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Title: Columbus Day
Description: October 13, 2008


jonrev - October 14, 2008 05:54 AM (GMT)
Got up early on a day-off from school for once and decided to hit the park for the day.

On the way there I noticed the "landmark" Grand Tri-State Business Park sign was gone. Seems like everyone in Gurnee is changing signage. Gurnee Mills did theirs a few years back, Great America replaced the "Giant T" for 2007, and now this one's gone.
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OK I'm done babbling, time for some breakfast:
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Random bird likes Cheese Roll-Ups
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I hate driving on the Grand/I-94 overpass with the construction barriers up. The Fiero has such a low roofline that it feels like driving fast through a narrow tunnel.
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They toned the fog down. Boo...
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You can hear this guy babbling all the way from the Nostalgia McDonalds
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Wandered around "Random 51" for a few minutes:

Random UFO crash.
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Random theming... like some kid on RCT2 plopped them there
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Hello again old friend, randomly placed in the walkway
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Time to ride something...
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Ooo scary
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Terror Twister is by-far running the best it has been in years. The strobe light is way better synced than last year
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"Line jump... I dare you."
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Demon stuck on blocks... hmm...
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Decided to see Susan Rosen for the first time in 2 years. Small crowd so she didn't make anyone do fun stuff on stage.:(
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Demon still stuck on blocks... what the hell?
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OMG THEY DUG MOAR OUT!
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On a side note...
When you can't afford awesomeness...
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...you build it:
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Anywho...

Crap.
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Eagle stands out more now that the green pile of crap is gone... *cough*Splashwater Falls*cough*
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Revz' cool Fright Fest sign
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Revz going fast
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What happens to stupid people jumping fences at Six Flags
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Rawr...
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Necropolis. More on that later.
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Monster Mash didn't have any line
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So that's where all the blood in the King Chaos' pool comes from, the idiot bees that drown in it
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Colorful...
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...and we're back
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CoasterDude Car!
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"CONSTIPATED!!"
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Yummy...
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No more twigs tied together!
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Kuh-KAW!!
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Camera battery died so it was time for a Coke break:
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Signage
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Random scaracters wandering around Southwest Scare-tory
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Time for another round of Terror Twister
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I'm Ignoring You...
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Riccochet was running great today.
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[see sig]
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I'm tired and it's late. No rotate for you.
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SHOCKWAVE!!!1!!
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What a wonderful couple...
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Larry watches over King Chaos
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Had to ride the new "Holding Brake-Free" V2...
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It, for whatever reason, got stopped on the launch track a few cycles before me but got going again very shortly
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ShockWave stairs?
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THANK YOU!!!
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Ran out of memory card so I grabbed the other one in the Fiero...

Random Columbia shot
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I like the new cityscape but miss the B&M gag on the other wall.
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For once the tunnel looks like it did years ago
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"HIT AND RUN!!"
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Weren't they having trouble getting a new net for this back in 2006? Guess they gave up.
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This looks like it's going too. Sad, I loved that huge climb thing when I was a kid.
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Made a run to Eagle for the end of the night
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Ended up being the last rider of the day.
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Cool... closed... but cool.
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THE EDN
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On the way out I encountered some rude security guards. When I asked where to go to get to the Washington St. exit they gave me a weird look, one of them looked at me saying "C'mon... please." The other one said go see the security guard at the other end (towards Grand), which wasn't there.

Rather than get into a war hellride with a security guard about getting to Washington, I decided to take the long way. Of course it was backed up due to what looked like a nasty wreck. It looked like there were 2 ambulances, a few squad cars, and a fire truck on the scene. Can anyone else fill me in on that?

superbleachbrothers - October 14, 2008 10:51 AM (GMT)
Which Taco Bell you eat? Is that the TB in Gurnee by the Gurnee Mills?

jonrev - October 14, 2008 05:22 PM (GMT)
Yes.

Great America - October 15, 2008 11:46 PM (GMT)
How were the crowds?

jonrev - October 18, 2008 07:48 AM (GMT)
Average. It wasn't packed but nothing was a walk-on pretty much all day until the very end.

Mister_Twister - October 18, 2008 04:14 PM (GMT)
Hell, I just might go on Nov 2nd. Especially if it's cold as hell.

Dark knight - October 18, 2008 11:23 PM (GMT)
Jon what is up with those, what they look like, clowns.

You scaring me.




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