Chadster's Vacation Adventures: Final Edition!

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Re: Chadster's Vacation Adventures: Indiana Beach!

Postby PAL » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:54 pm

^^^Do it!

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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAM!

Postby chadster » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:54 pm

So I was going to head north to the east side but beatle11 talked me into going north to the west side for a visit to Six Flags Great America on May 28th.

I have heard this park can have it's good and bad days and thankfully for me, my second visit to the park was just as good as my first visit last year. This was considered a school day and the park was plagued with school kids, but as any well traveled enthusiast knows, these kids go home early. So I planned accordingly by picking and choosing rides to the left of the main entrance and making the circle. I was able to marathon about anything I wanted on the lower side of the park the first few hours, score! Most of the crowds ran with the bulls to X-Flight while I took a leisurely stroll over to batman.

All in all it was an enjoyable day, even more enjoyable when fellow TPR peeps JoJo and Jeremie showed up around 4:30.

So here we go! And if you want to see all of my taco free photos, clicky.
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Figure I'd change up the front entrance shot a little bit, gotta be different.
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Lunch!
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I don't recall seeing this last time, of course I wasn't looking for it either, but they do have some rather tasty fresh baked donuts and whatnot, a surprise for a Six Flags park. I found most of the teachers could be located in here.
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Please ride me, please ride me...ok, why not. Nothing like solo rides to get your day started.
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They just don't build them like they used to.
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Wow, long lines this morning.
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Yeah, that's right, you guys are headed straight into the bowels of hell, muwahahaha
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No swimming.
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This has to be one of the most photogenic Six Flags parks.
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Even last September when I visited the park was full of color and vibrant so I'm glad to see it's a full time thing.
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Pole riders.
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Hey, there was no moose out front!
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Hi ironic.
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There is no, Life I know, To compare with pure imagination, Living there, You'll be free, If you truly wish to...be
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Who knows that this is used on? Bonus points for who can say what it is.
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Hint
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WARNING! Keep your hands inside the car at all times.
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Your missing traditional X-Flight photos you say? Well fine, here you go.
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They get an A for the theme.
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And a B&M for effort.
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But most importantly they have the cool factor.
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Now showing on TNT. If you thought when Shapiro left the ad wraps would leave too, you thought wrong, very very wrong.
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Enough of that, lets go drop in on Anton
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via a painful experience.
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Anton looks good through the trees.
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Whizzing away
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Anton loves you too.
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"Justin! Justin! I'm your biggest fan! Justin Bieber look here!"
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All of that riding makes me sweat, time to cool off a bit.
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More like a lot. Not Dan approved.
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Speaking of water, lets finish up with some photos from the sky.
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A well placed tower makes all the difference in the world.
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The flags were all down in the water park, no six flags day today.
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On a clear day you can see....for miles!
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You can also look at steel if you prefer
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Fly little bird, fly.
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> Cyclone.
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And as I bring this adventure to an end, I'll take a quick minute to peek down Anton's shirt.

There you have it, that's all folks!

Next week we will play a little game where I will give a way some decent crap. What's the game, well, it's has to deal with cleanliness. Any guesses on what it will be?
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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby Jojo19799 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:15 pm

First off, I want to say that I like the rename of the thread. Second, I'm glad you had a great time at the park - again. I do agree with you about SFGAm being one of the most photogenic parks. It's also one of my favorite SF parks. Glad you had a great day!

I also want to say that yeah maybe some people have bad days at our park, but the person who wrote that had their top ten coasters from Cedar Point.
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Re: Chadster's Vacation Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby sspaz1000 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:16 pm

Someone needs to kidnap me and take me to Chicago. Great update Chad!
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Re: Chadster's Vacation Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby RAWKIN_coaster38 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:32 pm

sspaz1000 wrote:Someone needs to kidnap me and take me to Chicago.

I agree! It looks like a beautiful park with a good variety of coasters. Great TR!

And I too approve of the thread name change! :lol:
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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby ernierocker » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:59 pm

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Taco Robb is pleased with the title change!
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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby QueerRudie » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:05 pm

ernierocker wrote:Image

Taco Robb is pleased with the title change!


Well, there went the last shred of my heterosexuality.

And great update too, Chad. There could always be more Schwarzporn, but that's me.
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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby beatle11 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 7:41 pm

chadster wrote:So I was going to head north to the east side but beatle11 talked me into going north to the west side for a visit to Six Flags Great America on May 28th.


Ha! My persuasiveness knows no bounds!

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I guess all those garbage cans make Cedar Fair parks look to dirty. ;)
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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby chadster » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:03 pm

ernierocker wrote:Image

Taco Robb is pleased with the title change!


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Re: Chadster's Taco Adventures: SFGAm!

Postby Jerrykoala2112 » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:56 pm

I'm happy you were able to enjoy the park on a such a busy day (with many school kids, nevertheless). X-Flight did fill our void of a roller coaster in need of inversions, and it seemed to be a guest favorite. Raging Bull night-rides are my favorite ways to end off the day! Hope to see you return someday.
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