Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: David on the Screaming Squirrel
I did not have any hamburgers on the whole trip. My mouth is open because the squirrel mashed my teeth together on the first inversion. UGH. However, I did have some White Castle cheeseburgers when I got home. Great food in China, but I will stay away from Chinese for a while.
Getting a little worried about Tropical Storm Sinlaku ruining the rest of teh trip.
Don't you think we know how to plan around bad weather?
--Robb "You should be more worried about spelling the word 'the'' Alvey
Never doubted that you did, but certainly doubted that we did!
Shortly after posting this, we had to scramble to change all of our hotels to avoid the storm. Not the most fun way to start off a honeymoon at the airport.
After seeing you guys at disneysea on thursday, we did not try to get to Fuji-Q until mid-afternoon on Tuesday.
We had a 2.5 hour window on a weekday post-summer and with the pay-per-ride structure, we thought we would easily have a chance to get in at least two of the big three. Wrong.
I think this picture speaks for itself.
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Further proof that Fuji-Q is run by the wrong Japanese railroad company
We had just visited South Korea in 2008, but with T-Express just opened and we were not that far away, how could we not make at very least a quick trip? That we did! We figured we would also visit (and stay on property) at Lotte World, which, IMO, is one of the nicest parks in the world, especially for an indoor park.
Lotte World is one of those parks where I can spend a couple of hours just walking around the place in amazement that it's all contained within the walls of a shopping mall for the indoor portion and over/under ground for the outdoor portion.
We also worked out a film shoot on Atlantis Adventure so we could get some great footage and lots of rides! Last year we waited almost 90 minutes for our one ride, this year we rode the crap out of it for over an hour!
I'm not sure where exactly I'd place Atlantis Adventure but it's truly "up there" as one of the most unique, most fun coasters in the world. Top 20 or 25 for me, and from someone that's been on well over 1,000 coasters, that's saying a lot!
Anyway on to some photos and just for you all a bonus VIDEO!!! Enjoy!
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Here is a new POV of Atlantis Adventure for all of you! Enjoy! (There's a higher res version for download at the end of the photos)
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On the plane to Korea...crashed out...we got very little sleep on the trip, but we managed to get caught up on the flights!
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"What? We are going to tour Nara Dreamland?!?! Oh no!!!"
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Oh, good...the bus brought us to Lotte World instead of Nara Dreamland...but what do those two parks have in common? That's right! They both have a castle bigger than Disneyland's! =)
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Of course we were here for Atlantis Adventure...so that's what we did!
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Atlantis Adventure is currently the world's only Intamin "Aqua Trax"...unless of course you count Maverick at Cedar Point as well! =)
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Here is the first launch on the ride. Sexy, no?
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Here is a bunch of coaster enthusaists on the first launch. Sexy? NO!
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Here you can see the "aqua" portion of the ride.
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We learned the hard way last year that the Korean's make a sport out of soaking passengers on the ride.
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Here's how it's done....if you're in the last 2 rows you can stick your hand out of the car and reach the water below...
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It creates a massive wave, and oddly enough a fatter looking version of Rich's face.
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After the wave is created Rich's face goes back to normal and the passenger behind him looks like he just had a golden shower with an elephant. (And the only thing that would turn Jeff on even more is if that elephant was crushing bugs.)
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The ride is awesome....you can see how compact it is.
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"GRRRR! I'm angry plant monster! GIMME SOME KIMCHEE!"
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The theming is impressive too. When you walk up to the ride, you can't see most of it! It's inside the giant castle/mountain/whatever it is.
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And of course after riding the Aqua Trax for an hour there was really only one thing to do.
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That's right....ride the bizarr-o underground spinning coaster where you get swallowed by a giant monster...no, I'm NOT making this up!!!
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Carousel Credit!
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When you get old...you require at least 26 plates in order to eat lunch.
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"Look, I gave my life for you...please whatever you do...do NOT feed me to an old leathery man!"
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"You BASTARD!!!!"
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"I'm so hungry...I can make love to a fish!"
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What can we say? The park is part Korea, part German, mostly Oktoberfest...what's wrong with that?
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Now it's time for the creepy giant teeth monster dark ride.
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This ride was more acid trip than the Moody Blues dark ride!
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"Hmmm...I wonder which of those beans turns the blob into a ladder?"
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OMG! I just died and went to meat-on-stick heaven!
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"I think the pink one turns him into a bridge!"
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The indoor part of the park is just amazing looking....
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Yeah, that's right, this is all INDOORS!!!
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From the interiour of the park, you can see the entrance to the rides, but the actual show building is set back even further beyond the walls of the park, or in some cases underground!
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This absolutely is the best "Indy rip-off" ever...in fact, in some ways it's BETTER than the actual Indy ride!
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Oh, no! Don't look into the eyes! You will start rapid aging!!!
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Too late!
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HISS!!! HISSY HISS HISS!!! HISS!!!
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The queue is also equally well themed...(yeah, this is the queue!)
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"Here we are...still in the queue!"
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Hooray for boobies!
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Lotte World also has a "shitting donkey"
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"Oh, I really hope squashed bugs come out of there!"
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"Caught it with my teeth! I practice with my donkey at home."
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BLARRGGGHHHHH!!! BLEEGGGHHH!!! BLEECCCHHH!!!
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Waffle slush? Koreans eat some funky stuff! =)
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Here is the outside...
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Looking awesome...
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And inside looking equally as cool.
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Except for the Vekoma death machine...that's the only amount of suckiness at the indoor section.
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And yes, the ride on pandas can also be found here too!
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Random furry mascots!
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Last edited by robbalvey on Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:33 am
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