#AND B&M SURF COASTERS

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PLANET COASTER 2 AHHHHHHHHHHHHFHFHGDJZHDGBSJDCSJSJ

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Cannot wait to ride this wave again ;) Hopefully, with a little more blue sky!

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Also I miss Universal’s dragon challenge every day like yes motorbike adventure is a phenomenal ride that combines the best elements of rides like Tron Lightcycle Run, Th13teen, and Expedition Everest and I’m glad it exists because it’s an absolutely wonderful experience (wish it had different theming good god but in order to judge the merits of the ride itself I have to put that aside), but I loved dragon challenge. Both of the tracks were great rides in and of themselves and they were my first introduction to inverted coasters (and B&M) and I always thought they were just great rides. I also think the fact they were ostensibly racing coasters (even tho they took the racing element out) was really cool because you just don’t see that nowadays like when was the last time we got a new racing/dueling coaster anywhere?

I think part of why they fell out of popularity is obvs the risk involved of if dipshits don’t take everything out of their pockets and little Jimmy’s phone goes careening into the opposite train and also I mean the budget involved where you have to effectively build two rides for the price of one but like. They’re so cool. I think wooden racing coasters retain some longevity because of the historical element to them but like. For steel racing coasters I wanna say (and this is just me talking out of my ass here) the nail in the coffin was TOGO’s Windjammer Surf Racers. It absolutely fucked over Knott’s Berry Farm having to deal with these busted coasters that barely worked and then the fallout from that literally bankrupted TOGO who previously had been a pioneer in the coaster industry before some deeply bad business decisions and Windjammer put them in the ground.

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Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch is Disney’s 42nd animated feature film. It came out in 2002 In the United States of America. It tells the story of Doctor Jumba Jookiba, an extraterrestrial mad scientist, who is on trial by the Galactic Federation for illegal genetic experimentation, evidenced by his creation "Experiment 626", a small blue sentient creature with unparalleled intelligence and strength, but also a propensity to cause chaos. Jumba is imprisoned while the creature is sentenced to exile on a desert asteroid. "626" manages to escape on a red police spaceship, and activates the hyperdrive, causing its guidance systems to malfunction and randomly set a course for Earth. 626 crash-lands on Kauaʻi, Hawaii only to be knocked unconscious by three passing trucks and taken to an animal shelter. The Grand Councilwoman dispatches Jumba and Agent Pleakley, the Council's Earth expert, to the planet to have 626 captured discreetly, as Earth is the habitat for the supposedly "endangered" mosquito population, and humans are described as being unable to handle an alien encounter formally. On Kauaʻi, Nani Pelekai has been struggling with caring for her rambunctious, disobedient, and lonely younger sister, Lilo, following the death of their parents. A social worker named Cobra Bubbles expresses increasing concern whether Nani is able to take adequate care of her sister. Because Lilo has been ostracized by her friends, Nani decides to let her adopt a dog. At the shelter, Lilo immediately takes a keen interest in 626, who is impersonating a dog. In spite of Nani's doubts, Lilo gives 626 the name "Stitch", and shows him around the island. That evening, at the restaurant where Nani works, the aliens Jumba and Pleakley try, but fail, to capture Stitch. The resulting chaos is blamed on Stitch, causing Nani to be fired. The next day, Cobra warns her that if she does not find another job, he will have to place Lilo with a foster family. However, Stitch's antics, including evading the two alien agents, ruin Nani's chances of finding work. Nani's friend David invites her, Lilo, and Stitch to take a break and enjoy a day of surfing. While Nani, Lilo, and Stitch ride a huge wave, Jumba makes one final effort to capture Stitch from underwater, and Stitch unintentionally pulls Lilo underwater. Although everyone survives, Cobra witnesses this event and tells Nani that, although she means well, Lilo will have to be taken away. Seeing how much trouble he has caused, Stitch runs off. The next morning, the Councilwoman fires Jumba and Pleakley from their assignment and gives it to Captain Gantu. Meanwhile, David informs Nani of a job opportunity, which she rushes to pursue. Stitch, hiding in the nearby woods, encounters Jumba, who chases him back to Nani's house. A fight ensues which destroys the house; Cobra arrives to collect Lilo and take her away. As Nani and Cobra argue, Lilo runs away into the jungle and finds Stitch.  Gantu captures both of them. Stitch manages to escape from Gantu's ship. Nani demands that they help her rescue Lilo. Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Nani all give chase to Gantu's spaceship in Jumba's personal spaceship and, after a long chase, they finally rescue Lilo. Back on the ground, the Grand Councilwoman arrives on Earth and prepares to take Stitch into custody and retire Gantu for kidnapping Lilo, but the girl insists that because Stitch is her pet under local law, he cannot be taken away. Impressed with Stitch's newfound civility and empathy, the Councilwoman goes against the prior decision of the Federation and decrees that Stitch will live in exile on Earth. He will be entrusted to the care of Lilo and Nani, and the Councilwoman asks Cobra, who is revealed to be a former CIA agent whom she met in 1973, to watch over them.

As said in the summary, the evens of the movie happen on the island of Kaua’i, which one of the nine island of the state of Hawai’i. The landscape of the movie is representative of the real landscape of Kaua’i as seen on pictures O and P. We can see at the end of the movie Lilo travels to Graceland, where Elvis Presley’s house is (pictures C and D), they go to the Big Island of Hawai’i for a ski trip (pictures E and F) and go and see the statue of Duke Kahanamoku, a Olympic gold medalist and Hawaiian surfer, in Honolulu (pictures A and B)

On multiple instances we can see Lilo and other charaters dancing hula, which is a traditional Polynesian dance that is widely practiced in Hawai’i. We can see they practice on pictures G and its real life equivalent on picture H. At the end of the movie we can even see Lilo, Stitch and her Hula dance group dancing at the Merrie Monarch Festival, which is an annual hula dance competition between groups of the nine islands. We can see the banner from the movie on picture Q and from real life on picture R.

During the hula dancing sequences we can see traditional Polynesian instrument such as the ipu on pictures K and L. There are a lot of other traditional Hawaiian things in the movie such as shaved ice (see picture M and N) or luaus, where Nani work at the beginning of the movie (see pictures I and J).

Hawaiian is used by the charaters of the movie whether in the dialogues or in the lyrics of the songs for the soundtrack. Here are a few examples of the Hawaiian language or of Hawaiian slang “Howzit, Nani?” “"O'hana" means family.” “Thanks. Mahalo plenty.” “Aloha!” “ALL: He Inoa No Kalani Kalākaua Kulele.”  Howzit is the islanders’ way of saying “how are you”, o’hana means “family” in Hawaiian, aloha means “hello” in Hawaiian, mahalo means “thank you” in Hawaiian and He Inoa No Kalani Kalākaua Kulele means “a namesong for the chief, Kalākaua”. For the song we have three from the soundtrack that are in Hawaiian or a mix of Hawaiian and English.

We have “He Mele No Lilo” which is a song that already existed in real life. The song praize the last king of Hawai’i, Kalākaua. Here is a part of the lyric:

“Mahalo nui ia Ke Ali'i wahine 'O Lili'ulani 'O ka Wo hi ku Ka pipio mai o ke anuenuehi Na waiho'o lu'u a halikeole'e E nana na maka i ke ao malama mai Hawai'i akea i Kaua'i

'O Kalākaua he inoa 'O ka pua mae'ole i ka lā                              

Ka pua maila i ka mauna I ke kuahiwi 'o Mauna Kea Ke 'ā maila i Kīlauea Mālamalama i Wahinekapu A ka luna o Uwēkahuna I ka pali kapu o Ka'auea Ea mai ke ali'i kia manu Ua wehi ka hula o ka mamo Ka pua nani a'o Hawai'i 'O Kalākaua he inoa”

and here is the link for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinkbnaBgIk

 “Aloha 'Oe” is the second song in Hawaiian. It was written by Queen Liliʻuokalani. Here is the lyrics:

“Ha`aheo ka ua i nâ pali Ke nihi a`ela i ka nahele E hahai (uhai) ana paha i ka liko                                                

Pua `âhihi lehua o uka                                                                                

Hui Aloha `oe, aloha `oe E ke onaona noho i ka lipo One fond embrace, A ho`i a`e au Until we meet again”

and here is the link for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6cYHXcWAN0

 The third song is in English and Hawaiian. Here is the lyrics:

“A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu                                                     Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride

A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi La we mai iko papa he na lu Pi'i na nalu la lahalaha O ka moana hanupanupa Lalala i kala hanahana Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one Helehele mai kakou e Hawaiian roller coaster ride”

and here is the link for the song:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXpB1rixnPQ

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Easily the credit I was most excited to achieve in 2024. I've been obsessed with the concept of stand-up roller coasters since I heard of them. The only other standing coaster credit I have is Georgia Scorcher - and let me tell you, B&M was not playing around with this surf coaster prototype!

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Originally codenamed Project Penguin, Pipeline: The Surf Coaster is a brand new take on the standing coaster. The prototype includes both entirely new elements and a new restraint system. In 2020 information on the new train patent were discovered, paired with the information that it was expected to be a launch coaster, B&M quickly sparked interest for both long-term coaster enthusiasts, and SeaWorld fans alike. Pipeline revitalized a portion of the SeaWorld Orlando park that was often empty and bare without an event. On November 15th, 2022 the new trains were revealed at the IAAPA expo.

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Pipeline: The Surf Coaster — This unique and brand new coaster concept is located at SeaWorld Orlando. It's similar to its manufacturers, Bolliger and Mabillard's, other standing coasters, but different due to the entirely new patent on the ride restraints. This prototype model called the 'Surf Coaster' includes specialized seats that move with each rider, allowing air time to reach something like never before, literal air time. Personally, as a short rider, my feet lifted off of the train with every good air time hill. Pipeline includes an LSM launch in the beginning instead of a traditional lift hill, sending you at its top speed of 60 mph to its tallest point, 110 feet in the air over an overbanked turn and into a brand new element, the wave curl. The coaster has 1 inversion, and opened in 2023.