Photo TR - East Coast Tour 2008 - The C-Jay Perspective

[lil jimmy nortonI know more about donkeys than women!]

I almost pooped myself the whole weekend thinking about going on Skyscraper. But the actual ride was kind of fun. Do you remember if it was $10 or $20 to ride?

[Dragon KhanWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

YEAH ! 2 updates in one. Great pictures, as usual, Jason. I hadn't checked for some days, but this post brings back memories again... Oh, Jason, that's where you ate GARLIC PASTA... Remember John moaning about your breath for ages ? lol. Oh, by the way, what is the exact name of the dish you shared with us as a starter ? I think it was shrimps, but with coco coating , grilled with banana sauce or something of the kind... I could have stayed there for the whole afternoon, eating those non stop...
Oh, for the INTAMIN SHIRTS, simply surf to www.coastershop.de, and you'll find what you're looking for. Be careful, S&S costs are NOT cheap, ask Chris !

[FryJason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Awww, that Great White ERT photo's well nice!

Loving the Photo TR. Reminded me I still have one to finish... huh...

Well, it’s been a while! It is so much harder to keep up once the trip is actually done and the excitement wears down a bit, but never gone.

I know exactly what you mean here. I was moving along at an update a night at first, and now I am lucky if I find the motivation to update my report once in a week! I really have more respect now for everyone that does these long trip reports.

Loved seeing the Morey's Piers pictures, as I haven't really looked through our pictures from that day yet, and it brought back some memories. Keep up these updates now that you got some momentum!

[Wood Dragon 1988DelGrosso's Sauce + Enterprise = VOMIT!]

Really good TR. Morey's is one of the only parks I haven't done on the tour, and it looks so massive for a seaside park. I have to go their one day!

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

I almost pooped myself the whole weekend thinking about going on Skyscraper. But the actual ride was kind of fun. Do you remember if it was $10 or $20 to ride?

haha yah, I felt the same way about the drop tower. Surprisingly, I wasn't as scared on Skyscraper because it didn't have a free fall feeling. But, that's not to say I wasn't poop my pants scared on Skyscraper, especially when it stopped on top to change the people in the second gondola. Just, not as scared as on the drop tower, so you can only imagine how much I love drop towers. The tickets were posted as $20.00 each from what I can remember.

Oh, Jason, that's where you ate GARLIC PASTA... Remember John moaning about your breath for ages ? lol. Oh, by the way, what is the exact name of the dish you shared with us as a starter ?

haha, it was Selwyn complaining, John ate the rest of my plate so we both covered every angle in the breath department. The starter was coconut shrimp...love that stuff

Ben, Eric and WD, thanks for the posts and comments! I'll definitely try and keep the momentum going, otherwise this may never be finished. I totally agree, I also have a whole new level of respect and admiration for those who keep up with their trip reports.

[KerryBWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

C-Jay, Great update yet again! It's good to see you back online. I continue to be impressed with everyone doing updates...I haven't even developed all of my pictures, so therefore am very impressed with all trip reports!

I really, really enjoyed Morey's. Great White was so much fun! I was somewhat nervous about the condition of that coaster prior to riding it. But I liked the Hurricane at Myrtle and it was close to the beach, just not on it! In Jersey weather year 'round! I imagined great pain, but we'll leave that for the Hurler. Great White just got better with each ride.

Ok...so I edited my Hurler tirade that was in this part of the post..sorry you missed it, but I thought it would get the thread too off track. Just know that there was one, and that should be enough...for now! (You wacky, shaken up Hurler Fanboys!)

Fantastic trip report...although it did remind me of the garlic situation...that was a bit on the extreme! I'm also still upset that I was a dork and ran off missing the screamin' swing! I didn't know that you two braved the Skyscraper, I wanted to try that one too!! Next TPR trip I'm there, if someone will ride it with me!

Keep up the good work and I'll see you 'round!

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

The video I mentioned in my post should hopefully appear here. I tried out my camera’s movie feature, which I hardly ever use. I have so many clips without knowing what to do with them and I’ll let be known that I’ve never made a video before. Consider this a virgin attempt. Go easy…

Clementon Park

So after leaving Morey’s we headed to another small park, Clementon, to spend the evening and have ERT of an S&S woodie. I’ll be honest, I didn’t take many pictures but the two below as many of us were too busy trying to try out as much as possible before the rain came in. This would indeed be another rain out night, but we all managed to get at least one ride on Wild Cat, I think.

Oh, anyone else try out the flume? It was in a lake and they used the fishy smelling lake water in it. You can only imagine the pleasure of being splashed with it and having to smell it on you during the bus trip back to the hotel.

Clementon was an interesting experience. I remember waiting in line for a ride and we were at the front and ready to grab the seats we wanted. The ride op instead let all his other ride op friends on through the exit and they filled up all the best seats. Oh, yes, they were all still in uniform with name tags. But I digress. .

The park was in a nice setting and being small, I was really thinking that it would have a charm to it like Lake Compounce, Morey’s or yes, even Quassy or Playland Park. But, that didn’t seem to be the case. Maybe another try during the day and better weather is on order, if the park is around.

Hope you enjoy!

[philthephorceI roomed with Tony and lived to tell about it!]

So, I'm not the only one who likes Herb Alpert...hehehe.

Good stuff, man!

[RIP PsycloneBanned]

^Big Herb Alpert fan here, too.