Fri & Sat Oct 24th & 25th

Friday October 24th
My last Halloweekends Friday :( This time ended up teaming up with Jeff (Gravity) and Joe (Coastermonkey) from WT again. Another great time!! Rode tons of rides, and they even talked me into going into "Pharohs Secret" and "Toxic Tunnel of Terror" which was scarey as Hell to me. I hate thosethings! I held on to Joe (and sometimes Jeff too) with the grip of death and kept my eyes closed for
most of it anyway. There were a couple times Joe and I both jumped a mile high.
Funny thing is when you hang with the WT crew you find yourself riding WT more than even Raptor!! Still managed 5 flights on Raptor and despite the really cool temperatures
it was a great time!!! :) Thanks Joe and Jeff!!! :)

Saturday October 25th
My last day as part of the '03 Raptor crew :( Hit up the employee caf early and walked around the park for over an hour before heading to Raptor. Working at CP it was always one of my favorite things to walk around the
park when it's empty.
Once reported to Raptor, I heard the best 2 words I
could possibly hear, "cut back" :)
The weather was awful for the guests, rainy and cool, sometimes downpours. My raingear was again a God send!

I had a blast on spiels, maybe because I knew that it was my last day. I made it a point to say "go Marlins!" many times!
Running controls seemed extra special to me that day. The spider on the block brake camera lens was hilarious. This spider was HUGE, and it would creep it's way in front of the lens, almost blocking the entire view of the brake. Even
knowing the spider wasn't even close, I still scooted as far away of that monitor as I could get! Blech! :(
Cut back came at 8:30. Keeping in mind here that at my real job if I was told I could go home early I would
do just that. So why did I just simply take off my ID and decide to play in the park anyway??
The 1st thing I did was take a train ride and it was SO cool! The fog was INCREDIBLE thanks to the moisture in the air. And you really could not see 10' ahead of you in during the train ride.
I then stepped aboard Banshee which was trimless and was HAULING! What a ride!! Headed back to Raptor for a few rides, then WT, even Blue Streak, ending with Raptor. I left the park at close. Was invited to Louie's then
ended up hangin at Bayside and took full advantage of daylight savings time. Sleeping in the dorm that night (morning?) seemed more tolerable just knowing it was the last night. It was a great day working in the park,
then night playing in the park, I found myself amazed that the next day was already closing day.

Jo
2000 Raptor Crew
2002 Raptor Crew
2003 Raptor Crew
Lifetime Raptor flights: 847 :)
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It's all about getting around the barrels, or over the fences, right leads, no faults, fastest time and looking pretty when done. What's so hard about that? :)