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People: Myself My mother Rides: Bizarro 8x (dead serious) El Toro 2x Batman: The Ride 1x GASM 1x Rolling Thunder (right) 1x RMT 1x Skull Mountain 2x Blackbeard 1x Parachutes 1x erUPtion 1x Parachutes 1x Big Wheel 1x Twister 1x Fling 1x TR: Myself and my mother were 2 of the lucky few people who got in the park for media day for free and we arrived at the park around 9:30. Since we had a while until Bizarro opened for us, we had a little snack at the Conestoga Wagon and quickly went on Runaway Mine Train. Then, I jealously watched the ribbon cutting ceremony and the Golden Ticket winners get to go on the first train. Before long, we were able to go on and I stopped to notice all of the new queue theming. I liked how they sort of kept the "Medusa Mining Company" moniker on the wall facade. I was luckily able to ride Bizarro 4 times in a row by occupying random empty seats, including the train with Mr. Six on the front row! My mother was also able to ride it twice, which to my knowledge is her first major coaster at GA since Lightnin' Loops. After an attempt to ride El Toro (which I abandoned after seeing the HUGE line), we headed out of the park for lunch at Burger King. When we got back into the park, I went to the Lakefront section and rode Skull Mountain twice, Blackbeard, and Fling. When I went over by Bizarro, it had already opened to the public and had its queue completely full. Luckily, I tagged along with two random guys with Flash Passes and got to the front . I was able to ride Bizarro another 4 times; lucky me! After Bizarro, El Toro's line never cleared up, so I decided to ride Rolling Thunder, which was about a half-hour wait, which felt like FOREVER. Also, before I rode, I noticed Josh getting on the ride. If you're reading this, then I'm the one you said "Bizarro..." to because I was wearing the purple Bizarro shirt. Then I headed over to the Boardwalk, and was able to ride the Parachutes, Twister and erUPtion. Superman had too long of a line and GASM was temporarily closed so I headed back to the Internet Cafe where my mom spent half the day reading magazines. We went on the Big Wheel together and then she went back to the Cafe while I rode Batman. I was able to get an empty seat on the front row . Since Nitro and Dark Knight each had really long lines, I went back to El Toro which had a much reduced line since the park was going to close soon. It was about a thirty minute wait for the third-to-back row, followed by a re-ride on an empty seat. Since I had only half-an-hour until the park closed, I went over to The Boardwalk to ride GASM, and Superman was down for the rest of the day, so it wasn't possible. I met up with my mother again and before long we were on our way home. Overall: 9/10. Aside from Ka still being closed and the ridiculously long lines, it was a perfect day at the park. Riding Bizarro 8 times wasn't bad either . I'll post my pictures later when I have time.

One Vision by Queen

Bizarro, cause I love comics Saturday Night Live or MadTV?

Amusement Park Tic Tacs or Altoids?

Just got may Bizarro opening Day Ticket...FOR FREE!!!!

^Kewl beans. Wish they won.

360 Lakers or Celtics?

Pics We're finally here! Looks good as new! Mr. Six just doing his job Bugs & Daffy seem excited OMG opened gate!! Our first stop Money shot Batman's missing his pants...embarissing.. preeeetyyyyy... I love this thing New outdoor show I really need a camera with a better zoom feature Awesome view The remains If only we knew what was happening inside... Ninja shot Just two guys chillin' Impressive, most impressive ME AM EXCITED! Nitro's train got stuck at midday Was this shower-thing here before, or am I just oblivious? Kewl train shot Flying over sunset Time to say goodbye, Mr. Wabbit

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People: Me My friends Eli, Trevon, and Dorian Their friends whose names escape me at the moment Rides: El Toro 1x Nitro 1x B:TR 2x S:UF 2x GASM 2x Dark Knight 1x Runaway Train 1x Blackbeard 1x Big Wheel 1x Fling 1x Twister 1x Dare Devil Dive 1x Buccaneer 1x Carousel 1x TR: I went with half the school on Renaissance Day for the 3rd year in a row. Unlike the last two times, my friends Eli & Trevon brought their female friends who I never met before. I have nothing against them personally, but they were just SO DANG SLOW AND STUPID! Every time I walked over to a ride, they were distracted by a Boardwalk game or something stupid. So that really cheesed my off, but not as much as the fact that Ka was closed the whole day due to "technaical difficulty" . Besides those two setbacks it was a really good day! The weather was really nice and everything! Our first stop was Nitro, which was about a 5 minute wait considering the guys took forever to put their stuff in the ride locker. After Nitro -and a quick hello to Sue who just got off the train we were getting on- we headed over to Batman, which was about a 10 minute wait in the hot, cramped queue. The front row was definately worth it, and went by like that. Then we went on Dark Knight, which to everyone's surprise, didn't have a 1 hour+ wait. After a ride on Blackbeard, Buccaneer, and the improved Big Wheel. We had our awesome lunch at the Picnic Grove . After lunch, we spilt up into two sections. Trevon and a few of his friends went on the east side of the park, and me, Eli and the idiots went to the West. Because they were so slow and stupid, the only rides I was able to get with them was two rides on GASM and one- by myself- on RMT. I eventually found Trey's group and hung out with them for a little while on another B:TR ride. Then I reunited with Eli's group because we had reservations for Dare Devil Dive, unfortunately, we couldn't ride it in time for our pre-scheduled dinner, so we had to postpone. Since we had a little time left, we rode the Carousel for the heck of it. Then I had a quick dinner at Papa John's and a quicker ride on Fling, my favorite flat in the park. I met up with both groups at DDD and myself, Eli, and a girl named Jasmine were ready to ride it. Riding this was definately the highlight of the day, but since it's a crapload of money, I don't see myself riding it again in the future. After a quick ride on Twister (which has a noticeably shorter ride length for some reason ), we headed over to El Toro, which was about a 30-minute wait with two trains running. Toro was the other highlight of the day. With only an hour left until we had to leave, we went over to S:UF which only had a 5-minute wait. I got to ride a second time since I accidentally got on the train before my friends, so I found an empty single seat and got really lucky . After a solo trip to the Main Street Market to get a couple of new shirts, we reunited at the fountain and got ready to leave. I also noticed that the Big Wheel's lights were functioning, but I unfortunately wasn't able to get photos since it was time to leave. Overall: 5 out of 6 Flags. As I've mentioned before, Despite the two major downsides, the day really went well for me. Last years' trip with the school was much, much better in my opinion. I'll post the pics when I have time.

Quick question: Was this here before the 9th?

What'choo talkin' 'bout, GAcoaster? Seriously, Arnold X-Men Origins: Wolverine or The Last Stand?

South Park time!

You won't believe this:

Awesome pics. I still can't believe people are willing to pay $5 for those useless dryer things.

DOUBLE POST OMG!

On line Queen or Led Zeppelin?

Part 3a: Legoland California We got to Legoland around 11 after a 10 minute ride, luckily, we got in for free because of the card I mentioned earlier. The entrance was PACKED with little kids & families, there were even 20 buses in the parking lot! It didn't matter really, we weren't there the whole day. Anyways, when we got in, there were already some cool Lego models like these: We first went on the "Coast Cruise" boat ride, which was about a 15 minute wait. They had a lot of cool Lego versions of famous world landmarks, which I've taken the following pics of. Sydney Opera House Eiffel Tower Mt. Rushmore Taj Mahal Last, but certainly not least, New York City After the boat ride, we went walking around in "Miniland USA" and took some pictures of the Lego versions of cities. Washington DC The White House, complete with Obama, his family, & snipers on the roof! Las Vegas (with the Stratosphere Tower in the far backround) After a short time in that section we walked over to the Technic Coaster, a Wild Mouse which is sadly the biggest coaster in the park. Originally, I thought the line would be short because of the height restriction, but I stood (45 minutes in line) corrected. Like I said, it's a Wild Mouse, nothing special. 6/10. Great, another "X" with a long line. A car on the top of the ride. The Lego-themed cars looked interesting, though. After the Techic Coaster, we had lunch at a spotrs-themed place right next to it, where we waited nearly an hour for three stinking hamburgers & fries that looked more like waffles than actuall fries. After that, we went past the new Egypt themed section to a Midevil-themed section so we could ride coaster #2: Dragon. Despite the 15-minute wait and the fact that it was very simaler to our Blackbeard, it had pretty good theming. 4/10. After Dragon, I went on an interesting ride called Knight's Tournament, basically several mechanical arms spinning & flipping you around. It goes on a scale of Level 1-5, (5 being the most extreme). I wanted to go on level 5, but my sister didn't want to go on level 5, so she stormed ou of the line right as we were about to go on it. Even though the ride was only a minute long, it was still intense & easily the best ride in the park. When I got off the ride, I found out my sister nearly got me grounded because I choose level 5 & she stormed out of the park. I convinced my mom to let me say for a little while longer so I could ride the last coaster in the park: Coastersaurus. It was a 10 minute wait & it is roughly the same as Road Runner Railway. 2/10. I then immediately got out of the park, mom picked me up & my sister was pissed off at me for the rest of the day. Sadly, the Lego "Coastersaurus" was the best part of the ride. Part 3b: Belmont Park Only myself & my mother went here 2 days after Legoland. We also got in here for free because of the pass. We got there around 12:30 and immediately had lunch of pizza because we were both starving. Since there's only 1 coaster there, that was the only thing I rode. The coaster, Giant Dipper, was a 1 train wait and was the most "expensive" ride there for the public at 6 tickets. I was able to go on the front row and the coaster itself wasn't half bad for an 84-year-old ride. 8/10. After a little while of stolling on the neighboring beach, we were on our way back to the hotel. Here are the pics: A random Giant Dipper shot Does this look familier? Giant Dipper's hill Peaceful beach shot. Sea World's Journey to Atlantis from the highway & from my cell phone.

Magic Mountain Pics X² from the parking lot (and from my cell phone) Do we have any of these guys at our park yet? Tatsu + Revolution + a fountain= pretty Sky Tower closed. *insert another outdated Soulja Boi joke here* Quick, Robin! Into the fortress!...wait... The Adventures of Buzz Lighty- I mean Superman! This is now my cell phone wallpaper. Tatsu's hill from queue Cool ride sign Even cooler ride sign Me (brown shirt) chillin' on Goliath. If only I waited another second... The lone survivor Cool shot of Riddler's sign at night & in the rain. Terminator: Salvation construction SHARP TURNS! People working on the lift hill Close-up of the first drop. Looks pretty cool! A crane & the unfinished lift hill (left) Random shot

Part 2: Six Flags Magic Mountain Since we were in California, I made it mandatory for us to go here for the day. It was a 2 & a half drive, since it was from San Diego to around Los Angeles and we got there around 10:15. I convinced my mom to drop me off at the entrance while they parked the car, good thing too because they didn't get in for another half-hour! Since we got the tickets online, I got right in & went straight for X². When I got around there, one word came to mind: DAMN! The line was long as hell, & it went on WAY past the bridge to the actual coaster, because the train got stuck on the hill while testing. After about 5 minutes, I gave up & went on X²'s neighbor, as well as GASM's cousin: Viper, which was a 10 minute wait. Nothing much to say about this one, It's like 95% similar to GASM, except slightly taller, faster, and less of a headache. 8/10 After Viper, X² got fixed & the line went into the actual queue, so I went on it. It was about a 45 minute wait with 2 trains running. The wait didn't seem long because-similar to the Dark Knight Coaster- TVs were placed all over the queue, but rather than showing random commercials like DK, they showed videos of people doing "X"treme stuff while failing, like a cross of Jackass & America's Funniest Home Videos. The coaster itself is AWESOME! You never know when your going to go into inversions and the sound system was loud and intense, I hope the sound system for Bizarro will be equally awesome. Only problems, the ride itself felt short and the fire & fog machines weren't going that day probably because of the rain advisory, which was also probably why the Sky Tower was closed that day, too. Despite all this, X² is still one of the best coasters in the park & gets a 9.5/10 in my book. After X², I met up with my family (who had gone on the Buccaneer-like ride 5 times in a row), and went on the Goldrusher coaster together twice because it was a walk-on. Nothing much to say for this one either, it's just a normal mine train coaster like RMT, a 6/10 in my opinion. I also attempted to go on Déjà Vu, but the line was too long, but I at least got some construction photos of the Terminator: Salvation coaster. While my sister & mom went on the Scrambler, Musik Express, & Fling-like ride, I went on my first stand-up coaster, which is also the tallest & fastest: Riddler's Revenge. Roughly around a 15-minute wait with 2 trains. Even though the coaster itself was good, it was actually worse of a head-banger than GASM at first, & the special restraints did a little number on my...umm...place plus, I got that dance music from the station stuck in my head for the rest of the day. But it was still a good coaster. 9/10. After a trip to the games section (in which I won a Bugs Bunny puppet), I went on Riddler's ironic neighbor: a Batman: The Ride clone. Just the exact same thing as our's, just a different paint scheme: 9/10. Before we went to lunch outside of the park, I convinced my mom to let me go on Superman: The Escape. Even though the coaster doesn't go as tall or fast anymore, it surprisingly had a 30-minute line, which felt like it went on forever. The launch was still pretty fast and surprising, & I even tried the infamous "penny trick", which failed. 8.5/10. With my family still waiting for me at the front, I had to walk all the way from the back of the park to front, with tired feet, and on top of that, I unknowingly passed them & waited for them for 15 minutes in the parking lot with no idea where they parked! FINALLY after I met up with them, we had lunch at the Wendy's outside the park. Unfortunately, since my sister hates amusement parks in general, I was dropped off back at the park & spent the rest of the day by myself while my mom & sister spent the day at the movies & in a mall. It wasn't too bad, I got to go on a lot of coasters afterwards w/o worrying were they were & stuff. When I got back into the park, I wanted to go on Tatsu, but the line was too long so I went on Revolution: the world's first looping coaster which was also featured in National Lampoon's Vacation", along with Colossus. Revolution (which was also a walk-on) was surprisingly awesome and the landmark loop was cool. 7/10. After that, I went to the other side of the park & rode Canyon Blaster- a kiddie coaster similar to Road Runner Railway- just for the purpose of riding every coaster in the park. Unfortunately, since nearby coaster Percy's Railway in the new Thomas Town section surprisingly had a height MAXIMUM, riding all the coasters wasn't possible . Then I went on Goliath, which is also one of the best coasters in the park, and is similer to Nitro, except made by a different manufacturer. The tunnel at the bottom of the hill was probably the coolest part, and I got my ride photo from it afterwards. 10/10. After Goliath, I went on the only-until this May-wooden coaster in the park: Colossus. Even though it was a walk-on for the back row, only one side & one train was functioning that day, so I had to wait a few minutes. Colossus (like Revolution) was an awesome ride for it's age, partly because I was in the back row and the lap bar was 6" away from my actual lap. 9/10. After that, I went on Colossus' neighbor & Medusa's Bizarro's only mirrored clone: Scream. The only differences from its "predecessor" is the interesting paint scheme & the differently-placed ride photo; but like Medusa last year, Scream is in desperate need of new paint. 9/10. I only had three more coasters left in the park, and it finally is beginning to rain. I went over to ride the closer of the three: Ninja, a suspended coaster with an Asian theme (duh). When I actually got on it, I got wet from both the rain, and the neighboring log flume, plus the train went pass a goose that was standing 5 feet from the track. Luckily, no one ended up like Fabio on Apollo's Chariot & I went over to next coaster. 8/10. The next stop for me was the tallest, fastest flying coaster in the world: Tatsu, which follows an Asian theme like Ninja. Even though the line dwindled from before, it was still a 20-minute wait with two trains. I went on the back row and it was EXHILARATING! The whole experience on the coaster was memorable and its pretzel loop felt very exteme and awesome! IMO, it made S:UF seem like a kiddie coaster. 10/10! After Tatsu, it was getting darker and the rain came down harder and forced several rides to close. One of these rides was the only coaster in the whole park I never rode previously: Déjà Vu. . So with half an hour until my mom would pick me up, I decided to ride Riddler again to waist time, which was less of a wait & less of a headache the second time around. After a quick trip to the main gift shop in the front of the park, my mom picked me up around 8 PM. After dinner at Outback Steakhouse and a 2-hour drive, I could finally get some well-deserved sleep in our hotel room. Overall: 9/10. The lines and fact that I couldn't ride all the coasters sucked, but the fact I rode most of them was great and go was the day in general. Ride Overview: Viper 1x X² 1x Goldrusher 2x Riddler's Revenge 2x B:TR 1x Superman 1x Revolution 1x Canyon Blaster 1x Goliath 1x Colossus (left) 1x Scream! 1x Ninja 1x Tatsu 1x

Part I: San Diego Zoo Even though this technically doesn't count in a TR, but the place was so awesome I coundn't leave it out. We arrived at the Zoo at around 10:00 and even the FRONT of the place looked awesome with a few bushes shaped like animals like this: We immediately got into the park-no questions asked-because of special "Go San Diego" card we got so we could get into certain places in San Diego for free, albeit only working for 5 days, but it was still very much worth it. We immediately got on the bus tour that lasted roughly around 45 minutes that took us nearly everywhere in the park. I was luckily able to snap the following pictures: Stealthy Hippo Construction for the "Elephant Odyssey" Project coming soon. A baby (seriously) giraffe A baby (seriously) elephant Someone just had a bath Snoozin' Rhinos According to the tour guide, koalas AREN'T bears. KNOLEDGE iS POWER! After the Safari Tour bus, we had a quick, $35 lunch and decided to do some freeroaming around the zoo. And-naturally-I took more photos. A lot of animals- like this mountain lion-were asleep the whole day. And I do mean A LOT of animals. Black Bear Camo! Mr. Gorilla wants to keep our attention... and it's working. I was chillin' Lotsa flamingoes. RED flamingoes, even! One of my favorite parts: The Reptile House Boa Constrictor The "ref" These overrated guys actually had a line! And was 20 minutes long! And what better way to finish off a lovely day at the zoo than a peacock on the loose. Overall, this was an awesome day the famous zoo, although tomorrow would be much more fun in my opinion.

Introduction: Myself, my mom, and my sister went to San Diego, California during Spring Break. We went to several amusement parks during that time, as well as many other places of interest. We got in many places for free! Here's a basic overview: 4/4: Arrival to San Diego International Airport at 11 PM Pacific Standard Time 4/5: San Diego Zoo 4/6: San Diego Padres' opener, historic ship 4/7: SFMM 4/8: Legoland, Natural History Meuseum 4/9: Tijuana, Mexico 4/10: Belmont Park, other random crap 4/11: Death Valley (Which was also my Mom's Birthday present ) 4/12: Arrival back at JFK International. I have A LOT of photos from this trip, both from a regular camera & my cell phone, so this PTR will be a Several Parter. Enjoy. But first, some introductory photos: A very...disturbing toy from the gift shop in JFK Airport. A peaceful shot a 36,000 ft. in the air...........my sister was so scared during takeoff )

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I'll be waiting for it on ESPN2 .