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2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« on: Feb 7, 2010, 08:17 »
Since I go a lot of places every year I figured it would be easiest to post my PTRs in one thread for easier "finding" -- so here are my escapades from 2010.  Enjoy

2010 PHOTO TRIP REPORTS

JANUARY
01.23 | Mall of America / Flying Dutchman Ghostly Gangplank Rope Course
01.23 | Nickelodeon Universe
01.24 | IKEA at Mall of America

MARCH
03.13 | Cirque du Soleil's ALEGRÍA (Cedar Rapids)
03.19 | Silver Dollar City (Opening Day)
03.31 | Worlds of Fun (Off-Season Tour)

APRIL
04.03 | Six Flags St. Louis (Opening Day)
04.10 | Silver Dollar City (World Fest)
04.17 | Worlds of Fun (Opening Day)

MAY
05.01 | Silver Dollar City's 50th Anniversary
05.15 | Valleyfair! (Opening Day)
05.15 | Nickelodeon Universe
05.22 | Adventureland

JUNE
06.02 | Frontier City
06.04 | Worlds of Fun
06.04 | Worlds of Fun's Snoopy's Hot Summer Lights Media Event
06.20 | Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (ft. Kroger)
06.21 | Boomerang Bay at California's Great America
06.21 | California's Great America
06.21 | Winchester Mystery House
06.22 | Gilroy Gardens
06.22 | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
06.23 | Alcatraz
06.23 | Fisherman's Wharf
06.23 | Musee Mecanique
06.23 | Golden Gate Bridge
06.23 | San Francisco
06.23 | AT&T Park (Home of the San Francisco Giants)
06.30 | Hurricane Harbor St. Louis
06.30 | Six Flags St. Louis

JULY
07.01 | St. Louis Zoo
07.01 | Turtle Park
07.01 | Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour
07.01 | Gateway Arch
07.01 | Busch Stadium (Home of the St. Louis Cardinals)
07.06 | Hurricane Harbor Chicago
07.06 | Six Flags Great America
07.07 | Noah's Ark Waterpark
07.09 | American Gothic House
07.22 | NEMO Fair
07.25 | Wild Woody Go-Cart Track
07.26 | Crystal Falls Waterpark
07.26 | Magic Springs
07.27 | Silver Dollar City (Kidsfest)

AUGUST
08.08 | Worlds of Fun 2011 Announcement
08.10 | Carowinds
08.10 | Boomerang Bay  at Carowinds
08.11 | Busch Gardens Williamsburg
08.12 | Kings Dominion
08.12 | Six Flags America
08.12 | Hurricane Harbor D.C.
08.14 | Worlds of Fun's Coaster Mayhem

OCTOBER
10.20 | Silver Dollar City (Harvest Fest)
10.28 | Islands of Adventure
10.31 | Worlds of Fun (HAUNT)

NOVEMBER
11.19 | GAPbin 2010
11.20 | ACE’s Smoky Mountain Coasterfest at Dollywood

DECEMBER
12.04 | ACE's Coaster Christmas at Silver Dollar City
12.21 | TITANIC Museum
12.21 | Branson Landing
12.22 | Silver Dollar City (An Old Time Christmas)
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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #1 on: Feb 7, 2010, 08:17 »
MALL OF AMERICA
Flying Dutchman Ghostly Gangplank Rope Course -- Photo Trip Report


January 23rd, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "GET THE HECK OUT OF THE COLD MIDWEST" UPDATE





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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #2 on: Feb 7, 2010, 08:18 »
NICKELODEON UNIVERSE
Mall of America -- Photo Trip Report


January 23rd, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "Riding Rolley Rides in the Winter" UPDATE







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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #3 on: Feb 7, 2010, 08:18 »
IKEA MEGASTORE
Mall of America -- Photo Trip Report


January 24th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "OMG this place is AWESOME" UPDATE





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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #4 on: Mar 20, 2010, 07:46 »
SILVER DOLLAR CITY
Opening Weekend Photo Trip Report


March 19th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "LET'S CELEBRATE!" UPDATE



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Re: 2010 Swoosh & Missy PTR Thread
« Reply #5 on: Mar 21, 2010, 08:44 »
Happy to see the new Puppy at FITH. Whats it's name? Boy or Girl? HaHa!

The thing about the crank tiring your arm out quickly was my only complaint about the one at SFGam!
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Re: 2010 Swoosh & Missy PTR Thread
« Reply #6 on: Mar 21, 2010, 09:50 »
On a scale of 1-10 how soaked does this ride get you? 10 being every part of your body is soaked in water.
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Re: 2010 Swoosh & Missy PTR Thread
« Reply #7 on: Mar 21, 2010, 10:00 »
^Probably an 8.  I could see however in the warmer months that it might be a 10 though as they have the ability to make the water pressure higher or lower depending on how warm it is.

Tony, I don't know what the puppy's name is.  Jess was not in the station at the time we rode and everybody else working seemed off in their own little world when I asked.  Whatever - I'll find out and get back to you.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh & Missy PTR Thread
« Reply #8 on: Mar 21, 2010, 01:33 »
Sweet Thanks! I was going to try and make it out there again this year before we found out we were expecting. I will probably have to put that off for next year.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh & Missy PTR Thread
« Reply #9 on: Mar 21, 2010, 06:29 »
Fun update!
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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #10 on: Apr 5, 2010, 01:03 »
SIX FLAGS ST. LOUIS
Opening Weekend Photo Trip Report


April 3rd, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "MORE FLAGS MORE FUN!" UPDATE





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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #11 on: Apr 5, 2010, 05:58 »
Nice to see Ninja get paint!

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #12 on: Apr 16, 2010, 09:22 »
SILVER DOLLAR CITY
WORLD FEST Photo Trip Report


April 11th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "Got the Whole World in Our Park!" UPDATE







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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #13 on: Apr 17, 2010, 06:10 »
Jazz is a neat name!

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #14 on: Apr 17, 2010, 09:11 »
She's really sweet too.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #15 on: Apr 18, 2010, 06:15 »
Awesome!

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #16 on: Apr 18, 2010, 01:10 »
WORLDS OF FUN
OPENING DAY Photo Trip Report


April 17th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:  the "It's Going to be WORLDS OF FUN!" UPDATE






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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #17 on: Apr 18, 2010, 07:20 »
#1 Did Mamba get some new paint?
#2 New Patriot Fence looks ugly and stupid!
#3 When are you going to Adventureland?

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #18 on: Apr 18, 2010, 07:54 »
1. MAMBA got some new paint last year (2009 off season) in the final turn around the helix since they replaced some track there.

2. I agree and was rather "OMG" when I saw it.  Sad the park has to protect patrons from themselves.

3. The plan is to go next Saturday.  Want to meet up? (it's their opening weekend)

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #19 on: Apr 19, 2010, 07:06 »
Might have to meet up. Lets play it by ear. See whats going on here.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #20 on: Apr 19, 2010, 07:47 »
Works for me.  I'm planning on making a day of it... might even go for a Season Pass for this year, haven't decided yet.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2010, 07:30 »
SILVER DOLLAR CITY
50th ANNIVERSARY PARTY WEEKEND
Photo Trip Report


May 1st, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the "TAKE TIME TO CELEBRATE" UPDATE


399th Army Band from Ft. Leonard Wood.


Wildfire


Echo Hollow - site of the Birthday Party


The Haygoods performing at the Birthday Party


Me in front of the Birthday Cake
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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2010, 08:08 »
VALLEYFAIR!
Opening Day
Photo Trip Report


May 15th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:  the OPENING DAY PTR








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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread (VF now posted)
« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2010, 06:05 »
Would like to make it back up to Valleyfair! this year!

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #24 on: May 24, 2010, 04:07 »
NICKELODEON UNIVERSE
Mall of America
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May 15th, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the FAIL at Riding Brain Surge PTR





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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread
« Reply #25 on: May 24, 2010, 04:16 »
ADVENTURELAND
Photo Trip Report


May 22nd, 2010

FULL UPDATE:   the You're Gonna Find it at Adventureland PTR







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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread (VF now posted)
« Reply #26 on: May 24, 2010, 04:23 »
Splash Over was made by Moser. So was Sidewinder. :)
I hadn't seen main street photos post-fire. Also didn't know about the onride photo on Tornado. I never even noticed that Adventureland didn't have onride photos and I worked there, hahaha.
...and the clocks were striking thirteen.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread (Adventureland now posted)
« Reply #27 on: May 24, 2010, 06:22 »
Well the Log Flume has had one for quite awhile, but Tornado has never had one before this season.

Yeah the post-fire photos of Main Street are a little surreal.

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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread (Frontier City now posted)
« Reply #28 on: Jun 3, 2010, 10:09 »
FRONTIER CITY
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June 2nd, 2010

FULL UPDATE:  the WILD WILD WEST (park) PTR








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Re: 2010 Swoosh PTR Thread (Frontier City now posted)
« Reply #29 on: Jun 4, 2010, 08:16 »
You pretty much solidified for me that all of the PARC parks are the same.  This one seems a little better themed than Elitch, but with the same old coasters and broken down rides.  Won't make any plans to visit there except as a side trip to/from Dallas.