Twas The Season for Coasters (Or a Visit To SFGAd)

[The Interpreter]

Several friends have sent me this, which I find clever enough to repeat here (with thanks to Mike Gallagher):

'TWAS THE SEASON FOR COASTERS OR A VISIT TO SFGAd'

Twas the season for coasters

And all through the park,

Many patrons were walking

It was nowhere near dark. The autos were parked

In the lot with care

But some were way out in

The middle of nowhere. The children were running

Full speed for the gates

Young adults followed

Holding hands with their dates. And Mom in her t-shirt

And Dad in his cap

Were intently poring

Over the park map. When off to the left

There arose such a clatter

El Toro was testing,

Nothing else mattered. To the ticket window

I flew like a flash

Should I use plastic?

Or should I pay cash? The sun in the sky

In the absence of snow

Glinted off the steel

Of Nitro below. My eyes were kept busy

Absorbing the scene;

Including a monster

Whose height was obscene. It holds a world record

That hasn't been beat.

After waiting two hours

You MIGHT get a seat. More shiny than satin,

The coasters, they gleamed.

I whistled and shouted

And sometimes I screamed! Hey, Toro! Hey, Kingda!

Hey, Runaway Train!

Hey, Batman! Hey, Nitro!

My next was in vain. B an R: Chiller

Is gone from the site.

What's taken it's place?

Something called the Dark Knight. Away 'cross the park

On my way to Skull Mountain

Stopped on the way,

Got a drink from a fountain. Over to Superman,

I'm ready to fly.

Kid on line took one look

And he started to cry. So over the first drop,

The coasters they flew

With trains full of riders

Some vets and some new. And then in a twinkling

I heard a great sound!

People laughing and screaming

While spun 'round and 'round! Sad news to report,

I am now out of rhymes.

This poem may cut short,

But it evokes happy times.

The parks will soon open,

There's nothing to fear

So I'll say Merry Christmas

And Happy New Year!

Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas Holiday to everyone on RollerCoaster Talk!

Mike Gallagher