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Day 3 of the trip brought us to La Feria Chapultepec. I've always been interested in this place as I like inner city amusement parks. Even although it was only a short walk from the hotel for some people, we took the bus to keep everyone together and organized.

 

The place was not as clean as SFM but the crowd was just as orderly. No rude behavior or line cutting throughout the day. The park has an interesting coaster line-up with two Schwarzkopfs, a mobius woodie and a spinning mouse that is out of control. I know some people go ape sh!t gaga over Schwarzkopfs, and I still don't get. They are solid coasters but nothing more to me. The mobius woodie had a few good spots of air, but needs a lot of TLC. The wild was awesome, I sat in the same car as Elissa and counted 18 rotations in a fairly balanced car, Elissa was not happy. For me the highlight of the park was Casona del Terror, I tried to do this walk-through haunted house a second time late in the day, but the line stopped moving for 25 minutes and I had to abandon the pursuit.

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The first train of riders coming back during our ERT session on Montana Rusa.

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You can see the glass house from the Montana Rusa queue entrance.

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Here's the shuttle loop. Someone asked me if it's a flywheel or drop weight? My response? I yawned. (RCDB says it is a flywheel, the one formerly known as Laser Loop at Kennywood)

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Lift hill for Montana Infinitum.

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A view from outside the park

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I think it is more photogenic from outside the park, just watch out for pickpockets on the street.

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Still one of my favorite flat rides.

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Dirty flume water shield.

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Scare actor at the Casona del Terror. I have no idea what he was saying but he let 5 of us into the house. One person ran back out before the intro ended. So it was me, my buddy Jim and this young couple. The scare actor wanted the girl to lead and go first. She pushed me in front of her and then proceeded to hold my hand with her GI Joe Kung Fu grip and she held her boyfriend with her other hand. Then her terrorfied boyfriend tried to Kung Fu grip my friend Jim. He broke free and but my hand was sore the rest of the day.

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Another underrated classic flat ride.

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No thanks

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The train ride is a good way to get additional angles of Montana Rusa

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Old school simulator

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Raton Loco, the crazy mouse that almost killed Elissa.

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I was taking a picture of the stairs and didn't even realize I captured the Shuttle Loop. BTW - It's a flywheel.

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We obeyed the rules and did not bring any of these into the park. OK, I might have stuck in a few granola bars, but I didn't eat them. Actually, I just checked my TPR bag, they are still in there.

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Yup Gator, that's what I felt about the park, also.

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Interesting that they had a Corona bar as I have heard from people I work with that travel there say that most Mexican's call Corona gringo beer and don't even drink it.

 

But in honor of the TPR trip and the fact that I couldn't go, I picked up a variety twelve pack of Mexican beers at Wegmans today. Dos Equis Amber and regular, Sol and Tecate. I'll be sucking some of these down whilst reading some of these great trip reports!

 

I had also heard this Corona rumor as well before we went, but it's everywhere and people were drinking it. It seemed that in Mexico, most establishments would have 4 or 5 different kinds of Mexican beer, and Heinekin. I also learned that Modelo and Corona are the same company.

 

That was yet another check off of the 'Everything I've heard about Mexico is false' list

 

 

I heard that Inbev bought out Modelo...does that mean they will have that and Corona at the Busch and Sea World parks?

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Sorry for the delay, I've been very busy.

 

The next stop was at Perimagico. I think we headed straight here after leaving La Feria, but I can't remember. This FEC is partially inside a mall and further expanded outside the mall a couple of years ago. It was actually quite chilly and starting to drizzle as we rode the outdoor Wacky Worm, so I didn't have an interest in any of the outside rides. I think the most intense outdoor ride was probably the pirate ship. The park had a few family rides and tame flat rides, but it was mostly kiddie rides. The bumper cars actually went pretty fast and hit hard and there was one very unique flat ride indoors. But full disclosure, I left my camera and cell phone on the bus so I took no pictures, so there's no PTR for this park.

 

So the next park you'll see is Parque BiCentenario. Or the Chinese knock-off park in Mexico. All three coasters are brought to you by Chinese copyright infringement and manufacturing, including the knock-off SLC.

 

While adults are allowed to ride the Wacky Worm alone, in order to ride the Jungle Mouse, you need a child. Kristen was willing to ride with everyone. Luckily, while Elissa was explaining the situation to the ride operator a group of 5 children and their escorts showed up in the queue, the matriarchal figure of the group heard Elissa explaining our situation ans said we could borrow her "kids" to save us some time. The Mexican kids seemed to love the experience and just created another story for TPR lore. And these kids were incorruptable, Elissa tried to bribe them but the kids would not take candy or disease ridden blankets in return.

 

On to the park, actually it wasn't much of an amusement park, mostly kiddie rides. They did have a rapids ride, a very long train ride (because it moved at a very slow speed) and the antique car course appeared to be very ornately decorated/landscaped.

 

Admission to the park was ridiculuously cheap at $40 pesos or about $3-$4 USD. It was expected that there would be an additional cost per ride, but there wasn't.

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Most of the people at the park were there to picnic.

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The lay of the land, it's more like a public park with some rides (like in China) but a lot cleaner.

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There it is off in the distance, the only Chinese knock-off SLC in this hemisphere.

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And it runs just as bad in Mexico, especially this part.

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Unhappy riders or credit whores? You decide.

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You can see the top of two heads on the Jungle Mouse. That's Ryan Berg and his ride partner. And like to thank my ride partner Mauricio, I am eternally indebted to you.

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Wacky Worm, as I mentioned the park looks like a nice place to enjoy the weather.

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Tacos and Tortas, the real reason we were in Mexico. Pleasant surprise that the reataurant workers spoke English to assist with ordering.

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The antique car layout did look very impressive.

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World's Slowest Train

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Everyone getting off the rapids was soaked.

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Dying cactus.

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The bumper cars were one of the few rides.

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Along with the Pirate Ship.

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I wish I had more to show you, but all I have is this random dunk tank, that was next to a random fire truck in front of the knock-off SLC.

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To be fair, the Mexican women and children wouldn't take money, but they did take candy! I gave the kids some candy when they were all done riding with our group and they seemed very happy.

 

Also, this park was home to the best Quesadilla I ever had! Served by super friendly Mexican women who spoke good English!

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To be fair, the Mexican women and children wouldn't take money, but they did take candy! I gave the kids some candy when they were all done riding with our group and they seemed very happy.

 

Also, this park was home to the best Quesadilla I ever had! Served by super friendly Mexican women who spoke good English!

 

It was really a surprising park, although the only shade (I found) was the massive 'tent' we entered through, and the covering for that great food place Elissa (and we) ate at.

 

And we actually could have walked on the grass between the pathways, as I found out watching familes taking their various photos, etc.

 

The kids pairing up with us, for riding the mouse coaster, was awesome! It was touching, and very cool to share some coaster fun with them.

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I think this might have been the first coaster ride for the little boy (maybe 5 years old) riding with me. When we were two people back from getting on the coaster he reached out and took my hand. He was so sweet, and really seemed to enjoy the ride.

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