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Episode 170 - Spring has Sprung
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Episode 170 - Spring has Sprung
This week on the premier comedy roller coaster podcast Ben and Zach discuss their recent YFCS meetup at SeaWorld San Diego, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm and the Disneyland Resort, upcoming enthusiast events in 2025 and much more
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High on a Flight to Italy
00:00:41
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I'm Zach, and sometimes when I take edibles, they work.
00:00:49
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I'm Ben, and I eat edibles and then work. Sometimes.
00:00:59
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Sometimes eat edibles when eat workables.
00:01:06
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The worst was... when I was a little too confident on taking a huge edible on like a flight to, to Italy.
00:01:18
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And like, I was like, Oh, this is in my mind. It was like, Oh, this is like a, you know, a whole day thing. I'll be fine. Didn't get a wink of sleep on the plane and then like landing and having to go right to an office.
00:01:29
Speaker
Oh God. Which is, and then like getting off the plane. I'm like not only am I tired, but I'm also like still high. That's not a great place to be. No.
Unexpected Quality at an Italian Truck Stop
00:01:45
Speaker
Did you at least get to eat like some, like a big ass Italian meal when did you weren't high? At a truck stop. Yeah.
00:01:55
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It was, uh, it was, i think I talked about in my cancel Europe rant, but yeah, it was, um, Most of that trip, we ate food out of ah at a truck stop, and it was literally like cafeteria style. But then they like put they like scoop your food on a plate, and they put the plate in the microwave. And there's like four microwaves stacked on top of each other, so they had like multiple plates going at the same time.
00:02:19
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Yum.
00:02:23
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It's just funny how like that was like the majority of my Italian food experience. Can you scrape me some cheese on there? thank you
00:02:35
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It wasn't bad, though. like like For the situation in the in the truck, like it was actually good for what it was, but yeah. Everything was still fresh. Tomatoes are always fresh. That was one thing I loved. Anytime you get a tomato, it's always good.
00:02:51
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That's good. think truck stop tomatoes here in America is where COVID originated. like this like the subway tomato. Oh, God. like See, and here's the thing. I don't even like tomatoes.
00:03:07
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so like yeah like a really good one i still am not a big fan but i can live with but it's got to be a damn good tomato so like yeah you look at like a subway one you're like this fucking thing is overripe or like what the fuck is wrong with it it's pink it's like or it's like white think a slight pinkish hue it's like the same color accelerator was when it was really faded
00:03:36
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Those are actually legally tomatoes. and So i didn't I didn't know this. Apparently they inject food with like silicone to preserve them.
The Hidden Secrets of Costco Produce
00:03:50
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Nestle. Evil Pringle bastards. Yeah, like costco like Costco produce sometimes weirds me out. Like the bananas and the avocados.
00:04:03
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ah You buy the avocados and it's like three you buy them and then three weeks goes by. It's like how are these not soft yet? like What the fuck is in these things that make them preserved? It's like a prop.
00:04:18
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they're like They're made out of recycled bullets.
00:04:23
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yeah Yum, yum. Eat up. Throw them in the microwave.
The Costco Spending Trap
00:04:29
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Speaking of Costco, you know the Costco like the costco guys Boom. that was like so that's such a cultural thing. i didn't i didn't know what what it was until maybe like a couple weeks ago.
00:04:43
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and Ben not knowing who the Costco guys was until just a couple weeks ago. That's not very tasty. Only one boom. Boom. Boom.
00:04:54
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It's a whole fucking trilogy. And they were on like jimmy kimmelen's or not jimmy Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy Fallon, and he looks pained while he's talking to these guys.
00:05:09
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God, it's so dumb.
00:05:12
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Yeah, it's it's bad. see I always thought Costco was like just like Sam's Club. like it was like i See, I'm still not a fan because there's somehow...
00:05:25
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You go there anticipating to save money, but it's still like $800 every time. You think you're going to save money, and then you're like, I mean, i don't know if I need a wine cooler, but I've never seen quite such a nice one, and it's a little cheaper than I thought they would be.
Exploring Costco's Food Court
00:05:45
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yeah
00:05:47
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Yeah. I've even compared some of the – even the food stuff, like when you compare it, ah price like price per ounce – um like It's almost the same as any other grocery store, but you're like, oh, this is a big tub, so of course it should cost $30.
00:06:03
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But it's really only like ah like one and a half sizes bigger than the one you can get at a Kroger or Kroger-adjacent grocery store. Ooh, three pounds of grated mozzarella cheese.
00:06:18
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The only thing that makes sense is like paper towel, like ah cleaning supplies, paper towels, Like butter, milk, eggs. Dry good or canned goods too.
00:06:30
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Yeah.
00:06:33
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Assuming you eat them as you would normally, because the other problem is like, there's like that first, the first couple of days after a Costco run where it's like, oh yeah, I'll eat four granola bars. I'll eat five of everything. And then it's gone after a week.
00:06:52
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And then the shit you need, it's like, well, i don't we don't need to go to Costco this week, but we don't have enough to cook food. We got these like Indian packaged bags of Indian food things that we can reheat.
00:07:07
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had frozen taquitos for lunch and dinner for three days straight.
00:07:13
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And now we don't have any frozen taquitos left. Yeah.
00:07:21
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Yeah, it's a... We almost bought like a sink the last time we were there. Just on a whim? Yeah, then it was like, when are we going to do this? like When are we going to replace this sink? It's not going to happen. At least I'm not doing it anytime soon. That's the thing with Costco. Shit you wouldn't even think to buy. Yeah. And
00:07:45
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you're like, well, you know, I never actually saw one in a store before.
00:07:52
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Might as well just pick it up. My friend, like I went over there and he but ended up buying like the 86-inch TV or whatever the whatever giant TV it was.
00:08:06
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and It was just funny because it was on the existing TV wall mount. the existing tv walmo But it was so big, it had to be had to like go at an angle just so it could get in, because there was a corner of the wall.
00:08:22
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And it looks so ridiculous. And he's just like, yeah, I didn't need this. i i went for diapers and I came out Fucking Costco, man.
00:08:40
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You're like, I just went in for a hot dog and I left with three caskets.
00:08:48
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The food court, I've, I still, I've not done, I've done the pizza like to go, but I haven't done the other stuff. Some of that shit too is like, I just don't like, there's nothing really healthy there.
00:09:02
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There's the chicken bake. That's like 1200 calories. And then people put the hot dogs in the chicken bake. Oh, God. Yeah.
00:09:13
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That's ah heart conscious, right? Yeah. And then there's like the 700 calorie coffee chocolate shake thing, which that's not a nice coffee. That's just a coffee flavored milkshake.
00:09:31
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What about like a fruit smoothie? Yeah.
00:09:35
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Haven't had those, but those I'm sure those are pretty high loaded with sugar. I'm sure they are. It's like, ah they're actually a sorbet smoothie.
00:09:45
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Yeah, that's like, ah I mean, that's like the whole, like when people are like, I'm going to get a coffee and then they like walk out with a Frappuccino. You're like, that's 800 calories. Yeah. Your morning milkshake.
00:09:57
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The worst is people I'm going to get a coffee, and then they get like a cookies and cream frappuccino. There's not even caffeine in there. There's not a trace of coffee touching that thing. so do you have to add coffee to the frappuccinos?
Frappuccinos: Coffee or Milkshake?
00:10:11
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always assume that they came with the coffee, or like it was mixed with coffee. so There's like a coffee base and a cream base. so The coffee base is based on coffee, yeah but it's like a powder that you mix with water. Okay.
00:10:29
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and Interesting. Yeah. Like maybe like an instant coffee type of thing. Yeah. You know, but yeah, they, they're either coffee or cream based.
00:10:43
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You can like add an espresso shot or whatever, but there's very little what you could even qualify as coffee. in in like a coffee Frappuccino. You know what I mean?
00:10:56
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Yeah. That shit's fucking 60% ice. Yeah, it kind of seems like the Frappuccino is what really expanded Starbucks because like, I mean, shit. Okay. And also, I'm pretty sure I've had this exact conversation multiple times in this recording, but Like any Starbucks in a small town in the Midwest is probably 90% Frappuccinos.
00:11:27
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And pumpkin spice lattes. Yeah. Because every fucking time I go in there and I just want a cold brew, it takes 10 seconds to pour into the cup. And it's behind a queue of like 12 Frappuccinos. Yeah.
00:11:43
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I feel so bad for the people working there because they're just constantly washing blenders and like blending shit and mixing things. And there's like nine instructions.
00:11:57
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The berries, then the cream, then the whipped cream, the ice, three, three and a half pumps, caramel, two and a quarter pump chocolate, 6.138 Splenda's.
00:12:16
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That's the other thing. Have you ever seen water? The water talks? Not directly, but I've seen like a video about them. Yeah.
00:12:26
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The world is weird in 2025. Yeah. I'm going to make my water of the day. Here's one bottle of water. And then here's 25 various pumps of syrups in three different packets of flavoring.
00:12:44
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Like, that's so goddamn disgusting. Yeah.
00:12:50
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And at a certain point, it's really not water anymore. Right. I think that exists just for the controversy because people, what they like they'll say, like, it's my water. and then all the comments like, that's not water. That's not water. And then it just, people fight in the comments.
00:13:10
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just like It's my water for the day and you take a piss in a Stanley Cup.
00:13:17
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Water talk.
00:13:24
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yeah God. Well, we are um we're officially back from our Southern California
Post-Trip Reflections on Southern California
00:13:32
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excursion. that was a lot of fun.
00:13:35
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was a blast. I had a good, like, It took me a good week to recover. I'm pretty sure I got sick somehow, which is the one downside. I think it was whatever we... I mean, like we had there was that one night where like both of our throats started getting sore.
00:13:55
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That would have been Saturday. Yeah, so I don't know what that was about. But whatever it was... did share a joint that night, but I don't think that was related No, it would have been i would have guessed it probably was on the first somewhere on the first day. Yeah. like Either one of the restaurants or something. Yeah. What was weird was I didn't have any symptoms other than this. I had the sore throat for the day or two, but I didn't have a fever headache or anything. I was just fucking exhausted.
00:14:30
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could not keep my eyes open. That ah Monday morning doing that double flight was fucking brutal. I bet, dude. And then like I got home from... like I normally come home from a work week pretty exhausted, and that was like double exhausted. Yeah.
00:14:48
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it was good, though. i I think I had a total of 70,000 steps total over the whole trip. Yeah, man.
00:14:59
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We got fucking steps on steps on steps every day. I know at least two of those days I cleared 30,000. Yeah. yeah Which is like... But, you know, it's good.
00:15:12
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Good to be... Use it or lose it, right? Yeah. So, ah good to be moving the muscles. um We definitely missed you at Disneyland. Yeah, that sounded fun.
00:15:24
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i ah I'll just have to make an effort to go. I want to go into like a special event of some kind. Well, it's the 70th this year. July. July. Is that like a month long thing or what are they doing? um It's from July until think TBD.
00:15:44
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ah Okay. But July 17th is the actual 70th anniversary of Disneyland.
00:15:52
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But the month of July will be good, you know, yeah for that. um
00:16:00
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If you're interested in potentially doing a run Disney event at Disneyland,
00:16:07
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That's like a marathon thing. or yeah I think it's either half or 10 K we signed up for it. um But for reasons, I'm not going to disclose here.
00:16:20
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Probably can't participate because it's in September. Yeah.
00:16:27
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I may be able to, but anyway, that's a side conversation.
00:16:33
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Anyway, ah
Disneyland Adventures
00:16:35
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Disneyland. Yeah, July will be the 70th. They're doing some cool stuff for it. Bringing back some of the good nighttime stuff. think um Paint the Night is coming back, if I'm not mistaken.
00:16:50
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And Magical Journeys. The Firework Show. And they're going to open up Walt Disney, A Magical Life, which is not exactly replacing Mr. Lincoln, but it will be for the 70th, after which it'll be rotating with Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln.
00:17:10
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Is that an animatronic thing? Yeah, it's the first animatronic of Walt Disney. Okay. There'll be a show where it's like the set is like his office and...
00:17:23
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there There hasn't been much said about it other than that. It'll be cool to see an animatronic Walt.
00:17:30
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um Now, the nice thing was, again, crowds and weather were on our side that day, which worked out nicely because Lance and I were able to get pretty much all the e-tickets done and only needed to buy the individual attraction pass for cars.
00:17:49
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Okay, nice.
00:17:53
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Because we did Space. We did Big Thunder. we did um Rise of the Resistance. Millennium Falcon.
00:18:04
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Which we both got to we got to be pilots on. Which is cool. Let me open up my notes.
00:18:12
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the Incredicoaster. Goofy Sky School. we go. here we go Yeah, Matterhorn. We only got to do the Fantasyland side because Tomorrowland side was being filmed on um Haunted Mansion, Jungle Cruise, Indiana Jones, Sky School. We did the Pal around, which is a lot of fun.
00:18:39
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Radiator Springs, Incredicoaster, Guardians of the Galaxy, Rise, and Haunted Mansion. So it was a busy day, but we did pretty much everything. Nice.
00:18:53
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um Small World was closed, unfortunately, and we didn't make it back to Toontown, so didn't end up on Roger Rabbit's or Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway.
00:19:06
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Roger Rabbit. Did we do that time in 09? I can't remember. Yeah, I don't know what that ride is. It's a dark ride with a teacup vehicle, basically.
00:19:21
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It's like a taxi, but the steering wheel um controls it spinning.
00:19:31
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If you can picture that. Okay. Yeah, I don't think.
00:19:38
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Jesus. It's pretty cool. think it's the only one of its kind in the world, really. Hold on. Hold on. You're just interrupting me. Oh, no worries.
00:19:53
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Clayton. Your dog is super cute. Pet Ruger for me. he just like barged the door open. He's like, what are you doing in here?
00:20:06
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So, yeah, but we, you were definitely missed cause, um, you know, it sucked to have to have you bail.
00:20:16
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Yeah. i need, yeah, I wish I could have, uh, I wish I could have gone.
00:20:25
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In fact, like, I think Disneyland, like I, I'm totally down for Disneyland, but like when I think about Disney world, honestly, like I'm losing my like interest of Disney world because of how much like, cause that's like, if you run it to like hit everything at Disney world, that's like what, at least three days.
00:20:49
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Three, lead i mean, maybe four, if you really want to be thorough. Yeah. Yeah. Whereas Disneyland, you still can do all the major stuff in one day.
00:21:01
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But couple caveats. We stayed open to close. So that's at 8 a.m. m to 10 p.m. It's a pretty full day. Yeah. Yeah.
00:21:15
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What did you guys do in the morning like with bags and Uber and all that? We just Ubered over to the Motel 6. The Motel 6 main gate, which is on Disney Way.
00:21:26
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so it's maybe 10-minute walk tops to get to the harbor entrance to Disneyland. Yeah. So um they held our luggage while we went to the park.
00:21:37
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And then we did like a break at midday to get checked into the room and stuff. Okay.
00:21:46
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So that worked out perfectly. Yeah. And then um the next day I had to switch hotels because it was 90s night at Disneyland, which I had a ticket to.
00:21:57
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um And I wasn't going to miss out. Right. It was a blast. I had to go to Garden Grove to the Motel 6 there because everything else around Disneyland was over $200 for the night.
00:22:10
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which is a little hefty. So garden Grove, um Harbor and whatever it is, that was only a hundred bucks. So that was fine.
00:22:21
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But I had to take all my luggage on the bus.
00:22:26
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Oh shit. How long of a bus rides? Uh, uh, 25 minutes or so. okay. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't bad at all.
Solo Amusement Park Exploration
00:22:34
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I ended up walking back to the park that that on Tuesday.
00:22:38
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right um I went in the morning.
00:22:43
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Did some rides. I got on Soarin' Over California. That was the only other big one we didn't get to go on um because it was Food and Wine Festival. So was Soarin' Over California, which I did not want to miss out on. And I'm so glad I did.
00:22:55
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And ah I took the last of those edibles that morning. And it hit at just the right time when I was in queue. So, like, I went on Soarin', and this is fucking... i was I was, like, so high that, like, the fucking ride made me cry with the music, and I'm like, oh my god, California's so beautiful.
00:23:17
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But it was a fun time, because I didn't realize... Like, that was the first time pretty much ever in my adult life I've gone to an amusement park by myself. 1.9% the first time.
00:23:30
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just never really came up. Yeah. So I was like, all right, I'm going to high and do whatever I want. I mean, in a weird way, I feel like Disney is almost ah one of the better parks to go by yourself.
00:23:44
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It is because you can really take your time. Yeah.
00:23:49
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Yeah. Like ah six flags alone is at least in my experience is almost like i tend to get, like I get bored of it much more quickly. um
00:24:03
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like i ride everything and then I'm like, okay, I'm not going to just hang out here alone. And I usually end up leaving a little early.
00:24:14
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Yeah, like I feel like if... I went to Magic Mountain alone by myself one time real quick driving back from Disneyland because we crashed out in that same hotel we stayed at And i was like, I'll just go do a lap. And that's all I did.
00:24:32
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Cause it was holiday in the park. was I just want to go see the lights. So i just walked and did a lap like 45 minutes. Cause you know, that park's huge. And then just walked back. Cause I'm like, man Oh, i'm I'm losing. Yeah.
00:24:45
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Oh shit. Can you hear me at all? I think I lost Zach.
00:24:55
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All right. Technical issues is resolved. So, um, six hours ago when we first started recording, we were talking about going to parks alone by yourself.
00:25:07
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Oh yeah. Yeah. And I think that's one of those things where the park has to have good atmosphere for me to enjoy it. Like, i don't know if I really enjoy a six flags park by myself anymore.
00:25:21
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Um, Six Flags America was definitely kind of eye-opening with that because my intention was like, yeah, I'll go and just you know hang out and I'll ride everything and just like hang out at the park. After two hours, i was like, all right, I'm bored. I need to get the fuck out here.
00:25:39
Speaker
And then Bush was cool, though. Yeah, i could see i could see Bush. like It's got good theming. Yeah. There's also like, I don't know what it is. It's like the nicer the park is the weirder you feel there being there alone for some reason.
00:26:00
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And
00:26:04
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also like how popular it is with other enthusiasts can make a difference. Because when I went to Bush, I ran into tons of enthusiasts and it made it slightly less awkward.
00:26:17
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That checks out. But yeah, like the... Whenever I... I mean, i've I've done a lot of parks alone lately, and it's... a same Same kind of thing. Like, Universal was a lot of fun, even by myself, because like I didn't even care. Because everything's more immersive, and like...
00:26:36
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um business Everything's a little more exciting. Whereas, like, Bush Gardens in Florida, that was like brutal being there alone. That was like a fucking...
00:26:48
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felt like it was like a movie where like the guy's like wandering through the desert, like trying to find water and stuff and seeing mirages and like hallucinating. It's basically my Bush Gordon's Tampa in July experience.
00:27:01
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I mean, yeah, that park's like eight miles around. Yeah.
The Loneliness of SeaWorld
00:27:09
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By the time you get over to like Chikra, you're like, oh my god.
00:27:15
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Yeah, and that was like, too like, yep. And then I was like, I have to, like, go into the fucking, like, gift shop. I was, like, gift shop bouncing just to, like, get me seen. I need to sit down.
00:27:29
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I was like, oh, my God, gift shop. How much? $9 for a smart water? Fuck it.
00:27:38
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And then it would suck, too. And then, like, when it rains, like, uh... Like the time at SeaWorld, SeaWorld parks are weird to be at alone because they're so dead.
00:27:50
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I bet. Yeah.
00:27:54
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I mean, the one in San Diego is nice. but It's a nice park, but they all have that same kind of like desolate vibe. It's almost, I don't know. it's not It's not necessarily depressing, but it is almost, it's a little weird.
00:28:12
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Yeah, it's like, oh, like I can see the ride I want to go on from here, so I guess I just go that way. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Because there's nothing around. They're also very, like, they also all look like Planet Coaster Parks.
00:28:34
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The queue lines are really interesting. Yeah. Like, the one for Manta at San Diego was, like, interesting. Yeah, I think it was done well. I also just like how they do something other than just like cement blocks and like the hand like the silver handrails.
00:28:56
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There's actually like music and there's like plants and the cue lines don't just like go into switchbacks. They usually should kind of meander a bit.
00:29:06
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Yeah. yeah I'm glad we did the dolphin show when we were there.
00:29:12
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Oh, yeah, that's right. Which, and it was very funny how like they said over 20 times about about like consent with the dolphins, which I thought was kind of funny.
00:29:28
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heart Er means yes. Me, me, me, me, means no. It's like, this dolphin snowflake, I'm going to at first ask it if it's okay if it wants to perform a trick. If it doesn't want to, too bad, or whatever. They're just like...
00:29:44
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We don't force any of our dolphins to do tricks. It's everything by their own consent.
00:29:52
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Dolphin, do you want to consent?
00:29:58
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and then they like the me like It's just definitely like, you know that script was severely altered after the whole Blackfish thing. yeah like and They make they make sure they go they try they go really far out of their way to make sure that they're,
00:30:13
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you know Not a, they got all their T's crossed,
00:30:22
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but also, it's also crazy. Like wasn't, we were looking like, isn't that like one of the top 10 most visited parks in the country or something? Yeah. That is insane to me.
00:30:33
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Not top 10, but like top 15. Yeah. blows think they had over like 10 million visitors Yeah.
00:30:43
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Which, i mean, maybe you just pure, because it's open year-round, maybe helps. But like when we were there, it was not busy, and that seemed like a pretty normal SeaWorld day. I guess I've never been in a SeaWorld park when it's like slammed.
00:30:59
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I got to imagine that during the summer, and then also, like they got to get a lot of field trips, too. Oh, sure. Yeah.
00:31:10
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And then, yeah, I'm pretty sure they're like ah
00:31:15
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365 operation you know so like
00:31:21
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you know every day that's going to help but yeah yeah we got a little kind of preview of Wrath of Rakshasa I don't I still have always been underwhelmed by a dive coaster but um I do think the mini ones are better Yeah, Emperor was pretty sweet.
00:31:49
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Smooth in the front row rougher in the back row. is funny, though, like that first drop. the first When we rode in the front, that first drop, though, like that definitely like messed me up, nauseous-wise.
00:32:02
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Really? like Only for like a few seconds. It wasn't that stomach drop feeling. It was more of that like,
00:32:10
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like I could feel like my inner ear getting fucked up on the drop because it was like the first ride I've ridden in a while.
00:32:19
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Where I was very just like, whoa, okay.
00:32:25
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That was a good ride to to start the trip off on. yeah Speaking of wrath, it looks like it's almost done. Yeah, it might actually be open for opening day.
00:32:41
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I'm excited to hear the reviews. Same. If it's, if it's open, the next time I have ah trip to Chicago planned, I'll see, see about making my way up there.
00:32:56
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is
00:32:59
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goai Go get the credit. Yeah. Yeah. I'll have to, I'm sure I'll be up there visiting family at some point. I'll have to make a stop.
00:33:14
Speaker
Yeah, that'll be exciting. New ride there. And... um Oh, you know what?
00:33:24
Speaker
Lance and I had an interesting conversation at Disneyland that I thought would make good fodder for the podcast. So... um You're familiar with the Pixar Pal-A-Round or Dino's Wonder Wheel?
Are Ferris Wheels Roller Coasters?
00:33:38
Speaker
Yeah. So...
00:33:43
Speaker
Couldn't you theoretically... Yeah, right? ah Couldn't you theoretically count that as like 12 roller coasters?
00:33:56
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um
00:33:59
Speaker
I mean, yeah, you could. i think the only thing that's different, though, is that because the the car is not engaging...
00:34:14
Speaker
in any like potential energy itself. Sure. It is because of the way the tracks are shaped. Well, right.
00:34:26
Speaker
But I mean like the track is essentially moving in the car is stationary.
00:34:33
Speaker
I mean, you could like you, could I definitely understand the argument for it, but I think on that one, like versus a ah ah car that has to engage with like, let's say a a motor or a lift hill or tire drives, the track is stationary. The car moves in that case, the whole structure is the track, which is moving.
00:34:55
Speaker
It's different, but it is gravity powered and it is a full circuit. And it has wheels and runs on rails.
00:35:07
Speaker
I guess it's the same reason like is a super loop. Those like so ring of fires are are those coasters. Cause it's basically the same thing. I would say like, in my mind, those are two pretty much like equal
00:35:26
Speaker
kind of like those are, those are kind of like equal rides.
00:35:31
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Okay, that's fair. Yeah, I would like to say i clarify. I don't personally believe it's 12 roller coasters. But if you look closely at the way it operates, it's like, yeah, could yeah I couldn't really argue against counting it, you know? Yeah.
00:35:56
Speaker
Much like the example of... um The street cars here in San Francisco. Yeah. They're partially gravity powered. They're on rails, have wheels.
00:36:11
Speaker
I mean, I'd almost say like I would, I would count a first gen free fall over a wonder wheel credit.
00:36:25
Speaker
That's fair.
00:36:29
Speaker
And I don't really see too much, too many arguments about first gen free falls being credits. I'm sure somebody has done it, but I mean, that's basically, that's basically a coaster.
00:36:41
Speaker
Yeah, my like what one of my other criterias... There's a couple criterias for me. like Does RCDB endorse it as a roller coaster? Not the only. It's not the end-all be-all, but it's like, does RCDB endorse it as a roller coaster?
00:36:56
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Does the manufacturer... and And does the park and manufacturer present it as a roller coaster? Yeah. And in in the cases of like... You know, um Wonder Wheel and...
00:37:15
Speaker
whatever the first gen free falls the answer is no right so with the super loop that one's a little more complex
00:37:28
Speaker
Cause the parks did kind of market them as roller coasters. So it's like, yeah, but our CDB doesn't honor it. So it's like, you know, it's, it's not a hard, fast rule. It's like, those are criteria where it goes, well, if all three of those boxes are checked, that's a pretty good chance. That's a roller coaster.
00:37:45
Speaker
Yeah. Now, one thing that would be kind of cool is if you take the, the free spin or the whatever, the SNS free spin concept, and you do that on a wheel,
00:37:59
Speaker
But you have it where the wheel is constantly moving and it's like a full circuit around the wheel.
00:38:10
Speaker
Like you definitely have to do some like really intuitive um problem solving and brainstorming to figure out how to do it. um But wouldn't that be kind of cool? like Like you look at the wheel and it's like one full circuit track and it's doing like all these zigzags all around the wheel.
00:38:29
Speaker
And as the wheel rotates, you like, you know, get caught in a groove and then you go around a corner and you go back and forth and you go to the next one. And then maybe there's a bigger drop and maybe you like, you know, roll all the way to the bottom or something.
00:38:46
Speaker
Maybe you have a few drive tires. I don't know. I can imagine, like, just honestly flipping, ah switching out some of the cars in a Wonder Wheel type of thing and replacing them with, like, a ah single row car.
00:39:02
Speaker
Yeah. With the rotating body.
00:39:07
Speaker
But, like, running on the inside of the track, obviously. Yeah. That'd be crazy because it'd be, like, endless head choppers. Mm-hmm.
00:39:19
Speaker
And you can even utilize um magnetic brake fins to kind of like slow you down at certain points too. So like if you have, if there's like a curve in the track, now obviously the problem is you'd have to rely on the on a consistent speed of the wheel motor and a constant rotation, but you know, you could like,
00:39:43
Speaker
have it to where you have this tight turn and it's all brake fins and it holds you slowly through the corner until you get around the wheel a certain point and then it lets you go.
00:39:55
Speaker
And then you go through like a bigger section. be intense though.
00:40:08
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, you probably have to like trim the shit out of it. and wouldn't be able you like you wouldn't get It wouldn't be a super intense ride, but I don't know. if some let's Do something different.
00:40:19
Speaker
Make it kind of intense. There's a way to do it.
00:40:28
Speaker
I wish topspins were more prevalent still. Yeah.
Designing Rides in Indoorlands
00:40:34
Speaker
I mean, shit. Alton Towers is a marketing a brand new topspin.
00:40:41
Speaker
That's true. I guess I spoke too soon, right? They got the toxicator just open. Yeah.
00:40:47
Speaker
So I also with the, with this computer, I bought a, bought this game indoor lands, which is pretty fucking cool because you can build custom flat rides. Yeah.
00:40:59
Speaker
So you can, um it has this like whole gallery or gallery of like, um or catalog of like different parts and like motors and hubs and hydraulics. So you literally like build ah piece and then you can like connect a hydraulic to it.
00:41:16
Speaker
And then you can connect that to a hub and then you can program the speed of the hubs and the directions. And then you can have, um you know, like hinges, like free spinning and free swinging hit hinges. And you can like connect seats to things. And it's pretty fucking cool.
00:41:36
Speaker
So I've been messing around with that. That sounds pretty interesting. I it more than planet coaster. but you can You can build some pretty fucking like stupid rides.
00:41:47
Speaker
Like definitely rides that would be deadly, but they look insane.
00:41:56
Speaker
So that's been, that's been fun. Yeah. You got any other trips planned this year? I'm going to Hawaii in a few weeks, but that's kind of it.
00:42:09
Speaker
Ooh. Yeah. yeah We're doing the like backpacking on the beach kind of thing on the beach. They filmed Jurassic park and also 2009 movie, a perfect getaway.
00:42:28
Speaker
Not familiar with that second title, but Hawaii is beautiful. Yeah. Yeah, I'm excited. It's also my first, the first time I'll have taken more than like
00:42:43
Speaker
two days of PTO ever at this job. so that's good. Yeah, you probably earned a vacation.
Will Zach Attend the Roller Coaster Rodeo?
00:42:51
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah.
00:42:56
Speaker
Are you looking at um roller coaster rodeo? That's on my radar. um i don't think I can make a designated trip plan for it yet. I think it's going to be one of those like two weeks before kind of thing.
00:43:15
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um
00:43:17
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Only because i feel like basically we got to like do Duluth. We got to do family stuff and like the summer goes by so fast. yeah i always overcommit shit.
00:43:32
Speaker
So, I don't know. that's ah like That'll be one of those, like, oh shit, the weekend's free. Alright, I'm going to hop down and last minute join in. For sure, yeah. I mean, it sounds like a great event.
00:43:45
Speaker
I mean, it was fun. i mean, I know it's not the same exact event, but um like that 2020 event was a lot of fun. So, it seems like one of the to be one of the last parks other than maybe...
00:43:58
Speaker
Kings Island that still actually like likes enthusiasts. so
00:44:06
Speaker
Yeah, agreed. like and Normally, I'd be like, wow, but three days at Fiesta Texas is ah is kind of a lot, but I think it's probably going to be a cool vibe there.
00:44:17
Speaker
Yeah, for sure.
00:44:20
Speaker
Unfortunately, yeah I won't be able to attend this year
00:44:26
Speaker
unless...
00:44:31
Speaker
Like something happens and like somebody drops out of some prearranged group. Yeah. And I can take their spot.
00:44:43
Speaker
I wonder how they sell tickets. I wonder if they cut it off. They're available still, I think. Okay. They were a couple weeks ago. Okay.
00:44:57
Speaker
Yeah, same for me, though. Pretty much, that's ah that's a thing where, like, only if the stars align absolutely correctly will, is there any potential I'll be there. Yeah.
00:45:12
Speaker
Yeah, for sure. But I'll be going to, you know, my new home parks here in the Bay Area for the first time ever. Yeah, when you're heading there.
00:45:24
Speaker
Well, opening day for Great America is coming up in, I think, just about two weeks here. Okay, nice. So I am planning on going to that. And, you know, we got a friend on our Discord server who is also here in the Bay Area.
00:45:40
Speaker
So I think I'll be meeting up with them. Nice. So that's pretty cool.
00:45:47
Speaker
ah They're doing a... There's an event for a coaster club going on there, too. So I might try to you know hang with some friends that may be there.
00:46:05
Speaker
But um I don't really want to be too pronounced. Yeah. Don't want to stand out too much.
00:46:15
Speaker
Right? Put it that way. So...
00:46:21
Speaker
yeah And I don't know. Discovery Kingdom's been open. i should probably go over there, but I've been waiting because I want Gold Striker to be my 500.
00:46:35
Speaker
How many? Yeah. What are you at now? I think like 494. Okay. okay Does Great America have... they got six, right? think so.
00:46:47
Speaker
Demon might not be open.
00:46:51
Speaker
Wait, one, two, three, four, five. What's six? Yeah.
00:47:02
Speaker
If it can't be that, then I'll make it um Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz. Oh, yeah, that'd be a good one. That's my backup plan if I'm not able to make it Gold Striker.
00:47:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:17
Speaker
Nice. Nice. I want to yeah, that was nice. I think like this past trip definitely kind of solidified my feelings of how I enjoy theme parks as an adult.
00:47:30
Speaker
Like I don't want to say that magic mountain was disappointing or I don't like it as a park, but like their coaster collection is kind of aged.
00:47:43
Speaker
Like, um, they really need something new and big. Because X2, it's just funny how X2 is still probably like their main kind of you know they're like marquee attraction, and that's now 20-plus years old.
00:48:03
Speaker
And it's definitely showing its age. Yeah, that, West Coast Racers, and Gold Rush, and maybe Ninja are the only rides I could ride more than once or twice. Yeah.
00:48:18
Speaker
start block with I mean, some of them I just pass on anyway, obviously, as you saw. And some of them it's like, eh, it's a one and done. Yeah, that's kind of how I feel about that whole park. Like, half of the rides there i don't even want to ride.
00:48:32
Speaker
i just do it because it's there. And I'm like, well, I have to do it. Like, um i mean, like. And then there's also like in my mind, I was kind of like anticipating like, oh it'd be fun to get a couple of rides on, you know, Goliath or something. But then after the one ride on it, it's like, no, I'm, I'm, I'm good.
00:48:51
Speaker
Like, but, um, yeah, it's weird how, i mean, I've kind of felt like this felt this way overall across the country of like our whole country's closer collection, but like,
00:49:08
Speaker
It's weird how we're sort of at the tail end of like this collection of rides from the Coaster Wars of the 2000s. And now most of our rides are just simultaneously aging.
00:49:24
Speaker
we're like When you drive past a theme park and you see this like big coast these big coasters, they're all 20 years old plus now.
00:49:33
Speaker
kind of weird. So now it's like with this whole thing about six flags, you're moving a bunch of rides. It's like, is this a good thing? Like, are we going to actually get new rides out of this? Are we just going to like see a reduction in coaster counts?
00:49:47
Speaker
Like, is this concept of a 15 roller coaster or theme park, even going to be able to survive in the current days of a theme park? It's almost a little, it wasn't like a sad thought, but I don't know. It was a weird, uh,
00:50:04
Speaker
It's like the coaster wars, right? Happened early 2000s, right? And then immediately the recession hits basically. Yeah.
00:50:15
Speaker
Before 2010, we're in recession. And so then parks have like, you're saying like a 15 coaster park. And it's like, they like, can't keep doing the coaster wars because of the recession.
00:50:29
Speaker
And eventually the economy kind of rebounds. Then they can't staff the parks that they built the size up for, you know? Yeah.
00:50:38
Speaker
And then leading kind of to now where it's like, okay, it's all cost cutting. So like cut labor. We don't need it open. Cut rides.
00:50:51
Speaker
So I think my guess is that
00:50:59
Speaker
I mean, I guess it's kind of unprecedented because if you think about like the 90s and 2000s, that's only like 20 years are removed from when these parks were built in most cases.
00:51:09
Speaker
Right. So like there's not a lot of precedent to go off of with the industry specifically. But my guess is like most industries, it's cyclical.
00:51:25
Speaker
And it works with the you know economy and society.
00:51:30
Speaker
yeah So it's like when the economy comes around again it's stronger, there might be more demand for different, you know, ah bigger parks and more varied rides or whatever. Yeah.
00:51:47
Speaker
But even like, I think though too, like in the late 20 teens, when the economy did rebound, like before, like pre COVID, um, really the only boom in coasters we saw were RMCs, at least in the, at least in the United States, it was pretty much ah other than disney and other than like excluding Disney and universal.
00:52:11
Speaker
Like there really wasn't a whole lot of, like new shit other than RMCs. I mean, like how many new GCIs were there? Like two,
00:52:27
Speaker
In the 20 teens, and like um the only B&Ms we really got out of that were like... I'm trying to think. Oh, I guess like there was like Orion. The wing coasters, the dive coasters.
00:52:41
Speaker
um And then like Orion. Orion, right. The giga coasters, Banshee, and the new style of inverted train slash family stuff from B&M.
00:52:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:52:57
Speaker
but it wasn't the most innovative really. Yeah. And like, even like magic mountains, new rides, like, I, I guess I keep forgetting about twisted Colossus. It's funny how in my brain, like there's not an RMC there, even though we wrote it like three times.
00:53:12
Speaker
And there's two. Yeah.
00:53:16
Speaker
Um, Yeah. I don't know. It kind of was like a sad, I don't know. Like, I don't know how to feel about if I should be like sad or older, but like,
Magic Mountain: A Nostalgic Journey
00:53:26
Speaker
yeah. And then like, you know, it's like you ride Viper and it's like, oh my God, this thing is old as fuck. And then you ride X2 and then I still have that like, um, nostalgia excitement of like, oh fuck, this is X2 and it's still a really good ride. But then it's like, oh yeah, it's like 20 some years old now.
00:53:44
Speaker
Same way that, uh, You know, like, I'm trying to think. Viper was... i don't even think Viper was 20 years old the first time I wrote X2.
00:54:02
Speaker
Imagine going back to, like, 2009 and then realizing, like, oh, shit, one day Cedar Fair's gonna own Magic Mountain.
00:54:14
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:17
Speaker
think my fucking head would have exploded. Yeah.
00:54:22
Speaker
Like, or even, Oh my God, they must've added like a whole bunch of fucking crazy rides. Uh,
00:54:30
Speaker
or even just kind of like, um, or the other thing I play in my brain is like, um, uh,
00:54:39
Speaker
In the 2000s, like thinking about like how crazy the lines were for x two and then just saying like, yeah, one day in 20 years, you'll be back at this park and this will be a walk on.
00:54:52
Speaker
Oh my God. Yeah.
00:54:58
Speaker
But we had to use that flash pass special reservation thing to get on it. No nine. Yeah. Yeah. And there's still like the thing though, is like that, that new exciting coaster kind of like, holy shit thing is still there.
00:55:12
Speaker
Um, and I definitely have had those experiences. Like, i don't know. and I want think back on the last five years of those, like, holy shit, like this new crazy ride. It's probably, it's been basically like Velocicoaster, um,
00:55:26
Speaker
the Wildcats Revenge, Iron Quasi,
00:55:32
Speaker
basically all the shit on the East coast. But then that reride, that like reride excitement too, of like the older Intamin's like Skyrush and, not older, but like mid older, like Skyrush and Intimidator, those things still hold pretty steady.
00:55:48
Speaker
Like Intimidator was like, I felt like I was riding it for the first time. Like it felt like a brand new ride, like, holy shit. But I mean, it's kind of it, like nothing on the West coast. It almost seems like as a collection of the West coast is kind of,
00:56:02
Speaker
at this point, a little underwhelming. Like the West coast, like California is always seen as this like Mecca of theme parks and roller coasters. But I think nowadays it's not really the case, unfortunately, because even like discovery kingdom, like, i don't know if it's going to close, but it kind of seems that way.
00:56:22
Speaker
At least like the rumors, like eventually in great America's closing, And then like you then, so then all you got left is like, besides Disney universal you know, magic mountain and knots magic mountain is just like 19 elderly aged roller coasters. And then knots, which actually, which I want to get into my experience with knots too, because it's like the opposite feeling of like,
00:56:52
Speaker
Well, real quick, I just want to say for me, i like i love Magic Mountain, but the more I've thought about it, it's purely because of nostalgia. Yeah. Like I watched the America's greatest thrills and 3d rollercoaster thrills and 3d tape since it came out.
00:57:10
Speaker
There's another tape I watched since it came out. think it's here comes a rollercoaster or there goes a rollercoaster. It's a kid's video, but if you are so inclined, it's on YouTube. Yeah. Um,
00:57:23
Speaker
But I had that as a VHS as well and watched that since it came out. And all of that's just like, it's Magic Mountain. And yeah, it had that 90s appeal. And and of course, all the Discovery Channel and the other stuff. It was like the park.
00:57:35
Speaker
So like every time I go there, I still get that feeling of like, holy shit, it's Magic Mountain. Yeah. But yeah, it's definitely like you get in there and the cracks are showing, right?
00:57:49
Speaker
Yeah. i felt like I like Magic Mountain as a park itself, but I don't like their collection necessarily like and there was nothing there that i wanted to rewrite and there's nothing i'd really want to go back to um now with that said i mean i've always liked knots but like knots was like a completely new theme park experience as an enthusiast like And I don't know if it's just because I've been like brainwashed by all the two thousand s like forum shitposting about that park, but that's a pretty good park.
00:58:26
Speaker
And i think what Knott's does well is that they haven't built anything new. I mean, I guess there's i guess there's hang time. But it's like it's a small collection and what they have there is good.
00:58:41
Speaker
And so you still feel like fulfilled and satisfied when you go visit that park, even though like you've been on everything. Even though the rides are old, they're still taken care of. Like they have like a perfect mix of like it's a well-rounded collection and it's a well-rounded park. So it makes going there a lot of fun.
00:59:00
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And you don't feel like it's like the whole opposite, like magic mountain where you're just like going down this checklist of things you don't really want to ride and everything there. Like you can rewrite it. It's good. It's fun. Like everything's rideable.
00:59:12
Speaker
Really wish the log flume would have been open for us. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good one.
00:59:19
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And so I don't know if people still talk shit about knots and that, or if that was just like a, when we were kids, but um Yeah, I love Knott's. I think Knott's might be like one of America's like perfect theme parks.
00:59:34
Speaker
Did you got to go back to Disneyland? No, I know, but i but it's like in a different caliber. Disney's is its own thing. Universal's its own thing. I just mean like as like a corporate corporate theme park, Knott's is like pretty good.
00:59:52
Speaker
I really enjoyed it. Yeah, man, Knott's is solid. And like we spent i mean a day and a half there. A little under a day and a half. A full day in like three or four hours.
01:00:02
Speaker
Yeah. And that was cool to go in at night, too. Yeah, definitely. And you didn't feel like you were overdoing it either. like um like Planning two days at like a Six Flags park, in your mind, you're like, oh, I want to have enough time. I want to rewrite things. But then like in reality, it's like, okay, I didn't need to do that.
01:00:23
Speaker
But not says like you can take your time. You can rewrite a couple things. You can like take it easy. It's ah you don't feel rushed. So. Yeah, we hung out waiting for West Coast racers to open. That was the longest chunk of time at Magic Mountain that second day.
01:00:41
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Yeah.
01:00:45
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And even though everything else is still a walk on it was just kind of like, I don't need to. I'm good. Yeah, it's like, I don't know.
01:00:56
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I didn't need to ride Viper again. That fucked my neck up.
01:01:02
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Yeah, the only thing I kind of regret skipping out was Tatsu.
01:01:08
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Yeah, Tatsu is still good, but it is definitely one and done. Yeah, that was the main reason I skipped it. it's like it's good It's a great ride, but also like...
01:01:20
Speaker
I know it has the potential to be like a day ender for me. Yeah. And I'm like, it was midday when you guys wrote it. So I'm like, nah, system it's just not. Yeah.
01:01:34
Speaker
That's gotta be like, just in case I'm heading back to the hotel room right after. Yeah. So like end of the night or whatever. Yeah. Yeah.
01:01:49
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But yeah, with knots though,
01:01:54
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it's just totally different.
Knott's Berry Farm vs. Aging Parks
01:01:55
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Yeah. Like you're saying, well, I'm thinking like knots might be the perfect park to knots is like the perfect park to take somebody who doesn't really like theme parks because it's not, it's not too much of a commitment and everything they have there. Like a general person can enjoy.
01:02:15
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Like, Accelerator is their most intense ride, and it's like not it doesn't overdo it. But it still has that, like, you know, holy shit kind of feeling. And, like, Ghost Rider's good.
01:02:28
Speaker
Oh, can we also talk just for a second about how fucking cool it was that they let us re-ride on Accelerator? Yeah. I mean, they let you ride once, but they even that for a Cedar Fair Park is still cool.
01:02:43
Speaker
Because we ended up clocking seven rides total. Yeah. Just by happenstance. Because the line was so short when we went back on Sunday night that we were able to, despite one train operations, you and I clocked four rides in a row.
01:03:05
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Yeah, that was cool. That was awesome.
01:03:10
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And definitely one of those things you don't ever really... think is possible. Like the, like the, like the concept of like accelerator being a walk on is just kind of funny.
01:03:22
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Um, it is true though about like how like ghost rider always has a line. Yeah. That's that's what ah everybody always says. It's like always an hour pretty much. but
01:03:36
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Um, yeah, ghost rider was really good. I was skeptical on the GCI retrack.
01:03:45
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It doesn't have the intensity as it used to, but it's still really good. like it's still They pulled it off. and like the The improved smoothness makes up for the lack of ah intensity it used to have.
01:04:03
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Agreed. like If that was just a standalone brand new GCI, it would still be really good. so
01:04:11
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I hope that I'm glad they like keep that thing going because, um, especially cause it's a wooden coaster in California.
01:04:20
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And even like everything in that park is just like maintained. It's like, you can tell like things have fresh coats of paint, landscaping buildings. Like, um, it's just, it's nice to see, especially after like some experiences of like, um, other parks that are a little more neglected.
01:04:42
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So yeah, I'm a fan of anyone out there is doing knots as like a half day, like do that as a full day.
01:04:54
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Yeah. And that's, that's, I, also I also am in a similar boat where here I am in my yeah mid thirties. And like, for me, like, I want a park day to be like more relaxed.
01:05:08
Speaker
I don't want to feel like, okay, here, then here, then here, then here, you know? Yeah.
01:05:17
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And yeah. So like, well, one thing for sure is like being a return visitor that helps. Right.
01:05:26
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But then, yeah, having parks that offer a more well-rounded collection aside from just roller coasters.
01:05:37
Speaker
So I got so frustrated with great America when I was living in Chicago Yeah. Because, you you know, I drive up there like an hour away from where I lived.
01:05:49
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Six, seven, eight times during the season. And like the only options are that the coasters.
01:05:58
Speaker
Yeah, it's true.
01:06:05
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Which is fun, but it's like. we would We would go up and just like walk a lap around and maybe get food and be like, eh. Yeah.
01:06:17
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So yeah, the atmosphere is a big deal. Yeah, for sure. And being able to go at ah and a more relaxed pace, I think helps a lot too. Yeah.
01:06:29
Speaker
But yeah, man. um Yeah. I got to fortunately make a, quick hardware run, but, uh, yeah, hopefully we're on, we can do recording with Lance again his show. Yeah.
Discovering Star Wars Land at Disneyland
01:06:47
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We're intending to appear on the single rider line podcast soon. So go check it out.
01:06:53
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Our buddy Lance, I have a quick question for you, Benny. Ever seen star Wars? Like the movies. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Cause I went to star Wars land Disneyland with, uh, Lance.
01:07:07
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He's a big fan. He really enjoyed him. And I admitted to him, I hadn't seen star Wars. I only saw the original trilogy and that was when I was a kid.
01:07:18
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so I revisited recently. And I'm pretty good.
01:07:25
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I didn't realize they had like a whole star Wars land. When was that? When was that built? 2019. Okay. ah It's Batuu and they got Rise of the Resistance as the big E-ticket. And man, that's the fucking greatest Arkwright I've ever been on.
01:07:41
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And Millennium Falcon, which is super cool because you get to fly it. Yeah.
01:07:50
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But yeah, I don't know. I was just like, yeah, Star Wars cool. So now that I revisited the movies, i'm I'm like super stoked to go back and see Star Wars land again. Nice. Yeah, I'm due to watch the originals. I've seen like all the new ones when they came out, but I haven't visited the old ones in a while.
01:08:08
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Yeah, Rhiannon and I have been working through them, so we are on the Attack of the Sith, and I haven't seen it. So um we're doing the prequels now. we did the original, then the prequels. We're about to wrap up, and then we'll do the sequels, then probably the TV shows.
01:08:21
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lot of shit. Yeah. But anyway, that's that's all a side tangent. ah Let us know your favorite character from Star Wars, um and we'll talk about it more later.
01:08:34
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ah Hope your project goes well. it's ah It's fine, but like it's not going as well as I was hoping.
01:08:46
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oh the Oh, House Project? Yeah. Yeah, yeah it should be fine. Just pull a Ron Swanson. Go in there and be like, if they're like, can I help you with anything? She'd be like, I know more than you.
01:09:00
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Yeah. Fortunately, my local Home Depots are not ah the most, they don't have the most proactive, helpful employees, but they have exactly what I need.
01:09:14
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Perfect. I just hope it's in stock. All right. Well, I'm not going to hold you up from going to get it Um, thank y'all so much for listening. It's been a blast. We'll try to get on a regular schedule for recording these soon that we can be uploading more regularly because it's fun to record anyway. Um, Hey, you got anything else, Ben?
01:09:37
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No, all good. All right. Awesome. Well, uh, thanks again, y'all until next time. Your favorite coasters.