Math and Science Day

[SOB/Gun Steve-O]

For as much bad stuff I say about the Nut, I have to say I did like this. Today everyone in my math class and a couple physics and stat classes (around 75 people I think) went to PKI for Math/Science Day. I was the only person in my school who didn't have to pay to get in so I was like to everybody.

Anyways, I wait behind the rope to get into da Zone until 10. The rope drops at 10 and I amlost got trampled by the crowds. I was told that some people were thrown off of rides for running to them, though I did not witness this. Anyways, first I try to get on Skyflyer, but they're still testing. I try Gun, but they were apparently a man short early that morning, so I leave. I notice my friends went over to Delirium. So I wait for them to get out. I've ridden it enough times before and the line was really long (full que, out into the park). So we get out and I go with one of my peeps to Sling Shot. That ride rocks!

Then we go to Racer, notice that recaR is closed, notice that Racer has like a 1 hour line, so we go to the ship. Most boring ride I've ever been on.

Then food. Some of my buddies head over to Skyline to eat, I go to Oscar's. I run into one of my old buddies from parking and we exchange stories (notably the one about the radio getting dropped into the toilet) to the disgust of his co-workers (he works in HR/Security now, Metal Detection that morning). I discuss the day so far with a couple SOB/Gun peeps, then its off to the bumper cars. It is what it is, not bad.

Then its with my friend who's like never ridden a coaster in his life to Top Gun - the jet coaster. Only about a 10 minute wait as usual. I notice the signs I put up in the driver booth are gone. I ask Drew about this. He took them down and I am very angry about it. My buddy liked Gun enough that we waited 45 minutes to ride The Beast, and then he like dies.

I grab a quick ride on SOB, get my legs crushed, then meet everyone up back at Tower and take a ride up. Pretty cool view. Then time to come home, write my first TR, and prepare for Jammin on Main tomorrow - gonna see the Offspring.

[DeliriumDreamer]

That sounds like fun. What math class are you in? Did they teach you guys about the rides, or did you just run loose into the park, like a BAFFD? I would be at Jammin on Main tomarrow, but I have a closing shift.

[SOB/Gun Steve-O]

I'm in Calculus AP. We were just cut loose, didn't get any assignment.

[DeliriumDreamer]

You are so lucky. I'm taking pre-cal next year. I don't think we are going.

[teenageninja]

Yep PreCalc for the ninja too. Our school won't be going I'm sure.

[Beastfreak]

Our school wouldn't let us go in High School cause they didn't require you to do anything so it got in the way of the people who were trying to do something. So instead we did a "Physics Day" at school where we made the expirments and made a day of it. That was mucho fun.

[DeLorean Rider]

I remember going in eighth grade. We had these packets with questons about our guess about stats and stuff and then like guesses about like how fast drop zone is, but, I already knew all the answers, every single one, I even had a kid pay me 10 bucks to do his packet cause it took me only like 5 minutes. Some of the ones I remember is, how fast do you think drop zone is, how tall is SOB, how many G's does face off pull. 67MPH, 218feet, and 5G's. Stuff like that.

[coasterrz]

I went last year for AP Physics. We went on one of the alternative days, which happened to be the day after Memorial Day, so the park was open to the general public. I was the only person who had a season pass and got in free. Even though the park was open to the gp, lines were almost non-existant, because most schools were still in. My Physics teacher gave us a packet and told us to complete it, but since there were only two days of class until we graduated, he made it an extra credit assignment, which I didn`t do because I already had an A in the class.

[DeliriumDreamer]

So you're saying pre-cal does go? Hmmm... there might be a chance after all. Did you guys get to ride the pay-per-ride things free? Slingshot is awesome. During training, I rode it 8 times in two days.

[beastdude]

I remember going in eighth grade. We had these packets with questons about our guess about stats and stuff and then like guesses about like how fast drop zone is, but, I already knew all the answers, every single one, I even had a kid pay me 10 bucks to do his packet cause it took me only like 5 minutes. Some of the ones I remember is, how fast do you think drop zone is, how tall is SOB, how many G's does face off pull. 67MPH, 218feet, and 5G's. Stuff like that.

who said going to amusment parks would pay of in high school.

[0-120]

yeah we did that in eighth grade too. everyone just did it on the bus ride back.