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dandaman Guaranteed Fresh or Your Money Back!
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| MSLSM wrote: | | If you give Elissa or Quaker a gun, you might live, but give Robb a bow and arrow, your probably dead. |
We should just ban weaponry from all TPR members, but then the site would lose half its "charm". 
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| Luxo The Smiley Face Pizza
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robbalvey Site Admin
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Day Eight: Kobe Portopialand, Central Park, Kurashiki Tivoli Park
Today was another "three parks" day, but at least time was on our side today as Tivoli was open until 9pm tonight.
Once again I'll make this TR brief as it's late again and I'll let the photos tell the story. But here's a couple quick bullet points on each park:
Kobe Portopialand (Port-a-potty land since we couldn't pronounce it!) 
Fun little place! Two really good Schwarzkopf coasters. They are no Shock Wave or Lisebergbanan, but they were both still pretty awesome! We've heard rumor the park was closing soon, but the place sure had no signs of that happening.
Central Park - I really thought there would be more to this park being that it's one of the few parks in Japan with a B&M. There really wasn't much here. A couple of really bizarre credits and a Batman clone!
Kurashiki Tivoli Park - What an interesting place. First off, it looks a LOT like Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. The park was beautiful, and we finally got to see the lights of Tivoli! The two coasters there were just "ok" and the one kiddie coaster was really BIZARRE! It's themed to a full-sized train, only goes about 10 MPH at the most, and there are cars with "Baby Seats!" YES!!!!
I have posted the POVs of the two Schwarzkopf's from Kobe in the Members Only section....enjoy!
Anyway, onto today's photos!
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| Because we're all fatties, each day starts out with "Mister Donut." The odd thing is last year when we ate here the donuts had "no taste" and now they do. WTF happened?!??! |
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| "Hey Mark! That's us! Let's go!" |
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| "Hello, I am Mister Bullet Train, I am friends with Mister Donut, who is also friends with Mister Squid!" |
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| "Kobe Port-O-Potty Land" Because we're too stupid to figure out how to say the name, and, quite honestly, our name is funnier! =) |
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| Random Pirate ship, even more random water show, and OMG, big shock...and HUGE Ferris Wheel! |
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| OMG! It's another "Bobsled NOT themed to a Bobsled!" |
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| This one was pretty good. Personally I like the Mack Bobsleds much better than the Intamin ones! (Don't let Elissa hear that, though!) |
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| Ahh...sexy Schwarzkopf goodness. Who ever thought a German dude could look so hot? |
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| Elissa gets a gold star of the day for this nice coaster photo. |
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| "Panic House" hmm....we should have gone in here, but we didn't. =( |
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| Schwarzkopf and Mack in one photo. Is there anything better? Other than really good Japanese Curry? |
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| Ok, stop right here. I want to point out that there is BEER IN THE VENDING MACHINES. Yes, BEER and ANYONE can get it! But Japan is on the "honor system" so if you're underage you don't tough it. Can you just imagine this in the US??? |
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| Is someone going to tell Great America that they stole their Carousel? |
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| Uh, oh....looks like they've been hitting those vending machines!!! =) |
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| BMR-X or "Bavarian Mountain Railroad." A really good Schwarzkopf coaster. It's no Lisebergbanan, but it's really good! |
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| This here would be....um...the first drop. |
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| And this would be the "psycho drop" which is similar to Mindbenders drop/fake loop/thingy. |
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| Time to race the Japanese drivers! |
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| DRUM. GAME. RULES!!!!!!!! |
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| Happy Pink Pachinko Machines! |
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| "I don't need women, I don't need money, I don't even need Hogwart's wizard college....I just need Japanese Curry!!!" |
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| If you happen to be a little girl at the train station and drop your hat, this man with the GIANT stick will help you get it back! How nice! =) |
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| robbalvey Site Admin
Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Total posts: 18525 Location: So Cal Age: 39 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Central Park Photos....
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| We arrive at Central Park and see a bit of snow still on the ground! (Read....IT'S FREAKING COLD HERE!!!) |
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| Like many other Japan parks, they have a "Jet Coaster" which translates to "pretty large sized coaster, but really doesn't do much of anything, yet Japanese riders are still freaked out!" |
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| "It's like at least 150 feet tall and all I have is a little seat belt...no lap bar, no staple gun, nothing!" |
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| Next up....the "Human Conveyer Belt Ride!" |
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| Labryinth Coaster. Bummed that Jennifer O' Connel wasn't here, but pretty glad David Bowie wasn't either! |
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| We have no idea what this ride wants to be....a mouse, a mine train, a pretzel stand?!??! |
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| Oh, yeah...and they have a Batman clone here too! |
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| Same track colors as Batman too! At least the trains looked different! |
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| "Pick any seat Robb & Elissa...we have opened the park just for you!" |
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| It's just kind of out in a field....sort of like if William's Grove got a Batman, this is what it would look like! |
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| We had to take turns riding so we could get off ride photos! (See Elissa all by her lonesome?) |
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| This one's for you Joey! And it was a REALLY rough one too! I hope you appreciate this. |
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| "Someone PLEASE come ride me....I'm so lonely....*sob*" |
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| Out in the parking lot was some random track peices, and there were a LOT of them! Are they getting a new coaster or getting rid of an old one??? |
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| Looks to be some kind of Togo Death Machine (no shock there!) and you can even see the trains. |
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| our next "Shinkansen" was this bad-ass looking train! |
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| robbalvey Site Admin
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:23 am Post subject: |
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Kurashiki Tivoli Park Photos....
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| This park was almost more of a "Culture Credit" as it was more about a "Classic European Park" set in Japan. |
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| The park itself was AMAZING looking! |
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| You really could draw a lot of similarities to the Tivoli Park in Copenhagen. |
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| See Dave, we did get to see Tivoli's lights! |
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| Everywhere you look, there are lights and European architecture. |
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| Oh, yeah, there was a credit here too! |
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| Another one of these "Jet Coaster" type things. This one with two lift hills and even some airtime! |
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| "Yes, I am freezing....but this is a hell of a lot better than having to be in California!!!" |
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| More lights, more trees, more atmosphere, this place was pretty kick ass! |
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| Ok, the 2nd credit was a real "WTF WAS THAT" coaster. It's themed to a real "train"..... |
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| The park calls it a "family coaster" |
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| It only has a top speed of 14 KPH |
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| But it's DEFINIATLY a coaster! |
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| "Here we are in our totally enclosed, train themed kiddie coaster car!" |
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| And now for a "Coaster first"....two of the cars have baby seats....YES! You are seeing that correctly! BABY SEATS!!!!!! |
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| The ride that actually brought our attention to the park was the "Animal Farm" ride where you can ride on a giant squirrel (guess which one of us wanted to ride that?) |
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| Hippos, Koala's, etc....but no Squirrels tonight. Elissa was bummed. =( Oh, well, we got two credits at least!!! |
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| How about a little more Tivoli lights, Dave? |
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| This place was honestly really amazing looking! |
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| Just when you thought we'd go an update without an "Elissa eats at McDonalds again" photo! HA!!! |
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| Elissa also doing her best Japanese impression. |
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| "Screw McDonalds! It's all about the Yakitori bar!!!" |
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| Back to the sushi place for dessert! |
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| "Tenticles anyone? Tenticles?" |
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"I'll just stick to the shrimp!!!"
Check back tomorrow for more Japan photos! And don't forget to download the two new videos from today in the Members Only forum! |
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| socalMAN123 This 15 year old puts you to shame
Joined: 21 Feb 2005 Total posts: 6355 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:46 am Post subject: |
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That coaster is like the Big Thunder Mountain wannabe. But it would be cool if BTMR had seats like that instead of right behind the first car. Nice pics can't wait for more Asian craziness!
---Brent 8)
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| Stitch Idiot.
Joined: 11 Mar 2005 Total posts: 1897 Location: Kentucky Age: 23 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:08 am Post subject: |
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I feel bad for the critter karts  , awesome trip report though!
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| DATman OMG! A TALKING MUFFIN!
Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Total posts: 2549 Location: Michigan Age: 18 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Looks like you guys are having a blast!
There are way too many Batman clones in the world. No one wants to be original.
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| dandaman Guaranteed Fresh or Your Money Back!
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Total posts: 3093 Location: Belle River, Ontario / Melbourne, Florida Age: 18 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:19 am Post subject: |
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"You, too, can own these plates for the prices shown!"
I'm glad there's no "Elissa contemplates rampage"-looking pic in this update... I may be speaking too soon for the next one, though. 
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| nemesis-storm Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Total posts: 463 Location: Herts, UK Age: 37 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:31 am Post subject: |
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Guy's, really enjoying all the trip reports & photos as always.
I really hope Kobe Portopialand is not closing, as BMRX is one of my 'most wanted' coasters.
Be sad see more Schwarzkopf's going
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