StXBomber Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Well, today was my first day off that I came in just for rides this season. I arrive at about 2:45 from school, and head over to AZ. Congo Falls had seemed to be closed all week, but it was open today. Let's just say I was ****ed off there. Not because of the ride, or employees, but guests. While I was waiting to get on, I saw tons of people sticking their arms out and touching the concrete along the track. Ride ops would constantly tell them to keep their arms inside, yet every boat I saw had people sticking their hands into the water. Well, I ride and my boat wasn't that bad (except for the people who splashed water up at people on the exit, therefore sticking their arms out), but the boat behind me was the worst. Our boat takes the turn, and the boat behind us drops. I look back, and as the boat starts to turn around back to the station, I see a kid standing up in the boat! Now I know there aren't lap bars, but that doesn't mean people can stand up! The ride op yells at the kid to sit down, and as she yells at the kid, another one stands up! *sigh* People just don't listen anymore... Well anyways, after that I head over to DZ and wait just one drop. As I'm getting checked, I see a co-worker of mine getting in line. I say hi, ride the ride, and wait for him at the exit. He rides, and then we chat a little, then he goes to work. After this, SoB. First car, second seat, best seat on the ride. I had some people behind me think they were all that, "Yeah, this other park has a ride that goes 125 mph! It has a 420 foot drop!" I couldn't help it... "But it only lasts 17 seconds!" I say back. Just about that time, we drop. I hear them complain about the ride the whole way through. As we stop, one guy says, "I got this ride figured out, you have to sit forward so your back doesn't touch the train!" So if they had the ride figured out, why were they sitting in the back seat of a car? Well, since AZ seemed to be teeming with idiots, and more were coming in, I headed to good ol' AE. 4 train wait for front seat, walk on the rest of the train. I love that ride, it's a classic! Well, since Racer was only running forwards, it had a line outside of the station, so I skipped and headed to Monster. Yet another ride I LOVE. I saw a guy I know from school working, and I decided it's time to show off. I get loaded, and the ride moves to the top to load more, and what do I do? SPIN! I just start spinning like a mad man, and making sure my friend saw it. People on the same arm as me just kept watching me. The ride moves the the third loading position, and I do my second trick, point my pod in the wrong direction. I yell down, "Hey, see something different about my pod?" He looks up, just shakes his head, and keeps on working. I decide to keep spinning again, and some people go, "He's still spinning!!!" The ride starts, and since I know the trick to spinning during the actual ride (sit as far left as possible), so by the end, I was quite dizzy. I say bye to my friend, and go play 2 games of DDR. I noticed I was starting to attract a crowd, so I play the song that makes me look like I'm actually dancing (Super Star challenge mode), and my show-off song (CSFIL Speed Mix Maniac). I get some spectators, and I'm on my way to FoF. FoF had the only real line of the day, about 10-15 minutes. I noticed that the mid-course breaks were slowing the train down a whole lot more than before. It used to be that you didn't notice it, now you do! After that, Vortex. Very amusing ORP, but I didn't buy it. No wait for second to last row, YEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! I then had a quick ride on SR&R, no biggy. Then, my new baby. 2 cycles on Eagles, first one had really awesome snaps, second time around didn't. I decide I needed a break to try and get it back later, so I head to Beast. Beast had 3 train wait for front seat, but I saw a fellow PKIU member with a one train wait, and since he was riding my himself, I joined him and only waited 1 train. Nice and fast today. As I come back into the station, I see more people on my crew, so I ride it again with them in the 5th car, back seat. A little rougher, but what do you expect from that seat? Since I am running out of time before I have to leave, I go on back down to Eagles for one last ride. As we (my crew mates and I) approach the ride, we see several ACE members who ride Eagles alot, Dane, and some guys who I met earlier in the day at Eagles who ride them alot also. We had a good 9 people who could all snap really well. Well... except me. I got the first snap of the ride, and then one more good one, then no more real good ones. I get pretty high, but something was throwing me off that I couldn't come down fast enough to make an audible snap. By that time, it was time for me to go. About 3 and a half hours, and I got on an extremely large number of rides. Rode so many rides, met up with so many people, and had such a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastdude Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 I am not sure but did you say dane was a ace member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italianchef Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Mrs. Chef took the day off from work, left Chef Jr. with day care, and went to the glorious Media Preview Day. It didn't rain and thunder as predicted, but it was so cold that after 3 water rides....I called it quits for the day. The new water resort looks great, it was cool to meet Rob Champion (who played Crocodile Dundee at the event) and enjoy free food and drinks. Have a great weekend! Italian Chef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return_of_Yogi Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Fine Chef leave out how you took a pic with me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StXBomber Posted May 28, 2004 Author Share Posted May 28, 2004 I never said Dane was an ACEr, but he was in the group with snaping fun for all, which included several ACErs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdime Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 I was on those last rides, too. I was the guy with the dark red shirt and spiked hair. Tonight's snapfest was incredible...one of the best yet this year! Good seeing you guys... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeliriumDreamer Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 If anyone rode backwards racer today, you would have seen me. everyone was all over the place today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Dane is not a ACEr, nor was mney of the people in line at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastdude Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 I was just wondering dane cause I am, thats all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 I am not sure but did you say dane was a ace member. Dane's my friend. Don't ever say something terrable about him like that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastdude Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 wait a minute here. Acers aren't a terrable thing. I am one of them, There coaster enthusiest just like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StXBomber Posted May 29, 2004 Author Share Posted May 29, 2004 *senses an ACEr bashing approaching* Most ACErs aren't that bad, but every now and then we get someone who thinks they own the place and act like a jerk. Of course we also have ACErs who think they own the place, but can say that cause they are there every day (and I mean EVERY DAY, those guys are cool). Those few ACErs give the rest a bad name IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastdude Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 You are absolutly right. Most Acers are cool but there are a couple I can't stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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