Live Park Updates On The Way!

There haven't been any updates here in awhile, and for that I apologize.

Like we used to say on the CR podcast... real life always has to come first. Lately, there has been one deadline after another at my job and in life.

I couldn't imagine what things would be like if we still had the pressure of doing a weekly show. WOW!

Anyway, I'm headed to Southern California this week and am going to be updating the Twitter Feed with all sorts of tweets and twitpics from the various SoCal parks.

If there's anything particular you want to see, let me know via Twitter or through the New Forum Fourms.

If you haven't caught Twitter fever yet, this might be a good opportunity to check it out!

I'm also experimenting with recording some "on-the-fly" audio with my iPhone. So I might have some files to upload when I get back.

See you on the west coast!

Keep your thoughts on the So Cal Wildfires

One of our blog readers wrote in today to give us an update on the wildfires in Southern California.

It's one thing to hear about it on the news, but I think it's important to actualy hear from someone who lives there.

I live way out here in Long Beach, CA and the local parks for me are Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm. And as you probably know, October and November means Santa Ana winds and fires.

This has been going on for many years and it still hurts to know that someone or something can start a fire so small and eventually cost millions of dollars and burn everywhere.

Although we aren't directly in the line of "fire" (no pun intended), we still feel the effects of it.

As I was sitting in my room on Saturday, I noticed the sunlight was a very dark orange and looked out the window and saw a large cloud of smoke and ash headed our way. It lingers around for a long time, causes ash to fall EVERYWHERE and makes it hard for some, even me, to breathe.

But as I was checking at a site, MiceAge.com, they had a few pictures and information regarding the fires and the parks around it.

I did not read too much about Knott's Berry Farm, but Disneyland actually decided not to have the less priority cast members, such as the photographers, out on the streets this past weekend and they rotated the ride ops and outdoor vendors as often as possible to keep them out of the smoke. And I also read about Six Flags Magic Mountain completely closing. They are not apart of the fire, but the road that leads to it is.

Talk more about this in the CoasterRadio.com Fourms