Monday, July 24, 2006

Playland

Well, yesterday the weather cleared up and we managed to go to the local amusement park Playland. It was so much fun!

One of my favorite rides there is called the Starship 2000. It's like the Tasmanian devil ride at 6 Flags. They put you in this room/machine which spins so fast that the people inside get glued to the walls. Well, I always thought that it was cool. It probably sounds lame from the description. Another cool thing about this ride, there's this weird optical illusion created from all the spinning: it's like you're lying on your back against the wall but it feels like the floor, and the people across the room from you seem to be on the ceiling. In this ride, you really are glued to the walls. I remember this one time when I went there, someone started breakdancing on the wall during the ride. O_O They got kicked off, but it was still pretty cool!

The ride I went on most that day though was called "Playland Plunge". They had one like this at 6 Flags too, but I forget what it's called. Basically the tracks form a huge hill. You go up in a (literally) 2-ton car, and then down again. It's a water ride. When you go down the hill in that heavy cart, it creates a HUGE wave. Everyone in the cart, and everyone standing near the ride, gets soaked! -^^- It was a hot day, I must've literally gone on like 8 times! My clothes were still soaked when I got home!

Another ride I went on was called "the log flume", which is another wateride. I love that ride. I rode in front of Bryan and Michael, so I couldn't do much when they started being XP! For example, they started singing "Rock the boat! Rock the boat baby! Rock the boat! Don't tip the boat over! Rock the boat!" And they were rocking the boat we were in for the ride from the side to side. I was just like X_X

Good news! There's a new addition to Playland rides! Flimsy seatbelts! ^^" Up to a few years ago, a lot of the non roller coaster rides didn't have seatbelts. They had (not the best quality) lapbars, but no seatbelts. Which looking back, makes me wonder why the heck I went on them. Apparently someone died once by standing up on the "mind scrambler" ride, by standing up in the cart, and they got sued. They had seatbelts after that. In my opinion, even though the ride needed seatbelts, it's only common sense not to stand up in the middle of the ride, and they even say "Don't stand up during the ride" for the retards! X_X People can be so stupid.

Despite everything, I had so much fun! -^^- I think next to the rides, my favorite thing was playing Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). At the arcade section, they had DDR SuperNova. This is the newest version, (c) 2006. Man, I love DDR. It's only $1 there. Which is nice, sice at my local arcade they charge twice as much for the same thing. >.< I remember my friend told me of this place with 50 cent DDR, and I was like "What? That's possible?" I love DDR! Just curious, how many of you people play or have played DDR, and which version? Yeah, I'm DDR obsessed! I wanna get DDR Extreme 2! What's your faorite songs in DDR?


I like this song from DDR (I like a lot of others too, but this is the one I'm in the mood for)

Waka Laka


~xanth~

PS: I'm still taking members for my Spork Club.

PSS: My internet's going off now that I'm done with this post. T-T Sorry but I won't be able to visit sites today

May the gods of sporks and insanity be with you,
~Xanth~

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