Photo TR: Italy

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Due to work scheduling issues, Cheryl and I are not able to join either the TPR Europe trip or the TPR Italy trip. We know traveling with TPR is way more fun, and a lot less expensive, but sometimes you just don't have a choice. So we ended up doing our own private Italy tour during my Spring Break. We planned to fly to the South, drive north, and just try to score as many parks and credits as we could along the way. We even planned a couple of culture credits. So, without meaning to steal any of TPR's Italy trip thunder (heh, as though that's possible), here's a preview of some of what you'll see on the TPR Italy trip and the TPR Italy add-on trip. A lot of our itinerary overlapped, but there's also a bunch of stuff that is unique. Enjoy the report.

[Midgetman82Is my pee supposed to be this color?]

Wow! Seems like there are some really nice people that work there, along with the interesting rides. I long to have a random foreign ride operator bring me a cup of coffee! Very interesting report!

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

Thanks for checking it out, Marcus. And nice drumming on youtube!

[Midgetman82Is my pee supposed to be this color?]

Ha ha! Thanks for viewing that. I guess you're the guy that just followed me on Twitter!

[simon8899If the donkey is rockin, don't come knockin!]

Looks like a nice park to be. And obviously a Fabbri testbed with the inverted coaster, drop tower, rafting - the exact same rafting ride I know as a portable on carnivals.

The escalator is cool. Thinking of it and how supposedly lazy US citizens are I missed those at SFMM....

[milst1Jason X versus the Robot Space Donkey!]

This was still Day 2 so we move on to our next park, Miragica, which is owned by the same people who opened the new Rainbow Magicland in the Roma area. The parent company is Alfa Park, but they're owned by an even larger company that does mall developments and theater chains. In fact, Miragica is basically on the edge of the parking lot of a gigantic mall complex.

I had some trouble with the online ticket purchase because the date of visit reverted back to the default when I incorrectly entered my credit card number, so our tickets had the wrong date, and I was getting no love online from Miragica's front office about getting a refund or exchange. I was sending all of my emails in Italian too, thanks to the fairly excellent Google Translate. An Italian friend of mine said that the meanings of my emails were clear. Finally, I went over someone's head and got some satisfaction. At least I think that's what happened.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Awesome, thanks for the heads up on some of these out of the way Italy parks!

[beatle11I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

Thanks for sharing Martin and congrats on 800!

[Philrad71Don't put that donkey on the floor!]

Interesting report!

We also won't be able to do the TPR trip this year, but are going to Venice, Pisa, Sienna and will be spending a few days in the Tuscany region in September. Unfortunately, we had to cut theme parks out of the trip due to time constraints.

[technfxrickWhat would donkeys be like on the moon?]

Looks like a great trip. Sometimes even though its an out of the way crappy credit, you get to see parts of the world you wouldnt get to see. Thats one of the reasons why i love this hobby