Thank You To The One Person Who Voted On The Poll, Because That Means We're Doing A Busch Gardens Post

Thank you to the one person who voted on the poll, because that means we're doing a Busch Gardens post first, and we're starting off strong! I present to you my photos of Kumba!

I'm honestly a little disappointed with myself that I never took a video of it going by because it indeed lives up to its name - it's LOUD! But in a good way! It's truly just an amplification of the B&M roar that I'm already familiar with, but you can hear exactly how and where the sound is echoing through the hollow track - sounding like an ambient growl - as the train passes and it's so cool!

Also I'm not kidding at all when I say that Kumba's roar is loud. We were in a different section of the park & I could hear it still in the distance. It was awesome!

And while I'm at it, I should also mention that it's not just the sound that's great, but the ride experience. One of those inversions (I think maybe the dive loop) was 100% the whippiest inversion I've ever experienced in my life. I was loving every second!!!

(Images taken June 3, 2024)

I'm really sad that I didn't get more/better pictures of Mako - SeaWorld Orlando's B&M Hyper Coaster - but here's what I do have! It's a beautiful coaster with a multi-colored track and unique seven-car trains, the front of which looks like a shark head. Believe it or not, Mako was actually my favorite coaster at SeaWorld! The B&M Hyper! My favorite! Believe me, I was shocked too!

I think what sets this coaster apart from Diamondback and Orion is the layout. It's as though it's the two of them combined. You have the first section that's like Diamondback with massive camelback airtime hills and a horseshoe turn taking you back through the L-shaped out-and-back layout (around a lake!), and then you have the section after the midcourse break run that's still speedy, but also low to the ground, taking you around more forceful sweeping turns like on Orion, ending it off on a helix like the both of them. It was so much fun!

And interestingly enough, I never felt nervous when I was in line! Maybe it's just Orion and Diamondback that make me nervous then...

(Images taken June 2, 2024)

Surprise! You guys are getting ✨Theme Park OC lore✨ today!

I wanted to make a post explaining the setup of what I like to call the "Parkverse," which is the name of the universe in which my theme park OCs reside! All information that I write about the Parkverse will be found under the tag #Parkverse!

(⚠️Potential trigger warning for the brief mentioning body horror - stay safe, y'all's!⚠️)

In the Parkverse, every single ride in the world is accompanied by what's called a "Ride Spirit." It's the very soul a ride which is created by and powered via the magic that is made from the memories made by parkgoers. Usually, the most powerful of Ride Spirits (or just Spirits for short) are those that are born from roller coasters, otherwise known as Coaster Spirits. It's the Coaster Spirits that I'll be mainly focusing on.

Every Coaster Spirit will choose a "Representative" (sometimes called a "Guardian" or "Host" depending on the park), which is a human that the Spirit decides to share its magic with via a process called "Bonding." Once the person is Bonded to the coaster, they gain access to magic themed to the theme of the roller coaster as well as a psychic bond to the Coaster Spirit itself, able to both communicate directly with the ride and be used as a vessel for the ride to communicate with others (more or less possession lol).

Every Representative also has access to what's called a "Ride-Realized" form, which is the a term used to describe how a Rep's body will transform in order to better accommodate larger levels of magic. Ride-Realized forms are usually only used by Reps during special events or if the park needs defending, as there's usually some body horror involved. Some Reps will elect to adopt certain features of their Realized form in everyday life, or alternatively will only use certain Realized features when needed rather than going fully Ride-Realized when not needed. This is referred to as a "Partially Realized" form, and the term can be used to describe a wide range of different forms & features so long as they're somewhere between a regular human form and a fully Ride-Realized form.

And that's all I got for now! If you want to find my characters, they'll be under the tag #Disaster's OCs, while character introductions will be under the tag #Character Intros! I hope you have a great rest of your day & thank you for reading my ramble! If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!

It appears that the Hatchetfield series has officially become a hyperfixation, so don't be surprised if you get jumpscared with Starkid any time soon while trying to look at roller coasters on here XD

Yesterday's new credits (because I got tired & forgot to post yesterday lol) include:

Cheetah Hunt - #39

Scorpion - #40

Kumba - #41

SheiKra - #42

Tigris - #43

Air Grover - #44

Iron Gwazi - #45

Cobra's Curse - #46

Montu - #47

Another successful theme park day! I got to ride every coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa and had an absolute blast! I lowkey think that Iron Gwazi might be my new favorite coaster-