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Postby The Bebes » Thu Jun 04, 2009 6:07 am

^^^ Robb,

We were actually considering a "Take the Tunnel" shirt to kick off our Tour with Terminator: Salvation, but then you announced yours!!!

BTW - The Bebes "Ninety Degrees" shirts are available for $19.99 at.....

just kidding!

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The Bebes' TPT:P2 - Day 2 - Kennywood

Postby The Bebes » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:31 am

Day 2: Kennywood

May 26, 2009.

We woke up and looked outside to find pouring rain!

We had seen that the forecast for most of our TPT:P2 (Theme Park Tour: Part 2) was going to be rain, so we figured we would go buy some rain coats, nothing was going to stop us from our Tour. Kennywood is also the only park on the trip where we have already been.

Mr. Bebe’s Aunt Karen, Cousin Mike, and Mike’s girlfriend Jess all live in the Pittsburgh area and were planning on attending Kennywood with us. Aunt Karen has lived near Pittsburgh since 1985 and has NEVER been to Kennywood!

We thought the rain would surely dissuade them, but Jess is hardcore and said no amount of rain would keep her away! She also said that Kennywood won’t close the rides for rain, only lightning.

The Bebes spent the first few hours of the day trying to buy some rain gear, finally arriving at Kennywood around 12:30pm. The rest of the gang was waiting for us.

The crowd was light-moderate, more than I expected for a Tuesday right after Memorial Day, but most rides were a walk-on or one-two cycle wait, except Phantom (20min with one train operating). We rode almost everything in the park and got extra laps on the better stuff.

The rain was light and spotty all day, so it wasn’t so bad. It even got sunny and hot for a couple hours.
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This is what we saw when we woke up. :-(
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Aunt Karen says "Hi"!!!
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Mr. Bebe's crazy Pittsburgh relatives!
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Kennywood, Here we come!!!!!
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Rain or shine! We won't be stopped!
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Went to Racer first, which was fun because half our group rode on one side and half on the other. Mr. Bebe slapped hands with Jess through one of the turns. Coaster was just okay but way fun when you’re racing against someone you know!
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Next was Jack Rabbit, Kennywood’s classic 1921 coaster with the double down. Lady Bebe wasn’t impressed last time we went to Kennywood, but this time she finally GOT IT. Lady Bebe thought she was going to get ejected and she LOVED it! So Mr. Bebe tried to steal the sign for her.
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Thunderbolt next. An OK ride.
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Mr. Bebe tells a nice man all about the classic woodies he just rode. The old cowboy was a super listener, but really quiet.
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On to Phantom’s Revenge!
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But first, a quick game of Phantom Fling, where we must spit our gum at the bullseye. Haha! Mr. Bebe wins!!! No prize for winning and I don't have my gum anymore. :-( Damn you Phantom Fling!!!! Worst game in the park.
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As for the Phantom's Revenge.... Everytime we ride this monster, it ranks higher. It has great speed, a really neat course (2nd drop – WTF!), tons of forces, and great moments of ejector airtime. The trains are the most spacious and comfortable, and they run as smooth as butter. Top Notch!!!
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Next we went to Exterminator. It was closed.
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Mr. Bebe asked for some info and was told that it was an electrical problem and Exterminator probably wouldn't be opening today. :-( Our first non operational coaster of the trip! Good thing we'd already been to Kennywood and gotten this credit in the past!
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Kenny Kangaroo makes a pass at Lady Bebe in public.
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Mr. Bebe interjects, but Kenny disposes of Mr. Bebe with ease.
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This Lady saw the whole thing happen and didn't do anything. She just sat there and laughed and laughed and laughed.
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Dejected, Mr. Bebe seeks ice cream to sooth the pain. Maybe if Mr. Bebe uses his imagination, he can magically pull the ice cream sign down and eat it!
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It's Magically Delicious!!!
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We weren’t planning on staying all day, since we had a long drive to Danville in front of us. Of course, we stayed until they closed, having to get one last ride on Phantom’s Revenge in the dark before leaving around 9:15pm.

We got on the rode and drove a miserable 3.5 hours to Danville in the rain and fog. THICK fog!

We finally arrived at our hotel at around 1:30am and set the alarm for 9:25am. Hopefully Knoebel’s and the highly touted Phoenix won’t be a rain out!
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Postby eddie200330 » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:43 pm

Just got back from a day trip over there Sunday 06/07/09 and the first 2 -3 hours the park was empty. Only line was PR which was 1 train wait!!! Got to experience my first ever "Screamin Swing". Boy was I surprised. It was an amazing yet quite scary ride. I was a little taken the first time when it took you backwards at full height and you kinda hang over the restraint for a second or two. Even when the park crowded up later in the day it was still a walk on. PR only kept 1 train ops and was up to almost an hour by 4 pm.
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Postby Big Mike » Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:34 pm

Big Mike here keeping up with The Bebes all the way from Germany!!!

Even in Germany, Mrs. Bebe looks stunning!

Can't wait for the Dorney Park update :)


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Postby The Bebes » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:10 am

Thx Big MIke,

We had a great time on our TPT:P2, but we are sooooo jealous of all the TPR people on the Scandinavia Tour! Bon Bon Land is one of our life goals.

We should be posting new reports every day or two, so Dorney should be coming up soon!
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Postby coaster_dad » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:21 am

Great Report, Bebes! My son and I were at Kennywood on the 29th. What a fabulous park! Unfortunately, it was packed! We still had a great time. I agree Phantom's Revenge is awesome! Looking forward to the rest of your trip. Now if I would only get busy and post my own trip reports... :(






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The Bebes' TPT:P2 - Day 3 - Knoebel's and Hershey Preview

Postby The Bebes » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:15 pm

Day 3: Knoebel’s

Wednesday May 27, 2009

We woke up ready to visit a small park called Knoebel's for the first half of the day, then around 4pm we would head out to Hershey Park for "preview night". Hopefully we'll have a nice day without rain and hit the highly touted Phoenix.
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We woke up to pouring rain again! Hopefully, everything (especially Phoenix) will still be operating at Knoebel’s despite the rainy weather.
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We drove to Knoebel’s following some nifty directions the hotel provided us with.
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It was still raining pretty good by the time we got there.
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Our rain gear was coming in handy!
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As we made our way to the Pay One Price booth in the middle of the park, we noticed what a nice and charming place we were coming to.
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It must help a lot that they employ paper-eating pigs to handle the clutter.
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We found our way to the P.O.P. ticket booth, and our horrors were realized: PHOENIX WAS CLOSED!!!! A bit depressed, we bought our unlimited rides stamps for $19ea (which included the wooden coasters but not the Haunted Mansion).
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We headed over to the Haunted Mansion and coughed up the extra $1.50ea to ride it. It is quite a long ride and definitely worth $1.50, if only for nostalgic reasons.
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This sign was outside the Haunted Mansion, and we couldn’t help but think a similar sign should be out front of Terminator: Salvation (see trip kickoff report pg.3 for SFMM).
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We had some portraits taken, and Kozmo was kind enough to hold them up so we could get a snapshot to share with all.
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Kozmo hold Lady Bebe's portrait
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We were clowning around and having a great time at Knoebels...
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…until we walked up to Phoenix. Still Closed. And Lady Bebe cried.
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Mr. Bebe cried too.
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Dejected, Mr. Bebe wanted to drown his sorrows with food, but apparently, NO DOGS ALLOWED means Mr. Bebe’s shirt was banned from the premises.
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We walked over to the very vertical Flying Turns. It was also closed. “But Why???!!” Lady Bebe exclaims.
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Oh, this paper answers all of our questions.
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We got some pics of the Flying Turns.
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And a set of train cars that were left uncovered during the rain. That cant be good for them.
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A shot through the beams. Then someone got our attention. A worker on the site invited us to step right into the middle of the construction for some prime photos and some insider Q & A!!!!
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A newly refurbished trough section.
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Some wood and stuff under tarps.
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More wood and stuff for current use.
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We didn’t get the workers name and he didn’t want his picture taken (though we got shots of the other workers), and he mentioned that he used to work with Dinn Corp and GCI.
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He said not to listen to all the rumors about the Flying Turns. The biggest problem they’ve had, and what is currently holding up opening, is that Knoebel’s wants to operate Flying Turns with a 5-car train (for capacity). The long trains are slinkying and banging cars as they make the course run. He said the train runs the course perfectly with up to three cars on a train.
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A new design of train is being worked on as we speak. THESE trains are already DEFUNCT.
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They remain optimistic and hopeful citing Fourth of July as a target date to open.
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With our new wealth of information, we headed to Twister, where Mr. Bebe used his magical sign grabbing technique to twist and bend the Twister sign. Twister was a relatively fun ride with some very interesting elements (weird double lift hill) and some good lateral G’s with moments of out-of-control feelings. Not exceptionally GREAT, but a decent ride non-the-less. We rode three consecutive times (all walk-ons). Best ride came in the front seat.
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Everyone takes a picture of the Golden Bolt, so we did too.
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Next up were Knoebel’s famed Flyers. With just a small leather strap and a none-to-interested ride op, these rickety old things didn’t seem too safe. The Flyer was Lady Bebe’s favorite flat ride at the park, totally scary and dangerous…and great!
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Mr. Bebe screams for his life as the Flyer spins, whips, and pops around. After the ride ended, the flyer was still swaying a lot. I expected the ride op to come around and settle the Flyers, but he just stood there. We had to stick our foot out of the Flyer and drag it across the ground until it came to a stop before letting ourselves out. So weird & NEVER at a Cedar Fair or Six Flags.
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Another weird old ride at Knoebel’s was the Looper. A sort of head-over-heels rolling cage ride where the heavier person (Mr. Bebe in this case) controls a foot pedal while timing the roll of the cage to keep it rolling.
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Lady Bebe snaps this winning shot of Mr. Bebe on Wipeout. It was on this particular ride on Wipeout that we noticed the program of the ride was totally different that the one at Waldameer. This one was long, intense, and did things that Waldameer’s didn’t even come close to. So, don’t judge a Wipeout by its cover.
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On to the Antique Car ride and …. What’s that behind the trees??? Is it???? Could it be????
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PHOENIX IS OPEN!!!!!
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Lady Bebe jumps for joy!!! We got in and hopped right into the back seat with only a one train wait. And the ride was….. eh….. just all-right. Not sure what all the hype is about.
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Never-the-less, we rode again. We wanted to make it a point to try every roller coaster at lease once in the back and at least once in/near the front. So we waited a few trains for the front seat, snapping this snazzy lift hill photo. And the ride was…. OMG!!! Completely different!!! Crazy ejector air time and super fun!!!!
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We ran around for another ride. Not ones to wait for much of anything, we took the first available seat near the front, row #3. The ride was even BETTER in lane 3. No seat belts on this ride, just a loose lap bar that crosses at the top of the car. Phoenix starts with a very long and unexpected tunnel run toward the lift hill. Then Phoenix sends you through a DOZEN or more hills that send you into the air like none other. On several occasions, the person on the right hand side of the car would come down on top of the seat divider (that’s like 6-8 inches high itself). After the train pulled into the station we both looked at eachother and exclaimed “Seat 3!!!!”. What a truly special ride this is, if only because of the lack of seat restraints and multiple instances of ejector air. We rode 3 or four more times in row 3! Also noticed it rode better with a full train than it did with a rather empty train.
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It was starting to get a little late so we headed toward Knoebel’s classic carousel. This
1912 hand carved masterpiece is the only carousel I’ve ever been on (or seen for that matter) where you lean off your horse to grab ringy dingy ding-a-ling dings as it circles around, hoping to be the lucky one to “Grab the Brass Ring”.
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And Lady Bebe got the Brass Ring!!!! It was her second time around on her first ride. She received a ticket for $1 worth of rides (or a free ride on the Carousel) for grabbing the brass ring. But we had unlimited hand stamps, so it was just a nifty souvenir to take home.
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While Lady Bebe rode the Carousel, I talked to this Hot Babe (She says “Hi” to Big Mike).
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We finished our day on the “Best Bumper Cars”. And they were!!! Mr. Bebe LOVED the bumper cars. They were fast, slippery and super fun. With a little practice you could clip someone and send them into a nice 360 spin. Not one to disappoint, Lady Bebe stole the sign for Mr. Bebe.
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Mr. Bebe illegally eats a hot dog in the NO DOGS ALLOWED area, and the Bebes are ejected from the park.
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We planned on leaving by 4pm so we could make our way to Hershey Park and take advantage of their “preview night” from 5:30pm-8pm, but didn’t even leave Knoebel’s til 5:30pm. It's a much bigger park than anticipated with TONS of flat rides. Great fun at a great park! We arrived at Hershey Park around 7pm. We didn’t have to pay for parking and got into the park to find NO ONE there. We asked customer service which rides might close due to rain, so we could get them done tonight, as rain was in the forecast for tomorrow. They said unless it was a downpour, all the rides would continue to operate.
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Across the way Mr. Bebe saw Stormrunner crest its’ hill. Stormrunner had been out of operation all season so we heading right for it. We walked on and rode somewhere in the middle. It was OK fun, except for the karate chop to the neck towards the end.
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Next was Fahrenheit. Again, a walk-on somewhere in the middle. Loved it. Thought it was better than Stormrunner.
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Then we went to Lightning Racer.
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Another packed queue line as you can see, so we went on separate trains. once in the front and once in the back, then switched trains and did it again, front and back. Four rides in prime seats and the only time we actually left the station was to switch trains.
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Who thinks Mr. Bebe looks like this frog???
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Lady Bebe and a Reece’s Cup give a thumbs up to a quick hour of “preview” at Hershey Park. After closing down the park, we headed to Applebee’s where we were almost too pooped to even eat. Got to the hotel around 10pm and fell asleep right away. Lady Bebe slept very poorly and was fearful that she may had caught a bug and was worried about not being able to have a good time the next day. TO BE CONTINUED....
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Postby Wood Dragon 1988 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:58 pm

This is a great TR. I'm glad you got to ride Phoenix. I've been to the park 3 times, each time it rained, and Phoenix always rode better after the rain IMO! My best ride on it came in the pouring down rain in the third seat. I love that ride!
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Postby alpengeist04 » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:40 pm

I'm really enjoying the trip reports so far, and I'm glad to see you were able to ride my #2 favorite woodie, Phoenix. :airtime:
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Postby DrJazzDDS » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:44 pm

Great report!

I can tell that you stayed at the Red Roof Inn in Danville because I lived in that town for 14 years (before I left for college and grad school). I have to get back to Knoebel's after seeing these photos!
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