Photo TR: Derek goes to Germany

[niiicolaaahHot Coaster Chick!]

Holy CRAP that cathedral is gorgeous!!!!

Hey... are you and Dave both wearing Balder shirts in that one pic?

[Guy T. KoeppNow with Extra Retarded Flavor]

Awesome TR Derek! This is a park that I salivate to go to one day. It looks like you are having an awesome time!

[Calaway ParkThat Conceited Jerk]

Phantasialand is sooo pretty!

[KingOfNynex2003I'm a know-it-all about donkeys!]

that looks like a pretty sweet coaster, but i still think that Silver Bullet at Knott's has more G's on it than this 1, especially during the upward helix.

[Guy T. KoeppNow with Extra Retarded Flavor]

that looks like a pretty sweet coaster, but i still think that Silver Bullet at Knott's has more G's on it than this 1, especially during the upward helix.

Silver Bullet got G forces!

When did that happen? I was just on it last week.

I'll be there Sunday. So I'll check for you.

Black Mamba looks infinitely more forceful! I could be wrong, afterall... ...I've never ridden Black Mamba.

I would call Black Mamba (BM) for short. But as that is an abbreviation for something that comes out of your a$$. I won't. That would just be weird having a poisonous snake come out of your a$$. Unless you ate one for breakfast. (Which I didn't.) In which case you will have Black Mamba coming out of your a$$ later today. It's still weird though.

[J.R.Can I park my donkey here?]

Greetings from Europa Park! More drunken Derek photos to come when we return, detailing the walk (more like drag) home.

A huge thanks to Andy and Coaster Friends.de for their wonderful hospitality (but that last beer kicked our asses).

We returned to Oktoberfest the following day after walking through some cornfields to get to Skyline Park. Also we went to the Stuttgart fair where we rode Alpina Bahn and now we're enjoying Europa. It's amazing how much we didn't get to see on the ECO trip.

Tomorrow, it's Expedition Ge Force!

Auf Wiedersehen!
Janna, Dave, Tim, and Greg

[DerekRxI'm the gyro!]

Final updates: Oktoberfest!

Our plans for Oktoberfest didn't go as smoothly as we had hoped. We were 15 minutes late arriving because of our train engineer not driving as fast as he could have. Another major problem was the weather, which was now cold and rainy, thus limiting our desired time actually at the fair, which was simply incredible. We managed to get on all 5 coasters and at least 1 insane flatride, but with the weather being so gloomy, we spent more time in the nice warm beer tent getting totally plastered, a decision I do not regret! When I go back though, I intend to go for 2 full days, just so I have enough time to ride all the insane flats, and the stupid Bret darkrides.

[DerekRxI'm the gyro!]

After being soaking wet already, we made our way into Lowenbrau's beer tent to dry off, drink, and warm up! Andy was awesome enough to get us table reservations right next to the oompah band. As cool as Busch Garden's fest haus is, it has NOTHING on this place! And there is nothing quite as cool as hearing an oompah band play Mama Mia!

[CaseyFishA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

OMG!!!!! Derek, way to go bud, you partied with the best of em'! The germans know how to party that is for sure....you drinking 3.5 liters of beer, that is awesome! For me, a walk in the park, you I am amazed you even remember anything!

And even remembering the shower pic...LOL great stuff.

Casey"Beer makes you do funny things"Childers

[captainI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

Hi to all you crazy guys and girl(s),

thanks Derek, Janna, Dave, Tim and Greg for the real nice words - it was a big, big pleasure meeting you guys and showing you around.
Sadly it was way to short and rainy.
It`s always great to meet some international TPR members and celebrating with them - so anybody who`ll like to meet up for Oktoberfest 2007 just pm me (if you`re early enough I might can save you some places).

And Derek - what a great TR!