Mark's Postcard Paradise

[SeaWhippetYummy! I just ate donkey!]

Hey All --

Sorry I've been scarce lately around here but 'tis the season and work has kept me constantly on the road. But now, with the holiday weekend here, we're staying out of the parks --- except for maybe a few spins at Carowinds Sunday evening -- and perhaps some trackspotting if any has been delivered yet )

In the meantime, I've found a couple of older, totally random cards to add to the Paradise.

Enjoy!

-S :

[thrillerman1Can you see the donkey in my toast?]

^ Woo my first and still my favorite Schwarzy! Thanks Scott.

^^ Sadly Shane I remember seeing the Astro Wheel carriages sitting by the employee entrance when I visited for final closing weekend in 2005. They were really colorful! It was as if the employees could take a picnic lunch and eat inside them. I have some up close photos of those I need to dig out.

A new milestone has been reached today for the Paradise...50 pages and over 50,000 views! Thanks everyone for looking and contributing!

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To coincide with the season finale over at Shane's Amusement Attic, here's a postcard from the world's first Intamin rapids ride, Thunder River, at Six Flags AstroWorld.

[montezooma"Can I get clamshells out of this ATM?"]

Mark- you almost got lost on page 3. Good thing I have this Boardwalk & Baseball postcard to bump you back to page 1.

Freestyle Music Park reminds me somewhat of Boardwalk & Baseball. When they first announced they were going to close Circus World down, re-theme it and call it Boardwalk & Baseball...I thought it was the dumbest name I had ever heard of...are you seeing the similarities????

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Thank you Shane for rescuing my thread from oblivion!

Well regardless of the name, I really wish I'd visited Circus World/B&B...especially when it had that oh so sweet looking Schwarzkopf! By the way, what were the other "quality" HBJ theme parks?

[astroworldfan1I poop golden school busses]

^Believe it or not, Cypress Gardens was a HBJ park in the 80s.

-Tatum

[SeaWhippetYummy! I just ate donkey!]

Ok, who's ready for some Schwarzkopf goodness this weekend? Here's a triple play featuring three of The Master's beauties. I've ridden all three and loved them for different reasons.

Though the Canadian ride still runs balls-to-the-wall, Six Flags destroyed one, then castrated the other and dumped it in western Mexico.

Enjoy!

[thrillerman1Can you see the donkey in my toast?]

Mmmmmm SCHWARZKOPF! Thanks Scott. I think I need to go change my underwear now.

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This is the last postcard I'll be featuring for a couple of weeks while I'm away on the TPR Scandi postcard shopping extravaganza. Well I have to leave you with a bang right, so here is quite possibly the highlight from last summer's TPR Europe trip, Expedition GeForce, and a big shout out and thanks to Robb and Elissa for ALL they do to make these trips possible.

Enjoy, and see you all here in the Paradise in a few weeks!

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Hey everybody...I'm back from the big Scandi postcard shopping spree and had an amazingly great time on the trip. Thanks again Robb and Elissa! I stocked up on plenty of new cards to show everybody here. First though, if there ever was a time to share this next postcard, I suppose this would be it. Here's a little tribute: Colorado Adventure - The Michael Jackson Thrill Ride at Germany's Phantasialand.