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Due to the fires this was as bright as the sun got
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Well it wouldn't be a Disney park without a man made mountain would it
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Tower of Terror is nearly completed
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This thing is huge
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The final plunge of Grizzly River Run
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The ride is very scenic
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The Sun Wheel a recreation of the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island
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Cars are mounted on a track and swing as the wheel spins
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Mulholland Madness
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Maliboomer
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California Screamin' is designed to look like an old 1920's wooden coaster
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Orange Stinger sits inside the giant Orange
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The Sun Wheel loads below the water level
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the loop and big drop of California Screamin'
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Sun Wheel
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The California Screamin' Launch Area
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Burger Invasion
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Subn Wheel and Maliboomer
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The lake was collecting the falling ash from the fires
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Hmmm I've seen this somwhere before. . .
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Yes they have one of these in the park
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Grizzly River Run
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The Monorail bridge
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We travled all the way down here to see this?
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The Sunshine Plaza fountain
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The newest area of California Adventure
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In through the giant Ceral Box
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California Adventures teacup style ride
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even the street lights cary the Bugs Life Theme
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The slowest Bumper Cars in the world
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this is probably the best rapids ride ever
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the final spining drop
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this is where you can get wet even if you don't ride
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yes this ride gets you wet
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those pipes spray water all over you on the way up
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The Golden Zepher a great recreation of the Traver Circle Swing Rides of the 1920's
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Mulholland Madness is hidden behind this wall
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The final helix
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The biggest drop of California Screamin
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This is the best part
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but the loop is great too
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looking across Paradise Bay
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Now you can really see how much these cars swing
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The Orange
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Paradise Pier
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California Screamin' at night
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This park at night is nothing other than amazing
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Sun Wheel at night
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Golden Zepher
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Going for a spin on the Zeypher
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Light are everywhere
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Maliboomer
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Maliboomer
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Sun Wheel
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California Screamin'
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part of California Screamin' encloses the Maliboomer
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Golden Zeypher taken from the Sun Wheel
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Swinging on the Sun Wheel
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Disneyland is out there in the distance
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Up on top of the Sun Wheel
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California Screamin' from the sun wheel
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Ducks
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On ride picture of Mulholland Madness
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what energy crisis
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Maliboomer
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California Screamin' broken down
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smoke from one of the fires
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Six Flags Magic Mountain
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X and Viper
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We didn't get to Magic Mountain this time
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It didn't look lie this a few days later as the fire grew bigger
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X looms over the hillside
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The fired don't seem so bad at this point in time
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We went to a big boat
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The Queen Mary
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Har Har
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Buying tickets for the Ghost Tour of the Ship
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X
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First Class Stateroom
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Porthole
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Examples of the fixtures found in the First Class Bathrooms
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Luggage tickets
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First Class Sitting area
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First Class Dining Area
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X
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A picture of the Haunted Pool
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We spent as much time inside as possible since the air outside was nearly unbreathable
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Looking up at the bridge
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the anchor chains
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the anchor is down there
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Someone on the bow could communicate with the bridge with this durring docking
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looking back for the very front of the ship
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The Ships alarm indicator panel
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One of the watertight doors
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This has got to be the longest hallway I have ever seen
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First Class Dining room table setup
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Old and New side by side
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It's strange to be on a ship this big and to have a much bigger ship next to you
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Taken from the docking bridge
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More equipment to assist with docking the ship
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The Bridge
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Watertight door panel
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The Bridge again
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The Carnival Pride one of the largest ships in the world
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The First Class Ballroom
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What do you get when you cross the Titanic with the Atlantic?
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About Half Way
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the other side of this model was cut away so you could see the layout of the Titanics decks
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There also was a similar model of the Lusitania
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The view from our hotel room, Scott was very happy
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Relaxing before Knott's Scary Farm
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Night shot from the hotel room
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You can see all of the ash in the air in this picture of Ghostrider
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Ghostrider awaits
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One last look at Ghostrider
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The fires a day after the earlier pictures
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X
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the fires were getting pretty close to the freeway
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there are 4 seperate fires in this picture
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Things were not looking good as we left
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Looking towards Valencia
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about to pass Magic Mountain
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Magic Mountain is still there *sigh*
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X
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I regret to inform you that Psyclone and Colossus never burned
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Looking back toward LA
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this fire was moving fast
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This is another one of the fires further north
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Cows lots and lots of cows
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Mooo
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