Eric and Candace's East Coast Trip Photo TR

[odene497I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

Are you guys talking about using them for Drop Zone? (I refuse to call it drop tower). We basically just walked through the exit as people were leaving a took our seats without even giving the ops are tickets...they just like stood there and started at us!

No what I was referring to was on Grizzly, where it was like the one credit no one got until the end, the op had never even seen the passes we got before, and as we came up the exit some man yells that he's been waiting for an hour and a half and that we have no right to do what we're doing. That was when the first four of us were there, then about another 20 came.

[Speeddeamon128Thought "Laser Snake Horse" was real.]

Awesome report guys that trip was AMAZING!!!!

[carolinacaniac"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

Kings Dominion really is a hit or miss park. I know I usually have good visits when I go, but there are some aspects to their operations I am not a big fan of (like one trian operation on the woodies on even moderatly busy days). At least there are some good stories to share from the day there.

-Gary T.

[ernierockerWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Time for the next update.

Day 8 - Morey's Piers

Morey's Piers turned out to be one of the surprise hits for me on this trip. After our day at Kings Dominions, it was a welcome relief to see a park go out of its way for our group. The park does not by any means have a world-class coaster collection, but it makes up for that with its uniqueness and charm. Candace must of really liked this place because she took a ton of photos, so I am going to break this update into three parts.

The first part will cover our first ERT session on Surfside Pier. This would include a filming session on The Great Nor'easter, as well as several other rides being open just for us.

On to the pictures...

[kenshinmacRandom Ranter]

Hey look another crap picture of me... Seriously though why was I looking so damn red...

NorEaster was a fun ride though... It was especially nice in the morning and started getting that SLC sway going later. Still it kicked the crap out of all the other SLCs on the trip.

Did you look down at the Log Flume? It looked like one log managed to jump out of the guide rails in the sunken section of the ride... That might explain why it was down. It looked kinda crazy.

[ernierockerWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Did you look down at the Log Flume? It looked like one log managed to jump out of the guide rails in the sunken section of the ride... That might explain why it was down. It looked kinda crazy.

I didn't see that. They were cycling some of the logs through while we were waiting, so maybe they were having problems in that section.

Time for part 2 of the update!

Morey's Piers Part 2

This update will cover Mariner's Landing as well as some of the boardwalk. This was my first experience with a true boardwalk like this. It kind of reminded me of Gatlinburg on the beach. (or is Gatlinburg like Morey's Piers in the mountains?) You had all the cheesy tourist traps mixed in with the t-shirt shops, although there was an unacceptable lack of ninja shops).

We would get ERT on Sea Serpent (the boomerang) and a couple other rides. After that, it was free time until lunch. Here are the photos...

[krazekidddFIRE HAIRED BOY]

I LOVE Morey's Pier! I think this was my favorite day of the trip. It is hard to tell though because now all the days run together in my head.

Watch, watch watch the tram car please.

[ernierockerWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Look at me rolling out these updates!

Morey's Piers Part 3

This update will finish up our day at Morey's Piers. We had afternoon ERT on Great White which turned out to be a decent wooden coaster. Adventure's Pier was the last pier to open up, so we didn't end up riding any of the other rides. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

[Nightmare500Macaroni and Donkey]

You better hope that the shop-owner on the boardwalk didn't see you snap that picture of the shirt. The shop owner yelling at Robb/others was possibly the funniest thing I saw a local do on the whole trip.

[rollin_n_coastinDon't put that donkey on the floor!]

^haha I remember that! Too funny, as if Robb was going to have a 1,000 printed and sold next door.

Absolutely one of my favorite stops on the trip. Did you go on the pirate ride? It was one of the strangest moments for sure.

Great pics again and thanks for bringing back the memories!