Grannie tells fortunes. She also, apparently, likes liquor. More themeing, Coney style. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.28.04 |
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The evil Zipper. This ride will make you sick. And thanks to Coney Island ride cycles, it also just won't stop. Rock on Coney Island! READ MORE
Six Flags Over Texas
| 10.26.04 |
Trip Report - 7/5/04: |
Trip report for Six Flags Over Texas for our visit from July 4th to July 6th of 2004. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.25.04 |
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This gets another 'one of my favorite photos from the trip' comments. It's by Cla, and it's (obviously) spooky guy and Wonder Wheel. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.25.04 |
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This freaky bastad hangs on top of the Spookorama attraction's sign, across from the Wonder Wheel. READ MORE
Lake Compounce
| 10.25.04 |
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A cute statue outside the old Compounce carousel. READ MORE
Lake Compounce
| 10.23.04 |
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The view from the Skyride up the mountain at Lake Compounce. This ranks along with the Marvel Cave as one of the most original and interesting ways to take a break from rides offered from parks on the trip. Plus, if you're even remotely scared of heights, this becomes a 20 minute thrill ride. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.23.04 |
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There are not many amusement parks that would have this outside a ride as "theming." This is the kind of "special" stuff about Coney Island that makes me love it. READ MORE
Great Adventure (Six Flags)
| 10.23.04 |
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Have you caught yet that I like photographing the Viper? Cuz I do! READ MORE
Great Adventure (Six Flags)
| 10.22.04 |
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Roller coasters as industrial nightmare - The Viper and Rolling Thunder. READ MORE
Hershey Park
| 10.22.04 |
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Ladies and gentlemen, the amazing, the dazzling, the truly absurd... roller coaster cow. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.22.04 |
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It's very tempting to shoot the Cyclone through this wire fence. For one thing, it's the fence you are looking at when you are up close to the Cyclone. For another, it allows for the "ooh! It's tough it's Coney Island!" cliche. Well, consider us suckers for temptation and cliche. READ MORE
Great Adventure (Six Flags)
| 10.21.04 |
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The Viper, a fantastic coaster to photograph that's not so fantastic to experience. READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.21.04 |
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The Breakdance, one of my favorite flats of the trip due to it's sheer stomach churning, head spinning intensity. READ MORE
Hershey Park
| 10.21.04 |
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Wood coasters at Hersheypark are purty. Actually, almost all the coasters at Hershey are fairly striking. Hershey definitely builds coasters with aesthetic in mind, and it helps the park be the success it is. READ MORE
Knoebels
| 10.20.04 |
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The Phoenix, a fantastic wood coaster. READ MORE
Great Adventure (Six Flags)
| 10.20.04 |
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Rolling Thunder, Great Adventure's only wood roller coaster. Wouldn't this look much nicer if both sides were running? But alas, it's a park owned by Six Flags... READ MORE
Coney Island NY
| 10.20.04 |
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The Top Spin 2 at Coney Island. With manual operation and the right guy, this thing was fantastic. READ MORE
Dorney Park
| 10.18.04 |
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Trip report from a Dorney Park visit on a Sunday in October in 2004. READ MORE
Islands of Adventure
| 10.18.04 |
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At this park, even the restaurants are incredibly well themed, making this one of the most visually impressive parks in the country. READ MORE
Islands of Adventure
| 10.18.04 |
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The deeply impressive exterior for the deeply unimpressive attraction of Poseidon's Adventure. READ MORE
Islands of Adventure
| 10.18.04 |
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Cla had a serious amount of fun at Seussland. READ MORE
Disney - MGM Studios
| 10.16.04 |
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All three Orlando Disney parks were cut for three reasons: 1) They are the most expensive parks in the country and we were over budget 2) We got crushed on time after spending a weekend that went longer then planned... READ MORE
Busch Gardens Tampa
| 10.16.04 |
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The final drop of Stanley River Falls, the log flume at BGTampa. READ MORE
Islands of Adventure
| 10.16.04 |
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One of the many cute, little things in Seussland. READ MORE
Busch Gardens Tampa
| 10.16.04 |
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Kumba, one of my favorite steel coasters from the trip. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.15.04 |
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Cla smiles inside the pretty cool maze attraction in Wildwood. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.15.04 |
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The Dragon Coaster at Rye Playland. Pretty but very uneventful. READ MORE
Seaside Heights Area
| 10.15.04 |
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They have quite the pretty carousel. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.15.04 |
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Rollies Coaster in Wildwood. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.14.04 |
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The ferris wheel at Rye at dusk. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.14.04 |
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The change stealer. No, wait, the Skyflyer, in Rye. Cla boarded with an bottle of water with the sippy-style cap open. The riders in front of us wondered aloud why the hell they were getting wet when I noticed. I spent the rest of the ride turning the water right side up/up side down as the ride spun to avoid more leakage. Cla strangely didn't notice any of this. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.14.04 |
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More exquisite themeing for the exteriors of the Rye Playland classic dark rides. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.14.04 |
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KITES! Wildwood was having a kite festival while we were there. Cool. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.12.04 |
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This could well be my favorite photo of the trip from the Dantes Inferno attraction. Nice job, Cla! READ MORE
Six Flags New England
| 10.12.04 |
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This picture on the wall is a nice sample of the many highly themed elements of the Houdini ride at Six Flags New England. For 10 fleeting minutes one could imagine they were at Disney... READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.12.04 |
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One of the cool things about the Derby Racer at Rye is that it travels quite fast. Note the ride operator in the center of this picture, who has to pitch his body a fair amount forward during the course of the ride simply to keep balance. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.11.04 |
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ENTER IF YOU DARE!!! READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.11.04 |
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Dantes Inferno on the Jersey Shore has a simply fabulous exterior facade. READ MORE
| 10.10.04 |
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The small, fast and fun Flitzer coaster at Moreys Piers. READ MORE
Six Flags New England
| 10.10.04 |
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The Nightwing, a pretty cool looking spin n' spew, ascends. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.09.04 |
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One of the three piers at Moreys. READ MORE
Six Flags New England
| 10.09.04 |
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Scared of enclosed spaced? Then stay the hell away from Nightwing. This spinny ride places it's victims in a very tight, enclosed space. READ MORE
Conneaut Lake Park
| 10.07.04 |
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When I made reservations for this trip in May, I checked the Conneaut Lake website to make sure they would be open on a weekday on the first week of September. The website claimed they would be (specifically, the web... READ MORE
Castle Park
| 10.07.04 |
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We cut Castle Park simply because we ended up not having enough time in Los Angeles. Oh well. We'll be in Southern California again this coming February and may try to squeeze in Scandia and Castle Park while there.... READ MORE
Camp Snoopy (Mall of America)
| 10.07.04 |
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We actually arrived at Camp Snoopy and walked around. Instead of going on any of the rides, I went to see Collateral and Cla shopped. It's difficult not to view Camp Snoopy as a kiddie park. If our Cedar Fair... READ MORE
Arnolds Park
| 10.07.04 |
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Adventureland got cut from our trip. Blame Shivering Timbers, which was closed the day we drove up to Michigan's Adventure. We turned around at that point and headed to Six Flags Great America, losing a day. Later, in Minneapolis, we... READ MORE
Adventureland
| 10.07.04 |
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Adventureland got cut from our trip. Blame Shivering Timbers, which was closed the day we drove up to Michigan's Adventure. We turned around at that point and headed to Six Flags Great America, losing a day. Later, in Minneapolis, we... READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.07.04 |
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One of the many colorful attractions at the Wildwood, New Jersey tourist destination. The people who visit are also quite... colorful. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.07.04 |
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More fun in the House of Mirrors at Rye Playland. READ MORE
Schlitterbahn (New Braunfels)
| 10.06.04 |
Trip Report - 7/1/04: |
Trip report for this Texas waterpark from July 1, 2004. READ MORE
Six Flags New England
| 10.05.04 |
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The intense and wild end of Superman Ride of Steel, along with the classic wooden coaster the Thunderbolt at sunset. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.05.04 |
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Pretty stuff, no? READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.03.04 |
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Cla and myself in a reflection within the House of Mirrors. This is a fun and cool, old school attraction; which is what Rye specializes in. READ MORE
Moreys Piers
| 10.03.04 |
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The boomerang and Ferris Wheel of Moreys Piers in the daytime. I find this park incredibly photogenic, don't you? READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.02.04 |
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The carousel, like almost all of Rye Playland, is quite beautiful and "classic" feeling. READ MORE
Rye Playland
| 10.02.04 |
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An angry witch is caged. One of the many cool sites as part of Rye's collection of the best, classically themed exterior dark rides in the country. READ MORE