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Postby BP317 on September 17th, 2008, 12:26 am
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Welcome to Québécois, Canada! Québéc is a province that is french speaking so when you cross the border all of the signs turn French, its pretty much amazing. LaRonde is a Six Flags owned/operated park but similar to The Great Escape the name is not branded. It wasnt very crowded but the place doesnt exacty have stellar operations so the lines were very long, we pretty much had to get a qbot to do everything.



THE FOLLOWING TRIP REPORT IS PRESENTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND FRENCH BY THE LETTER H
LE RAPPORT SUIVANT DE VOYAGE EST PRÉSENTÉ DANS ANGLAIS ET LE FRANÇAIS PAR LA LETTRE H


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Bert, I wish you wouldnt drink so much Bert.
Bert, je souhaite que vous ne buviez pas tellement Bert.


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Yeah? WELL I WISH YOU WOULDNT EAT COOKIES IN THE DAMN BED!
Ouais ? Bien je souhaite que vous ne mangiez pas des biscuits dans le fichu lit !


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Laronde is located in the city of Montreal, which is known for the drinking age of 18 and really hot girls.
Laronde est situé dans la ville de Montréal, qui est connu pour l'âge de boissons de 18 et les filles vraiment chaudes.


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I went to a Tampa Bay Lightning game and every time Martin Stlouis got the puck I yelled QUEBICOIS!
Je suis allé à un jeu de foudre de Tampa Bay et chaque fois que Martin Stlouis a obtenu le galet j'ai hurlé QUEBICOIS !



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As you can see the preferred lot is about ten miles from the park.
Comme vous pouvez voir le sort preferred est à environ dix milles du parc.


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Since I did my homework before going, I knew LaRonde would be a dump with extremely crappy operations, however it does have the unprecedented best location ever! Its on a peninsula in the beautiful city of Montreal.
Puisque j'ai fait mon travail avant d'aller, j'ai su que LaRonde serait une décharge avec des opérations extrêmement misérables, toutefois il a le meilleur endroit sans précédent jamais ! Son dessus une péninsule dans la belle ville de Montréal.


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"We just have this sign here because Mark Shapiro makes us, there are no rules in French Canada!"
"Nous avons juste ce signe ici parce que la marque Shapiro nous fait, là ne sommes aucune règle au Canada français ! "


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The Boomerang is closed, I like this place already!
OUI le boomerang est fermé, j'aiment cet endroit déjà.


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Merci!
Merci!


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LaRondes entrance plaza gives you the impression that it might be a nice park, but becomes more dirty/rundown as you get farther in.
La plaza d'entrée de LaRondes te donne l'impression que ce pourrait être un parc gentil, mais devient plus sale/diminution des effectifs pendant que vous entrez plus loin.


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Who needs Rosetta Stone? If you dont get a FlashPass here you pretty much are standing next to the same people in the same line all day which is a pretty good French lesson.
Qui a besoin de la pierre de Rosetta ? Si vous n'obtenez pas un FlashPass ici vous joli beaucoup vous tenez à côté des mêmes personnes dans la même ligne toute la journée qui est une leçon française assez bonne.





AND NOW FOR A MUSICAL INTERLUDE
ET MAINTENANT POUR UN INTERMÈDE MUSICAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTzjWrAnMVY




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We headed for Cobra and Vampire first.
Nous sommes dirigés pour le cobra et le vampire d'abord.



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We decided to get a qbot after waiting in line for Cobra which was this long and took about 2 years.
Nous avons décidé d'obtenir un qbot après l'attente dans la ligne le cobra qui était ce long et avons pris environ 2 an.


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Guys randomly smoking pot in line for Le Cobra.
Types aléatoirement le pot fumigène dans la ligne pour Le Cobra.



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Le Cobra is an Intamin standup, here is a train sitting in the storage tracks. The only rides in the park running 2 trains were Goliath and Le Monstre (and Le Monstre is 2/4, the other tracks entrance is all boarded up), and the mouse.
Le Cobra est un Intamin comique, voici un train se reposant dans les voies de stockage. Les seuls tours en parc courant 2 trains étaient Goliath et Le Monstre (et Le Monstre a 2/4 ans, l'autre entrée de voies est tout embarquée vers le haut de), et la souris.


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When "texting" technology was first released I thought who the hell would want to text message from their phone. Shows how much I know about kids these days.
Quand la technologie était I d'abord libéré pensé qui voudrait au message textuel de leur téléphone. Montre combien je sais, six drapeaux trouvent toujours des moyens de me prouver mal.


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They must be texting eachother valuable information crucial to the rides operation.
Ils mustve texting l'information valable d'eachother cruciale à l'opération de tours.


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More views of this parks amazing location. I enjoyed Cobra, sure it is a bit rough around the edges like but nothing bad and has a good mix of forces.
Plus de vues de ceci gare l'endroit étonnant. J'ai apprécié le cobra, sûr c'est un peu rugueux autour des bords comme le loup de fer mais de rien mauvais et a un bon mélange des forces.


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Vampire is an awesome Batman clone. Get it, Batman, Bat, Vampire.
Le vampire est un clone impressionnant de Batman. L'obtenir, Batman, batte, vampire.



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I wonder if this guy was talking to the people over at Cobra.
Je me demande si ce type parlait aux personnes plus d'au cobra.


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Luckily the standby line was only about an hour so they didnt need the second train.
Heureusement la ligne de réserve était seulement environ une heure ainsi ils n'ont pas eu besoin du deuxième train.


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This was painful, not much else to say other than the Switzerland flag is missing.
C'était douloureux, pas beaucoup d'autre pour indiquer autre que le drapeau de la Suisse est absent.


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This ride sucks but at least they have those sweet log benches for people waiting in line to sit in while the ride is cycling.
Ce tour suce mais au moins ils ont ces bancs doux de notation pour des personnes attendant dans la ligne pour se reposer dedans tandis que le tour fait un cycle.


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This station looks like it belongs at Californias Great America.
Cette station ressemble à elle appartient chez Californias grande Amérique.


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It has the old bucket seat trains.
Il a les vieux trains de siège de seau.


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This is probably not somewhere youd want people to be going...
Ce n'est pas quelque part youd veulent probablement que les personnes aillent…


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Did I mention that this ride sucks?
Est-ce que j'ai mentionné que ce tour suce ?


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Unlike the Great Escape, the HUSS Condor was running here. And some random crashed boat in the foreground.
À la différence de la grande évasion, le condor de HUSS fonctionnait ici. Et un certain bateau écrasé aléatoire dans le premier plan.


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Le Monstre was next, this line reminded me of Renegades because there was writing all over the walls.
Le Monstre était prochain, cette ligne m'a rappelé les renégats parce que là écrivait all over les murs.


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As you can see upkeep is the top priority at Laronde.
Comme vous pouvez voir ce parc est extrêmement propre et upkept très bien.


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I spotted cans of silicon spray and rags thrown all over the place down here, its good to see the parks maintenence team contributing to the cleanliness.
J'ai repéré des bidons de jet de silicium et des chiffons jetés partout vers le bas ici, son bon pour voir l'équipe d'entretien de parcs contribuer à la propreté.


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Le Monstre was actually decent and wasnt as rough as it looked like it could be.
Le Monstre était réellement décent et n'était pas aussi rugueux qu'il a ressemblé à lui pourrait être.


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The Carousel that they just extensively rehabbed looked great and...
Le carrousel qu'ils rehabbed juste intensivement a semblé grand et…


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...was closed.
… était fermé.


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Yay for Goliath running 2 trains! (for now we will disregard the fact that most parks could get better capacity with 1).
Yay pour Goliath courant 2 trains ! (pour maintenant nous négligerons le fait que la plupart des parcs pourraient obtenir une meilleure capacité avec 1).




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Goliath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goliath!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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The really steep lift, and a large gap between supports in the brake run.
L'ascenseur vraiment raide, et un grand espace entre les appuis dans la course de frein.


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Now thats quality.
Maintenant qu'est la qualité.


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Goliath was the perfect addition to LaRonde. Now all they need to do learn how to pick up trash and operate rides, and everything else that involves running a theme park.
Goliath était l'addition parfaite à LaRonde. Maintenant tous qu'ils doivent faire apprennent comment prendre le détritus et actionner des tours, et tout autrement qui impliquent de courir un parc à thème.


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The Dragon is an enclosed coaster that pretty much is just a lift and a helix around a dragon then the ride ends. It was well worth the wait.
Le dragon est un caboteur inclus que joli beaucoup est juste un ascenseur et une spirale autour d'un dragon puis les extrémités de tour. Il était bon en valeur l'attente.


The observation towers windows were duct-taped on and it didnt even do a full rotation. Pretty much the worst observation tower ever.
Les fenêtres de tours d'observation conduit-ont été attachées du ruban adhésif dessus et il n'a pas même fait une pleine rotation. Joli beaucoup la plus mauvaise tour d'observation jamais.


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Vamp is the most intense BTR ive been on.
Vamp était l'ive de BTR le plus intense été allumé.


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Goliath is awesome. Any questions?
Goliath est impressionnant. Toutes questions ?


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Goliath with Olympic Stadium in the background.
Goliath avec le stade olympique à l'arrière-plan.


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This was a rather interesting show, these people were both dancers and divers :?
C'était une exposition plutôt intéressante, ces personnes étaient les danseuses et les plongeuses.


Bye kids.
Enfants secondaires.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on September 17th, 2008, 10:53 am
People say that texting is a problem, but the rides they are texting, there is only one train anyway, so what does it matter? It's Six Flags fault for not giving them more work, and another train especially with such a big line. I think that's why it was such a big deal at Magic Mountain. Again, they were having one train operations. With that gone, they probably wouldn't be texting.
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Postby DejaVu2001 on September 17th, 2008, 11:02 am
^ Wow, don't even get me started on that. What is wrong with texting while working at a ride?!?!? :shock: Well, for starters, you are operating a piece of heavy machinery with anywhere from 12 to 72 people on it. You are responsible for the safety of every person on the ride and around the ride. You need to have your attention on the ride at all times, so in the event that there is a problem, you can respond appropriately in a timely manner. That was exactly why the accident at SFKK was as bad as it was, the operators were not paying attention to the ride. As a result of that, even though the cable snapped when the cars were only 20-40ft above ground, the E-Stop wasn't hit until the cars had already dropped. :evil: If they had been paying attention and hit the E-Stop immediately, the only injuries would have been minor cuts and bruises.
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Postby BP317 on September 17th, 2008, 5:02 pm
Your giving them too much credit, if it takes 5+ minutes to load a B&M because the employees are texting their friends that qualifies bad operations. Goliath was one of the few rides running 2 trains they dont even open the airgates until after the other train stacks.
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Postby bobbinbop20 on September 17th, 2008, 7:09 pm
seems like they do a crappy job running that park
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Postby demonbulleagle on September 17th, 2008, 7:19 pm
WOW, that almost makes me think that Deja Vu had a high capacity after hearing a story like that.
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Postby saylorman47 on September 17th, 2008, 7:19 pm
Haha love the french. Looks like it could definitely be a better park, though.
poor wolfie rip :(( hopewe get a neww bm wingrider for next year!11!
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Postby coasterkidd100 on September 17th, 2008, 8:04 pm
It definitely needs some fixing up that is for sure. If they fixed the park up I bet it could look really nice.
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Postby cycamps on September 17th, 2008, 9:00 pm
Great TR. I always like seeing some from there. I've always wanted to go there to experience it for myself, but it sort of surprises me how dumpy looking it is; you'd think that Six Flags would step in and do something. Goliath looks like a great ride.
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Postby T.K. on September 18th, 2008, 8:37 pm
It's a funny park...
Superman: When 2nd train stacked, then they opened air gates let people in and were moving very slow with checking the restrains. BUT When it was 20 minutes to closing the park, they opened air gates as soon as possible, moved increable well and did not stack few trains. They had I think 6 or 7 people running the ride, Ohh and a grouper... that held people before station.
Riddler's Revange: Ok people can do anything in that line, they all wear baiting suits, swear like crazy, smoke pot and do drugs... hehehe seriously... There were two girls in the line with GOLD flash pass and didn't use it and waited in line for 45 minutes... and we saw them again NOT using it LOL... so I donno if they knew it wasn't a toy, but an actuall flash pass hehehe.. Ohhh btw CREW SUCKS, very slow, but had more ride ops then SFGAm.
Batman The Ride: CREW SUCKS very slow... but more ride ops then at SFGAm.

Other rides sucks.. that park needs a lot of attention.
Six Flags Ameirca as the number 1 park at SFI.... this is JOKE!
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