bwware Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Ok, I wont make this as long as my last one. I am sure you guys get tired of reading these after awhile..... I got there about 5:30 since unlike the rest of the world it seems, I got stuck at work all day. Anyway, today I hit the coasters I wasnt able to hit this past Sunday when all the steels were closed due to cold weather. Short but sweet: Top Gun - NO LINE! Ride really does nothing for me. Never has. Still, I would have rode it again if I didnt have to walk a mile OUT and then a mile back IN! Face/Off - I love this ride, just WAY to short I would have rode SOB here had it been open! Vortex - The roughest I ever felt this one! After my ride, I had to wait in my train outside the station until they found out who it was that took there shoes off before there ride started. Turnes out EVERYBODY had there shoes on in the train, so it was a mystery! Beast - Again, roughest I ever felt this one as well! I am really LOVING the video they had playing of the making of The Beast. They just need to turn the volume up....ALOT! The volume DID seem to be louder when it came to the FX on the lift hills...at least I think. Funny hearing people asking "since when has The Beast have music?" Tomb Raider - same old same old. In the room before the movie room, the ride op asked us if we had any questions, one guy asked if they knew how to operate a HEATER since it was hotter than HECK in there! I mean BLAZING hot! Then the guest was like "well you better figure it out before summer!" I was like, dude, chill! Short day ride wise. The lines were very short. I took a ton of pictures today. Was wondering if I should ride TR:TR with a digital camera in my pocket, but I had no problems at all with it. Jeff happened to be standing right in front of me as I was leaving. Pretty spiffy suit! I wanted to ask him when they were going to start selling that Beast video but I chickened out. RHETORICAL QUESTIONS: Why was recaR running empty almost all evening? Is that a sweet looking poster they replaced The Beast 20th birthday sign with or what? I want one for MY wall!! (see my picture page) Do you want to own a copy of that Beast video as much as I do? And I really really DO! Is The Beast running really rough? Or is it just me? Dont you wish McDonalds had Potato Works fries? Do you know any of the people in the pictures? I have uploaded 51 pictures to the web for you all to look at if you wish. Was in a rush so who really knows what ended up there, but you are more than welcomed to view them! ENJOY! PKI Opening Day 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Nice shots, what kind of cam do you have? I know you didn't ask for advice, but try to work with the sun a little more for better lighting. I'm assuming Kodak... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB/Gun Steve-O Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I'll answer your first question: It was most likely saftey testing. When the park is not sure if the ride is safe to ride, they tend to not want people to ride it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwware Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 Yeah, it is a Kodak. This is actually my 4th Kodak digital since I loved my other 3 but this one seems to give me a bit more duller of a pic. Not sure why. This is a DX4530. I no longer have my other 3 cameras so this is it! Thanks for the advice! I knew that Bubba Gump one would get me in trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwware Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 I'll answer your first question: It was most likely saftey testing. When the park is not sure if the ride is safe to ride, they tend to not want people to ride it. Oh, I wasnt asking in a snippy way why it was running without anyone on it. I just kept looking over at it for about an hour and it was running, actually RACING the forward train full of people, but the backwards one was just empty everytime! Was just wondering why...thats all. I knew it had to be for some sort of test runs or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I'll answer your first question: It was most likely saftey testing. When the park is not sure if the ride is safe to ride, they tend to not want people to ride it. I backed you up in the other thread, but that response was uncalled for. You shouldn't take your angers of the day out on people here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Snake Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Yeah, it was hot in the first couple of rooms of Tomb Raider. It was worth it though once you got in the room with the actual ride. Then it felt great. When we were there (at Tomb Raider) the guy who was telling us what row to go in, got on the loud speaker and asked us (the crowd) if we were having a good time. We (the crowd) responded with a big loud no.... LOL. It was funny. Do you know this guy? You took a lot of pictures of him. I thought I saw him working at the eagles earlier. Infact I know I did because.... well.... just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 The taller one on the right looks like Rolf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwware Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 Do you know this guy? You took a lot of pictures of him. Nope! I dont know that guy. I was just snapping pics of people here and there thinking that maybe someone on here might know someone! If I took a lot of pics of a certain person, it was all by accident! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid Snake Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 Yeah, it does look like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I just brightened the photo up and the one on the right is Rolf in case anyone wanted know, and no I don't know him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 For the I don't know how many of time the one on right is Rolf, and the one on the left is Phil. EDIT: Wait thats not Phil, I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 For the I don't know how many of time the one on right is Rolf, and the one on the left is Phil. EDIT: Wait thats not Phil, I dunno. If you're gonna use sarcasm, make it at least grammatically correct and understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterrz Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 The reason I believe that the Backwards Racer was running empty trains is I believe that last weekend the red train was not on the tracks. I know that backwards was under one train operation and that the second train was not parked on the transfer track. My guess is that the park was either doing its own testing of the second train, or was having the second train certified by the state to accept passengers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenmayes Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 I'll answer your first question: It was most likely saftey testing. When the park is not sure if the ride is safe to ride, they tend to not want people to ride it. I backed you up in the other thread, but that response was uncalled for. You shouldn't take your angers of the day out on people here. Tanner, What are you talking about? There was nothing rude or wrong with what he said.. Tiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 10, 2004 Share Posted April 10, 2004 If you can't catch the sarcastic tone in that there's something wrong with you, yet again I always catch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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