I told my dad that people were going to ask him his trick for getting 98,000 words in like 15 days. Then i answered my own question - he lived 61 years and took really good notes! His response was, "Life is sometimes just showing up and holding on to your junk!" I want to write a "showing up and holding on to your junk" roller coaster story for someone.
...zumindest wenn es nach Rollercoaster Kingdom auf Facebook geht!
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Have you ever wondered what the Universal Studios Theme Park looked like while it was under construction? Well, neither have I. Regardless, here’s a glimpse of what it would look like if they built it today, because Universal Studios Singapore is presently being built today on Sentosa Island. The theme park is set to open in 2010 on the resort island directly off the south coast of Singapore. It will feature a replica of Hollywood Boulevard, which means I'll finally have a place to shoot all of my Los Angeles scenes. The cable car ride from the mainland offered outstanding views of the city and the islands, and I was reminded that Singapore is the busiest port in the world.
Minutes after taking this photograph I was up there myself, hanging on for dear life.
The weird thing was, that despite the fact that it wasn't, by modern standards, a particularly
scary looking ride, it turned out "worse" than expected. And by worse I mean better. Why?
Because it creaked, it groaned, it was made from wood and the brakes were operated by a
disaffected teenager in the cart at the back.
Somehow, despite the shaky voice in the back of my head reassuring me that it *had* to be safe, the uncertainty was the added thrill that pushed it above average.
All the other, insanely wilder rides, looked much too safe.
hahaha, this roller coaster looks soooo fun! it's located on top of the Swiss Alps and it looks crazy!
The guys voice in the video is pretty funny too :P
Just waiting in line for the new coaster at Wonderland. Looks amazing! The lineup only took 20 min. I guess I spend half the day waiting in line
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If you follow my Twitter feed (which you probably don't) you'll know that I went to Flamingo Land today with my family as it's my brother's birthday tomorrow. Naturally, I used this opportunity to do some true, hard-hitting reporting.
The new ride - Mumbo Jumbo - is actually pretty good. Supposedly, it's some sort of world record-breaking roller coaster - entirely due to one bit, which I can best describe as a "S-shaped" drop. We ended up queuing for about an hour and a half, and the ride itself lasts no more than about a minute. Whether I'd want to queue that long again I don't know, but it was still a great time.
