Spring Fling (and a little Carowinds)

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Spring Fling (and a little Carowinds)

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I tried to have fun without you guys. It was hard, but I think I managed.

By the way, there's a little Whootah shoutout in the Tommy and James TR: http://tommyandjames.net/sfogsf07.html

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Click HERE for all 14 Carowinds photos

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Saturday was ACE Southeast's annual Spring Fling event at Six Flags Over Georgia. After battling terrible traffic in the city with the worst drivers I have ever seen, I finally made it to Atlanta and met up with Casey, Scott, Diane, and Judi for dinner.

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Casey and Diane look tired because we had to be at the park shortly after 7 AM.

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The first ride during morning ERT (and my first ride of the year) was Georgia Scorcher.

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For some reason I felt like taking pictures of myself today. There's Goliath above me, which we got plenty of rides on during the morning ERT.

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Here is Casey taking a solo ride on the worst coaster in the park.

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Scream Machine was also up and running well during the morning session.

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Monster Plantation! It and the train around the park were the only rides we rode during the day.

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Closed for the whole day and valleyed between the loop and the boomerang. Shocking!

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Lunch time at the picnic pavilions.

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At lunch they auctioned off the control panel to Casey's precious Free Fall, which was removed before the season.

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Judi won the auction for a price that I'm not even going to mention.

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Since Judi won the auction, Robert also gave her a ticket for the photo walkback. Casey and I went on it. It was two hours long, and we covered virtually every square inch of the back areas and boneyards of the park. Here I am in front of the Great American Scream Machine's first drop.

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A view of the coaster that most people don't see.

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Only coaster nerds would find any entertainment whatsoever in this junk.

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This would look good in my apartment.

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These too.

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whootah that's some high quality "landscape."

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Not sure I would agree with that.

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Casey found the Free Fall entrance sign.

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This is some high quality "plumbing."

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Here is the computer that runs Superman.

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Like ohmahgawd I'm totally in the Superman control room I'm totally freaking out right now.

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ACEers on the tracks.

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Now we are in the Goliath control room. Oh the excitement.

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Fun.

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Yep, it's a B&M hyper coaster.

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Casey is very sad. We found the remains of Free Fall. Of course, I still haven't figured out what he found appealing in that back shattering piece of junk.

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A close-up view of Mind Bender.

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Such an awesomefied ride.

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Dave seems to be thoroughly enjoying the Looney Toons show they did at the theater before the evening ERT.

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whootah the event t-shirt is actually something I would wear in public.

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Three hours of night ERT begins with Mind Bender.

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Goliath lookin pretty as the sun sets.

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There was enough ERT for everyone to get as many night rides on Goliath as they could ever need.

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Georgia Cyclone was rough and wild as always.

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This is one of my favorite rides in the park even if it does try to put you in the hospital.

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Acrophobia was up for night ERT. I love it, but it's not a very male friendly ride.

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Diane, on the other hand, rode it for an hour by herself before they closed it.

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The "line" for Goliath during ERT.

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Everybody had a blast, of course. If ERT had gone on much longer I probably would have gotten sick.

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I try to take a picture of myself and fail.

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Success this time, plus a bonus pose from Tommy.

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Casey about to head up the lift for another ride.

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Here's Danny and myself about to get on Goliath.

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Scott's energy level does not dissipate. Ever.

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Apparently Casey is a midget.

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Time to go home after a long and awesomefied day.

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Later Goliath.

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Nothing is more luxurious after a day at the park than the Wendy's drive-through.

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I came home to find this picture on my camera. Apparently I was amusing everyone else in the room by doing some weird things in my sleep.

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Yeah I must have been passed out pretty hard.

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Goodbye to Six Flags Sunday morning as I head up the road toward Charlotte.

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I had to check out the Cedar Fair-ized Carowinds on my way home.

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As expected, the trash cans have arrived.

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The Skytower has received the Knott's treatment.

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I laughed.

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Most importantly, the Flyers are running as good as ever.

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Everybody is excited to be riding Fairly Odd Coaster.

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That's right. We rode Chopper Chase, despite the fact that I vowed never to set foot in one of those cars after being made aware of certain activities that happened in one.

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This view from the Skytower looks a little different now.

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The "new" ride was not open yet.

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After getting in a few rides and my Maxx pass processed, I headed back to Raleigh. As always, it was great to see old friends, and to meet some new ones as well. Look forward to a video soon!
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Post by AMartin777 »

awesomefied trip reports from you and the GAP crew! Might have to make this event next year! :)
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