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Old 12-31-2002, 03:33 AM
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The Amazing Orlando Trip!

I went to orlando, first time, to go down to Islands of Adventure, Universal, Seaworld, and Tampa's Busch Gardens ...

I already prepared myself for HUGE lines and that i wont ride all i want, as many times as i want. I baught a 2 park 5 day flex ticket to IOA and Universal, and 1 ticket to Seaworld, and Busch Gardens.

I arrived on 22, at bout 3, and of course rushed to get at least couple of rides.

At bout 3:30 i got to IOA, and went to hulk ... 20 minute wait in regular line, cuz i was stupid enough not to notice single rider. Then bout 5 more rides in 1 HOUR! WHOA I WAS AMAZED. After that i went further down the superhero island, and went to Dr. Doom's tower, and no offenence but that ride SUCKS, the only way you could make it gayer, is paint it pink! SFOG's Acrophobia can beat the **** out of it. I skipped spiderman since it was 65 minutes wait time, and went skipped the water rides, and went to dueling dragons. That coaster is ****ing awsome, i like ice better though, becuase of the cobra and zero g roll, but fire is tyte too. They had the Re-Entry fof the Dragons sign up, so i rode each dragon 5 times. I decided not to go further to Suess' landing, and went back to spiderman, and man THAT RIDE IS AMAZING! I rode once, and it broke down for bout 5 mins, and they let us ride again. The ride really surprised it, and id say it was more thrilling than Dr. Doom. THen i got back to Hulk and rode it 4 more times ... amazing in the dark, and then the park closed.

The next day was the Universal day. Again thinking that yesterday was an accident, expected long lines, so as soon as we arrived at the openning, we rushed to twister ... AMAZING EXPERIENCE! After that Earthquake - pretty tyte too, and i got to be one of the valounteers for their little show there. The ride was pretty damn tyte. Then we went to jaws ... pretty fun. Then next i went to MIB. Pretty cool ride, rode it bout 15 times with top score 199,225 ... which is pretty damn good After that - Back to the future - pretty good ride too. THen turminator. After that i got tired of the stupid show-rides, and being a coasterphreak returned to IOA. Amazingly anough, yesterday's deja vu with crowds. Rode hulk 10 times, then went to the dragons, dinosaur encounter, and dueling dragons 7 times each dragon. Then i came back to Spiderman, and rode it again ... and guess what, it broke down again, at almost same time as the day before, but this time we were stuck for like 30 mins, and they let us out and gave us front of the line passes. So after that i went to Dr. Dooms (didnt use the pass, one the occasion of NO LINE) and back to Hulk - 5 times. Then i left the park and went to City Walk.

Next day i went to Seaworld. It was kinda chilly so i didnt feel like riding the water coaster, and went to Kraken. DAMN NO LINE AT ALL. They only let us ride 2 times in a row, after that we had to walk the ramp, so i rode it bout 10 times. THen i rode the watercoaster, don remember the name, but a pretty good ride. THen 5 more on Kraken. Water coaster again, and then kraken for the last 5 times. Then i went to eat their ****ty "itallian" pizza, but the fries were pretty good. After that i left, went back to IOA. LOVE THAT PARK, the themeing is just outstanding. I decided to go on the water rides, since i didnt see the warm weather on the horizon anyways, so i baught the raincoat. The peopye rides were pretty tyte, but man the Adventure River (jurassic park) IS AMAZING! All the themeing, and that AWSOME DROP in the end ... best ride of its kind i ever ridden. Then i went to see the Poseidon Temple, and its so amazing. Especially the final scene, and the "openning in the ocean" water tunnel. Then i went to ride DD, 5 times each dragon, and went to ride hulk, 7 times.

Next day - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Arrived at the openning, and kinda wondered to Kumba, since there werent much people there. Rode Kumba 6 times ... pretty awsome coaster, needs a paint job though. But still, i loved it. Then Python ... damn that is the worst coaster i ever ridden ... not only it SUCKS, but it also hurts your back, really pissed me off. THen i went to eat. After that i went to kumba for 5 more times, didnt feel like doing water rides cuz it was like 50 degrees. I went to Scorpion after that, alright coaster but at least doesnt hurt your back! After that of course ... Montu. OMG I LOVED IT SO MUCH, DEFINETLY MY NUMBA ONE! LONG, EXCITING, OUTSTANDING! RODE IT 10 TIMES A lil weak on the G's though. After that i went to Gwazi, 2 times tiger, 2 times lion ... not a fan of woodies, and plus they didnt synchronize it, so it was kinda gay. Then i came back for montu, 5 more times. Then i had to go, with the concluson of greatest wait time being 15 mins on Montu, since it broke down twice. Then Back to IOA. Rode hulk 8 more times, and 4 times each dragon.

Last day. IOA 9 rides on hulk, 4 times each dragon, and went home, tired, sore, but HAPPY AS HELL

Conclusion.
New favorite Coaster - Montu
Favorite Invert - Montu
Favorite Sitdown - Hulk
Favorite and only Floorless - Kraken
Favorite Dueler - DD
Favorite Park - IOA

Longest wait time on rides - 25 minutes for Spiderman...

All i got to say, is thanks to our great president, and his lil Iraq conflict, i had a great trip. Maybe ill start to like him. (people blame him for a decrease in tourists in orlando this year)
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Old 12-31-2002, 03:35 AM
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Btw, my favorite inversion havent changed, nothing can beat the good old Pretzel Loop on our Superman! But i got to say, that the most lateral, nasty, nauseous inversion on any coaster is the zero-g roll - I LOVE IT! Thank god i dont get sick on coasters!
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Old 12-31-2002, 04:20 PM
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sum off how many rides you got on each coaster, total.
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Old 12-31-2002, 04:23 PM
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lol, i lost the count, the only one i remember for sure is 20 rides on Kraken, definetly 1 on Python, and 1 on Scorpion
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