Wicked Wow 5/2 WT Media Day
Wow what a great day at CP. So much went down today I hope I cover it all. I got to the patk at 5am with my girlfriend Maria, my brother, GGTP members Jeffrey Spartan and Shorty, and they brought their better halfs.
We parked in the designated area and walked up to the security desk and the officier gave us a hard time, and we were there for about 10 mins before they finally let us in. Finally after talking to his boss over the phone they let us in.
We signed in over at DT Refreshments where we got our name badges and WT notebooks.
We walkded over to the Giant Wheel where a small group of people were standing. Then Brian and Jeff walked over to the entrance and they were told to get in line. Maria and I slowly followed them and we walked through the queue up to the entrance of the station.
Brian Edwards saw me on the load side and he called me back over to the entrance. I ran back through the queue and met Brian at the entrance of the ride. He asked me if I wanted to do an interview? I said sure, before I knew it they were strapping us in the front seat of the train, by all accounts we were the only people in the train and we were the first public riders to ride it that day. The front seat is just awesome. It blew me away, there was a light rain but we didn't notice it. We came back into the station and I was blown away. It is just an incredable ride and it was a great experience. The reporter I rode with was from Stubenville, and about an hour later we went live and did a live interview together. She said that she saw the reverse POV of us riding and she said that it came out great. I asked for a copy and she said that she will send me out a copy as soon as I can. Very few people will be able to say that they have their very first ride on a new roller coaster on tape!
Total for the day I got 9 laps in. Definatly the back seat is the place to be on the train. That reverse tower going up backwards is just insane.
I did a ton of interviews and if anyone in the Toledo area gets the Blade and they see me in it and they could get me a copy I would really apprecitae it.
For the record today was the first last and only time I will ever be inside Johnny Rockets. Everyone about fell over when they saw me in there and I heard it from everyone.
There are a ton of great stories and memories for today, I will post more later, all in all WT is a great ride.
I want to thank Bryan, Janice, and Robin and all of their crews for taking care of us today!
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Danny J
Magnum Count: 2166
No mention of me? Bastard! ;)
Didn't we see you in Fascination, er, Johnny Rockets? ;)
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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"
Dan,
I picked up extera copies of the Toledo Blade when I saw some quotes in their by you. I will bring it on Sunday for you.
I would also like to say thanks to Bryan, Janice, and Robin for treating us so great yesterday.
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00 MF Circuts=50
01 MF Circuts=124
02 MF Circuts=???
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Can you belive it, some kid who looked a lot like me knocked me down and stole my jacket. He ran inside JR, so I had to run after him and get him.
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Danny J
Magnum Count: 2166
ya can thank a certain PR guy for that new nickname!
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Fear the Mullet!
I was just on Sandusky Register's website looking at photo gallery. Saw myself. Noticed I did not have my glasses on. So I have a pic of my 1st ride on it! I didn't have my strap with me,so i had to remove them. I was then given a strap from Brian Rockhold to wear the rest of day.
Truly a great event. Seeing my "family" I haven't seen since closing weekend last year. After just a couple of rides,reporter from Bowling Green asked to take photos of me riding. (I was attracting alot of attention, don't know why!) He then decided that he wanted to have someone with long hair riding with me. He caught Jo just getting off. He had us sit in back,and he sat in front to work the remote for the camera. It was a blast!!
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http://www.magnummania.com
jerry@magnummania.com
go to my TR for the addy of the wt pic page
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Fear the Mullet!
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http://www.magnummania.com
jerry@magnummania.com
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