About myself

Welcome back readers.  It's just me.  I decided that I should update my blog with some general information about me.  I should also inform you on the roller coaster vocabulary I use for those that don't know much about the subject.

It's time for you to get to know me a little bit better.  My name is Nicholas Bonneau.  You can call me Nick.  I have Autism which means I'm not very social.  Also, I think about things differently.  However I have a huge interest in amusement parks.  From my hometown amusement park, named Valleyfair (in MN), to other parks I've visited.  Like Walt Disney World (FL), Six Flags Over Texas (TX) , and Kings Dominion (VA).  As well as my other hometown amusement park, Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America (MN).

Now being a Minnesotan, I deal with some cold and harsh weather.  Because of the weather, Valleyfair is closed during the winter and doesn't open till May.  However, Nickelodeon Universe is open year round because it's indoors.  It is inside Minnesota's most visited shopping center, the Mall of America.

Now I have grown up loving roller coasters.  Ever since my first visit to Valleyfair when I was like 5 or 6 years old.  It's not a very popular park compared to the other Cedar Fair parks like Cedar Point or even Kings Dominion. However, Valleyfair is local and has provided me with season passes for years.  I've had a Valleyfair Season Pass for every year from 2004-2012 with the exception of 2008.  I've even worked there during the Halloween seasons when the park is called Valleyscare.

Now what got me interested in making my own coaster designs was Roller Coaster Tycoon.  Many years ago, I got Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 as a Christmas gift.  I would constantly play that game.  My family had only one computer at the time and waiting for my turn to play was painful.

After the years my parents bought a few new computers running Windows XP.  Not only I got more time to play Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, but I also discovered Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 at the store.  I started to play RCT3 and I got myself hooked to the game.

Later on, I would watch videos of other people's RCT3 parks on You Tube.  And that's where I discovered No Limits Simulator.  After watching RCT3 park videos, I noticed in the suggested videos column, there were other videos of coaster designs but made with No Limits instead.  I didn't know that No Limits was a completely different software till I actually watched some of the videos.

I noticed that the coasters on No Limits were more realistic and the segments of track were custom made and not pre-built like in RCT3.  So then I got No Limits by download (the only way to get it).  The software cost me about $30 but well worth it.  And years later, I'm finally using No Limits 2.

But yeah.  My interest for theme parks are not going away any time soon and designing roller coasters on the computer is a hobby I just like to do.

That's all I have and thanks for reading.