thrillerman1 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Now that's how I like to party! Tover had it goin' on, and I'm not sure it ever gets any better than this. AMAZING photos once again Hanno. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eBen Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 excuse me while I caps, GO TO TOVERLAND - DO IT, DO IT NOW! (and not just because they gave us free booze) Ahh thats better. Great place. Not that big but eager to see what their next major expansions will bring as there selection is fantastic. Looking forward to going back Did anyone get any shots of inside the covered water slide lit up with fibre optics? This really was the best day of the trip, with both this park and Bobbejaanland pulling out all the stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Great pics Hanno, as someone else said the Troy ones are brilliant! Toverland somehow outdid themselves this year (something I wasn't sure was possible after '07), the only thing that could make this park better is a B&M... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I'm glad you all enjoyed Toverland, I guess all these positive reactions mean you're visiting again next year? Bas "the-ropes-course-operator" Houben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 The Scandi trip itself won't be visiting, but there could be an add-on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I wish Toverland was around the corner from me. That picture of Larry would be great, but his shirt has sleeves. It must be a Larry imposter. Big Mike Perhaps? I cannot believe you got the picture of me trying to abscond with the Horse. I was posing for Elissa, and somehow you also got the pic. You are amazing Hanno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrancew_hod Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 ^But my amazing pics get published first... and Hanno didn't take either of them! Surprisingly he wasn't around! Score two for me! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted July 16, 2008 Author Share Posted July 16, 2008 You are right Terry, i failed at capturing that moment.. i guess i'll have to clone myself to be everywhere at the same time anyway.. time for another update. Day 4 started with a visit to Efteling. I'll let the pictures do the talking for me... Paparazzi... that's it for this update.. Joy.. (the ride stopped here for a few minutes...) Beer.. for some a major ingredient of the day?? Paris.. that's where this trip started... it ain't "it's a small world"... Ezeltje strek je ehmm.. yeah... kids enjoying their fairytails.. laser eyes... sorry.. no boobs... what's up with this magician?? Dance baby dance... "pushing" the donkey.. Boat ride magician... Hi... castle... soo many small things to look at... see the elfs?? hmm, i should upgrade my camera lens for darkrides like dreamflight.... there's something about this place that makes it "special.. we see you Terry... More tpr members.. smiling for another camera... i spot tpr members... Happy faces after scoring another credit.. splash.. i had the feeling it was bigger/wetter last year.. but that might be me... yeah.. the ride has opened.. who turned on the fog?? are we done testing yet?? Welcome to being "french crunched" by dutch schoolkids... There is that train i was waiting for... let's sent a text message to "everybody" (sorry, no train in the pic.. took too long..) owh my.. the Flying Dutchman is testing... i've been here before.. but i never noticed this egg... Vogelrok was next... Hi Piers but it was not open yet.. so we did see a.... at least the sun was shining.. and since the park was about to open.. most of us headed to another popular ride.. more stuff to look at... soo many details.. for some reason i don't feel like my pictures captured the beauty of this waiting area... since it was not sure yet when the ride would open.. we got a sneek peak through the que area of "The flying Dutchman" advise on attack plan for the rest of the park... last one for this ride.. just chilling... no full train?? some hands up (stupid bar which blocks part of these pictures ) What's up Lou?? Hi Dave... Here are some pics from (it looks like) people enjoying this ride... Third stop of the day was the Bobslee "artsy" shot.. with empty train... diffrent brace positions... at least one person thinking.. "owh %$#@" Brace... Next train... don't you just love the different expressions... Next up was the Python.. small train... Looks like young and old(er) enjoyed this ride.. in the early morning sun... Happy riders on the first ride of the day.. Pegasus Flying Dutchman.. more regarding that later.. i love early morning park entrances.. Just one of the small details in the hotel room... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkybadger Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Well done as usual, Hanno! Every time Rich says, "Hanno put up more photos," I can't wait to look at the site and see what's there! Thank you for letting me revisit these parks through your lens. ~ Melanie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Great pics Hanno. You're an excellent photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrock23 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Awesome pics, Hanno. I love all the different facial expressions you're able to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frederic Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Hi there Hanno ! I really had fun joining the group with Nicolas for Parc Astérix and Disney. It was awesome to meet and talk with all the TPR members. We really appreciate helping the group for the Parc Astérix's ERTs and showing some hidden mickeys or Disneyland's small details. Thanks for posting a selection of the thousands of pictures you've taken during the trip ! They're just great ! --frederic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillMontu Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I just wanted to say that once again I am humbled by your photography abilities. I personally took over 7500 pictures myself, but they pale in comparison to what you've posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted July 17, 2008 Author Share Posted July 17, 2008 Thanks again for all the nice comments. These are the small things that make it worth (for me) to do these updates... I like the pictures i take myself (although i always see points of possible improvement) but it's nice to hear that others enjoy them as well. Sounds a bit silly maybe.. but it makes it easier to spent the time taking these and putting them online. Anyway.. the second half of day 4 is now up.. aka Day 4 Drievliet. This was a new park for me... and i guess the place i made the biggest "mistake" of this trip so far... I only did one run on FormuleX.. i loved it.. but choose to take pictures of everybody else enjoying this ride.. instead of enjoying it some more.. But no worries.. the park is just an hour from my home.. so i will go back there (someday) enough said.. you know what's coming next I'll leave you with this picture of Robb.. having fun on the other (VIP) bus... thank you very much... Even in the back row... and more... more happy riders.. Hang time ehmm.. something comes to mind seeing this... Some people just could not get enough of this one... Hands up.. baby hands up... More people anjoying this ride.. are we getting bored yet?? part of a "funny" dutch movie... Airtime?? Go.. Go.. Go.. it's green.. Checking out the station (and looking for another picture angle..) Next train... Thanks.. smile for the camera... speed... Pleasantly surprised? that's the way... (well you know the rest..) launch baby launch.. i Guess i don't have to say much the next couple of pics.. or??? or the beauty of the trains?? was it the shape of the track and it color?? anyway.. time to get back to (i guess) everybody's favorite... Powered coaster station building.. Plenty details you could look at... The place looked to me very clean and nice another ride.. Looks like they enjoyed it.. feels good??? and off course the logflume.. i'll give you some of my favorites.. They also had bumpercars.. This picture looks familiar... No kids around so no water wars... Haunted mansion... i guess Looks like i was not the only one enjoying this ride before ERT started.. Yeah.. time for FormuleX I guess this says it all.. the experssion after this ride... that gotta be some funny footage... is it joy?? worries?? But there was more... it was a beautifull day... station building seen from the train... powered but not bad.. not bad at all... or.. (whatever comes to mind) expressions... Don't you just love happy faces... welcome back... going up... let's "hurry" to the next credit... And they do something to their passengers... these are some strange cars... First stop at this park... no clue on what to expect... it was a beautifull afternoon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrancew_hod Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm going on record to say I DON'T LIKE SPINNING RIDES! I was told it wasn't bad at all and I was lied to! So if you aren't religious you probably don't wanna see the video, 'cause I'm praying to Jesus, Allah, Buddha, Zeus and the Devil.... anyone that can come and switch that darned ride off! I was evil when I got off that thing... so I went to get a drink. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELZ Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Some people just could not get enough of this one... Formulae X was amazing. Perhaps the most surprisingly good ride of the whole trip. Quite brief, but the launch was amazing and the airtime was phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm really happy so many in the tour enjoyed Formule X at Drievliet. I got to ride it a couple of months after it opened over a year ago, and immediately knew it was a nifty little coaster. But the crowds were big that day, so I only got a second ride in, before leaving the park. But it was way better than G-Force at Drayton Manor, even with X having a shorter ride cycle. Didn't bother me none. The launch was swift and sweet, that mid-ride hang time was OMG great, and it just wanted to be ridden and ridden again. And - I did, LOL! We all did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prabe Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 It was definitely one of the pleasant surprises, probably less so for me, as I hadn't been any X-cars; but I got the feeling people who'd had bad experiences on similar coasters were almost in shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Yeah, I really think this ride was the true 'surprise' of the trip. It was smooth, fun, exciting...just a PERFECT ride for a park of that size. More small - midsize parks should look into one of these. In fact, I know we talked to a couple of parks already that have shown an interest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 ^ Please Beech Bend are you listening? I absolutely LOVED Formule X. It was definitely one of my fav coasters of the entire trip. Once again Hanno excellent photos and many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthFan Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Forumle X was just such an amazing coaster, I was not expecting it to be that good! Great photos as usual Hanno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted July 18, 2008 Author Share Posted July 18, 2008 We are already at Day 5 of the TPR Mainland Europe Trip 2008. Which means... time for Walibi World.... This place used to be my home park.. but lately nothing new has been added.. so i decided to spent my money on another place (Toverland). Here is a small selection of the pics i took that day. And especially some that Robb has not shown in the "mini" updates yet (as far as i remember.. ) Hope you enjoy them And then it was time to go... Food time Looks like this ride was ok?? well.. you can see what it did to a nametag... More hairtime and tpr members ( Hi Dave) spot the other tpr members.. more front row.. at least they were running two trains... front row.. More tpr members.. Don't you just love hairtime?? close-up... weels etc.. Time to get back to enjoy Goliath a bit more... Obligatoire... water magnet anyone??? The rapid opened Food.... here comes the sun.. help is on it's way??? Castle and skyrider... some random people.... Direct hit... is there still some kind of smile?? why did i get on this ride??? Splash Battle fog... Here's some water.. maybe that will wake you up... Robb does his thing.. and everybody else is falling asleep?? Wok's waanzin.. the kiddie... Mouse fun... Is this a happy face??? Looks like more tpr members went for this ride... By this time the park opened.. and since El Condor usually does get pretty long lines... next stop.. It's no onride... but close enough i guess?? The other ride during ERT was Robin Hood.. Hi Lou Almost back again.. ERT train going up the lifthill My first stop of the day was Goliath.. Early morning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELZ Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 great TR Hanno, loving the photos dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piers Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Hanno, I love how each of your segments end............ And then it was time to go... All your updates are amazing by the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster05 Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 Nice work Again. I love the photos of Melanie and myself on rides as that is just something we could never get. I am planning on framing some of these for school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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