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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: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject: Photo TR: The Johnson's first TPR meet in Florida! |
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Well we had a great time at our first TPR meet. The weather was good, the food was even better, but the group we were with was the best. Anyways, you know that I prefer pictures to tell the story so I will be posting a bunch of them over the next few hours (maybe days??). Enjoy!
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| I was pretty excited the night before Islands of Adventure's Halloween Horror Nights 15. |
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| We had to take our cat Libby over to Leanne's parent's house since cats are not invited. |
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| I had to visit a bunch of stores Thursday morning for my job. My first one being Albertsons at 6:00 AM. |
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| Around 9:30 AM, I was wondering which coaster the TPR gang was riding......sigh. |
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| I had no idea that The Cat In The Hat passed on. |
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| I hope that the people I meet from TPR are a lot nicer than these folk. |
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| From a distance these people don't look too scary. |
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| Oh boy! Some people really got wet on The Ripsaw Falls ride. |
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| After our soaking experiences we headed over to Universal Orlando. |
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| Mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy. |
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| Tummy, tummy, tummy, tummy, tummy. |
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| It's pretty much impossible to hear anything while the Blues Brothers show is going on, isn't it Dave? |
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| The Universal employees made us run a few extra miles that afternoon. |
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| Elissa and Derek are ready to take on the Rat Run. |
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| Elissa even took the theme of this maze to a new level by "ratting" out this stupid gate jumping kid. |
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| Elissa just noticed that her "friend" from her recent Sea World trip came to try to hinder her Rat Run fun. |
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| Shamu tried to seek revenge! |
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| But they made it through without any problems. |
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| Elissa and Derek now had one more major obstacle to pass through. |
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| Derek was not so lucky this time. |
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| This one's for you Wally. |
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| Poor Robb, I guess he is the TPR pack mule. |
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| This guy was the only Universal/IOA employee of the day who knew what was going on. The operations of these parks were really strange that day. Remember our final DD Ice ride gang? |
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| Time to queue up for Stay and Scream. You know that HHN is really scary this year. The lady in front of us told us this was her second visit and that she was 23 years old. |
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| Are you sure this is the Halloween Horror Nights Event? |
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| Barry caught up with us for HHN. |
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| Yes folks, its true! HHN is not for kids. We did witness some poor kid's reaction to a chainsaw dude. Its very sad that parents do not pay attention to all the warnings. |
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| We really were having a great time. |
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| I kinda liked this house. I thought it was the best one in the sound stages area. |
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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: Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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The HHN wackiness continues!
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| "Frank, I am getting really tired of picking up your dirty underwear off the floor all the time!" |
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| Oh boy.....I might get into trouble on this visit. |
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| No, I will leave that to Robb and Derek. |
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| I finally got to see the fully functional Queen's throne. |
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| If you have any complaints about the park, you first must talk to this guy. |
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| Elissa must have made fun of this guy. |
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| Hell does not seem so bad. |
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| Don't you know that smoking kills? |
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| You do not want to upset any of the motorcycle gangs. |
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| Bill and Ted's show was our favorite attraction at HHN. |
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| How do you sign, "Most kick ass theme park show ever?" |
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| How often do you see people selling beer at a theme park show? |
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| The Desperate Housewives came by to visit. |
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| Leanne got pretty excited over this part. |
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| Peter and Stewie from Family Guy stopped by. |
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| Mmmmmmmm....So did Daisy Duke. |
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| I knew that Johnny Depp grew up in Orlando, but I had no idea that he came back to act in the Bill & Ted Show. |
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| Elissa stood up and cheered at this part. |
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| More crazy Bill and Ted antics. |
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| Most of the cast members came out at the final part of the show. |
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| This had to be the goriest queue/pre-show movie ever made. |
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| We loved our Express Passes for HHN. Without them, most of the houses would have been an hour wait....on a non-peak night. |
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| Its always good to sit down for a few minutes and eat some food. |
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| Leanne finally got her Spiderman mug. |
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| Wilma sitting off the coast of Mexico. |
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| Token Yankee Guy Sexing up the North Pole
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Total posts: 1743 Location: East Granby, CT Age: 24 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, you got a great TR going here Erik. So many photos. 5 Brownie Points for ya.
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| robbalvey Site Admin
Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Total posts: 18525 Location: So Cal Age: 39 Gender: Male |
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| Hattuchili Not Everyone In Germany Wears Lederhosen and Eats Sauerkraut
Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Total posts: 4057 Location: Bremen, Germany Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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Great photo TR, Erik. I hope there will be more photos, soon!
--Sören
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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 Oct 24, 2005 3:52 am Post subject: |
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Ok onto Day 2. We had to change our plans and go to Busch Gardens Tampa for a half-day visit on Friday because of Hurricane Wilma. Hurricane Wilma also kept the crowds away for our BGT visit as well. Ok onto pictures.
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| I wonder how much hate mail Wally is going to send me. |
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| The animals have come out to play. |
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| Everyone's heart just broke when we all saw this sign. |
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| Does Robb ever get enough food to eat? |
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| Funny that those who already have the Gwazi credit decided to pass on a ride today. |
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| No Leanne! That is the wrong Erik Johnson. |
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| You know that BGT is dead when Rhino Rally is a walk-on. |
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| Oh crap! They made Elissa navigator. |
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| Our driver/tour guide was really great. He was one of the best I have ever seen (at any park). |
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| There was a lot of Elissa-bashing on this ride. And none of it came from us. Poor Elissa. |
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| We all got to ride Elissa's first looping coaster credit. The Scorpion. |
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| Everyone who needed a Cheetah Chase credit got it today. |
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| These kids were smart enough to run away from the Haunted Lighthouse attraction. |
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| Kumba Time!!!! 3 great Kumba rides today. |
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| Only one ride on the Python though. |
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| Maybe SheiKra will be sweet to us and open her ride. |
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| I think everyone else does as well. |
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| When SheiKra opened up, we all got on the first ride of the day. |
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| Everyone seemed to really like SheiKra. |
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| You get a great view on the front row. But in the back row you get some really insane airtime. |
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| Next time you see Elissa, make sure you ask her about the SheiKra onride DVD. |
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| The calm before the storm. |
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| Robb welcomed everyone into Wally World. |
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| Mario was serving Beer today. |
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| Oh boy...I wonder if TPR and Beer mix? |
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| Wally made a few phone calls and had BGT release a tiger after me. |
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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 Oct 24, 2005 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Dang the 30 picture limit...OK 3 more for BGT.
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| This is the new L.A. simulator near BGT. |
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| Just a little preview of what to expect soon. |
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| Just a little teaser for what's to come. |
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| Imhotep Donkeys are my way of life!
Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Total posts: 507 |
| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Great pics!! Glad to see everyone got to ride Sheikra afterall. Looking forward to the rest of your pics!
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| Chrissie Enjoying the hot Scottish summer!
Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Total posts: 1173 Location: Edinburgh,Scotland Age: 22 Gender: Female |
| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:34 am Post subject: |
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Great Pics!
Cant wait to see more! 
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| TConwell Ghostrider
Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Total posts: 43 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Age: 37 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:51 am Post subject: |
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One of the most detailed TRs seen in sometime ... many thanks for taking the time to post all the pics!
Man, I am just 9 hours away from WDW ... if only I had known earlier. 
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