Eric's 2008 Theme Park Adventures Updated 4/5

by **live2tell75** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:36 pm

^ & ^^ Thanks guys.

Larry- It sucks, we put our stuff including my camera in a fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo before we went on the 3 water rides. By the time we circled around the park back to the fluffy, fluffy bunny filled with medicine and goo it was time to head out. This explains why I only took 2 photos the entire day! I'll get the JTA sign for you & TPR someday on a return visit.

Jimmy- I have no idea what the name of the Mexican place was, but it was good. I didn't have any margaritas, but I did have some of the best sangria that I have ever had!

by **live2tell75** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:17 am

Next stop, at the end of May we visited Disney's Hollywood Studios and Epcot for the International Flower and Garden Festival with our friends Jamie and Suzanne. Had a nice relaxing day. Kevin, Jamie and Suzanne had never been on Toy Story Mania, so that was a priority. We all really enjoyed the ride. The line is so cool, brought back a lot of memories of childhood to this group of early thirtysomething folks. Had a great lunch and fantastic server at the 50's Prime Time Cafe. If you have never been, check it out. The staff is always very entertaining. After the studios we closed out the day at Epcot for the Flower and Garden Festival. A highlight was, we watched the space shuttle launch directly behind Mission Space, kind of ironic, don't you think? Onto the photos, enjoy!

by **live2tell75** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:24 am

Next up was our August visit to Disney's Blizzard Beach for our friend Ray's birthday. We had a good half day. We left early because there was a tropical storm approaching so the park's attractions closed early. We still had fun the short time we were there.

by **Lenaapple1974** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:26 pm

mattnz wrote:

Only because I am *that* gay: Desperately Seeking Susan!

Aw... I wanted to guess!! LOL I knew the answer but only saw this TR today..

I have been to the park zillions of times, how on earth did I not know that was there? UGH! NO BUENO for a M fan like me!

Eric, I have to say I am totally enjoying the TR! I am not even done with page two yet... but I can expect nothing less than the best at this point! You get mucho kudos... You did get to see her this year, right? They blasted M alot on that one ride... so lucky!

Kudos also to mattnz for guessing!

~a fellow M fan

by **live2tell75** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:46 pm

^ Thanks Lena! The facade from Desperately Seeking Susan is located near the restrooms between the Mummy, Starbucks and Beetlejuice. And to answer your question, I did get to see her in concert this Fall. it was a lot of fun! Here is my concert report: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/vi ... hp?t=47948
It's good to meet a fellow M fan.

by **live2tell75** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:00 pm

TPR Tokyo Trip 2008

In September I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the TPR Tokyo trip. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would be able to go to Japan. Well dreams can come true. There is nothing I could say that hasn't already been said about Tokyo. It is an amazing, efficient and mind stimulating city!

After about 17 hours of traveling, I arrived in Tokyo with a fellow trip participant and new friend, Simon. No sooner after we checked into our hotel, Elissa and Kidtums wisked us off to LaQua at the Tokyo Dome City complex. Being kind of tired from all the traveling made the subway ride trip that much more surreal. It really felt like I was in a dream!
Once at LaQua, I to got to ride a few things like Thunder Dolphin. Since I love hypers, I thought this was a fun ride. This ride's main bonus is the location. The ride at night zipping around and onto of the roof tops in Tokyo was a pretty cool intro to our trip. Rode a few other credits and the parachute drop. Then it was off back to the hotel to crash and rest up for our first full park(s) day.

We started our first official day at Nasu Highland. We had ERT on quite a few of the coasters in the morning which was great. Big Boom had a crazy steep drop and the weirdest tire brakes I have ever seen. One of my favorite coasters of the day was the spinning coaster. Dave and I had that car spinning crazy! Rode a few interesting and fun flats. Saw a really weird and long, but funny 4D Pokemon movie.

Something I should mention, along with coasters I am a big dark ride/haunted house/walk through fan. Thanks to my good friend Chuck (cfc) he gave me the run down of a lot of really unique Japanese walk through attractions before the trip that helped a lot, so thanks again Chuck - you rock! We rode a few dark rides which were cool. We also did a walk through called Hell Ship which had a few good gags.

But one of the main highlights of Nasu Highland was the LEGO attraction. This was a lot more elaborate than most of us thought it would be. Overall Nasu Highland was a nice park and I think everyone enjoyed our time there.

by **live2tell75** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:10 pm

Nasu Highland Cont.

by **live2tell75** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:17 pm

Nasu Cont.

by **live2tell75** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:04 am

After leaving Nasu Highland, we did a quick visit to Seibuen home to two credits. The steel coaster, "Loop Screw" was kind of rough. The park did have a nice little Hello Kitty themed section.

by **the ghost** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:16 am

great TR so far. The bat flyer sounds like a doom kiddie coaster.

^^ What is that? I have never seen a flat like that before.

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