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We’re back with the second part of my roller coaster personification “Roleswap” AU! Given that I swapped Phoenix into Twister’s role, it’s only fitting that I would swap Twister into Phoenix’s role. Here’s some of her backstory & overall personality;
When Elitch Gardens announced their relocation following the 1980 season, it appeared that the park’s beloved wooden coaster “The Rocket” would be headed for the scrapyard. While the park announced that a majority of the rides would be rebuilt at its new location, Elitch Gardens determined that relocating The Rocket wasn’t feasible with the resources they had. This lack of resources would also prevent the park from demolishing the coaster until everything that could be relocated was. The Rocket would sit SBNO for five years as the rides around it were disassembled and packed away. However, it found an unexpected buyer in early 1985; Knoebels, who fully intended to relocate/refurbish the ride despite the challenges. Without the ride’s blueprints, every board of The Rocket was marked with a number as employees from the park and Dinn Corporation spent the next five months deconstructing and reconstructing the coaster. Even before the coaster had made it to Elysburg, Knoebels had already decided on a fitting name-- “The Phoenix”, a mythological bird that can rise from literal ashes. Phoenix would be ready to operate by mid-June 1985; a monumental triumph for Knoebels and those interested in preserving roller coasters. Even in the modern day, Phoenix is widely celebrated by guests and has earned the park more than a few “Best Wooden Coaster” awards.
Phoenix herself is the kind-hearted matriarch of her park, always willing to lend a hand to those in need. Despite her “quieter” personality occasionally clashing with Twister’s, the two have been friends ever since his coaster opened. If she’s not watching over Kozmo, Phoenix can be found putting on a little performance through her acoustic guitar. Though she’s settled comfortably in her new home, she hasn’t forgotten her past in Colorado— Phoenix regularly visits what remains from the “old” Elitch Gardens. Phoenix and Knoebels as a whole may be the epitome of preserving amusement park history, but she appreciates the continued innovation of the theme park industry. Phoenix is forever grateful that she was given another chance at life, as it allowed Phoenix to be reborn into her best self.
I hope to revist this “roleswap” thing someday; perhaps I’ll pick a pair from a different park next time…or maybe I’ll do a cross-park swap! Either way, this was a fun exercise in character design.
(Disclaimer: I used Photoshop Express' "heal" feature to remove some noticeable pencil marks from the drawing. Outside of that, the drawing is unchanged).
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Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic: Six Flags Great Adventure
This park is wild because it’s one of the biggest parks in the entire game, and the entirety of it is flat. Parks with lots of open land are hard for me because there’s too much space, but I had a plan of action.
I divided the park in half, and decided to ground the park in transit, with a transit hub in the center of the park. There’s one monorail going clockwise around the park, with 2 stations at the transit hub and 2 on either end of the park. This is for quick transit to get to the back of the park quickly. Then there are 2 trains in either half of the park running counter clockwise. This makes it easy for guests to get to any section of the park they want without walking there.
I’ve also divided the park into sections by path. The central promenade is grey pavement, the central loop paths are the brown stone, and the outer areas of the park are dark brown path.
Every pre existing ride has been tampered with by me. The skyrides have been extended. Great American Scream Machine had its station moved, its track layout changed slightly, and its entire grounds covered in forest. Note: the entire park is now in thick forest. Rolling Thunder had its layout very slightly tweaked so they would race better. Adventure raceway was moved next to the west lake. Medusa had its entire layout altered, its station moved, first drop changed, entire second half refurbished, also covered in forest. Runaway mine train was fixed to have a couple of steep drops, new station, condensed layout, and only run 2 trains. Both twister and buccaneer have been moved to other places in the park, as well as carousel and big wheel. Blackbeards Lost Treasure was moved and reconstructed just southeast of where it was, it fits perfectly between the transit hub and the skyride station. Skull Mountain was moved to the west a few blocks and reconstructed with a nicer facade, with more waterfalls in the front. Nitros entire layout was moved one block to the right so it was symmetrical with the skyride, also its station lowered and the layout changed slightly so it would be less intense. Rapids are relatively unchanged besides adding more rapids.
Everything else is new. There’s a total of 24 roller coasters in this park. I built a green stand up coaster next to great American scream machine (can’t believe the flying coaster isn’t available in this park), I built a green hyper coaster going out and back from the parking lot, coloring and naming it after Kingda Ka, so that there would be a massive hyper coaster to the east and a smaller hyper coaster to the west. I took a lot of names from past coasters that were at great adventure, so Ultra Twister is next to Jumbo Jet and Savajevo Bobsleds, Viper and Wild Rider are here too, but in different forms than their originals. I made a clone of El Toro in the back of the park, and I’m very proud of how it turned out. Even the station is a clone.
There are 3 coasters in this park with interlocking corkscrews, it’s just a fun shape to build and works really well with B&M coasters. I built a mild clone of The Chiller, but named them Frostbite & Flamethrower. Very fun coasters to watch. Jersey Devil is at the back of the park, but it’s in the form of an out and back twister wooden coaster, in all black.
This is a huge undertaking, and it took me 36 park years to comb through and rearrange everything in this park, I love what it’s turned into, it’s almost more of a Busch gardens style park, completely shrouded in woods, which makes all of the rides more exciting. I love the different areas I’ve created, with main courtyards in the center and then paths branching out into the corners of the park. Currently there are 6,000 guests in this park and I think that’s the perfect amount for this park. I’ve finished Great Adventure with 56 rides including 24 coasters.
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Most of the time, Knoebels runs their two wooden roller coasters (Phoenix and Twister) with single train operations due to the fast dispatch times. On high demand days, though, the park will bring out the second train to add additional capacity. So for both, this means that one train will always be in motion. While one train is out running the course, the other is in the station receiving new guests. Though there is a period where both trains are in motion, due to the way the dispatches are timed. As seen with Twister here, the train in the station will be dispatched as soon as the train on the track is doing its second pass through the double helix. The train on the track then hits the brake run just as the dispatched train is cresting the lower lift hill. Contents: 0:00 Intro 0:24 Filming the two-train cycle from the backside of the ride by the campgrounds 10:18 A short clip showing the action from the front side of the ride, from which guests approach 14:06 Returning to the Campground side of the ride
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A TW Theme Park AU cause I actually have ideas for this.
Disclaimer: This is born from a Youtube and Pinterest binge I did to for research for an original story. Turns out it was kinda an addictive topic and ended up with this. Don't be surprised if I make one of these for, like, every fandom I'm in.
I'm also using the Disney parks and the Universal parks as reference for some things since they are the most known (specially in this fandom)
The Park itself
So, I thought a lot wheter if the park was either named "Night Raven Park" or "Twisted Wonderland". The later sounds more like a theme park name but it also sounds a little generic. Then I thought about Royal Sword Academy and how it could fit.
I came out with the idea that "Twisted Wonderlad" (Twst) is the company that created both Night Raven and Royal Sword (often known as the Twst Parks). They are built near each other and guests can choose to swich whenever they want.
One of the main appeals of the Twst Parks it's their interactivity. They sell the Magical Pens, which guest can use to do different kinds of tricks (thinks the wands from The Wizarding World but expanded to the whole park).
Funny headcannon: Yuu/Mc is a theme park entusiast that has like, an annual pass or something, and goes pretty much everyday (people with actual annual passes tell me if this is actually factible)
Since we know almost nothing from RSA, I'll be focusing on Night Raven. Now, Night Raven has eight different lands:
Main Street/ Ramshackle Street
The Park's entrance. Essencially Main Street (heh) USA mashed up with New Orleans Square by Tim Burton.
The entertainment is mostly by live artists. It's only ride is the "Haunted Dorm".
It has the most shops out all the lands. Some of them include: "Sam's Mystery Shop", "Beast Slayer", "Key to History" and "Fur Emporium".
Heartslabyul
Has the teacups ride (no, you CANNOT fight me on this), at least two dark rides and a maze like the one in Disneyland Paris.
It has a huge confectionary/bakery that makes the best sweet treats in the park. They are also, "concidentionally", very instagramable/magicamable (?).
Guests unofficially label it as the "Kid zone" due the whimsical theme and the, mostly, family friendly rides.
Savanaclaw
Is mostly known for having the most thrill rides. These include a wooden coaster named "Be Prepared" ("The Wicker Man" from Alton Towers but way more intense) and a drop tower named "Long Live The King" (no, I'm not sorry).
Seriously, the tamest thing here is a climbing wall.
The signature restaurant is a stakehouse named "Predator's Delight". It also has "Hervibore's Oasis", which is a vegan option.
Octavinelle
This land has a water coaster ("Deal with Eels"), a dark ride ("Hidden Grotto")and a dark water ride ("Poor Unfortunte Souls"). It also has a big aquarium in which guest can learn about the sea habitants.
It’s the second land with most shops.
The main restaurant, "What a catch!" is a table service with sea food; because it's wonderful for the kids to learn about these super interesting creatures and, then, have them served on a plate. Fortunally, the other food option is a cafe (yeah, "The Mostro Lounge") inside said aquarium which is, overall, a much better and less traumatizing experience.
Scarabia
This is also a land famous for excinting rides. The most thrilling is a twister roller coaster named "The Desert Cobra". It also has "A New Point of View" which is either a Soarin like attraction or a reverse roller coaster. (I need to save some ideas for RSA, okay?)
However, it's main appeal, are the live shows: dancing, music, short plays and stand ups.
It’s food is almost all Middle Eastern inspired (the park’s developers did actual research, don’t worry). It has one main restaurant but mostly operates on carts.
Pomefiore:
Most of the attractions feature some sort of interaction with the guests. These are heavily based an unique experience that presents a beautiful touch to the guests.
This includes walkthroughs, painting and drawing and cooking.
Speaking of which, it’s signature restaurant “Delightful of Them All” is considered one of the best among theme parks.
Ignihyde
Think Tomorrowland meets The Lost Continent. Weird, I know. Needless to say, it looks beautiful at night.
It’s the most technologically advanced land. In fact, all of the attractions are a type of simulator or feature screens.
Since almost everything is indoors, it’s the perfect place for those guests who need rest from the sun. And air conditioner.
The food is OK, mostly theme park food with some twist.
Diasomnia
This one has hands down the most impresive attractions out of them all, like, the one that has guests waiting four hours. Other rides include dark rides and a walkthrough, each of them amazing.
Despite everything, it has the worst food on the property. It's either this good looking but highly experimental dishes (curtesy of the signature restaurant "Vater Vampyr") or this really generic theme park food; there's no in between.
It also hosts the night shows/spectaculars. These, most likely, include fireworks and a dragon.
Stay tuned for a plausible part two.
#twisted wonderland#twst au#twst theme park au#ramshackle dorm#heartslabyul#savanaclaw#octavinelle#scarabia#pomefiore#ignihyde#diasomnia#things im doing instead of studying
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Project Update: Hellhound - A GCI Wooden Twister Coaster
I made some adjustments to Hellhound’s layout. The ride is about 500 feet longer and I reduced the height of the ride by 12 feet. It still tears through the layout, though with much more acceptable G-forces. I am going to continue to tweak the ending, to ensure it doesn’t slow down too much, but this is the layout I will be going with - minor tweaks to the banking and shaping will be ongoing. Hopefully a teaser will be ready for the weekend.
#NoLimits#NoLimits 2#NL2#roller#coaster#roller coaster#drbcoaster#Hellhound#wood#wooden#GCI#Great Coasters International#twister
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Cedar Point 2018
May 25 & 26, 2018
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If you can’t find a way to go to Cedar Point during dead week, Memorial Day Weekend has proven to be a great time to head to Cedar Point and find moderate attendance and lighter lines. In the past four years I’ve spent 3 Memorial Day weekends at the park, and have had a great time on each visit. Even with the long drive from North Carolina to Sandusky, the trip is worth it to visit America’s Roller Coast, and having followed the transformation of Mean Streak into Steel Vengeance over the last 2 years, I was determined to get to the park this year to ride. My friends Isaac and Blake joined in, and on Friday morning we headed north.
Isaac found a nice AirBnB about 30 minutes south of the park and, after stopping off there to drop off our stuff and freshen up, we made our way onto the peninsula. We parked in the Cedar Point Shores parking lot since the Magnum lot was closed, and headed in to meet up with Bryan Bird. After introductions and salutations, we walked towards Dragster, which was testing after being closed. The line opened as we walked by, so we quickly got into the queue as the wait wouldn’t be this short all weekend most likely.
Dragster is always a great experience, even if it isn’t a great coaster. We waited about 35 minutes or so to ride near the back of the train. Dragster always makes me anxious because of that launch. This was Blake’s first time at the park and first time on anything like this. As always, the launch was super fast and intense and I really still like Dragster as a ride. This was our only ride all weekend because it was being cranky both days.
We walked around the front of the park and headed over towards Millennium Force. I noticed when driving by that the line started at the end of the ramp and was happy to see that was still the case. It only took about 30 minutes to get on the ride. I know the coaster gets a lot of ‘hate’, but I actually really like it. The first drop is already amazing and the setting can’t be beat. There is airtime on the two hills hopping back over from the island, and even the small hop by the station gives you a rise out of your seat. Blake once again loved it.
After that we headed across the midway to Rougarou, which was nearly a walk on, and we got on in the back. The ride packs a punch and is so much better than Mantis ever was. We walked around for a bit and thru Frontier Town. Steel Vengeance had a very long line, so we walked around the park and finally hit up the burger joint back near Steel Vengeance as Bryan said the food was good. And the food was decent. The customer service, however, was severely lacking. It took way too long and they kept messing up orders, but eventually we did get our burgers. After that we headed to the entrance to Steel Vengeance to get in line to end our nite. The wait was about an hour and twenty minutes with them running one train.
Steel Vengeance-I can’t even give a proper rundown of the ride. Its just as good as everyone said, no overhyping here. The first drop was amazing. We rode in the back seat. The 90 degree drop was amazing. After that you have the two outward banked ejector airtime hills. Then I can’t honestly tell you much about what happened because it was a big convoluted mess. And I mean that in the most awesome way possible. This coaster has the intensity of Voyage (the only ride I can say is in it’s category), but without the rattle (however slight) that any wooden coaster can have. I was weak in the knees and dizzy afterwards for a good thirty minutes. Instant number one. It delivers every thing. All of the things. It has them. Airtime, floater and ejector. Sideways airtime. Inversions. Insanity.
So that was the end of the first evening. I was in total ecstasy. And it shown thru for the entire ride back to the AirBnB thirty minutes away. Once we got there we got our stuff together and I took a shower and quickly fell asleep.
The next morning we got up and got ready to head out. There was a McDonalds down the street that was good for breakfast. We pulled into the parking lot right around 9am and headed in for Platinum Pass early entry. We had planned to go straight back and get on Steele Vengeance, but once we got back there the line was already full. We decided to forgo that till the end of the day once again and get some other early rides in. And the closest early ride was Maverick. I still love Maverick in every way. I’m glad they’re restoring effects. Thusfar some of the lights in the tunnel are working. I can’t wait till the LED walls and more of the effects are added back in in the tunnel. It really helps an already amazing ride.
It was getting close to park opening so we headed up to Valravn thru Frontier Town, stopping by the closed petting zoo for a brief visit with some donkeys. On our last trip, Isaac and I got a back row nite ride because it was the debut year and the line was really long, and the ride barely ran the next day. This was my first daytime ride, and we rode in the front row this time.
Valravn-That first drop on any dive coaster is great. The view from Valravn though, is really beautiful. While not a huge fan of dive coasters I do think this is the best layout, even if Sheikra has better theming. The inversions are smooth and that zero g roll has great airtime, which was hitting much harder on this visit. I really like the coaster more on a second go round.
As we were in the area we hit up Blue Streak, which was (and has been for some time now) running phenomenally along the track. Great airtime and such a classic coaster. Then we walked over towards the front of the park. I mentioned at some point that I wanted to ride Ocean Motion as I never had, and it has such a cute, quaint setting.
Though I'm still trying to get back down to my pre-surgery weight of 2015 (I’ve lost 20lbs since December!), I’m not skinny enough to ride Wicked Twister. And that’s fine for now because I know I’ll be back down. But I didn’t want Isaac nor Blake to miss out, so after getting some Starbucks I told them to get in line while I sat and watched and had some coffee.
Since we were already in the area and close to Gatekeeper, that was what we got in line for next, which was basically a walk-on. Maybe a one train wait. I know this coaster gets a lot of flack for being big and snoopy and boring, but I like big and snoopy and don’t think it’s boring. Plus it’s very stunning to look at. After Gatekeeper I took Blake to see the top floor of the Coliseum, knowing that he’d love the big band era art deco.
We decided to have lunch, and with Isaac having some food allergies, and Blake being in the mood for it, we decided to hit Panda Express. Oh, and since I have the dining pass, I was fine with it too. We walked over to Melt first as I wanted to try it out at some point and decided to have dinner there. Then we walked to the main midway and followed a marching band. As we walked across the park we were able to see some of the rehearsal for the new show on the former Luminosity stage. Meh. I liked Luminosity. Once we were done eating we got in line for Iron Dragon. This was actually one of the longer waits of the day, clocking in at around 20 minutes. But thats okay. I can give or take Iron Dragon, but didn’t want Blake to miss out.
I wanted to see what the wait for Steel Vengeance would be like so our next stop was back in that corner of the park, but sadly the line was well over 2 hours. We walked back to the main midway and hit up Derby Racer. I love this thing. I really need to ride the other 2 at some point. At that point we were on our way out the front gate to move the car and hit up the water park for a bit. The lines were even lighter at Cedar Point Shores. I never visited Soak City. The current waterpark looks outstanding. Much better than what it used to be. We weren’t planning on staying very long. After changing into our swim trunks we headed over to some random slide complex and did a pink slide.
Isaac and I had wanted to do the drop slides, as we love them at Carowinds, but we passed for the moment and went to the big family raft slide. As we neared the top, we could see a storm coming our way. The large raft slide was really a lot of fun, and I got some good airtime up the side of the trough. At the end it was starting to sprinkle, so we went for a dip in the older lazy river. I wish Carowinds’ Lazy River was this long (Or that they had 2 like CPS). As the rain got heavier we decided to call it a day at the water park after about an hour and a half just as the bottom dropped out of the clouds.
We went into the bathhouse and changed while basically being stranded in their for around 30 minutes. Then once the rain subsided enough we headed to the car then drove over to Hotel Breakers for a drink at their bar. I also had a cinnamon bun from Starbucks whilst drinking my Long Island Iced Tea.
The sun came out while we were hanging at Breakers so we headed down the boardwalk and entered the park by Windseeker, which I contest is still the best one of the group thus far. Then I wanted to get some pictures from the Ferris Wheel, so that was obviously next. We had looked at the line for Raptor before going to Shores, but it was still long. At this point, however, the line was maybe 20 minutes so we hit that up next. Blake and Isaac were then going to get their credits on Corkscrew as I took some photos, but the line was really long so we headed to Melt for dinner. This was my first (and hopefully not last) Melt experience. Our server was great and so was the food. I like all of the nostalgia Cedar Point pictures in the restaurant.
A ride on the CP & LE railroad was our next stop. Had it not been getting late we’d have rode the entire circuit but Blake still needed some rides and we hadn’t ridden two of the best rides in the park, so we took another look at Steel Vengeance’s line, then headed over to Gemini. At this point it was only running the red side, but the ride was still super fun as always.
By this point it was a little past twilight and we headed to Magnum. I couldn’t take my small nap sack on so I waited for Blake and Isaac to ride, then Isaac took all of our stuff to the car while Blake and I rode in the front of the car at nite. Magnum is as glorious as ever, even if I didn’t get trim free rides this time. But that’s…okay.
Blake still needed the mine train, but I needed a bathroom, so I told him to go ride that since I knew it would be a walk on while I went to the restroom, then we headed to Steel Vengeance to meet up. The fireworks were going off as Blake and Isaac arrived and we got in line just before the point we had the nite before. Again it was somewhere between 70 and 90 minutes to ride, but I lucked out and got a ride in row 8 as a single rider. And it was still so amazing. As we walked to the Magnum entrance to the park, I saw my first Dragster rollback.
My only main issues with the visit was that obviously they’re only running one train on Steel Vengeance, otherwise I’d have ridden a few more times as lines were light all weekend. Cedar Point nearly every year is starting to spoil me as I’ve been 3 of the past four Memorial Days. I think I’ll likely skip next year, but I will definitely be back for more of America’s Roller Coast soon.
We headed back to the AirBnB and we were all wiped out, so I fell asleep pretty soon after closing my eyes, ready for the drive the next morning to Kings Island.
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PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION! Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe if you like my content! Also, don't forget to click read more about social links and stuff. This is the park that it unlocks if you finished all the 95 parks on the 10 groups in the main game. This park is seen from the title screen menu as well as the empty version before the music intensifies. This park was requested by one of my viewers for me to upload a video of this. Timestamps of the rides: 0:49 - Amazing Rockets - Mini Coaster 1:31 - Big Blue Meanie - Twister Roller Coaster 4:07 - Boatyard - Water Coaster 6:52 - Breakneck Barrels - Virginia Reel 8:07 - Calamity Cliffs - Floorless Coaster 9:07 - Canyon Runner - LIM Launched Coaster 9:49 - Car Factory - Mini Coaster 11:42 - Chimney Sweep - Inverted Vertical Shuttle 12:58 - Chocolate Blog - Junior Coaster 14:22 - Colour Mixer - Inverted Coaster (x3 Racing) 16:26 - Crumbly Flightpath - Compact Inverted Coaster 17:52 - Danglefling - Suspended Swinging Coaster 20:01 - Diddly Dipper - Wooden Roller Coaster 21:41 - Dirt Bikes - Motorbike Races 22:50 - Electron and Proton Collider - 2x Spiral Roller Coasters 26:50 - Excalibrator - Giga Coaster 28:55 - Fusion Force - Air Powered Launch 29:28 - Gateway - Hyper Twister Coaster 30:44 - Hangliders - Mini Suspended Swinging 31:50 - Impulsivatior - Inverted Impulse Coaster 32:53 - Intertwisty - Heartline Twister Coaster 33:36 - Jet Blast - Reverse Freefall Coaster 34:37 - Manic Mine Carts - Wooden Wild Mine 35:33 - Mega Migraine - Corkscrew Roller Coaster 36:42 - Menagerie - Inverted Hairpin Coaster 37:52 - Mountain Flyer - Mini Suspended Flying 39:46 - Mutant Mice - Wild Mouse 40:31 - Orange Drops - Vertical Drop Coaster 41:25 - Pipe Cleaner - Floorless Coaster 42:55 - Pulverizer - Inverted Shuttle 44:16 - Rat Run - Wooden Wild Mouse 45:22 - Rotavator - Multi Dimension Coaster 47:14 - Runaway Miner - Mine Ride 49:37 - Sawmill - Reverser Roller Coaster 51:05 - Grand Stand - Stand-up Roller Coaster 53:17 - Slithery Sleds - Flying Turns 55:35 - Stinger - Looping Roller Coaster 56:17 - Sugar Mice - Spinning Wild Mouse 58:10 - TestFlight - Flying Roller Coaster 59:38 - Troll - Giga Coaster 1:00:42 - Twisterosis - Twister Roller Coaster 1:02:08 - Twisty Turny Thing - Wooden Roller Coaster 1:04:01 - Undermined - Mine Train Coaster 1:05:31 - Waterworks - Dingy Slide LINKS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==== Social Stuff: -Twitch: http://bit.ly/2MIaBOd -Non-Gaming Channel: hyperurl.co/j5w3dy -Twitch VOD Channel: hyperurl.co/yg8i18 -Discord: http://bit.ly/2ca81PE -Imgur: http://bit.ly/2ckec28 -Facebook: http://bit.ly/2bPiBMt -Twitter: http://bit.ly/2cpGHfa -Instagram: http://bit.ly/2c66vRn -Steam Profile: http://bit.ly/2bWgCD8 -Steam Group: http://bit.ly/2bVD1lw ==== Support: -Patreon: http://bit.ly/2m3POFY -Green Man Gaming: http://bit.ly/2cqrL3k -Tad: http://bit.ly/2eumvtaD -CD Keys: http://bit.ly/2MIatyd -Humble: http://bit.ly/2DPdgTs -Donate/Tip: http://bit.ly/2MLAEno -Anonuymus Donate/Tip: http://bit.ly/2DPdiuy -Cryptocurrnecy: http://bit.ly/2MJkKKu ===== Information: -Game Mods Spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/2cqrxJA -Computer Specs: http://bit.ly/2vO3PNU ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, I will not tolerate incessantly negative posts on my videos. So please remain civil and conduct yourself with some semblance of proper decorum. Comments ARE moderated, and yours will be deleted and you will be banned if I deem you non-conducive to my channel.
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TPR Ride of the Day: Twister at Grona Lund! This is one crazy twisted mess of a wooden roller coaster and it is AWESOME! More photos: https://t.co/TlQnQ0L30r https://t.co/aJXgi3EfBK
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Copenhagen - Day 5
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Woke up before my alarm again - though only by a few minutes this time - and took the 6A bus from in front of the hotel up to see Rosenborg Palace. It was raining, but luckily most of my plans for today were indoors.
I’m not all that into palaces, and Rosenborg was mostly antique furniture and plates, so I had a bit of a whistlestop tour there. The Danish crown jewels, however, are kept in a basement treasury there, and they’re very impressive though perhaps a bit gaudy; I think gold works best when it’s used sparingly, maybe as trim or offset with silver, but whoever designed the Danish crown clearly decided to just use All The Gold.
After about an hour at Rosenborg (the guards outside looked pretty miserable in the rain) I crossed the road for a look around the Geological Museum. It had a splendid meteorite outside and a fascinating exhibition about the collection of an early Danish naturalist called Ole Worm. Each specimen was accompanied both by his notes and a more up-to-date label; some were accurate in both cases, but others were amusingly misrepresented. For example, he had labelled a hippo skull as - of all things - a walrus. Granted hippo skulls are incredibly weird-looking; perhaps he had only read descriptions of walrus, saw the tusks, and thought ‘Well, it’s not an elephant’.
Some of the gemstones on display were pretty nce and they had a fairly comprehensive (if untranslated) display on crystallography as well as a whole section (also untranslated) about the geology of Greenland, but once you’ve seen one amethyst crystal you’ve pretty much seen them all, so I took the 42 bus a little further afield to visit the Zoological Museum. Like the Geological Museum, it’s affiliated with the University of Copenhagen, so I bought a joint ticket for both of them. Peculiarly, only the top 2 floors of the building are display areas; the rest of the fairly sizeable building is closed to the public, and is presumably given over to research and admin.
The museum is split into a few different display areas within those two floors. The upper consists of Evolution, looking at the development of the idea of evolution (Darwin, Lyell, Lamarck etc.) as well as evolution itself, using models and speciments to illustrate change over time; and ‘From Pole to Pole’, a more straightforward taxidermy array starting in the Antarctic with penguins and elephant seals and moving north until we get to polar bears and gyrfalcons.
The lower floor consists of the Discovery Zone, with different skulls (replicas, i think) for guests to get hands-on with, the Ice Age, and ‘Precious Things’.
The Ice Age section has some cool exhibits (pun intended), including a life-size model of a woolly mammoth accompanied by some incomplete fossils, a reindeer skeleton with massive antlers, the skull of an Irish elk, and the skull of a huge but non-Irish elk. They also had another complete aurochs skeleton, not a copy of the one in the National Museum, though cause of death was the same (drowned while escaping from hunters). For a moment I was like ‘What the hell, Copenhagen needs to stop hogging the aurochs’ but it was still pretty cool. I think the aurochs is my favourite extinct megafauna. They also had the largest skull ever found, on show in the next case from the skeleton.
‘Precious Things’ was also very interesting. It was consciously set up in a sort of cabinet-of-curiosities way, focussing on certain individual specimens rather than as representations for the whole species. They had a Diplodocus skeleton nicknamed Misty (smaller than Dippy, I think, but still: dinosaur) with a funny story behind its discovery: a palaeontologist at a dig in Wyoming had sent his two sons off to explore a hill near the proper digsite, saying they could keep anything they found - expecting a few fossil fragments at best - only for them to find an entire dinosaur. There was also the skeleton of a sperm whale - which you were allowed to touch! - an inexpertly-stuffed maned wolf, a whale heart and a minke whale foetus preserved in fluid (probably alcohol, not the same jar), the skeleton of a rare two-tusked narwhal, and much more besides.
Fortunately the rain had stopped when I left the museum at about 4, so I took the bus as far as Nørreport Station and walked the rest of the way to the hotel, meandering through the Latin Quarter (Latin as in the language of scholars, not the people of Spain and Mexico) and past the Round Tower but could not be bother forking out to climb it.
I rested at the hotel for a while, reading a book and giving my feet a break, before I left again at about 6.30 to visit Tivoli Gardens.
Tivoli was magical, and that’s not an adjective I often use outside of fantasy. I decided to treat myself to an unlimited ride wristband, to save faffing around with different tickets, and I think it was a sound investment - I didn’t go on anything that turns you upside-down, but otherwise I went on almost everything at least once and a few rides twice.
The first stops were an intense twister called ‘The Spinning Top’ - like a waltzer on speed - and the Star Flyer, really tall chairoplanes like the one in Edinburgh at Christmas, but permanent. It was too windy for them to get it up to full speed, but you still got a great view from the top: I went on it again later on, after dark, and could see all the way to Malmö with the city lights to follow.
I was getting hungry after the Star Flyer, so I disembarked and went to investigate an Italian restaurant I’d spotted - Tivoli has many eateries - called ‘Italia - La Vecchia Signora’. I had already had pizza earlier in the week and wanted to try something different, so I ordered a delicious mushroom ravioli with butter and sage, followed up by one of those melt-in-the-middle chocolate puddings with vanilla ice cream and - for some reason - diced apple.
I thought it would be a bad idea to go on anything too shoogly so soon after tea, so I picked out a few more sedate rides to let my food go down: the dragon boats, sailing on a little pond; a traditional ferris wheel, and a frankly weird ride called ‘The Flying Trunk’ where you got into a car shaped like - yes - a trunk and rode past mechanical puppet displays of different Hans Christian Andersen fairytales, with all the classics and a few less-known ones. I left with the general impression that Hans Christian Andersen was a man with serious problems.
With dinner safely digested, I felt free to try some of the more high-speed rides, and went on:
- A surprisingly fast and bumpy carousel with a pirate theme
- Something called ‘Fata Morgana’, like the offspring of the twister and the Star Flyer - a twister, but 50+ feet in the air
- A small but fast roller coaster called ‘The Odin Express’ (twice)
- Another roller coaster, a traditional wooden one just called ‘The Roller Coaster’ with tunnels
- Dodgems - I think they were invented by a frustrated commuter.
- A carousel with little rocket-shaped cards which you could raise or lower on hydraulic arms as it spun, called ‘The Astronomer’
- Another carousel, this one with the usual animals. I rode on a giraffe (maybe not so high-speed)
- The Spinning Top and the Star Flyer again.
There was also an open-air rock concert going on at the stage. I gathered that the band was called ‘Bob Hund’ if the merchandise stall was anything to go by, but I’d never heard of them. Maybe they’re more famous in Denmark. I also watched a fantastic light show at the lake, with amazing interplay of lasers, spotlights, music and fountains, and a bit of a show at the mime theatre but left after a while. I’m not much of a one for commedia dell’arte; it fills an important and fascinating place in theatrical history, but I find it a bit to slapstick for my taste.
Tivoli is open late on Fridays, but things began to wind down a little before closing time. I was getting hungry again, so I bought some mini doughnuts from a stall for a snack and ate them before finally departing Tivoli at about 11.30. I’m glad I came in the evening - I don’t think it would have the same atmosphere during the day. The lights are beautiful reflected in the water. This must be a good time of year for it, too - it was hardly deserted, but I barely had to queue for anything.
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Roller Coaster Tycoon Classic: Six Flags over Texas
I decided not to go in order, obviously, because I knew that if I did them in order I would lose interest and never get anything done. SFOT is an iconic park for me, and since I’ve been to this park in real life, I can tell you that the layout is hilariously wrong. Rides are closer to other rides than they should be, rides are missing, the park is much more compact than in real life, and there are many sections of this park I know existed in 2002 they just aren’t built in game.
I started this park by fixing the symmetry of the entrance square, things like that bother me, I’m never sure why parks in RCT are built so haphazardly. I moved the swinging ship in Spain to the side, added a circus, and added a train station to this area, making the total 3 train stations (2 felt too little). I did not touch La Vibora. The log flume had to be moved and rearranged a bit for pathway reasons, as there’s now a connecting path from Spain to Titan.
I lowered the station for Titan since the station previously was 30 feet high which is ridiculous, I reprofiled a lot of the ride too, adding some airtime hills. I redesigned the pathways and the area next to Titan, including it in a new area called Wild West. In Wild West there is a new mine train ride since the park wasn’t designed with the pre existing Runaway Mine Train, also a powered coaster called Rodeo.
In the center of the park I’ve moved the Splash Falls ride to the back (East) side of the park, replacing it with a wooden twister coaster called Lone Star. Texas Giant has no chances except for the pathways and the scenery around the station and the train station. I’ve kept the building for Runaway Mountain but thought it was too dramatic of a building for the ride inside it so I redesigned it to be an indoor-outdoor double launch coaster similar to Verbolten at Busch Gardens, with the outdoor section flying over the rapids ride. There was no space for the power towers in their current spot so I placed them in the area behind the Oil Derrick. Shockwave is unchanged.
I’ve made the lakeside to the east of the entrance more enticing and enjoyable, adding boat rides, a fountain, and several picnic areas. Next to Judge Roy Scream I’ve added an inverted shuttle coaster, themed loosely off of Adventurelands Dragon, because it also is between a wooden coaster and a lake. The entire area around Flashback and the Bumper Cars is redesigned to have more of an old park theme, Missile Chaser has been moved here.
The lake where Missile Chaser was has been turned into a normal lake, next to it is a pair of very familiar coasters, a blue launched shuttle coaster called Frostbite and next to that a yellow inverted coaster called Longhorn. Wink wink. They’re a little too iconic as a pair not to at least give a nudge. I filled in the rest of the open area beyond bumper cars with a water coaster themed to medieval Merlin, a few flat rides, and the moved Splash Falls.
Overall this park was super easy, especially since there were fewer rides than SFMM, I made money much faster than SFMM too. This park only took about 20 years to complete. A lot of the existing coasters were built to my standard in this park, so I’ve mainly adjusted only pathways and the areas around these coasters, creating a perfect balance of old and new. I finished SFOT with 42 rides including 14 coasters.
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Episode 29 - The Buzzed Kill Countdown: Top 10 Kills
From the Show!
INTRO
^ Round 2...still lost..
CORRECTIONS
^Mike at Meramec Caverns in 2008
NEWS
^RIP Bill Paxton
Untold Horror Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeGj76hYrAQ
^Jason goes to hell Directors Cut!
^Javiar Botet
^Those Fuckin Wheelers...
^Dee Snider in Strangland
TOFU
Mikes #10 - Head Rip Open from CRADLE OF FEAR
Scene - https://youtu.be/Nwaa1-BhCOg?t=36
Jim’s #10 - Head Splitter from HATCHET
Scene - https://youtu.be/e2IcNXxl5zs?t=48
Justin’s pick - Reverse Bear trap from SAW/ SAW 3D
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqz0_zn34Ag
Mike’s #9 - Woodchipper from TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVKc6PBYvD0
Jim’s #9 - Basketball from DEADLY FRIEND
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSW2pPlZF-M
Justin’s Pick - Dexters First Kill from DEXTER
Scene - https://youtu.be/8OGhI3P2w_g?t=138
Mike’s #8 - Truck tug of War from THE HITCHER
Scene - https://youtu.be/W1j130d4W04?t=253
Jim’s #8 - Masonry saw to the Chest from HIGH TENSION
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_dzbG34_r0
Mike’s #7 - The Rack from SAW III
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuYTHwZbOQ
Jim’s #7 - Wooden Slat in the Mouth from DREAM HOME
Scene - https://youtu.be/cA-Z8z6_Z1U?t=392
Mike’s #6 - Full Disembowelment from DAY OF THE DEAD
Scene - https://youtu.be/ShPsD2kKUeg?t=52
Jim’s #6 - Pump you uBeat you down from CHILDS PLAY 2
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNYW8hyN3G0
Mike’s #5 - Ban Saw from INTRUDER
Scene - https://youtu.be/iCjsHXSjlHA?t=46
Jim’s #5 - Leather Strap from FRIDAY THE 13TH PART V: A NEW BEGINNING
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcpgdQErsrM&index=10&list=PLtuLzCVbvRUd6Vi7WnJaEjcD2_BqN-dN-
Mike’s #4 - Belt Sander from HATCHET
Scene - https://youtu.be/hJRkbX6P_dE?t=42
Jim’s #4 - Hero's unexpected death from FEAST
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnlFfvPqUfg
Justin’s Pick - Telephone Pole from TWISTER
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u10qmBqH-Sw
Mike’s #3 - Roller Coaster sequence from FINAL DESTINATION 3
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OfDzDbdFtA
Jim’s #3 - Palmer transforms on the couch, bites Windows' head, then Macready burns both of them from THE THING
Scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqVbOSEsJNo
Mike’s #2 - Stab to Wall from HALLOWEEN
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Jim’s #2 - “that boy done got split in twain” from BONE TOMAHAWK
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Mike’s #1 - Sleeping Bag from FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD
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Jim’s #1 - Quints death from JAWS
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Justin’s #1 - Slow Motion Gunshot from HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES
Scene - https://youtu.be/Du9p_txjbsM?t=121
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