2003 Season Results
May: Sfmm, Kbf, Ush
June-July: A three week long Southwest road trip. Drove to Oklahoma from California and back.
June 14: Cliff's Amusement Park
June 30-July 2: Lost Wagas
September: Sfmm, Kbf, DCA, Disneyland
October: Haunt, might do Sfmm
I'll probably go to parks in December. :)
Playland/PNE, SFEV, Seattle Center, Cedar Point, SFWoa, PKI, SFKK, HW, IB, SFGam, SFA, Dorney, Knoebels. IB, Dorney, and Knoebels being the newbies to my list.
New coasters to add to the count:
WT (great 2nd to back row ride), TTD (still silly!), X-flight (not bad, actually), B:KF (the worst B&M ever!), Villian (not sure what I think still... perhaps I am missing brain cells?), Rugrats Runaway Reptar (cute, but rough), any 2nd gen Intamin drops (never had any, now I have many!), Cornball Express (way overrated, but then again, this was the night after the fatality at SRM...maybe I was a bit down?), Hoosier Hurricane (eh.), Tig'rr (or however you spell it.. it spelled fun), V² (I do prefer this over WT), Superman:UF (coulda been, shoulda been, ain't), Steel Force (wow is what I say... wow. It was wet, and virtually trimless), Talon (I admit to being underwhelmed, but what a layout!), Hercules (NOT!), Laser (NOT!), Thunderhawk (verdict still out, boys), Woodstock Express (at CP, and Dorney. Fun, and more fun), Taxi Jam (get a kid!), Batwing (Oh my Lord this was awful!...and I did it more than once, no less!), Phoenix (maybe a number 1, maybe not... still amazing), Twister (wowee wow wow...freaky at night. Pretty damn violente!), High Speed Thrill Coaster (is this nutso, or what?), Whirlwind (interesting layout, but rough, and what's the deal with the bump at the top of the lift?), Road Runner Express (long darn wait, but sweet laterals), Howler (again, fun with a kid!), Delirium (best flat ever!), and other stuff I know I am forgetting.
People:
Too many to list, but you know who you are, and damn... If I don't miss you all. :) I didn't have one bad day, regardless of rain, sun, or wind (never snow), and I got a lot of miles in. It was unreal, surreal, and all real. Amazing. Thank you, everyone for making 2003 what I wanted from all the previous years. :)
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Between Dill pickles and Donuts, my secret (still) awaits.
*** This post was edited by nasai 10/18/2003 2:09:48 PM ***
New adds to my top 10 steel were: S:ROS, SFNE at #1 (tied with X), Apollo's Chariot at #4, Phantom's Revenge at #5, and Hypersonic at #8. The only new wood top10 this year was Boulderdash, at #8. Jumping into my top 10 parks this year was BGW at #3.
Oh yeah, and it was another fun year filled with many new friends and a few old ones. Thanks to everyone who helped enable my addiction this year. ;-)
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Mike Miller - 300 in 2004!
Coasters and ratings:
First Trip:Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster,Incredible Hulk#3,DD Ice#7 and Fire#4
Dollywood: Tennessee Tornado#10, Blazing Fury,Daredevil falls(not a coaster, but so much fun I had to put it:))
June Family trip:PKI-Face-Off#5, Top Gun#9,Son of Beast#1 overall!,Adventure Express,Racer Backwards#7,Vortex#1, Flight of Fear,Beastie,Beast#10(haven't ridden that many, it would be lower).SFKK-Chang#8,T2,Thunder Run#2(they should rename this thing "Maniac Thundering airtime crazy chase")Twisted Sisters-Stella#9(lola not open),Rollerskater(very fun, thanks to grabbable trees :)), Road Runner Express, Greezed Lightnin'(fun, fun ride)Holiday World-Legend#4,Raven#3,Howler.
Great new flats: Delirium, Drop Zone, Chaos,Power Surge(at local Carnival),Freefall(SFOG),Conestoga(Lake Winnie)
Best new Dark rides:Back to the Future(I guess it counts), Spiderman(my favorite ride overall),Scooby Doo and the Haunted Mansion.I also rode Monster Plantation for the first time, but didn't like it.I hate it when a ride has a bad soundtrack.
I had my busiest park season ever this year,and the most fun. PKI now reigns as my favorite park, and has my two favorite coasters.
Next year, I hope to visit the mother of all theme parks, Cedar point, and Paramount's Carowinds.
BTW, does anyone else find this topic a bit boring to read?
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I'd like to thank the academy , and my mom , and my fans,and.....oh forget it , I hate you all.
This year has been my biggest and best.
3-3 PKD
4-5 GAdv
4-17 GAdv
4-19 GAdv
4-26 GAdv
5-11 GAdv
5-15 GAdv
5-17 SF New England
5-22 GAdv
5-23 GAdv
5-31 GAdv
6-1 SF WoA
6-2 CP
6-30 GAdv
7-8 GAdv
7-26 Dorney/ Knoebels
8-12 GAdv
8-27 SF WoA
8-28 SF WoA
8-31 GAdv
9-5 GAdv
9-14 GAdv
10-4 Knoebels
10-12 GAdv
10-18 CP
Two more trips to GAdv will sum up my 2003 coaster season. Tis a sad, sad thing.
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