Photo TR: A Wet, Wild Weekend in Pennsylvania

[RoCoBonafide Donkey Expert]

Massively cool report. Knoebels is already slathered in awesome, but when they get both Black Diamond and Flying Turns open, they will go supernova. Bless them for saving and plussing the Golden Nugget (had no idea it is now completely enclosed)!

And I also really, really like Twister, but Pheonix is out of control. Easily in my top ten wooden coasters.

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Thanks for all the comments, folks--on to East Coast Bash at Hershey Park!

This seems to be my year of getting bashed by TPR. I've been bashed in California, Texas, and Pennsylvania so far--and I'm going to get bashed again in Georgia and Florida. Fortunately, this sort of bashing isn't particularly painful, especially because I avoided Sidewinder.

About 160 TPR members got together for East Coast Bash, and what a bash it was--ERT on Fahrenheit (new credit for me), Storm Runner, and the Claw to start the day, food, beer, ice cream, backstage tours, and nighttime ERT on Wildcat, Wild Mouse, and Lightning Racer--and don't forget Chocolate World. Not even torrential rains the night before (and a bit later that day) and flooding stopped ECB! (Well, except for Roller Soaker--yes, rain shut down the water ride.)

Let's have a look.

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Would this be a TPR Bash without a backstage tour of some kind? Nope!

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Who wants to see Skyrush supports and some backstage pictures of Lightning Racer? Well, you'll have to listen to this first.


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Thank you.

[A.J.Counts I305 as 32 credits...]

Hmmm - so that was YOUR Saturn Ion that went in the bus parking lane, then?

Great photos, Chuck. I knew staying at the Boardwalk all afternoon was a good idea. Everyone else takes super-awesome photos of the behind-the-scenes stuff, I get to be lazy, and it's like I'm right there.

Chuck, I can't believe you skipped the Log Flume. My wife and I got a nice pop of air at the bottom of the drop. We actually went back on again laughing all the way into the station because of it. It was amazing! BTW, nice photos and please read the signs entering the park......buses to the left LOL!

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^Yeah, I was even planning on riding Coal Cracker this trip, but my group just never got around to it before the thunderstorms hit. I was confused by that parking lot the last time I was there, too. It was pretty freaky last Sunday when all the parking-lot lights went out just before I got to my car.

Awesome report, Chuck, as I can say that all that Intamin goodness really does show through... so blue, so sensual, so... why isn't it ready yet????

Sadly, I must say a lack of SchwarzPorn was evident here... No love for the Grande Dame of HersheyPark?

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^I like Superdooperlooper well enough, but didn't get any pictures of it this trip--had a partcularly good night ride on it (and on Great Bear, too). It's not my favorite Schwartzkopf (that would be Mindbender at SFOG) but it's fun.

[Ccron10I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

It was nice to meet you at Sooperdooperlooper that evening. Looks like the backstage tour was great and I thought I remember hearing that they still had the old Sidewinder train.

By the way, it's actually a 5-phase plan.