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By Blake Hooton · Posted
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By abovethesink · Posted
Minebuster got serious Gravity Group love this offseason, didn't it? I am curious as to how it rides now when we are back in early August. -
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By michaellynn4 · Posted
I might actually go ride this coaster that I've lived 20 minutes from for the last 10 years. -
the refurbished Sangerfest Halle is now officially open. not only looks great, but the new layout VASTLY improved wait times - with the line splitting at the front for two sides with same options, and then 4 cashiers on each side. The Beverage station is also now on the same side (looks like what was the beverage station across the dining room area is going to be refurbed - if I had to guess, it will be a beer/alcohol stand, but at the moment it's all blocked off). the new food options are excellent, and this is NOT "theme park food" - other than the pizza and chicken fingers option that I guess they must offer for the picky eaters and kiddos. I DO wish some of the options that went away - such as my beloved Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich - will come back, as I feel they could use a few more options. opening options are: (all are Meal options on dining plan, and both deserts are Snack options) Salad (good size comes with grilled chicken chunks) Pizza plate - one large slize (cheese or Peperoni) with a pretzel bread stick Chicken Tenders - with a pretzel breadstick Sangerfest Platter - I entree, 1 side (+6.99 for additional sides) Entree Options: Traditional Braised Beef with Spaetzle, Grilled Brats, German Pork Loin, Chicken Tenders Side Options: Macaroni & Cheese, Fried Brussel Sprouts, Steak Fries, Fried Apples Deserts: Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake, Parfaits Everything we tried was excellent, and the serving size for the pork loin was big enough that could easily be shared. I always bring along baggies, and took home leftover pork and Brussells that made a great lunch today. -
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last Day in Munich: at the fair for a final time. all packed up, shower and a quick nap taken, several of us met up in the lobby and headed back over to the Oktoberfest Faire for the final night (for us, the fair still ran I think for 2 more weekends?). a brewery we passed by every time we walked to the fair: as it was a weeknight, not as packed as we'd seen it. . but still the fairgrounds were pretty hopping. this is what they use for medical emergencies (or alcoholic emergencies: ie: pass-outs). they are to permit privacy, but these big, blue, coffins wheeling thru the crowds drew attention to them, I thought. this was my goal for tonight. . to get some pics from the ferris wheel at the back of the fair. so we headed that way. still pretty busy for a Tuesday night, I thought. we ended up sharing with a family who also wanted to take pics, so we took turns sitting in the end seat to grab pics as we cycled so colorful from above! a look down into the "older" section that had the separate entry. Loved that part of the Fairgrounds. and the beerhalls lining down one side of the main walkway Olympia Looping from the Ferris Wheel the ferris wheel off my list, there really was only one more thing I wanted to check out (and thanks to Erik for recommending it!) - one of the oldest rides at Oktoberfest! the Suspended Carousel. it was celebrating it's 100 years at the festival, and not only had a live band playing while it operated, but some daredevil operators, who jumped up onto the carriages as they swung around to take your ticket. it was amazing! the inner workings of the ride Erik even got on to ride it again with me. hidden way back on the complex, it wasn't packed tonight, but we weren't the only ones riding it. the live band - crammed into that little booth - that played while the ride was going. some signage celebrating the 100 years it' had been at the fair. I was actually starting a get a bit of munchies (having not really eaten today other than sharing that pizza).. so we started looking for a place to try that we hadn't had yet. LOL. .the sign ALMOST got me.. but I had flashbacks to those balls from night one.. and passed. Tho we stopped for a pic. no takes for the flume tonight. .even tho it was not raining I'm SURE this is 100% Disney approved, right? but since we were over here, and it was our last night? absolutely got some rides on Olympia Looping. this pic gives a good shot of the restraints. I don't care for them because as the coaster hits the loops, the pressure forces the shoulder harness down more and more..and you feel crushed by ride end. Fantastic coaster tho, and was able to knock it off my bucket list. luckily just out front of it was a place serving these wonderful things. Kinda like a Gyro, but on fry bread with more veggies inside. comes flat, but one folds it to eat like a taco. it was quite good. and met some folks who thought my jacket was as cool as their jackets, so they wanted to take a picture together. uh oh.. more of those "body boxes" things. . . stuff I hadn't seen in the prior 4 days, now suddenly a few times in one evening? and whom did we stumble upon? (and in a fantastic mood)? Jonathan, once again wearing his lederhosen. he joined us and we decided to check out Dr. Archibald - basically a ghost train, but with the gimmick that each rider gets VR goggles, and for the most part, all are watching different stories. honestly? I wasn't impressed at all with the VR. But the 'ghost train' aspects of it were fun (as was the exit funhouse), and it had some of the best lighting on the fairgrounds (purely to draw in customers - as once you had the VR on anyways, you couldn't see it. the ticket to get in. we're ready to be a-scared !! Jonathan really, REALLY wanted to try the toboggan again - as he was insisting that he had done well the night before. I worried he was wasting his $$, and that he was too far "gone" to have a chance, but he woudl not take no for an answer, so we all observed (and filmed for him at his insistence) as he gave it a go. whoopsie! but he made it to the top.. then kinda disappeared. he took his time coming down.. but eventually spotted him on the slide. where he sat giggling.. until staffers - who did NOT think it was funny - came and "helped him" out. but hey, it made fora *classic* short film clip HYWX4608.MOV after that fun, Jonahan wanted to go even deeper inoo the fair as possilby prior noted: Even tho it doesn't do anything TOO nuts. . but still, I think, it' possibly my favorite coaster at the fair. note: these pics were taken on the final brake run into the station - WITH PERMISSION from he ride operator. never pull out a phone for pics on a coaster, unless you get an ok from the folks who operate the ride! some "artsy" pics i have on my batch. . .and I think they are probably Andy's pics that he shared. finally managed to get the natural lame on Voodoo Jumper. and one final look back before we head out to go back to the hotel. Long day tomorrow with drive to Europa Parc it had been a fantastic visit to Oktoerfest, and still a few days to go on this trip. for now tho? off to rest. . .
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Free Day in Munich: Part 2 at the Deutsches Museum the next hall we went into seemed to be the history of stringed instruments. I'm a sucker for this kind of thing, so I recall spending quite a bit of time in this quiet section of the Museum, where many of the instruments were interactive in some way, and you could hear the sounds from them. stunning large organ, off to one side of the big hall. I'd never seen one of these "air pumped" organs. . . super interesting. another stunning organ interestingly designed harpsicord/piano mash up shouldn't be surprised, but the innner workings are SO much more complicated than I'd expected. moving on to more modern types of instrumentation. . and sound amplifying options this guy was so cool. . and I wondered why he wasn't on the first floor exibit of Atomotons. but looking at it, this seemed to be a permanent installation in this section of the museum, and yes, he operated! Loved the mirror behind him so you could watch the inner workings different kinds of flutes.. and I believe the one at top is the crystal flute the museum loaned out to Lizzo for a performance (as she's a flutist) as we're getting closer to "modern" times, the automatons are getting even more detailed - this player piano almost looks like a Jukebox and this Asian singing bird sculpture was really impressive for how tiny everything was, but they moved and sang. a Theremin. . that was so fun to play with and make my own Laurie Anderson Music. I don't think Andrew was impressed tho. . .LOL hmmm. . why do they have a recording studio set up in this area of the museum? oh. pretty cool to see, even if reading the notes, sounded like most of it were reproductions rather than original instruments (think the speakers were official) onwards to the Apothocary, and farm life. with tons of dioramas set up to show extreme conditions, and how certain discoveries were made, in terms of medicine. and even some discussion of mental health. I honestly can't recall what this handshake/grip display was for. . but it was creepy! the Periodic Table with examples of things (that won't kill you at least) was a nifty way to show off the Elements This pic might be out of order. . I THINK it might be from the "printing/communication" exhibit on the floor above. but it was in my roll here.. so maybe has to do with farming? we'd been in the museum for over 4 1/2 hours now, so it was a perfect time to stop for a quick coffee break. and I did love the artwork by the upper level "restaurant" and the furniture continuing on - last but not least on this floor was a display about Microscopes, and the way light bends to form holograms. very interesting on how the Microscope evolved thru the ages. and tho they didn't photograph well. . .I found the Hologram exhibits to be among the most fun. they were all super interactive, moving glass panes and objects to get different results. looking thru a telescope that went thru multiple exhibits to give an example of how things existing on different planes can appear flat on the same plane when looked at in a certain way. going up a level, was the large exhibit about printing processes and the way the world communicates. (this area had a couple of full size - like barn size - printers from the 1800s) examples of the pieces put into a printing press to roll off printed works spam and a trojan horse.. . . can't recall why. . probably about using mis-communication as communication examples of printing. . and ways of communication - carrier pigeon! and following as technology evolved. . into games, and short films and eventually some artwork depicting how technology can overwhelm us. I really enjoyed this piece that I believe was called the Techno-Tornado and look! even found a roller coaster connection. of course, why they chose to use an SLC, I dunno.. . maybe they wanted to make a statement about science sometimes = pain up to the final/top level - where about 1/2 is closed off as they work on the new additions to the Musuem, the two main sections here were Body/Health, and farming. we went to Farming first. 'nuff said 😛 it was interesting to see how technology is used not only to process crops, but also to fiddle with the DNA of some foods/insects to end with better outcomes/harvests for some reason, in the health area, I didn't take many pics. Perhaps the details of "perform your own surgery" or "you try making stitches" or looking at old remedies for illnesses were just a bit too gross for me to take pics of (not likely). . . or I just had my hands full with so much hands on stuff that I didn't think to take many pictures. the hall is set up like a giant humanoid body, and each station has info (and creepy utensils) about how they used to work on these things to treat people. I did manage to snap some pics out the windows from up here, for a nice view of Munich. a fully stocked apothecary from the Renaissance - with everything labeled and you could read up on what each thing was used for via that kiosk in the center by clicking on things. I'll take modern medicine, thank you. we were pretty exhausted - having been here most of the day - and hungry. so we decided to head out.. tho stopped in the "train room" to watch the trains for a bit. and in the Robots exhibit, a Museum staffer was out with a robot dog showing off it's tricks for a small crowd, so we stopped and watched this a bit too. the weather was still holding up - very overcast, but nice. so after a quick stop in the Museum gift shop (of course) we decided to walk towards the town center and find something to eat. here's a peek over the construction fence from the gift shop. I'd guess this is the "official" front entrance to the Museum. . . but since they put so much work into setting up the new entrance, I'd guess that will remain the entrance. while walking we passed a vegan pet food store, and took a look inside (Andrew's family had just gotten a puppy). we didn't buy anything, but they DID have this *stunning* piece of art up on the wall. there was a lot of art that I liked that we passed as we walked. we did end up stopping and getting Pizza from a place that was actually pretty good. I don't know why I didn't take a single picture, or if I did? kept any pictures? because the pizza was decent, and it was just what we needed to hit the spot. near the main square, there was this absolutely beautiful church that has a sign outside inviting anyone to come in and check it out. i'm glad we stepped in to take a look.. as the inside was really pretty breathtaking. there was also a large street market area over here too.. so we did some shopping for gifts, and treats while here. we finally got to the point where our feet were hurting a bit - and I recognized a building (and knew how to get back to the hotel via train from here) but first we watched the clocktower animated pinging at (I think) 5pm. and Andrew offered to treat me to a Hot Chocolate from a chocolate shop off the square. I said yes, and we were both surprised to get a full cup of melted chocolate. . LOL. . it's like what they use to dip their chocolates in a chocolate fountain but just put it straight into a cup. it was rich, and dark, and just the right amount of bitter. A postcard I got for a friend. and then we hopped on the train and headed back to the hotel. where we took a couple of hours to relax, pack for the morning (we were leaving for Europa Parc in the morning), and meet back down in the lobby for one final visit to the Oktoberfest faire. this guy is now sitting on the rocking chair in my living room. . but I bought him at a street fair in Munich. to be continued with final night at the fair.
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Free Day in Munich: Part 1 oy.. seeing that Adam is actually on his last day of the TPR trip, reminded me that despite having so much going on, I've GOT to get back to my dual Trip Reports (both Oktoberfest, and the UK) - not only because I love doing them, but because I have to make time for myself to do the things I love doing. so after a lengthy wait, here's an update for day 5 in Munich - our "Free Day" to explore the city, go back to the Oktoberfest faire, or just do whatever we wanted to do. Andrew and I decided via chat before the trip (and at the suggestion of options from Elissa that she had sent out prior to the trip) that we would spend our free day at the Munich museum of Science and Technology (the "Deutsches Museum") and I had prebought tix for us. a quick cab ride from the hotel, and we had arrived. the Deutsches Museum is a HUGE and very interactive museum, and as we were here on a Tuesday, we knew there would likely be school groups here (there were, but they pretty much stuck together, and so we were able to avoid the large groups most of the time - but the place is SO big, that even if packed it probably wouldn't have felt very packed. a view across the lovely waterway that passes by the Museum. it doesn't look that big (that's what she said!), but the more you get into it, you realize there are levels below ground and farther back. and they are doing some massive construction near what would be the front entrance (the gift shop is on the left) to build, I believe, a Planetarium. so this is the current entrance, down the side of the building, under the large "Barometer tower" Munich truly is a very lovely city from the current entrance, one enters by one of the working scientific labs that suspended above a large conference area - where they were holding talks and shows that the public are welcome to join. you can join to work in in the lab with the scientists too. . . tho that's an upcharge and only during certain hours. another view of the lab from the coffee shop they had set up near this entrance. a most important stop to get to once we scanned in (and a potty break too) looking out the back window while sipping coffees.. yeah, the building goes way back, and there are even full size boats just out back that one could touch and go on. as the museum is so big, we decided to follow the extremely helpful map, and just go along the route it recommended. the first large room, was also where most of the school groups started too. So tho you can't see it in these pics, there were a LOT of kids in this first display area. once we moved on from this room tho, we didn't really interact with the school groups. they were mostly doing the audio tour - which we could have done - but chose instead to skip so we could spend more time on the things that interested us most, instead of going from case to case with the audio tour. the first exhibit hall was about the history (and future) of robotics - starting out with toys: a display about how a robot would "see" with thermal imaging CREEPY !!!! one of the first ever full size robots built with a human face the historical robotics stuff here was SO interesting. I could have spent way longer in this hall, but it was getting crowded. they even had a Golem. I was super impressed this guy played guitar. . down this next hall was the way to proceed into the main museum.. .and I snapped this pic to show Andrew how once we got out of this room, there was plenty of space and way less kids. i mean, it's GREAT there were school groups of kids at a museum. and it was GREAT they were all well behaved. but.. I mean. . kids (shudder) one last pic in the robotics room. . . and then quickly buypassing the next room (about trains and transportation) to get more ahead of the groups. it was a really impressive train set up tho. . . we went back later to catch it fully running. in the base of the "Barometer Tower" is a Foucault pendulum display. . . very interesting, even tho I'd seen a version of this at Tokyo DisneySea in the Michelangelo challenge area. the point is that it proves the Earth's rotation. the next exhibit hall on this floor was about Bridges/Tunnels/construction. i totally got why Elissa had described this as a "fun" museum. So interactive, with so many displays. I loved it, and think we spent over 6 hours here this day. yes, they actually have a glass suspension bridge build across the area! pretty cool to walk over and look down to displays you'd get to later in this hall. most of these models are working - you push a button and they show how they operate. honestly, the history of construction materials and types was WAY more interesting than I ever thought it would be! we spent so much time in this room the groups started to catch up with us. and the area about water, and how it's utilized to generate power to move the machinery is really cool too.. tho the sound over here did make me have to pee as noted. . some really impressive models in this museum Andrew and I posing in front of a cross section of a cable that supports a Suspension Bridge. LOL.. in this pic you can see the groups starting to filter in so we moved into the next connected hall, which was all about machinery and how it's powered and what energy is required, and what energy is produced and just off the hall from this is a huge, 4 story area, that all about aviation and space. this just shocked me. . suddenly was in a space that was just as large as the Air and Space Museum main exhibit hall at the Smithsonian! full size planes on display, and hanging from the open area ceilings. Andrew actually chatted with another tourist that was a fan of flying and they stood and talked aviation for a good 20 minutes over here. I found a lot of it interesting too , tho of course I found the display with the Stewardess Barbie. and no, putting Ken's Pilot hat on Barbie doesn't make her the pilot museum folks ha! a Playmobil TSA set. peeking out the windows over here, at what I think is a nearby cathedral ? the hall is so big, they even talk about commercial airlines, including a cross sectioned plane so you can see how the food, luggage are stored. up the stairs to level 2 of the museum - tho still sticking with the Aviation atrium area where they have a 360 flight simulator and they begin to talk about missiles, rockets, and space tee-hee another view out the window from the 2nd floor now. looked like it was gonna rain today, but for the most part, the weather held out full size walk thru of classic planes - inside a museum! finally found a direction board . . and I was wrong, thought we were on level 2, but we were now on level 1, as we had come in on level 0 as you can tell. . still LOTS to do. into the Space section, and a nice model of the shuttle and skylab not as much on display as they have at the Johnson Space Center outside of Houston. . but for a museum across the world? I was really impressed by how much they do have on display. didn't seem to take many pictures in the "Science" hall.. .but I think that's because there was so much interactive stuff to do, that I just didn't even think to take many pics. thought these tubes/thermometers were pretty dang kewl tho. and who DOESN'T want a "Gilbert Nuclear Physics Atomic Energy Lab" playset???? to be continued . . .
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By prozach626 · Posted
Interested to know more about the enchanted rum bottle. -
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By Sportsdude360 · Posted
Giga-Dive track and supports has begun arriving at the park! I will head to the park later and try to get some pics! -
Good news I love that coaster! I rode it back in 2014 and it was a hell of a ride! Not rough but intense!
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