> - Speed: 67, Time: 1:10, Length: 2,277, Color: Black/Black, Type: Dive Machine<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqlxanJsQSR30Elp-OP5mHokMcQxsH8SBlkke5J1LLcja2aFhBFPWLTqcgPhCt-eHiHesANcj_CDj9vK53vb_SgINuQsZ4ToP4HAmob_OtLIP8bxBljP4IVd0vHOaZm82pF9CodkEeqGU/s1600-h/newphantom.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330647216345937426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqlxanJsQSR30Elp-OP5mHokMcQxsH8SBlkke5J1LLcja2aFhBFPWLTqcgPhCt-eHiHesANcj_CDj9vK53vb_SgINuQsZ4ToP4HAmob_OtLIP8bxBljP4IVd0vHOaZm82pF9CodkEeqGU/s320/newphantom.JPEG" border="0" /></a> Unfortunately Darkness ruins some of the classic views in the park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cmwhvMCGkSvadzApyBmL1Kc38DHeggKmLNVeh4j3YRqe0p3sAH41jCGz50FnKY9cTkTHUHrcY8gkPUWZPbDc40PLqgK7Bvgk0rP71yNznslsE75w2uL08ncbG6rk-ge5Wy4oWMc1HHkq/s1600-h/oldphantom.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330647212734448514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cmwhvMCGkSvadzApyBmL1Kc38DHeggKmLNVeh4j3YRqe0p3sAH41jCGz50FnKY9cTkTHUHrcY8gkPUWZPbDc40PLqgK7Bvgk0rP71yNznslsE75w2uL08ncbG6rk-ge5Wy4oWMc1HHkq/s320/oldphantom.JPG" border="0" /></a>Phantom and White Water Rapids before Darkness.<br /><br />That's all for this Update! I really want to keep updating this park but I'm fresh out of ideas. The park is full but no rides are permanent, so let me know if you have any ideas! I'm going to try to keep updating my Blog, but it is kind of hard to now that my laptop is messed up. Thanks for Reading and Have Fun! <- I mean Give me Money!Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-13923477699196644652009-04-28T11:02:00.000-07:002009-04-28T11:37:35.939-07:00Failed Six Flags Magic Mountain Trip<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6wF2hBwlQGOhIGjnIMzwulmSKV0haCydASoueDEwnkktEWloC_2vdGW8jFl6X27YXYthXpkhCO1R7eH53mUu2VTPFI8v3-xjIDLRpbcHYqNmh4BhhacNIq7j45Vwu2_oeL1L7CSwXm6i/s1600-h/IMG_4280.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329809850662255474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS6wF2hBwlQGOhIGjnIMzwulmSKV0haCydASoueDEwnkktEWloC_2vdGW8jFl6X27YXYthXpkhCO1R7eH53mUu2VTPFI8v3-xjIDLRpbcHYqNmh4BhhacNIq7j45Vwu2_oeL1L7CSwXm6i/s320/IMG_4280.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This last Sunday we were supposed to go to Six Flags Magic Mountain, but our mood was killed just miles from the park! Were heading South through the mountains just North of the park when I got a speeding ticket from an Asshole C.H.P. The flow of traffic was somewhere close to 80 MPH and this officer was parked at the top of a hill waiting for people to crest the hill at excessive speeds. Not only was this a perfect spot for him because you can't see him until it is too late, but the speed limit changes from 65 MPH to 55 MPH in that spot. The reason why he is such an Asshole is because he takes your speed and uses it against you in the 55 MPH zone. When he clocked me doing 84 MPH, it was before 55 MPH signs were posted. Because this guy is an Asshole my ticket reads 84 MPH in a 55 MPH zone! I can't argue that I wasn't speeding, but not a single car on the road was driving under 75 MPH. I in no way was driving unsafe... I wasn't riding the car ahead of me, and I use my signals when changing lanes. It really pisses me off when I get back on the freeway and see this guy in a Nissan Sentra trying to drive faster than the flow of traffic, dramatically changing lanes, and all while smoking from a glass bong sitting on his lap! Where was the Asshole then? Anyways, this totally killed our spirits. We drove up to the park, went through parking and noticed a ton of people still heading to the park. The parking lot was just past Scream!'s Cobra Roll and we decided we didn't want to wait 6 years to ride anything. I took some pictures of X2 just before we left. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1qXSECsYFOR80rJbiOJbwqFwchqYEleNkQfHxhwPxJJ8QzeEC4WMXuVrNYMoFq1juordbL5svCvo2-VGNOpfbIFzrM4DJZEyWBUjWazQdqwLJ4WeLI6DuyxAdVabu4lfYu2F_gaLU4ZD/s1600-h/IMG_4279.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329809841960459026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1qXSECsYFOR80rJbiOJbwqFwchqYEleNkQfHxhwPxJJ8QzeEC4WMXuVrNYMoFq1juordbL5svCvo2-VGNOpfbIFzrM4DJZEyWBUjWazQdqwLJ4WeLI6DuyxAdVabu4lfYu2F_gaLU4ZD/s320/IMG_4279.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MaSp7EdNu3F8zfFCB5u_pyT0XXOoJy3tlBNBmK4jOHH0MmkFvrQ1wd_dAQo0VrU-PjkEBWYktaLLdzbUFwNEnHIMLy8jkkKfGYOoTSib2yDEed4y0zVXOdVpeJ5UOuFw4OuLXbvr2569/s1600-h/IMG_4278.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329809841278655458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MaSp7EdNu3F8zfFCB5u_pyT0XXOoJy3tlBNBmK4jOHH0MmkFvrQ1wd_dAQo0VrU-PjkEBWYktaLLdzbUFwNEnHIMLy8jkkKfGYOoTSib2yDEed4y0zVXOdVpeJ5UOuFw4OuLXbvr2569/s320/IMG_4278.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZ6cQFHJ5-0ypYPSTzH8dzWfdOl_jOQ9eZUgLW4LfVjRqPLei531SXvUGXMMKB7tStKu6BenseMLl310ho7rjIGuDQkL2hxrfodwqd576-0tFHk6miLlY0_7aFj071PcVQ1fQ7T8hVr_u/s1600-h/IMG_4277.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329809836925880738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZ6cQFHJ5-0ypYPSTzH8dzWfdOl_jOQ9eZUgLW4LfVjRqPLei531SXvUGXMMKB7tStKu6BenseMLl310ho7rjIGuDQkL2hxrfodwqd576-0tFHk6miLlY0_7aFj071PcVQ1fQ7T8hVr_u/s320/IMG_4277.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was hoping to get some shots of the fire, but of coarse, it wasn't on. We did however get one really good shot of fire on our way to the park!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKvrzVmzLKUxRyysOCa_Dou0RI45s13DXqXeP9tujyaxMGCaBv9lPlFBTETaeRzRvrWpssGqpS6ZN6VLI8zOs_dDOSA3z3iRtqSwYKyANZKn5mJZDcSm6nBM2KKwJ91Y67URYFkdSLt_g/s1600-h/IMG_4275.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcKvrzVmzLKUxRyysOCa_Dou0RI45s13DXqXeP9tujyaxMGCaBv9lPlFBTETaeRzRvrWpssGqpS6ZN6VLI8zOs_dDOSA3z3iRtqSwYKyANZKn5mJZDcSm6nBM2KKwJ91Y67URYFkdSLt_g/s320/IMG_4275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329810278186591234" /></a><br /><br />As if things couldn't be worse right now, Sarah also realized that her registration was expired on her Car. For some reason the Dealer put the wrong address on her registration when she bought the car last February. We never got a notice for renewal and now it is several month late. We are also moving this month and we have a vacation to take soon as well. I don't know if money is getting tight, or we are just paranoid about it getting tight. If Sarah's car had the wrong mailing address, we might even have some unknown parking tickets or traffic light camera tickets we don't know about. When we finally got home and decided to take a break from worrying, I turn on my laptop and the display is all screwed up! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq3GrKTr3mSs7NEHU7pjXR6JEYvJM2Og665NeErURka14uWy3TCK4THD2YwqVglVvT-CkBhPs0M4RzhDusOrkUxPE5X9u7OFNGKP-uxbzq2vj0I2qiOMNGlw7f-IBylmgVMuWTXwpiNw2/s1600-h/IMG_4281.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUq3GrKTr3mSs7NEHU7pjXR6JEYvJM2Og665NeErURka14uWy3TCK4THD2YwqVglVvT-CkBhPs0M4RzhDusOrkUxPE5X9u7OFNGKP-uxbzq2vj0I2qiOMNGlw7f-IBylmgVMuWTXwpiNw2/s320/IMG_4281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329811860091596674" /></a><br /><br />I think this is going to be the worst month ever! Figures, everything has to go wrong before we go on vacation! Thanks for reading and give me money! :)Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-29026955210987139372009-04-19T20:49:00.000-07:002009-04-20T23:05:12.284-07:00Six Flags Magic Mountain<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhDowEll-_y0k-TDdttb8G3S_xF5-uw3rJ7kEXbRSHtD-KprAPBpzzRjN4xavYfdSsC3RY8f4NjqkQa7Mz8qlnFXhfqw4IS8bG6wjP-E8KhdjlE3YcXjJiQsHFsKs4TcICHvYV0Tr5W8/s1600-h/IMG_4188.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326962913645492418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhDowEll-_y0k-TDdttb8G3S_xF5-uw3rJ7kEXbRSHtD-KprAPBpzzRjN4xavYfdSsC3RY8f4NjqkQa7Mz8qlnFXhfqw4IS8bG6wjP-E8KhdjlE3YcXjJiQsHFsKs4TcICHvYV0Tr5W8/s320/IMG_4188.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today was not exactly the great day I had in mind. Last night Sarah had a bad migraine so I left the decision up to her to go this morning. Things were already off to a bad start before we even left the house, and my first sign should have been at breakfast. Sarah and I always thought that a big meal before riding rides and coasters helped her body (and mine) fight off potential headaches/migraines. We usually go to Denny's for some kind of "slam" with eggs, pancakes, and country fried potatoes, but today Sarah just went with half a chocolate chip muffin. When we arrived at the parking lot (10:30) there were a lot of people and the weather was HOT... two things Sarah hates about theme parks. As we put on sun screen and watched the endless amount of cars pulling into the lot, she said, "Today is going to be a bad day." We skipped the first line of the day for the tram and walked up to the gate. The second set of lines were at the ticket booths and then the metal detectors. There was no line at the gate because the park had already been open for several minutes. Today was a great day for water rides, so I went into the Looney Tunes Super Store and asked for a small bag so I have protection for my phone and camera.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXv7K7DV0c_Ag2_UuUiXuQae8Sm77IGOBun4NmMol_2YgE43KoI2FtLmb7rKxPsbIXruBjuqa6K58ixG08hyphenhyphen2wgeBMyN-ppgb9QMIVwqNuBMcSB27vRdWvD4bO6OfMvsOaQ4LCHLi0MM/s1600-h/IMG_4187.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326963116844938258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVXv7K7DV0c_Ag2_UuUiXuQae8Sm77IGOBun4NmMol_2YgE43KoI2FtLmb7rKxPsbIXruBjuqa6K58ixG08hyphenhyphen2wgeBMyN-ppgb9QMIVwqNuBMcSB27vRdWvD4bO6OfMvsOaQ4LCHLi0MM/s320/IMG_4187.JPG" border="0" /></a> On our way over to <strong>Log Jammer</strong> we noticed a massive line for season pass processing (I should have taken a picture) that extended almost all the way to the Looney Tunes Super Store. I was a little surprised that Log Jammer was a walk on in this weather, but not totally surprised because I'm sure most the park's guest were at X2. Log Jammer was fun, the first half was faster than usual and we didn't get near as soaked as our previous visits.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirp7CoJ9wXUrwPicPCuj9LOplame2VpZjt9xMTvKDE_CXOIrzTIiVtLwfPqtKwS4vB-fMzgkNAcnmLzuO_bCZCjHPRkM14YL3Wx1VB_k4oRLcv6o8SHov6_-aEYvWeDGhXh6aeH_lr-wE/s1600-h/IMG_4181.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326964558746385186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirp7CoJ9wXUrwPicPCuj9LOplame2VpZjt9xMTvKDE_CXOIrzTIiVtLwfPqtKwS4vB-fMzgkNAcnmLzuO_bCZCjHPRkM14YL3Wx1VB_k4oRLcv6o8SHov6_-aEYvWeDGhXh6aeH_lr-wE/s320/IMG_4181.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to <strong>Goliath</strong> which was operating 3 trains today! We practically walked on to front row and the ride was as perfect as always. I had a little bit of a hard time with the helix but I made it through.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NUZYI2ou2gLv74Q-uQwaMUZxlBFQ392wp1DfBDf8a9LZbZcyKgN9arZuS4rHfC7-NBMtHlAp7sPmBqArbAwXsNp2ZiBHjHdK_BR-bKDxr-OusGO9UbIeZyn_yME9cCjlf6eqydaUbGU/s1600-h/IMG_4186.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965064466204690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NUZYI2ou2gLv74Q-uQwaMUZxlBFQ392wp1DfBDf8a9LZbZcyKgN9arZuS4rHfC7-NBMtHlAp7sPmBqArbAwXsNp2ZiBHjHdK_BR-bKDxr-OusGO9UbIeZyn_yME9cCjlf6eqydaUbGU/s320/IMG_4186.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglr6DaaZatjLfJ_Hm-Zoas1h0VmEu3MiD1nXBZrKnHRzHRsdCBpOM9VuB7HM5J66PcFmdh49PL3mPE_pr8wpnvFlXepyzMceYL57SJy1JBI34_AicaHOoAhHKlBm6MUoovaCGLW5yNDf4/s1600-h/IMG_4190.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965059524831890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglr6DaaZatjLfJ_Hm-Zoas1h0VmEu3MiD1nXBZrKnHRzHRsdCBpOM9VuB7HM5J66PcFmdh49PL3mPE_pr8wpnvFlXepyzMceYL57SJy1JBI34_AicaHOoAhHKlBm6MUoovaCGLW5yNDf4/s320/IMG_4190.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r3qmAozqeFPhDNvoVFDaylsvzMLqdhRvzfBvMb1b9krUsUqAfA9-FNApdC321sxZNlKEZhvejWtYc6gE2qUHZELfoyfYo9GiMkbiAmHmIqXXa0aFDfe0ZyX7JOGDjI6iHHAy3OG2njI/s1600-h/IMG_4192.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965053711259410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r3qmAozqeFPhDNvoVFDaylsvzMLqdhRvzfBvMb1b9krUsUqAfA9-FNApdC321sxZNlKEZhvejWtYc6gE2qUHZELfoyfYo9GiMkbiAmHmIqXXa0aFDfe0ZyX7JOGDjI6iHHAy3OG2njI/s320/IMG_4192.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that I was thinking we would ride Colossus, but Sarah wanted to get <strong>Riddler's Revenge</strong> out of the way. I'm not sure by what she meant by out of the way, maybe she thought it was a <em>must</em> ride for me, or she wanted to do it before it got a long line. Just minutes before we got to the park she said she didn't want to ride any coasters with inversions and I thought to myself, "Yeah Six Flags Magic Mountain is the perfect place for that with it's record breaking 35 inversions." I was willing to make that happen for her, but she is the one that wanted to ride Riddler's Revenge so I didn't complain :) The station was close to empty so we got to ride front row without waiting. Get ready for my first Riddler's Revenge complaint ever... The ride was a little rough today, it wasn't uncomfortable, but it effected how much I enjoyed the ride.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-0BYV6uKKM7C8lKt6Gv7lTEy5cw9JEsMK3g1kLvvS7OBNmEo8QXe5msSkzIcLwnTBvKbbUIZj9N6vzygHZ31qG8Au-yKkKhS3nAbMphiRmQeCmqiDC0k1B1mHlpRtgHKrVcfkz60230/s1600-h/IMG_4196.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965792574708914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR-0BYV6uKKM7C8lKt6Gv7lTEy5cw9JEsMK3g1kLvvS7OBNmEo8QXe5msSkzIcLwnTBvKbbUIZj9N6vzygHZ31qG8Au-yKkKhS3nAbMphiRmQeCmqiDC0k1B1mHlpRtgHKrVcfkz60230/s320/IMG_4196.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk5gMGhZlH2k3UqfclPZUHsEq5Uj8x7V-Venwo_0WWky8qU4OTlukn3l_gO2cnGEIivpgqKvaP77dHh80nSCzgFwjcEAWTBtoKLt9BL_USdvZG345POtRyTE34EClnuT3XTs8ujXTpdc/s1600-h/IMG_4198.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965790717623810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWk5gMGhZlH2k3UqfclPZUHsEq5Uj8x7V-Venwo_0WWky8qU4OTlukn3l_gO2cnGEIivpgqKvaP77dHh80nSCzgFwjcEAWTBtoKLt9BL_USdvZG345POtRyTE34EClnuT3XTs8ujXTpdc/s320/IMG_4198.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rCy_2uKHiY8NbkDD-WVepOa81Q8yKlDXQJUSlpzR-OUSf4jO7g-U-pdGnCvr9rSFfjXt8vTdLB0Ihxe6hKBz0jPORm1u5xoNjnFJdfyR0_aWPTpHoySmbgnfHCqOgieVeWqUlMxwI7E/s1600-h/IMG_4197.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326965784993083170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rCy_2uKHiY8NbkDD-WVepOa81Q8yKlDXQJUSlpzR-OUSf4jO7g-U-pdGnCvr9rSFfjXt8vTdLB0Ihxe6hKBz0jPORm1u5xoNjnFJdfyR0_aWPTpHoySmbgnfHCqOgieVeWqUlMxwI7E/s320/IMG_4197.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went on the recently reopened <strong>Tidal Wave</strong>. I have to admit I'm not really looking forward to this ride leaving the park. It gets really hot in Valencia and I would hate to see there be less options to "cool off" on. Tidal Wave was fun, I really like the "bump" on the drop and the water rushing my face felt good on this hot day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8HlSUxKcXJa8hyFItJIhNhFkHUi8Va_-FHp1AXF-yxEZUlpsxmrwJA2VsfZYUBanFBgAmGOzZPgtojvoP998a9uY0Rb3lARRu64sSjeVgsDeSCXs1jnTxYM-bzR6tn_TyrnpWePaFiI/s1600-h/IMG_4200.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005022749963362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8HlSUxKcXJa8hyFItJIhNhFkHUi8Va_-FHp1AXF-yxEZUlpsxmrwJA2VsfZYUBanFBgAmGOzZPgtojvoP998a9uY0Rb3lARRu64sSjeVgsDeSCXs1jnTxYM-bzR6tn_TyrnpWePaFiI/s320/IMG_4200.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtghdBJtW15UOLKXy-uhEDorIaEKpWWD4fxHDpG67Up2AyYj641n50J9gEYeMycOei5EVWQtGLpXYCMrL0wTHlGkr6IDmkxGY7lOC-iWNfremTdJv9VCDR9FG2eN-XdAv6QoJk-m0CbY/s1600-h/IMG_4203.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005017790627410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtghdBJtW15UOLKXy-uhEDorIaEKpWWD4fxHDpG67Up2AyYj641n50J9gEYeMycOei5EVWQtGLpXYCMrL0wTHlGkr6IDmkxGY7lOC-iWNfremTdJv9VCDR9FG2eN-XdAv6QoJk-m0CbY/s320/IMG_4203.JPG" border="0" /></a> There is a lady somewhere in that wave :)<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFwpXEhCiqsRc5EAj1gsBlKZS-yFxET4AYnslBtOgy0sHAZwdKN98oL9i2uV374_-dfCNgBUz5Mn2Kj4iQVmQHU1bqN_Ka-bcGRBdt2QRpfzjfY_H6tF9DDDQzg88z6tcrJsdIJKnOeE/s1600-h/IMG_4202.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005016379733618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFwpXEhCiqsRc5EAj1gsBlKZS-yFxET4AYnslBtOgy0sHAZwdKN98oL9i2uV374_-dfCNgBUz5Mn2Kj4iQVmQHU1bqN_Ka-bcGRBdt2QRpfzjfY_H6tF9DDDQzg88z6tcrJsdIJKnOeE/s320/IMG_4202.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride was <strong>Sand Blasters</strong>. Unlike Knott's Berry Farm's Bumper Cars this one actually lasted longer than 1 minute. Maybe it's because I'm not used to driving with my left foot, but I kept having problems with my car which resulted in Sarah getting some good hits on me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmEycqrczN5I95DHmpBulqVQpZHoaZ9b5LeKxWXFgDWpgG_B7JoyJeS3Kn9MVNFboiRncDwOksP6jU43OtW8IKcNl2VdcZ5H3K-jRHToWgUpr33cwamfsmdlzpAgHqHC98cyvrU-kBwk/s1600-h/IMG_4206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005381212609970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmEycqrczN5I95DHmpBulqVQpZHoaZ9b5LeKxWXFgDWpgG_B7JoyJeS3Kn9MVNFboiRncDwOksP6jU43OtW8IKcNl2VdcZ5H3K-jRHToWgUpr33cwamfsmdlzpAgHqHC98cyvrU-kBwk/s320/IMG_4206.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw72M1aE3LptkUnZdNjm8bo679GywMEjUk5QTVqSA_umFLH7iYsUbSvdAKwFu456OgoV4vtD2l0_FrySDZI1dCBpWlHNuClmngF8PUPXffOvLo7HNE4vFH6HWhBgXh7n7rrW1hy-5XMw/s1600-h/IMG_4207.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005374449034818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLw72M1aE3LptkUnZdNjm8bo679GywMEjUk5QTVqSA_umFLH7iYsUbSvdAKwFu456OgoV4vtD2l0_FrySDZI1dCBpWlHNuClmngF8PUPXffOvLo7HNE4vFH6HWhBgXh7n7rrW1hy-5XMw/s320/IMG_4207.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went on <strong>Gold Rusher</strong>. Gold Rusher is always a fun ride and I'm looking forward to one day riding it at night!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio8Wis_bYncfhD-wyFvljnm9BblUBABsnM_TUKheteBasHlVqsFeZ94iohYgSHnomvIyWW4s3YnVwyPcADaVUMPIJIezLuE0GI0TqfWsl3HMYvQPcSrjVj0UQ2C78OVVNeJljZz7LfMQ/s1600-h/IMG_4211.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327005745867450226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio8Wis_bYncfhD-wyFvljnm9BblUBABsnM_TUKheteBasHlVqsFeZ94iohYgSHnomvIyWW4s3YnVwyPcADaVUMPIJIezLuE0GI0TqfWsl3HMYvQPcSrjVj0UQ2C78OVVNeJljZz7LfMQ/s320/IMG_4211.JPG" border="0" /></a> We were ready to cool off again so we went on Jet Stream. Before we boarded I noticed there was a huge boat build up! As the operator asked us how many where in our group we decided we didn't want to get stuck on this ride for an unknown amount of time so we walked out the exit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsIU8aUK8u3Ucmmxf2k5KZzlQ-ar3TfMBZdlsn4aaw81JF7PMDNW0p_fkFeUDHKoEWQC8So1IAOaBvumeoFrEfzwqD9xQDDSMS56Ck4TEkPJmwoSzdAGVhdFbjbcV04e4DdveQ1jogUue/s1600-h/IMG_4214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327006105732897026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsIU8aUK8u3Ucmmxf2k5KZzlQ-ar3TfMBZdlsn4aaw81JF7PMDNW0p_fkFeUDHKoEWQC8So1IAOaBvumeoFrEfzwqD9xQDDSMS56Ck4TEkPJmwoSzdAGVhdFbjbcV04e4DdveQ1jogUue/s320/IMG_4214.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2C_4H3OmRQ6t7_-CMw0q92-CXej2XbNNnVt5T0zl-8iboSukP-g30V73xc5Dv614353NpBhVBwrtoX5ooBRLzXTbBpolPPe7xQLstmafNeDcYVq-JDgfmgaUG9yhS5g_JiJRwszMytFy/s1600-h/IMG_4212.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327006098777417314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2C_4H3OmRQ6t7_-CMw0q92-CXej2XbNNnVt5T0zl-8iboSukP-g30V73xc5Dv614353NpBhVBwrtoX5ooBRLzXTbBpolPPe7xQLstmafNeDcYVq-JDgfmgaUG9yhS5g_JiJRwszMytFy/s320/IMG_4212.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went to check out Terminator Salvation: The Coaster construction. We couldn't really see much due to the high blue walls, so I took pictures of what I could.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQjYireM23kd0p7ugoSvHROMPzDI6WLhrQUiqEsY77U6wC52nlggFW_eLH6tVFzSZK_cQgLpr80kockh9v9kj8ZQ6xcwL-2QAFKweSqZ0jaC2dSj2snJeTo91IOAHSDlGIVUw0XXIlD17/s1600-h/IMG_4222.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327007005727323298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisQjYireM23kd0p7ugoSvHROMPzDI6WLhrQUiqEsY77U6wC52nlggFW_eLH6tVFzSZK_cQgLpr80kockh9v9kj8ZQ6xcwL-2QAFKweSqZ0jaC2dSj2snJeTo91IOAHSDlGIVUw0XXIlD17/s320/IMG_4222.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sY3E3acoX339qqYRs4v5Xatv79_Mg9oHYxlKk9DuVXTIoFnvlcgy-eZ-yeMQ99OuHrcmMZ8Uq6IvAvhyphenhyphenjSEj0F3qYQd216VVTxn87XO1j4KnkUMrlmTQe9fSDS8b9aceU5KLQqzp9VcF/s1600-h/IMG_4223.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327006999174471570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4sY3E3acoX339qqYRs4v5Xatv79_Mg9oHYxlKk9DuVXTIoFnvlcgy-eZ-yeMQ99OuHrcmMZ8Uq6IvAvhyphenhyphenjSEj0F3qYQd216VVTxn87XO1j4KnkUMrlmTQe9fSDS8b9aceU5KLQqzp9VcF/s320/IMG_4223.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmf3Uo8Ar5TBJ5ZSPd1ENAk5ZdOFHR70GJ5rkNf3JRX8JQiKKfAI26PE1p29YmZ02uR4WcqCkPJ6hmm_zG65yeJDTGJuQHhRLtsi8FyA96HUUygRhyS7YMjuxT9qfaE1KF12W35aB34gP/s1600-h/IMG_4221.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327006994238591218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJmf3Uo8Ar5TBJ5ZSPd1ENAk5ZdOFHR70GJ5rkNf3JRX8JQiKKfAI26PE1p29YmZ02uR4WcqCkPJ6hmm_zG65yeJDTGJuQHhRLtsi8FyA96HUUygRhyS7YMjuxT9qfaE1KF12W35aB34gP/s320/IMG_4221.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLlDwOrs_x6uCFajGZiyqgbNhLsEretbj0fnMP2BO-Q_sgAEFmG96EwfnU8ORAKVDCNAAogu85HNkwtQakVZbaWp_uH48kr6iHHwtaFPR0sGUchkPVGVqt-VW1_pfmevxJVFdDJCTuEVQ/s1600-h/IMG_4216.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327006993167799346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLlDwOrs_x6uCFajGZiyqgbNhLsEretbj0fnMP2BO-Q_sgAEFmG96EwfnU8ORAKVDCNAAogu85HNkwtQakVZbaWp_uH48kr6iHHwtaFPR0sGUchkPVGVqt-VW1_pfmevxJVFdDJCTuEVQ/s320/IMG_4216.JPG" border="0" /></a> Moving on we went up the hill to see Roaring Rapids still closed and Tatsu's line filling in. We continued up the mountain to <strong>Ninja</strong>. Ninja was a walk on and was the first time in a while I've been on front row. The ride was awesome and I'm glad I got a little wet a few times the ride passed under Jet Stream.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSozlLjT-E01KFr669SVax6WbW-G0uyZq6aBiSdEgtBYKQ7CxZKqO8SRTQnOycJEkP9FlxifHIea3MgwvsZbYOKWLKHgrZAjTUtoMNmE-AhtcgToNzsBt84jcmjJ5kMMPnsRB0ACdoZfIA/s1600-h/IMG_4226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327007614378693250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSozlLjT-E01KFr669SVax6WbW-G0uyZq6aBiSdEgtBYKQ7CxZKqO8SRTQnOycJEkP9FlxifHIea3MgwvsZbYOKWLKHgrZAjTUtoMNmE-AhtcgToNzsBt84jcmjJ5kMMPnsRB0ACdoZfIA/s320/IMG_4226.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Mb9BUUQ1DGKUFVoSYBjxuvyD7m1mXM_DgumjpMLi8MakIfhqDPeJ03m-wB07zXLF2F_NHwRKBeOYf5x1bVIRpjjzn4fRXQaNEJt-oNfy-LK6WhciRDsPdOjE9KM9596PL_fzb6rfGcq/s1600-h/IMG_4229.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327007608656841426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Mb9BUUQ1DGKUFVoSYBjxuvyD7m1mXM_DgumjpMLi8MakIfhqDPeJ03m-wB07zXLF2F_NHwRKBeOYf5x1bVIRpjjzn4fRXQaNEJt-oNfy-LK6WhciRDsPdOjE9KM9596PL_fzb6rfGcq/s320/IMG_4229.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKqH8UVxEHkqfBLw-Pjyy8oNtTCY4T2z5e78KmhqlwFjgoIOrMlSjJY2lG2NGOLSUYvKPyyyVWQiEjnNFmhS8c3cmleyoTRncA5880aBT4OqMlCFi6_Ar7PaKD4HDVM3zG4rou_g2JDwo/s1600-h/IMG_4227.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327007603726909362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKqH8UVxEHkqfBLw-Pjyy8oNtTCY4T2z5e78KmhqlwFjgoIOrMlSjJY2lG2NGOLSUYvKPyyyVWQiEjnNFmhS8c3cmleyoTRncA5880aBT4OqMlCFi6_Ar7PaKD4HDVM3zG4rou_g2JDwo/s320/IMG_4227.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to Superman The Escape which was currently closed. We sat there in the shade and debated on where to eat. Sarah wanted to eat at Subway and I wanted to eat in the park. I was willing to leave the park to get Subway, but I don't even know where one is around there. At this point in the day Sarah was also ready to go home! I thought we were doing good and keeping it really easy, but I guess not. We sat there for a while resting until we decided to eat at <strong>Eduardo's Grill</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfVVrgQBSigoxSS9KRBL0x8AaDawzoRj2jj3sYeSJVLcUd_vya4Me5h4npOl_uNpQvqoDn6NlTUXs8SpbcmoIyTnuKftisSn82HmF1H1MwHm4_fKVMYEN3jV6RKAYhexT3QQLSHfOpYTz/s1600-h/IMG_4235.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327008358134170978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfVVrgQBSigoxSS9KRBL0x8AaDawzoRj2jj3sYeSJVLcUd_vya4Me5h4npOl_uNpQvqoDn6NlTUXs8SpbcmoIyTnuKftisSn82HmF1H1MwHm4_fKVMYEN3jV6RKAYhexT3QQLSHfOpYTz/s320/IMG_4235.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtRqgOHYeCyQVlzKcrP10wGkfdrnze6Ua-DQXQIbfjwEaOws8hH8Bu2C4OYU_LQee_QSyrlba7xfvEkQ_FqVXfYaMYzAov4bxf2aCPv57qVYZsmQLPf_Z7G8_4m3SxhuyYCuPoE04wnB/s1600-h/IMG_4234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327008358343684754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibtRqgOHYeCyQVlzKcrP10wGkfdrnze6Ua-DQXQIbfjwEaOws8hH8Bu2C4OYU_LQee_QSyrlba7xfvEkQ_FqVXfYaMYzAov4bxf2aCPv57qVYZsmQLPf_Z7G8_4m3SxhuyYCuPoE04wnB/s320/IMG_4234.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcBFUfn5W9ny-lDCwsP_yIqvY4uLRq9i0reR0tE8lqEkoWLY_WJJcIWHoxkTiEDsRjLQvM1qhXrFoeTRh9HATzeHg7Inq7oD0iy05-Y_BmS3xgcd36AjO1pCgq-r79wesi5H4xvVbz4IM/s1600-h/IMG_4236.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327008353369708706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcBFUfn5W9ny-lDCwsP_yIqvY4uLRq9i0reR0tE8lqEkoWLY_WJJcIWHoxkTiEDsRjLQvM1qhXrFoeTRh9HATzeHg7Inq7oD0iy05-Y_BmS3xgcd36AjO1pCgq-r79wesi5H4xvVbz4IM/s320/IMG_4236.JPG" border="0" /></a> This is the second time we've had Eduardo's Grill and I think the food is good. The chips were good and the salsa actually had a little kick to it. My burrito is better than any burrito I've had at Del Taco or Taco Bell, but that's not really saying too much. I do recommend eating there, and maybe next time I will try something new. Earlier Sarah lost her hair tie on Riddler's Revenge so we needed to get another one to prevent her hair from getting tangled. We asked a manager if he knew where we could buy them and he directed us to Attitudes.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ze4MKeMVveg9bweWpA7j-eDccjP8eab2IxAaSiN6_7ggan4VPSWGT5scyGAfNW_Y-9QkAq1gfrOtM6i6Sk0jSllP3pqXOQY4UxyBVJf6DZVce_yVNCZ4Ommwy8izN52OoctzaH1Mzc0k/s1600-h/IMG_4237.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327009784325422018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ze4MKeMVveg9bweWpA7j-eDccjP8eab2IxAaSiN6_7ggan4VPSWGT5scyGAfNW_Y-9QkAq1gfrOtM6i6Sk0jSllP3pqXOQY4UxyBVJf6DZVce_yVNCZ4Ommwy8izN52OoctzaH1Mzc0k/s320/IMG_4237.JPG" border="0" /></a> I thought it was funny that the place was called Attitudes because that is what we got from the Jewelry Vendor while we were in the store. We found an actual park employee and they told us that they didn't sell hair ties and that we could find them at Flags in the front of the park. We didn't want to go all the way to the front of the park so we headed to <strong>Colossus</strong> first. Colossus was so much fun today in the back row, we were lifted from our seats on every single drop. I was glad to see Sarah was having fun again. After we got off we walked back around for a second ride in the same seats. I'm glad that <strong>Colossus</strong> is stepping it up in the wooden coaster category while GhostRider is getting worse and worse.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EzAFOkss_o90UL9DHmowbFwh0HavcAiGOQSJGQ5_4Ex7ecBVunPdmeEUHQ_Hj7PBnMj-u42gCaX_e8V2An19jXlPWvYVh2bijzk2TYKBn5xzU3ikXX4QM6ueXzh-6HRdKdgPVNP45nEn/s1600-h/IMG_4238.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327011681661719906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4EzAFOkss_o90UL9DHmowbFwh0HavcAiGOQSJGQ5_4Ex7ecBVunPdmeEUHQ_Hj7PBnMj-u42gCaX_e8V2An19jXlPWvYVh2bijzk2TYKBn5xzU3ikXX4QM6ueXzh-6HRdKdgPVNP45nEn/s320/IMG_4238.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we sat down for a bit to rest. Sarah really didn't want to be at the park anymore and I left the decision up to her to stay or go. She wanted to leave so we left... I was totally pissed off about it and getting stuck in traffic almost the whole way home did help cheer me up at all. Unfortunately I let this short trip ruin the rest of the day for us and we got in a few fights about it and many other things (I won't go into details) The good news is that I spent all today (Monday) researching migraines and what we can do together to prevent them from happening. And the really good news is that we get to try again this coming Sunday when we return to Six Flags Magic Mountain on our way home from my Uncle's 50th Birthday Party. </p><p>Yeah I know, not the "coolest" the thing of me to do, get pissed off while my girl friend's head is pounding with a migraine. Truth is, this isn't the first time this has happened and it wont be the last. It's such a huge let down from me driving over 2 hours to the park, seeing all these great coasters, not riding them, and then driving 2+ hours back home. 95% percent of our drive is on the 5 and in the near 30 visits to the park in the past 2 years we have yet to have a traffic free commute! We had a bad day and I unfortunately made it worse with my attitude, we got over it, and we now know a lot more about what we can do to prevent/manage it and we are both very much looking forward to trying it again Sunday! See you there, thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />08. Sand Blasters<br />07. Gold Rusher<br />06. Tidal Wave<br />05. Ninja<br />04. Riddler's Revenge<br />03. Log Jammer<br />02. Goliath<br />01. Colossus<br /><br />Found Coins: 1 Dime and 6 Pennies</p>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-7757824204719766292009-04-15T23:43:00.001-07:002009-04-17T01:02:13.919-07:00The Big Mike Road Show!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo0MUZA8mRJZFGtH8vE1juZZlh7Y7UYBR9NRwNuOO4b7ZSqZ-7qYLHi85BA9iFp96O3CEgvhVT6RqqTNgMPe2B3j-e6yi4GiACGOoCUS_6kMJtumpTQX5ZRdd_nAa1ab3ys-QAajfQAE/s1600-h/IMG_4161.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325315405445345122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHo0MUZA8mRJZFGtH8vE1juZZlh7Y7UYBR9NRwNuOO4b7ZSqZ-7qYLHi85BA9iFp96O3CEgvhVT6RqqTNgMPe2B3j-e6yi4GiACGOoCUS_6kMJtumpTQX5ZRdd_nAa1ab3ys-QAajfQAE/s320/IMG_4161.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />"CAUSE I'VE GOT A GOLDEN TICKET!" - So last night it was back to Belmont Park! I missed Big Mike during his visit to Belmont Park (3/24/09) by minutes, but he left me a little something if I was quick. Last Night I noticed Big Mike was logged on to Theme Park Review so I waited penitently to see if he was going to make his Belmont Park Update. When he made the post I scrolled down skipping all the park update and straight to the Mikestery Treasure Hunt Clues. As soon I saw the payphone I closed my laptop and woke up Sarah.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuaAT57yYeneJ-qkDLOlr0AA35R4zIWDU6w_2FPTmzPL1VMzHAYJhyphenhyphenZE7UlBaN_2BdBajSHxjiqDY8FLrM0N0ABxUi1ygcxta9h3Kh7DmpLiOa1xB1T9n6GfbRSJAVXDr4ggyvAxSxEk/s1600-h/IMG_4172.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320086235641026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGuaAT57yYeneJ-qkDLOlr0AA35R4zIWDU6w_2FPTmzPL1VMzHAYJhyphenhyphenZE7UlBaN_2BdBajSHxjiqDY8FLrM0N0ABxUi1ygcxta9h3Kh7DmpLiOa1xB1T9n6GfbRSJAVXDr4ggyvAxSxEk/s320/IMG_4172.JPG" border="0" /></a> I told her I had to leave and that I wanted to take her car because mine is low on gas. She never opened her eyes and her responses weren't really words, but she did say "No," to me taking her car. I left the room to go put on my shoes and then I went to kiss her goodbye. "Where are you going?" she asked. I explained to her the conversation we had just minutes ago, but she didn't remember a thing. I took her car anyways and was heading South on the 15. When I got to the park only the Carousel and the Giant Dipper where open. It was just after 9 o' clock and the wind was brutal today so I wasn't expecting anything to be open. I rushed over to the payphone and grabbed my very own piece of Treasure!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH40J7fUAixiXGtWmzyQl6Fft5KMGx4YSpd8Ufqk3Vy2Fc9LjqjFyQSTjGlQxMOTZb9l1-mEJNlKl-xH614WrFVMCtMcWbQlRjnBx2I-IDkRpzWC2m5N-aG9Al_umz2MOqCznv5GeKjIY/s1600-h/IMG_4165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320079357912162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH40J7fUAixiXGtWmzyQl6Fft5KMGx4YSpd8Ufqk3Vy2Fc9LjqjFyQSTjGlQxMOTZb9l1-mEJNlKl-xH614WrFVMCtMcWbQlRjnBx2I-IDkRpzWC2m5N-aG9Al_umz2MOqCznv5GeKjIY/s320/IMG_4165.JPG" border="0" /></a> For Size Comparison!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9EuZt2R-bSZ7xFalh6qUcglh-2nNsQKGVxOj4yVIECzYpkdbOkzytsxYkXf6SX91fTt488GPxuT_3rb8dizS0FWYnguLSSuy7y3W-7xWxEA2brDU0sH8y7HnAcYI4Q6GbWy2sphooXY/s1600-h/IMG_4176.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320969583793154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9EuZt2R-bSZ7xFalh6qUcglh-2nNsQKGVxOj4yVIECzYpkdbOkzytsxYkXf6SX91fTt488GPxuT_3rb8dizS0FWYnguLSSuy7y3W-7xWxEA2brDU0sH8y7HnAcYI4Q6GbWy2sphooXY/s320/IMG_4176.JPG" border="0" /></a> Belmont Park 3/24/09<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmoOOREwp5SL1Gstzfnhnq5wj54m2e96lzIYoUzQn1BUsDX5DfHzsnWEHZTjaUl_llHpOQ4WfNSWjOoq_guDZVo1DqYF1BbdbxbvV9diIoe2Zit4Uw6PIXEPFhd524rk0ZWM6JJe3r9Y/s1600-h/IMG_4174.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320090479393970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmoOOREwp5SL1Gstzfnhnq5wj54m2e96lzIYoUzQn1BUsDX5DfHzsnWEHZTjaUl_llHpOQ4WfNSWjOoq_guDZVo1DqYF1BbdbxbvV9diIoe2Zit4Uw6PIXEPFhd524rk0ZWM6JJe3r9Y/s320/IMG_4174.JPG" border="0" /></a> Maybe next time I will be in the seat right next to you!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnJatfgpApmJb0A8oEGFJwiKu-DBY2CuVAHvXfYsHwLDPqZWD5bAV3I3RDlCnNek43I9MDToYx7e2o2TFh5M-lHnsTRhB2Mj5SUp_fRTRCbK9t04bckZDRCbmi8QI1EIPtYfWJojIh7A/s1600-h/IMG_4168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320083292992082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnJatfgpApmJb0A8oEGFJwiKu-DBY2CuVAHvXfYsHwLDPqZWD5bAV3I3RDlCnNek43I9MDToYx7e2o2TFh5M-lHnsTRhB2Mj5SUp_fRTRCbK9t04bckZDRCbmi8QI1EIPtYfWJojIh7A/s320/IMG_4168.JPG" border="0" /></a> Nice Guys fill up her car!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfIiB8_mWGyo0Dyc3wj8pGclDEftYFDyk99UvKcbwG7IrdFO7F5DGzMYpdYF-1wqWdOBY0FtWLNBnTq1BMLY1MhfghZWNBy3rJdaZl5DFc6w552s6NApcSawrkF8W1QU6-ZxPWR8RZ7A/s1600-h/IMG_4177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325320969384886482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLfIiB8_mWGyo0Dyc3wj8pGclDEftYFDyk99UvKcbwG7IrdFO7F5DGzMYpdYF-1wqWdOBY0FtWLNBnTq1BMLY1MhfghZWNBy3rJdaZl5DFc6w552s6NApcSawrkF8W1QU6-ZxPWR8RZ7A/s320/IMG_4177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />I new this card wasn't bad luck! Thank You Big Mike for giving something exciting to do at 9 A.M. (Legoland) and 9 P.M. (Belmont Park) You can keep The Big Mike Road Show away from Calicoasters, but you can't keep Calicoasters away from The Big Mike Road Show! Thank you for reading and see you all (whoever reads this thing?) at Six Flags Magic Mountain this Sunday 4/19/09. I don't care if I'm hospitalized, I will still be there :)Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-27839965702423625682009-04-13T20:49:00.000-07:002009-04-21T13:10:10.462-07:00Disneyland - January 1991<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YVOQh9Oqiv4Bojpjp4bErYF3RbncXiWHN80Wfe9kS7dT-YGVqRG97Nh35fHgt9zany4YnR9unvhopF0WcYomdfd8h3wCurE5Rq0QsmO4r1o6ShOOmXivJGe_4-VvmFm-wk8Dv7jXrwc/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324392240498941218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YVOQh9Oqiv4Bojpjp4bErYF3RbncXiWHN80Wfe9kS7dT-YGVqRG97Nh35fHgt9zany4YnR9unvhopF0WcYomdfd8h3wCurE5Rq0QsmO4r1o6ShOOmXivJGe_4-VvmFm-wk8Dv7jXrwc/s320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a> I was browsing through some old photos and came across some pictures from Disneyland, January 1991. At this time in my childhood my Dad was always overseas with the Marine Corp so he was not apart of this trip. I was the youngest of group that included my older brother and sister (Matt & Jennifer) and my Mom's best friend's kids Cory and Sammy. I actually remember this day very well and the ride that scared me the most was Splash Mountain!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPSEFVXiTGXovOHXaeDPkX3QkN4QiixlE2XDBiS8qhRNsXuphIZA2kCOXHnkMW8Sser_hBnC_2s7XvOVRglNdyzw_B_TcAzunOs3bNcdx43qY2AewCFFFPzV9Qg1bLrUOAUyyOKymLII/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324391925163732466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPSEFVXiTGXovOHXaeDPkX3QkN4QiixlE2XDBiS8qhRNsXuphIZA2kCOXHnkMW8Sser_hBnC_2s7XvOVRglNdyzw_B_TcAzunOs3bNcdx43qY2AewCFFFPzV9Qg1bLrUOAUyyOKymLII/s320/6.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy and I playing Swords (And not in the Toilet)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-g4paYhtdmzP_p_7kKrkqFS4lRuupwgjUAOrx8OBQ9ITF1IgGHAk8GPYPUtJFdLQZZ7BPfF8KSiqePiKfdYBZKVLgmxXDL807sxLwOobysqmmRIjw_oAsedwLUuRfHx5pLmitEXCUJI/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324391924834378370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-g4paYhtdmzP_p_7kKrkqFS4lRuupwgjUAOrx8OBQ9ITF1IgGHAk8GPYPUtJFdLQZZ7BPfF8KSiqePiKfdYBZKVLgmxXDL807sxLwOobysqmmRIjw_oAsedwLUuRfHx5pLmitEXCUJI/s320/7.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy and I on PeopleMover<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKalwjSllEKzdYC7ntlUVJs4Ln_HReJOTbXfhSkos7cjp4LcH74ZETMQOPCfnDj-92XnolacAeLcj__hrJIKNtW9-iHKdqC5JNEmPNkksTe8FvAbQOjEyKe26y6lrfhqENssfeYLR8fg/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324391919139094306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKalwjSllEKzdYC7ntlUVJs4Ln_HReJOTbXfhSkos7cjp4LcH74ZETMQOPCfnDj-92XnolacAeLcj__hrJIKNtW9-iHKdqC5JNEmPNkksTe8FvAbQOjEyKe26y6lrfhqENssfeYLR8fg/s320/8.jpg" border="0" /></a> My Mom and Vicki in the same car across from us. The style of glasses people wear has changed a lot in under 20 years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_0fnMinefjbfyvkEb8w2FpCIzcKZ_w1czNS91TTJ_-m72J_RTw0EFD4ifNJjsPYjZY9TdesSMe8fmHsEtSQLSVY07OstpljgmtkZzY_txUddAWGuItBM2neJlayaB5k_HlnPHxEJVBg/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324391917142335602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_0fnMinefjbfyvkEb8w2FpCIzcKZ_w1czNS91TTJ_-m72J_RTw0EFD4ifNJjsPYjZY9TdesSMe8fmHsEtSQLSVY07OstpljgmtkZzY_txUddAWGuItBM2neJlayaB5k_HlnPHxEJVBg/s320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a>My Mom, Sammy and I before seeing Micheal Jackson in 3D with some aliens. This show scared me a bit too mainly because I'm Micheal's Type!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vQrsPLshrBUqSO-NnEKXnl-1rDbDrzB0MyZCqz1y4xoALiDxnsMRJjpYjH61SVAn07jyd-Ce5ENEAOSdzmP8VismBMI8RIu5RNIEXJnp94zAIcHnkt_rPVYpULoPr6HEHWjwW7wG4Z4/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324391916444745634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vQrsPLshrBUqSO-NnEKXnl-1rDbDrzB0MyZCqz1y4xoALiDxnsMRJjpYjH61SVAn07jyd-Ce5ENEAOSdzmP8VismBMI8RIu5RNIEXJnp94zAIcHnkt_rPVYpULoPr6HEHWjwW7wG4Z4/s320/9.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy on Autopia<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuQXg9M9ezz4g_GVlnFLfKCrZhqj5pbK1PI4HvrkD6vrvetIpbYNOlatTlWl02YRZ0XVPR_g_twA_Yrl0qHI4Mfwgojk5EXprhyO_HrhAm4zg96nXqt22vao1M9OJvrHLvIaf5GJ2laE/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324392251224418066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuQXg9M9ezz4g_GVlnFLfKCrZhqj5pbK1PI4HvrkD6vrvetIpbYNOlatTlWl02YRZ0XVPR_g_twA_Yrl0qHI4Mfwgojk5EXprhyO_HrhAm4zg96nXqt22vao1M9OJvrHLvIaf5GJ2laE/s320/5.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy trying to pick the most Indiana Jones of hats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7_I73zjVu1I9mBRvvUKXqK35V048pN5hyTj7VCOxMPsvnzG7TON66Ymg4uCOnTx22orLbTaHxMAIOdNdGTdSuwC99tisbilfzXVqPHu0REU9-hiqQ9MxalUtpGf554qOGdkSgjPHbss/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324392245595333154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 222px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7_I73zjVu1I9mBRvvUKXqK35V048pN5hyTj7VCOxMPsvnzG7TON66Ymg4uCOnTx22orLbTaHxMAIOdNdGTdSuwC99tisbilfzXVqPHu0REU9-hiqQ9MxalUtpGf554qOGdkSgjPHbss/s320/4.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sammy, Matt and I with some squirrel (I forget his name... is it Chip or Dale?)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuJ5ulCdkadfUbLSAYIFCopVH5TcgHkZxPWjjZLmzcP-GwGeYZqVgtrcuRU6_9pUal6T8X6vrjj83VUc2i2CEZYrvg38-pex1f_AwiLnHKv6bzkzy49NA7V_9T12H2b33Lr2_iFfpmX0/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324392241258881730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 223px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuJ5ulCdkadfUbLSAYIFCopVH5TcgHkZxPWjjZLmzcP-GwGeYZqVgtrcuRU6_9pUal6T8X6vrjj83VUc2i2CEZYrvg38-pex1f_AwiLnHKv6bzkzy49NA7V_9T12H2b33Lr2_iFfpmX0/s320/3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />From Left to Right - Jennifer, Sammy, Matt, Cory, Cody (Me)Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-67338320201740001332009-04-12T22:41:00.000-07:002009-04-13T00:55:23.024-07:00Knott's Berry Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29kv4LsUZ8HL7pLUe1T37CcIeOzN53lyMKKzRNs6cxRDlF25mGasNLilfZBGU312dgRt6r4BfRVGieX1lCrAFblM96cDhe1ABDM65UtlfD0sU0svlvSP8C35n1L3JykB5dg6yUQiNM-M/s1600-h/IMG_4140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324053009685491506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29kv4LsUZ8HL7pLUe1T37CcIeOzN53lyMKKzRNs6cxRDlF25mGasNLilfZBGU312dgRt6r4BfRVGieX1lCrAFblM96cDhe1ABDM65UtlfD0sU0svlvSP8C35n1L3JykB5dg6yUQiNM-M/s320/IMG_4140.JPG" border="0" /></a> So today's big plan did not even come close to happening! We were going to arrive at Six Flags Magic Mountain at park opening and ride as much rides as we could before heading to Knott's Berry Farm. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling good today and was pretty sure I didn't want to ride any coasters. We left the house a little later than planned and headed to Denny's. After we ate I still wasn't feeling up to it so we returned home.<br /><br /><em>Also, we drove past my Dad who was on his way to Home Depot and we saw him smoking! I called my Mom and tattled on him. He is taking expensive medications to help him quit so he shouldn't be smoking.</em><br /><br />Well I sat at home for several hours sleeping, playing Rollercoaster Tycoon, and watching a DVD. Later I decided if I feel bad and board at home, I might as well be feeling bad and having fun at a park! We got to Knott's Berry Farm around 5 P.M. and we were sad to see Xcelerator roll-back twice in a row! I was going to be so disappointed if this was another visit with the ride closed! The Park and Parking lot were packed with people so we decided to ride the <strong>Grand Sierra Scenic Railroad</strong> because it had no wait.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo81wX2AiWQZVYayS22o4FQs1EV5XdMci2NmzsfmU5RMJiMm_pQ5XVO5-Os1SsTaFx-U7zIintmUYWOVyf20gO6vYI0vggUkmxxxONW4OEEJF4WIccs5J2oiN6lPnsf9sFvZELT21h-s/s1600-h/IMG_4078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324053379919905730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbo81wX2AiWQZVYayS22o4FQs1EV5XdMci2NmzsfmU5RMJiMm_pQ5XVO5-Os1SsTaFx-U7zIintmUYWOVyf20gO6vYI0vggUkmxxxONW4OEEJF4WIccs5J2oiN6lPnsf9sFvZELT21h-s/s320/IMG_4078.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today was Snoopy's Spring Safari so the ride and the rest of Camp Snoopy had some fun Safari theme all over it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuby2nflD09qAFLybYJ2qK4cl8wqeSIMyXAGI6x8wdHDoW2weGFm1b1l_U-GrjImLCly_FbQCwJt0nP2JGqdnkazq6UaiMMQ_k4hCoQm3crGVfPxY8JJLvmGklpkSYyjbCz221Q5GakA/s1600-h/IMG_4079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324054356685784770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUuby2nflD09qAFLybYJ2qK4cl8wqeSIMyXAGI6x8wdHDoW2weGFm1b1l_U-GrjImLCly_FbQCwJt0nP2JGqdnkazq6UaiMMQ_k4hCoQm3crGVfPxY8JJLvmGklpkSYyjbCz221Q5GakA/s320/IMG_4079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZUpKYZ1JtFMITNSw2koH78O6q1O46AWObo8wKQg8NF-V5ANzbUc0ODo55Fy3FUolyAAygxDl1qvY3fnj7TJpKmOHxP9eraBCGiRJ13IsMMd4ZaSmgwUuIHT8-K7unw9HDkt7Tk-x0Mw/s1600-h/IMG_4069.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324054338547986130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZUpKYZ1JtFMITNSw2koH78O6q1O46AWObo8wKQg8NF-V5ANzbUc0ODo55Fy3FUolyAAygxDl1qvY3fnj7TJpKmOHxP9eraBCGiRJ13IsMMd4ZaSmgwUuIHT8-K7unw9HDkt7Tk-x0Mw/s320/IMG_4069.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p-DAYgsU_UWWoMKlO0VoeLjbdXFXIoCfhGqcfVCThcJVEOpbkIcKi5jiK0ildybjIsZa2Ts1lJRZuYopGJdKvKp5PDvOqNGWBUuEJCrl9VGtqFAg36RsaezBLrtB1kweOWIZhmznZbw/s1600-h/IMG_4065.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324054329795142578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4p-DAYgsU_UWWoMKlO0VoeLjbdXFXIoCfhGqcfVCThcJVEOpbkIcKi5jiK0ildybjIsZa2Ts1lJRZuYopGJdKvKp5PDvOqNGWBUuEJCrl9VGtqFAg36RsaezBLrtB1kweOWIZhmznZbw/s320/IMG_4065.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we walked on <strong>Montezooma's Revenge</strong> and got to ride in my favorite seat, the very back!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE__ZcLIAPcAUKzWPcaq4jQipMCu_fUizpU_OwASfduJU06nSWDnta5uxjDcW52vaBgE5oNPmNKDfk3NjbtF2fr_X7535h4khWZNHySgK1ldNxTdas3UrZx0aetN0qpL90Le_pSU0EjFw/s1600-h/IMG_4080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324056614452871890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE__ZcLIAPcAUKzWPcaq4jQipMCu_fUizpU_OwASfduJU06nSWDnta5uxjDcW52vaBgE5oNPmNKDfk3NjbtF2fr_X7535h4khWZNHySgK1ldNxTdas3UrZx0aetN0qpL90Le_pSU0EjFw/s320/IMG_4080.JPG" border="0" /></a> Maybe it was because I didn't feel good (My Stomach and Head reminded me of a Hangover) so Montezooma's Revenge kicked my butt! The ride felt too forceful to me and I started to black out on the return through the loop . But of coarse Montezooma's Revenge is still such an awesome ride and I would never think to blame it for what happened to me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1g7f5APfhotw9h9gQtF7WNLhD5Ecirf8KkchvPcHkpHW5pISLQzizEBWxnlhBcIsZl6SYyPGe5E6nUPzS8WjKnOMKCY-lCrBbunXPIxu3xjgCwp2ixxdBM59pRVs-6MYRJNTDHjQ2TU/s1600-h/IMG_4081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324056612071030002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE1g7f5APfhotw9h9gQtF7WNLhD5Ecirf8KkchvPcHkpHW5pISLQzizEBWxnlhBcIsZl6SYyPGe5E6nUPzS8WjKnOMKCY-lCrBbunXPIxu3xjgCwp2ixxdBM59pRVs-6MYRJNTDHjQ2TU/s320/IMG_4081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMTJ8P_r6QWxkb8w7jSfZjqOJdtTwatwZSducBAy93we6rLclNmlS9GjxdxlOP0yWaQPB23Ya6qALBZO6EwByixHRWAVxTEcvidgOiaCJDoYopUglLzVqzOrBTXK0Tu2qsp2-GJ6yo68/s1600-h/IMG_4070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324056604846316626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMTJ8P_r6QWxkb8w7jSfZjqOJdtTwatwZSducBAy93we6rLclNmlS9GjxdxlOP0yWaQPB23Ya6qALBZO6EwByixHRWAVxTEcvidgOiaCJDoYopUglLzVqzOrBTXK0Tu2qsp2-GJ6yo68/s320/IMG_4070.JPG" border="0" /></a> After Montezooma's Revenge we noticed <strong>Xcelerator</strong> doing test runs again, but this time they were making it over the hill! We power walked over to the ride and waited with 5 other people for the ride to open. Right as we got to the ride entry it opened and we headed straight for front row! I gotta say front row is by far my favorite seat on <strong>Xcelerator</strong>. The launch was breathtaking as usual and the air time was really good going over the main hill. Our next 2 rides on <strong>Xcelerator</strong> were both is the back row (Sarah's choice) I have to say the back row is by far the scariest seat on the ride because of the intense pull going down the twisted vertical drop!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflH4X-V7Ixh-2s1wQueXNpL-uHgj2yi4PxEY240Ksf7m0fgU3qO_wna9ZVy7j7pM0lfzglCOi_qjwm1FFSnu474fKxI-_UViv4bThAjcR3Rnxr7jT5l5f80AGLwBca_SYXDsqvyACvxQ/s1600-h/IMG_4087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324060035128455698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflH4X-V7Ixh-2s1wQueXNpL-uHgj2yi4PxEY240Ksf7m0fgU3qO_wna9ZVy7j7pM0lfzglCOi_qjwm1FFSnu474fKxI-_UViv4bThAjcR3Rnxr7jT5l5f80AGLwBca_SYXDsqvyACvxQ/s320/IMG_4087.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOZOn15fdFmD3NqTbyggu082CvfZa4MP-9xL074HU5Cb7geJxukNevFwM511jtOjjAK44CQYiZ71aWbSnls8CUK-acHD62rdg3tp4meJn1SD3KWBFb_emrmgBKk4gLZfE6X2Osge_MIg/s1600-h/IMG_4088.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324060036247744370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOZOn15fdFmD3NqTbyggu082CvfZa4MP-9xL074HU5Cb7geJxukNevFwM511jtOjjAK44CQYiZ71aWbSnls8CUK-acHD62rdg3tp4meJn1SD3KWBFb_emrmgBKk4gLZfE6X2Osge_MIg/s320/IMG_4088.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8GcQJnUlbyI1lsuiTWPZWpBSm8KcAg20pm_JVGYOk1-iHz59Y2SclmdV966jE5PA6cUgvEwdd1gy8tiuLzSnRI7NRR2Jz2iLo_7f5SV7XKyGhQb_I9UO5MC9eC_mazqS7RnwLh4rMWQ/s1600-h/IMG_4095.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324060043037943042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg8GcQJnUlbyI1lsuiTWPZWpBSm8KcAg20pm_JVGYOk1-iHz59Y2SclmdV966jE5PA6cUgvEwdd1gy8tiuLzSnRI7NRR2Jz2iLo_7f5SV7XKyGhQb_I9UO5MC9eC_mazqS7RnwLh4rMWQ/s320/IMG_4095.JPG" border="0" /></a> We never waited more than 5 minutes for each ride on Xcelerator and the line never really got long so our next move didn't make much sense. We waited about 20 minutes for a ride on <strong>Boomerang</strong> which has suprised me twice in a row by how rough it really <strong>ins't!</strong> Lately I've been having problems with my massive body size especially on coasters so today I was happy to see people that have weight issues much worse than me fitting on rides. Ofcoarse, it also put a smile on my face to see other people unable to fit on rides that I (For Now) can.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepp7DgxNtPbyXwczrB69Con2FHBdTGUxC4pwJvjw9csF60x4Re5-TcfOA_LhCAuCAY-UwCxiZF7ioTWfJJjpMOcW82eLk71zWF2kFanE5eO6dS3kNtZjk_-5pJqZR-Ir_Z8hggIK6JUY/s1600-h/IMG_4130.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324063711050586786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepp7DgxNtPbyXwczrB69Con2FHBdTGUxC4pwJvjw9csF60x4Re5-TcfOA_LhCAuCAY-UwCxiZF7ioTWfJJjpMOcW82eLk71zWF2kFanE5eO6dS3kNtZjk_-5pJqZR-Ir_Z8hggIK6JUY/s320/IMG_4130.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrajWzqlk75iGf6SvP6GvH2h4c-K2ikqSceCmYBhejgp3sml0MJPq2NPh69bfrqYV-tnw0Pu2KqhbPsVg0HJG1lNDR2HyEOYSBKVNHznpcu6xdaelVuvVu9VNhgb0fu9VlC72IQFldRs/s1600-h/IMG_4123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324063712172592194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrajWzqlk75iGf6SvP6GvH2h4c-K2ikqSceCmYBhejgp3sml0MJPq2NPh69bfrqYV-tnw0Pu2KqhbPsVg0HJG1lNDR2HyEOYSBKVNHznpcu6xdaelVuvVu9VNhgb0fu9VlC72IQFldRs/s320/IMG_4123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIZ7Ao1sqSXUBX1UxuKJXWlQuI8Qqdl_MCDbrLZMxUc_RISsETYe5X7qydFW57soP3hSWxJePINY7HRBpn9nKkYNTYEbXc1nQ9sLC_hPn1y3zJnnE_Nue-aAFCDqMldn_YKtlZRp8ivE/s1600-h/IMG_4112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324063706281998578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeIZ7Ao1sqSXUBX1UxuKJXWlQuI8Qqdl_MCDbrLZMxUc_RISsETYe5X7qydFW57soP3hSWxJePINY7HRBpn9nKkYNTYEbXc1nQ9sLC_hPn1y3zJnnE_Nue-aAFCDqMldn_YKtlZRp8ivE/s320/IMG_4112.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_46LtLy51-ftuOiArOapEPxYgov0HapWDOXAbP4AwUQQENvf_Gh7VNJ5tFRwx1-855gAS-PZbMYbWpJi4mjbDqKbFhst8XAwslPQnIOw5h8hMAcaEXX19A2m7KXPWECoVnrLCuQfsMY/s1600-h/IMG_4122.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324063700875642130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_46LtLy51-ftuOiArOapEPxYgov0HapWDOXAbP4AwUQQENvf_Gh7VNJ5tFRwx1-855gAS-PZbMYbWpJi4mjbDqKbFhst8XAwslPQnIOw5h8hMAcaEXX19A2m7KXPWECoVnrLCuQfsMY/s320/IMG_4122.JPG" border="0" /></a> We rode Boomerang in the back row and just like Montezooma's Revenge I felt like I was going to black out going through the loop on the return. After that we headed back to <strong>Xcelerator</strong>... do I really need a reason?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh046WVKtoBzTETYuY490VAiZ-7Docn7iUVlRtllqxJkAMa95Z6OSq9KmjZBoEnXFeBzk4fSA6lA_w3vN5b1gS4rPD_7vTLQUb8tDdUy-9q3RTeQwaMberLPOKfYnM4Mi6eXtv3d_TTg3o/s1600-h/IMG_4127.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324064943391851714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh046WVKtoBzTETYuY490VAiZ-7Docn7iUVlRtllqxJkAMa95Z6OSq9KmjZBoEnXFeBzk4fSA6lA_w3vN5b1gS4rPD_7vTLQUb8tDdUy-9q3RTeQwaMberLPOKfYnM4Mi6eXtv3d_TTg3o/s320/IMG_4127.JPG" border="0" /></a> We rode <strong>Xcelerator</strong> twice in a row again but this time around the middle of the train. I can honestly say there isn't a bad seat on this ride, every ride on it today was just as good as the one before it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDGGfObjhoknWHtA19Y-XXdGVLcJnDA7qocElVqQa_GQRjualuUFGzqp6YufhjyITrTeg5sGjdXaqN7vmI8CY4Gw_yL2kh5l98THQZEz2zJXy_0x1L8Dk41RqtsUtzGVpq75etJ_XPyk/s1600-h/IMG_4132.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324066054724548594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDGGfObjhoknWHtA19Y-XXdGVLcJnDA7qocElVqQa_GQRjualuUFGzqp6YufhjyITrTeg5sGjdXaqN7vmI8CY4Gw_yL2kh5l98THQZEz2zJXy_0x1L8Dk41RqtsUtzGVpq75etJ_XPyk/s320/IMG_4132.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycB0Dc0-0osPJ7L6HRULi8VYSJWsc_1SFRwcsb-u9ezZKSh49id_YBwfGBfJ47NZ5XBRErxXa0-F6QaGoWaHMw62uw2TEF9Z0CCkGKSv7lDdcGKpx0eDBD4diM9gpKTZjFlPlYc9IRs/s1600-h/IMG_4133.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324066050100682114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyycB0Dc0-0osPJ7L6HRULi8VYSJWsc_1SFRwcsb-u9ezZKSh49id_YBwfGBfJ47NZ5XBRErxXa0-F6QaGoWaHMw62uw2TEF9Z0CCkGKSv7lDdcGKpx0eDBD4diM9gpKTZjFlPlYc9IRs/s320/IMG_4133.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9bczNwELziXqBcH3amemV3cN-l7GCZbqrxzsUOSi-YCP7EGrEtXCwr4Fb6I6h8D1lP5H_2ViUCbh1Nz5wAIZHlDcgRDeSJN5zU7uoibgqyF4YL9CcN-MhnHLiYhJ4UVc6moy-SiPtL4/s1600-h/IMG_4104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324066041649690962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9bczNwELziXqBcH3amemV3cN-l7GCZbqrxzsUOSi-YCP7EGrEtXCwr4Fb6I6h8D1lP5H_2ViUCbh1Nz5wAIZHlDcgRDeSJN5zU7uoibgqyF4YL9CcN-MhnHLiYhJ4UVc6moy-SiPtL4/s320/IMG_4104.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After 5 great rides on Xcelerator Sarah wanted to get some rides in on <strong>GhostRider</strong>. I was excited about it too because the sun was going down! While waiting inline for the ride Sarah asked me how many times I wanted to ride GhostRider tonight. I told her it really depends on how good it performs! Well today's performance was... HORRIBLE! Both Sarah and I were in so much pain and we couldn't wait for GhostRider's super long layout to end! I have to say second half of the ride wasn't near as bad as the first half of the ride but the damage was already done! The only parts I enjoyed was the Pre-Lift, Lift Hill, Mid Course Brake, and Final Brake Run! This is twice in a row the ride has been unacceptably rough for me, if it happens a thrid time it will no longer hold it's position as my Favorite Wooden Coaster!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFYkjamqbRaUuP817-yTFRD731bzI8HDfqylle0DDdsB9Ql8vhJGeGNDJFz44r8XUwz8eFn6g4Q5ztjPbE7WOllX-ACJ6JR6V3A7dK7M2EcVnuHroW70wOMxjoIMK2PwCPWP0NHouV-c/s1600-h/IMG_4139.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324070535673413138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFYkjamqbRaUuP817-yTFRD731bzI8HDfqylle0DDdsB9Ql8vhJGeGNDJFz44r8XUwz8eFn6g4Q5ztjPbE7WOllX-ACJ6JR6V3A7dK7M2EcVnuHroW70wOMxjoIMK2PwCPWP0NHouV-c/s320/IMG_4139.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyd3gzxX6JtuhyCnl6irWPG8irkJRPI4teiNOdJCUqQ-cT92WGhOWXA4ObKdc3WbcizzfUOL5r7v_G7pdd5WEY2wGeMRVaQhB1BLeoLmwY9Y0V0J23MY0Ry_RxaE8s9qdY62WY_HLr1Y/s1600-h/IMG_4137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324070530818960322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyd3gzxX6JtuhyCnl6irWPG8irkJRPI4teiNOdJCUqQ-cT92WGhOWXA4ObKdc3WbcizzfUOL5r7v_G7pdd5WEY2wGeMRVaQhB1BLeoLmwY9Y0V0J23MY0Ry_RxaE8s9qdY62WY_HLr1Y/s320/IMG_4137.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ52zGdojEwQreE0eQ_ml8Q47lImt1cY90Izk1yTuU13UG1hUTkC9qSzTm5SzDbWBI2IJoK_k3bi2Y_utoYjyNYw1TpMJkufUa8NzABAwjlwuGV4KxRe12DNYg9mLuay0MDdSXrRTtwAU/s1600-h/IMG_4138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324070525238500370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ52zGdojEwQreE0eQ_ml8Q47lImt1cY90Izk1yTuU13UG1hUTkC9qSzTm5SzDbWBI2IJoK_k3bi2Y_utoYjyNYw1TpMJkufUa8NzABAwjlwuGV4KxRe12DNYg9mLuay0MDdSXrRTtwAU/s320/IMG_4138.JPG" border="0" /></a> The thing that confused me the most is everyone else on the ride seemed to be having a blast! Now I feel like more of a Douche Bag for wearing a GhostRider sweatshirt at West Coast Bash. By now it was night time and we got a great night ride on <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0PvGP-AiHOh3b03dY3pEcwXuWtAo2lwbbYpug4fgQhkI5Mjr7WCASX9wmnfoiMdr2EeVNgZhHva3uqBg0mvg3ipmAA91t3LLLETNgHSETiSR2TF8Mh5Lgga_dz5JMq-YgsMA81ZbdVU/s1600-h/IMG_4150.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324071823046727298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0PvGP-AiHOh3b03dY3pEcwXuWtAo2lwbbYpug4fgQhkI5Mjr7WCASX9wmnfoiMdr2EeVNgZhHva3uqBg0mvg3ipmAA91t3LLLETNgHSETiSR2TF8Mh5Lgga_dz5JMq-YgsMA81ZbdVU/s320/IMG_4150.JPG" border="0" /></a> I've always thought Sierra Sidewinder works great in this park because it is really thrilling and only intimidating the first time for little ones. Too bad I can't say the same for Pony Express. Pony Express is not only too short, but it's basically a coaster for kids, but they can't ride it because the height restriction is too high.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi-B9vwi3aCpq7YmCpP_L8WRCv8xU6lpBuCybjL0mSjznFVe7EuALFUkl5MDNeUX_FyQnqM7-0lwE5ku5n48KyB8YPwOU0TOD5y4BEVOD46NXdmfo56sKlRuGkDRfeYDfuI-CcfP1vD0/s1600-h/IMG_4149.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324073356495468866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi-B9vwi3aCpq7YmCpP_L8WRCv8xU6lpBuCybjL0mSjznFVe7EuALFUkl5MDNeUX_FyQnqM7-0lwE5ku5n48KyB8YPwOU0TOD5y4BEVOD46NXdmfo56sKlRuGkDRfeYDfuI-CcfP1vD0/s320/IMG_4149.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhyphenhyphene0Ng2-xLHShTCch1OYfQMdjuHVkjBBsIxjYs3uuxbUQoVwUbi4YB8oJUeZFYhUQibPSeXHwCmInbDXlBeB6o3ijYOipbbwKf0XB-v5By0D3b0eLo-1vBKXzGVh_VY8sCAE9kEY4cY/s1600-h/IMG_4147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324073353465320786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhyphenhyphene0Ng2-xLHShTCch1OYfQMdjuHVkjBBsIxjYs3uuxbUQoVwUbi4YB8oJUeZFYhUQibPSeXHwCmInbDXlBeB6o3ijYOipbbwKf0XB-v5By0D3b0eLo-1vBKXzGVh_VY8sCAE9kEY4cY/s320/IMG_4147.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sierra Sidewinder was great even though we really didn't spin much. We were in the last car and really it felt like we were just riding a regular coaster backwards! By now I started feeling worse and hungry so we headed over to <strong>Xcelerator</strong> for our last ride.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wsjVcuguVBqhXZ6Udmj5TelPSSbZBv8Xf_lFBwV_sE0P_hIWn6OMYcNU42lTanDHHjlOVY91DsuyiXKN0bYOnVDnXqNc6LzxwZsii3ObK4nTe8x6hxiejbfltZQuPCfnos0PoBNi8a8/s1600-h/IMG_4152.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324075292168307730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8wsjVcuguVBqhXZ6Udmj5TelPSSbZBv8Xf_lFBwV_sE0P_hIWn6OMYcNU42lTanDHHjlOVY91DsuyiXKN0bYOnVDnXqNc6LzxwZsii3ObK4nTe8x6hxiejbfltZQuPCfnos0PoBNi8a8/s320/IMG_4152.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Xcelerator</strong> was closed again but completing it's cicuit in the test runs so by the time we got to the ride entry in reopened! Sarah wanted to get another ride in on the last row so we did that first and then another ride in the middle of the train. We debated an 8th run, but our bodies were telling us No! So we called this day a success and went home. We were only at the park for a little over 3hours, but got in much more rides than we were expecting.<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />06. GhostRider<br />05. Grand Sierra Scenic Railroad<br />04. Boomerang<br />03. Sierra Sidewinder<br />02. Montezooma's Revenge<br />01. Xcelerator (7 Rides!) :)<br /><br />Found Coins: 1 PennyCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-67671970633523796152009-04-07T10:20:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:49:25.690-07:00Another Failed Big Mike Road Show Attempt<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBdlOQtcTen_6YoED3aBkw5c7xE7wtjVFNIaHiemt2vJLl0Wer96cnZF9cUJlYGsDFgtnz9GsY9xKIykKlgTuVYGG1Hi5yDBG8atqjDwD7o4AGGRgwlvX6gUER2a738y-GZQS4DYUp94/s1600-h/IMG_4054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322003256317924178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBdlOQtcTen_6YoED3aBkw5c7xE7wtjVFNIaHiemt2vJLl0Wer96cnZF9cUJlYGsDFgtnz9GsY9xKIykKlgTuVYGG1Hi5yDBG8atqjDwD7o4AGGRgwlvX6gUER2a738y-GZQS4DYUp94/s320/IMG_4054.JPG" border="0" /></a> So Today I went to Legoland California to once again be apart of The Big Mike Road Show! Though this time it wasn't to hang out with Big Mike, it was to get one of his extremely rare "Big Mike Road Show 2009" Stickers. Last night Big Mike posted clues to where this sticker is located at Legoland California and I thought it was too easy to find. Well the bad news is I couldn't find it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnarS59KLSrpB0eOznzWpeyPMR-wM_RI9RNsHiTNr3_LKqyUCCiXTyhfEtKHqMJmJnLqIOJfyoLtDnZXqJIReAF9lctaf9fblGE16sZRJ5UUeylrL451TMXkgP-8M4tVz0ccRaSpNOJaw/s1600-h/IMG_4058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322004913770513330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnarS59KLSrpB0eOznzWpeyPMR-wM_RI9RNsHiTNr3_LKqyUCCiXTyhfEtKHqMJmJnLqIOJfyoLtDnZXqJIReAF9lctaf9fblGE16sZRJ5UUeylrL451TMXkgP-8M4tVz0ccRaSpNOJaw/s320/IMG_4058.JPG" border="0" /></a> At West Coast Bash Big Mike gave me a card and I keep it in my wallet for "Good Luck." Not only was the card not a winning card at West Coast Bash, but it also didn't help me in meeting Big Mike at Belmont Park. After not being able to find the sticker today, I'm starting to think this card isn't doing me any good! I inspected ever inch of that stroller and even the Lego figures around it, but it just isn't there anymore! I hope that it at least is in the hands of a Big Mike Road Show reader! As for the card, it will remain in my wallet until I can confirm it's bad luck.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIQUKFRFrNVUbYI5kEqTa3YEld3qhip7HU15GcZMCWoE3_vpAR33SVzVU1tG8bok0C_J7zKi6XliPPV2yQB7mBNbLGYF1WFcQWS-OTVCglKfGz4YwFdBfI4S159ThfoXHKSLcAZ0va8g/s1600-h/IMG_4059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322006567562253378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIQUKFRFrNVUbYI5kEqTa3YEld3qhip7HU15GcZMCWoE3_vpAR33SVzVU1tG8bok0C_J7zKi6XliPPV2yQB7mBNbLGYF1WFcQWS-OTVCglKfGz4YwFdBfI4S159ThfoXHKSLcAZ0va8g/s320/IMG_4059.JPG" border="0" /></a> Thanks for reading! We should be at both Six Flags Magic Mountain & Knott's Berry Farm this weekend! I'm not sure if it will be a full Knott's visit, or just a couple Xcelerator rides!<br /><br />Please visit the Big Mike Road Show!<br /><br />http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41995&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=2860Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-47286740635858178312009-03-24T21:37:00.001-07:002009-03-26T21:05:57.979-07:00Belmont Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcUwM0EICK2kD_NHn1hsR5ekFqE9J3IoD4xVhEuD6MQlWM7Ft7QTh5McIlz1jnp0_aFoX3EH5eXVgNxYyWVa3c6A3roKKlXzP2ZjEsyMbvjBW-Mj6JTjPn3Wb-ZAS2swK8fPzzpdewkQ/s1600-h/IMG_3939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317695313087920658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcUwM0EICK2kD_NHn1hsR5ekFqE9J3IoD4xVhEuD6MQlWM7Ft7QTh5McIlz1jnp0_aFoX3EH5eXVgNxYyWVa3c6A3roKKlXzP2ZjEsyMbvjBW-Mj6JTjPn3Wb-ZAS2swK8fPzzpdewkQ/s320/IMG_3939.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today I went down to Belmont Park to surprise Big Mike! I figured since he was in my backyard (San Diego) I might as well come say "Hi." The Big Mike Road Show was at Sea World San Diego for the most of the day, but scheduled to make an appearance at Belmont Park at 5 P.M. I thought the chances of Big Mike finishing Sea World earlier than expect were high, so I showed up at the park around 3:30. I wore my West Coast Bash T-shirt to stand out, and I'm glad I did because I met a group from Ohio in town. (Please Email me your names! telerockerlft@herzeleid.net) They were here for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Knott's</span> Berry Farm's Winter Coaster Solace, West Coast Bash, and to visit other California parks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMHMc9BMr997Ij57EF6PD8APBEGN2LjHkkrwQpnKzpdN0lPglVbT4wvtJMT87SBg_as_rGOMnOdlFKlyyMtbtMxNU-KW24EtRPxhp0xJ3vnHeTYj_eRHYiAZdKE26Lk3dEXA2yi_ItUw/s1600-h/IMG_3996.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317697361058633890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMHMc9BMr997Ij57EF6PD8APBEGN2LjHkkrwQpnKzpdN0lPglVbT4wvtJMT87SBg_as_rGOMnOdlFKlyyMtbtMxNU-KW24EtRPxhp0xJ3vnHeTYj_eRHYiAZdKE26Lk3dEXA2yi_ItUw/s320/IMG_3996.JPG" border="0" /></a> We did a couple runs on the <strong>Giant Dipper</strong>, talked about West Coast Bash, California, and Ohio coasters for a bit. I'm glad to here that they were very impressed with Six Flags Magic Mountain and the management team. It also makes me happy to hear that they really enjoyed coasters like X2 and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tatsu</span>. I'm proud of our coasters in California (Hence the name <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Calicoasters</span>) and I trust someone from Ohio would have a good taste in coasters.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4De1SL7PICzrQEoOJVdnFyFlyukR2z0h1Oj6U029RvrFZJ_jgt89o2tz8tceSmQEw-oc8-nraZd8goM9lQHAVr84F9ASeV11awQ2LRoCuX_ZOIToeh4nY_Mdcfx87e3Ni_WAxVhhOEA/s1600-h/IMG_4008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317699832210542242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4De1SL7PICzrQEoOJVdnFyFlyukR2z0h1Oj6U029RvrFZJ_jgt89o2tz8tceSmQEw-oc8-nraZd8goM9lQHAVr84F9ASeV11awQ2LRoCuX_ZOIToeh4nY_Mdcfx87e3Ni_WAxVhhOEA/s320/IMG_4008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HTU0kT48pLUlgU1HzX6Dc-_2AkZ7DTKsiT9L0dfm5avWoSGXwPpTffxIQFm8AL_WqXc3cJtaRJ2y6B_uS4um_-mChBU3xHuWdcJCeuwMo73z8oZfDsnmNnC7a4IZrEk0GBIF_73tILo/s1600-h/IMG_3949.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317699829265917858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5HTU0kT48pLUlgU1HzX6Dc-_2AkZ7DTKsiT9L0dfm5avWoSGXwPpTffxIQFm8AL_WqXc3cJtaRJ2y6B_uS4um_-mChBU3xHuWdcJCeuwMo73z8oZfDsnmNnC7a4IZrEk0GBIF_73tILo/s320/IMG_3949.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRh1uTopYW7SI7-9mM0_W_9gIXyglxl_7kXWa_vAt6oIm76IcKqtaYcFpD7-NxpPWYH1Z4Ja6UrhpDxjveqkhYn4owb8I8Pp9V2y5ssfcokFDNYqE9L-Bt6MxmoCfQCrihvGSPIX32xY/s1600-h/IMG_3944.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317699819561189970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoRh1uTopYW7SI7-9mM0_W_9gIXyglxl_7kXWa_vAt6oIm76IcKqtaYcFpD7-NxpPWYH1Z4Ja6UrhpDxjveqkhYn4owb8I8Pp9V2y5ssfcokFDNYqE9L-Bt6MxmoCfQCrihvGSPIX32xY/s320/IMG_3944.JPG" border="0" /></a> Despite how often I've been running and walking I still barely fit on the Giant Dipper. Once again I ended up with bruises on my "Thunder Thighs." Some rides were easier than others, but those others were almost unbearable. I especially had a hard time when on one run they let us go twice in a row. I did a little bit of riding with a boy name <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Jager</span> from the Ohio group. I think it is cool that he is half my age and has more than three times my credits (Me: 44, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jager</span>: 155?) He told me he wished he lived in California... I told him I wish we could trade places! I would love to go to Kings Island and Cedar Point, as well as many other Mid-West parks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2TNEACWPo7yOOKoXByoysx0RfesOVl8BLMySyXr2B1_IDH8Rqj4cIMTOT6oazAVgYOoqQE17YMS-HkC1qZu_VgwFj5B0Jj7PH_XGOb8Lp-lCGbcWkJ53szJiOdaPpJ7SzVtXPuVt_EM/s1600-h/IMG_3984.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317703341459967202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK2TNEACWPo7yOOKoXByoysx0RfesOVl8BLMySyXr2B1_IDH8Rqj4cIMTOT6oazAVgYOoqQE17YMS-HkC1qZu_VgwFj5B0Jj7PH_XGOb8Lp-lCGbcWkJ53szJiOdaPpJ7SzVtXPuVt_EM/s320/IMG_3984.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZfPXFS3k7MDsIA9CZ_qiaOhyphenhyphengnhwVtNl0gFrv466hyphenhyphenFGctLX8lidrqak0B76KByUcFNGRH_cX8b0u3iD4c0ESojwrkC5dueXOK19nC_8hCyozi3HjtjuTUn67KSajQPIMfKbtNd0SdI/s1600-h/IMG_3998.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317703325623933362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZfPXFS3k7MDsIA9CZ_qiaOhyphenhyphengnhwVtNl0gFrv466hyphenhyphenFGctLX8lidrqak0B76KByUcFNGRH_cX8b0u3iD4c0ESojwrkC5dueXOK19nC_8hCyozi3HjtjuTUn67KSajQPIMfKbtNd0SdI/s320/IMG_3998.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi3lZdlRW9nTjU03Rwy5sPPYkXxekcj7dGjqOY1sOy30qjQ3B_cCYPRnAnBpduEyYg5rGyAKYqQbKqNq0RuJ0Y1_LFkQV-JhTQ97dgPP6T3narUtGWQ20kkUWXNm92wMot37CKA7smZU/s1600-h/IMG_3952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317703323930723106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYi3lZdlRW9nTjU03Rwy5sPPYkXxekcj7dGjqOY1sOy30qjQ3B_cCYPRnAnBpduEyYg5rGyAKYqQbKqNq0RuJ0Y1_LFkQV-JhTQ97dgPP6T3narUtGWQ20kkUWXNm92wMot37CKA7smZU/s320/IMG_3952.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8YCaPHk6kF_3wRBwBFplx9PJba4qdcyFTDgO-3p0kQKoKz-k1YQxdhO77Ya4UABpZyL3ibEhhPE4AEUQrCPogN7EfHkOXhWf8G-q9JFHEjYXoFcCXihjhC_mbYedt1MJWsgSE3RJNRY/s1600-h/IMG_3994.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317703320260480786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8YCaPHk6kF_3wRBwBFplx9PJba4qdcyFTDgO-3p0kQKoKz-k1YQxdhO77Ya4UABpZyL3ibEhhPE4AEUQrCPogN7EfHkOXhWf8G-q9JFHEjYXoFcCXihjhC_mbYedt1MJWsgSE3RJNRY/s320/IMG_3994.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Giant Dipper was really good today, it was a bit more forceful than my last visit and wasn't really rough at all. I have been slacking on my exercise ever since West Coast Bash, but I'm sure one day my legs will be small enough to fit comfortably on this ride again. I definitely need to keep trying, I had a hard time with the Grizzly at California's Great America and decided it wasn't even worth the struggle and then again on V2: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom wouldn't be the same if the next time I visit the park I couldn't ride V2: Vertical Velocity. I don't think I can grow anymore Vertically, but I need to work on horizontally before I really can't ride coasters anymore.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xQAGYrs4PdsIa8Yf-GylDK6VyPYiRqyc7XQaoQZKT0gnXALJtd1WFiImmMitnLDh0H8gAVFZgM29EWMiyUSRIiXDTRyJIxjehz3fqfdb4AigFJr_wiBWTzwNFeqtx_fG-FEhMGUhEhA/s1600-h/IMG_3970.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317706550183887570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xQAGYrs4PdsIa8Yf-GylDK6VyPYiRqyc7XQaoQZKT0gnXALJtd1WFiImmMitnLDh0H8gAVFZgM29EWMiyUSRIiXDTRyJIxjehz3fqfdb4AigFJr_wiBWTzwNFeqtx_fG-FEhMGUhEhA/s320/IMG_3970.JPG" border="0" /></a> Well it was getting late, and I had a Birthday Party to get to, but still no sign of Big Mike! I waited until just after 6:00 and I couldn't wait for him anymore. It turns out, I only missed him by a few minutes! Well... It's Big Mike, he doesn't seem to take a break, so I'm sure I will see him again someday! Too my friends from Ohio, I hope you have safe travels back home, and I'm glad you enjoyed our "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Calicoasters</span>."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZrXX8AmREAxXspuMplIqJP0Sb63w6fLa4ZR6RZiIo47bPPd0LMigMxo_MAdKeF4gPrBl3aC6B3LZoVjxRZD36Eh5prrLQ1PSyPkTezX15vVEcqxtuHk80dTeh8WtlpR1lg2xGZBH_NE/s1600-h/IMG_3999.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317708139779068882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZrXX8AmREAxXspuMplIqJP0Sb63w6fLa4ZR6RZiIo47bPPd0LMigMxo_MAdKeF4gPrBl3aC6B3LZoVjxRZD36Eh5prrLQ1PSyPkTezX15vVEcqxtuHk80dTeh8WtlpR1lg2xGZBH_NE/s320/IMG_3999.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjOlWfmQzi6bzOnpT8WzF_xFhfCYMhqRFougOF7t68JFB6AnQBV_wXPbaxSRHdtYE2eE4Hmv03n9H-L-FOyCvRfE07WbmipPFPtQ1krwMKgoZ5dhDktFLpI8IUhG49u3zlXaP_4zPcNY/s1600-h/IMG_4024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317708132101902146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKjOlWfmQzi6bzOnpT8WzF_xFhfCYMhqRFougOF7t68JFB6AnQBV_wXPbaxSRHdtYE2eE4Hmv03n9H-L-FOyCvRfE07WbmipPFPtQ1krwMKgoZ5dhDktFLpI8IUhG49u3zlXaP_4zPcNY/s320/IMG_4024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUYYnM4Kz6pQmOl3K4y76yf51htNWlHFFzwnXgMMyxrD9phzwdGOQZ0Ox4hPsMmkrAA4-y-mWAM8XfyuuFlo1xxLvHFmZNOAFhfc6Prd5T19rzYTg6hg2KFHFPecRRDuOXHKWom_c7Rs/s1600-h/IMG_4037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317708135422050866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUYYnM4Kz6pQmOl3K4y76yf51htNWlHFFzwnXgMMyxrD9phzwdGOQZ0Ox4hPsMmkrAA4-y-mWAM8XfyuuFlo1xxLvHFmZNOAFhfc6Prd5T19rzYTg6hg2KFHFPecRRDuOXHKWom_c7Rs/s320/IMG_4037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAkc3FUk0ulFUrKXR_SOmZOsKxWqi80zATyrwqUXtcW1guDXCn9u1Fij1ROcWsoeGAKr0LrJiZ8LxWdTtYAxZFrK4hfa4535o1JUw083yHsqmLg4GQkAl_1aumgTwy6xHI6SFShxP4H0/s1600-h/IMG_3942.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317708123548842434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAkc3FUk0ulFUrKXR_SOmZOsKxWqi80zATyrwqUXtcW1guDXCn9u1Fij1ROcWsoeGAKr0LrJiZ8LxWdTtYAxZFrK4hfa4535o1JUw083yHsqmLg4GQkAl_1aumgTwy6xHI6SFShxP4H0/s320/IMG_3942.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAqU1wj_5a4Q0Sib1dG6dKVkfMbZHDgR1tDIh9aiyV6fZZ3Ka2F4pmArDOqz6dDxOR1jUS3vNBLOXv2vXL1asn0rAc_ZulvLYNr29I1tKkyELftkKzHO-XHZGz03ewhCUd_aumg57Cag/s1600-h/IMG_3995.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317708346806222194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAqU1wj_5a4Q0Sib1dG6dKVkfMbZHDgR1tDIh9aiyV6fZZ3Ka2F4pmArDOqz6dDxOR1jUS3vNBLOXv2vXL1asn0rAc_ZulvLYNr29I1tKkyELftkKzHO-XHZGz03ewhCUd_aumg57Cag/s320/IMG_3995.JPG" border="0" /></a> Thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Cody<br /><br />Yeah so we are not going to Texas this year as planned. We still have been locally active this year:<br /><br /><strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Knott's</span> Berry Farm 1/11<br />Six Flags Magic Mountain 1/17<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Knott's</span> Berry Farm 1/18<br />Belmont Park 2/15<br />Six Flags Magic Mountain & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Knott's</span> Berry Farm 3/01<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Knott's</span> Berry Farm 3/10<br />Six Flags Magic Mountain (West Coast Bash) 3/22<br />Belmont Park 3/24<br /></strong><br />What's next? We might return to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Knott's</span> Berry Farm in the next two weeks if <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Xcelerator</span> is still running. Unfortunately because we are moving we probably won't be at Six Flags Magic Mountain until Media Day 5/21. In June we might be in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Las</span> Vegas to Tie... something :)Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-17029644706891333792009-03-22T04:31:00.000-07:002009-03-26T12:07:03.208-07:00West Coast Bash - Six Flags Magic Mountain<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgxaPDjos5pWc8lqc4b7Gqq50BDBh7aQNwMBZm-UbKpb5sKIDxS2p7BcSLGiHhCEm5ZskPOAo9wuuY11IYGZx8sjOvyiSr7hpLI20X410iih68cH29rXPNdynDSXh4F1YnzEBBr4kVTM/s1600-h/IMG_3729.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316992996353697058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgxaPDjos5pWc8lqc4b7Gqq50BDBh7aQNwMBZm-UbKpb5sKIDxS2p7BcSLGiHhCEm5ZskPOAo9wuuY11IYGZx8sjOvyiSr7hpLI20X410iih68cH29rXPNdynDSXh4F1YnzEBBr4kVTM/s320/IMG_3729.JPG" border="0" /></a>WEST COAST BASH 2009! - Today was amazing! The journey started at 4:50 this morning when I woke Sarah up and told her it was time to get ready. We left the house about 5:20 and began our 130 mile (estimate) drive to Six Flags Magic Mountain. We stopped to get some coffee (Sarah), water (Me), donuts, and Chex Mix. We arrived at the park and got to the registration table sometime before 8 o' clock.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoY5iRd4LguY1AeSbSfg7lsduO9fODCV_DbpdT1QOk1FbKo3gFskIzGpu2ncnq5Npc0kOtLpEoigDiEU9xJ9KyXjcs3z3bg5ftw-r8iWc_iAZtg5AaUrhT6Bd9-tEkEZZR4H_-ECciO8/s1600-h/IMG_3669.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317006710997195234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkoY5iRd4LguY1AeSbSfg7lsduO9fODCV_DbpdT1QOk1FbKo3gFskIzGpu2ncnq5Npc0kOtLpEoigDiEU9xJ9KyXjcs3z3bg5ftw-r8iWc_iAZtg5AaUrhT6Bd9-tEkEZZR4H_-ECciO8/s320/IMG_3669.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifypAaAdcPTsHiTnffO0yD2Zsmr3CuvkP0BSC3QmieHr_xnqnHCVtbrxTHGEmZ1WlBg0oYPAs11yVyOiNS0DT9F7wbmeIUwJOdH6wQdkezwo26YMx3IRfVddc9oRvb1rSwDaf33KMrBhA/s1600-h/IMG_3679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317006712931250194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifypAaAdcPTsHiTnffO0yD2Zsmr3CuvkP0BSC3QmieHr_xnqnHCVtbrxTHGEmZ1WlBg0oYPAs11yVyOiNS0DT9F7wbmeIUwJOdH6wQdkezwo26YMx3IRfVddc9oRvb1rSwDaf33KMrBhA/s320/IMG_3679.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now we just had to wait for the event to start while the rain was pouring down on us. At this point we were wondering if X2 ERT (Exclusive Ride Time) and other coaster ERT was going to be available. I think around 8:15 Neal Thurman gave us a speech welcoming us to not the new, but the here to stay Six Flags Magic Mountain! Neal also had some surprise coasters added to the morning ERT, but then explained which coasters were rideable in this wet cold weather.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRngWHbhRjV7vAilM-m0YfqQhyb_bXtd5ddugDg45uNsP0Fm8ln2eWVQET0TJJBtSHAJ7D1sNCm3kEzaX9CqdqGLOJjrLpaMNbJuGXPISyYYTbLBBF5z_U4YDaHiMQv3lJ5nD4zUmEok/s1600-h/IMG_3663.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316992617513311634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRngWHbhRjV7vAilM-m0YfqQhyb_bXtd5ddugDg45uNsP0Fm8ln2eWVQET0TJJBtSHAJ7D1sNCm3kEzaX9CqdqGLOJjrLpaMNbJuGXPISyYYTbLBBF5z_U4YDaHiMQv3lJ5nD4zUmEok/s320/IMG_3663.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7PgMfcIDNBT3Jqh1TaCpuB6gb6t-zeS_mx9-HFnYejTwZL9mPV2o82ZDjExPSPROqr-kXZ1WYqVVsFN1JuZbChFP-euoJcrRRtRslGayyrwZxOoqrLbHRmoAX3YSbXUvo0DEt4ZC8SI/s1600-h/IMG_3661.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316992618237323218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7PgMfcIDNBT3Jqh1TaCpuB6gb6t-zeS_mx9-HFnYejTwZL9mPV2o82ZDjExPSPROqr-kXZ1WYqVVsFN1JuZbChFP-euoJcrRRtRslGayyrwZxOoqrLbHRmoAX3YSbXUvo0DEt4ZC8SI/s320/IMG_3661.JPG" border="0" /></a> The ERT we were expecting was from 8:30 to 10:30 and included Revolution, X2, Viper, Tatsu, Sky Tower, Superman, & Ninja.<br /><br />The ERT Six Flags Magic Mountain wanted us to experience added Déjà Vu and Goliath<br /><br />The ERT the weather permitted us to have was Revolution, X2, Viper, Tatsu, and Goliath. (Please correct me if I'm wrong... I want to be right!)<br /><br />The way the weather looked, I'm surprised we got any of it at all! After Neal's introduction they openend the gates a couple minutes early and we rushed in to get our lanyards containing our schedule for the event. Sarah and I went to the lockers to store all of our event paper work and our backpack. This is the first time I've used an all day locker at the park and I have to admitt I paid a few dollars more for it than I wanted to. I did however like the payment and retrieval system they had installed for the lockers, it was fast and real easy to use.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L4KZT7yHe-Uj7F-pbwifzF-1AWMeuTjxoBXW67ziRoz9oaxPaD3I4SdPe5YAA2qvs3vbjUshJENu4J5qRfKbQD7fbL6QjJmpGBmuL1MKc_JtnN0wmf0Lp2vPvSBWxF6Wadh21zdLzqg/s1600-h/IMG_3672.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022343887012626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L4KZT7yHe-Uj7F-pbwifzF-1AWMeuTjxoBXW67ziRoz9oaxPaD3I4SdPe5YAA2qvs3vbjUshJENu4J5qRfKbQD7fbL6QjJmpGBmuL1MKc_JtnN0wmf0Lp2vPvSBWxF6Wadh21zdLzqg/s320/IMG_3672.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV23sGtxpHLFiY9_ElphAQb4jD9DvO5GlYGXgOI2651-mynFEx4bi4bguyKutreTsnfbgBUx8cfr5ygRB1tfjE0VKbPQjoeD9CvaM5Fk_9tyDSLiQmMw5ht-nisvRQCd5a1CiGF1SVPw/s1600-h/IMG_3667.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022333576671106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV23sGtxpHLFiY9_ElphAQb4jD9DvO5GlYGXgOI2651-mynFEx4bi4bguyKutreTsnfbgBUx8cfr5ygRB1tfjE0VKbPQjoeD9CvaM5Fk_9tyDSLiQmMw5ht-nisvRQCd5a1CiGF1SVPw/s320/IMG_3667.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUv-m0iB9Zm5DLA09LeUcUY3zksYfUInbFbGVaycd0V2cj36BXeRTxr6s-h-0-kJlSVMq6PKtfLtdD68iOoXapBZgJB2YLhJ41CtdwrBBEKX1XgXz3aC8aWWYt72HsvxeiKIG2UMSbsQ/s1600-h/IMG_3666.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317022329656330610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUv-m0iB9Zm5DLA09LeUcUY3zksYfUInbFbGVaycd0V2cj36BXeRTxr6s-h-0-kJlSVMq6PKtfLtdD68iOoXapBZgJB2YLhJ41CtdwrBBEKX1XgXz3aC8aWWYt72HsvxeiKIG2UMSbsQ/s320/IMG_3666.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOFWy1e-eNmr4prbk9fYvbvNK1XKrlnm6MrW3D2TE1gm7tVzMGeUg8NOT8xcVCPaQjBo9SMUcceI3quNZ905e0Mdx-xSEG2VGMm4LBs5kOJMG_aiRReVx5eKlHN6mpxLjNTQb8rcOZvI/s1600-h/IMG_3936.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317024596934522594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeOFWy1e-eNmr4prbk9fYvbvNK1XKrlnm6MrW3D2TE1gm7tVzMGeUg8NOT8xcVCPaQjBo9SMUcceI3quNZ905e0Mdx-xSEG2VGMm4LBs5kOJMG_aiRReVx5eKlHN6mpxLjNTQb8rcOZvI/s320/IMG_3936.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuRAxKkwlXY4-RUvL3fls4Pi4hEn2sQh63m1YOrrzBK3PyBBx5UyPTQGmx4vhhbzHqF-KhQXL1IT0PXciRl7_D0t41uwRVFyTAQJOasYO_GZbfXqWLywCSvKs4vgszCFXFKF-3Z0rew8/s1600-h/IMG_3933.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317024584108677266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeuRAxKkwlXY4-RUvL3fls4Pi4hEn2sQh63m1YOrrzBK3PyBBx5UyPTQGmx4vhhbzHqF-KhQXL1IT0PXciRl7_D0t41uwRVFyTAQJOasYO_GZbfXqWLywCSvKs4vgszCFXFKF-3Z0rew8/s320/IMG_3933.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now that we were ready to ride we headed towards <strong>X2</strong>. It seemed like we were going to get away with a good ride on X2 without any real wait at all, until trouble came. The load in front of us was having some trouble, and maintenance couldn't figure it out at first. One of the riders restraints were reading unsecure, so staff was adjusting his restraints to see if that would do the trick. Well after a couple minutes of that they un-boarded all passengers back into the line. After taking off a access plate behind the troubled seat the found that water was on the safety sensor lense (unofficial name) confusing the computer into thinking that the rider wasn't secure. The passengers were then reboarded and sent off for the ride of their lives! When it was our turn to board the same problem arised at several different seats, one of them was mine. Eventually we too were sent off for the ride of our lifes and it was amazing! X2 is was extremely smooth in the cold morning air, and the fire was more intense as it burned away the cold atmosphere!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP046RJKFK73vD-B8hncIC15T_La6yIvfXEY3K6WY7ac3rK_j2dINBaljoQoV36bNdnFMLD4sjeHFkxorYA8sEp1fg3iWyj8jOEFjS4yxNxYpPRh3dByohMmOjgm6geep6tUSna3vbMb0/s1600-h/IMG_3712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317023982059943554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP046RJKFK73vD-B8hncIC15T_La6yIvfXEY3K6WY7ac3rK_j2dINBaljoQoV36bNdnFMLD4sjeHFkxorYA8sEp1fg3iWyj8jOEFjS4yxNxYpPRh3dByohMmOjgm6geep6tUSna3vbMb0/s320/IMG_3712.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVln23v1i8MZy-rmuVQgArrCUeh5aZGpXmvsW-pDrYS4qe6HF_gttlV4QILMSLOFQjHM45jWZUwQiMM6tjGFkrrWfl2mOjwoqW9SQOd4xV5NphrIeGoT_k5zq_Y1Ie2OYpHHGc-gDfRg/s1600-h/IMG_3705.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317023973073120946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVln23v1i8MZy-rmuVQgArrCUeh5aZGpXmvsW-pDrYS4qe6HF_gttlV4QILMSLOFQjHM45jWZUwQiMM6tjGFkrrWfl2mOjwoqW9SQOd4xV5NphrIeGoT_k5zq_Y1Ie2OYpHHGc-gDfRg/s320/IMG_3705.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1O-tON-WbJDDaTGXyoDzRRxWrjYPadHpjjwpHZ-8zm6HUcalqzyQipTLS-mDCtkOL0xwb-LbRAtUXTsxIaBd9MZVHGdGDDbvL0Q0YmCJ_ik_TkokkJ_2QGE1B-cxsR6QHrbM79hHGX0/s1600-h/IMG_3704.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317023966118238962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1O-tON-WbJDDaTGXyoDzRRxWrjYPadHpjjwpHZ-8zm6HUcalqzyQipTLS-mDCtkOL0xwb-LbRAtUXTsxIaBd9MZVHGdGDDbvL0Q0YmCJ_ik_TkokkJ_2QGE1B-cxsR6QHrbM79hHGX0/s320/IMG_3704.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTI8q5K-upsFVubQDebzcDPsW6nYi_DyD61rf_-A8KeC7DQN4N8RnLQ3oP5v8ti9I9z70xWHtj9T6qXRpf8CMjrNtMI7M8k3dvAimYNKzWqrvdwdd3jywCEfdHETRioXKuFl2TJZjZuI/s1600-h/IMG_3700.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317023964545398290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTI8q5K-upsFVubQDebzcDPsW6nYi_DyD61rf_-A8KeC7DQN4N8RnLQ3oP5v8ti9I9z70xWHtj9T6qXRpf8CMjrNtMI7M8k3dvAimYNKzWqrvdwdd3jywCEfdHETRioXKuFl2TJZjZuI/s320/IMG_3700.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IWQSwjtEl5CQXDBqkniHqVtZou7PVOsfn9e9UZa-UgZthlGmMl_JLbpzOy7SQTq599fdcyvXk8jLMQM900W3-ZoYxK0sFDEgjy3NtsFv_63RPqZU3zsd3JjIVbGxOOcZOZf9JklpsEc/s1600-h/IMG_3697.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317023954824618418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IWQSwjtEl5CQXDBqkniHqVtZou7PVOsfn9e9UZa-UgZthlGmMl_JLbpzOy7SQTq599fdcyvXk8jLMQM900W3-ZoYxK0sFDEgjy3NtsFv_63RPqZU3zsd3JjIVbGxOOcZOZf9JklpsEc/s320/IMG_3697.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride for ERT was <strong>Tatsu</strong>! My Flashpass discount has changed in a way I have yet to learn, but I'm not looking forward to waiting in a long line to ride Tatsu any time soon. Some day I will visit the new Flashpass center to figure out what the damage would be for Sarah and I to rent the new Q-Bot for a day. Today's rides on <strong>Tatsu</strong> were the best I've ever had from this coaster. We got off the ride and ran back around to the entry for a second ride on this flying beast!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDma2ANP8Xp_l4SsdUzvawEyYRfkjIJUXNdfcT5p5hmjOsbAXzCeqbU4jVzmqnTXvR4Q3510HQCufc1Ac2iAR4civW7Tb2DSAcpDae_-e2YE3FdxBymJIuL_H6WhzIUqQVIfpmX4WD_c/s1600-h/IMG_3725.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317030291577581282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqDma2ANP8Xp_l4SsdUzvawEyYRfkjIJUXNdfcT5p5hmjOsbAXzCeqbU4jVzmqnTXvR4Q3510HQCufc1Ac2iAR4civW7Tb2DSAcpDae_-e2YE3FdxBymJIuL_H6WhzIUqQVIfpmX4WD_c/s320/IMG_3725.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQjZ99bGLASLahwqI1XxUH9YkejGOu4iOLT0IESkyH1h2sib-MkaNPVic8DoLwGaK5Z73Icv_GcsY9DVh9Vsr9uRMWKMj3PYzoHu9ybXCZxuRcpJ5MNzXAsaxl1ixBAa4JKyivjN91pQ/s1600-h/IMG_3724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317030280302991298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOQjZ99bGLASLahwqI1XxUH9YkejGOu4iOLT0IESkyH1h2sib-MkaNPVic8DoLwGaK5Z73Icv_GcsY9DVh9Vsr9uRMWKMj3PYzoHu9ybXCZxuRcpJ5MNzXAsaxl1ixBAa4JKyivjN91pQ/s320/IMG_3724.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlWd9j7YlYzFb2vEG9_AqrEZi1pZmmz1fqqQl8Bq5LSpi_E3jwq7nAev4AWcuhHobsCxvz-PW0k3gQpB4_Un-jWA-6GX-TzP8A7pRnbEpgSYoJSdN9kZYibwKCqsDAawHcqoVFCPRWIw/s1600-h/IMG_3721.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317030275993674642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlWd9j7YlYzFb2vEG9_AqrEZi1pZmmz1fqqQl8Bq5LSpi_E3jwq7nAev4AWcuhHobsCxvz-PW0k3gQpB4_Un-jWA-6GX-TzP8A7pRnbEpgSYoJSdN9kZYibwKCqsDAawHcqoVFCPRWIw/s320/IMG_3721.JPG" border="0" /></a> We wanted to get the most out of our ERT as regulars to the park, so we headed back to <strong>X2</strong>. There was still almost no line for this ride, but this time there was nothing in it's way! This time we were somewhere in the center of the train, still a great ride but nothing could top my favorite (the back) row #7! I noticed one train was skipping it's fire effect for some time, I'm glad we got fire on both rides and I fell sorry to those especially those out of town who didn't experience the effect.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDgg8aSc8rDhmdxc50JB0y-udKxZNJqu-g3Q6764C0cJQK1gCLJMON5o-pkGbYGC4Rtbj0TQ5B_LK9n8g6tlTXNH4yNk7wxyrjyA7-7I8GVNB9Z6aPZ8hS6HWIcKjjha2SgCa9qrv9pY/s1600-h/IMG_3719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317033876010229362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSDgg8aSc8rDhmdxc50JB0y-udKxZNJqu-g3Q6764C0cJQK1gCLJMON5o-pkGbYGC4Rtbj0TQ5B_LK9n8g6tlTXNH4yNk7wxyrjyA7-7I8GVNB9Z6aPZ8hS6HWIcKjjha2SgCa9qrv9pY/s320/IMG_3719.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDDMGEvJZrOFN4fTfC2II3ZV_oaa7dhJemyNnzcxxYXEpcbBomAmu8gDWThRYlPxkk6jyYx6DSybzp_g65CRdeiIcOwBigBfPuo9ZCkkpBZZo1j1iia70XzvrpMPIafLg0ydtrQKUavk/s1600-h/IMG_3717.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317033864887710258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDDMGEvJZrOFN4fTfC2II3ZV_oaa7dhJemyNnzcxxYXEpcbBomAmu8gDWThRYlPxkk6jyYx6DSybzp_g65CRdeiIcOwBigBfPuo9ZCkkpBZZo1j1iia70XzvrpMPIafLg0ydtrQKUavk/s320/IMG_3717.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMOsqD5nLHB0Z4n3K4uzPh1FVvg_W8Agx2xwgraAwwvmG-m5u8nt4eKmu8ZSB-7kdF1wQ_YVZ9dNBMHG6B-bqZOlnCqZqmWuHuI_MOTyBCDAVnFeHVtDJsxS6lcKBGMkktGUBgYOrD3Q/s1600-h/IMG_3727.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317033862490891282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuMOsqD5nLHB0Z4n3K4uzPh1FVvg_W8Agx2xwgraAwwvmG-m5u8nt4eKmu8ZSB-7kdF1wQ_YVZ9dNBMHG6B-bqZOlnCqZqmWuHuI_MOTyBCDAVnFeHVtDJsxS6lcKBGMkktGUBgYOrD3Q/s320/IMG_3727.JPG" border="0" /></a> By now the rain was long gone, but so was ERT. We headed over to the Terminator Salvation: The Ride tour, but we missed the tour by only a couple minutes. The park was now just opening for the general public so we rushed over to <strong>Goliath</strong> to get a quick ride in. We waited for front row which was pretty even with the rest of the rows. Goliath proved to me a few times today why it's my favorite coaster at the park with it's amazing first drop and great use of both positive and negative G forces. After that we headed back over to the <strong>Terminator Salvation: The Ride Tour</strong> and waited for the second tour to begin. There Tim Burkhart explained the rides features, stats, and gave us an good idea of what we can expect this coaster experience to be. He also made a crack at my GhostRider sweatshirt and at the ride itself. Sorry, but Knott's Berry Farm sweatshirts don't shrink 3 sizes after one wash :) I currently own 3 Six Flags Magic Mountain Sweatshirts and 1 Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sweatshirt, and after 1 wash they all became property of Sarah. While GhostRider is an extremely abusive coaster, I still thing it has an amazing layout and I consider it the best wooden coaster in California. I can only hope that Tim Burkhart's Terminator Salvation: The Ride will change my mind and the park will have a good looking sweatshirt that represents the ride so I can buy it, wear it once, and give it to my girlfriend!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gRJN57VKJF56HhHYDh2OYedhZdo9mz6bZbehxRUw8u5CmKiWMAbKI9aBK5eoUD1AOyaLyUS4pebD3tkxR120FJvlQ9TBdsi8j8GYcuoDPE5rZdDp6_kIhNv4QwzlixxI-LneUtahA6Q/s1600-h/IMG_3753.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317042893505881074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gRJN57VKJF56HhHYDh2OYedhZdo9mz6bZbehxRUw8u5CmKiWMAbKI9aBK5eoUD1AOyaLyUS4pebD3tkxR120FJvlQ9TBdsi8j8GYcuoDPE5rZdDp6_kIhNv4QwzlixxI-LneUtahA6Q/s320/IMG_3753.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0apSQJ9hp4x7kVgdzgxB8w6U6yfZTG9dLLdvbZcVuvFpDI1gwVtzPktSk1Wd4G3JY12KQ3sNGThLzGyXQWkAtrNcHU3AX47ErS9mTP7y62gExkbTh0kF_gJgvKmS3Hvnx9RtQDy9HEB4/s1600-h/IMG_3756.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317042884101736498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0apSQJ9hp4x7kVgdzgxB8w6U6yfZTG9dLLdvbZcVuvFpDI1gwVtzPktSk1Wd4G3JY12KQ3sNGThLzGyXQWkAtrNcHU3AX47ErS9mTP7y62gExkbTh0kF_gJgvKmS3Hvnx9RtQDy9HEB4/s320/IMG_3756.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3mkGPy8UUGog3GBYCCFctr5rB0DYXzFUh681CGIlWak5DHV32nKmSe0cahgIX6Ue2SY4K-jCfC1jb1dk76HjU-R34gN0ROrrqOX9UW6Xs3F7XN0PuuZj6hMPVmwxJ1qlhIdcm-8tnDg/s1600-h/IMG_3773.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317042871257008274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL3mkGPy8UUGog3GBYCCFctr5rB0DYXzFUh681CGIlWak5DHV32nKmSe0cahgIX6Ue2SY4K-jCfC1jb1dk76HjU-R34gN0ROrrqOX9UW6Xs3F7XN0PuuZj6hMPVmwxJ1qlhIdcm-8tnDg/s320/IMG_3773.JPG" border="0" /></a> I must say, I'm looking forward to riding this bad boy the day it opens to the public! I was excited when I first heard the park was getting a GCI wooden coaster because it was exactly what I wanted the park's next coaster to be. Now if they can just convince me that a movie featuring robots from the future relates to a wooden coaster then that would be perfect! After that we headed up the mountain to get some lunch. On the way the over there the clouds rolled in and it started to hail. The weather change was very dramatic today because when we got on the <strong>Orient Express</strong> it was hailing, and when we got off it was almost sunny again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KzXJdvhMwyZ4R0T9IciN7a5pqHzugjsnpEGN_voAv2xMFWw9dCqk-DF_MmZlhagS2YPJ50mkolVhzieypG8kaoPLmwyI8xTrhAqEdA7cdrSIaXs0nT_xQUNDW5PXwoDJuvBWt8sC3JQ/s1600-h/IMG_3802.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317046337745724082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KzXJdvhMwyZ4R0T9IciN7a5pqHzugjsnpEGN_voAv2xMFWw9dCqk-DF_MmZlhagS2YPJ50mkolVhzieypG8kaoPLmwyI8xTrhAqEdA7cdrSIaXs0nT_xQUNDW5PXwoDJuvBWt8sC3JQ/s320/IMG_3802.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenerLb-eRe3EuH88M-SuTjFyZLQGOZQJ8VrYHoQ7QBYG2fLzpSWY4m3T3D4qKcoakyOmdGZiMkqxaqsWMFkm-E4Md8vdXAJgt3z3RkL9Op_7lhJULzknDNw3G75Tqp7hoDd6Vh9_Qglw/s1600-h/IMG_3794.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317046332965489794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenerLb-eRe3EuH88M-SuTjFyZLQGOZQJ8VrYHoQ7QBYG2fLzpSWY4m3T3D4qKcoakyOmdGZiMkqxaqsWMFkm-E4Md8vdXAJgt3z3RkL9Op_7lhJULzknDNw3G75Tqp7hoDd6Vh9_Qglw/s320/IMG_3794.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c1k80I27xxZEYXou4GlVh0Usbib-doQXgua7iKEK9J6fthkSEoMNb1xLQp4uLMMBFntyEmtfIRi8u_aGfJnLtpODfXTldxKSA4BRmlizrWLWbVrEmfy8oFxHyssHRCBXmyYThEMbiCk/s1600-h/IMG_3789.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317046324286526258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-c1k80I27xxZEYXou4GlVh0Usbib-doQXgua7iKEK9J6fthkSEoMNb1xLQp4uLMMBFntyEmtfIRi8u_aGfJnLtpODfXTldxKSA4BRmlizrWLWbVrEmfy8oFxHyssHRCBXmyYThEMbiCk/s320/IMG_3789.JPG" border="0" /></a> When we made it to lunch the sun was back out and working at full force. Lunch was held at the Paradise Picnic Pavilion at the Hurricane Harbor water park. I actually really enjoyed the lunch prepared for us, we had Fried Chicken, BBQ Beef, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Rolls, Ice Cream, and of coarse Soda to wash it all away. Everything was great except for the Fried Chicken, the Patato Salad was by far the best part to me. During Lunch we got to meet a famous and amazing coaster enthusiast Big Mike! Big Mike was crowded with supporters and fans trying to get a picture, not only because it's Big Mike, but because he had prizes for those lucky enough to recieve a winning card from him. We also met another "coaster celebrity" and a huge driving force behind this event Robb Alvey. I'm sure I said it there, but I will say it again (and again, and again) Thank you for such an amazing event!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i9Gb1cqH7seots29rQ-eYWlnbTalR8hAMSz9ehvn8ipo5XAVJ3wHh5B2yreqQtoapYQrg5gxGOHtobmbZFppsbv0AvbzYkQuVvmgWaJfXXXAYXuzk3ChDSyn_Dg1YLjuK7GcttRwuz8/s1600-h/IMG_3808.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317512427565861218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i9Gb1cqH7seots29rQ-eYWlnbTalR8hAMSz9ehvn8ipo5XAVJ3wHh5B2yreqQtoapYQrg5gxGOHtobmbZFppsbv0AvbzYkQuVvmgWaJfXXXAYXuzk3ChDSyn_Dg1YLjuK7GcttRwuz8/s320/IMG_3808.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC1WZaDhC6XXNBPONqO9M425iKhDjPOXmM8bPvqlrma01LKfeNUV-Ua2gM_ltlF30uUbiJ3CDuUym3H-sCIkE5swcO_EH9pDXZ6eTWw9EcaGhXF2iA1T_YICBiBhVCpZjfo84dp2HV5A/s1600-h/IMG_3822.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317512449103851634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhC1WZaDhC6XXNBPONqO9M425iKhDjPOXmM8bPvqlrma01LKfeNUV-Ua2gM_ltlF30uUbiJ3CDuUym3H-sCIkE5swcO_EH9pDXZ6eTWw9EcaGhXF2iA1T_YICBiBhVCpZjfo84dp2HV5A/s320/IMG_3822.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C-ZGIaLJaMSjfoBa6Hmt2ZkbyOxh4LHi3aFiHnA3lFDDnPif-yX8dGuaIX1f3d47oQgXFzOndRYxE75GeAQs9B_wy5M6803Q-zc4S6NlmMS8lw3efAmidy4W5QG4RTxZ2zMUH3er7HI/s1600-h/IMG_3817.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317512445892707314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4C-ZGIaLJaMSjfoBa6Hmt2ZkbyOxh4LHi3aFiHnA3lFDDnPif-yX8dGuaIX1f3d47oQgXFzOndRYxE75GeAQs9B_wy5M6803Q-zc4S6NlmMS8lw3efAmidy4W5QG4RTxZ2zMUH3er7HI/s320/IMG_3817.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWIp3z9GZyOlL921n4PrsOaJX1Y5unSNdrvCE22xppaZDKrCHIN9tRVFdSXhez9tXjn0NSEVlMcvksCbicCHP-Sl9vl4HVqrK8I4mWRNCTFikXsukewJJkiBsw_MYZnKYp9VXz8KbpDc/s1600-h/IMG_3816.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317512439124644770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpWIp3z9GZyOlL921n4PrsOaJX1Y5unSNdrvCE22xppaZDKrCHIN9tRVFdSXhez9tXjn0NSEVlMcvksCbicCHP-Sl9vl4HVqrK8I4mWRNCTFikXsukewJJkiBsw_MYZnKYp9VXz8KbpDc/s320/IMG_3816.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz5JFZQ4YJmbDg4-y5hdm6exXDa8WXeE_b12ngWby9JxzaHmgM_08xkPVjDE2rWcbw7aIw-3RlD6pgxvRvpBDMbj0aFNMMLD9Tzml7-NZAS_uJr1IFj14B0TYoZS1DBzaa6Eyxt09Ay8/s1600-h/IMG_3811.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317512432442553954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbz5JFZQ4YJmbDg4-y5hdm6exXDa8WXeE_b12ngWby9JxzaHmgM_08xkPVjDE2rWcbw7aIw-3RlD6pgxvRvpBDMbj0aFNMMLD9Tzml7-NZAS_uJr1IFj14B0TYoZS1DBzaa6Eyxt09Ay8/s320/IMG_3811.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BVzRxOcTh_LW-NjyzRrSni4oOcSgqUSA8I-MrUmx5OO2jdOgbtlQ9nylvl3fGMqKRvIUpZPLrXMknCD8-qSmVrag5kRcE_bJTyTHxzUsKIc-tR5UBgnDjoGlEuOjqJlvWvM7vhwTZnw/s1600-h/sarahmike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317514370583232242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2BVzRxOcTh_LW-NjyzRrSni4oOcSgqUSA8I-MrUmx5OO2jdOgbtlQ9nylvl3fGMqKRvIUpZPLrXMknCD8-qSmVrag5kRcE_bJTyTHxzUsKIc-tR5UBgnDjoGlEuOjqJlvWvM7vhwTZnw/s320/sarahmike.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDKR-58FWPuzsnBZ8jSDRtebwWvyrIGZ4jATs1qKgfbyH3DfUXJhyphenhyphen3LCnNVYyJ9yZHBqs3LGee-atbZJciUlpL5eGynibpDvLoa0h558q0aAO48MZ5AOYmqwG7oVXddiMaZPd-fTkHAM/s1600-h/memike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317514365444213026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDKR-58FWPuzsnBZ8jSDRtebwWvyrIGZ4jATs1qKgfbyH3DfUXJhyphenhyphen3LCnNVYyJ9yZHBqs3LGee-atbZJciUlpL5eGynibpDvLoa0h558q0aAO48MZ5AOYmqwG7oVXddiMaZPd-fTkHAM/s320/memike.jpg" border="0" /></a> After lunch we had plenty of free time to kill, so headed over to <strong>Viper</strong>. I've never had this happen to me before... we rode Viper and then forgot about it! It wasn't until I recalled someone yelling "it's so smooth" on it, that I remember we rode it. I'm guessing we had fun on it, and it wasn't too rough.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0db8NtyzrsPKJltUKv4KNg3MnCilu32bDsWqQC490oyGJjQHEsdWY58ZXlZvmt9flWlc0WlpjUYXmCxcarwfKLU_uOg4sT4KAmgrSZbjGgnZB5T3B2N8FOX2l0Gm5W6ghO-50P-_HKo/s1600-h/IMG_3702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317517129700826450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0db8NtyzrsPKJltUKv4KNg3MnCilu32bDsWqQC490oyGJjQHEsdWY58ZXlZvmt9flWlc0WlpjUYXmCxcarwfKLU_uOg4sT4KAmgrSZbjGgnZB5T3B2N8FOX2l0Gm5W6ghO-50P-_HKo/s320/IMG_3702.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWiXNGwC0yWVG5u42XsFNKzsaamgQ4bZz4WkjdvUII1IAOFB8tux4CT4Qo9gb1ZwN65uSJPxWtDk4ZWTRAVrGECyOchuDBvv1R1db6-U6icHtcs8y5Jqg3oht3S0POJdXK3qnAr4C4Oc/s1600-h/IMG_3689.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317517122423717858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWiXNGwC0yWVG5u42XsFNKzsaamgQ4bZz4WkjdvUII1IAOFB8tux4CT4Qo9gb1ZwN65uSJPxWtDk4ZWTRAVrGECyOchuDBvv1R1db6-U6icHtcs8y5Jqg3oht3S0POJdXK3qnAr4C4Oc/s320/IMG_3689.JPG" border="0" /></a> While on Viper, we noticed X2's massive line was filled and that we probably wouldn't get to ride it until after the park closed. Up the hill, Tatsu had almost no line to it, but we skipped it and headed up farther to <strong>Ninja</strong>. Ninja was fun and we probably would have stayed for re-rides, but there were a lot of people in the station when we returned.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1DS4KABDFOHi8dEVcPCSm2Kqruh8vM2U5DoRWSzu6wlWuDG-JRBFZlZ4mDiA-70SPkhjD0AL9QzLkrB7zJ1zEqNojADVE3NBkJv3_boG8ls-7qrZlCAcZKl59Xh2ES0RYRmkEaXOoC8/s1600-h/IMG_3833.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317518728836441714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1DS4KABDFOHi8dEVcPCSm2Kqruh8vM2U5DoRWSzu6wlWuDG-JRBFZlZ4mDiA-70SPkhjD0AL9QzLkrB7zJ1zEqNojADVE3NBkJv3_boG8ls-7qrZlCAcZKl59Xh2ES0RYRmkEaXOoC8/s320/IMG_3833.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV47zkqZWj5HcUJ8P-kesXz9oZCU3Ka1ksJa9ExUrvim2d5VZPueFsxRC_V6qJ5bKRarVYPksOhufkrxTOnVMbYxljBrKNN4R57Ch-Kt35GrPH-lIhOFT51sUQkYfHVHQgIZPHlVLVKA/s1600-h/IMG_3740.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317518724559427138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidV47zkqZWj5HcUJ8P-kesXz9oZCU3Ka1ksJa9ExUrvim2d5VZPueFsxRC_V6qJ5bKRarVYPksOhufkrxTOnVMbYxljBrKNN4R57Ch-Kt35GrPH-lIhOFT51sUQkYfHVHQgIZPHlVLVKA/s320/IMG_3740.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTwjRWaaPPpA6enXFOPAI1fvg6u49Z1pkqZW3NFHlW5SG6K9ivffp80E4sG-BFK6Wt_sykOqU3dJPWwRrnf04cgrZJCatEkHbJxgyluuFIK5CaGWk0nLrieZj3HZWOpzckU49-7UzREg/s1600-h/IMG_3739.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317518719024185346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioTwjRWaaPPpA6enXFOPAI1fvg6u49Z1pkqZW3NFHlW5SG6K9ivffp80E4sG-BFK6Wt_sykOqU3dJPWwRrnf04cgrZJCatEkHbJxgyluuFIK5CaGWk0nLrieZj3HZWOpzckU49-7UzREg/s320/IMG_3739.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed down the mountain to <strong>Gold Rusher</strong>. Gold Rusher was great, but a group of people were tossing a stuffed animal back and forth during the ride. Like I predicited, one of them threw it too far and I ended up catching it. I told them they need to knock it off before something bad happens, and then I gave it back to them. Sarah said I was like a strict father, the group was silent the rest of the ride.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6XthIxcngeX4HJtsYq_Mn9v9ssK-bhcd8LIZs8ikvqZPqPz_I3fQ7-jbn2grrMoO3uNQmlYh-kzQN0yxfQ-6lB_352RxjinFaWI-NLG8n_ibruNo5i8EyUWamwqR7w_nUnt8rXclhVQ/s1600-h/IMG_3839.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317520104591489330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn6XthIxcngeX4HJtsYq_Mn9v9ssK-bhcd8LIZs8ikvqZPqPz_I3fQ7-jbn2grrMoO3uNQmlYh-kzQN0yxfQ-6lB_352RxjinFaWI-NLG8n_ibruNo5i8EyUWamwqR7w_nUnt8rXclhVQ/s320/IMG_3839.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR-tuMgy5BT135GkhxkHfOSJwWl021-4Tvxo9XivPv3JNLKmEjCS-kthb-1oi3jZHv2GHRc53htoOUzJOA0GNPzwFzXO1_D-yZhipk2MDL27y9IOHKYRddgbMmONlctKbYmUV_LKntyw/s1600-h/IMG_3837.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317520094279249570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR-tuMgy5BT135GkhxkHfOSJwWl021-4Tvxo9XivPv3JNLKmEjCS-kthb-1oi3jZHv2GHRc53htoOUzJOA0GNPzwFzXO1_D-yZhipk2MDL27y9IOHKYRddgbMmONlctKbYmUV_LKntyw/s320/IMG_3837.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride was a personal favorite of mine <strong>Riddler's Revenge</strong>. I was shocked to see the green question mark lights were back! Hopefully they will move around the room a little bit like they used to. The wait was only a couple minutes, the ride itself was amazing as usual!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-l-sBl_RwcB8t93ga6iH-XUnvfT39DnKmVcGLesVk6g2TEtptrlwaQobopx2LGs1I6cjVYbSdmFzVl9kdEmOvtWM_ACA44xJG19MTxE-cg1S6SApWbXSsIq-Ko8TPKksNU0fWNbZZbE/s1600-h/IMG_3857.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521322399637186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-l-sBl_RwcB8t93ga6iH-XUnvfT39DnKmVcGLesVk6g2TEtptrlwaQobopx2LGs1I6cjVYbSdmFzVl9kdEmOvtWM_ACA44xJG19MTxE-cg1S6SApWbXSsIq-Ko8TPKksNU0fWNbZZbE/s320/IMG_3857.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPETux7Tx5nalxa70j1nzTq5zMNSFqPOkfXISd60ct4Pgo9EuSvO3giZjS9LZ_I9tiZXpgohGcTx5ac-E1cOXwXJ5lV3DXMcPmoxo2n4wEoaCLEQIV0iAvgcUJ5puX8OgNoGJBmMnXhFs/s1600-h/IMG_3853.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521317020103074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPETux7Tx5nalxa70j1nzTq5zMNSFqPOkfXISd60ct4Pgo9EuSvO3giZjS9LZ_I9tiZXpgohGcTx5ac-E1cOXwXJ5lV3DXMcPmoxo2n4wEoaCLEQIV0iAvgcUJ5puX8OgNoGJBmMnXhFs/s320/IMG_3853.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo16NBdo-0Yio85YX3zmHu8-kHZM8eDCllvHhhlQrwdqoT_wsMWH9ItfBECdyot6TnMyNPeiRoHtnfoA7WIMtueGSqtNqzW2_LmrKECnvzmaUm6UI-YnUvokQGWhhOaYcaeqz0njKbt0/s1600-h/IMG_3848.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317521315440901010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKo16NBdo-0Yio85YX3zmHu8-kHZM8eDCllvHhhlQrwdqoT_wsMWH9ItfBECdyot6TnMyNPeiRoHtnfoA7WIMtueGSqtNqzW2_LmrKECnvzmaUm6UI-YnUvokQGWhhOaYcaeqz0njKbt0/s320/IMG_3848.JPG" border="0" /></a> We skipped Batman The Ride because it makes Sarah sick and headed over to Colossus. Colossus had a long line and was only running a single train so we went on <strong>Scream!</strong> My last several rides on Scream! had all been unpleasant, but today's ride was great! The ride had a little bit of vibrations, but no rough spots at all. It almost reminded me of the Scream! I used to love! We would have rode it again, but when we returned to the station the line was filling in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi416KQrS6S4_Q6ohI_pMmJkOwErLhlrMCzzWCfSmynI6yewAUN4bvgxx4ityLLAPmkTPrRIN6mMJ1qxim2cZIBrGbMc9e8WDjaylt2caorfaKFcFFvvMH6oxcsKosU91p6g4nRCzFmE/s1600-h/IMG_3868.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317523092219039378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi416KQrS6S4_Q6ohI_pMmJkOwErLhlrMCzzWCfSmynI6yewAUN4bvgxx4ityLLAPmkTPrRIN6mMJ1qxim2cZIBrGbMc9e8WDjaylt2caorfaKFcFFvvMH6oxcsKosU91p6g4nRCzFmE/s320/IMG_3868.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eZRN-Qsp_9AOzYs8sZFvp9MBKMHPQQRHW4XWVGoW6IA5KUoQdIe_uz7s8qUuFkUFKzYkbc-6A0ToKpXwFh4HE8sasps27ZtmO4ZTkf37YQDEiajK8rQyHmt-TAIySvqcn9ZV2lgJln8/s1600-h/IMG_3862.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317523090564407314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2eZRN-Qsp_9AOzYs8sZFvp9MBKMHPQQRHW4XWVGoW6IA5KUoQdIe_uz7s8qUuFkUFKzYkbc-6A0ToKpXwFh4HE8sasps27ZtmO4ZTkf37YQDEiajK8rQyHmt-TAIySvqcn9ZV2lgJln8/s320/IMG_3862.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT9QjnnbaiUgm5htnbRgNW5E9Hkng6Zh6fJiXAXnZuI0rx4lC5HLGeY0LnYkMx8GQCZBER76k3h9e3V9uQgmteZj-mbX9iffmKgm_JK5hzM95_CJDdmvOAvT3pAfC4gVVkcwU_o7vObc/s1600-h/IMG_3861.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317523090980194034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsT9QjnnbaiUgm5htnbRgNW5E9Hkng6Zh6fJiXAXnZuI0rx4lC5HLGeY0LnYkMx8GQCZBER76k3h9e3V9uQgmteZj-mbX9iffmKgm_JK5hzM95_CJDdmvOAvT3pAfC4gVVkcwU_o7vObc/s320/IMG_3861.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went on the <strong>Buccaneer</strong>. I always thought most swinging ships were exactly the same, but Buccaneer is no where near as forcefull as Dragon Swing at Knott's Berry Farm. Buccaneer felt like a waste of time. After that we went on <strong>Thomas The Tank Engine</strong>. I felt like I needed to pay my respects to what got me into rollercoasters... trains! I remember being a little kid loving trains, especially Thomas, and the book "The Little Engine That Could." I grew up with a collection of Brio wooden train sets, and as I got olded I made large hills that resembled Rollercoasters with my track pieces. I was expecting more of a layout from the ride, but I still see it as tons of fun for children.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZm7IPSTT-__Ebc4FIRe7gVrp_8_2EsXhkwwDIGREKK_ZJGa2azmnW6Up74ImHBSk1we-jRD1E_Xttm5U2lnnwtXvxaZ_kyC3aGxc3w_dA2noI3kqf7tjbKQzYm90K3yZ8DCv1jRDChjA/s1600-h/IMG_3869.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526185634125618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZm7IPSTT-__Ebc4FIRe7gVrp_8_2EsXhkwwDIGREKK_ZJGa2azmnW6Up74ImHBSk1we-jRD1E_Xttm5U2lnnwtXvxaZ_kyC3aGxc3w_dA2noI3kqf7tjbKQzYm90K3yZ8DCv1jRDChjA/s320/IMG_3869.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtab5JIinNt_86voDQ_V8avo4ZLo_z3FI74gPwpxIG9oZS-gPj2ci2PHpIMjqh9o5qhx8055fSEw4jC1MF9p8v1_pMkPMhV07EBpofNd8dOh1Iy0ztqlnoekuCHf1aU0AoZk3iFiB9AM4/s1600-h/IMG_3875.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526179462944770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtab5JIinNt_86voDQ_V8avo4ZLo_z3FI74gPwpxIG9oZS-gPj2ci2PHpIMjqh9o5qhx8055fSEw4jC1MF9p8v1_pMkPMhV07EBpofNd8dOh1Iy0ztqlnoekuCHf1aU0AoZk3iFiB9AM4/s320/IMG_3875.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrhrUSJZZRX8_bBhPpGN0JMMbsGf7pISNZhkOhP9S8MOEdPhfJgmeDYPNQUGDucq7-tbTXkDocOc9n1g0o6jfbBVDIFKki6aaF8CJ-d_BeD7G1h5y5Hop7QnYnzW9w4hodK0Mo1i0xV0/s1600-h/IMG_3876.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317526178823051346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrhrUSJZZRX8_bBhPpGN0JMMbsGf7pISNZhkOhP9S8MOEdPhfJgmeDYPNQUGDucq7-tbTXkDocOc9n1g0o6jfbBVDIFKki6aaF8CJ-d_BeD7G1h5y5Hop7QnYnzW9w4hodK0Mo1i0xV0/s320/IMG_3876.JPG" border="0" /></a> As we wondered into the deep of Bugs Bunny World we came across a rollercoaster that had yet to be ridden by us. <strong>Canyon Blaster</strong> is a small kid friendly coaster that Sarah and I have skipped for years! A lot of coaster enthusiast count the coasters they've ridden and keep them as "credit." While both Sarah and I do count coasters, we have always believed in quality over quantity. Riding <strong>Canyon Blaster</strong> today doesn't mean we've officialy crossed over to the "Dark Side" yet. We simply dipped our feet into that pool and decided it wasn't for us. Sarah and I only count the coasters we've been on since we've been dating, and after just over two years my count is 44, and Sarah's is 43.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuexFtvHSEnRgXu5CbdIeq8p-z-JgoS0TddAV3EUyUyyTjsu-NX2n6mn3GNKNXyn9k1FKmXM5xt6V3mY2AdynZ81oQd6fzzZDYQ8kyu7ysUC28AHFKnK3HDm47fNvxXigOhrBGY2-R-t0/s1600-h/IMG_3805.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317529777828254050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuexFtvHSEnRgXu5CbdIeq8p-z-JgoS0TddAV3EUyUyyTjsu-NX2n6mn3GNKNXyn9k1FKmXM5xt6V3mY2AdynZ81oQd6fzzZDYQ8kyu7ysUC28AHFKnK3HDm47fNvxXigOhrBGY2-R-t0/s320/IMG_3805.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd63PNujKph8Dr2cSp7_WSU86aGgvX2dg84rmm5ZIUblTWvbQRGMTQjkuwPPIQ54LUGsy_rCJqHPdne8u-3U9gN7TSOqgNLZzV4JUv5-SkDzbVEKoBjcNixE-lSz6LTyzNZhWpVvnDLPA/s1600-h/IMG_3881.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317529773865144034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd63PNujKph8Dr2cSp7_WSU86aGgvX2dg84rmm5ZIUblTWvbQRGMTQjkuwPPIQ54LUGsy_rCJqHPdne8u-3U9gN7TSOqgNLZzV4JUv5-SkDzbVEKoBjcNixE-lSz6LTyzNZhWpVvnDLPA/s320/IMG_3881.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wl8bmfSQWwMwW4feQwGgvtlZou1b09m4ynJsdvKqOjEahBIbEWQCTpfVR6fM3xvdcC54mYxHojnyPUO3A2qXdFInYbUb_gE0pvfnzP2U0trwzRB7nyWhoijle3EhkR-aMbmBEsUOvLQ/s1600-h/IMG_3877.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317529761045732338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wl8bmfSQWwMwW4feQwGgvtlZou1b09m4ynJsdvKqOjEahBIbEWQCTpfVR6fM3xvdcC54mYxHojnyPUO3A2qXdFInYbUb_gE0pvfnzP2U0trwzRB7nyWhoijle3EhkR-aMbmBEsUOvLQ/s320/IMG_3877.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went back to serious riding and hit <strong>Goliath</strong> up twice in a row. Though I've never had a bad ride on <strong>Goliath</strong>, today's rides had a little something extra special. It might have been due to the weather, it have been because we were so excited at the event, but Goliath was by far the best ride of the day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ48MmcC06gl-fZr3q91mnUB-O7E62yPhLjyIGQaPeTT2TnXkOlWmZj3jzgDve9jsmkVZfJy0WuB_vfGO5INdY5NOZq9fxbnLqS43pBtwTcuwA0GBBJeKjYVYdmSfPHA-_JFawMz04mk/s1600-h/IMG_3874.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317531579664344562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZ48MmcC06gl-fZr3q91mnUB-O7E62yPhLjyIGQaPeTT2TnXkOlWmZj3jzgDve9jsmkVZfJy0WuB_vfGO5INdY5NOZq9fxbnLqS43pBtwTcuwA0GBBJeKjYVYdmSfPHA-_JFawMz04mk/s320/IMG_3874.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrUfWm65PF8GBIDEgOUbTrEsKhItnA6RR2kGOpkNXT0VD07i8eu0RSGUaC3g_oL4EZxAhgLZUpsAiCSyOADW5_r7cVupXFPUJrWZ7zJ543wcNXhBuCdT6Z__EcjNOQq8vmg524OI3CyM/s1600-h/IMG_3883.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317531570664134674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrUfWm65PF8GBIDEgOUbTrEsKhItnA6RR2kGOpkNXT0VD07i8eu0RSGUaC3g_oL4EZxAhgLZUpsAiCSyOADW5_r7cVupXFPUJrWZ7zJ543wcNXhBuCdT6Z__EcjNOQq8vmg524OI3CyM/s320/IMG_3883.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTgwtLxub1NMnMPmKE9o0qadpsi-bTbbRiWBR6Q5rGknwc77CWj9k5cYAQk_GJACHae18L8vVkp_uVXTCeJ3KEbNx9jmZ2em3iR28UDj5vXLarlB7W7JZ03d0xB0Mnh2Mqmd94YQIMao/s1600-h/IMG_3820.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317531526675032658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTgwtLxub1NMnMPmKE9o0qadpsi-bTbbRiWBR6Q5rGknwc77CWj9k5cYAQk_GJACHae18L8vVkp_uVXTCeJ3KEbNx9jmZ2em3iR28UDj5vXLarlB7W7JZ03d0xB0Mnh2Mqmd94YQIMao/s320/IMG_3820.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUbRfLbrvTgGnqPeNxm_g7Xb60pwuyFHkVUsaVSnp8vfqbPAk6B1aC-_pmDzJUKgsuKZ06vjHs5vQmvi1AttUe2rBOPqH0MWm587vEQGCIvu4JeeRskqLsYTsgCWBxSPStOE18y6Cyuw/s1600-h/IMG_3859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317531516331064482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUbRfLbrvTgGnqPeNxm_g7Xb60pwuyFHkVUsaVSnp8vfqbPAk6B1aC-_pmDzJUKgsuKZ06vjHs5vQmvi1AttUe2rBOPqH0MWm587vEQGCIvu4JeeRskqLsYTsgCWBxSPStOE18y6Cyuw/s320/IMG_3859.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now we headed over to <strong>Magic Moments Theater</strong> for the Park Management Presentation, and Theme Park Review DVD preview. First thing we did was line up for a big group photo with all West Coast Bash participant's that were in the area at the time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdcP0ETkuLOYg-Qiml69vMSsD6DUaESc_SXSDJZYTtcqCcgl0OqfFEl_iAtniNYdnTLQRNILBpC0q2IObxvpSK40mWW8LpK-f9j5w2CDQ6dPKcG_npZFTiVYDgeWvgNVjqFYQlr_WMiU/s1600-h/wcb2009_group.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317534835853808370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdcP0ETkuLOYg-Qiml69vMSsD6DUaESc_SXSDJZYTtcqCcgl0OqfFEl_iAtniNYdnTLQRNILBpC0q2IObxvpSK40mWW8LpK-f9j5w2CDQ6dPKcG_npZFTiVYDgeWvgNVjqFYQlr_WMiU/s320/wcb2009_group.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMT1_0ixfZQZ11lmYe3G_avKSPgtyQBunVD7u-xnXYqwiq29IrBsCnz0V42jJL6YsRlW0Jc8XHd7BQWGFaIEbcG6U0dq6PNrQcH1ngpKQYDWJ5ll37bZJ_MsGUTHUwHeV803Qc9riYTmw/s1600-h/IMG_3892.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317534833755876274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMT1_0ixfZQZ11lmYe3G_avKSPgtyQBunVD7u-xnXYqwiq29IrBsCnz0V42jJL6YsRlW0Jc8XHd7BQWGFaIEbcG6U0dq6PNrQcH1ngpKQYDWJ5ll37bZJ_MsGUTHUwHeV803Qc9riYTmw/s320/IMG_3892.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwmHev5Anvq6jdt6GTmp_Lqv31hARK6iBZw5mS-6qswLIMMnQmnwMnLaytqGI9D7fNFEpkrt3jg1UIg7ZKMxGOaOl2z_pXSBgpTFMzWW0KjeS6nkWHFHvtJc5KN5lRH8YYqIppKv8YBM/s1600-h/IMG_3889.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317534824421554322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTwmHev5Anvq6jdt6GTmp_Lqv31hARK6iBZw5mS-6qswLIMMnQmnwMnLaytqGI9D7fNFEpkrt3jg1UIg7ZKMxGOaOl2z_pXSBgpTFMzWW0KjeS6nkWHFHvtJc5KN5lRH8YYqIppKv8YBM/s320/IMG_3889.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EIXYOEFi42wWeHJUHUjOn-IpgNaWd3xSJYvLZy_XTM6YIRkjtLhfq4a7PBmm2l1BrlOFfQpBKIS0y9SlqlsUwlEHpcLtRuu0KdChoMh0uROUpJZfuxZO4U4UHhWKYDYabCoQ6epyyyc/s1600-h/IMG_3887.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317534818967589634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EIXYOEFi42wWeHJUHUjOn-IpgNaWd3xSJYvLZy_XTM6YIRkjtLhfq4a7PBmm2l1BrlOFfQpBKIS0y9SlqlsUwlEHpcLtRuu0KdChoMh0uROUpJZfuxZO4U4UHhWKYDYabCoQ6epyyyc/s320/IMG_3887.JPG" border="0" /></a> Inside the theater a lot was said, but the best experience of the entire day was the Q&A session with the park's management team. Before the presentation was over we got to see a preview of Theme Parks Review's next DVD. I'm glad I went to the bathroom right before it, because if I didn't I would have peed my pants because the video was so funny! I'm looking forward this DVD release!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz9IHYX5hyphenhyphenG2d_Kw_An62joxNnWulRMgUzzV9jXDLMcnxCR-wPOpwPcnqfcJjisi-Xs-0VZhctAus-tXmtyRZSIa3C-zFG12IfTENHOnO1OzLLNBfJ_c6AB5N-wfF4hG-y6ZYCc0RlW8/s1600-h/IMG_3901.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317536892872870418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsz9IHYX5hyphenhyphenG2d_Kw_An62joxNnWulRMgUzzV9jXDLMcnxCR-wPOpwPcnqfcJjisi-Xs-0VZhctAus-tXmtyRZSIa3C-zFG12IfTENHOnO1OzLLNBfJ_c6AB5N-wfF4hG-y6ZYCc0RlW8/s320/IMG_3901.JPG" border="0" /></a> After the presentation we were given a piece of wood scraps from the Terminator Salvation: The Ride construction site. We were getting hungry, and Sarah wanted Denny's so we left the park.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHqtg9GJqHh18QW9VJKpuJRUFZXQwd3SqRpF7cF6prL-pR65R8vdHD0mYkewNITsrC6qD1XyuxQ3rPUvr8BkTIU1LPPFC02xEnN76aitrw1Ch3KT2Sw0JBmBu3O7-VygJ4SDa8t9aVjU/s1600-h/IMG_3904.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317537594768578322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHqtg9GJqHh18QW9VJKpuJRUFZXQwd3SqRpF7cF6prL-pR65R8vdHD0mYkewNITsrC6qD1XyuxQ3rPUvr8BkTIU1LPPFC02xEnN76aitrw1Ch3KT2Sw0JBmBu3O7-VygJ4SDa8t9aVjU/s320/IMG_3904.JPG" border="0" /></a> When we returned to the park Sarah had a stomach ache! So we ended up cutting our Night ERT in half. Night ERT included all of the park's coasters except for Percy's Railway. But then due to wind X2 was also removed from the ERT as well. The park was still open but the lines were dead so we went on <strong>Tatsu</strong>. Tatsu was a great night ride and to me one of the best rides of the day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC97ZAxgVns_52YH49sXolKfz8gqB8pt-QECK4xhcRU0R9uZe1Y-0yfYsBCHfDhc4zy0QbqXhYGwm8SRweoFQVzpsQf4y9_jgv_72RajzwedHG0K5Yf7mgpACl77hSCSRzoSvFLoFNHQ/s1600-h/IMG_3909.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317539000256866754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC97ZAxgVns_52YH49sXolKfz8gqB8pt-QECK4xhcRU0R9uZe1Y-0yfYsBCHfDhc4zy0QbqXhYGwm8SRweoFQVzpsQf4y9_jgv_72RajzwedHG0K5Yf7mgpACl77hSCSRzoSvFLoFNHQ/s320/IMG_3909.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHdccfenVNWta0fdGZVU6iGTKt0pDJZX8JXTogZVkwd0Wkuso6vHvuCIrcAT3aO1d6sh7nXpTTV8ZRRfdy34U9LgkFIdk0KPUr5ha8rsqGp81ETvWiOjmmcWsOCoJZXI2z0S7F53Ik10/s1600-h/IMG_3907.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317538997058301762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiHdccfenVNWta0fdGZVU6iGTKt0pDJZX8JXTogZVkwd0Wkuso6vHvuCIrcAT3aO1d6sh7nXpTTV8ZRRfdy34U9LgkFIdk0KPUr5ha8rsqGp81ETvWiOjmmcWsOCoJZXI2z0S7F53Ik10/s320/IMG_3907.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that I met and talked to Chris Godsey of www.rideworld.com, another driving force behind this event. He told me that they are already thinking about what to do for next year's Bash, and that the park wants there to be over a thousand of us at next year's event. I registered at Rideworld (3/25) but I still haven't recieved a conformation yet. Our next ride was <strong>Ninja</strong>. Ninja is one of the best night rides because of it's dark disorienting terrain. By this point of the night we were both pretty exhausted, and it caused me to make an awkward introduction to Theme Park Review member Crazy4Coasters. I already appologized for it, and hopefully we can have a redo soon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjO_c1qXYPNWJ2lr2skXwDLT0j41patSuErJwE3z5CkjgF_5GFVxccxsPZRlFJmcjCJJv-70LCHOTfAF_5CLMAb_8gptgcGwLzkEPdVtCdOUW-cKD6ZeNVa_JH8ur5gDrPMv3ZMDCI94/s1600-h/IMG_3916.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317543633609100594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCjO_c1qXYPNWJ2lr2skXwDLT0j41patSuErJwE3z5CkjgF_5GFVxccxsPZRlFJmcjCJJv-70LCHOTfAF_5CLMAb_8gptgcGwLzkEPdVtCdOUW-cKD6ZeNVa_JH8ur5gDrPMv3ZMDCI94/s320/IMG_3916.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIW4ZPsU8ssLJymiq0ueVHoS1c8pUbj0k5fQCthv0Ofcfrs7w33-aGpD_kcnhmdS-rUotaiM1Kx47rOc56YYs00xeNrYm3ZxfzCWYVbOB3nNgNK5KO1SIq5XVW6X8hKWKua7f2CFoH8Y/s1600-h/IMG_3914.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317543631971195922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIW4ZPsU8ssLJymiq0ueVHoS1c8pUbj0k5fQCthv0Ofcfrs7w33-aGpD_kcnhmdS-rUotaiM1Kx47rOc56YYs00xeNrYm3ZxfzCWYVbOB3nNgNK5KO1SIq5XVW6X8hKWKua7f2CFoH8Y/s320/IMG_3914.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride was <strong>Riddler's Revenge</strong>. I have to say, as much as I love this coaster during the day, nothing changes at night. We still had a great time riding Riddler's Revenge, but we don't think it offers a different experience from the day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeE19-2JCW4mg1hCeqgDYO7NvFYEtLmZsJVrBhn0GTxDAz0HsFFBfxn9VtfVDkyIDWmkvByyCs-fBu-M5_l5KMuPj6LhWh5I1chV8_rr32hIb8SmlR8EM0AdZfxXD6fopYrOhcl72zpUs/s1600-h/IMG_3920.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317544600395086386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeE19-2JCW4mg1hCeqgDYO7NvFYEtLmZsJVrBhn0GTxDAz0HsFFBfxn9VtfVDkyIDWmkvByyCs-fBu-M5_l5KMuPj6LhWh5I1chV8_rr32hIb8SmlR8EM0AdZfxXD6fopYrOhcl72zpUs/s320/IMG_3920.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbgzwyFp4UutkwJ2pEK5g2skHKAkZVyqLGZss0o06lh_tbGQCUU4RZW46133lugKpFUmUbtvJGbwNvXxHp3LyZO900O90EMr5jlzOEe3Mgd0uqyRjKnq0llsnkbzJmsTKRFcYqU1HuU0/s1600-h/IMG_3923.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317544585773580098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbgzwyFp4UutkwJ2pEK5g2skHKAkZVyqLGZss0o06lh_tbGQCUU4RZW46133lugKpFUmUbtvJGbwNvXxHp3LyZO900O90EMr5jlzOEe3Mgd0uqyRjKnq0llsnkbzJmsTKRFcYqU1HuU0/s320/IMG_3923.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed over to <strong>Colossus</strong> where a Racoon was preventing us from entire the line. I tried to take pictures of it without the flash on because I didn't want to scare it. Sarah wouldn't go near the ride until it was gone, but even then I had to hold her hand. We rode Colossus in the front row with Mr. Six and Chris Godsey behind us. I'm glad we got to ride Colossus today because it is constantly climbing the ladder to be one of my top 10 coasters. Infact I'm sure that if backwards ever became a year round ride it would be my favorite coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUWbfBHNgZ1D7O6ICunyzNlXQ9K0jZmPQwPYEIvrCM9pZUDHmR7HXEe01UXblVKLjFU8mDQe_0HBj4aQbpyJ30A32t1FZWWbO0aJ5GUGEfaZ0F7ABTmK6RXs5Tgj1OgvHNU_tyTn5ix8/s1600-h/IMG_3928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317546606523420946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUWbfBHNgZ1D7O6ICunyzNlXQ9K0jZmPQwPYEIvrCM9pZUDHmR7HXEe01UXblVKLjFU8mDQe_0HBj4aQbpyJ30A32t1FZWWbO0aJ5GUGEfaZ0F7ABTmK6RXs5Tgj1OgvHNU_tyTn5ix8/s320/IMG_3928.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJTO9wfmZwBDeIhdSqF-2p5Db7VpeO3pE6-75fAN0xMuQzDAge-T5CrQoIyr-eex0MrVtjjdiiT9SN-Ou6HH1sZlvUStBnnDiytB85cu8HwA_KjnpNfxrwFr68PPPCElFnrrtXEXIAQA/s1600-h/IMG_3929.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317546598850267090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJTO9wfmZwBDeIhdSqF-2p5Db7VpeO3pE6-75fAN0xMuQzDAge-T5CrQoIyr-eex0MrVtjjdiiT9SN-Ou6HH1sZlvUStBnnDiytB85cu8HwA_KjnpNfxrwFr68PPPCElFnrrtXEXIAQA/s320/IMG_3929.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u8YOt0P8oNDt3jv3mLx55_1r8Mmqyl0SSrZNej-6O7qPqeQ2Pejr8LyonO2NG2OXX4X_kGBOgW0NoRDAJrMkP9XOwOP7XG-uzA6Xzwd9WiD2ZC6W5ZSj4_dtfpo9JObQ09eVsnScUCQ/s1600-h/IMG_3931.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317546595214098338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9u8YOt0P8oNDt3jv3mLx55_1r8Mmqyl0SSrZNej-6O7qPqeQ2Pejr8LyonO2NG2OXX4X_kGBOgW0NoRDAJrMkP9XOwOP7XG-uzA6Xzwd9WiD2ZC6W5ZSj4_dtfpo9JObQ09eVsnScUCQ/s320/IMG_3931.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride would be our last of the day. We were just so tired and Sarah wasn't feeling good from the Denny's we ate before, so we ended with the best ride of the day <strong>Goliath</strong>. Goliath is an amazing night ride, the lack of light makes this fast coaster seem even faster, and the cold air makes the ride even smoother. We walked back towards the front of the park and met up with Big Mike again to get an update on X2. He told us that the person at the gate said it would be closed for the rest of the night. We walked out the park and Sarah said she will be in better shape for next years event! Maybe next year we will eat at the Mooseburger Lodge like I suggested! We had an incredible day, Thank you to Theme Park Review, Ride World, Six Flags Magic Mountain, and everyone else who made this event as fun as it was! We will see you again next year!. Thanks for reading, and have fun!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIPtJ-kGle5YHqEZIe0P8926AcjR43xSOKzo3lxzkJalD1FWTDRGeLqjIchJYlFJSvcZci-WGjpa3k_aMISajKJAEUmVnxhVrX1vwOcMo0JGjVuZcjYW_kNnpBpV1y-lrnQP-FmYDw4Q/s1600-h/IMG_3925.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317549677971994530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdIPtJ-kGle5YHqEZIe0P8926AcjR43xSOKzo3lxzkJalD1FWTDRGeLqjIchJYlFJSvcZci-WGjpa3k_aMISajKJAEUmVnxhVrX1vwOcMo0JGjVuZcjYW_kNnpBpV1y-lrnQP-FmYDw4Q/s320/IMG_3925.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today's Ride/Events Rankings<br /><br />15. Buccaneer<br />14. Thomas The Tank Engine<br />13. Orient Express<br />12. Canyon Blaster<br />11. Gold Rusher<br />10. Viper<br />09. Ninja<br />08. Riddler's Revenge<br />07. Colossus<br />06. Scream!<br />05. X2<br />04. Terminator Salvation: The Ride Tour<br />03. Tatsu<br />02. Goliath<br />01. Magic Moments Theater<br /><br />Found Coins: 2 Quarters and 3 Pennies. </div>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-29039429560235238322009-03-10T20:04:00.000-07:002009-03-12T11:08:53.639-07:00Knott's Berry Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOpjKB9Jp2bQXC0_NMQVDDqe5GS0dVf0Y5xCa9gQbX_adu9LDY-5voLc7Egj7vUej0bQSo4YSzL_YkWwijFFTjEyKFYpUWOvZjMnHkYg_Nv61q8WE7FUUopit8P_VmS-J9NWIV64FSSA/s1600-h/IMG_3546.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311976788188108322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOpjKB9Jp2bQXC0_NMQVDDqe5GS0dVf0Y5xCa9gQbX_adu9LDY-5voLc7Egj7vUej0bQSo4YSzL_YkWwijFFTjEyKFYpUWOvZjMnHkYg_Nv61q8WE7FUUopit8P_VmS-J9NWIV64FSSA/s320/IMG_3546.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Today I took my 6 1/2 year old niece Morgan to Knott's Berry Farm for some Camp Snoopy action! There were a few School and Church groups there, but the park was empty! We started with <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong>. Last June Morgan rode Sierra Sidewinder twice but was frightened to death on both runs. This time though she was fearless and wanted to ride it over and over again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoCI8wuHz6SQC5x_ukLCweNNauzB3B8rolbnUWr0p7BORB9qdXIe3m5YYsBwpP5jCKsUG_F61QjiybmJ44U4N0zPNnZCCddxojOMVeUAFLFrFifLmYSXmki6-H9UUnF8xFCaKg4SH4XI/s1600-h/IMG_3552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311975820614153890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoCI8wuHz6SQC5x_ukLCweNNauzB3B8rolbnUWr0p7BORB9qdXIe3m5YYsBwpP5jCKsUG_F61QjiybmJ44U4N0zPNnZCCddxojOMVeUAFLFrFifLmYSXmki6-H9UUnF8xFCaKg4SH4XI/s320/IMG_3552.JPG" border="0" /></a> On our first ride today we sat in forward position seats. Our second ride on <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong> I convinced Morgan to ride in the backwards position and on one the last cars of the train. Not only did going up the lift hill backwards scare her, but the cars in the back rotate a lot more than the front cars.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBdVx7pMSYkab3E0-u4vYM2MCWnhsctBr2tI9vU1aIT3rBicBmBBmvXTxEOPilO60nGS1Hdvru6P4NnM07h8y4Dju5nNhu8zbH2-J_ruQL50U5m5IIjCTF3k0TA2T66Up8HvmZP8pxjE/s1600-h/IMG_3531.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311975811734727730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBdVx7pMSYkab3E0-u4vYM2MCWnhsctBr2tI9vU1aIT3rBicBmBBmvXTxEOPilO60nGS1Hdvru6P4NnM07h8y4Dju5nNhu8zbH2-J_ruQL50U5m5IIjCTF3k0TA2T66Up8HvmZP8pxjE/s320/IMG_3531.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We heard a loud BOOM! from a gun shot and walked over to the <strong>Wagon Camp Theatre</strong> and watched the "Fool's Gold" Stunt Show. The show was pretty cool and funny, but I didn't care for the crack they made at Six Flags' financial situation.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBPM4pW4zjnh9uTN24d7SPxo_GN1y9-UXXULKNFiRc8WtNziAZTGQHmfwgy70ybB8I41pzuhW2wdVK3xbOaKE-EoR60l86RB5gwQSUJtmWQ-nUP5TwGB6HhAfVbdmyBUr2mgA17oe488/s1600-h/IMG_3536.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311979339426130706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBPM4pW4zjnh9uTN24d7SPxo_GN1y9-UXXULKNFiRc8WtNziAZTGQHmfwgy70ybB8I41pzuhW2wdVK3xbOaKE-EoR60l86RB5gwQSUJtmWQ-nUP5TwGB6HhAfVbdmyBUr2mgA17oe488/s320/IMG_3536.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetptATX_bjc76tX23e2UsHwCZlTEEEzjZMs3tNIfSriZ0StnLKW6K-PwB8SYvAatjlFb2eGKnv1WPSEP2AlYkvZ93hX3j3uj7x8N9yGpZHrmngQvUrP0bqkiREcQFbdoKnzWV09352LA/s1600-h/IMG_3535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311979334284976386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetptATX_bjc76tX23e2UsHwCZlTEEEzjZMs3tNIfSriZ0StnLKW6K-PwB8SYvAatjlFb2eGKnv1WPSEP2AlYkvZ93hX3j3uj7x8N9yGpZHrmngQvUrP0bqkiREcQFbdoKnzWV09352LA/s320/IMG_3535.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that I got my <strong>Butterfield Stagecoach</strong> Credit! Even with only one Stagecoach present at the time, the ride had no line.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBTw2FZU8yLlfpd4PV6CqpAYT9yN6PkUSno62_V-9rASDw3UdsGVI_u2OO7KyJCBI8lSxg7f4mf_w_AKfN4-IEE_bYuAwGQ3bPlhmw6_NsdDGOBrBtsDK-TBWCx7kS3zbR0K8LiQFBtE/s1600-h/IMG_3550.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311980832720632482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBTw2FZU8yLlfpd4PV6CqpAYT9yN6PkUSno62_V-9rASDw3UdsGVI_u2OO7KyJCBI8lSxg7f4mf_w_AKfN4-IEE_bYuAwGQ3bPlhmw6_NsdDGOBrBtsDK-TBWCx7kS3zbR0K8LiQFBtE/s320/IMG_3550.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6uSY2GtrSVZRi2o8wndmhE3LrRc3HFRvohC3F1bF-A0fqbotchmLgbzOEiu3oEZrb8ncehPbm9VZ9a0C87ZieaIF_HEcMGWVi2y77H8Md_pPdvcDaLg_JmmNuoG_AbKmz_ludepemO4/s1600-h/IMG_3545.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311980829859881266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6uSY2GtrSVZRi2o8wndmhE3LrRc3HFRvohC3F1bF-A0fqbotchmLgbzOEiu3oEZrb8ncehPbm9VZ9a0C87ZieaIF_HEcMGWVi2y77H8Md_pPdvcDaLg_JmmNuoG_AbKmz_ludepemO4/s320/IMG_3545.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went on <strong>Calico Mine Ride</strong>. Last June the Calico Mine Ride and the Calico Railroad scared Morgan the most. The Calico Mine Ride scared her because it has many dark sections of the ride, and the Calico Railroad scared her because of the train robbers. Morgan also had a little bit of a hard time with the <strong>Timber Mountain Log Ride</strong>, but she promised me she wouldn't be scared today if she didn't have to ride Calico Railroad because of "robber issues."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YfPIFqDd7klHiQkbamgAItDhRZpFLvg-uF9Ximj0pCgrMynLAMuuL0oFWmBN_bm-gFBDN9G1L8odYLYLVIeZb0tsYJ2k1vS0t-V6Stfy6LrcJXT8vpV7vQgEJFtzkSigM0tQHAOGU6Y/s1600-h/IMG_3562.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311983869759003618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YfPIFqDd7klHiQkbamgAItDhRZpFLvg-uF9Ximj0pCgrMynLAMuuL0oFWmBN_bm-gFBDN9G1L8odYLYLVIeZb0tsYJ2k1vS0t-V6Stfy6LrcJXT8vpV7vQgEJFtzkSigM0tQHAOGU6Y/s320/IMG_3562.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6t-vY-k0XUxnAJs8zUxVVW15EXCX-lcnEEz4gbPHsdPTMBwLBZK4PqHCLI5kS6B5QFmajfV68HZsWNSO0t84WzszRMy6zmSSlNXn0JgPzOC86aRvR9FtLDGxgYoxjo0JJO7PsU0c4NQ/s1600-h/IMG_3559.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311983871846510306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq6t-vY-k0XUxnAJs8zUxVVW15EXCX-lcnEEz4gbPHsdPTMBwLBZK4PqHCLI5kS6B5QFmajfV68HZsWNSO0t84WzszRMy6zmSSlNXn0JgPzOC86aRvR9FtLDGxgYoxjo0JJO7PsU0c4NQ/s320/IMG_3559.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhytrcpFJ3Jbuf3VsIAwZwu_fwoSeyzbEYQ0hDN0iiCPmJNC9OlttlqNsQyz8M2s40jN9uMWA-e4Y9oCDZtXo65BPsUgusxEOYMy7nK-290ViauxtPcFfRzVd7-Fw1SsR6lF7uJSsSM58/s1600-h/IMG_3555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311983867665322018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhytrcpFJ3Jbuf3VsIAwZwu_fwoSeyzbEYQ0hDN0iiCPmJNC9OlttlqNsQyz8M2s40jN9uMWA-e4Y9oCDZtXo65BPsUgusxEOYMy7nK-290ViauxtPcFfRzVd7-Fw1SsR6lF7uJSsSM58/s320/IMG_3555.JPG" border="0" /></a> Calico Mine Ride ended up scaring her again, but not near as bad as last time. Next up was <strong>Timber Mountain Log Ride</strong> and she took it worse than she did in June. She was full on crying this time, but she stopped when I told her this would be our last ride if she didn't stop. Of coarse when we finally made the big plunge it was no big deal, kind of like Sarah on Supreme Scream. Unfortunately Sarah is an adult so I can't make her get on it again! Morgan tried making excuses like getting wet is scary without a bathing suit, but I don't buy it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu862zH_TGyZ_is8Y75fnjSAVp9ZL-kl_xY5zCgzCUksDUDEsHllmJ13BnJDuWI9khtFUxwhhKzjlnCUk1i8bybUV49IUamcIbCETQVZg_gD-VXzRgmodcTv96i1l9pkKQiHaSwC6-Nrk/s1600-h/IMG_3564.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311985976223584706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu862zH_TGyZ_is8Y75fnjSAVp9ZL-kl_xY5zCgzCUksDUDEsHllmJ13BnJDuWI9khtFUxwhhKzjlnCUk1i8bybUV49IUamcIbCETQVZg_gD-VXzRgmodcTv96i1l9pkKQiHaSwC6-Nrk/s320/IMG_3564.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy6hPj3BerjZgLmwiiifJXxHX8MZ3UfkIt9hJ8LoHgUPLLmA6mdxf5P-THQO1y68gGbYfmYPgUBgQCmCSPmwkev7-w9uswf53JbV4rCKz4Bz9434RvJHl2I1pfQBIKEFfsYgNG17wuYY/s1600-h/IMG_3563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311985971676973490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy6hPj3BerjZgLmwiiifJXxHX8MZ3UfkIt9hJ8LoHgUPLLmA6mdxf5P-THQO1y68gGbYfmYPgUBgQCmCSPmwkev7-w9uswf53JbV4rCKz4Bz9434RvJHl2I1pfQBIKEFfsYgNG17wuYY/s320/IMG_3563.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we walked around looking for rides Morgan and I could ride together, but sadly she isn't tall enough for much. We end up on <strong>Wheeler Dealer Bumper Cars</strong>. Bumper Cars have always been a favorite of mine, but Wheeler Dealer only last for about a minute or two.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA2vZ0g_aIOFKZ36tdd8p1X30_FKKfgKB-efPYYRhdTXnduZ0vHKX7yyfwr5-q-2NfG5FPuSbB9aOqb9yOCf0Mnb1AdSpQ_Vgb3Y9Y86XOq66pv_nhjFQarLRbKlpS4pZioIGlLvxgFY/s1600-h/IMG_3574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311987376454689138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkA2vZ0g_aIOFKZ36tdd8p1X30_FKKfgKB-efPYYRhdTXnduZ0vHKX7yyfwr5-q-2NfG5FPuSbB9aOqb9yOCf0Mnb1AdSpQ_Vgb3Y9Y86XOq66pv_nhjFQarLRbKlpS4pZioIGlLvxgFY/s320/IMG_3574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4kZE7ycEKYAuo_xWTcjh2_8FWbBFgvISHgx_r1cilkHyYonFWiH5G56Xa9iDj_4x9Ke1vS-_3Xk1gIW3GUzJ_-aGQLF84MW6qACZ5na-y3RCIFPQNqy6MES6qYc_QHbQMHNIP_3N8Vw/s1600-h/IMG_3573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311987365970312050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx4kZE7ycEKYAuo_xWTcjh2_8FWbBFgvISHgx_r1cilkHyYonFWiH5G56Xa9iDj_4x9Ke1vS-_3Xk1gIW3GUzJ_-aGQLF84MW6qACZ5na-y3RCIFPQNqy6MES6qYc_QHbQMHNIP_3N8Vw/s320/IMG_3573.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we walked down the Boardwalk to Perilous Plunge. We waited about 5 minutes for the big splash, and when it came no water even touched the bridge!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsdGUWZMYzLRbqTWdp1RftwzgR5PUwd_UEkE9F1iPiDWDlw9JulCfswVvG5dhV8N7EoQtYmXyrMQion1fMlsjmLEw9vhkrQINJSSHUPvfs7h6DMhn7ufXzW8cjDbH1oUTR-Aiwvuw3cw/s1600-h/IMG_3578.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311988673542644498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibsdGUWZMYzLRbqTWdp1RftwzgR5PUwd_UEkE9F1iPiDWDlw9JulCfswVvG5dhV8N7EoQtYmXyrMQion1fMlsjmLEw9vhkrQINJSSHUPvfs7h6DMhn7ufXzW8cjDbH1oUTR-Aiwvuw3cw/s320/IMG_3578.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we went on the <strong>Sky Cabin</strong>. The windows were super dirty and it ruined any possibility for a good view. But I did get to see what was going on under Xcelerator.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZntB_djzt5ca6hX-N1mz4e9R5wgq_2fcJZrwL8SRFsyk3J3Sv71TnyV735eoKYCs3XO6k8pj7L2HmTmdGqGjapiM6SI1sok7oED7SlRyLOZJPRFUW8lSyvWQkYc7vjW0p_ISaYMiX-m0/s1600-h/IMG_3587.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311989677191445378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZntB_djzt5ca6hX-N1mz4e9R5wgq_2fcJZrwL8SRFsyk3J3Sv71TnyV735eoKYCs3XO6k8pj7L2HmTmdGqGjapiM6SI1sok7oED7SlRyLOZJPRFUW8lSyvWQkYc7vjW0p_ISaYMiX-m0/s320/IMG_3587.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsWpRnHoFkJMFwMHJmm3iBFUQipwsPSBzkq7yWQ6CoxLVyeZeFS8gz9dQoFN5MJxB6aDY2_Xb_rr36Gei_kKH0_t70lnknvkpfQbwgTobke-oeHOOED6gVe6tAAe7AyDUXFz3wQPLpgw/s1600-h/IMG_3585.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311989673049782610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsWpRnHoFkJMFwMHJmm3iBFUQipwsPSBzkq7yWQ6CoxLVyeZeFS8gz9dQoFN5MJxB6aDY2_Xb_rr36Gei_kKH0_t70lnknvkpfQbwgTobke-oeHOOED6gVe6tAAe7AyDUXFz3wQPLpgw/s320/IMG_3585.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our next ride was the <strong>Dragon Swing</strong>! We rode it 3 times in a row, but always in the middle of the boat. Morgan had talked about riding <strong>Dragon Swing</strong> all day, because last June Sarah and Morgan rode it more than 5 times in a row.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise-LS-RhQRhkDb_ovfKCPFMTdvSlsdiY_4vckA_vdx1Ouo4nLg7DtYGQ-Eph9Szn4oxR3W7sWt5bBsQf9CRTASJqFdvcfRZp6knSRFshIYMANOZIRfOPqwF8gQksq-mgf-mtJapBzUK4/s1600-h/IMG_3599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311991293330295362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEise-LS-RhQRhkDb_ovfKCPFMTdvSlsdiY_4vckA_vdx1Ouo4nLg7DtYGQ-Eph9Szn4oxR3W7sWt5bBsQf9CRTASJqFdvcfRZp6knSRFshIYMANOZIRfOPqwF8gQksq-mgf-mtJapBzUK4/s320/IMG_3599.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rYHbTB1N0DcoO4harsLgjy_nXIt6jLV5Dikf25tDXT5ZO9OnI-e3j-TQK4ID_2_pv9Nnjd8b4fjR7Ns1qs-SvU_L9Gjt9-TO7I9j_lGYyLshu7Upt4Ez4Q701l_uoecAcEN7dbVMNDU/s1600-h/IMG_3607.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311991288395972930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rYHbTB1N0DcoO4harsLgjy_nXIt6jLV5Dikf25tDXT5ZO9OnI-e3j-TQK4ID_2_pv9Nnjd8b4fjR7Ns1qs-SvU_L9Gjt9-TO7I9j_lGYyLshu7Upt4Ez4Q701l_uoecAcEN7dbVMNDU/s320/IMG_3607.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3pBY9r3C7v1IWdcqw34Ava5zCdMOymohZnFMhpKcgiIb61PPeW9RwRX_CE_CFF3mg1HhSBpijKjB8AXov7dsz3UKojHbg1TC83Nk3hATbFw5Ts1_GZ4p5bTVJ3yDqg5-LVp9esqg6P4/s1600-h/IMG_3598.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311991283231950802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3pBY9r3C7v1IWdcqw34Ava5zCdMOymohZnFMhpKcgiIb61PPeW9RwRX_CE_CFF3mg1HhSBpijKjB8AXov7dsz3UKojHbg1TC83Nk3hATbFw5Ts1_GZ4p5bTVJ3yDqg5-LVp9esqg6P4/s320/IMG_3598.JPG" border="0" /></a> While riding <strong>Dragon Swing</strong> I tried to get Morgan to keeps her hands up in the air the entire ride! After that she tried it on every ride the rest of the day. Our next ride the <strong>Hat Dance</strong>. For reasons unknown to me we had to ride the <strong>Hat Dance</strong> in every color they had.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mAxBwrNiHNlTIovk_sc5vU2NGCjZy7oj0IIasCvB17PhI7jloN9k0DPfT0KxICMGcQEFMk4rTy0si3wzQYtOeCAMVWwywM06X0ARr8Ur7iIJ_E6DdOM1ZFSJKCix_sey5AXGwT90pe0/s1600-h/IMG_3603.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311992656416219746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mAxBwrNiHNlTIovk_sc5vU2NGCjZy7oj0IIasCvB17PhI7jloN9k0DPfT0KxICMGcQEFMk4rTy0si3wzQYtOeCAMVWwywM06X0ARr8Ur7iIJ_E6DdOM1ZFSJKCix_sey5AXGwT90pe0/s320/IMG_3603.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj6WAQhofMfLzV67NAq66rGh759sy1ELalROWKRH5q3Z4ZiwUIcOgWTGD0gfp4ozIn0Yo0aUbvwzeOgj997wcTQmfO1mrAmIBm50n3M4UWij1EzX8qcsbXQv8U18uZQuPdsdqsyYqwyI/s1600-h/IMG_3605.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311992646031515746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqj6WAQhofMfLzV67NAq66rGh759sy1ELalROWKRH5q3Z4ZiwUIcOgWTGD0gfp4ozIn0Yo0aUbvwzeOgj997wcTQmfO1mrAmIBm50n3M4UWij1EzX8qcsbXQv8U18uZQuPdsdqsyYqwyI/s320/IMG_3605.JPG" border="0" /></a> Morgan compared the <strong>Hat Dance</strong> to the Teacups at Disneyland. <strong>Hat Dance</strong> is the intense version the Teacups in her opinion.<br /><br />After that we went on the <strong>Merry Go Round</strong>, where Morgan picked some kind of cat to sit on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PGwQy53S5rMTFP8wiBPto1-YsV9LGHDBkF1aFFodbIJSmo9qfA8pA6TSeCUCrOGYlvKvuCMqztZnRLqpMNtHs-IK1pg1KSIpukvxSLiftpX-yo7P3FlHThGD90DsPAu-9Zcg-0DlLfA/s1600-h/IMG_3608.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312352199556662770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PGwQy53S5rMTFP8wiBPto1-YsV9LGHDBkF1aFFodbIJSmo9qfA8pA6TSeCUCrOGYlvKvuCMqztZnRLqpMNtHs-IK1pg1KSIpukvxSLiftpX-yo7P3FlHThGD90DsPAu-9Zcg-0DlLfA/s320/IMG_3608.JPG" border="0" /></a> The next ride I let Morgan ride alone, the <strong>Rocky Road Truckin' Company</strong>. I can't stand all the horns they put on that ride, if I was the ride operator I would kill myself.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JdV9sxf3yl_4AllLpM33KS4W1H6CRs11SzD5CzlinKIjEb1YjraEcsbtHxMngK8G1FoC5Lph0Ib1Nt7ZdmygPu9uxzk_CH7STqic5BVM2XO-NC5nfM8e-vlBaj-2oNHa59gLscAt-dY/s1600-h/IMG_3621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312352844807696770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JdV9sxf3yl_4AllLpM33KS4W1H6CRs11SzD5CzlinKIjEb1YjraEcsbtHxMngK8G1FoC5Lph0Ib1Nt7ZdmygPu9uxzk_CH7STqic5BVM2XO-NC5nfM8e-vlBaj-2oNHa59gLscAt-dY/s320/IMG_3621.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8789hoKLGEQfdv0ntsKN3xj3wl36tJEyYF5ps5Z20S2dHXANSII87JC3AwrCp7QCo7mIsDCI3rAZ2LKIAApO-HnUNkiMwupEk1G6Sy3k0C89U8khkvMXUTbJaNOYL4P9t4gv3jcMiRX8/s1600-h/IMG_3615.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312352831798449602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8789hoKLGEQfdv0ntsKN3xj3wl36tJEyYF5ps5Z20S2dHXANSII87JC3AwrCp7QCo7mIsDCI3rAZ2LKIAApO-HnUNkiMwupEk1G6Sy3k0C89U8khkvMXUTbJaNOYL4P9t4gv3jcMiRX8/s320/IMG_3615.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that were took a voyage on <strong>Lucy's Tugboat</strong>. Morgan and I were the only kids with our hands up, and we got to high five the ride operator! We rode <strong>Lucy's Tugboat</strong> twice, I think it is my favorite Camp Snoopy flat ride.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYSOU0iN_L8CidQIockrxQQ1Ts99K1C8KWTksBgvSuZRW5KQP3eR97uIXnG1XbxAlhRODAbMEexVo4xJ7GSZFRND_q5ZV8if5wsPl2-SPwFJsyAvnh6mVlQX3kPQdhjseGAiHArP8kFM/s1600-h/IMG_3627.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312354434624848818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYSOU0iN_L8CidQIockrxQQ1Ts99K1C8KWTksBgvSuZRW5KQP3eR97uIXnG1XbxAlhRODAbMEexVo4xJ7GSZFRND_q5ZV8if5wsPl2-SPwFJsyAvnh6mVlQX3kPQdhjseGAiHArP8kFM/s320/IMG_3627.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYdCeloWJVNP2CALbmB-RiRhRn0fJvbad1IeKSh0XFMVwcUgXUEmFdfWgUc4M-C3d7hbGLPlP3YZxgxWlVnmiGMyDTA4C2HAykafDPjnY6KRsla5TBhldbenB7V3d9ViQpcfRuGITyHU/s1600-h/IMG_3625.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312354428159758834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYdCeloWJVNP2CALbmB-RiRhRn0fJvbad1IeKSh0XFMVwcUgXUEmFdfWgUc4M-C3d7hbGLPlP3YZxgxWlVnmiGMyDTA4C2HAykafDPjnY6KRsla5TBhldbenB7V3d9ViQpcfRuGITyHU/s320/IMG_3625.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBRk_faWIi-IMvLKDv-l3oAx_N61_qGDJNQtcDBZUyxYqahvoPrtFdnM9L8hdp-2T2PSwzeGtI0269WvYctgasANl466Y5GKneG4cYJ0RvwJ8Y5fTrMszLTgS7dwyiVuzRwzCT3TyUCU/s1600-h/IMG_3624.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312354418448749474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBRk_faWIi-IMvLKDv-l3oAx_N61_qGDJNQtcDBZUyxYqahvoPrtFdnM9L8hdp-2T2PSwzeGtI0269WvYctgasANl466Y5GKneG4cYJ0RvwJ8Y5fTrMszLTgS7dwyiVuzRwzCT3TyUCU/s320/IMG_3624.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that Morgan rode 3 rides without me, <strong>Campus Bus</strong>, <strong>Timberline Twister</strong>, and <strong>Charlie Brown Speedway</strong>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFZN4E0BxkTB2U4WnaXpK7MLltUQnoRuaneuHXTZnDKjFpamVua-L4z77sau5pebiGNFrj73_dqPwqz2RUvNUP-3ewrz1zNM4aem51AgwSoHXHGQlsFVuYEJdG_g5duBBJIeksPoBtss/s1600-h/IMG_3642.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312357041782950194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFZN4E0BxkTB2U4WnaXpK7MLltUQnoRuaneuHXTZnDKjFpamVua-L4z77sau5pebiGNFrj73_dqPwqz2RUvNUP-3ewrz1zNM4aem51AgwSoHXHGQlsFVuYEJdG_g5duBBJIeksPoBtss/s320/IMG_3642.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbxx1c9CDgGUFNpENDYcLVNifD_SnucPCs3xR_GC4e0xgWdSTrbdTVe-QHco0OYUDuvWrOUI8DEIXsiYx1wFpOrzwo_eHNqhfkkf91UXxxWsZVOGihj79aDxCXFCfszxRPcuaNH7kYrQ/s1600-h/IMG_3634.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312357034886556802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbxx1c9CDgGUFNpENDYcLVNifD_SnucPCs3xR_GC4e0xgWdSTrbdTVe-QHco0OYUDuvWrOUI8DEIXsiYx1wFpOrzwo_eHNqhfkkf91UXxxWsZVOGihj79aDxCXFCfszxRPcuaNH7kYrQ/s320/IMG_3634.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaxLp5zlRq-2ZvwmrCma1rc-oFsVhF0boGQ5yyYgo96DGerlp7BhUvfTWPRL7OZetKURa2ZMklNYaQeswZaXtPEHng4jG9oxDUY3I9tpRvXaX_pP1GpDY29r11b5Av0uvpJaekgIapb8/s1600-h/IMG_3628.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312357031508687954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNaxLp5zlRq-2ZvwmrCma1rc-oFsVhF0boGQ5yyYgo96DGerlp7BhUvfTWPRL7OZetKURa2ZMklNYaQeswZaXtPEHng4jG9oxDUY3I9tpRvXaX_pP1GpDY29r11b5Av0uvpJaekgIapb8/s320/IMG_3628.JPG" border="0" /></a> I was proud of my little coaster rider for jumping right up to front seat on the <strong>Timberline Twister</strong>. The ride looks like it has wicked ejector air on it, and after the ride she waited in the station to see if she could stay in front seat for a second ride. At that point a single tear of pride left my eye!<br /><br />After those rides I joined Morgan for a ride on the <strong>Grand Sierra Scenic Railroad</strong> and <strong>Joe Cool's Gr8 Sk8</strong>. While Morgan enjoyed them both, I though Joe Cool's Gr8 Sk8 was a little painful.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKBZierkSTCqYmLowEJRP_Pebb5saEvBERcjKLGDFtdCumXBzPz7rnTqMtMSxxOc9hbvHpa0xJGcso1uAiiSFl5hhviuuuKY-Mu9bqYbPMV-ohAp0G2H4ktndTEsQesEMuCK9nIAbE7k/s1600-h/IMG_3656.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312359837631314530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKBZierkSTCqYmLowEJRP_Pebb5saEvBERcjKLGDFtdCumXBzPz7rnTqMtMSxxOc9hbvHpa0xJGcso1uAiiSFl5hhviuuuKY-Mu9bqYbPMV-ohAp0G2H4ktndTEsQesEMuCK9nIAbE7k/s320/IMG_3656.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-u1DxIqdMZEZMdMvqx5iyD86j6MwXiays31tvOCqL9bceQCoJvqCz_DrpjwDIJOt2l-a_pbfBX2yzS_-ou0FMfLKsuUNBlaoKocdeauKf2rU8kJ3woAOCxxTmsHc7s_jA0sIVofhhOw/s1600-h/IMG_3646.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312359827824443842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-u1DxIqdMZEZMdMvqx5iyD86j6MwXiays31tvOCqL9bceQCoJvqCz_DrpjwDIJOt2l-a_pbfBX2yzS_-ou0FMfLKsuUNBlaoKocdeauKf2rU8kJ3woAOCxxTmsHc7s_jA0sIVofhhOw/s320/IMG_3646.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that Morgan went for a flight on the <strong>Red Baron</strong> where this litte Flying Ace never even left the ground! All of the other kids on the ride went sky high, Morgan couldn't get the controls to work!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvptQSfd_ogZxI06qBWBpp3rVC3xFpkxjxQ6X-zABtJOFxMC0sYIXjPA0OKq7jOH1yDUE7nSsv8Q4D4vc6spY-AgUEcRv95BSBDYwz5y6EY9B2vvdxEIYHMQq8wKpHfZ33F3kd8HiXnI/s1600-h/IMG_3655.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312360829178516866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvptQSfd_ogZxI06qBWBpp3rVC3xFpkxjxQ6X-zABtJOFxMC0sYIXjPA0OKq7jOH1yDUE7nSsv8Q4D4vc6spY-AgUEcRv95BSBDYwz5y6EY9B2vvdxEIYHMQq8wKpHfZ33F3kd8HiXnI/s320/IMG_3655.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoGRv0P6X4vC5_HdhZwwocxHH1qCqisXloyFTDpgsr2ZqFup7tcBrYgpZbIA4sRi3nvbZj0SGAl1Ii8dZeOQL6qCRRzEuGOJCvw_rRZcbnXL3qI7Rs1Me5pjq3lwrkWb3fmwBt2_9YQY/s1600-h/IMG_3651.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312360827645478706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoGRv0P6X4vC5_HdhZwwocxHH1qCqisXloyFTDpgsr2ZqFup7tcBrYgpZbIA4sRi3nvbZj0SGAl1Ii8dZeOQL6qCRRzEuGOJCvw_rRZcbnXL3qI7Rs1Me5pjq3lwrkWb3fmwBt2_9YQY/s320/IMG_3651.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our last ride of the day was where we began, <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong>. This time Morgan even lifted a hand up while the coaster was in motion to wave at the on-ride camera! We rode the <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong> one more time after that bringing Morgan's "SS" count up to 6 and mine up to an unknown number.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOKqyw-9_wKHuR0_OqMMOl5741M7sON0i1iz56M89K6qhPg3wc92A0vvtYbqhLXYX9TFEZt9jYGVrM8KBnC8On9Gin1frFB13ib67Nse2NJAsVF4ORn64fHRg292e973WrbZmg4pF7X0/s1600-h/IMG_3532.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312362053678006194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdOKqyw-9_wKHuR0_OqMMOl5741M7sON0i1iz56M89K6qhPg3wc92A0vvtYbqhLXYX9TFEZt9jYGVrM8KBnC8On9Gin1frFB13ib67Nse2NJAsVF4ORn64fHRg292e973WrbZmg4pF7X0/s320/IMG_3532.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZsnKhczZBoM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZsnKhczZBoM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Morgan and I both agreed Sierra Sidewinder was the best ride of the day. Thanks for Reading and Have Fun!Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-18702357435353985012009-03-01T19:55:00.001-08:002009-03-02T08:18:43.539-08:00Six Flags Magic Mountain & Knott's Berry Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2S7wGB7pO5CQOktUqj-xzMWZ0000ohIAlFl3E5Au8Q-O9pcHW0YTPFCu4pvikfIRHnXVCA7FTxPGAVkxulekWz8afnVJT57j70eMUy_BIoN5PcpaV4xTgHM7nLx5CoxWJgKjcDflrIc/s1600-h/IMG_3361.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308435492048433298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih2S7wGB7pO5CQOktUqj-xzMWZ0000ohIAlFl3E5Au8Q-O9pcHW0YTPFCu4pvikfIRHnXVCA7FTxPGAVkxulekWz8afnVJT57j70eMUy_BIoN5PcpaV4xTgHM7nLx5CoxWJgKjcDflrIc/s320/IMG_3361.JPG" border="0" /></a> Today was a long day! We left the house before seven this morning to get breakfast at Denny's. After that we were on the road to Six Flags Magic Mountain. We got to the park around 10:20, and waited with the crowd for the park to open.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1VDXbcHl_mS9kNgvtHe5Vxr_GZBSqLVVeaP_ikr7AuKFhVngvr8DfRZGsbBrNxb2ByuZv5cafTRgxWsepmNy35c9HHPxmyJ3QW4tR6ukpd4rTdrPaEPLHDP4bca_OguojYzvJgMoBaA/s1600-h/IMG_3344.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308435488491667394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1VDXbcHl_mS9kNgvtHe5Vxr_GZBSqLVVeaP_ikr7AuKFhVngvr8DfRZGsbBrNxb2ByuZv5cafTRgxWsepmNy35c9HHPxmyJ3QW4tR6ukpd4rTdrPaEPLHDP4bca_OguojYzvJgMoBaA/s320/IMG_3344.JPG" border="0" /></a> Entering the Park we headed straight for <strong>Goliath</strong>. It seemed like we were the only people heading in that direction of the park, We were the first people to ride Goliath today. <strong>Goliath</strong> was perfect as usual and walking on to front seat was the icing on the cake. After our first run, we got up and relocated on the same train, this time in the back. I cannot say there is a bad seat on Goliath, but front is definitely the favorite.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RwaXhZjl6XUu9qqhlUHFsqL89qA9FL4_c2n-3oOcRG1qxdPNfmoycnEYPPpJo8pcvQKPpYUYf_OD5M_7qhfyMdPNIM_hvcr02EFH5J2-h_tHTA_xy3WMAIJy8n0o1ai87v9MIGJSQgk/s1600-h/IMG_3359.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308451178739175346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1RwaXhZjl6XUu9qqhlUHFsqL89qA9FL4_c2n-3oOcRG1qxdPNfmoycnEYPPpJo8pcvQKPpYUYf_OD5M_7qhfyMdPNIM_hvcr02EFH5J2-h_tHTA_xy3WMAIJy8n0o1ai87v9MIGJSQgk/s320/IMG_3359.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sviGQMv79paOcTTszj1dztFQCA2c6KkZGlLYUmU5W2eN7-DVbupY7wTefo2LALA5TP5EnAv8h8ykqPRAX6Ep0Ozg7ycFGJTKdkOki2D9SRb0pUFVbRo25ZyKDKvkl2gWPhPkvLrocEU/s1600-h/IMG_3356.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308451171459487122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sviGQMv79paOcTTszj1dztFQCA2c6KkZGlLYUmU5W2eN7-DVbupY7wTefo2LALA5TP5EnAv8h8ykqPRAX6Ep0Ozg7ycFGJTKdkOki2D9SRb0pUFVbRo25ZyKDKvkl2gWPhPkvLrocEU/s320/IMG_3356.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXbvNdNvL3aCMvbtvPCqSddJ47CoG4KAv7v3mv4s9WZCBmJaGMmpiFf_1KcLyNfWLuZjHGoX8d9xBlZ9WojEwm9O7LT65YOdF83kXTZ0ewO54S0IpZK99ZFRhBSy5fSnTmcfu2dMvPLc/s1600-h/IMG_3354.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308451167528559890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBXbvNdNvL3aCMvbtvPCqSddJ47CoG4KAv7v3mv4s9WZCBmJaGMmpiFf_1KcLyNfWLuZjHGoX8d9xBlZ9WojEwm9O7LT65YOdF83kXTZ0ewO54S0IpZK99ZFRhBSy5fSnTmcfu2dMvPLc/s320/IMG_3354.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that coolness we headed over to <strong>Colossus</strong>. Last Time I rode Colossus in January the left side track was ultra smooth, and Today the right side was really good as well. We got on <strong>Colossus</strong> with no wait/people for front. After our first ride we returned to an empty station, so we stayed in our seats for round two.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2zXgTJpw7Kf-H-Ar7MFQDEm4smeoCkr3HCwfRDGMXGUxPfijyRYvJ7XJnJYhZ_0LyO6puq6cCLUzTCdQsxyKoTQpUqIBVSWUzlx3tqLcwuUEPAF_0YIPW63pfSjM1EPgVXz8XoN5egM/s1600-h/IMG_3362.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308452926816397202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2zXgTJpw7Kf-H-Ar7MFQDEm4smeoCkr3HCwfRDGMXGUxPfijyRYvJ7XJnJYhZ_0LyO6puq6cCLUzTCdQsxyKoTQpUqIBVSWUzlx3tqLcwuUEPAF_0YIPW63pfSjM1EPgVXz8XoN5egM/s320/IMG_3362.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our next ride was <strong>Scream!</strong> I was really hoping that the ride would give me something good to write about since the past few months my opinion of this ride has gotten worse. We walked right on front seat and that is where we stayed for the next 10 minutes. The ride operator made several attempts to get the car out of the station, the result was about 12 feet out. We sat in front of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pre</span>-drop/turn around for several minutes until finally we completely left the station. The ride was almost Revolution rough. I think the only reason I keep getting on this ride is for that great Zero-G-Roll. After exiting the ride an alarm was going off at the top of the lift hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRfF5Qm26DRCtb6EAUxBxbQ0_cvqNHvAr3VOkg8YFbivuK6q7BFOPr9YxtnynZt8CQ8VTomwTG3Hpt_0fEbyAgSJMdXJvFg0ToKR1oR3ke0L0doiV87-zW4T60u6bns0gv8_xdV6xqoE/s1600-h/IMG_3366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308456378117238658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiRfF5Qm26DRCtb6EAUxBxbQ0_cvqNHvAr3VOkg8YFbivuK6q7BFOPr9YxtnynZt8CQ8VTomwTG3Hpt_0fEbyAgSJMdXJvFg0ToKR1oR3ke0L0doiV87-zW4T60u6bns0gv8_xdV6xqoE/s320/IMG_3366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdoFQXoZiH2QggyMc2knaCeMRso-yglii9y6A-T02ke0FNurKBOvAwR6lim2klDs6QN75Da652Ay6lONf734oK44tpx5fpr1Y3Vz0ju9QBuk9hO6yN46eTjM2DUav65GfnrJDk75DdVE/s1600-h/IMG_3364.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308456369901619234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQdoFQXoZiH2QggyMc2knaCeMRso-yglii9y6A-T02ke0FNurKBOvAwR6lim2klDs6QN75Da652Ay6lONf734oK44tpx5fpr1Y3Vz0ju9QBuk9hO6yN46eTjM2DUav65GfnrJDk75DdVE/s320/IMG_3364.JPG" border="0" /></a> I didn't want to risk Sarah getting sick, so we skipped Batman The Ride and headed back to the front of the park to pick up our 2009 Season Pass Value Books. Before that, we went for a quick ride on <strong>Log <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Jammer</span></strong>. Log <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Jammer</span> is by far the best water ride at the park, not only did Sarah get soaked from the ride, but other guest got us wet by using the new and very ugly "Water Cannons." There were a lot of people getting season passes processed today, which is good news for the park. We didn't wait in-line, we just walked up to an employee at the desk and gave him our coupons, that made me happy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRAO1vE09Ub0P_AC8jgVo54TleyVCAobex7cGbVr0U79EkUhRS_LGgdx005FCOXFFca-5bk2L81Cjf7gPuKghz5V5rvVjKlfst4z4rJCkwp6G992oz8Q4sOTLyVmJuDC6k-9sOUgRIKI/s1600-h/IMG_3350.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308457387457179154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRAO1vE09Ub0P_AC8jgVo54TleyVCAobex7cGbVr0U79EkUhRS_LGgdx005FCOXFFca-5bk2L81Cjf7gPuKghz5V5rvVjKlfst4z4rJCkwp6G992oz8Q4sOTLyVmJuDC6k-9sOUgRIKI/s320/IMG_3350.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8moELPPUUx8ZX5U1iP8kWCJlayKO7u8VA6afFc51fpscyxG5PelU7hc9BTHhBiWeQHVF8SH5gskRWcEKaJS0BK_bE21_yxUn04WN-EeOP7Ivkh-HZWOZBtbqxi2xi1N8NS2niaQcG1A/s1600-h/IMG_3371.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308457375483880018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8moELPPUUx8ZX5U1iP8kWCJlayKO7u8VA6afFc51fpscyxG5PelU7hc9BTHhBiWeQHVF8SH5gskRWcEKaJS0BK_bE21_yxUn04WN-EeOP7Ivkh-HZWOZBtbqxi2xi1N8NS2niaQcG1A/s320/IMG_3371.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWbw_8xNIWoj7sK9IWctiu4AVBCyIEky0l9y_7fGyykvCEYLidFn5XTK7UH3bWlLzz91j8nqMH4WTUzECLSampimqsnBhtkGza6w094qNx5xRTMO0AqTCbIasQL4lS3MFmqo-f6udH5Y/s1600-h/IMG_3374.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308457377922301330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWbw_8xNIWoj7sK9IWctiu4AVBCyIEky0l9y_7fGyykvCEYLidFn5XTK7UH3bWlLzz91j8nqMH4WTUzECLSampimqsnBhtkGza6w094qNx5xRTMO0AqTCbIasQL4lS3MFmqo-f6udH5Y/s320/IMG_3374.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUyBBr5ygS1Fs36Ga7vccrDKisf8_M_q73AIegGHZVuibuN7G0IZGHU5f2HaSqJrBzvIxHL8afqP-kR-CPCiclKUIPtEv-bP2ES4EN9HiXgpBaXG99igjqW1maqWa18BVy-l_DjkSYq8/s1600-h/IMG_3377.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308457983846568386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUyBBr5ygS1Fs36Ga7vccrDKisf8_M_q73AIegGHZVuibuN7G0IZGHU5f2HaSqJrBzvIxHL8afqP-kR-CPCiclKUIPtEv-bP2ES4EN9HiXgpBaXG99igjqW1maqWa18BVy-l_DjkSYq8/s320/IMG_3377.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This year we decided to make an effort to help Six Flags stay in business. Part of that effort is to get as much people as we can to come to the park with us, the other part is spend a little money each visit. Most of the merchandise doesn't excite us, so we decided to eat at least one meal inside the park each visit. Now that we got our Value Books we headed over to the new Cold Stone in the front of the park and purchased a 2009 Souvenir Bottle with a 3$ off coupon. Now that we got our big bottle of water, we headed over to the Flash Pass Center. Today was the final day of the traditional flash pass system, next week the electronic version will be ready. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BHXu0218Tz21H4zxl5j6mgNRA6ZgDX9QXNPV1wpYxIidBYdtR6yoGTff2u_tv9j-8YSmnt-ZDhwU_KZBaJ7OgNG65pCED97EBvP0iYR8Ta6MkVXoCVT1MPn6gE1WyP5ZuKsDTFShCLU/s1600-h/IMG_3380.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308461290776128322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BHXu0218Tz21H4zxl5j6mgNRA6ZgDX9QXNPV1wpYxIidBYdtR6yoGTff2u_tv9j-8YSmnt-ZDhwU_KZBaJ7OgNG65pCED97EBvP0iYR8Ta6MkVXoCVT1MPn6gE1WyP5ZuKsDTFShCLU/s320/IMG_3380.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8fULAKTmKWC7cvCV3UwUsX04Y8ZUbSBGbMp6UWBVchVLuH-q0HEa5M2Pma3pN5g8FZesyV5E2kmMrs38vNNvRDoZN3gnQUY2JbdF1hB0vjkPRvT8xII2TBwQRHSDXn1H43Sn-4UfinM/s1600-h/IMG_3430.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308612416784417074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8fULAKTmKWC7cvCV3UwUsX04Y8ZUbSBGbMp6UWBVchVLuH-q0HEa5M2Pma3pN5g8FZesyV5E2kmMrs38vNNvRDoZN3gnQUY2JbdF1hB0vjkPRvT8xII2TBwQRHSDXn1H43Sn-4UfinM/s320/IMG_3430.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUcmwI96bEkE3pqllcBgJx3oJeB7Bi5eSLMgB3LEPqNK-mPBfMT6jkJp70ncZuyKKh8gYkresNO-lExk4iblq4CdGopW01D2q4Nu5XVbDHL3Lw0dCLcXj74b9H2yhO_FyxsMxvUc0Jdc/s1600-h/IMG_3381.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308461289193260786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUcmwI96bEkE3pqllcBgJx3oJeB7Bi5eSLMgB3LEPqNK-mPBfMT6jkJp70ncZuyKKh8gYkresNO-lExk4iblq4CdGopW01D2q4Nu5XVbDHL3Lw0dCLcXj74b9H2yhO_FyxsMxvUc0Jdc/s320/IMG_3381.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHI5voXNMFETPHyiNQuCxCDseE0KjhBy_rLedzLF9lXRFHg_ActVTRsqe9iyZK274hbmhnPVs1oIcWe2SgW1gi5cjKDsDTw0-7BMGrDfjMJZ6XAKTTiDxa5POxlj0dlVw2uKGrkkHLWtc/s1600-h/IMG_3382.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308461282337542754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHI5voXNMFETPHyiNQuCxCDseE0KjhBy_rLedzLF9lXRFHg_ActVTRsqe9iyZK274hbmhnPVs1oIcWe2SgW1gi5cjKDsDTw0-7BMGrDfjMJZ6XAKTTiDxa5POxlj0dlVw2uKGrkkHLWtc/s320/IMG_3382.JPG" border="0" /></a> I took my Flash Pass and headed over to <strong>Revolution</strong>. Today we rode it in the last seats, and the ride wasn't as bad as past rides, but still wasn't that great.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAHNSRgwxTyrhNpl4VIwYMACUSz04ny3cQuLUqjtvYU-dur6OeLGwRCyPt81hdYWptKRzi2iBJD9sPPqn2HKPRmooKlh3O2c0fKqnHCTN6JKSD5C4_6QjI51jC5Q2vJQf9A4R-PU2CRc/s1600-h/IMG_3462.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308461966939714738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFAHNSRgwxTyrhNpl4VIwYMACUSz04ny3cQuLUqjtvYU-dur6OeLGwRCyPt81hdYWptKRzi2iBJD9sPPqn2HKPRmooKlh3O2c0fKqnHCTN6JKSD5C4_6QjI51jC5Q2vJQf9A4R-PU2CRc/s320/IMG_3462.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HQ-r49b8HoOHxy4dMSJJdU2Z-Z1dW71NRbr51QfMYl-LCmcXuIHorGAbWA0Hci-ZNWphkwavtali66Ehr5v9YyusyEF1Z84GGvmqztNqLEcES8vpLhEpYpyfjHA-ACbaBuh1izgtKT0/s1600-h/IMG_3384.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308461957072268690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HQ-r49b8HoOHxy4dMSJJdU2Z-Z1dW71NRbr51QfMYl-LCmcXuIHorGAbWA0Hci-ZNWphkwavtali66Ehr5v9YyusyEF1Z84GGvmqztNqLEcES8vpLhEpYpyfjHA-ACbaBuh1izgtKT0/s320/IMG_3384.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we headed up the mountain to use the first of our last Flash Pass on <strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tatsu</span></strong>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Tatsu</span> was great! If I had to complain about it, it would be that the bottom of the Pretzel Loop is starting to get pretty rough. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Tatsu</span> was the first ride we went on today that actually had people around it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlT8VvAen4SkOlCCT419eze3k-Ni3ClGTCne99Z_Inf2t3VXBEXjihZXDx2j7bz8SYjFfpwUtxU_riJ60pURViZ_68RSvFy41va-9tGCkHwMCe5eTfxzXK0CigWGheHWCPU9W_j63SBHw/s1600-h/IMG_3342.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308463298925683490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlT8VvAen4SkOlCCT419eze3k-Ni3ClGTCne99Z_Inf2t3VXBEXjihZXDx2j7bz8SYjFfpwUtxU_riJ60pURViZ_68RSvFy41va-9tGCkHwMCe5eTfxzXK0CigWGheHWCPU9W_j63SBHw/s320/IMG_3342.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JZOxE25OMgen_wdMeZZD31903LM7qfmkce4l3NloUnpMlbsTNu1aXstwEgq6pelTz20K0HlR3T6irl7MqOVo3Pn2N7AVqiSuzEyc32fuNS_PIvFqqCuFHsJIyFet8IlPomm8BnfghBY/s1600-h/IMG_3396.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308463291877683666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0JZOxE25OMgen_wdMeZZD31903LM7qfmkce4l3NloUnpMlbsTNu1aXstwEgq6pelTz20K0HlR3T6irl7MqOVo3Pn2N7AVqiSuzEyc32fuNS_PIvFqqCuFHsJIyFet8IlPomm8BnfghBY/s320/IMG_3396.JPG" border="0" /></a> A man riding next to us on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tatsu</span> was telling his girl friend all about this giant coaster that you stand-up on in Kentucky. I kept my mouth shut, but I wanted to say, "Yeah, That's Chang! Go down the back of the mountain and you will see it's bigger brother!" After that, I was very glad to see the <strong>Sky Tower Museum</strong> was open today. Sarah and I spent some time up there looking at all the old pictures of the park, and of coarse taking pictures of the new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Rollercoaster</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy49GYsj3TD7Qo0eucBTfN5awePJO3cElDCRNlM1Tyf76NybL1zh_grxzuXYByciHW-iuqrdzmJraZbq3qv2ibbRqwGSRmw7Ctg3R2xEBuix800liB0FI6dSyyX3avCtQ6jhYO5e9LXk/s1600-h/IMG_3412.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308465932098047410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy49GYsj3TD7Qo0eucBTfN5awePJO3cElDCRNlM1Tyf76NybL1zh_grxzuXYByciHW-iuqrdzmJraZbq3qv2ibbRqwGSRmw7Ctg3R2xEBuix800liB0FI6dSyyX3avCtQ6jhYO5e9LXk/s320/IMG_3412.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7n0VeOX8-Kxsj7HUxgcJYOhA56WFD8VG4vt12UFk3vR6ygllD1UEBmKwj8t0gwabSvuMm80GMVcHx1XPbwo8Hivz_Q2MchkSFRVLjXxqY0GpD9wO0ubfvfso5YQ3DYQ535vWe0UoHl-s/s1600-h/IMG_3411.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308465924996318770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7n0VeOX8-Kxsj7HUxgcJYOhA56WFD8VG4vt12UFk3vR6ygllD1UEBmKwj8t0gwabSvuMm80GMVcHx1XPbwo8Hivz_Q2MchkSFRVLjXxqY0GpD9wO0ubfvfso5YQ3DYQ535vWe0UoHl-s/s320/IMG_3411.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFGlJI9UdNE7_pO7duUaH3BI0tau4lPs44tRrGw5ohaiRDKQkfLTwuLpqvDTmIbvjFVxzETIuePQ5WYiuZJNEHDjDeC9zh6sQp6cNOSbgnastq3CyZ-P-TcaarKZp2fYJ1gFBNhrhTxQ/s1600-h/IMG_3410.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308465913483853682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFGlJI9UdNE7_pO7duUaH3BI0tau4lPs44tRrGw5ohaiRDKQkfLTwuLpqvDTmIbvjFVxzETIuePQ5WYiuZJNEHDjDeC9zh6sQp6cNOSbgnastq3CyZ-P-TcaarKZp2fYJ1gFBNhrhTxQ/s320/IMG_3410.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqUnaTR6_n8DnRLdM93_YuAeas_5DsRXonj_u0XUmQ33RNmhhJyhzYSV2eYTBl-cxqaPiqvojMhooyWyrATM8_kvNNmRcE-7Hv24zIl_2uehFynmRQzil-KULgN574-DZmWMvlVMVVn4/s1600-h/IMG_3409.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308465908717928050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqUnaTR6_n8DnRLdM93_YuAeas_5DsRXonj_u0XUmQ33RNmhhJyhzYSV2eYTBl-cxqaPiqvojMhooyWyrATM8_kvNNmRcE-7Hv24zIl_2uehFynmRQzil-KULgN574-DZmWMvlVMVVn4/s320/IMG_3409.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzlEugRghqZBwfrk-aTgKTFWcOnjbzxt6ygkWkXn-_rvPXR7nz9-4Mo4sRBknIR9NVgixIVANxAWV9gxsVU1P8ioRRD6djMH8bNFgZnnjOcEjq6n4Ziya3hQ3vNJjyl8HlMhetneA1uU/s1600-h/IMG_3408.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308465904862335442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzlEugRghqZBwfrk-aTgKTFWcOnjbzxt6ygkWkXn-_rvPXR7nz9-4Mo4sRBknIR9NVgixIVANxAWV9gxsVU1P8ioRRD6djMH8bNFgZnnjOcEjq6n4Ziya3hQ3vNJjyl8HlMhetneA1uU/s320/IMG_3408.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that it was time to ride one of our personal favorites, <strong>Ninja</strong>. I was pleased to see <strong>Ninja</strong> running two trains, we got to solid rides in without ever getting out of the train. It felt good to fly by the shady trees and get a little wet from Jet Stream's drips. We were pressed for time, so we skipped Superman The Escape and headed down the mountain for <strong>Gold Rusher</strong>. Gold Rusher was Gold Rusher, fun wild mouse style turns, great helix, and fun layout.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWDkIBTc7dikE2Q7Sau3NZgJtxE5R1MgvlRRwL7wWxURcq1x4NMoAtWoDz_-v_JMJR87NPdc1WdEYm2lx2PddFQ1i9985ZcVtA4xkb_cG-KyTQQ2X5ue60w1jwHehgHATYqa7AhsRwoQ/s1600-h/IMG_3449.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308468198217521410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWDkIBTc7dikE2Q7Sau3NZgJtxE5R1MgvlRRwL7wWxURcq1x4NMoAtWoDz_-v_JMJR87NPdc1WdEYm2lx2PddFQ1i9985ZcVtA4xkb_cG-KyTQQ2X5ue60w1jwHehgHATYqa7AhsRwoQ/s320/IMG_3449.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kyoc7CCwOV-w1cbeeLqNmDcPCnXC8TzAyfdyR-IA-ZVF5KEtzgfFZgoQGWOkiRBNSWpIX0uG7t653K_T7QCfPt_J7vAZ__NMYLKXMw-fswNsoDKbCIUPU5gyroE5UveAOc4YGkZldPA/s1600-h/IMG_3404.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308468192976061506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Kyoc7CCwOV-w1cbeeLqNmDcPCnXC8TzAyfdyR-IA-ZVF5KEtzgfFZgoQGWOkiRBNSWpIX0uG7t653K_T7QCfPt_J7vAZ__NMYLKXMw-fswNsoDKbCIUPU5gyroE5UveAOc4YGkZldPA/s320/IMG_3404.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzFW7szqoRoEBIGdbE8nnsThXkPhrCrT8TsEOACFZ2eHjMds7zSFlk9mgn7qIJ49lwBI68J1htYhexvB1zHA-WqTXQIH1kNgGsUUhHLKG0E3NvpTJs_Ry5rB3Q3cIs5vuju3uIFqXsN0/s1600-h/IMG_3419.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308468190762585666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzFW7szqoRoEBIGdbE8nnsThXkPhrCrT8TsEOACFZ2eHjMds7zSFlk9mgn7qIJ49lwBI68J1htYhexvB1zHA-WqTXQIH1kNgGsUUhHLKG0E3NvpTJs_Ry5rB3Q3cIs5vuju3uIFqXsN0/s320/IMG_3419.JPG" border="0" /></a> Now we were hungry, and headed over to one of the three Johnny Rockets in the park. Johnny Rockets is one of the best places to eat in the park, my burger was great, and they really know how to make good onion rings.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6spGdeUAQN7bBtePBiohdZkqNDhgtG3Rl9wvgMSvDnKWQDyHqg7McwsGAgUSwNfbGAwFu3tXL-qrkF6St3BBr723Py7BUlQpozfJju5odJB-PzUv0qUEvsnSJX_Q8JtToTOBpBM-uo5I/s1600-h/IMG_3429.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308470428943502354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6spGdeUAQN7bBtePBiohdZkqNDhgtG3Rl9wvgMSvDnKWQDyHqg7McwsGAgUSwNfbGAwFu3tXL-qrkF6St3BBr723Py7BUlQpozfJju5odJB-PzUv0qUEvsnSJX_Q8JtToTOBpBM-uo5I/s320/IMG_3429.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgSkpB1uKZCtXytW8ys-nHlq_4T9pIV9GzglAarF3TH43EB2_85FH-ztcWMcEzqIkaHhe0_eKUZHSckYGaxcDIcgb4tQYE8HrFDKL7HwWkdosAkttzl1gBiAtmEqtFtpbU_YG20lrS4U/s1600-h/IMG_3428.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308470423764406178" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MDGxD7FuCxWjuaMZ463MCYNNVXpohul63HPnuaH1ADf31vuM5WF6MUTWjRKSZ3fuwDY3CAFWYf8MXiyuRQuVAyK5VNjb0Y1KZvdlemeHlTndRcNYb9LsWV6Xre1YpGb9f2MnP43t3Bo/s320/IMG_3431.JPG" border="0" /></a> The park was really clean today, and we had a great time, but we couldn't leave yet without one last ride on <strong>Viper</strong>. Viper keeps getting better and better in my opinion and it was really cool to walk in the station and see the front seat was empty. Now it was a little after 3, so we left to park and headed to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Knott's</span> Berry Farm.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XvgyBCJp7LAsLvfcCfmsPmUWlwe5bH6q6IJEc4OoiuGG8YSK2Jir3NzLR2WJ5rrDU2cZaWMXZGljTCsgrvgBqAFKUTP-wQjT_2kt7E7vacBplJWwWYGRqoUaDBGHxpiDBM7ueBttynY/s1600-h/IMG_3457.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308474729862602674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XvgyBCJp7LAsLvfcCfmsPmUWlwe5bH6q6IJEc4OoiuGG8YSK2Jir3NzLR2WJ5rrDU2cZaWMXZGljTCsgrvgBqAFKUTP-wQjT_2kt7E7vacBplJWwWYGRqoUaDBGHxpiDBM7ueBttynY/s320/IMG_3457.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCHnJvl0hV7GZN1aNvSz2xGh21pv2Zcah5Jr9EHQzk-iNvtYef-SPS-qwiMNB_xv7u0xmgFzPL5iuTQwN4p1V8bJq4FD142JyarQKsk1ipiI27D0CTI7xx7I63VgH8NfcpXChtim45TI/s1600-h/IMG_3458.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308474722067138962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCHnJvl0hV7GZN1aNvSz2xGh21pv2Zcah5Jr9EHQzk-iNvtYef-SPS-qwiMNB_xv7u0xmgFzPL5iuTQwN4p1V8bJq4FD142JyarQKsk1ipiI27D0CTI7xx7I63VgH8NfcpXChtim45TI/s320/IMG_3458.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFj205Gt-OIrrJD0PnniWVpYq4fs05tWOmqo_TkeQ2wIhacd8Bjh-7JXylhLS2keykuqffqoCTDITyCTcijnPlK_q7o7ql2Uor-60dSlMg_FcZN602_pwbbk2XUs_k_VcVIYPMhscoak/s1600-h/IMG_3416.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308475020693906290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFj205Gt-OIrrJD0PnniWVpYq4fs05tWOmqo_TkeQ2wIhacd8Bjh-7JXylhLS2keykuqffqoCTDITyCTcijnPlK_q7o7ql2Uor-60dSlMg_FcZN602_pwbbk2XUs_k_VcVIYPMhscoak/s320/IMG_3416.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrma7ijC5ar69tx2IQWajL49eWUi8ie3xIh9apDa4nWNknHGwe9ukgk-OgB5Pzij0C4IS3oIlY2SPqodbFstm5PaQ1D0WeZR979okxRceH3tb4Fmm_cEe2dBD_fUQDp3UAqhzyTdQfEa8/s1600-h/IMG_3524.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308476804475206594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrma7ijC5ar69tx2IQWajL49eWUi8ie3xIh9apDa4nWNknHGwe9ukgk-OgB5Pzij0C4IS3oIlY2SPqodbFstm5PaQ1D0WeZR979okxRceH3tb4Fmm_cEe2dBD_fUQDp3UAqhzyTdQfEa8/s320/IMG_3524.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Now we arrived at Knott's Berry Farm (Picture Above Is From When We Left, Not Arrived) around 4:30. The first thing that we noticed was that the park was much more crowded than Six Flags Magic Mountain. Our first ride at the park was the <strong>Sierra Sidewinder</strong>. We waited about 10 minutes for it and it was pretty good. We didn't spin as much as I wanted to up front, it seems the cars in the back spin a lot more.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ALYKGjl7g_RPGbuimegEBJvCQOxd6NOdOIJq_JGjrsnnDMMH83YGlyU1QDhKRAYGEq5TfFJDdi6sqyiNrQ29NOt5MvnMyW88ZrZjgvxILd20VdXeriAchhyphenhyphenHngdKJfrSdJ-tQQL9uLM/s1600-h/IMG_3477.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308478824819285138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ALYKGjl7g_RPGbuimegEBJvCQOxd6NOdOIJq_JGjrsnnDMMH83YGlyU1QDhKRAYGEq5TfFJDdi6sqyiNrQ29NOt5MvnMyW88ZrZjgvxILd20VdXeriAchhyphenhyphenHngdKJfrSdJ-tQQL9uLM/s320/IMG_3477.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClaFa4xPxXhagpXHWih9pWqjxl8QMu_2tQsUWRS7nFR542zm13woO-zD72cv6bwJnjODh0KaVRMVT-Aa3yEI4YDymX3WCzHrSdVAN_H9AtHdNaa_kAQh5HyFxnWiWlNVHlj54PBR9wlQ/s1600-h/IMG_3475.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308478809422620114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClaFa4xPxXhagpXHWih9pWqjxl8QMu_2tQsUWRS7nFR542zm13woO-zD72cv6bwJnjODh0KaVRMVT-Aa3yEI4YDymX3WCzHrSdVAN_H9AtHdNaa_kAQh5HyFxnWiWlNVHlj54PBR9wlQ/s320/IMG_3475.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_hNmANSeZOD2A4oTQfp-XuQ4Y_7ke4g0R5Rj-zzbuYMT4zgVcVJzKDUm4Q3hEgzvv-StM2Yx3HPq0dKK-oFKKGcX9Rgd8Lqtjdiu8iuWeIaQLnjpXc7rZQ4RvacW5wOYsZ1RrLNYHck/s1600-h/IMG_3466.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308478807551215314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_hNmANSeZOD2A4oTQfp-XuQ4Y_7ke4g0R5Rj-zzbuYMT4zgVcVJzKDUm4Q3hEgzvv-StM2Yx3HPq0dKK-oFKKGcX9Rgd8Lqtjdiu8iuWeIaQLnjpXc7rZQ4RvacW5wOYsZ1RrLNYHck/s320/IMG_3466.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our second ride at the park is one of my favorites (Especially with Xcelerator and GhostRider closed) <strong>Montezooma's Revenge</strong>. Montezooma's Revenge was dispatching much quicker than our visits in January, we walked on this ride and didn't sit there too long before blasting out of the station.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce0qvDKucndxQfToEkb2kT3jYMok9ZqdpvT21WFkjUPOSu37Oj-D3sQB4o5U6Mg2849_edlI6IPQ3bI8Jbulx5lqBF9HPa7w9HNPbrCij8-f-RsZg5viXjsBQwM5P8YfSqYs0RbXaLQI/s1600-h/IMG_3492.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308481015027292818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce0qvDKucndxQfToEkb2kT3jYMok9ZqdpvT21WFkjUPOSu37Oj-D3sQB4o5U6Mg2849_edlI6IPQ3bI8Jbulx5lqBF9HPa7w9HNPbrCij8-f-RsZg5viXjsBQwM5P8YfSqYs0RbXaLQI/s320/IMG_3492.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ak9RcfE9N2C7IqtUoMKFPOh-qyFM-q_ICnfGwOPz5CJv2P34177DPgLXyRK5D_tq6OLu6Jk6qj5c_S-KF4YLFJRbSr4wsQKSxrf0WGChuSTwUipAVktop1GFJGN_ybyLtV-C9n5d5NM/s1600-h/IMG_3474.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308481905613738002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ak9RcfE9N2C7IqtUoMKFPOh-qyFM-q_ICnfGwOPz5CJv2P34177DPgLXyRK5D_tq6OLu6Jk6qj5c_S-KF4YLFJRbSr4wsQKSxrf0WGChuSTwUipAVktop1GFJGN_ybyLtV-C9n5d5NM/s320/IMG_3474.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that, we walked right next door and road <strong>Jaguar!</strong> I was shocked to see no line for this ride, the kids love it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_1oeG4beWHjmvGKyxMtIKKOyqOwrcprzLDX-zHHB3ODFfN1j5N1i4Vxv9qdtBAK7eJ8PH_CxQjCce4xwlhscBZCOiCuEbwvkAX8flXKmtY2lx4KHzj3SIfL6OQ9jxI9TlXOTALX6NvQ/s1600-h/IMG_3484.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308481619270334770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4_1oeG4beWHjmvGKyxMtIKKOyqOwrcprzLDX-zHHB3ODFfN1j5N1i4Vxv9qdtBAK7eJ8PH_CxQjCce4xwlhscBZCOiCuEbwvkAX8flXKmtY2lx4KHzj3SIfL6OQ9jxI9TlXOTALX6NvQ/s320/IMG_3484.JPG" border="0" /></a> By now we were getting pretty exhausted, but we kept on moving to <strong>Silver Bullet</strong>. I think at the end of the year I'm going to have to bump this rides rank up a bit now that I discovered that the back of train delivers so much more punch. Even with GhostRider and Xcelerator closed, Silver Bullet was still just a walk-on.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7RN49i9ElHCUIdP_Dz1evtjQwrfFaUTyyuvf8jq_UsgpHOmI68JZuuWIATUJGKLznLaq2Q399HTV9snDHBXKtiB4kb8i62yiA9W4IFV6BabpSQsg-x_U_M8ba6ClKQQwvnrJcu-88GI/s1600-h/IMG_3501.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308614539062804562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7RN49i9ElHCUIdP_Dz1evtjQwrfFaUTyyuvf8jq_UsgpHOmI68JZuuWIATUJGKLznLaq2Q399HTV9snDHBXKtiB4kb8i62yiA9W4IFV6BabpSQsg-x_U_M8ba6ClKQQwvnrJcu-88GI/s320/IMG_3501.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4Ieh4_vEsJXhj7bad8NHQ-dzcyicWOuB1iWiQ1noAq0CLkI4C7GukqC0tlAydTva-5J8DE_dnxNCNWN9wmh934nNpz0Qq7Y58X082LB6mmqkjZU4O68lc7-iU22akkTR9r8h5vjaH3k/s1600-h/IMG_3500.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308614531992903682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif4Ieh4_vEsJXhj7bad8NHQ-dzcyicWOuB1iWiQ1noAq0CLkI4C7GukqC0tlAydTva-5J8DE_dnxNCNWN9wmh934nNpz0Qq7Y58X082LB6mmqkjZU4O68lc7-iU22akkTR9r8h5vjaH3k/s320/IMG_3500.JPG" border="0" /></a> After that we walked by (The Love Of My Life) Xcelerator and caught a ride on <strong>Boomerang</strong>. Normally Boomerang has a pretty long line, but today we waited only 3 minutes. The ride was great and really smooth compared to past Boomerang visits, but it was hard to enjoy the ride with the lady behind us freaking out because he son's restraints weren't super tight.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKlM933S2M_vVXZnc5Geu-gnxVjKXp5ZCvmly2neWzh6-OoVz6k3qVPrFPrPON4WAEByhRLZH3AH3STlH9UeulsNXOttKJBMQd-G1SwZ0zff22zA8tPrnMqXdCbtfMPdX-SL-kgJHUSc/s1600-h/IMG_3509.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308615980373180354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKlM933S2M_vVXZnc5Geu-gnxVjKXp5ZCvmly2neWzh6-OoVz6k3qVPrFPrPON4WAEByhRLZH3AH3STlH9UeulsNXOttKJBMQd-G1SwZ0zff22zA8tPrnMqXdCbtfMPdX-SL-kgJHUSc/s320/IMG_3509.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgip3IdVOdkkolu7cp0OvmWMpXwWLxg5POQSjJrmvOXUpuCTMslJJgg_N0v1J-eHX_Evm-NzT2gn4eP5OfqG1mWol9FD7xFyTfJeUmdxkXg7JHijl0bjT-sXl3MEMCEAObVPnKb8ARVO58/s1600-h/IMG_3506.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308615965132714194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgip3IdVOdkkolu7cp0OvmWMpXwWLxg5POQSjJrmvOXUpuCTMslJJgg_N0v1J-eHX_Evm-NzT2gn4eP5OfqG1mWol9FD7xFyTfJeUmdxkXg7JHijl0bjT-sXl3MEMCEAObVPnKb8ARVO58/s320/IMG_3506.JPG" border="0" /></a> After Boomerang we had the strength for one last ride, and it might be the last time we ride this ride because Sarah HATES it! On the way to <strong>Pony Express</strong> we walked by our 4th Johnny Rockets of the day and a big group of Macarena dancers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukkkL1BmdBogGjzqW4ZwOcg03Xkrd5i1hg8CaXKeEZxu1qpgWHwRKswIwG9x_2-wCYJb7o8q2D_-S1lXkl4MtYR-v5A2jmr8pGZrHjEd6Ro_2Vpg2D3ie2P6bi9c7ABKzlLAtlhMGTFw/s1600-h/IMG_3514.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308617815336076594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukkkL1BmdBogGjzqW4ZwOcg03Xkrd5i1hg8CaXKeEZxu1qpgWHwRKswIwG9x_2-wCYJb7o8q2D_-S1lXkl4MtYR-v5A2jmr8pGZrHjEd6Ro_2Vpg2D3ie2P6bi9c7ABKzlLAtlhMGTFw/s320/IMG_3514.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31yoKajzUhJHli621oFR2BObc4sWiG2AYhx1FgQo2Xw8xlYBccCdvWWoULg0_rd8vDRDV6MEW_eAMcjWFfoZ0JL3dFNHZJ97kHzh9JnSDVt8cQ4157e8XBSAvcfTK_gzgvNa3lvLX3UA/s1600-h/IMG_3517.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308617808607067282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31yoKajzUhJHli621oFR2BObc4sWiG2AYhx1FgQo2Xw8xlYBccCdvWWoULg0_rd8vDRDV6MEW_eAMcjWFfoZ0JL3dFNHZJ97kHzh9JnSDVt8cQ4157e8XBSAvcfTK_gzgvNa3lvLX3UA/s320/IMG_3517.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPbySf8WsnKtzS_PBm-6VkTYQOaVzkJGBazkI7WjjfsqxWLSRcQ2AY48oBzZMhZJAgqu24atVj8DG8MYCck6qG1U4C5m8N4nVTnj8YkjLrLVWyeNiG1XlzdbEFLlszrQAkBRgkVWElwQ/s1600-h/IMG_3515.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308617802450292946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPbySf8WsnKtzS_PBm-6VkTYQOaVzkJGBazkI7WjjfsqxWLSRcQ2AY48oBzZMhZJAgqu24atVj8DG8MYCck6qG1U4C5m8N4nVTnj8YkjLrLVWyeNiG1XlzdbEFLlszrQAkBRgkVWElwQ/s320/IMG_3515.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen5slYiwRHPmGRTlm2r0ZV500p5_9_7hJfTmSfvpn4TzX3UU9urOhu0T1ifch15Q7RKx6vkjICZzlDVMoP-9eDaOM2Y8HtjOElL0mp4M-M-5whzO8t7emTvy35esf2URguUnnF8PkwzM/s1600-h/IMG_3518.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308617796689567090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphen5slYiwRHPmGRTlm2r0ZV500p5_9_7hJfTmSfvpn4TzX3UU9urOhu0T1ifch15Q7RKx6vkjICZzlDVMoP-9eDaOM2Y8HtjOElL0mp4M-M-5whzO8t7emTvy35esf2URguUnnF8PkwzM/s320/IMG_3518.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After Pony Express we called it a day, and left the park to go home. My next post will be Sunday, March 22nd at Six Flags Magic Mountain for West Coast Bash! Until then, thanks for reading and have fun!<br /><br />Today's Ride Rankings<br /><br />17. Pony Express<br />16. Sky Tower Museum<br />15. Jaguar!<br />14. Gold Rusher<br />13. Scream!<br />12. Revolution<br />11. Boomerang<br />10. Sierra Sidewinder<br />09. Log Jammer<br />08. Montezooma's Revenge<br />07. Ninja<br />06. Silver Bullet<br />05. Viper<br />04. Tatsu<br />03. Colossus<br />02. Riddler's Revenge<br />01. Goliath<br /><br />Found Coins: 4 Pennies at Six Flags Magic Mountain, nothing at Knott's Berry Farm </div>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-35186209115207341552009-02-26T08:49:00.000-08:002009-02-26T10:58:59.353-08:00Secret Worlds - Germany<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLP2sCnr50pBwWGdc9lnQP51OHaqI7mKexYuivftb8VXMUtJqysvtzf0t24-ycDCbL8PWjvZokIEP-JQAp_4LRr7ziZd3a3RpFHVqGjb9_VS2xGkHnYNIY0yNhKlRYKMQxN32rPok2Ha8/s1600-h/Secret+Worlds+-+Germany+Overview.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307182104189422274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLP2sCnr50pBwWGdc9lnQP51OHaqI7mKexYuivftb8VXMUtJqysvtzf0t24-ycDCbL8PWjvZokIEP-JQAp_4LRr7ziZd3a3RpFHVqGjb9_VS2xGkHnYNIY0yNhKlRYKMQxN32rPok2Ha8/s320/Secret+Worlds+-+Germany+Overview.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Park Size: 476,630sq.ft.<br />Rollercoasters: 4 (Inversions: 12)<br />Staff: 50<br />Shops/Stalls/Rides: 72<br /><br /><em>Secret Worlds - Fun in the Past, Present, Future!</em><br /><br />This park all started with a coaster design (As do all.) I was trying to make coasters that packed tons of inversions in a small footprint. The result was a featured coaster named, Tanz Auf Dem Vulkan (Dance On A Volcano.) I wanted to use the word Tanz (Dance) because this so layout is so compact and twisted the trains look like they are dancing down the track. Of coarse dance isn't a popular theme with thrilling Rollercoasters, that is where the Volcano part comes in play. I've never in 10 or so years of playing made an park that uses orange water, so I thought this was a good time to try it. I needed to make it in a small park so I can get away with the lack of water rides, and this was the result. Secret Worlds - Germany is much different than from my past parks because it features consistent themes. Not like my other parks where I try to keep the look very generic with occasional theme involved with a ride or coaster. I plan on making more parks like this in the future creating a Secret Worlds series. Each park will have two split themes and original coasters with names in the language that is common with it's location.<br /><br /><em>Secret Worlds Plaza</em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI5jBKlPE9-zCUxWloz7vQSr8XigpK83JoPIJUBZrMLMcYNV-OSxcDDcblo_EizxyZT7ETv2VDwAjJxMYu2Els5wEzRkeLglR2rphY9kBj2kAXrAZw2qU_Nr4saUmY4PyuS4kYSwGbdM/s1600-h/2.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307158545724854354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI5jBKlPE9-zCUxWloz7vQSr8XigpK83JoPIJUBZrMLMcYNV-OSxcDDcblo_EizxyZT7ETv2VDwAjJxMYu2Els5wEzRkeLglR2rphY9kBj2kAXrAZw2qU_Nr4saUmY4PyuS4kYSwGbdM/s320/2.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />The Plaza has generic look and is very compact. The Yellow Building is a Coffee shop that also has Donuts and a bathroom. The White Building is the Coaster Gear store where you can buy Shirts and Hats that represent your favorite coasters. The Big Multi-Color Building is a massive store with Balloons, Souvenirs, and more Apparel. The Plaza Carousel is caught between the two themes with a mix of flowers, bushes, and palm trees around it.<br /><br /><em>The Sands Of Time</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtC6D67TCyTMScrfLrhbEOOF96q0SxqrxnG1ZXk706GAt9EgTzuWC5PHS-DS70hKAmzcmCuhAj_Az1Fl_LDd6bai6g_akUKs6SZAu2jQqZtElRTTyeuDrgHv4t38MxG6JWHXIYNkhVic/s1600-h/21.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307161941125082978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtC6D67TCyTMScrfLrhbEOOF96q0SxqrxnG1ZXk706GAt9EgTzuWC5PHS-DS70hKAmzcmCuhAj_Az1Fl_LDd6bai6g_akUKs6SZAu2jQqZtElRTTyeuDrgHv4t38MxG6JWHXIYNkhVic/s320/21.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />The Sands Of Time is mainly Egyptian themed but there some prehistoric creatures around as well. On of the first ride you will run into is Tidal Wave, a swinging ship ride the rocks back an forth on a mirage of water. Inside the massive pyramid is the Egypt Adventure In 3D show. The Yellow Building is a great place for Hamburgers and Hotdogs. Other rides are Sand Storm (Scrambled Eggs) Dune Slide (Spiral Slide) and Frieflug.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn8OXNRpuLKDPM_p07QqSWL1ILC8x8WTbOlXfng8TR2eiTHRSE81g2X_khgawDIInAlfIeOJF5IatmWEAeupnFw_mGCOooqp_cE5MK3OGDEGFNIMvL9XYEsQw6ixSRFGRuzmp_wcRo4U/s1600-h/23.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307164767617468178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn8OXNRpuLKDPM_p07QqSWL1ILC8x8WTbOlXfng8TR2eiTHRSE81g2X_khgawDIInAlfIeOJF5IatmWEAeupnFw_mGCOooqp_cE5MK3OGDEGFNIMvL9XYEsQw6ixSRFGRuzmp_wcRo4U/s320/23.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Frieflug (Free Flight) is a great family coaster, with exciting views of the park below it. Also featured in this picture the Chicken Kitchen and Snake Charmer (Gravitron) ride.<br /><br /><strong>Frieflug</strong> - Speed: 19, Time 1:37, Length: 2,175, Color: White/Brown, Type: Suspended Family<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg533o7YfUUVEEkQBy9YFA7hY3WF51ckBvkV3pmOe-rJvoVZLy-qQq68KRa244bpHWn7uXWMsdatxV3ouM63tIWwQI0rAri2BijMLop0-YNO5fvfW-zVsDVczejxNEN5_00xhOCtV4HPWI/s1600-h/19.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307166996053712834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg533o7YfUUVEEkQBy9YFA7hY3WF51ckBvkV3pmOe-rJvoVZLy-qQq68KRa244bpHWn7uXWMsdatxV3ouM63tIWwQI0rAri2BijMLop0-YNO5fvfW-zVsDVczejxNEN5_00xhOCtV4HPWI/s320/19.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Nile Water Slide is the parks only water ride. This two lane möbius water slide offers two different experiences.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigPnkrTfywmV7G1pRuQH-LPxRxKFWK-6tAYHxhU1p1P-egC1KGKkEX06WDCXIcJT-G_STGkvGv5akjQNJqpsycO3w7h9-mGF6R6K6WZxSrbv2uJK9phUAk96PHVowP75Busb8KGWQXtc/s1600-h/14.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307168760006545602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjigPnkrTfywmV7G1pRuQH-LPxRxKFWK-6tAYHxhU1p1P-egC1KGKkEX06WDCXIcJT-G_STGkvGv5akjQNJqpsycO3w7h9-mGF6R6K6WZxSrbv2uJK9phUAk96PHVowP75Busb8KGWQXtc/s320/14.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />In this picture you see Heat Wave (Enterprise) spinning tall, Spin Gears (Space Rings) flipping guest around, and part of Spinx Cruisers (Car Ride.) Also in the Building up top, enjoy your fresh slice of Pizza while visiting some prehistoric friends.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d-l1uEwuLywj6kDbUVCbrnm05XroyZ_tB7JenOWeQWDQZrGC0pW3tDTEajXvr1fNTQJ5M_HEI2s8sy1TI6gacN5181flKflFpA-yq3quf5z_BW6m39oYLilFNexedkvTS0aR_ykpKWA/s1600-h/13.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307170421473504242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1d-l1uEwuLywj6kDbUVCbrnm05XroyZ_tB7JenOWeQWDQZrGC0pW3tDTEajXvr1fNTQJ5M_HEI2s8sy1TI6gacN5181flKflFpA-yq3quf5z_BW6m39oYLilFNexedkvTS0aR_ykpKWA/s320/13.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Here you see the full layout of Sphinx Cruisers and the Cartoon Circus behind it. Cartoon Circus is the last ride you see when leaving The Sands Of Time. Before that though, here is the coaster on the hill.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFknfDFj3zoa3B1SYg0k3IJUffQkHnjbG-GkvTFI3rmM-usCvSvQj-p-aUzNrgUJrzp7tvoqdbesiHV8O6ZOZLYzqOc4_U6Wd56Xe8GL4qEu2nKdv0jxaNT9g3ZObMQF7KXP4vXjHOlTQ/s1600-h/16.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307171500321243090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFknfDFj3zoa3B1SYg0k3IJUffQkHnjbG-GkvTFI3rmM-usCvSvQj-p-aUzNrgUJrzp7tvoqdbesiHV8O6ZOZLYzqOc4_U6Wd56Xe8GL4qEu2nKdv0jxaNT9g3ZObMQF7KXP4vXjHOlTQ/s320/16.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is Tanz Auf Dem Vulkan, the reason the whole park was created. Vulkan features a record breaking (In my RCT World) 12 inversions.<br /><br /><strong>Tanz Auf Dem Vulkan</strong> - Speed: 43, Time: 1:55, Length: 4,062, Inversions: 12 (In-Line Twist, Loop, Cobra Roll, Dive Loop, In-Line Twist, Double Corkscrew, Diving Turn, Diving Turn, & Double In-Line Twist) Color: Yellow/Blood Red (Inspired by old designs I used to make called the Ninja series. Some of these coasters featured 14 inversions.)<br /><br /><em>The Lost Empire</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFpLU31jfgs2dGIH7pgoBbY9vT9NBbJtOfTW98r1axaTZjMdZi9ThuoZDXJo6CgExAZLkef7FQ4Kr3N_eM4PtmDzoLTFcTvj8HjcoUzlIzlirGnjbCNTey47BPcVj4OcE6MJkLbelCgM/s1600-h/3.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307173278333436706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFpLU31jfgs2dGIH7pgoBbY9vT9NBbJtOfTW98r1axaTZjMdZi9ThuoZDXJo6CgExAZLkef7FQ4Kr3N_eM4PtmDzoLTFcTvj8HjcoUzlIzlirGnjbCNTey47BPcVj4OcE6MJkLbelCgM/s320/3.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />From the Front of the park, the first rides you will run across are the Big Wheel (Ferris Wheel) the Lost Garden (Maze) and the Himmelfahrt rollercoaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQ548H1_m9j9VNx6HWxKo6UBdJj0hGyZYgiUwZByCVBkD9L1s9uUHJ2Xgotvvz-0Eg3OcrN4opJ_zhtmd9_igxd83OgRJ07OYwrQiQaHWO5P4pqJFrKAj7uk6Fozjj9LBTyTbHtLLnn4/s1600-h/4.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307174107012849218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQ548H1_m9j9VNx6HWxKo6UBdJj0hGyZYgiUwZByCVBkD9L1s9uUHJ2Xgotvvz-0Eg3OcrN4opJ_zhtmd9_igxd83OgRJ07OYwrQiQaHWO5P4pqJFrKAj7uk6Fozjj9LBTyTbHtLLnn4/s320/4.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Himmelfahrt (Journey To Heaven) is a massive coaster that can be seen from miles away. The giant hills and large helix makes this coaster a #1 for park visitors. Also in this picture is Gladiator: The Escape (Motion Simulator) hidden under the Colosseum, and Dark Village. This Ghost train features many mysterious things going on in this small Roman Village. This side of the park definitely has some evil present.<br /><br /><strong>Himmelfarht</strong> - Speed: 70, Time: 2:25, Length: 5,863, Color: Baby Blue/White, Type: Steel Mega Coaster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTsfRFcVuNzuUqGxDuJUTC_YJp_48lKW5JmPCL1LmypiQtqy2PipwQaZS7IYx1sXarpDDopdaQoR7_MUwMCeuvwcHba-sN3P_PPMBwNk2jO8gUJtMmE9HyE9yIImyrBPb5gD2YfUdKi8/s1600-h/7.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307176496899198290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTsfRFcVuNzuUqGxDuJUTC_YJp_48lKW5JmPCL1LmypiQtqy2PipwQaZS7IYx1sXarpDDopdaQoR7_MUwMCeuvwcHba-sN3P_PPMBwNk2jO8gUJtMmE9HyE9yIImyrBPb5gD2YfUdKi8/s320/7.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a better view of Dark Village. The Building past it is a great place for Fish & Chips!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUMd7zAzx7IekfBKMM6MPpwctA5GD52YbxKJSxUnt2HSS2X7FWsjnAtu_BmMdJ61TEhEwhvlsQKsIKK3hwp-b7DOSAv6BukmGcC8EK6NiL3_qLeXmuL_qCl06jhvBLg2WnSnJr23pKW8/s1600-h/8.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307177316367549826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUMd7zAzx7IekfBKMM6MPpwctA5GD52YbxKJSxUnt2HSS2X7FWsjnAtu_BmMdJ61TEhEwhvlsQKsIKK3hwp-b7DOSAv6BukmGcC8EK6NiL3_qLeXmuL_qCl06jhvBLg2WnSnJr23pKW8/s320/8.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />In this picture you see Hercules' Power Tower (Drop Tower) Evil (Inverted Ship) Colosseum Crashers (Bumpercars) and a big Dive Machine Named Fallen.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS1D5rRSUgtzqpcSkukTAboB18fjLZySVkTMWL0Et3lTeXtJ8BYggovZuBiq5qcWBauv-EHFnZJJ5gtNioP9sqphkONfNcpT29-bhLvK34fFXNRD0IOe585Uw_c4SNSTVt3qh5MzbiAw/s1600-h/9.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307178195056618946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS1D5rRSUgtzqpcSkukTAboB18fjLZySVkTMWL0Et3lTeXtJ8BYggovZuBiq5qcWBauv-EHFnZJJ5gtNioP9sqphkONfNcpT29-bhLvK34fFXNRD0IOe585Uw_c4SNSTVt3qh5MzbiAw/s320/9.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />Fallen (Falling) is one of the most frightening coasters around. The drop falls down into a colosseum filled with a boiling green liquid, to complete darkness.<br /><br /><strong>Fallen</strong> - Speed: 62, Time: 1:28, Length: 2,552, Color: Fusia/Yellow, Type: Dive Machine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZWiP1ftOSh2bB4vYhvl7AoDpbaZVxT_K1r20LkOFdCTkEo6HiVXSQ6knM0lGIviGj9Q3vkwzHCUdeBIuGh0BPdGuNWK3Xsx511ot9fzuMqVR60kLl1TBW6bS3Cpm6TZCiHA2x63N_po/s1600-h/10.JPEG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307179626926488114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZWiP1ftOSh2bB4vYhvl7AoDpbaZVxT_K1r20LkOFdCTkEo6HiVXSQ6knM0lGIviGj9Q3vkwzHCUdeBIuGh0BPdGuNWK3Xsx511ot9fzuMqVR60kLl1TBW6bS3Cpm6TZCiHA2x63N_po/s320/10.JPEG" border="0" /></a><br />In the back of the park you can see the Himmelfahrt's massive helix, get some great food at the Empire Grill, or go on adventure in the Lost Empire In 3D experience. Thank you for visiting the first of the Secret Worlds parks. Hopefully I will keep it up and deliver a new one soon.<br /><br />Thanks for Reading.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Calicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4906052695254635066.post-74932174702151940512009-02-15T16:26:00.000-08:002009-02-15T18:30:49.995-08:00Belmont Park - San Diego<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oRZEm1SEitghwtaED1SbfBbiAs15Tof1b4X8trZ6jninVPTikSyiX_4FYDKEboZXoiTUvbYCI4i2XDkw7X9kUClcXXO73DFXi8FnUpOmoiqEIIz6C7IP2AokJSpciln8gmGpO0inFM0/s1600-h/IMG_3309.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303201977164901650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0oRZEm1SEitghwtaED1SbfBbiAs15Tof1b4X8trZ6jninVPTikSyiX_4FYDKEboZXoiTUvbYCI4i2XDkw7X9kUClcXXO73DFXi8FnUpOmoiqEIIz6C7IP2AokJSpciln8gmGpO0inFM0/s320/IMG_3309.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Today we didn't have all day to dedicate to a major park so we decided to keep it short and local. There are tons of things to do in the Mission Bay & Mission Beach, it is my favorite place to be San Diego. When I was in high school we used to go down to the beach or bay, and hang out in the sand and water. If that wasn't enough we would ride the Giant Dipper <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rollercoaster</span> and hang out at all the different shops and restaurants. When I first turned 21, Mission Beach was were I spent most of my night life drinking at all the different bars and clubs and getting so intoxicated night rides on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Rollercoaster</span>. Belmont Park is not the only amusement park in the area, I'm sure everyone has heard of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">SeaWorld</span> San Diego. The last time I was in the area was 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> of July 2008. We hung out at family members beach front house and ended the night with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">SeaWorld's</span> Fireworks display lighting to the sky. Today the sky was covered in clouds, the perfect weather for a wooden coaster.<br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26eeM0Ohxbkew90_l_2vt3EZvvYOBcWu9B9lNyWL_MluGJJkjuE6NWUojggkv5EPoKmQj8hmLRxyJMGbwMgWH9eDPP4_NpkSj96R0jcR_tUFqBKOGAkpxcFGBsXcgj6gjZFxmIDyzcys/s1600-h/IMG_3283.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303201982644694690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26eeM0Ohxbkew90_l_2vt3EZvvYOBcWu9B9lNyWL_MluGJJkjuE6NWUojggkv5EPoKmQj8hmLRxyJMGbwMgWH9eDPP4_NpkSj96R0jcR_tUFqBKOGAkpxcFGBsXcgj6gjZFxmIDyzcys/s320/IMG_3283.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />We didn't have much time so we purchased tickets instead of wristbands which only got us two rides on the <strong>Giant Dipper</strong>. The ride was pretty good, really smooth from the cold weather, but the ride lacks forces both negative and positive. The only thing that bothered me was the ride restraints, they lock at a really tight setting, so tight I almost didn't get to ride it. This is not for everyone, I am a big guy, tall and thick, but those who are a bit overweight will not be able to fit on this ride. In the past I fit on this ride no problem, but with work being be so limited the past two years, I've put on some weight.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7PKvhkXAD8rTJynhCsZTs51EscX4lnHqo4dzLyWRWmxhpNmrEL9aBuDQNHBw6Mqd0CWiP8XRzk0r_jwnEjsYLMDPxCjdGMEDu3mwxoVEfoVe6NB1GPDHt-z7dHOmQRZ7i4eH_BANufw/s1600-h/IMG_3284.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303205398358273618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht7PKvhkXAD8rTJynhCsZTs51EscX4lnHqo4dzLyWRWmxhpNmrEL9aBuDQNHBw6Mqd0CWiP8XRzk0r_jwnEjsYLMDPxCjdGMEDu3mwxoVEfoVe6NB1GPDHt-z7dHOmQRZ7i4eH_BANufw/s320/IMG_3284.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />One thing I thought was odd about this coaster is that the experience and forces are pretty much the same no matter where you sit on the train. A ride on the Giant Dipper cost 6$ a ride and there is no on-ride photo system, but there is a small museum for the coaster where you can purchase books, apparel, and view old pictures, facts, and history of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Rollercoaster</span>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsOM9D5hlD6G3NZtIMndJA_hMZvQe4TG_rY6c7jzcF_BIX9t8cgLiiG9qIq-7tOGq75y7Em93ZPB7FJMubL9J6PAP9tOkBuMtYyvkGEwv0tt8kyzpAoPdFo_p2HFGCLWh-5Mvc-yDqhE/s1600-h/IMG_3313.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303207523241870610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsOM9D5hlD6G3NZtIMndJA_hMZvQe4TG_rY6c7jzcF_BIX9t8cgLiiG9qIq-7tOGq75y7Em93ZPB7FJMubL9J6PAP9tOkBuMtYyvkGEwv0tt8kyzpAoPdFo_p2HFGCLWh-5Mvc-yDqhE/s320/IMG_3313.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a look at Giant Dipper from the sidewalk along the beach.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzXdr5zMeScYS26T_WN5bV2HylLSX-1Gbezn1bi4WQFs00okdk7MZCQ4KF-34167_CSq5NsswtrHCv55jcdN6FcXmY7chLI3Bca_xA6i76aUBa0TmynAI5RAlBhbdQTQFFf1vRi8-nmI/s1600-h/IMG_3296.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303207525420026418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzXdr5zMeScYS26T_WN5bV2HylLSX-1Gbezn1bi4WQFs00okdk7MZCQ4KF-34167_CSq5NsswtrHCv55jcdN6FcXmY7chLI3Bca_xA6i76aUBa0TmynAI5RAlBhbdQTQFFf1vRi8-nmI/s320/IMG_3296.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is the first drop from the model inside the museum. </p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY_eG36anBOMjINTKqddfYJpobCNDNU4tamHk9RPCe-Pc4KFHJAljdPHF9j5wxIOMEYjpVtesPz4VFZBW2UviyfYh59JVCEBlT_fno_X_BwuTLo20kHHLnwJkZsHgZEzGezeb08soSMg/s1600-h/IMG_3295.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303207514278489394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTY_eG36anBOMjINTKqddfYJpobCNDNU4tamHk9RPCe-Pc4KFHJAljdPHF9j5wxIOMEYjpVtesPz4VFZBW2UviyfYh59JVCEBlT_fno_X_BwuTLo20kHHLnwJkZsHgZEzGezeb08soSMg/s320/IMG_3295.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Here is a view from the opposite side of the model.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs6N3CM0omQkd5sRJm8yAnph5jA1iDCsT650lDOJXYFLRASDCFpgDXTBLGrYLyplEg19zKYE432Kajheq1jYI4S6hNvNf8zHt3r45CIXmtWQyrp-q_uduak6L22UnsP-ET08hcAZuRoc/s1600-h/IMG_3293.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303207508716270626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs6N3CM0omQkd5sRJm8yAnph5jA1iDCsT650lDOJXYFLRASDCFpgDXTBLGrYLyplEg19zKYE432Kajheq1jYI4S6hNvNf8zHt3r45CIXmtWQyrp-q_uduak6L22UnsP-ET08hcAZuRoc/s320/IMG_3293.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p>The original cars look a lot more comfortable. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-Kj7Iz-K_xkKXnbroMvO43W2yymd3FnPyLQOSPuQr67RNoVVms0ISL5nt-0eW6r0gdJ13gesOB1t0aJDFSCL4YSrNG6b73U78F7Iuz69csME-rEU7RLpEjCJeOEdxbULRnQYJDIH-yg/s1600-h/IMG_3292.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303207506657717426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP-Kj7Iz-K_xkKXnbroMvO43W2yymd3FnPyLQOSPuQr67RNoVVms0ISL5nt-0eW6r0gdJ13gesOB1t0aJDFSCL4YSrNG6b73U78F7Iuz69csME-rEU7RLpEjCJeOEdxbULRnQYJDIH-yg/s320/IMG_3292.JPG" border="0" /></a> Also a lot less safe.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nZPvYIA71Mg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nZPvYIA71Mg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></p><p>And here is the on-ride video from the front seat. I should have filmed my leg being squashed by the ride restraints.</p><p>After two rides on the Giant Dipper we still had enough tickets to ride the <strong>Speedway Bumper Cars</strong>. The Speedway Bumper Cars is my favorite of the two crash into people type rides offered at the park, and I destroyed Sarah while filming it. </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHoJDMUF0moyiGOVokSsdpybPGR0j5UAWa4a4hRzYrFFG_OwfA373GXC8erSj6n32mTFXklAC_ZmxcTqHiYTe8ymOK5_zQy5OF01APvBtyDd-3vy9ebYxaRji9BEpgdq5wS_0bTJlZEw/s1600-h/IMG_3279.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212361006855842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHoJDMUF0moyiGOVokSsdpybPGR0j5UAWa4a4hRzYrFFG_OwfA373GXC8erSj6n32mTFXklAC_ZmxcTqHiYTe8ymOK5_zQy5OF01APvBtyDd-3vy9ebYxaRji9BEpgdq5wS_0bTJlZEw/s320/IMG_3279.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />After that we didn't have enough tickets to ride anything worth riding so we gave our last tickets away to a small family. We spent some time down at the beach and then headed over to Roberto's for some great Mexican Food.<br /><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QIBuL2BD_nrH0IJaTMfu1IxkvXBwr9vHU8w_DA5mExvAGmIx_8bcdfupXKpOvhcW9sN2JK7Oi3PvjqwCZVHf-uh6TbmZaam223weYjbUd9vTj0089WfkCHh4iNZhT5Z5dyzi6jp-W-A/s1600-h/IMG_3326.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212373987677602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9QIBuL2BD_nrH0IJaTMfu1IxkvXBwr9vHU8w_DA5mExvAGmIx_8bcdfupXKpOvhcW9sN2JK7Oi3PvjqwCZVHf-uh6TbmZaam223weYjbUd9vTj0089WfkCHh4iNZhT5Z5dyzi6jp-W-A/s320/IMG_3326.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p>I've been eating Roberto's for years (Usually at 2:00 A.M.), I and highly recommend it to those visit the park or area. It is located across the street from the final turn on the Giant Dipper.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SK0tPpSmIMy4mS9JmrjpQB2dd7NBLC72ZsCxaLHLMQOKz_4A3lDJy4OPJwL8yutzCFhAbPaEvtgc5z8p4QWi1IdleKi8ZgBYFVoEqid4OXnfk3z8KTvNnnAfUu9Amee7WDKTpNwIVXQ/s1600-h/IMG_3317.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303212371329565986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SK0tPpSmIMy4mS9JmrjpQB2dd7NBLC72ZsCxaLHLMQOKz_4A3lDJy4OPJwL8yutzCFhAbPaEvtgc5z8p4QWi1IdleKi8ZgBYFVoEqid4OXnfk3z8KTvNnnAfUu9Amee7WDKTpNwIVXQ/s320/IMG_3317.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />How Could you say no to those <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Carne</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Asada</span> Fries?<br /><br />After Roberto's we left the area and went to the Fashion Valley (Mall) to due some boring shopping. Next weekend we should be at Six Flags Magic Mountain, so please come back for that, Thank you for reading, and have fun!</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xQYvniSKgELfz9aNzYxTWAZJLw5OX2utigHeAz6AqlufH1vq-kZmqWxLMJJvMAT5lcfcUrOXlIM3D0mr-tXCYYl2gMbMkLbREnJXFGDo6ZuC7D2JkQdC6Zye9_CN4j24bDV-DCpara0/s1600-h/IMG_3303.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303215153014061906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9xQYvniSKgELfz9aNzYxTWAZJLw5OX2utigHeAz6AqlufH1vq-kZmqWxLMJJvMAT5lcfcUrOXlIM3D0mr-tXCYYl2gMbMkLbREnJXFGDo6ZuC7D2JkQdC6Zye9_CN4j24bDV-DCpara0/s320/IMG_3303.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Pacific Ocean.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjic1jbxde3mfQNFgCMXN3t106Yhk2SeT-pn6lGCvlDml1nDuIesIC5KUY9teiIVPLEUk8zSWNWJsxgtog9O-BbOzHCnA0XVlqqMruS8LCN5r7EviyIYuFYi9BB47uamb4jbVuSuCskE/s1600-h/IMG_3333.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303215155633033682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjic1jbxde3mfQNFgCMXN3t106Yhk2SeT-pn6lGCvlDml1nDuIesIC5KUY9teiIVPLEUk8zSWNWJsxgtog9O-BbOzHCnA0XVlqqMruS8LCN5r7EviyIYuFYi9BB47uamb4jbVuSuCskE/s320/IMG_3333.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"<em>Maybe Next Time</em>!" - Journey To Atlantis at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">SeaWorld</span> San DiegoCalicoastershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236722417023726997noreply@blogger.com0