On Monday I took my two sisters to Magic Mountain, which was my second visit of the summer so far (and also the second time making that long drive... ugh.) The trip provided me more chances to ride X2, which is the "new" coaster they're pushing this summer. It's not actually a new ride, but Six Flags had to redesign the trains for technical reasons, so they decided to add music, flamethrowers, and a new paint job to it so they could try to brand it as a new ride and get a return on their investment. The end result is that, somehow, they've made this insane mess of a ride even crazier. Now, you're being flipped every which way while being bombarded with flames AND rocking out. I liked the coaster before the transformation, but I'm glad to see these extra touches in the ride now. After riding that ride first, we then proceeded to destroy the park, one coaster at a time, and then I danced in a random DDR competition near the park entrance (and did alright, at that.)What should have been a Disneyland group trip on Tuesday devolved into pretty much just a Chewie trip. Plans were to drive up in the morning, spend time in the park, and then Amy would ditch to march in the electrical parade, but (to make a very long, detailed, and rather gross story short) I ended up being at the mercy of Disneyland scheduling conflicts and Amy's wounded foot. So, in the end, Amy and I drove up to Anaheim in the afternoon, had lunch, and then I dropped her off at the Disneyland doctor (I didn't know they had that... something about Disneyland I didn't know!) and spent the majority of the day by myself. This wasn't a bad thing though, as I've spent entire days at the park by myself before. It was mostly just a relaxing day, watching parades and random shows while staying out of the sun.
It did, however, provide my a chance to ride the new Toy Story Mania ride twice. It was an hour wait both times, which is acceptable for a new ride, but I don't know that I'd wait that long for it again unless I was with a group. Regardless, the best description I can give is that it's like playing Wii on wheels. It's also in 3d, and has some cool sensory effects. It is by no means fantastic, but it is a good, solid ride, and (like Nemo last year) a ride that the whole family can enjoy together. I definitely would like to see more rides like this one in the future.I spent the rest of the day wandering, riding a ride here and there, occasionally dropping into the Emporium to chat with Amy (they wouldn't let her dance, so they moved her to a gift shop,) and watching Fantasmic and the fireworks. They made a few changes to Fantasmic since I'd last seen it, including brand new lighting equipment and a new pyro sequence during the finale. While I enjoyed the new lighting effects, I am not a fan of what they've done to the end of the show. Most people won't notice a change, and it doesn't ruin the show, but I will miss the old routine.
After park closing, Amy got off work, we went on a shoes adventure, and then hung out at Denny's for a couple hours before going home.
Wednesday could best be described as a "Regal Day". No work, but I spent the majority of the day with most of the Regal staff.After DDR'ing in the morning, I headed to Bradley Park at 3 pm for the first ever Edwards San Marcos softball game. The game put floor versus concessions, resulting in a 20-12 victory for the floor department. I am thinking that Vince will not be hearing the end of it until well into next year. I didn't play because, well, I suck. But, I did film the game, which will be on Youtube soon (read: when I feel like it), so look for that on this blog as well. Thankfully there were many other spectators, so I didn't feel like too much of a loser.
The people who didn't have to work after the game split into two groups: the ones who went bowling, and the ones who went to the beach, with the beach group being mostly concessions and the bowling group mostly floor. I went to the beach with Ryan and Vince in hopes to start another bonfire, but there were no fire pits available, so we all huddled around a barbecue picnic area instead.
Vince and I were both buried in the sand (that's me in the picture, being poked with a stick,) games of ultimate frisbee and soccer happened, and floor did end up showing up later in the evening.The ones left after the beach party migrated to In n Out for dinner and chatting on the dining patio. We stayed there for a good 2 or 3 hours until they made us leave. By the end there was still a good 10-15 people left (from the original 30 at the game,) with a good mix of floor and concessions people. Hopefully this can happen more often.
I returned to work on Thursday, which wasn't all bad because I got paid to watch Wall*E. Won't spend too much time on this, other than to say that Pixar has produced yet another hit, even if it's a bit of a change of pace and somewhat depressing at moments. After work I was able to hit the midnight show for Wanted with Amy and a few of her friends, effectively seeing all of this weekend's new offerings before the start of the weekend. This movie was pretty much exactly what I expected: big, dumb, loud, summer action fare- fun for one viewing, but entirely forgettable.
My agenda for this week includes helping Vince move (again, but this time to San Marcos,) seeing Weird Al at the fair, another possible Disneyland trip, and a DCI show with Laura (which I am starting to get pretty excited about.) Also somewhere in there I need to register for fall classes and work for a few hours in the morning at least one of those days. I would also like to work on finishing up some of the unfinished sections of this website and take another stab at fixing my sister's computer. Also, Vince is house sitting for Ryan's family this week, so I'm pretty much going to be living there until they return.
If I feel like writing next week (more than likely,) I'll probably recap all that stuff too. Lucky you!!!
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