Hhappy

Ok, time to have a quick look at my favorite time of the year.. For the last couple of years i've been able to visit the Orlando area for Halloween. This includes Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween and other random fun. In 2011 i decided to try a new camera lense to see if i could get more out of my gear. Here's one of the resulting pictures from that attempt. I don't like bringing a tripod with me (since i would hardly use it and it takes too much time to set up and use) so every picture is handheld.

already posted in this topic. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1173780#p1173780

While walking around parks you get to see some of the most awesome/amazing things... and sometimes you just happen to have a camera ready. These "lucky" moments create some of the most amazing stories after a visit. Today i have 3 pictures for you which are based on (possible) clothing issues/distractions whatever you want to call these. Now the BIG question for me is.. who knows which picture was taken at which park during which trip?? enjoy and let me know what you think. 1 2 3

Ok, time for for another update. Today we are going back to the year 2010. Part of the Intimidatour was a stop at Carowinds. I bring you Hurler in all it's "glory". This image should be a nice indication for the ride experience that day enjoy and feel free to comment.

the hotel not only looks amazing, it is amazing Looking forward to staying there every time i get to visit the park

Polar X-plorer at Legoland Billund

Today's update is a bit different. It is themepark related but not a coaster or themepark ride. It's a Hotel. Hotel Colosseo at Europa Park is one of my favorite hotels to stay at. This picture was taken in januari 2012 during the last weekend of Europa Parks winter opening 2011/2012.

I have not been on Thirteen so i cannot compare.

I was thinking the same thing about the photos. You really captured the ride's "best side," Hanno. This is basically the view of the ride you can get from inside the park (except 2 images at the start of the report). So from inside the park (and guest) view there is no "bad side"

Please use the search before posting a new topic. we already have something like this. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27015 locked

Today was the opening of the Polar Land area at Legoland Billund (Denmark). This is the largest single investment in the history of the park. Total investment is 75 million DKK. In this area we can find a restaurant, a penguin habitat for 15 penguins. These are Gentoo penguins which in Danish are called "donkey penguins" because they make a characteristic braying noise. The penguins have a land area of 80m2 and 70 m2aqautic area with 180000 liters of salt water. As part of the Polar Land set up the Power Builder has been refurbished as well to the new Ice Pilots School. In the restaurant visitors can enjoy a meal at Polar Pizza & Pasta while watching the penguins. The area will also have its own shop. The centerpiece of the are is the Polar X-plorer. Capacity: 850 riders an hour. Max speed: 65 km/hour Ride duration: 111 seconds Max G-Force: 4.2 G Visitors travel into the mountain at a height of 10 metres The mountain is 16.5m high The snowmobile drops 5 m vertically in a free fall. Historical tip from the park: An attraction for both birls and boys. It's often interesting to observer how certain attractions appeal to grils and boys. Polar Land is a good example of an attraction that appeals to borth girls and boys. While the cute penguins will attract the girls, the Polar X-plorer ride will appeal to many boys. To create as realistic a ride as possible, before starting the design of Polar X-plorer the designer of the roller coaster insisted on test driving a snowmobile. About the ride: To me it's a WIN for the park. You have to be 1.20m before you are allowed to ride (which is the same requirement as x-treme racers) And from the outside you can't see some of the surprises. The enthusiast community was aware about the drop that is part of this ride. The VIP's (and a lot of guests) that were riding the coaster, apparently did not know about it. There were plenty of screams happening in that area. The families really seemed to like the ride and when it opened for the guests in the park the line filled quickly. Anyway, after boarding the comfy train you leave the station to go up the lifthill (duhh) take a nice swooping turn to the left followed by a nice pop of air, through the mountain turning to the right before the next pop of air. Another helix and then you are heading for a "dead end". It almost felt like finding a safe spot to park your snowmobile. Only bummer in this case.. the floor does not hold. The drop is not giant (like Griffon) but this coaster is not about the drop, it's about the family experience and the penguin interaction. That does not mean that your butt can't leave the seat when dropping though After that it's a nice twisty bit that is taken at a more leasure speed to "recover" from the shock, time to look at the lego theming on the side and take a quick look into the penguin area. I only got to ride it in the front and did not have time to check out the back. So i'm not sure how much of a difference that will make. When "parking" your snowmobile in the "cave" the doors close behind you making the area darker (which helps with the screen as well) It is that i took the video other wise i would not have noticed the entire drop mechanisme being so open/clear in the view (or even the ceiling). My eyes were drawn to the screen immediately to watch the lovely lego figures and hearing the cracking sound. You are coming out of the bright light and enter a darker area, so it does take some time for your eyes to get used to it. To me the ride and the entire area looks pretty much complete (just one open area which will probably be used for the shop) and looking at the first reactions of the guests it will be a hit for the entire family. Enough talk, here are a few pictures of the ride and a POV video I'm not driving, but this is where i'm heading today First it was presentation time. My Danish is not that good.. so i did not understand much of it but seeing the construction pictures in the background is this design for the area was a cool touch Philippe Cousteau was there as well (grandson of the one and only) He gave a nice speech about everything we do makes a difference enough talk, time for a small walk this is not an angle you can see from the park just warming up press is ready to get a bunch of pictures a bit more talking and.. we can check out the penguins ice penguin 5 seconds later the kids were all over it entertainment ok, time to focus.. it's coaster time it's rocks take the arch first train fo the day another train with VIP's graarrr fun for the entire family, and yes it's pretty "heavy" for some of the kids But these are happy faces.. and happy faces are an indication that people are having a great time is this mountain tiny?? i don't think so take the tunnel Our ice pilots seemed to enjoy the ride as well yup not sure but it looks like fun and yes, there is hairtime in this image the ride opened for the rest of the guests in the park and they all lined up Polar Land After grabbing a quick bite this is what the que area looked like. The dome has a "small" inside que and then you board the train. The left has the quick que entrance and shop exit. start of the line lego theming there is your snowmobile more theming towards the Ice Pilots School but we can still look at the coaster from here plenty of room to walk underneath the coaster keep on smiling So here's a quick look at the Ice Pilots area Which looked pretty good with the big screen displaying footage from the tv show some random plane parts from the show being used as props Back to the coaster and the fun these rocks look pretty good to me another snowmobile going up the lifthill happy riders the front of the train ice pilots school sign and a lego pilot something is missing that's better more lego quick overview of the area from the "side". First drop, station area and mountain station, mountain and penguin area train antering the "cave" and getting ready for the drop but there is also food need a drink? plenty of people were taking a look at the penguins theming on top of the mountain Pizza and Pasta. Hopefully plain pasta as well hands up is a good sign i think and yes.. there is air on this ride

Today's picture is only a few hours old. It's from today's opening of the new coaster at Legoland Billund (denmark) Polar X-plorer. The new Zierer with drop enjoy a bigger update will follow soon from the tv show Ice Pilots

Today i have a picture from 2008 for you. The europe trip that year gave me the opportunity to visit some of the best parks in europe (again) and introduced me to Europa park. Part of the trip was a stop at Toverland. Here's an image from the parks GCI coaster, Troy enjoy.

Yeah, that could (and probably will) be fun

For today we are going back to the 2008 europe trip. Just in case you are wondering.. yes.. this coasters is voted worst wooden coaster in the world for a reason.. I present Anaconda at Walygator Parc This is a fine example of once, but never again.. some credits are not worth the effort to get them..

Maybe tomorrow

The twins?? Just wanted to show something else then just people's reactions on a ride for a change

Let's go back to the beginning of 2011. A small park in Sweden had a filming session for their new wooden coaster. Should not be too hard to know the answer to this (i think) You guessed it, i'm talking about Twister at Grona Lund. This awesome ride was added to an already awesome coaster collection at this park. It is also an awesome example that there is no such thing as not having enough room for another coaster. This rides interaction with the other rides and location right next to water were awesome. Looking forward to my next visit Here's a first drop picture for you

from the Games forum posting rules, guidelines and etiquette: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21965

^ i just tested with Firefox and IE (just to be sure) and it works fine for me. Just remember.. if you are already subscribed to a topic.. the button will not show (you will get a unsubscrive link at the bottom of the page)

^ which reminds me of the Furious Baco video that was posted a while back..

^ that was a very old topic. Accoding to the info it's related to files being hosted externally (aka members.lycos.nl) NOTHING on TPR. The problem is at members.lycos.nl and not TPR. In that case one of the posters avatars was hosted there. The message should be gone now.

Today we are going back to 2007. My first (and so far only) visit to Cedar Point. This was part of the 2007 MidWest trip. This 2 day visit still brings back plenty of memories. Like arriving at the hotel late at night in total darkness due to a power outage in the area. Seeing the lights turn on around Dragster (and in the hotel) a couple of hours later. Walking in the pouring rain the first day after the skies looked like aliens were arriving in the area. Getting all the credits in the park that same evening in just a few hours due to the park being emtpy after the rain.. Anyway.. Here's a "classic" It's Dragster time and going down is the best part.. Looking up at the ladies.. but what's up with that hand? zoomed in a bit more.. wtf? I guess some like the pain Anyway that's it for today. Feel free to comment and check back tomorrow for another update

Thanks for the comments so far. Today i have a picture from the 2008 Behemoth trip. Darien Lake has an interesting collection of rides. Ride of steel (which was running awesome that day) and basically right next to it.. Predator.. I guess this picture describes this wooden coaster pretty good. Enjoy

next picture is coming soon