So I'm running around taking care of some crap and after finding myself in Gurnee and happened to have the camera, I decided to kill some time at Great America...
I see you...
Mandatory "Walk-in-and-take-pic-of-Columbia" pic
Whizzer time...
Lady in the middle row seems to be a bit too excited
Flying Turns
Hometown Square overview
Batman second row...
I'M BATMAN
You want to roll with me good citizen?
V2's train comes out of hiding... somewhat.
I shall call him... Mini-Vee
Okay, for those that have been saying "It's much worse this year", quit your whining. It felt no different than last year, in both front and back rows.
Two rides on AE Blue...
"Boogety Boogety Boogety!! Let's Go Racing Boys!!!" --Darrell Waltrip
What's missing?
GONG!!!!
Two rides on Demon's second to last row...
Demons in the Forest
Some "Walking by Whizzer Random Shots"
Two rides on Viper in 2:1...
I like this random bump after the second turnaround...
SNAKES... ON A TRAIN...
One more ride on Raging Bull...
The infamous trim brake
I seem to be taking too many Raging Bull pics this year...
So I decided to end my day by seeing what this was about...
A set... ok...
A giant screen. This has potential...
Then there's this guy that's just plain irritating... to the point that I won't watch this show again...
Markings in the former Plymouth Place
Unfortunately I think Shuttle America's next flight plan is for the scrapyard...
"I'm Constipated!!"
Tower was dead all day:
Tweety Thirty-Two
And finally... the nastiest sink I've ever seen at a White Castle...
EDN
Crowds were low but there were more people today than last Friday/Saturday. Everything was either a walk-on or one train wait. Employees are still very friendly.
As usual, high-res pics are available upon request.
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I was there as today as well, came in around 4ish for a quick visit (not worth starting a trip report). I just hopped on a couple of flats and hit Superman and saw some bucky-Bat boats resting by the exit ramp on my way down..
Those markings by SSA are happening soon...Deja Vu was marked mid-summer....but maybe that was because the ride wasn't fully down till May so never mind. Anyone hopeful for something other than HH expansion?
Pink markings are usually digging locations. Can't really tell what it is though, I bet they are just scoping out the area to see what they can and cant fit there, hopefully a pink mark doesn't land square on Pictoriums roof or something like that, would suck
Favorite Wood Coasters: The Voyage, Ravine Flyer II, Thunderhead, Balder Favorite Steel: Voltron Nevera, Steel Vengeance, Expedition GeForce, Olympia Looping Parks visited: 232, Coasters Ridden: Steel: 894, Wood: 179, Total: 1073
tp41190 wrote:With a photoshop of two trains, this would be an AMAZING pic. Ill go try it out today.
I was actually trying to do just that for the pic, but I ended up moving too much between the two shots and it didn't work.
If it wasn't for the lockers I would probably have a tripod with me on some of these visits, for pics like what I was trying for it would've really helped.
Eagle is racing already? Theyre gonna blow through that $200mil operations loan during the dead beginning of the season and have no budget later in the season like in 2006 .
Although that is really impressive theyre already racing when its totally dead.
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^Thanks! I'm shooting with a new camera this year and so far I've been really happy with the results. It sure beats that POS 3.1 megapixel HP Camera I had back in 05.
After my 4-45 visit, I'm sending mine to Sony, and there is something inside me lens! I don't feel like Voiding my Warranty so I'll just send it to them instead.....Hopefully, they'll give me a new lens and make things easy. Better yet, make it silver, because the red camera looks pink on the backside...A very dark pink. ew.
But for this camera 10MP and Very high ISO, I can't resist! It's only a compact camera, so it's zoom isn't all that great.
So, in short terms, my pictures I take at 4-25, you'll see a spot in the same spot of EVERY picture.....how annoying.
"I've been told that some part of every wish will be heard but lately I lost sight of the truth in those words."
I am shooting with a NIKON CoolPix P80. It has an 18x Optical zoom and shoots 10.1 megapixels. It can go up to IS0 6400 but the photo quality will be total crap, this camera is notorious for noise issues.
It felt no different than last year, in both front and back rows.
