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Day 8, part 1: Legoland - page 14
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Postby Meteornotes » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:45 am

Yeah, CGA is a pretty sad place. And SFMM was amazing fun that day, even if it was brutally hot. Terminator ERT was amazing.

And don't forget what else we did on that LONG bus ride back from the bay area...MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS!!! I was entertained, anyway.

Sorry about your suck week. My camera died too. Less than a year old. Like Elissa said, it was probably protesting from having been around so many crappy coasters...

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Postby Brandy524 » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:46 am

Awesome updates, Natalie! Your captions crack me up! Sorry about the bad week. It will get better!!
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Postby rctneil » Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:40 am

Great report. Sorry for the bad week, as everyone else has already said, it will improves. Things always seem to get worse before they get better.
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Postby DBru » Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:18 pm

Awesome Photo TR, as usual, Natalie! I'm sure you're getting tired of reading this, but I'd also like to shoot some sympathy out there for you for having such a bad week. And if I were overweight and not under-aged, then I would definitely take you up on that offer. ;)


You wouldn't happen to have any more photos of Revolution, Viper, and CGA's Vortex, would you?
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Postby deathbydinn » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:08 pm

I gotta get on that bird-cage ride. It does look very cramped though.

Sorry if someone already said this but isnt

Colossus? More like a "Colossus" waste of time. Biiiiiiiitch please.


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Postby The Disneylander » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:22 pm

^ Oh god, I hate that part of SNL. I love WEEKEND UPDATE, but seriously...totally not funny at all. :x
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Postby natatomic » Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:26 pm

Day 6, part 1: Universal Studios Hollywood

OmgomgomgomgomgomgOMG. I. LOVED. THIS. DAY. Or rather - specifically - I loved the super-early morning walk-back of Revenge of the Mummy that day. Even though I still prefer Florida's version, I finally had the chance to touch, caress, spoon, and rub up against real, live coaster track, and it was pretty much everything I imagine sex to be BUT BETTER.

The rest of the park was only okay, for it being Universal. I like Hollywood's version of Jurassic Park better, but overall, Florida's park beats up and steals the lunch money of USH. It was just very small and very compact with far fewer attractions, and everything seemed very thrown together without being put in any distinct "land." I did enjoy the Studio Tour, but word of advice: sit on the left side of the tram. THE LEFT SIDE. Trust me and HEED YE THESE WISE WORDS.

Oh, and Creature from the Black Lagoon? Those are 25 minutes of my life that I will mourn the loss of for all eternity. Stay away. Staaaaaay awaaaaaay.
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I feel like I've gone back in time with this old-school Universal globe.
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First, we got to walk through the empty park, which is always nice. When I own my own park some day, it will be No GP Allowed Ever. It will also be called Nataliewood. Ha! Pun!
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Marvel Super Hero Island Lite. REALLY Lite. Like...MEGA LITE.

Haha...mega lite. You know...like Intamin? Don't you love how I always point out my own terrible jokes? What can I say, I'm just so endearing sometimes.
(Okay, I swear this TR will get better eventually.)
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Honestly, I never knew that much about USH to begin with, but how I never knew anything about the hours-long escalator ride that splits the park in half I'll never know.
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This, I believe, is where they filmed "The Mist."
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We had no badges, of course, so we all had to rely on our good looks and charm to get in. Some of us had a harder time of it than others.
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One of the reasons I prefer Florida's version is that its animatronics are more flesh'n'bone-looking as opposed to the pvc pipe variety. Ha. Ha. Ha?
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I should have hugged the damn thing. Folks, learn from my mistakes: never pass up the opportunity to tell a coaster just how much you really love them.
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I know we usually call these "nerd" shots, but considering that most of us think stuff like this is awesome, we might as well call them "Super best-looking popular quarter-back cheerleader jock shots."
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I love layout maps like I love NOT sticking toothpicks under my toenails, which is, like, one of my top 3 things ever!
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We had something like this on Splash Mountains too!
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And a CONSOLE! I *love* consoles!

What fantastic foreplay leading up to the coaster walk-back!
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Speaking of...let's get started on that.
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It took every ounce of will-power for me to not throw my body on the track and lick it (maybe more, I dunno, it would have been a very in-the-moment thing, so who knows what all I'd have done.)
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Those hands were moving up and down the entire time, even though I don't think any other animatronic was during our walk-back. Creeeeepy, they were.
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Actually, all of it was creepy, but I'm a horrible chicken, so don't go by what I say.
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Yeah, that's creepy too.
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Coaster track!
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A room FULL of it!
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I love it!
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Like, I REALLY love it.
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A lot, actually.
(This is such a horrible picture of me, but shoot that track looks fine, so I had to include it)
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Oh, now that's what I'm talking about.
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And the coaster loved me back. Both my arms were covered in coaster DNA by the end of our romps.
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And I'm turned on all over again.
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Up the skirt of the track switch. You're welcome, boys.
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Oh, and we also got to see a room full of gold, but...whatever. It's not a coaster.
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Ahh, one more look back at the ride.
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I'm a pretty good girl, so doing something forbidden was a strange and foreign concept for me, but oh my...did it ever feel gooood.
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Because THIS was the magic place my deviance led me.
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Okay, time to say goodbye to Mummy
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First, we did the Other Languages Studio Tour. (Really? Is that what it was called? Huh.)
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Most of the indoor studios looked like this. Incredible, no?
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This was where the fire was a year or however long ago it was. By the way, remember what I said about sitting on the left side? Are you starting to see why?
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I took this on the "collapsing-due-to-dynamite" bridge, which I think turned out quite lovely.
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We went by all these cars (on our, ahem, LEFT), and this was the best shot I was able to get of the Mule from "Serenity." Does ANYONE have a good shot of it? I love "Firefly" stuff, but I think I was the only one who cared on the trip as far as I know.
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And of course, there's the Delorean. Still not as cool as the Mule, though.
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By the way, have I mentioned that it's a good idea to sit on the left?
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Because you really should sit on the left.
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An exclusive look at the directors of the future.

God help us.
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These sets were all used in various movies, but I can't tell you which ones (not because it's classified information that I'd be killed for telling, I just have no idea). Sorry to disappoint.
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And then we went through the earthquake scene, which looked like this.
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Hah, just kidding. Well, not, that WAS an actual photo I took during the Earthquake scene (on the pitch black RIGHT side), but this is a picture on the better-lit left side.
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At least the Jaws part was better on the right.
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He looks like an angry penis.
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Um, can I get the number of his dentist? Those pearly whites - and my goodness, are they white! - of his are SPOTLESS.

(Why am I even surprised at his perfect teeth? It's Hollywood. Everyone has work done. Even that firm skin of his is probably thanks to botox)
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Then we took a drive down Wisteria Lane.
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I think they said this is where Dr. Seuss grew up or something.
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*cue music*
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What convenient accommodations for those visiting Whoville!
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Aww, look at that sweet young man, carrying his ailing mother to the car like that.
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There's probably more room in the trunk for her to lie down in. How thoughtful of him.
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Oh goodness! He sees me! Our eyes have met, and he is clearly taken aback by my beauty!
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And now he's heading my way with a knife? Oh, he must have noticed my split ends and decided to give me a hair cut! Adorable!
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No, no, no, Mr. Tram Driver! Why are you pulling away so quickly? He's making one last valiant attempt to chop those pesky split ends of mine off by leaping toward me, but alas - we've pulled away too fast for him to reach.

Oh, the horror.
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This was a scene from "War of the Worlds." It was actually quite incredible to see in real life.
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And you know, it's a good thing I'm not, oh say....SCARED OF FLYING AND DIDN'T HAVE TO FLY BACK HOME IN A WEEK. Else this might have made me a bit queasy. Eugh.
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After the Studio Tour (sorry there wasn't much of a segue there), we headed towards Jurassic Park.
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All the wetness? Ah. They must have turned your mom on.
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You don't see this in Orlando.
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How very cruel.
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This is a far better effect than a crate above your head dropping four inches.
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Mike certainly got *ahem* wet.
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Outside, Neil was given a dinosaur egg to safe and warm with his farts.
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He grew so attached to the little fella that he ended up trying to steal it from its masters.
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Next we saw the Backdraft show/attraction thing. I prefer the Twister version in Orlando, though.
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Finally, we did...this.
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It started off normally enough, with a group of scientist/explorer types looking for a creature which resides in a lagoon of a blackish shade.
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The main female character took a swim in the very lagoon in which some horrible creature was supposed to be living, because, you know...that's what any intelligent person would do.
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A half naked man got a boob credit (totally family appropriate, as you can see)
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The creature fell in love with the girl and sang her a ballad.

(And sadly, I'm not even joking, but at this point 100-200 people got up and left right in the middle of this song)
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Then he accidentally got shot with a growth hormone - and really, who didn't see the coming?
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And since the girl fell in love with the creature in return, she decided to let him eat her.
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But I don't mean "eat her" in some vulgar, sexual way. No, I mean he LITERALLY ate her.

And that was the end (of both the show and my faith in theme park musical theater).
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Alright, that's it for USH! Up next is Scandia and a super special secret bonus credit place! (Except I'm sure most of you know what it is by now if you've read other WCT TRs. But humor me, please. Kthx.)
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Postby natatomic » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:08 am

moose wrote:Old Nalgene bottles apparently were made with a plastic that does baaad stuff. So if your bottle is old enough then you can take solice in its destruction. (maybe I should stop using mine... hmm)


True, except that since I've been drinking two Nalgene bottles full per day, EVERYDAY, for the past 5+ years, I think the damage is already done. So what if my future kids all have three arms or half a brain? At least I was hydrated.

Meteornotes wrote:And don't forget what else we did on that LONG bus ride back from the bay area...MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS!!! I was entertained, anyway.


How do I keep forgetting to mention all these Oscar-worthy movies you introduced to us? I recorded it when it was on SyFy a few weeks ago so I could watch it over and over again and over again.
"It rises!"

DBru wrote:You wouldn't happen to have any more photos of Revolution, Viper, and CGA's Vortex, would you?


I have a few extra that I didn't post in the trip report. I sent them your way via a PM.

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Colossus? More like a "Colossus" waste of time. Biiiiiiiitch please.

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Hah! Indeed it is!
^^And sorry you hate it so much, Disneylander. :wink:
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Postby hyyyper » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:21 am

Hey Natalie, I am intrigued how you managed to take so many pictures with a broken camera ( ;) )

Btw, here's a (left side) shot of the spacecraft, not sure if it's any good to you.
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Postby natatomic » Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:25 am

hyyyper wrote:Hey Natalie, I am intrigued how you managed to take so many pictures with a broken camera ( ;) )

Btw, here's a (left side) shot of the spacecraft, not sure if it's any good to you.


That's better than what I've got, so thank you!

And my camera RECENTLY broke. It was fine during the trip. :P
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