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Looty Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Total posts: 215 Location: Twin Cities, MN Age: 23 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: Photo TR: Weekend in Pittsburgh + CP |
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Hey Everyone,
I was in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago with some friends and snapped a few photos. I absolutely love Pittsburgh and think it's one of the coolest cities in the country...oh and Kennywood is there too!
We hit up a lot of the sites in Pitt, visited Kennywood and Cedar Point, and attended the Steelers-Vikings game.
Enjoy!
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| Here's the crew: Sam & Rachel |
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| And me! (with an apparent crater in the side of my face) |
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| Ah the Minneapolis airport. Here you can shop & dine and.... |
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| ....catch a quicky in one of the friendly bathrooms :) (BTW that is THE Larry Craig bathroom). |
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| I kept myself entertained on the plane by reading Sky Mall. SM has many wonderful things for purchase including the R. Kelly underwater camera. |
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| Oh and this lovely lawn fixture. I'll take the "into hole" one thank you. |
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| Oh and this comfy Turkish Bathrobe complete with half-naked man touching himself. |
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| The trees in the area were turning which resulted in some gorgeous scenery. |
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| OH GOD!!!...Rachel is driving! "I turn left now...good luck everybody." |
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| We decided to check out Point State Park despite the crappy weather. |
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| That there is the Duquesne Incline. You pay the fare at the bottom, ride the little trolley car up to the top, take in the awesome view, and then ride back down. More pictures from the incline to come... |
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| Heinz Field. BOO Steelers!!! |
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| We hit up the incline later in the day and here is the view. The Monogamy and Dalai Lama rivers join to form the Ohio river. |
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| Here is me looking all wet. |
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| Here is Rachel and I mocking U.S. history. |
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| Here is a better view of how the incline works. |
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Kennywood!
I absolutely love this park and keep coming back year-after-year. |
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| I didn't take many photos of Kennywood because it was quite dark. The park was dead due to the lousy weather which resulted in many re-rides for us. Their haunts really were lacking which was a little bit of a bummer though. Oh and PLEASE fix that evil transition of death on Phantoms Revenge Kennywood!!! |
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| We drove to CP the next day and arrived at noon when they opened. |
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The weather again wasn't the greatest.
Dragster was testing in the morning but kept rolling back. It didn't actually open until around 7:00 pm! |
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The entire state of Ohio was in the park by 1:00 pm. The line for Maverick was around 1.5-2 hours all day.
I was expecting it to be busy, but this totally sucked! |
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| There was a gentle mist that fell from the sky so Maverick had to close...needless to say that we weren't having a good time. |
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| We were at CP from noon until 10:00 pm and managed to get on 7 rides. Magnum kept braking down all day, Raptor didn't open until around 9:00 pm, and everything else had terrible lines. We left a little bummed (although I kind of expected it to suck). |
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| The next day was the big game! |
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| We had pretty good seats too! |
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| Heinz Field is definitely one of the better stadiums in the country. It was absolutely gorgeous! |
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| Sam and I were ready to take on the drunk and obnoxious Steeler fans around us. |
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| Oh jeez!...so...I knew that we were going to get a lot of crap from Steeler fans but OMG these drunks were relentless! People were kicking my seat, hitting me in the face with their terrible towels, yelling and swearing like crazy, and making "purple penis" jokes in the bathroom. We were warned of the "out of town" Steeler fans that apparently are crazy and I'd say we did a pretty good job of finding them. |
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| OMG Brett Favre! I'm a HUGE Vikings fan and I seriously almost wet myself! |
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| So we lost (seeing as how we totally handed it to them in the 4th), but we had a great time! |
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| More Heinz Field sexiness. |
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They have all of their Super Bowl trophy's on display which is sweet!
...Definitely one of the best stadiums in the league! |
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| We ate at the Hard Rock that night which also happened to have a lovely fountain show. |
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| Pittsburgh is even more awesome at night. |
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| We wanted to check out the incline again after dinner to check out the night view. |
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We ate at Primanti Bros. the next day before our flight home. This is THE place to eat when you are in Pitt (we were told). It was actually quite tasty.
Thanks for reading! |
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| CreditCrazy I have severe vegetarian
Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Total posts: 737 Location: California Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Nice report, too bad Cedar Point was that crowded. Oh and I actually like Phantom's Revenge's 'bad' transition, it makes the second drop more 'exciting' and unexpected. 
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| Ccron10 Bonafide Donkey Expert Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Total posts: 1399 Location: Shillington Pennsylvania Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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A few things I learned in Pittsburgh:
-You can't walk fifteen feet without walking into someone wearing a Steelers jersey (its a LOT more for a Pirates jersey).
-Expect to drive through more tunnels than you have in your life.
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-ALWAYS eat at least once at Primanti Bros (just don't get the coleslaw on the sandwich). Luckly a college I got accepted at has one of these one block down the street.
Glad you guys enjoyed your time there. Good TR.
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| Jds03 Title Fairy Kiss Ass
Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Total posts: 783 Location: Earth Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Pittsburgh scares me.
Last time I visited Kennywood we spent 3 hours trying to find a hotel.
Nice Report though.
I always love pictures of Phantom where the background is so far away. The location of that ride is phenominal.
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| holyblakbelt Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Total posts: 368 Location: St. Cloud, MN by way of Woodbury, MN Age: 18 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Nice TR (And I'm not just saying that because of the St. Cloud State University Sweatshirt).
Yeah we choked in the fourth quarter, but I'd rather lose to the Steelers than to any other team.
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| larrygator Obsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Total posts: 6248 Location: Staten Island, New York Age: 42 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Ccron10 wrote: | A few things I learned in Pittsburgh:
-ALWAYS eat at least once at Primanti Bros (just don't get the coleslaw on the sandwich). |
Damn - I never stopped at Primanti because I had heard they refuse to make the sandwiches without slaw. Maybe I'll stop in the future.
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| Ccron10 Bonafide Donkey Expert Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Total posts: 1399 Location: Shillington Pennsylvania Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: |
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| larrygator wrote: | | Ccron10 wrote: | A few things I learned in Pittsburgh:
-ALWAYS eat at least once at Primanti Bros (just don't get the coleslaw on the sandwich). |
Damn - I never stopped at Primanti because I had heard they refuse to make the sandwiches without slaw. Maybe I'll stop in the future. |
Why would they refuse to do that? It's like not wanting onion on a cheesburger. The coleslaw in my opinion, kind of ruins the burger since that's the only thing you taste on it.
By the way, what is the most famous food in Pittsburgh? Primanti's says that their's is the second best.
I really do need to do the incline the nexttime I'm out there.
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| Looty Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 01 Jul 2007 Total posts: 215 Location: Twin Cities, MN Age: 23 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:10 am Post subject: |
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^I totally agree with you on the coleslaw. That really kind of overwhelmed the sandwhich for me.
Thanks for the positive feedback so far everyone
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| larrygator Obsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Total posts: 6248 Location: Staten Island, New York Age: 42 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| Ccron10 wrote: | | Why would they refuse to do that? |
Because popular eateries with long lines can do what they want. Not that I agree.
The infamous Soup Man (Nazi) would send you to the back of the line (or give you a ban) for taking to much time to order.
I also know of an Italian restaurant in New York that will not serve their meatballs without sauce.
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| hobbit Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Great pictures!
Looks like the weater in cedar point was not nice...
Does the train makes a rollback later with people in it?
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