Tomorrow, Manta at SeaWorld Orlando is officially opening. Anyways here is a new Manta timeline, from where I last left off to now:
March 5, 2009 - SeaWorld made Lowe's a sponser of Manta. The lift hill side of the station is painted pink and blue. Landscaping on the first half of the coaster begins and a pathway is poured to split the construction site.
March 14, 2009 - Test runs begin overnight.
March 30, 3009 - Landscaping for the first half of Manta is complete and construction walls for the first half come down.
April 9, 2009 - The first train's Zero-Car is painted.
April 24, 2009 - The manta has gone up on the entrance.
April 25, 2009 - The entrance sign has gone up on the manta ray.
April 28, 2009 - The splash area is filled. The on-ride camera has gone up. TV monitors appear at the on-ride booth. TM Previews occur. All the
April 30, 2009 - 10 manta rays appear in the queue.
May 3, 2009 - Soft-openings begin on Manta.
May 22, 2009 - Manta opens to the public. Aquarium opens as well.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
It is coming...
Summer is almost here. So is the first anniversary of my blog. I began publishing posts on June 4, 2008. June 4, 2009 is almost here. I will post more posts since it is summer.
2009 films I watched
Here is a list of films I watched in 2009 as of now:
1. Star Trek (5/15/09)
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (5/17/09)
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/12/09)
4. The Time Traveler's Wife (9/4/09)
I will keep you updated. So, keep an eye on this post as it changes throughout the year.
1. Star Trek (5/15/09)
2. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (5/17/09)
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/12/09)
4. The Time Traveler's Wife (9/4/09)
I will keep you updated. So, keep an eye on this post as it changes throughout the year.
Kris Allen: American Idol
Well, last night, it didn't go as I expected it. Kris Allen won. To be honest, I was a bit shocked. Adam was an exemplary singer. Kris kind of messed up on song choice at the end. I am shocked, and I feel bad for Adam. :( I'm happy Adam made it so far in the season. It would have been great to see him win though. But his career does not end there...
Randy Beaverhead: The Ride
I'm thinking of doing a B&M inverted coaster themed to Randy Beaverhead, a film character I made up. Here are the elements:
*Dip
*200 ft. lift hill (breaking Alpengeist's 195 ft. record)
*Pre-drop
*200 ft. drop
*Loop
*Tunnel
*Immelmann Loop
*Zero-G-Roll
*Cobra Roll
*Block Brake
*Loop
*Tunnel
*Corkscrew
*540 degree helix
*Final Brakes
The station, lift hill, and maintenance building are some stuff I want to point out. To the left of the train, there will be four "wanted" posters of the villain, Big Steve Hatchet. There will be a building above the maintenance building containing the lift hill and pre-drop. It will match the theming of Silverado, the setting for the film. Even the maintenance building will match the theming. The first tunnel will be in a two story bank, where Hatchet broke in and robbed. The ride will come out of the bank and to the immelmann.
One more thing, the immelmann loop will be one of the two near-miss moments of the coaster. The immelmann will nearly hit the queue, but it will not hit. The second near-miss moment will be when it comes out of the tunnel nearly colliding with a building which borders the queue.
I'll tell you guys more about it later.
*Dip
*200 ft. lift hill (breaking Alpengeist's 195 ft. record)
*Pre-drop
*200 ft. drop
*Loop
*Tunnel
*Immelmann Loop
*Zero-G-Roll
*Cobra Roll
*Block Brake
*Loop
*Tunnel
*Corkscrew
*540 degree helix
*Final Brakes
The station, lift hill, and maintenance building are some stuff I want to point out. To the left of the train, there will be four "wanted" posters of the villain, Big Steve Hatchet. There will be a building above the maintenance building containing the lift hill and pre-drop. It will match the theming of Silverado, the setting for the film. Even the maintenance building will match the theming. The first tunnel will be in a two story bank, where Hatchet broke in and robbed. The ride will come out of the bank and to the immelmann.
One more thing, the immelmann loop will be one of the two near-miss moments of the coaster. The immelmann will nearly hit the queue, but it will not hit. The second near-miss moment will be when it comes out of the tunnel nearly colliding with a building which borders the queue.
I'll tell you guys more about it later.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
My version of SpongeBob
Dad and I play SpongeBob in the pool. We're tying it with KND, politics, delinquents, Finding Nemo, Matilda, Mario and Luigi, and Pokemon. For those of you who watched Cartoon Network since 2002, you must know what KND is. Recently, the series ended, but dad and I still have it in our minds. Anyways, Mr. Krabbs and Plankton are friends now, Karen left Plankton and Plankton married Demonica, and SpongeBob has a girl friend: SpongeKavaKava. We also have a storyline. Before this, Mr. Krabbs gave up his cheap personality after getting too much money from the new mayor of Bikini Bottom, who was associated with Dick Chaney and John McCain, to allow oil drilling. Here's our season of SpongeBob:
Episode 1 (The Mummy Prinicpal):
Mr. Krabbs and Plankton are planning an expansion project of the Krusty Bucket Hotel, now that the oil crisis has ended. There will be a mall. Demonica comes in and notifies them that there is a psychic in the restaurant. The psychic is the sister of Frank and Beans. She asks for SpongeBob. The Krusty Krab team does not believe in psychics. SpongeBob comes out, and the psychic tells three predictions to SpongeBob:
"One squid will find treasure which is best to leave behind."
"Friends of a clown fish will help this town."
"Ghosts from the past will reak habit on their revenge and capture you."
SpongeBob doesn't believe the predictions. The psychic leaves and soliloquizes that one day it will happen. SpongeBob encounters Patrick who informs SpongeBob that the Mafia, an Italian group of criminals based in Sicily, have escaped, and Squidward who is finding treasure. Squidward finds treasure at the bottom of a small trench. He opens and finds a person surrounded by toilet paper inside, like a mummy. He cuts the toilet paper and it was a woman. He takes her back to his house. He allows her to stay, and she says, "You... you... you just made a very big mistake!" She rises from Squidward's bed and shouts "I AM MS. TRUNCHBULL!" It is revealed that Growlithe and Seel flushed Ms. Trunchbull, prinicpal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School, down the Team Spear mega-toilet. They joined Team Spear, a team that has Pokemon, magicians, and monsters. Trunchbull ended up in Bikini Bottom.
Episode 2 (The Return of the Mafia)
Tony Korlioni, the Mafia leader, is plotting to kill SpongeBob. He has his Mafia head for Bikini Bottom to kidnap SpongeBob. Michael, leader of Team Spear, recieves word of this and sends Kyle, a member of the team, to Bikini Bottom with Mudkip, Flygon, Salamence, Blastoise, Swampert, and Dialga, with two monsters: Mario and Luigi. They arrive on top of the Mafia car heading for the city. Michael Korlioni, son of Tony, opposes his plan, as he is a friend of SpongeBob. Mudkip lands on the hood, and uses Mud Slap, blinding the front window and the car nearly crashed. The front window is cleaned and Salamence uses Ember, and the Mafia retreat back to Sicily. The town celebrates with a party.
Episode 3 (The Sharks vs. The Oil Tankers)
Dick Chaney, former vice president of the United States, associated with the oil tankers to begin drilling for oil in Bikini Bottom again. Once the oil tankers arrive, the citizens of Bikini Bottom see it. Mr. Krabbs becomes outraged. Demonica has an idea, she calls three sharks (Bruce, Anchor, and Chum) and asks them to stop the oil tankers. They accept. The oil tanker begins to launch the drill, but Bruce knocks the bottom. The captain, wondering what happened, tells the crew to continue. The three sharks attack the tanker and eat everyone on board, except the captain who swims back to America, as the tanker begins to sink.
Episode 4 (The Sinister Plan and the Evacuation)
The episode starts with Ms. Trunchbull (who managed to return to ground level), Dick Chaney, the captain of the oil tanker which sunk, and the Mafia meeting together at Ms. Trunchbull's house and plan to get their revenge on Team Spear, Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob. They will kidnap SpongeBob. The plan went eavesdrop by Matilda, student of Crunchem Hill Elementary and arch-enemy of Ms. Trunchbull, who contacts Team Spear and reveals their plan. Team Spear tells Bikini Bottom their plan, and tells them to evacuate to Rock Bottom, a town in a deep ravine adjacent to Bikini Bottom. By evening, Bikini Bottom was empty.
Episode 5 (The Battle for Bikini Bottom)
Ms. Trunchbull and the others arrive the next morning, only to be confronted by Team Spear, with Mudkip, Salamence, and the others. The oil tanker tries to shoot them, but Mario throws it to the deep, away from Bikini Bottom. Ms. Trunchbull, Dick Chaney, and the Mafia escape. Ms. Trunchbull, frustrated of her failure, throws Dick Chaney over the fence when they get home. The episode ends with the city celebrating.
Episode 6 (The Storm)
(This episode is a short episode that does not have to do with the storyline)
The city is celebrating the defeat of the Mafia with a party. Bands played amazing songs, including "Stash" and "St. Petersburg March." Suddenly, a hurricane raged. The townspeople evacuated the area. The people return to find their city unharmed.
Episode 7 (The Mafia's Revenge)
SpongeKavaKava meets Demonica for the first time. It is revealed that Demonica does not really love her husband, but just likes him. SpongeKavaKava meets SpongeBob outside the Krusty Hotel receiving orders from Mr. Krabbs to start a party outside the hotel. Meanwhile, Tony Korlioni is planning to kidnap SpongeBob, so he can get revenge. He and his Mafia arrive at the party in disguise of guests, and gets confused to which sponge is which, with SpongeKavaKava present. So, they decide to kidnap both of them. They have a problem though: everyone likes Krabby Patties. They wait till the fireworks and kidnap them. They leave behind a note which reads:
"To Bikini Bottom,
We have kidnapped SpongeBob and the female Sponge he's with. You are to hand over all of the Krabby Patties and the formula, or we will destroy them and Bikini Bottom.
Signed,
Tony Korlioni, leader of the Mafia"
Meanwhile, Demonica starts to believe in the psychic, with two of the predictions occuring. She reads it and calls Team Spear. Mr. Krabbs, Plankton, and Demonica now believe in the psychic, as the third and final prediction has happened.
Episode 8 (The Final Battle)
SpongeBob and SpongeKavaKava are trapped in the Mafia headquarters. They sent out the "Killer," who squeezes the water out of them. Meanwhile, Team Spear is working on a formula to boost a Pokemon to a big level of e.x. Demonica arrives and tells them the news. Michael sends Kyle there with the Pokemon from before, as well as a giant one. They arrive and the KND already took care of Korlioni. As soon as they left, Ms. Trunchbull, Dick Chaney, and the oil tankers arrive. Meanwhile Kyle kidnaps Chaney with a 200 ft. tall Magikarp. He asks where SpongeBob is, and he says (threatened by Magikarp), "He's in the Mafia jail." He arrives with Flygon and frees SpongeBob and SpongeKavaKava. Flygon uses Sand Tomb and defeats the Mafia. He sends Chaney to the Team Spear prison. Meanwhile, Ms. Trunchbull is torturing the KND. Kyle, wondering how the KND are doing, arrives and defeats Trunchbull. The oil tankers are, once again, thrown by Mario. Magicians of Team Spear use spells to trap Ms. Trunchbull and the team throws her in the Mariana Trench. The episode ends with a party. During the party, SpongeBob encounters the psychic and says "You were right all along." The psychic then says "Now, do you believe in psychics." "Yes," says SpongeBob. The KND laugh.
Epilogue
The oil tankers arrive at the coast and people arrive and use the parts of the oil tanker for a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm as a B&M Dive Machine themed to the California Gold Rush.
Episode 1 (The Mummy Prinicpal):
Mr. Krabbs and Plankton are planning an expansion project of the Krusty Bucket Hotel, now that the oil crisis has ended. There will be a mall. Demonica comes in and notifies them that there is a psychic in the restaurant. The psychic is the sister of Frank and Beans. She asks for SpongeBob. The Krusty Krab team does not believe in psychics. SpongeBob comes out, and the psychic tells three predictions to SpongeBob:
"One squid will find treasure which is best to leave behind."
"Friends of a clown fish will help this town."
"Ghosts from the past will reak habit on their revenge and capture you."
SpongeBob doesn't believe the predictions. The psychic leaves and soliloquizes that one day it will happen. SpongeBob encounters Patrick who informs SpongeBob that the Mafia, an Italian group of criminals based in Sicily, have escaped, and Squidward who is finding treasure. Squidward finds treasure at the bottom of a small trench. He opens and finds a person surrounded by toilet paper inside, like a mummy. He cuts the toilet paper and it was a woman. He takes her back to his house. He allows her to stay, and she says, "You... you... you just made a very big mistake!" She rises from Squidward's bed and shouts "I AM MS. TRUNCHBULL!" It is revealed that Growlithe and Seel flushed Ms. Trunchbull, prinicpal of Crunchem Hall Elementary School, down the Team Spear mega-toilet. They joined Team Spear, a team that has Pokemon, magicians, and monsters. Trunchbull ended up in Bikini Bottom.
Episode 2 (The Return of the Mafia)
Tony Korlioni, the Mafia leader, is plotting to kill SpongeBob. He has his Mafia head for Bikini Bottom to kidnap SpongeBob. Michael, leader of Team Spear, recieves word of this and sends Kyle, a member of the team, to Bikini Bottom with Mudkip, Flygon, Salamence, Blastoise, Swampert, and Dialga, with two monsters: Mario and Luigi. They arrive on top of the Mafia car heading for the city. Michael Korlioni, son of Tony, opposes his plan, as he is a friend of SpongeBob. Mudkip lands on the hood, and uses Mud Slap, blinding the front window and the car nearly crashed. The front window is cleaned and Salamence uses Ember, and the Mafia retreat back to Sicily. The town celebrates with a party.
Episode 3 (The Sharks vs. The Oil Tankers)
Dick Chaney, former vice president of the United States, associated with the oil tankers to begin drilling for oil in Bikini Bottom again. Once the oil tankers arrive, the citizens of Bikini Bottom see it. Mr. Krabbs becomes outraged. Demonica has an idea, she calls three sharks (Bruce, Anchor, and Chum) and asks them to stop the oil tankers. They accept. The oil tanker begins to launch the drill, but Bruce knocks the bottom. The captain, wondering what happened, tells the crew to continue. The three sharks attack the tanker and eat everyone on board, except the captain who swims back to America, as the tanker begins to sink.
Episode 4 (The Sinister Plan and the Evacuation)
The episode starts with Ms. Trunchbull (who managed to return to ground level), Dick Chaney, the captain of the oil tanker which sunk, and the Mafia meeting together at Ms. Trunchbull's house and plan to get their revenge on Team Spear, Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob. They will kidnap SpongeBob. The plan went eavesdrop by Matilda, student of Crunchem Hill Elementary and arch-enemy of Ms. Trunchbull, who contacts Team Spear and reveals their plan. Team Spear tells Bikini Bottom their plan, and tells them to evacuate to Rock Bottom, a town in a deep ravine adjacent to Bikini Bottom. By evening, Bikini Bottom was empty.
Episode 5 (The Battle for Bikini Bottom)
Ms. Trunchbull and the others arrive the next morning, only to be confronted by Team Spear, with Mudkip, Salamence, and the others. The oil tanker tries to shoot them, but Mario throws it to the deep, away from Bikini Bottom. Ms. Trunchbull, Dick Chaney, and the Mafia escape. Ms. Trunchbull, frustrated of her failure, throws Dick Chaney over the fence when they get home. The episode ends with the city celebrating.
Episode 6 (The Storm)
(This episode is a short episode that does not have to do with the storyline)
The city is celebrating the defeat of the Mafia with a party. Bands played amazing songs, including "Stash" and "St. Petersburg March." Suddenly, a hurricane raged. The townspeople evacuated the area. The people return to find their city unharmed.
Episode 7 (The Mafia's Revenge)
SpongeKavaKava meets Demonica for the first time. It is revealed that Demonica does not really love her husband, but just likes him. SpongeKavaKava meets SpongeBob outside the Krusty Hotel receiving orders from Mr. Krabbs to start a party outside the hotel. Meanwhile, Tony Korlioni is planning to kidnap SpongeBob, so he can get revenge. He and his Mafia arrive at the party in disguise of guests, and gets confused to which sponge is which, with SpongeKavaKava present. So, they decide to kidnap both of them. They have a problem though: everyone likes Krabby Patties. They wait till the fireworks and kidnap them. They leave behind a note which reads:
"To Bikini Bottom,
We have kidnapped SpongeBob and the female Sponge he's with. You are to hand over all of the Krabby Patties and the formula, or we will destroy them and Bikini Bottom.
Signed,
Tony Korlioni, leader of the Mafia"
Meanwhile, Demonica starts to believe in the psychic, with two of the predictions occuring. She reads it and calls Team Spear. Mr. Krabbs, Plankton, and Demonica now believe in the psychic, as the third and final prediction has happened.
Episode 8 (The Final Battle)
SpongeBob and SpongeKavaKava are trapped in the Mafia headquarters. They sent out the "Killer," who squeezes the water out of them. Meanwhile, Team Spear is working on a formula to boost a Pokemon to a big level of e.x. Demonica arrives and tells them the news. Michael sends Kyle there with the Pokemon from before, as well as a giant one. They arrive and the KND already took care of Korlioni. As soon as they left, Ms. Trunchbull, Dick Chaney, and the oil tankers arrive. Meanwhile Kyle kidnaps Chaney with a 200 ft. tall Magikarp. He asks where SpongeBob is, and he says (threatened by Magikarp), "He's in the Mafia jail." He arrives with Flygon and frees SpongeBob and SpongeKavaKava. Flygon uses Sand Tomb and defeats the Mafia. He sends Chaney to the Team Spear prison. Meanwhile, Ms. Trunchbull is torturing the KND. Kyle, wondering how the KND are doing, arrives and defeats Trunchbull. The oil tankers are, once again, thrown by Mario. Magicians of Team Spear use spells to trap Ms. Trunchbull and the team throws her in the Mariana Trench. The episode ends with a party. During the party, SpongeBob encounters the psychic and says "You were right all along." The psychic then says "Now, do you believe in psychics." "Yes," says SpongeBob. The KND laugh.
Epilogue
The oil tankers arrive at the coast and people arrive and use the parts of the oil tanker for a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm as a B&M Dive Machine themed to the California Gold Rush.
Band Trip
Last friday, May 8th, 2009, I went to Universal as part of a band trip. We played these at CityWalk:
1. Spider-Pig
2. Golden Eagle March
3. St. Petersburg March
4. English Suite (Buckingham Palace)
5. I'm a Believer
6. Imperrium
After that, we went to Islands of Adventure. I rode these rides with my group before the midday check point in front of the temporary entrance of Dueling Dragons (due to Potter construction):
1. Spider-Man
2. Popeye
3. Ripsaw Falls
After midday check point:
4. Dueling Dragons (Fire)
5. Incredible Hulk Coaster (1st time)
6. Incredible Hulk Coaster (2nd time)
7. Dr. Doom's Fearfall (1st time)
8. Dr. Doom's Fearfall (2nd time)
9. Spider-Man (2nd time)
10. Dueling Dragons (Ice)
11. Jurassic Park River Adventure
12. Incredible Hulk Coaster (3rd time)
Then we went home.
P.S.: Last time I went to IOA, they were putting up the supports for Hogwarts, but now it is surrounded by brick. They also began work on Hogsmeade, closed Flying Unicorn, and began work on the entrance from the Lost Continent.
P.S.S.: I saw Rockit for the first time in real life. IT IS HUGE! I thought to myself, "Open the ride Universal! I demand that you open it! I want to ride it! Now!"
1. Spider-Pig
2. Golden Eagle March
3. St. Petersburg March
4. English Suite (Buckingham Palace)
5. I'm a Believer
6. Imperrium
After that, we went to Islands of Adventure. I rode these rides with my group before the midday check point in front of the temporary entrance of Dueling Dragons (due to Potter construction):
1. Spider-Man
2. Popeye
3. Ripsaw Falls
After midday check point:
4. Dueling Dragons (Fire)
5. Incredible Hulk Coaster (1st time)
6. Incredible Hulk Coaster (2nd time)
7. Dr. Doom's Fearfall (1st time)
8. Dr. Doom's Fearfall (2nd time)
9. Spider-Man (2nd time)
10. Dueling Dragons (Ice)
11. Jurassic Park River Adventure
12. Incredible Hulk Coaster (3rd time)
Then we went home.
P.S.: Last time I went to IOA, they were putting up the supports for Hogwarts, but now it is surrounded by brick. They also began work on Hogsmeade, closed Flying Unicorn, and began work on the entrance from the Lost Continent.
P.S.S.: I saw Rockit for the first time in real life. IT IS HUGE! I thought to myself, "Open the ride Universal! I demand that you open it! I want to ride it! Now!"
The Duel to the Death
Recently, Matt Giraud, Alison Iraheta, and Danny Gokey were kicked off American Idol. I was happy about Matt's departure, but then I did not know what to think anymore. I like everyone on the top 4. Alison left, which left me ANGERED! -_- I almost swore! But I did not, because, on the bright side, Alison will have a CD, and I will be the first. :) I think Alison left, because America does not know good music (sigh). It would have been great for Alison to go against Adam in the final. After Alison, Danny left. I just felt bad for him, since he and Adam were friends. Now it is:
Adam Lambert vs. Kris Allen
Who do I think will win?
I am quite discombobulated. Adam is a great singer, and knows great talent, but all the girls are into Kris. So I do not know. Then again, Mom told me Kris told the public he is married, and the girls said, "You shouldn't have done that, now we're going to vote you out!" Guess it might be Kris's time to lose.
Who do I think deserves to win?
I think Adam Lambert deserves to win.
Adam Lambert vs. Kris Allen
Who do I think will win?
I am quite discombobulated. Adam is a great singer, and knows great talent, but all the girls are into Kris. So I do not know. Then again, Mom told me Kris told the public he is married, and the girls said, "You shouldn't have done that, now we're going to vote you out!" Guess it might be Kris's time to lose.
Who do I think deserves to win?
I think Adam Lambert deserves to win.
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