Playland (PNE) Vancouver Discussion Thread

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Continuing on, this final day of The Pacific National Exhibition (full name)...

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Final set of photos of The Fair....till next year.

P.S. Sorry guys, but I totally forgot to take any photos of the "deflated bubble" that NOVA was using.
Or talk to anybody about it. My only excuse is my age, and I'm sticking to that excuse.

P.P.S. Playland reopens for the next two weekends, then closes to get ready for Fright Nights in October.

http://www.pne.ca

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From the "Totally Forgot, Dude" Dept....

How could I forget to post The Last Fudge I bought, at this year's PNE?

Shame. Shame on me.

Here's what the Pina Colada Fudge looked like. And it was really good,
although I'm not quite sure what the nuts on top, were for. Whatever. It was good.

Also, here's three of most fun photos I got to take at this year's PNE.

[KingOfNynex2003Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Donkey.]

sorry we missed you Nrthwnd, here’s the photos we got when we went on the last day, I left around 7PM and my friend left around 6ish, I was able to win close to $200 total at the Under/Over tables this year, not too bad.

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^ That's okay, not connecting. There's always next year.

What did you think of POPnology, and the Sports Show?
I enjoyed going through the exhibit, and was kind of 'meh' with the Show.

[Philrad71Why do I still have a donkey title???]

Great reporting of the PNE as usual, Bill!

Love the food, beer, rides, strange exhibits...I'd love to check this out sometime!

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^ Thanks, Phil. And "just so ya know for long term planning", with the way calendars go year to year,
next year's PNE should be Aug.17-Sept.02/19. And the 'Out At The Fair' Day.
should happen on Thurs.Aug.29th, if they want it to happen again, within the Fair's second week.

Just a guess, mind. But possible, for now. And you easily buy your tix online,
once they become available for the Fair, the Concert Series, Playland tix, etc.

www.pne.ca

[dwils01I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

My friend and I are going to Playland tomorrow because it's the only day we could both get off. It's suppose to rain about 20mm tomorrow so I wanted to know what are the chances of the rides running. The rain doesn't bother me, I don't mind getting wet. I just want to be able to go on the rides.

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A Rainy Day at Playland?

I was ready for supposed, predicted, downpours today, at the park. Had my poncho handy, etc.
But it didn't rain. At - all while I was there.
Lots of clouds overhead. Dark grey ones. But no rain came down, and it was an easy couple of hours there.

I got two more rides on Coaster, bringing my total to 55 rides on it this season. 10 away from my goal of "65",
which is the age I turned this past March. I wanted to marathon it in one or more days. But it wasn't open the
first month of the season, and then.....well.... it didn't seem plausible to try that. So getting 65 rides in before
Fright Nights end has been The Goal, for now. And I should reach it by Fright Nights, definitely



P.S. After 4:30 this afternoon, we got MONSOON-style downpours, dumped all over the city! Finally!

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A Slightly Wet Hour at The Park

There was some rain falling, today. But nothing "torrential" etc. Still, there was hardly anyone at the park,
which made it a bit difficult to gather people together to ride Coaster! Their "standard" is a minimum of
12 people to run a Coaster train. My last ride (of four, today), it took us 20 minutes to get 12 people
on board! So after that ride, I figured it was enough time spent there, and headed home.

With my $1 popcorn bucket refill.

http://www.pne.ca (For Fright Nights' Hiring Information)