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New Wanda Parks in China.
DenDen replied to Gutterflower's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I just watched a documentary yesterday about this. China has this odd problem of overbuilding, since most of it's government officials think it helps the economy. In reality, when housing goes up like this, it tends to become abandoned. It's crazy. There are cities like this scattered around the country. Check it out below. At about 4:14, they're trying to turn one such abandoned city into a tourist attraction, with some rides. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] -
Skyplex Orlando Discussion Thread
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I did my part, and made sure I gave my opinion as a Florida resident. With the new high-speed train service coming soon from Miami to Fort Lauderdale to West Palm Beach to Orlando, (I live 100 yards from the rail line!) we South Floridians will be flocking to Orlando with a simple train ride, and this is something everyone would visit, just to even see it! Orlando "Day Trips" will be completely possible, and this is definitely a day trip attraction! PS. this new video is epic! -
I was just going to post on this topic to you. "Freebooting", or stealing videos for facebook posts is becoming a major problem, and the FB reporting procedure isn't easy, and by the time they do anything, they already got their millions of views. (They really don't care about it, it's content for them, I'm a victim a few times over.) I don't mind it, but when I see freebooting of TPR videos, should we report these as well? Dennis
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Kennywood (KW) Discussion Thread
DenDen replied to DenDen's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Do a search on YouTube, I just saw a video trip report on this year's event. It looked pretty weird to me, nothing as expensive or intense of a production than other parks. I've never been to KW for PFN, but I'm not into the "scares", so I probably just go for the odd atmosphere it seems to have. If anything, for me, it would be a great photo-op night. -
Robb & Elissa in Japan - 2015!
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Funny side story to yet another amazing trip report from you guys... In one of your reports, you posted this picture: I instantly wanted it! So I shared it on facebook explaining that you guys saw this during your escapades in Japan, and I exclaimed "MUST. HAVE. TAKE. MONEY." or something to that effect. Low and behold, the next day, a friend of mine was riding a tour bus passing Fuji Q park, takes a picture of it and says "We're in Japan, check out this cool park. We're not stopping, but we will find that pizza cutter!" Guess what I got? Rocket Pizza Cutter AND THEN, another local friend went through a Japanese online store, was forwarded to a Chinese store, and the product was sent from Australia! We met for coffee on Sunday. Pizza cutter number 2 Thanks TPR for sharing your amazing trips! So love them! Dennis -
Robb & Elissa in Japan - 2015!
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I JUST found out we have a Yakitori restaurant here in South Florida (Boca Raton to be exact!) I must find it! -
Alton Towers Discussion Thread
DenDen replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
It reminds me of this history tidbit: Kennywood closed once like this in its 100+ year history in 1991. During its first full week of the season, the (new) Steel Phantom was going too fast and was shut down, (neck injuries,) the Enterprise was not in operation at all, and then a major accident on it's Raging Rapids when a raft capsized. (The second time it happened in as many years.) At the time, the park was already closed on Mondays, they decided to be closed that Tuesday to recover from a rough start to the season and lay on the PR machine quite heavily. It ended up being a record year for them once the Phantom reopened with trim breaks, and the Rapids reopened with retrofitted guide rails in the waterway. OK, I'm done with my flashbacks... OY! This really is a sad story, hope all recover quickly! -
Flat Ride Accident in China
DenDen replied to gerstlaueringvar's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Zamperla successfully made one... a 30 seat model... [youtu_be]https://youtu.be/Y3iLp_fEnZU[/youtu_be] -
Photo TR: Siam Park City 29/12/2014 + NEW UPDATE
DenDen replied to slalom's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Great trip report. What a colorful park! I love it! -
How do you watch YouTube?
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I use Chromecast! (I know I'm a little late in seeing this. LOL) -
IAAPA 2014 Live Coverage!
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I think I'll jump in and add to the positive comments. You guys ROCKED it this year! Super dooper well done. As an online professional, all I could see is that you guys did everything right! I only get a jump in viewership like that about once a year, (I'm in news, so it's really based on the year's big story, and not as large as you guys!) so I know how exciting it is. Kudos and congrats! -
LED Lighting On Rides and Midways
DenDen replied to DenDen's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
To me, this is SUPER IMPRESSIVE, I've never seen incandescents simulated like this before. These are the types of lighting schemes I was talking about, most parks have it, and knowing that this picture is LEDs makes me feel better about them. -
More and more, you see LED lighting packages being installed on rides. Mainly ferris wheels and tall rides. But on carnival midways, it seems to starting to get crazy, to the point of headache and seizure inducing. Will theme parks follow? I like them, to a point. The fantastic animated colors on the giant wheels, and even on coaster trains like RR&R at Universal, and Thunderbolt's headlights at Kennywood are super cool. I'll even give high-powered LED floods a thumbs-up on modern rides like Black Widow. But I came across the following picture of a midway with a carousel lit up in white LEDs that just looks NAUSEATING! Random image from a carnival industry facebook page... Carousel in question, too much? Could you see an entire midway lit with these? Kennywood's Bayern Kurve is quite the eye-killer as well... (IMAGE: Wikipedia) Call me old fashioned, but I love the charm of well designed incandescent lighting. I would really hate to see theme parks move away from this, especially when the themes are old-world or historic, which is a LOT of theme areas! Could you imagine a classic coaster covered in LEDs? How about an entire games midway? Me neither. What's your opinion on them? They are a great energy-saving, flexible, durable technology, but come at a price of beauty and charm. (And sometimes, headaches!) Do you want to see more, or less, or consider them a great "Accent" but not a replacement? Just really curious what everyone else thinks...
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Photo TR - Lagoon / Mormons
DenDen replied to KBrylczyk's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
This is probably the last park in the country that I haven't been to that I REALLY want to visit. Thanks for the PTR! -
Dania Beach Hurricane Declares Bankruptcy
DenDen replied to digidoc's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/fl-dania-live-roller-coaster-20140729,0,3939087.story Full article at above link. -
My Cedar Point Coaster Campout Experience
DenDen replied to Jantzen73's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
I would have loved to do this. This sounds AMAZING! Thanks for the report! -
Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
If you don't know, I work for a very large LGBT print newspaper. I saw this story this morning and chose NOT to report it yet. I smell shenanigans with this one right now. As an on-line journalist, social media specialist, and LGBT community member, I see too many loose ends in this story that need explaining. I'm not buying anything on the speedo story just yet! -
I haven't been to Magic Mountain in a few years, but I feel the same way about it that Divv does. Even back then, I felt it to be a "cold, poorly run" park, only to be outdone by Castles and Coasters with smoking ride attendants.
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I always love Hanno's photography, I have the same style in my line of work as a photojournalist and artist, always catching the real action, not the expected or posed. Thanks for sharing the pictures, I always enjoy them and learn from them.
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Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread
DenDen replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Looks super fun! Boing, boing, boing...