http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/ All trip reports and tips for travel. We strongly encourage you to submit your trip report as a feature. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:15 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/ http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/trip-reports-travel-tips-48/57942-closing-day-cp-highlights.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:27:54 GMT Those of you that know me, know that I haven't been to CP in almost 5 years. I decided to take the day and go up with my best friend to close out our season on some awesome coasters! Here are some of the highlights.

-First time on Maverick. BAD ASS RIDE! Got a walk on ride in the morning. The night ride was so amazing in the front seat! Fog everywhere, speed, airtime, cold, launch, airtime out the wazoo. There are no words to describe our night ride. Great ride!!!! Loved Maverick!

-Maggie is still running awesome. Got 4 rides in throughout the day. Got the last train of the season at night. The train was full and it was just so amazing. We crested the top of the 2nd hill and you heard just complete silence! It was just amazing! Airtime galore and I have the bruises to prove it!

-Midway Market had a special for 11.85 a person. Decent food. Some of the food you could tell it was instant (the mashed potatoes and stuffing). The chicken was really good though!

-Chris Linn does the magicomedy show in the Jack Aldrich theater. Cute show, was nice to get out of the cold for a little while. Good comedian and magician combo. He was funny. He had great sarcasm.

-Rode the train and skyride a few times today. Did I say it was pretty cold?

-Ferris Wheel was great too! It is bitter cold up there!

-We went through the Boekling Estate (old admin building). They did it up really nice! I didn't see a whole lot, due to me clinging to Jeff for dear life and hiding behind him.

-The Happy Jacks Toy Factory was AMAZING! They really did a nice job in the house. So good that it is permanently housed in the Disastor Transport building. It was really decked out and the guys in the haunt were good! They scared the crap out of me. They found that if I saw them at first they didn't scare me but got behind me and got me to jump five feet while yelling. The ending was really creepy and welllllllll weird.

-Rode Disaster Transport. What can I say about it? Uhhhh it's still there. Nothing special to report.

-Rode Demon Drop twice today! Gonna miss her! What a great drop ride. What a sucky transition! LOL

Most of the lines were short all day. Maverick got about a 35 minute wait in the evening, but it was well worth it! We took some pictures for you all to enjoy. Thanks for reading! ]]> Trip Reports and Travel Tips Katie http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/trip-reports-travel-tips-48/57942-closing-day-cp-highlights.html http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/trip-reports-travel-tips-48/57826-puyallup-coaster-rebuild-2009-a.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:54:42 GMT I've been following the rebuild of the Puyallup coaster since demotion of the coaster's middle section's southern tip started in April 2009. Anyone interested feel free to check out the photos (and article) I wrote and placed put on my web site.

John P. Hinde (who also rebuilt Swamp Fox) is in charge of the remodel and has graciously been giving me photos of the project as it progresses. In the near future I will be going back down the fairgrounds to get another CD of photos he took from the next phase of demotion that started shortly after the 2009 September fair.

By the looks of everything, the coaster's rebuild will probably be completed in time for the September fair in 2012. It sure is an interesting process to see up close. And I feel like I'm getting a closer bond with the coaster learning more about it.

Here is the link to the page about the Rebuild:

Puyallup Project Rebuild (Apriil-May, 2009)

Here is a link to the page of this last September fair:
September Fair 2009

[Note: I just went down to the fairgrounds today (Nov 1, 2009) and was given more photo CDs from phase two of the construction. The new wood looks awesome! And Mr Hinde has built a nice walkway underneath the coaster structure. This is the second demolition which involves the northern part of the middle section (the other half). The actual construction will take place between now and when the Spring Fair starts in April. Looking forward to when the entire coaster is completed!]

Keep checking back for updates and new photos of this project. It might take me a while before the next update since I have two full CDs of tons of photos to sort through and edit in Photoshop before I can add them to my web site's album. But keep checking back anyway. I plan on documenting this entire project!

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

Lisa Z
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