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EPISODE #2: TICKET TO RIDE: AWESOME AMUSEMENTS

PMK gets amused this week when we journey to Orlando, Florida and get an insider's look at the nuts and bolts of Universal Studios Islands of Adventure. Tyler and Elisha get the awesome chance to go behind the scenes at some of the biggest and best amusements at the world's newest theme park.

Elisha starts us off when she checks out the heart and the brain of the Incredible Hulk Coaster. All part of the Marvel Super Hero Island, this wild ride has 220 computers and four generators giving it the same thrust as a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Our PMK camera records every gut-wrenching, body-squirming and face-twisting scream when Elisha gets shot out of a 150 foot tunnel, turns upside down at zero gravity while she's 100 feet up in the air and then shoots down a 105 foot incline while the coaster clocks in at 60 MPH. Whew! Talk about a bad hair day!

It's Tyler's turn next when he makes a splash at Poseidon's Fury and walks through a forty-foot water vortex holding a whopping 17 thousand gallons of the wet stuff. He tries to hold his breath and squint his eyes but the water is hitting him at 90 MPH. After he dries off and catches his breath, he discovers exactly how this fantasy ride is done and gets a chance to check out the water pump room and the super high-tech water canons.

Next stop is the Triceratops Encounter on the Jurassic Park Island where PMK gets the chance to see the most life-like dinosaur animation technology has ever created. Standing more than 13 feet high and weighing in at a staggering twelve tons, Topper as he's called, is so high-tech that he can actually feel things like happiness and boredom and even gets sleepy once in a while. If you touch the gigantic critter, he'll blink and if you get him mad, he'll let out a giant scream. Tyler discovers how all of this is done and how space age technology brought the dinosaur back from extinction.

To wrap up our show, Charlie explains the best ways to rock and roll in a roller coaster without getting motion sickness.

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