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In line for Backlot Stunt Coaster last Thursday, I overheard this: "Did you ride The Beastie?" "Yea." "Did you ride the Son of The Beast?" " "

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^Seems there's a bit of dead links in your post...

Considering that there have been reports that Ouimet has talked to guests about Son of Beast (somewhat), and add that with the fact that mccarthysnerd doesn't seem to be the one trying to mess with us, only to get a reaction, this doesn't seem that much of a hoax to me (but it still has an odor scented to hoax). Email the park to see if he's right (that's what I'm about to do).

Nooooo! I was gonna say that! The Flying Dutchman's queue is used for Adventure Express.

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^Is that why Disney had the proposed Avatar? (how is that project coming along?)

^I think Cobra wants to know how they execute differently, rather than a vague post.

I guess some lack in decency. Whenever I see an incoming stroller, I always make sure to stop, 'cause I know what that's like. The flume physically breaks? That sounds painful... But because this flume operates on the chain and anti-rollback principle, you have to watch out for the chain dogs and the likes, and that will make for a terrible scratch. In my opinion, I think it's easier to just get hit with an oncoming train, than risk being caught underwater and scratched, possibly death.

Maybe it only does this on the Hollywood version (I always thought that the Hollywood one was the Orlando version), but it does have the capability to stop (or at least slow down considerably almost to a stopping point). I'm not going to embed the POV (against TOS), but if you search "Jurassic Park River Adventure Hollywood" on Youtube, then look for the video by "deathbyillusion", skip to the end to see it. Also, check my original post again EDIT: And I'm pretty sure Tanganyika Tidal Wave at Busch Gardens Africa (Tampa) has something to make it slow down. I remember that when I went there, the splashdown and turn to the station were pretty close together.

Chili. No thank you!

"Naw, I don't think that dragons fit Hogsmeade... Take 'er out!"

Jr for Birdy is being ignorant. It was a simple question, no need to flame.

The Enchanted Oak Tavern... Couldn't Universal have kept that? Just rename it to the Whomping Willow Tavern or something. Sure, it's not in Hogsmeade, but I doubt dragons or hippogriffs were, too.

^It's sorta like bandwagon. Most people do it, and nobody really says anything (unless they're trying to show off or be funny--obnoxious group). I personally never do myself, but when it's a little kid (like 8-9-- he still met height requirement), I'd personally not try to pick a fight with the mother.

I agree with jdawg, these are wonderful. I wouldn't have the time (nor patience) to do this, and I commend you on this. The early Paramount maps are kinda... Bland.

My house. But if I were to choose anywhere but, I would say Mariott? Wyndham is by far my favorite, but those are timeshares.

I remember yesterday, one of my friends said "Do you want to scream like little girls on a stupid ride like Adventure Express?" I hate how they think obnoxious is funny. It's not.

Twice at the park yesterday, once at Diamondback, once at Invertigo, I saw fights almost break out (the latter not as severe). At Diamondback, an older adult seemed to be picking a fight. She threw ice at a group of teens, and the teens came over to my group (four of us-- We had some of the thimbles of water), saying "Did you throw ice at us?" "No." "Ok. Someone threw ice at us, and we don't want that to happen again." So the older woman then threw ice at them again, saying some really explicit stuff. She obviously wanted a fight, and she almost got that. We could see them starting to push each other around. Thank goodness for Diamondback's fast moving line, or else I fear it would have escalated (they weren't next to each other, but rather having turnstiles separating the two). I don't know why security wasn't called to get the woman ejected, but I saw her later in the day going about her business. Now, I don't know what got her mad, but I saw what happened after. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ At Invertigo, someone's kid had to go come back to his mom in line (we were at the exit of the queue house to the walkway under the loop). There was a group of obnoxious kids behind us who wouldn't have let him in, saying something like "No cuts, no buts, no coconuts." I let the kid in to his mom, but the group behind us kept saying really stupid stuff, and it got to the point where the kids mom went back there and screamed "You tryin' to say somthin'?!" The kids said no, but started laughing as soon as she walked away. I'm glad she had self restraint. My question to you is, has anyone else seen increased violence in the park?

If this is the same as Congo Falls, I believe that the boat sits on the bottom of the trough (think the turn from the top of the lift-- do you float???). And if the boat has wheels that sit it above the trough just a tad, do you think it'll be enough room? The boat sometimes stops in the splash down area, it's used as a block. So, what if the boat is stuck there for a few minutes? Oh, Cobra, to accurately answer your question, I think the guide rails (the rails the kid hopped over in the embedded video) go all the way to the bottom of the pool, making it impossible to swim under.

I don't have favorites, so I'll just say that my number one roller coaster is: The Racer, The Beast, Woodstock Express, Mean Streak, Blue Streak, Gwazi, Thunderhead, Son of Beast, American Eagle, Rebel Yell, and Grizzly.

What was Merlinwood? Judging by the name, I can see why it was axed from the park's line up, to be replaced by another magic-themed area that everyone can relate to.

I wish that was the full clip, so we could see just how close he was to getting hit.

Last night, The Beast shut down for fireworks. The group ahead of us (somewhere around 6 people) were talking about why it was closed. Heres how the conversation went between three people. Person 1: They closed down The Beast for fireworks. Person 2: Nu uh! There's people getting on it! Person 1: No, those are people coming back and leaving! Person 2: No! They're bout to leave!... Oh wait... But now they're doing test runs! Person 3: They do test runs during fireworks, so if one doesn't come back... *shakes head and makes that one "stop" gesture with hand and throat (I dunno how to describe that)* Person 2: Gosh. The whole time, I'm just biting my tongue, trying to not correct them...

Went yesterday and rode The Beast at night. On the second lift, they play the first lift's spiel in addition to the Lost score. Cresting the top of Lift 2, a ride op came over the speaker system. "Remain seated throughout the entire ride. Please keep ha-- EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS!" Last year on Backlot, at the MCBR, a ride op came over the speaker system while the helicopter was shooting at us, voicing over the machine gun sound effects with a "Pew pew pew pew!" similar to a faux bullet sound.