Howdy Ya'll!

ChanceWMitchell · Howdy Ya'll!

My name is Chance, and I am new to The Season Pass. I ran into Doug at Holiwood Nights and decided to come check out the site. Thus far, I am impressed and actually like the smaller size, its a nice change of pace compared to Coasterbuzz where everyone seems to hate new comers.

Anyways, I am going to school at Iowa State University in Ames, IA for Mechanical Engineering. I grew up near the twin cities in Minnesota so Valleyfair has always been my home park and I have spent too many days there to count. A few years ago I began traveling to other parks and began the transformation into an enthusiast. since then I have racked 150 coasters at 27 parks.

This summer I am taking a MASSIVE trip all over the eastern half of the country and would be glad to answer any questions about it!

I look forward to becoming more involved here!

Darienlakerules

cool, glad you're here and you're lucky to be taking that awesome trip!

ChanceWMitchell

Oh, i know... Ive been playing this beast for about 3 years now, and saved money all year to make it work!

Darienlakerules

ChanceWMitchell

Hey, I just listened to your review of Seabreeze this morning and I must say I am now rather happy I added that to the agenda.

Given your location and avatar I'm going to assume that you have been to several parks on the coast... what are some of your favorites?

Darienlakerules

glad to hear you added sea breeze, maybe we can met up there? Anyway I actually haven't been to too many parks, but love darien lake alot[assume you are going because it's close to sea breeze]
When is your trip starting and do you have the trip plan done?

Wylder

Glad to have you on the boards. Sounds like you have a awesome summer planned.

Stingray

Hola. Welcome, it's great to have more people join the forums. Your trip is really cool. Looking forward to hearing what you think of all those coasters and parks. You got a awesome summer ahead of you. Very Happy

CoastinCam

Welcome! Valleyfair is my home park as well. Nice to see another Minnesota native!

ChanceWMitchell

Minnesota? NEVER! Wisconsin, but I literally live on the St. Croix, so Im closer to Valleyfair than the Dells.

But yes, I will be going do Darien as well. My trip starts this Friday at Six Flags St. Louis for Daredevil Daze on Saturday. It wont be done until right before school starts up again around August 21. If anyone would like to meet up along the way (or offer me a place to sleep/shower) I'd love to meet some fellow enthusiasts!

CoastinCam

Oh! Sorry for the confusion. With me being a VF freak, I kinda forgot that I am native to Wisconsin too actually! I just live in MN now...

ChanceWMitchell

I am quite the VF freak myself! I was first rider on Riptide, Xtreme Swing, and Renegade... but I guess VF is too cool to give away first rider shirts!

CoastinCam

Lol yeah. I haven't been a VF freak long enough to get any firsts, but I was the fifth person in the new wavepool...

Doug_Barnes

Hey Chance!! Great to have you on board! Hope all has gone well on your trip so far my friend.

BTW- I got your E-mail, I'll be responding soon (I had to move all weekend +... yuk!).

Take Care Bro!

ChanceWMitchell

I am on a brief hiatus from my coaster expedition to carb load and see my chiropractor. But, thus far it has gone better than I could have ever expected! Everything from weather, to crowds, to driving has gone so perfectly its kind of scary. Eventually my good luck has to run out, and I'm worried about what catastrophic event is inevitably going to destroy my summer! haha

But in reality, Im sure I'll be fine.

Oh, and I've been going to VF longer than I've been able to walk. So, I have a few advantages as far as obsessing over the park is concerned. Wink

e_tapley0687

Hey man! Glad to have you on! Welcome my friend!