Zaira and I visited the “new” Gilroy Gardens on Opening Day 2008 in order to see if Cedar Fair was handling it any better than they were handling Great America. Our primary goal was actually to get a new Timber…

My favorite photo story yet…

The entire family was having a pretty rough opening day at California’s Great America and we were only halfway through the park when we spotted Psycho Mouse. Since I’d ridden it years ago I didn’t need it…

Continuing the theme Zaira started on her Disneyland trip, we started getting more and more character photos. The combination of taking my ex-wife and Zaira’s two half-brothers to the parks is probably a big reason this part of our collection…

It had been 73 days since I’d been on a roller coaster when California’s Great America had its official opening day for 2008. Which made Cedar Fair’s horrible performance all the more irritating. of course, that didn’t stop us from shelling…