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Here are more random adventures in Mexico... I went back to Tijuana a few times. I like to get drunk here. I also REALLY like this picture. Tijuana is a hot mess. My first white pozole, and it was all random animal parts in there, still mega tasty and AWESOME. I think this was like MX$35. Tijuana is a hot mess. I don't know why it looks like I have a gold tooth. I concur. Anyway, lets get out of Tijuana, NOW! Off to MEXICO CITY AGAIN!!! YAY!!!! Helpful hint! Have a map of the local metro system on your smartphone, or print one out! Especially when the metro system looks like this. My friend and I made a stop at Museo Frida Kahlo...again for me. And we explored Coyoacán a little bit. There are lots of markets, vendors, and food in this neighborhood. It's a lot of fun. Panorama of one of the pretty gardens in the central square area of Coyoacán. We scored rooms at the Fiesta Inn for $64 a night after taxes. Business class hotel, sky rise, pretty close to everything! I honestly saw a lot less of this in Mexico than I was expecting to. In fact this is the only time I saw it! Group photo at the best restaurant ever!!! If you like habanero salsa and pozole anyway!!! We spent the week with Omar (next to me), and we met up with these other CFMR members a few times throughout the week. Stopped by El Ángel de la Independencia again. Still looking good! The next day we decided to take a trip over to the Castillo de Chapultepec. Casatillo means Castle. It's in Chapultepec Park, same place as La Feria, and the park is huge and beautiful. You can easily spend a week exploring everything here. To get to the Castle, it's a LONG spiraling walk up the hill. Like, REALLY long. And they make you throw away your water bottles at the bottom. Lame! You slowly emerge above the treeline, and vistas like this pop up. La Feria is in this picture. That little stick thing is the drop tower. It's there I promise. We finally made it to the top! Who knew this was up here? Looks awesome! View down the hill and into the city from the Castle. Inside, there is a TON of history and art. We got there with 45 minutes to go before it closed so it was a whirlwind visit. Lots of gaudy stuff like this. A lot of the stuff here dates back to Spanish rule of Mexico. I really liked the ska tiling. Another view from the top. To be honest, I was up here more for the views than the history. I mean, with 45 minutes you can't really pay too much attention. Another gaudy historic Spain thing... This is the view down Reforma. If you go far enough down that street, you will get to El Angel. Fun Fact! The USA flew their flag here at the conclusion of the Mexican American war. I feel pretty lousy about that. Probably a killer place to have a party. A ska dance party. The big entry plaza at the top of the hill around the Castillo. What does any self respecting coaster enthusiast do when the attraction they're at closes? Find the nearest roller coaster! I was HEARTBROKEN when I learned that Infinitum wasn't running. Got to ride Montana Rusa and Cascabel again though! And the drop tower that was closed when we visited with TPR! It was probably the most tame drop tower I've been on. But I love drop towers and they can't all be perfect. This picture is pretty perfect though. Totally a facebook cover photo. How did I miss this gem during the TPR tour?! It was really dumb. Just rocked up and down and showed a random volcano exploding video. Can you find it? Do you see it? It's pretty 'hidden.' Takes a keen eye.... I love the happy park mascots! Almost as much as I love everything about this candy product. I saw 3 VW beetles driving around the city with afro's on them advertising this. That night for dinner we got really, really, extremely wonderful, excellent tasting seafood. LoL. We're pretty sure it's a jukebox. This Diablo Shrimp was actually diablo. Mission accomplished! BTW I won that totally legit licensed Cars branded thing at La Feria. We drank some beers, and listened to this guy sing for a while, but we were pooped. Done for the day. Stick around for a visit to Xochimilco... one of the coolest places I have EVER been!!! POST COMMENTS. Keep this thread relevant!! lol

I'm interested to see how it looks once the other rail has been installed!

At some point in the past, knowing what an Immelman was helped me in some kind of social scenario.

I think the only thing that could drag me out to England is a TPR tour. I for some reason or another, just have zero interest in London and the surrounding area. Perhaps I have some inner need to experience a massive language barrier when I travel.

The 'overall feel' in Tijuana is kind of wild-west-y to me. Like, something good or bad can happen. The tourist areas have seen better days, but they are still fun. Tijuana is in no was a city that represents the rest of Mexico even though I get the feeling that many Californians judge the whole country by their experiences in Tijuana. It's a huge city and I'd imagine that you would run into trouble if you decided to go exploring outside of the business districts or tourist designated areas. My advice is to study the area, know where you want to go, and to not be an idiot. I did go out and drink, but I also had locals with me, I never drink so much that I can't make decisions for myself, and I always knew how to get to my hotel on foot. If you don't have experience using caution while traveling I would probably hold back on a trip to Tijuana.

^I was prepared for the worst when I rode GL but actually really liked it. We even flipped a zilion times at the end and hung upside down in the station for 5 minutes. The only ride I can't do is Tatsu. For some reason or another the pretzel loop just completely disorients me. Any tips on where to look or what to do to prevent this?

Does anybody else think it's weird that these are the same acts that do the County Fair circuit? You know, those places where people show off their genetically mutated prize winning animals?

About 2 months after my trip with TPR, I took another quick trip to Mexico City to visit a friend and got food poisoning. We ended up going to the doctor to take care of it, and everything including prescriptions out the door was about $40 USD. This was my first experience with a doctor that was actually, you know, affordable. Fast forward another month or so, and I have planned another week long visit to Mexico City! Yay! Airplane tickets purchased! That same night, I chipped my tooth on a life saver. Crap! So I made some phone calls, and it turned out that it was going to cost me about $900 - $1000 to fix my mouth. That's basically my Mexico budget. I'm screwed!!! What to do...what to do... I suddenly remembered the whole doctor incident so I thought, 'well, why don't I see about getting my tooth fixed in Mexico?' I contacted some friends that live in Tijuana, they were on board, and the very next day, another adventure began! How often do you see the 5 this empty during the day? Better exit here... Yay! Didn't expect to be coming back this soon, but sometimes life is unpredictable. Hello, old friend! So yeah, I took care of business. It turns out I would have to stay the night, but the whole thing out the door was $122. Instead of $900 - $1000 just 1 mile north. Tijuana is definitely NOT Mexico City or Guadalajara, but it's...interesting. I'm glad I had local friends to say the very least. What does any self respecting coaster enthusiast do when the dentist appointment ends far earlier than anticipated? Credit time!! Mundo Divertido is about 2 miles into Tijuana, and is a very easy drive or cab ride from the border. We took this group taxi van thing that was $6 pesos each. That's about $0.50 USD They have 3 coasters, the Pinfari previously pictured, called Montaña Rusa (Spanish for Roller Coaster), this Italian mouse... ...which is called Raton Loco. Haven't been on this style of mouse before. RCDB says it's a 'L&T Systems / Wild Mouse / Wild Mouse 30x20' It was a very small park but looked really nice! There's the required Pirate Ship! Get excited!!!! Our first ride was Montaña Rusa, which I was a little afraid to ride, but if I can get dental work in Tijuana, I can do anything. The station is...you know, standard. That turn just looks wrong. You can see the exit platform on the right. It's totally un-manned. You just kinda stop, the restraints come off, and you leave. Time to ride! YOLO! A nice shot of their rock wall and Raton Loco (this means Crazy Mouse in Spanish, in case you missed it earlier in the thread) The final credit was something I was becoming all to familiar with, a Wacky Worm called Gusano Loco (Crazy Worm). I had to drag my friend onto this. He was like 'no way that's for kids.' I was like 'whatever dude, it's a roller coaster. It counts!' The go kart track looked fun. Do you see Jesus in the distance? Random pic of the go kart station and the pirate ship. Cute little bug mushroom ride thing. This is the mascot of Mundo Divertido. Hola!!! Once again, the park was really 'cute.' Totally small, but cute and fun. In Tijuana, you see much more English/Spanish mix than you do down in Mexico City or Guadalajara. The park had a whole indoor section as well, with arcade games and some smaller flats. This whole park is mostly for little kids. We needed extra tickets to ride the Go Karts, these are the single tickets (as opposed to the sheet I bought earlier). Hooray, Go Karting! Can I now say I have technically driven in Mexico? They had a stage set up. My totally pro pictures don't show it, but there were a TON of school children here this day. Unlike Knotts though, the kids all waited in line and were totally polite. Swing ride with stage area in foreground. I don't know how this picture ended up here, but this is the monorail, which leaves the park and cruises around the mall that the park is in. Another shot of the indoor area, it had multiple levels. There's the mascot again! And some of the kids I was talking about. Lots to do inside, except that there wasn't any air conditioning inside and it was kind of miserable. I really wanted to ride the monorail, but it was closed. Anyway, off we went, caught another MX$6 ride back to the tourist district. This is, by far, the classiest thing I have ever seen in a hotel. I believe that was a goat painted like a Zebra? This one may be a pony but I know I saw a couple of goats. Some kind of zebra fetish goin on down there... This is the Arco del Reloj (Time Arch), it's pretty big and makes freaky twangy noises from all the cables. I guess the 'reloj' hasn't worked in a while. It's just a black screen. Once again, freakin delicious. I don't know what it is, maybe it's the meat, but all Mexican Food tastes better in Mexico. Didn't your mother ever tell you to stay away from Tijuana?? So obviously, we did go out that night, but all you're going to see is this picture of empty shot glasses and a Gatorade lid full of salt. All you can drink for MX$130 (about $10 USD). The next morning, we had some delicious sea food, I had Ceviche. Mmmmm. Tortillas were excellent too. Cancer de Mama! Collect them all! I finished fixing my tooth, and headed back home to that other country to the north. Yeah, that one. It's kind of a long walk, through several paseos and across a few bridges. Notice the dentist? There are about 2,000 dentists in Tijuana. I'm glad I had friends who took me to their own dentist, otherwise I probably wouldn't have done this. Still, I saved about $750!!! I'm getting all my dental work done in Mexico until I have dental insurance again. The line to get back into the USA was about 1/2 a mile long, took just under an hour to be standing on our 'soil' or whatever. One last shot at the line. This bridge above us is the way to get over to the tourist district. Anyway, up next is some more touristing around in Mexico City! I also visited La Feria again, not a ton of pictures but I will share!!! PLEASE COMMENT! Tell me what you think!

^The site I found is here, although it does not look like it's been updated for next year yet. ^^Thanks! I too am fascinated and would love to share some more pictures, just need to make sure some people here actually care! I figure it's a city we don't see too often here on TPR so perhaps there are more that are curious about this city that is so close to many of us yet so far away culturally.

Very fun reports! I'm not sure but was that the first positive review of Parc Asterix to ever hit TPR? I've always wanted to go despite the reports of their coasters being rough.

^That's an excellent fun fact! I have always wanted to go to Europa and now I feel strangely closer to it

Thanks again, Bill! She can also be found on the back of the $500 peso bank note. I like how it's not just presidents on their money

I finished up my visit to Mexico City by visiting some places I wanted to go. Being a theme park website, I will briefly revisit this part just so you can see, but I won't get too deep into it. There are no coasters or theme parks in this update, but stay tuned, I'm not done yet! Also, if you enjoy the sightseeing in Mexico City, please COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW. I have more to share and if enough people are interested I can show you some really neat spots, including a place with Miriachis on boats and a freakin castle. Mezcal hangovers are a completely new ballgame to me. Nonetheless, I had to get going, so I took the metro to my next destination. Some of the metro stations have cool art pieces right in them. My next stop was La Casa Azul, Museo Frida Kahlo. That's the Frida Kahlo Museum in case you didn't catch that. The museum is in the house she lived in, so it's quite small but being AT her house set a very cool and intimate tone. I didn't expect it to be as emotional as it was...and the thing is, is that it wasn't even intentionally emotional, it just was. This is her bed. Her legs were different lengths (among other issues) but she trooped on. The courtyard was peaceful, there was also rain threatening that day so that pushed the somber vibe. If you don't know about Frida, google her. I am SO GLAD I made the time to come here. It's not a very long visit so that helps too. This is the entry area to the museum. I 100% recommend visiting here, and the neighborhood around it, Coyoacán, is really cool as well. Here's her house from across the street. Just another 'Los Angeles is mega behind the times' observation. This dude was juggling in the middle of the crosswalk during red lights. Don't see that every day. Easy visit to Coyoacán, time to head back up to the Zona Rosa! The trains run on rubber tires and flat tracks, I guess it's this way in Paris as well. I love the exit signs in the metro! This is the neighborhood where my hotel was at. The Zona Rosa. Gay. Also touristy. I liked how wooded the streets were, made me feel right at home and comfortable. In tourist neighborhoods, a foot police officer can be seen at least at every corner. Some people are uncomfortable by this, but I liked it. One of the night clubs across the street from my hotel. Mexico City has a huge bike share program, these stands are EVERYWHERE, and people using the bikes were everywhere as well. El Ángel de la Independencia is located at a prominent intersection on Reforma. Reforma closes to traffic every Sunday for use by people on bikes, on foot, or anything but a vehicle. Another look at my neighborhood. Loved how small and cute it was! Hey girl hey....by the way, instead of ripping out phone booths, they turned them all into wifi hubs so there if you have Infinitum, you have city-wide wifi. If you look carefully, you can see El Ángel de la Independencia from my hotel window. Lucky me! This is an old aqueduct that sits in the middle of a busy road south of where I was staying. I think this was in Condesa. I know its blurry, but here's my trendy hotel room. It was something like $85 USD a night. Estela de Luz was erected to celebrate 200 years of independence from Spanish rule. Many of us were able to see this from our room at the first hotel but had no idea what it was. Now you know! Cool art along reforma. These are seats at a bus stop. Another blurry shot of my hotel room. You can see out into the room from the bathroom. Sexxxy! Well, all good things must come to an end, so here is my last shot of Mexico City at the airport. I'm going to miss you! I WILL be back!!! Headed back to Disneyland Airport...I mean John Wayne...I mean Santa Ana...I mean Orange County. Tomorrow, we will visit 3 more roller coasters in Mexico. Where? How did this happen? We'll find out tomorrow! POST SOME COMMENTS!

^That only added to the adventure for me. The only bummer that it caused is that I really wanted to go out that night and had several people on board. By the time the delay ended everybody was wiped out and changed their mind! I wish we had known at the time that we were only about a $6 USD cab ride from the hotel.

This is a short video that CFMR posted about our day at Feria de la Ciudad De Mexico. I'm in there for quick little bits...mostly just look for the white sunglasses lol. There's a link until I figure out how to embed it. Actually, I give up on trying to embed. If a moderator would be so kind as to help me with this, I would find it very helpful. Thanks Woodie Warrior wrote: Mexico is a nicer place than most of the USA gives it credit for. Naturally, we like to focus on whats going on at the borders and in the border states, but if you look deeper into the country, it is fascinating and beautiful, and the people are so nice and wonderful. And the food ROCKS. I tell people this all the time and I'll mention it here. I felt safer in Mexico City and Guadalajara than I do when I leave work in Downtown Los Angeles each night.

Continued... I really wanted to see a Lucha Libre so this was definitely fulfilling for me. We watched for about 15 or 20 minutes. Ralph El Demoledor! Snow White is selling Pan. Pan is bread. OK so we worked our way back to the big credit, Cyclone. This pirate ship is a force to be reckoned with. It seriously scared the crap out of me when we rode it. This was a free attraction. OK anyway, let's work our way up to the platform. Hello? Anybody there? Why am I being freely allowed to roam around on this platform with ZERO employees around?!?!?!?! While we wait, another look at the tiny pirate ship of death. Seriously. Fixed lapbars and this thing JOLTED you out of them. The green print means I paid $30. We learned that the ride ops were hiding in this little trailer. So we went over and rode the dragon coaster. Tame enough... ...but the guy sent us around 11 Times. ELEVEN TIMES. I actually started getting a little dizzy. I'm not sure if I should be admitting that. OK. It's DEFINITELY running now!!!! Each ride that was an upcharge had it's own ticket booth. Some didn't though. On the dragon coaster, we just handed the man $25 cash. Most other rides you got a ticket in a little booth though. Yay! A fair credit! I hope this goes well! The ride was thoroughly entertaining, although I don't think any of us rode it more than once. Some of the group was going to take off at this point, so we took a group picture. I was the first person from the USA to ever meet up with their club, so that was pretty cool. I still talk to many of these guys. Such a cool day! I grew a pair and rode this...honestly I did just fine...except that I held on like a little girl the whole time. This is some kind of drink you have for breakfast. It was yummy and warm...but warm wasn't exactly what I was looking for. The coaster club was very interested in showing me food and beverage I had not yet experienced during my visit, and I was all for it! This is a Cecina Enchilada. Enchilada basically means 'to spice,' so while in the US, you may only see enchiladas as things wrapped in a tortilla, this is not the case in Mexico. This was just spiced meat. It was DELICIOUS! Have I mentioned that Mexico is obsessed with straws? If you go back and look at the photos, basically every beverage ever has a straw sticking out of it. The group lunch was really special for me, and reassuring because I kept remembering that all of my TPR friends were either out of the country at this point or waiting for their flight. Pretty much the best carnival game prizes I have ever seen in my entire life. lol. Fahrt. Just a nice midway shot. The fair went around an indoor stadium, and across the street there was a large outdoor stadium. Two brave CFMR (Club de Fans de Montañas Rusas) ride the Enterprise. No bueno! You can get very close to the ride operating, since there were no barriers. This is a picture of a dude just chillin on the Enterprise stairs, with cars whooshing by like, a foot and a half from his head. The lady is like 'wtf you crazy?!?!' Fahrt for $30, ferris wheel for $25 I think I took this because there is a Wacky Worm train operating with the Enterprise operating in the background. Very fun midway. This kid slowed down the ride by tapping his hand on each car. He was also smoking a cigarette. Couldn't capture the picture I wanted in time though. Yep, lets just chill right here next to the operating bumper car ride. I love the fact that there were no barriers and people weren't dying. Is the entire rest of the world less dumb than the USA? I'm starting to think so... This was like a live late night infomercial. The guy would sell a random item, like a clothing hamper, and slowly lower the price and make the deal better and better till it can't be refused. Then he would just stop, cut it off, and start selling something else, like skillets. One lady asked for a clothing hamper during the skillet sale and the salesman basically told her 'you're too slow! you should have been here when I was selling hampers!' This was all translated for me of course. They start em young. Notice the continued use of safety barriers. I never want to leave! They told me to take a picture of this, so I did. Here it is. Well, the club bought me some bread, and it was time to head off. Goodbye new friends! I will never forget this! I came home with these two cups and a loaf of very fancy bread. It was delicious. That night, I made some friends and went to a Mezcalaria, and once the drinking starts, the pictures stop. So this ends another amazing day in Mexico City! Next up is some sightseeing, and after that 3 more bonus Mexico credits!!!

^Great idea!! Especially when the bathroom is right in the middle of the bus lol! While we were on the bus heading back to Mexico City, I was going through my Facebook and I noticed a local club would be having some kind of event at a fair the next day. I had no finite plans for my next few days by myself, this seemed kinda cool, so I asked Elissa if she knew anything about the club. She said 'do it!' so the next thing I knew, I was confirming with them and extending my coaster tour. After the farewell dinner with the TPR crew, I headed back to my hotel in the Zona Rosa, but instead of partying it up as I had planned (it was Friday night), I went to sleep early for another full day of coastering bright and early the next morning! I had no idea what to expect, but I was excited! Continental Breakfast at my hotel was nice, but not as nice as the ones at the TPR hotels On A TPR Trip, when they say 'Meet at 11:00' they mean 'Be there by 10:45.' So I got to the fair early, but it tuns out 11:00 means 11:15. I heard there were some issues with the metro. Where to sit...where to sit. This looks like a good spot! Here we are at Feria de la Ciudad de Mexico! I have no idea what is going on! I hope these guys show up soon! NOT liquor! Well, the guys eventually showed up, and more came throughout the day, so we got in line to enter. It was long but we were constantly walking. The 'feria' was split into two areas, and to move between the two, you had to navigate these huge expo halls with tons of vendors. They had it set up like a zig zag so you HAD to walk past every. single. business. Whew! Made it to the midway. Yes please! On the way to the coaster, we walked past several kids rides. Yay! My first non-TPR Mexico credit!!! errr....hmmm. Okay. We'll try again later. Where's the ride operator? How about this contraption? LoL nice. Dumb but still a credit! As happy as the dragon was, he wasn't open either, so we moved on. We got there really early so the rides areas weren't really up and running yet. Another flat. Inside the expo halls, you can get your hands on lots of genuine, official merchandise. One of the many halls of shops that we saw many times throughout the day. By the end of the day, this whole expo hall navigation took about a half hour each way. Hooray! Midway #2! In Mexico, he gets the bird. Angry Bert? Carnival Transportable Chairlift ride. I have never seen one of these before. Yep, it's a real chairlift! Those yellow columns were another entrance to the fair. Anyway, I was thoroughly fascinated with this chairlift. Am I just sheltered or are these rare? Several rides were included, and you had to pay for others. This one was free...that's what the sign under the blue umbrella says. This was also free...I think. Sup Taz? Most of the larger up-charge rides were $30. Some were $25. But uhhh, hell no on that one. Yess...that's more my speed The feria also had a fairly substantial water play area with some pools and slides. Some were inflatable and others rigid. It was the busiest part of the feria during the day. The whole area had it's own separate up-charge if you wanted to partake. One more look at the 'big' slide. There was a large go kart track as well. If this didn't exist, you could sneak over to the other midway. But it did exist, so no sneaking around. Oh, nice! Never been on one and I'm not going to start today! Sup Jessie? These look so tempting but I just don't do the whole spinny thing any more! OK. THIS...is my first non-TPR Mexico Coaster Credit! And how appropriate. Yet another Wacky Worm! Cha ching. lol. The funny part is I don't even count carnival coasters, but whatever, I was having a great time. We watched them run a 9 Minute Cycle on this. They basically kept it running until there were enough people in line to fill the ride again. They kept asking 'MAS??' The riders always wanted mas, so mas they got. Trampoline kids area with huge balls. I'm just gonna sit and do my paperwork riiiiight here. Oh, did I mention that there was Lucha Libre at the fair? This was VERY popular, and when they would come to and from the stage, the crowd would accost them like they were celebrities. Why? Because in Mexico City, they ARE celebrities. It was AWESOME seeing this for real and up close where it comes from. It's completely fake but totally entertaining and hilarious. And the crowd LOVES it! Sup Pinoccio? This stand was in the same area as the Lucha Libre stage. BODY SLAM!!!! More coming very shortly...

^You know, it DID seem a little uncomfortable but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that we didn't know anything about it. We also only had a short period of time to catch the credits, explore the park, and eat. It was REALLY spread out with lots of nothing in between rides. Like I said, the local families seem to go there to relax and have a family day in a large controlled space. There was a fairly large water park that we didn't visit, and there was also a large ropes course including zip lines that we didn't even see! I learned about the ropes course after we visited, and if we had time for it I'm sure TPR would have had a blast doing it! Probably the most un-traditional theme park I have ever been to, but to the local people, it was their local park. Another odd thing was that some of the vendors seemed to have nothing to do with the park itself. There was this one lady that had a bunch of random different items, including a 2 liter of coke for $30 pesos ($2.30 USD). I bought some Adventure Time wristbands from another vendor. Weird place!

I think I have some more German rides waiting for you in the next update! That last day was tough because it was the end of the TPR segment but the beginning of my own. I had made so many friends that I didn't want them to leave, and I was also losing my safety net! Time to see how I do in another country, by myself, with little knowledge of the local language. Lots of emotions!!!

Thanks, that's a much better picture!

After Selva Magica, we went back to the hotel to freshen up for our last adventure of the day. It was time to go visit the Jose Cuervo factory and drink some tequila! Our tour guide told us a fascinating story on the way to the town of Tequila. This guy showed us how they harvest the good stuff. Gas stations don't show their prices because gas is nationalized and it's the same price everywhere. Tequila was a really cute little town. This was the little paseo that ran between the factory and the restaurant we had dinner in later that night. We got fancy for our tour Well, we did a tour, we drank, we ate, and we headed out. I apparently didn't take any pictures of it. What happens in Mexico....lol The next morning we walked around Guadalajara a little bit. It was a beautiful morning and there weren't many people out yet. Downtown Guadalajara is a beautiful place. It's funny to think this place is closer to Los Angeles than New York City. It felt really far away. But also kind of familiar and comfortable. I really need to get back there and spend a little more time! lol So that city was just totally unexpected and wonderful for me, but it was time to head back to Mexico City. Typical staring out the window shot for most of the drive There was an 'issue' with the 'lavatory' toward the end of the trip and we had to get creative. Here's the 'fancy' chicken and cactus dish that we had at our final meal as a group. And that's the ballgame! End of the TPR trip! What an amazing experience!!!! I left the hotel that night and headed to where I would be staying for the remainder of my stay in Mexico City. Tomorrow, I snag 3 more credits

These pictures are from the trip DVD but I wanted to include them here just to document my first Sky Coaster experience. Riding it WITH your instructor/ride operator is actually somewhat reassuring. "Should I be scared right now?" "Nah." Wheeee!!!! These things are a lot of fun! Definitely worth the $3.80USD!!! (ok, now that I've done it, I'd be willing to pay a bit more)

Today we visited Selva Magica, a small park in Guadalajara that is run by the same people that run La Feria back in Mexico City. It was kind of a sad day for the tour because it was our last park together so it was that moment where we realized how fast the week flew by. We did have tequila to look forward to later that day, though! And just FYI, there are SIX more credits that I will be sharing with you after this park so the report is far from over! Welcome to Selva Magica! There is also a zoo here that is about the size of 20 Selva Magicas. Tiered pricing, just like La Feria. The first ride of the day was Titan. A true out and back. Like the truest out and back ever. It's the parks biggest coaster. Titan was cool, had a couple pops of airtime and a weird long straight track segment. You can see it behind this Pinfari coaster called Jubilé. We'll ride that later. Before that, we rode our last Schwarzkopf, Tornado. Look ma no seatbelts!!! I have never been on a spiral lift ride so that was a fun novelty for me! They were only running one train though, so I only got two rides on it. Still, a really fun ride! With no safety restraints whatsoever! Jubilé was just your run-of-the-mill Pinfari. I remember something weird or painful happening, but I don't exactly remember what it was.... Always keep an eye on your nearest green arrow! After the coasters, we were lead past this Corona boat to a backstage area. We didn't get to ride the Bullet but this is definitely a good consolation prize!!! Junkyard with Tornado in the background. Look! I caught nerds being nerds! The Bullet is now built and should be opening anytime. I'll definitely be back to ride it. Stop! We were given these tickets to ride the Sky Coaster for $50. A $3.80USD sky coaster? Heck yes I'll ride! I have actually never been on one before. This guy sat there upside down for a pretty long time. So I was hanging out with The Schwitek and it turns out that he is some kind of superstar Sky Coaster trainer person. The employees at the ride didn't really speak english, so he volunteered to do the speech for me. It was kind of fun being trained on riding this, in Mexico, with a tour participant. After our ride, we ended up sticking around for another 45 minutes or so while Mike prepared a bunch of other TPR members for the ride. The whole thing was pretty funny to me! They offered him a job! I see TPR members! This guy sat there upside down for a pretty long time Note the reunion point in the foreground. There was this target with body outlines underneath the sky coaster that was painted over. Too morbid for even Mexico? This is a walk through a pregnant woman. You literally walk through her. Don't touch my baby! It wiggled back and forward and scared the crap outta me. Naturally you can't leave a body without navigating the bladder! Definitely one of the more bizarre attractions I've seen. Fun fact! He's still disturbed by the pregnancy experience! There were a bunch of cool flats here. I believe you can 'park hop' over to the zoo from this entrance within the park. Every park except the one in the mall had a Haunted House, and we hit all of them. The one at La Feria was probably the best, those guys had a SERIOUS amount of energy! There was one room where this guy was jumping on a bed and running around the room and rolling all over the place. They also talked with these deep voices that they are going to lose at about age 25. Anyway, the one here was funny because one of the guys kept saying random words in english to us. And Churro. Time to ride the mat slide of death! My favorite part were the little arm fluffies OK at this point I was legitimately freaked out. It turns out that you stop at each flat part and walk to the edge. Vamanos! While this thing looked crazy, it wasn't all that exciting. And I burned my hand on the green part. But I've never seen anything like it, so in that respect it was awesome! Another flat. We managed to get on the Log Ride. I love log rides! The station platform was outdoors. Final drop......THROUGH THE TREES! I don't trust that smirk. Wait...I guess I have to. One more shot of the pre-lift bit on Titan. They had a little sprinkler going in the lawn. Water feature! Nice little fountain in the entry plaza. Mexico parks love their dolphin shows! De nada! Looking to the right from the entrance. This is where more of the kids attractions were. The program they ran on this just lifted all of the dinosaurs to the top for the whole ride. It looked kinda funny. One more shot of the entrance. Next up, some tequila IN Tequila!!!

Thank you! All this positive feedback is definitely keeping me going!

I actually intentionally waited quite a bit since there were already a few Mexico TR's floating around out there. I figured there would be MORE interest later on. It's been really fun to write and most is just coming out naturally as I look at the pictures.