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Replace the intamin starship with a larson super loop. But put it in a box with lots of effects.

Walibi Belgium, part 2: we headed over to the "western" part of the park. . a smallish area, with a bunch of shops, and two rides. . the drop tower, Dalton Terror, and the Vekoma mine train, Calamity Mine. I used to love this at Astroworld, and tho got to ride it at SFStL before it closed. .and earlier in the trip at Holiday Park. .so any chance to ride these, I take. you can see from the lines forming, it was really starting to get busy as we got into early afternoon timeframe. the mine train was only so-so, I thought. . .but I did like the look of this area. and was able to get James to do a photo op with me. i'm so pretty! we headed over to Buzzsaw, and wow.. what a line over here. with the fast lane it still took almost 20 minutes. and the cycle was really pretty bad. I mean, nothing could really compare with Talocan - especially the day right after. But this thing flipped, I think, maybe 3 times total? the rest was just rocking back and forth. i was sadly disappointed in this. tho it was very photogenic. phantom cars!!! it's a g-g-g-ghost driving!! ruh-roh!! we still had 3 coasters left in the parks line up, and I really wasn't looking forward to any of them (and didn't plan to ride two of them anyways, the kiddie and the Boomerang). . but to get up my nerve - and it was on the way - we stopped at the Carousel on the way to Vampire, the parks Vekoma SLC. lovely carousel. and all the effects were working: the spinning cups, the galloping horses, and the rocking carriages. see? my happy place. even rode twice maybe? Unless Jon fell off from the prior pic? while some went for a coffee break, I popped into the store up front to see if there were any shirts I might want later. i was surprised to see them selling merch from everyone in here! DC Superheroes (Six Flags parks), Harry Potter (Universal), Star Wars/Marvel (Disney), even cartoon network stuf fand Nintendo stuff! . . it's a copyright free for all up in here.. . LOL but eventually we had to face it. another "pretty to photograph, but it's gonna suck" ride. Vekoma SLC with some nice theming tho. but yes. . it suuuuuuucked. I haaaaaaated it. the only thing that even made it worthwhile to come over to this part of the park (near the front gates) was the Carousel. oh. .and passing these two inked Bears. . . hello misters! after the crapfest that was Vampire, we were starting to get hungry, but wanted to let stomachs settle. So we headed across the park to the one section we hadn't been in yet - and to ride Popcorn's Revenge - the other shooting dark ride. nature will find a way: although this seems like a huge waste of space - like SOMETHING should be in here for use? - it really is lovely to have a lake in the center of the park. and allows for some great views. this Elephant sculpture was adorable. and it "mists" you as you walk by. . LOL before we got to Popcorn tho.. most of the guys wanted to ride the boomerang. why? I dunno. .to get the credit I guess? I decided to just wait for them and watch. the best seat on a Vekoma Boomerang? the bench out front of the entrance THIS is what I was interested in. I had called this Mediterranean section. .but I think it's more going for an India street vibe, right? huge queueline, that was almost completely empty. for such a fun shooting dark ride. I think maybe just a lot of people don't realize it's over here? if you ever go to Walibi Belgium? don't miss this one. .it's great. and so well themed. (yes, it's basically Toystory Mania. . but it's still a good ride) this is all just the queueline theming! exit thru the gift shop. . . so you can buy a stuffed Popcorn. . . LOL he was cute - and it smelled wonderfully of buttered popcorn in here - but I couldn't fit that in my bag to get back home. this lil magnet tho, i could. . so grabbed him. Pink, of course. so photogenic. . .but so. . . boomerang-y the park has a flying carpet over here.. but no one was really riding it other than some small kids. i asked if adults were allowed, and the operator said "sure! come on aboard!" he said we could have cameras out so I got on with a couple of others, figuring I could get some good pics from the ride. catching Loup-Garou over the lake - and thru the trees and catching Kondaa on the 1st drop. for such a huge splash, it's so fun not more . . . wet. But I really liked Pulsar, and it too is very photogenic we sat to have a drink in the cafe across from the magic carpet and noticed these water jets. what's this? oh. .it's the parks rapids ride, "Radja River" - which I hadn't realized they had. I noticed this too over there.. . oh my! I convinced a couple of folks to ride with me. . but can't recall if we got really wet or not. I don't think we did? it was well done tho. . and like the rapids rides we saw in other parks? never in USA. . the boats were sent pretty closely together, making for a more fun time. across from it was the kiddie. and since I had talked some into riding the rapids - and the kiddie was a walk on basically.. . yeah. . I rode "Fun Pilot" oooo. .another Mad House? yes please.. I've gotten to like these, and happy that so many parks we visited had one. sorry so many pics of Pulsar. . I really DID edit out a lot of them! it's just so pretty with the sky behind it. it was time to eat. No idea what this was. I do remember it was good, tho the desert was a bit too chocolatly. but it was good. pic from Robb, that he sent out while we were stopped for lunch, so it saved in my camera in this spot. I guess from the top of the drop tower? But showing the full layout of Kondaa after lunch, we all wanted something "relaxing". . so we headed to that "slow boat" ride that's nearby Tiki-Waka feeeeed meeeeeeeee really do love how closely this ride interacts with the coaster (and vice versa) awww. . a pony ride, similar to what I got to ride at Dollywood (tho on bears there). we couldn't ride tho, as we were all too tall. so instead we went and rode the angry giant vagina monster ride. at least I'm guessing that's what this was called.. i honestly have no idea! tho I seem to recall that Ian got stung by a bee while in line? (or was that Jon?) and they went together to first aid to have it looked at while we rode? ZERO memory of this.. no idea what it was. . or if it was open, or if we did it. Took a picture of it tho, so I suspect we did it. . but sorry, no idea. Kondaa thru the trees! I do recall we wanted to ride it again, even tho we had end of night ERT on it. . so headed over that way for a ride tho stopping to ride this again along the way. . coming back into the Kondaa entry plaza area. . . we had talked about this ride and were planning to ride it. but we hadn't' seen it cycle, and watching it, it became clear that this is a very mild children's ride (good planning to put something over here for the kids, to keep them occupied so the adults can ride Kondaa). So we passed on this and went to the main attraction. another great ride, and before we had to end the night with ERT, we took another lap around the park to hit up anything we still wanted to ride, or to re-ride. NOT the boomerang (or the SLC). . but really, that boomerang is so tricksy. .it looks so nice! did we ride this breakdance? i really can't remember. after a few rides on things, we stopped at an icecream stand that had "Milkshakes" on the menu. So I tried it. OMG. . it was pretty disgusting. it's NOT what American's think of as a milkshake.. but it was very blue. and foamy. and not a consistency i liked.. it was sorta like "lumpy" milk. um. . yeah. . I didn't finish it. it was all good tho. . because by then it was almost time to meet up in front of Kondaa with the park rep, Valentin, and get our ERT on. So a quick stop in the shop near the front to pick up the Shirt I had seen earlier that I wanted, and then we headed back to meet up for ERT. not really any pics, because once we stored our bags in the station cubbies, we just rode and rode until the day was over. but I snapped this one before we went up to the station, while the park was flushing out the line from the General Public. such a gorgeous entry plaza for this ride. pic courtesy of Elissa (or Robb). and then sadly it was time to head out. We left around 7pm and had about a 3 hour drive to get to the hotel - on the beach in De Panne. so we had to say our goodbyes to Walibi Belgium to headed out. up next. . Day 8 evening on the beach in De Panne (still light out at 10pm!)