faeriewench
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I actually remember Hercules quite well....been so long since I thought of it.
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I don't recall them being sold at the park either...but I own copies of both books as well.
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FearFest...I miss it, lol. So much memories. But if I had to guess it appears someone was really bored.
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Growing tired of Facebook as well. Nothing but drama. Kinda silly trying to keep tabs on people that could just pick up a phone or stop by if they really care about you.
Also find it annoying that the site has not expanded beyond the "Like" button. Nothing creepier than seeing someone has received 32 likes on their post about their Mother being hit by a Bus.
Yeah, anymore Facebook is just a way to showcase my favorite pics while everything else I share goes to Flickr (tho Yahoo is almost as bad in the fact they won't leave the site layout alone LOL). People I do talk to regularly know exactly how and where to reach me without Facebook.
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Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pintrest, etc. How many of the basically same thing does one really need?
This stuff is getting out of hand.
I agree. Used to use Facebook and Twitter both, now its just Facebook and even that I don't use as much as I used to. (primarily due to the fact most of my family is on there and too many creepers)
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I love reading the comments in any article about Roller Coasters. Fear and lack of knowledge always leads to hilarity.
I can say the same for any article about SeaWorld. Or really any news article about just anything, lol.
Though sometimes reading such things makes my IQ drop several points.
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http://www.cbs8.com/story/25279393/orca-sound-discovery-made-at-seaworld-san-diego
This is of interest to me, that orcas can learn new dialects.
Yes they can. Probably the most interesting ones to watch were Kalina (deceased) and Orkid (who is still alive). Kalina was born in Orlando but she traveled from there to Ohio, to Cali and to Texas before returning home. Her Orlando pod calls were adopted by some of the San Diego residents so it's funny to watch Orkid making Kalina's eee-ee-eeeeeee calls xp Takara is San Diego born, but she is in Texas (she lived in Orlando too) and she'll make calls (vocals) that are unique at each park as well but interestingly enough her San Diego calls tend to mostly emerge only when she has a new calf so each of her babies got grandma's calls engraved in their heads.
Then you have the orcas that "speak" bottlenose dolphin or pacific white sided dolphin...
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I like watching Vortex.
...when I rode AE Friday none of the effects were really working in the tunnel and a arm of one of the warriors is STILL not working (haven't seen it move in about 2 years)
I don't see any reason for the park to get rid of Vortex. Sure it's a little rough but what arrow isn't?
You must not have ridden Tennessee Tornado methinks...
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I always loved The Beast at night, after riding Banshee the other night with Lora and Unrealnightmare, I love Banshee almost equally.
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Banshee Media Day at Kings Island 04/17/2014
Me and my brother arrived bit late cause y'know I wanted sleep so we got to KI around 7:30-ish and I despise cold (I also despise humidity too since it aggravates my lungs). I managed a handful of pictures as soon as we got there but then my fingers turned blue and I hid in the restroom under the heaters till I warmed back up and a lot of people besides myself had the same idea... By the time I was normal color again I went back and the sun had come out! Hallelujah! I can never figure how anyone can ride any coaster in such conditions. I bumped into jcgoble, Lora and a couple other folks, I wanted to get my ride on Banshee but didn't know what to do with my cameras, jcgoble was nice enough to babysit and I got in line with Lora. We were line for maybe 25 minutes? or 30? but I must say I absolutely loved Banshee, the one ride was probably for the best though. I was also impressed with the attempt at theming around the ride and actually was happy to see a SOB tombstone (SOB was a SOB but hey...deserves to be remembered) and hope KI will maintain it. During the ceremony I regretted not bringing my tripod, at least at SeaWorld even with that lens on me I could be sitting down, ah well, ceremony was nice nonetheless. I especially like Greg's speech. Off and on throughout the morning I got approached by a few complete strangers asking me if I was apart of a actual tv news crew (cause of the lens and massive bag) and their facial expressions were priceless when I said I was independent
After the ceremony wrapped up I was impatient for lunch (in case a couple of ya'll didn't notice lol...) by the time lunch had hit...well I'm disappointed with the chicken at Chicken Shack as it just tasted bland to me even with the sauce that was handed out. At least the fries and toast was good though. When I finished my lunch, remainder of the day was spent going back and forth between The Bat and Banshee with the occasional stop to talk to a KIC'er or two. Finally got to meet VortexBFForever, Kat Jones, and sikkinixx99! (sikkini I don't remember who that was that was with you..) among a couple others but just don't remember usernames. Good to see the familiar faces too! I kept giving malem a hard way to go when I did see him cause he was not wearing a coat....
Anyway, despite the cold, I did have fun yesterday at media day.
IMG_8308 by ki_faerie_wench, on Flickr
IMG_8254 by ki_faerie_wench, on Flickr
IMG_1199 by ki_faerie_wench, on Flickr
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I'm almost too scared to even see the price anyway.
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I'm more excited to see a orca calf than any coaster this year but for the sake of the topic....California Screamin. Finally. Never rode it before so excited for it.
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Media day will probably be my only ride for awhile so not overly concerned for lines. Guess it depends on whether or not the ride will induce a headache, which I hope it doesn't...but Silver Bullet does get to me after a couple rides... :/
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I hope it does work out for them. I've yet to see Disneyland's event but I was impressed with Knott's during my Merry Farm visit.
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If its running while I'm there, I'll try the High Roller at least once....even under construction it still fascinated me each visit last year seeing the progress. I do know for sure I will NOT ride that ridiculous POS at New York New York....ugh.
High Roller closed on 12/30/05 and was removed in 06. Sorry.
Uh...the ferris wheel is actually called High Roller.
The Linq's official website: http://www.thelinq.com/high-roller.html
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If its running while I'm there, I'll try the High Roller at least once....even under construction it still fascinated me each visit last year seeing the progress. I do know for sure I will NOT ride that ridiculous POS at New York New York....ugh.
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Great to see it finally finished.
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Windjammer (Knott's)
I remember it existing pretty well but never got to ride it (them? lol)
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Looks like it is official
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/28/4023351/california-theme-park-company.html
California-based Palace Entertainment, a subsidiary of Spanish theme park operator Parques Reunidos, signed an agreement in the past month to purchase the 38-acre park on the Rickenbacker Causeway.
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According to the Russian Orcas website, Ocean Kingdom in China now got two of the captured Russian orcas but are not on public display. From the pictures that been shared with me the facilities "look nice", however I not read much good things about the company that owns the park (they own other parks and a zoo), apparently low standards in animal welfare. I do notice they got Frenchman Julien Forestier as manager of animal training (originally from Loro Parque and worked with the killer whales there) though.
Not the orca tank but this is the show pool for the belugas there
http://www.ty360.com/2014/3/image/2014031861639593.jpg
http://image226-c.poco.cn/mypoco/myphoto/20140210/20/642707552014021020433205_640.jpg
They also have roughly around 40 dolphins that were captured off Salomon Islands
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Canyon Blaster certainly earned its special spot with me. It's such a fun little Arrow!
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On the argument that captive orcas are the only ones with "scratches" and "rakes"
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/12764362005_7f812b16fe_h.jpg
They are just as banged up out there 9_9 seen some pretty scarred up BNDs (bottlenose dolphins) in Naples too.
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All 3 of them are. Wish I was at one of them >,< also sad the Ohio park isn't around for it.
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And of course as always.... Russia still intends on capturing more orcas this year. And people still trying to annoy SeaWorld and other places that actually look after their animals.
Documentary concerning Seaworld ("Blackfish")
in Other Amusement Parks & Industry News
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SeaWorld expecting new baby
http://www.cbs8.com/story/25373001/seaworld-expecting-new-baby-and-new-controversy
I was wondering if they would announce it since she will be ballooning out soon. New mommy to be is Kalia at the San Diego park, and the father (Ulises) also resides there as well. Personally I would have preferred it to happen later, but good news is she does have her mom there, and mentally wise Kalia has settled down from her brat stages (think her little brother Makani is partly the reason for it). My issue is she is still small, but that could be because I remember when her own mom was pregnant with her and it don't feel like 9 years ago (shoot I remember her older brother Nakai's birth in 2001...). Time flies.