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Erik Johnson Former captain of the Arrow bus.
Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Total posts: 5303 Location: Gainesville, Florida Age: 36 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: Photo TR: The Johnson's California Coasters Conquest |
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Leanne and I finally got out to California to ride some coasters and visit some of those "touristy" California places. As always I like to share our adventures in the form of pictures and captions. It will probably take me some time to post all of them, but I will start with:
Part 1 - Legoland
Part 2 - Castle Park & Scandia
Part 3 - Six Flags Magic Mountain - First Visit!
Part 4 - Disneyland Resort Part 1
Part 5 - Disneyland Resort Part 2
Part 6 - Disneyland Resort Part 3
Part 7 - Disneyland Resort Part 4
Part 8 - Sightseeing Hollywood & the Warner Bros. Studio Tour
Part 9 - Las Vegas Baby!
Part 10 - Las Vegas Baby! Part 2
Part 11 - Hoover Dam!
Part 12 - Knott's Berry Farm
Part 13 - Back to Six Flags Magic Mountain - West Coast Bash!
Also a video of Legoland has been posted for you TPR members:
Legoland California Video
Legoland California
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| Its always tradtion to start off these things with our cat Libby. |
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| And another one of our lawn. I am glad its not mowing season. |
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| On our way to the airport, we encountered a nasty traffic jam on the Turnpike. |
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| The freaking Turnpike was closed. |
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| They did reopen it, so we could see that it was on fire. |
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| Warioware rules the airplane ride. |
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| This was Leanne's first trip to California. |
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| Our first park of the trip, Legoland California. |
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| The first credit of the day, as well as the trip. |
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| Hooray for Coastersaurus! |
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| It has all kinds of cool theming for a kiddie coaster, |
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| Wes's favorite animal.... |
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| The second coaster of the day. |
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| It was a special credit for Wes. |
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| Everyone loves the mouse coaster. |
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| People like to teach the dragon such sayings as, "Give me some Beer!" |
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| If not, Soren made sure you did. |
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| Yeah, I know who is queen in my household. |
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| We were told we had to try these. |
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| They were pretty good, but I think they are overpriced. |
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| Plus they are really, really, messy. |
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| We found a Lego version of our cat. |
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| Soren loves Harry Potter. |
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| Its the new Pirate themed area. |
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| We found a bunch of Rodent Pirates. |
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| Time to take out a boat of people with the water cannon. |
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| Wes just soaked a boat load of little kids. Good one Wes! |
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| Every rider on the boats also has a water cannon. |
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| Chuck was having way too much fun at Legoland. |
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| We got the Legoland factory backstage tour. |
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| Everyone got to have a Lego plastic ball. |
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| Some of them had some extra bits to them as well. |
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| Oh yeah, they had cities made out of Legos here. |
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| Legoland Vegas, coming soon. |
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| They still have a ways to go. |
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| Though they had a Leogland version of the Gatornationals. |
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| I now have my Disney/MGM and Legoland credits of the Chinese Theatre. |
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| Evil birds taking out Legoland. |
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| Thrasher HHN Enthusiast Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Total posts: 168 |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pics. As obssesed as I was with Legos while I was growing up, Ive never once been to one of their parks. Ill have to make it a point to go soon. Looking forward to more!
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| WillMontu On the other side of the camera Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Total posts: 1626 Location: Gainesville, Fl Age: 26 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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Looking good so far. The Windsor version of Legoland still had a Space Shuttle when we visited on the UK trip, though I've heard rumors of them adding a second park in the US.
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| stingrock23 Donkeys are my way of life!
Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Total posts: 825 Location: The Superdome Age: 31 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Great pics so far. Can't wait to see the rest
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| Erik Johnson Former captain of the Arrow bus.
Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Total posts: 5303 Location: Gainesville, Florida Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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OK, here is:
Castle Park
Scandia
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| Actually it was a nice little park. |
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| Everyone loves these rides, especially when they are indoors. |
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| But we were there for the credit. |
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| Ready to ride a new credit? |
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| Oh yeah, the back rows get soaked on this ride. |
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| Oh, these are the Caslte Park tickets. You need to buy these to ride. |
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| We then went over to the Scandia that has 2 coasters. |
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| Its the Scandia Screamer! |
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| I got my tickets, we were ready to ride. |
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| Yeah, it was a lot of fun. |
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| The Scandia Screamer does have a few rules you must follow. |
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| This coaster actually was a bit scary to ride. |
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| thefitness Bonafide Donkey Expert Joined: 21 May 2006 Total posts: 1100 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Nice Pictures!
I'm pretty sure I saw you guys at WCB.Anyways,LegoLand looks nice.Castle Park and Scandia look a little on the rougher side.(correct me if I'm wrong)
Can't wait for the rest.
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| ghost007jas Donkeys are my way of life! Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Total posts: 851 Location: Fontana Age: 18 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:57 am Post subject: |
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Ah! Scandia is 15 minutes from my house! lol 
Anyway nice pictures looks like you've had a good time.
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| EBL TPR's Olden Goldie
Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Total posts: 6957 Location: Camarillo, CA (Ventura County) Age: 50 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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"I've heard rumors of them adding a second park in the US." (WillMontu)
I've heard that they're looking at Kansas City of all places.
Nice TR, Erik. Hope you and Leanne had a nice visit to California.
Eric
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| arrowfanman Fire Alarm Boy!
Joined: 12 May 2005 Total posts: 2752 Location: Saugus, CA Age: 20 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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Great pictures Erik! Scanda Screamer was so freakin crazy!
Cant wait to see the next installment!
-Jahan
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| Erik Johnson Former captain of the Arrow bus.
Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Total posts: 5303 Location: Gainesville, Florida Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Ok. onto our first visit to Six Flags California/Magic Mountain.
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| We finally made it out to SFMM. |
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| Yes, we will not be riding these today. |
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| Never seen this picture before. |
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| I wonder where we should start. |
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| I really wished I had the opportunity to ride the original version. |
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| Ok, what was the purpose of this tree? |
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| Maybe it is the new Batcave. |
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| Oh yeah, we got this credit. |
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| I think it was Soren's favorite coaster on the trip. |
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| Yeah, everyone needs to have a Goliath picture taken. |
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| Hey wait, we know these people. |
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| Operations were quite good at SFMM that day. |
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| Soren and Alessandra's very first Batman: The Ride credit. |
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| More TPR people in front of Scream! |
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| Freefall was open, so I had to ride. |
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| I think everyone already knows that this is the very first Intamin drop tower. |
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| I wonder if it is wise to wear a tie on this ride. |
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| I hate standup coasters, but I actually enjoyed this one. |
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| Bathroom sign theming is always cool. |
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| Yeah, another credit for us. |
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| I wonder if it will be the next one to go. |
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| We did not mind missing out on this credit. |
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| We must go to the sky tower. |
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| After a million stairs, we made it to the top. |
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| The elevator had some problems that day. |
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| No smoking food or drinks. |
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| We waited until the following week to ride Tatsu. |
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| Two missed credits in one picture. |
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| Soren was happy to be back on the ground. |
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| No Ninja credit that day. |
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| So we walked over to Superman. |
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| Leanne loves Superman coasters. |
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| Though this was as close as we got to the ride that day. |
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| I totally blame these people. |
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| At least Leanne got to get another photo with Superman. |
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| Best transportation ride ever. |
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| Sure beats the stairs back down the mountain. |
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| Its the only point that Tatsu's track touches the ground. |
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| Yeah, we always try to ride these things. |
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| SFMM's crowds were very light. |
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| We walked over to this place. |
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| It only took us 5 minutes to get these processed. |
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| Its a nice group photo with some animals. |
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| What are they waiting for? There was hardly anoyone in the park. |
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| I did not get to see The Demon fight Space Monkeys around Colossus today. |
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| These things were insane. I think that the plastic melted. |
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