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Re: Travel Websites....

sussk...@sssssssssgmail.ssssssssscom (Keith Hopkins) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:32:19 UT

"Take a kayak!" -- Celine Dion

Re: Travel Websites....

coaster...@yahoo.com (CoasterKev!) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:01:17 UT

Re: Millennium Force review

jkthompso...@gmail.com (Jeremy) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:34:33 UT

On Jan 7, 12:21 am, "Dave Althoff, Jr."
Crap, I even remember before I started that I was going to try not to
forget that the actual new millennium began on Jan 1st, 2001. Guess I
forgot pretty quickly. Well, I think most of my usage within the
article can be defended somewhat by noting that I was referring to the

Re: Millennium Force review

dalloff.gcfn....@sbcglobal.net (Dave Althoff, Jr.) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:21:00 UT

At least he remembered to spell 'millennium' with two n's :)
(Jeremy, if you are feeling clueless, go to groups.google.com, go to the
advanced search and look up the following message-ID:
19991203005041.29631.00000...@ ng-fe1.aol.com
Be sure to look at the whole thread. All of it. You might learn

Re: LoCoSuMo Opinions and Comparisons

dalloff.gcfn....@sbcglobal.net (Dave Althoff, Jr.) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:59:15 UT

Not necessarily. The more serious issue is the length of the wheelbase.
Since the Timberliner cars have only single axles, that can be controlled
within some limits by the coupling. And in fact, because the Timberliner
cars are trailered, a 4-car Timberliner might actually be *shorter* than a
2-car LoCoSuMo train because there is no drawbar.

Re: LoCoSuMo Opinions and Comparisons

dalloff.gcfn....@sbcglobal.net (Dave Althoff, Jr.) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:53:31 UT

I don't know if that is quite fair to either LoCoSuMo or to the Gravity
Guys. It's accurate, but I am not entirely sure it is completely fair.
Certainly, the mechanical engineering involved in building the trains for
LoCoSuMo were the impetus for ultimately designing the Splinter/Timberliner
train, and the new design shows corrections for lessons learned in building

Re: LoCoSuMo Opinions and Comparisons

msulli...@ntmllc.com (mamoosh) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:27:29 UT

Aww, man! I expected you to respond with an appropriate zinger or two
my way. You're going soft on me (and you KNOW how I hate that)!!!

SFA to open VERY early this year

steelfo...@aol.com (Steelforce) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:20:32 UT

Just looked at the SFA website and they will open for the 2010 season
on March 27th! and be open for daily operation thru spring break til
april 5th then weekends til May 29th then dail thru the summer. It
also looks like they'll have later hours in july and august til 10pm
sat and sunday nights.
They were running well last year, this year should be a good one too.

Re: Travel Websites....

kirk_ritche...@yahoo.com (kirk_ritchey28@yahoo.com) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:45:55 UT

Flights
I use sidestep also....however if you look at the list of sites they
check you will want to check some of the sites they do not cover like
Southwest, etc. I also crosscheck that site with QIXO.com
Bing.com is a new site tells whether the prices are "expected" to go
up or down.
Cars
I almost always use priceline and bid on a car. Smaller is not bad as

Re: LoCoSuMo Opinions and Comparisons

dj_d...@coasterboys.com (Andrew Brawley) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:39:56 UT

Yeah. A crazy Spanish speaking Japanese coaster.

Re: LoCoSuMo Opinions and Comparisons

steelfo...@aol.com (Steelforce) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:35:59 UT

sounds like a japanese coaster!

Re: Millennium Force review

r...@aol.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:01:24 UT

I've always wondered why they don't add on to these rides. You've got
all that launch velocity burned off on brakes. After a few years they
could add a second half to the ride (remember the fake(?) concept
drawing of TTD with extra track, and Xcelerator's deleted ending
helix?). Sure, it's not "plus one" on their coaster count but if it's

Re: Haunted Coaster or Darkride ??

msulli...@ntmllc.com (mamoosh) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:38:35 UT

LOL Joe.
"I just saw something!"
"Where?"
"Over there!"
Camera pans to nothing.
"Did you hear that?!?"
"Yes!"
Review of all sound records turn up empty.

Re: Haunted Coaster or Darkride ??

j...@joyrides.com (Joe Schwartz) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:31:12 UT

The same way they determine whether anything is haunted: with bullshit.

Re: Haunted Coaster or Darkride ??

bill.buss...@gmail.com (Wolf) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:23:38 UT

news:27848-4B43F16D-3693@storefull-3173.bay.webtv.net...
How would one determine whether or not a dark ride was haunted?