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Johnny Upsidedown · #1 11-20-2004, 08:04 PM

Hi everybody.
Just thought I would offer up a post in the show off your site thread.
Some of you may have been to my site if not please stop by. My website is a collection of all my roller coaster interests which include coaster events, travels, park memoribilia, and around 2700 photos as my site is around 180 pages and close to 150 megs. I have had the site up about 4 years. If your new to my site stop by the welcome page. Otherwise check it out if you like. [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/[/url]
Thanks for stopping by.
Johnny

Montu Man · #2 12-31-2004, 07:35 PM

I really like you site, as it has lots of everything. Showing off the on-ride photos was a good idea, and I really like those.

Johnny Upsidedown · #3 12-03-2005, 09:34 PM

Wow what a great year its been. I havent added onto this tread as most of my updates have been trip reports or construction photos but over the next few months I will be posting offen to this tread. I currently am in the process of adding on to my exsiting roller coaster photo collection. I recently purchased a negative scanner and will be rescaning all my 2004 and older photos. So over the next couple months I will be updated various pages and will post it up in this tread for those interested. I also will be adding alot of new older photos from various trips over the last 7 years that arent on mysite now..

So here we go with the first of many updates.
The awesome part about taking photos is seeing your name in print.
I have add a new section into my site, Published. Over the last year there have been many magazine and other media that have used my photos. Still have couple more things to add to this page. I have scanned all the pages from various magazines that my photos are in print. I have also been honored with one of my photos being used on the Florida Coaster Clubs new 2006 Tshirts.
So for those that would like to take a look at some of my photos that are in print go here [url]www.johnnyupsidedown.com/publish.html[/url] and check back to this tread over the next few months for updates.
Enjoy.

Johnny Upsidedown · #4 12-11-2005, 07:39 PM

Okay
Another update. I have added a new page in my Events 1999 section. I dug up my old photos of Six Flags Astroworld and added them on to an existing page. Some photos are from 1999 the day of the event and the other 21 photos are from the mid 1990's I think 1997 not sure though. Anyway some photos of Ultra Twister, Cyclone, Viper, XLR8, Excalibur and Serial Thriller and Texas Tornado. Go here to see the photos [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventFST2.html[/url]
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #5 12-13-2005, 07:38 PM

Another page updated.
Added photos from around 1997 to one of my Six Flags Over Georgia pages. The scanner is working out pretty good for scaning some old negatives. Anyway some new old photos of Cyclone, Viper, Ninja, Mindbender and a couple of the Scorcher that are not scans from negatives. Photos can be seen here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFG.html[/url] Wish digital cameras were around back then or at least good quality low priced ones.
Enjoy.

Johnny Upsidedown · #6 12-16-2005, 08:42 PM

Another updated page to view.
Added 15 more photos to my Cedar Point page from Coaster Mania in 2000. Slowly adding onto mysite of alot of photos that I have but never had the space to put them on my website. Since switching hosts last January I have finally been able to go back and add on to my site after rebuilding the site over the past year. FUN FUN FUN. Anyway lots of new older photos of Cedar Point from 2000 go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventCP.html[/url] Photos added are some of Raptor, Iron Dragon, Corkscrew, Gemini, Mantis, Wildcat and the MF ones were the only ones on the page before so a nice improvement.
Enjoy.

Johnny Upsidedown · #7 12-17-2005, 07:21 PM

Another update.
This time I have update another page with new older photos from Sea World Texas in 1999 and Six Flags Feista Texas 1999. Added 15 photos to the existing photo layout. Newly update page is [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventFST.html[/url]
Back to work.
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #8 12-18-2005, 07:46 PM

More photos added.
Photos from the former Six Flags World of Adventure taken in 2000. The year of the 3 new additions. Anyway for photos of Batman, Villian, Superman and others go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFO.html[/url]

sfft_2108 · #9 12-18-2005, 07:53 PM

Ok. I guess I will check it out... After you numerous updates. I am just really interested in the Sea World and SFFT addition.

Johnny Upsidedown · #10 12-25-2005, 09:28 AM

Thanks for stopping and looking.
Lots more photos have been added to my site over the last week as I have been buisy rescanning photos and adding to the existing pages.

New photos from my most recent Patriot construction tour at Worlds of Fun go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006p2.html[/url] photos from 12-21-05

From my New for 2001 section I added more of my Titan construction photos and my one photo of early HypersonicXLC construction go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2001.html[/url]

From my events 2000 section I have added all new photos from an event at Paramounts Kings Island [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventPKI.html[/url] which this page only had King Cobra photos on it. Added photos of Top Gun, Votex and Racers.

From my events 2000 section I have added all new photos from an event at Paramounts Kings Dominion [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventPKD.html[/url] which this page only had photos of the volcano. Added photos of Anaconda and Shock Wave. So lots of new photos to look at.
More updates in the coming weeks as I rebuild my site and add lots of photos.

Also Merry Christmas to those that celibrate it and Happy Holidays to all.
Hope everybody has a great new year.
Johnny

Johnny Upsidedown · #11 12-31-2005, 09:28 PM

Happy New Year everybody.
More photos are up on mysite as I continue to rebuild pages from my past coaster travels.
More photos have been added to two more pages which include photos form Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Hershey, Dorney and Williams Grove Park from 2000 and 2001 trips.
[url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBGW.html[/url]
[url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventHWD.html[/url]
Enjoy!!!

medieval · #12 12-31-2005, 11:47 PM

Happy New Year to you to.
Nice pics ya got there. I like Cyclones lift :p

Johnny Upsidedown · #13 01-08-2006, 11:53 PM

Thaks Medieval I love that pic of cyclones lift myself. You cant believe you are going to ride up it.

Updates over the last week or so as I have been very buisy rebuilding pages. Mosly all pages in the Events section are completed [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/events.html[/url] all years from 1999 to present. Most notible additions other then a few photos added to pages here and there are.
Extra stuff added to the following pages.
Iaapa from 2003 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventIAAPA2.html[/url]
Iaapa from 2002 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventIAAPA1.html[/url]
More Scream Construction photos from 2003 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2003.html[/url]
SFOG filming 2002 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFG3.html[/url]
And major additions to ACE Con in Cali lots of new photos from the event [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventMAN.html[/url]
Thats it on the rebuild of all the events pages. Alot of pages recieved a couple photos but to many to list. Thanks to all who drop by for a look.
Johnny.

Johnny Upsidedown · #14 01-15-2006, 12:10 AM

More stuff updated on mysite.
Added two more pages to my site.
A page from the now closed Nashville Valley Amusement Park in TN. from 2003 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventNV.html[/url] .
A page from a visit to Santa Monica Pier back in 2002 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSP.html[/url]
More updates to come as I continue to add to my photo collection.
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #15 01-24-2006, 11:38 PM

Hey everybody,
Been very buisy adding more photos to my site. Lots of new photos have been added to alot of my events and trip pages as I continue to rebuild and add to my website.
To many updates to list so just go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/additions2006.html[/url]
J.
I should have some Everest photos friday as I will be riding Expedition Everest this weekend for the annual pass preveiw. IT looks interesting by the videos I have seen.

***Chip*** · #16 01-25-2006, 02:38 AM

Do you use a film camera?

Johnny Upsidedown · #17 01-25-2006, 06:35 PM

Hey Chip
I used a film camera up until around February of 2004. So everything from 1999 to February 2004 was a Kodak point and shoot. I allways used 400 speed Gold Kodak film.
In February of 2004 I switched to a HP 735 simple point and shoot Digital 3.1 megpixel. Then in January of 2005 I switched to an HP 850 and this camera is just amazing its the one I use for all my photos. .
So thats it on cameras.

Johnny Upsidedown · #18 02-07-2006, 09:16 PM

Few more updates to view. Most have seen but figured I would add on to the tread.
Couple of new pages from recent trips and events.
I went to the Everest Sneak a Peak at WDW 1-26-06 [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventWDW1.html[/url] .
This last weekend attended the Florida Coaster Club Winter Safari event [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBGT12.html[/url]

And the latest addition to my site is a newspaper article in which I and my website are mentioned along with one of my photos is used all though its a small photo still really cool none the less. Go here and the newspaper article is on the bottom of the page [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/publish.html[/url]
In the next few days I will be adding another set of scans from the most recent addition of First Drop a magazine produced by the European Coaster Club in which about 7 of my photos are in publish.
Anyway thats about it as I am still working on my site as I tweak more pages and add more photos. (I may be able to get up to Atlanta for some Goliath photos in the next week or two. maybe.)
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #19 03-26-2006, 10:46 AM

More updates over the last month as my site continues to grow.
Lots of new photos from several trips and events that I attended in the last few weeks.
First went out to California for Winter Coaster Solace at Knottsberry Farms [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventKBF2.html[/url]
Followed by West Coast Bash event at Six Flags Magic Mountain [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventMAN2.html[/url]
along with some construction photos of Tatsu [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006t.html[/url]
Then came a trip out to Holiday World for Voyage construction photo tour [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventHW1.html[/url] with lots more Voyage photos here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006v.html[/url]
Followed by a construction tour of Kentucky Rumbler at Beech Bend Park [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBB1.html[/url] with lots more Rumbler photos here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006r.html[/url]
And later this week I will have tons of Six Flags Over Georgia photos as I will be doing photos this thursday 3-30-06 cant wait.
Lots more stuff coming soon as I have more trip reports and photos from California and other adventures.
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #20 04-01-2006, 06:38 PM

Wow what a great few more weeks it has been.
Okay finally had time to put up a trip report from some of the small parks I visited on my trip to California. Go here for photos from Scandia, Castle, and Pacific Park [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventCSP.html[/url] .
And
Just last thursday had the preveldge of attending the Goliath Media Day activities at Six Flags Over Georgia. There are 3 pages involved with the event. One page is from a special morning B-roll filming on Goliath that occured before the media rides [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFG8.html[/url] .
And
The Media Day activities from the announcement and a pic of Mr B of B&M [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFG9.html[/url] .
And both page contain links to the bulk of the Media day photos are here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006g1.html[/url]

And last bit of news I will be out a Worlds of Fun for some Patriot stuff on April 6th, 2006 so look for a large update on the 6th in the evening.
Enjoy the photos as allways.
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #21 04-09-2006, 12:16 AM

Another fantastic week has passed. Well the big update this week is Patiot Media Day photos. I was invited out to Worlds of Fun for the Media Preview of the new ride. I have add 2 new pages to my site from the media day event. This page has a write up of the events, a few photos of Patriot, a photo of a glass sovigner given to attendes and my onride photo on Patriot go here [url]http://johnnyupsidedown.com/eventWOF.html[/url] and the bulk of the Media Day photos showing lots of photos of Patriot are here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006p3.html[/url]
J>

Johnny Upsidedown · #22 05-20-2006, 08:50 PM

Lets see whats new around mysite.
Its been another couple incredible weeks. Lots of new updates most have seen but here are some links to new stuff around my site.
First up are photos of the Kentucky Rumbler and other rides at Beech Bend Park from Media Day on 5-5-06. Go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBB2.html[/url] and lots more of the Rumbler photos go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006r1.html[/url]
Next up the following day I bid on and won a seat on the Voyage auction. Bid for $202.50 got an incredible hour of rerides before park opened to the public it was an awesome day and a good charity to boot. Go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventHW2.html[/url] and more Voyage photos are here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006v1.html[/url] and
[url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2006v.html[/url]
Also some new scans from magazines that some of my photos have been used in and a newspaper article interview with me. Go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/publish.html[/url]
Thats about it for now. Probably going to hit an event in June up in Georgia and maybe do some photos from Carowinds and Myrtle Beach just depends. Anyway thats about it for updates so stop by if you like and check out lots of cool photos.
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #23 06-25-2006, 12:45 AM

Okay
Not much to report for this update. I had some trips planned for this month but somethings fell through. Oh Well.
Anyway
Recent stuff thats new on the site. Most have seen my recent photos from SFOG with the ECC. [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventSFG11.html[/url]
Other news. I am officially a writer as I have been published of coarse with more of my photos being published.. The ECC decide to publish a small write up I (with alot of help from an Editor) did about Patriot at WOF and can be found here where all my other published photos and stuff are [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/publish.html[/url] .
Or here is the scan of the article [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/publish/ecc25a.jpg[/url]

Pretty cool stuff.
Anyway things will be quite for a while as I dont see much activities until some stuff I will be doing in July, August.
Enjoy

Johnny Upsidedown · #24 10-17-2006, 11:14 PM

Been pretty buisy for a while.
Whats new. The latest is I am redoing my site. I have decided to change the layout for a larger resolusion. Added a new title and some other changes. The site redo will happen over the next several months as I rebuild each page.
Anyway whats new around the site.
In late august I made a trip up to Knoebels in PA for some photos of Flying turns. [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventKB.html[/url] and my construction photos can be seen here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2007ft.html[/url]
In september I hit Cedar Point and Geuaga Lake for an event with the Great Ohio Coaster Club. [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventCP2.html[/url] and here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventGL.html[/url]
Also had a little time for a short trip over to Kennywood for a few rides on Phantoms Revenge. [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventKW.html[/url]
And while at Cedar Point I did a bunch of photos of Maverick construction [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2007mv.html[/url]
Lets see what else is new around the site. I also had the oppertunity to attend the Last to Ride at Myrtle Beach Pavilion [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventMB.html[/url]
And a short trip to Family Kingdom also in Myrtle Beach [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventMB1.html[/url]
So lots of new stuff since my last update.

Look for some Griffon photos this weekend and maybe some Mystry Mine photos in November.

Johnny Upsidedown · #25 01-19-2007, 06:16 PM

Lets see what have we been up to since my last update.
Well the site upgrade is done. Along with a larger resolution and new graphics I added lots of older photos to my collection, there are to many to list but alot of pages received extra photos. Still have some stuff to add to some of the older pages but pretty much the site will stay as it is.
Lets start with Griffon construction photos from October and from lat December which can be seen here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2007gf.html[/url]
Next up I attended an event with ACE at Paramounts Kings Dominion. Fun event, not very crowded and got some photos they are here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventPKD1.html[/url]
Then of course we rounded out the year on a sad not with this page [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBGT13.html[/url]
Lets see another addition to the site is the Starliner section which will be where my collection of reconstruction photos will be and can be seen here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/starliner.html[/url]

I also have one other thing to add. As most have figured I do alot of photography. Over the years I have gained a large collection of photos of other stuff not related to Amusemnt Parks. Trough out the 1990's I shot alot of film of nature related stuff. Anyway go here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.net/[/url] I have only a small amount of stuff in the new site but give it some time I have about 1000 photos to pick through and scan. Plus I will have some new stuff as in new trips this year.
Thats about it for now. Things in the near future, I will be doing some photos of the coaster at Kemah Boardwalk at the end of the month and will have some photos of BGT in February hopefully of the freshly painted Montu if its getting it paint job this year,..

***Chip*** · #26 01-20-2007, 07:34 PM

Too bad there aren't any recent pictures of Griffon. I really want to see the progress of it.

I'm glad I rode Python. It was an OK ride, but I always feel special when a ride I've ridden is being removed for good.

Johnny Upsidedown · #27 02-01-2007, 06:47 PM

Sorry to disappoint you Chip, guess you just had to wait a couple weeks longer - here ya go. Anyway if you missed them I have some new construction photos that have been added of Griffon taken 1-31-07!!! Courtesy of Speed4Us [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/new2007gf.html[/url] .
J.

Johnny Upsidedown · #28 04-28-2007, 07:34 PM

Lets see what is new around my site.
Over the last few weeks I have been following the reconstruction of the Starliner at Cypress Gardens, which has been a real cool experience being able to watch as they build a coaster. Photos are here [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/starliner.html[/url]
Next up I went up to Dollywood for the EBAY auction and lots of photos of the Mystery Mine. Great ride and cool to meet Dolly, [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventDLW1.html[/url]
Then last week was invited out for the unveiling of the first Sheikra train which was pretty cool, [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/eventBGT15.html[/url]
Now for the last thing, sorry but I have to brag a bit here.
Finally found the latest copy of a book that well I will let you see for yourself. Look at the back cover, looks alot like this [url]http://www.johnnyupsidedown.com/sheikra/sh421a.jpg[/url]
Its pretty cool, I think there is also a photo inside but havnt got my copy yet.
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Above photo courtesy of Barnes and Nobles,

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