Tag: roller coasters
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June 30, 2009 05:07 PM EDT --
Let me start by telling you that I love roller coasters, for many reasons. I've always loved them. I love that sheer terror of being at the top of a steep incline, sure that I'm going to plummet to my . . .
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October 27, 2009 10:28 PM EDT --
Having spent an inordinately long time documenting my coaster travels to Germany and other locations in 2006, I now soldier on to describe another international trip I took--this one a week spent in Britain, . . .
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April 08, 2007 06:23 AM EDT --
I am an Amusement Park junkie, and often use vacation time to visit a specific park. Busch Gardens in Williamsburg,Virginia happens to be one of my all-time favorites, having once lived very close to it. . . .
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August 16, 2006 11:25 PM EDT --
I have returned from our annual trip to camp and ride roller coasters.
We go to an old amusement park in Pennsylvania where you camp and there is an quaint old amusement park with a couple of wooden roller . . .
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January 29, 2007 06:37 PM EST --
Okay, it's not Cedar Point, but Dollywood, located in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., is gaining popularity with roller coaster fans. Mystery Mine is a $17.5 million steel coaster that will be officially open . . .
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May 14, 2008 12:59 PM EDT --
Waldameer Park in Erie, PA is adding a new wood coaster this year. They just released a point of view video of it, which you can see here . I'm very excited. This promises to be . . .
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January 25, 2009 11:34 PM EST --
I am a roller coaster enthusiast who enjoys a high quality of ride, but there's something to be said for quantity too. At times I just want to go to a park and have a laid back time, taking . . .
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March 18, 2009 10:08 PM EDT --
I am fascinated by amusement parks. I to ride the rides, but I'm as interested in history. Therefore it is a particular privilege to be able to ride a historical ride. Older rides . . .
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November 05, 2009 10:21 PM EST --
In the past decade I have traveled several times to Europe to ride roller coasters there. (I would love to extend my reach to other continents, but to date there has been plenty to attract me to . . .
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September 16, 2007 01:26 PM EDT --
(from e-mail)
New Ohio Roller Coaster
Pretty Scary, huh?
I think this last pic. says it all..
yep..'nuf . . .
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June 08, 2007 09:41 AM EDT --
Thought being that its Friday, would lighten up with a simple question. Have you ever taken a ride on a Roller Coaster. Why or why not? And what was your favorite Coaster?
I'll . . .
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May 08, 2008 09:55 PM EDT --
Slowly over time, in my own plodding and methodical way, I've been recounting my experiences riding roller coasters during the summer of 2006. As out of date as I am, I have finally come to what . . .
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June 04, 2008 09:38 PM EDT --
This is the second article in a series about my trip to Europe in 2006 for Oktoberfest. For the previous installment, see here .
I often find myself too wired after my first day on a long trip, . . .
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September 30, 2009 07:31 PM EDT --
This is the penultimate post in my long-running series about my trip to Oktoberfest in 2006. Here are links to the previous installments.
Okcoasterfest 2006 part 1, getting there
Okcoasterfest . . .
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May 30, 2009 08:15 PM EDT --
I had the opportunity to ride Sea World Orlando's new roller coaster, Manta, on Friday. Here are a few photos of it for those of you who love roller coasters, as I do...
Notice the spiral in this . . .
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June 20, 2009 03:21 PM EDT --
I've been on about three only because I was talked into it Not my thing! I can't understand the thrill some people get out of getting scared half to death, or getting sick , not to mention the possibility . . .
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April 11, 2007 03:51 AM EDT --
Located just north of Richmond, Virginia is an amusement park that I'm told was 'the bomb' at one time. There is no indication of that now. Entering the parking lot of Paramount's Kings . . .
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April 24, 2007 12:13 AM EDT --
Over the years, I've visited many different Amusement Parks in general, and most of the Six Flags locations specifically... Six Flags over Texas in the Dallas/Ft Worth area is one of their best. We . . .
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June 19, 2007 08:53 PM EDT --
I'm temporarily interrupting my very infrequent recounting of my 2006 roller coaster adventures for something more recent. This past Memorial Day weekend some friends and I visited Coney Island. . . .
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May 19, 2009 09:22 PM EDT --
At the turn of the twentieth century, many municipalities were adorned with spectacular amusement parks.
Cincinnati was a bustling center of commerce, prospering from the vast amount of . . .
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