Hmm, somehow I never posted these....

Well, better late than never? maybe??
So... Whats better than working till 5am? Using a *free* day and going to the 2012 Florida Strawberry Festival!" (eww, strawberries!)

Sweet, I might hate Strawberries, but I love me some rides!

yaayyyyyy

Ok, so... Were just gonna skip past the Tractors and Cows and Pigs... and all the other crap and just get right to the ride photos.. and stuff.

OK, rides!

Brand new KMG Speeeeeed, it was closed most of the night... So I never got to ride it.

But the first thing I did ride was....

 The extremely clunky MegaDrop. I love me some drop rides but I don't know what was up with this one.. I even gave it second and third chances.. but it kept just being.... bad.

And it got worse when..

I found my first Zamp Nitro in seven years, closed, the whole night :(

Good thing the KMG Freak Out was open!

And it just kept getting better from there on out!

SPACE ROLLER

You've returned to my life, and I thank you so much for doing so.

Having been MIA at the Florida State Fair the past 2 years and seemingly dropping off the amusement-radar all together.... The amazing Mondial Top Scan has returned <3

And with my day made.. it was time to sample the rest of the rides on the fairly large midway.

Full sized Rev Spinner, hadn't seen this one since Santa's Enchanted Forest or the Meadowland's Fair  :)

 Simple and fun, worth a reride too, woo

<3 SKY WHEEL <3

Also something that was lacking at the Florida State Fair this year, making me have to ride it some 4 times here in Plant City (just in case :( ) Ah, one of my all time favorite classic rides. I still tear up sometimes at Fun Spot standing where it's Sky Wheel once was.

Hmm, now this one seemed like I'd seen it in a past life or something... Not just any ol' portable flume... but in fact one I had ridden nearly 10 years earlier!

Oh yeah, its Fiesta Fiasco Shows! And while it may have new logs on it now.. its still the same ride I just couldn't get enough of at Revere Beach back in 02 and 03 <3 

I didn't even know they still owned a flume!

(((Sun goes down now)))

Woo, rides at night.. with all their flashing lights and stuff.. yaayyyyyyyy

:O Magnum was here, and running pretty long cycles banging out TIESTO <3

Mondial Shake = :D :D :D :D

Crazy Dance = ...not so much

and while better than Wade's 'Twister' its still not a HUSS

 (although it ran a nice long cycle with multiple changes in speed to keep the cycle interesting)

Yo..................yo

One of the few rides left on the midway without LED's and it still looked great.

And now back to the negative. 

Anticipointment 101 right here....

My first Power Surge in 5 years... And I'm told the boom is broken.. So the main arm never rotated... meaning our whole ride cycle remained without a single inversion. One of the few rides Zamp makes right (and was original) and it wasn't even working right :'(

And with that the night was winding down with just enough time for a few more rides.

An overview shot from the Eli Wheel 

(a must have for any major Floridian fair it seems)

The nice and smooth ARM Vertigo

And of course I saved time for one last ride on....

Ah.....

Also,  EWWWWWW

 Oh hey, and Joey

 (cause I know you're the only one even reading this..... I'm about to go on a Dollywood adventure... So I'll send your box-o-crap once I get back from that... and stuff)