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More "random" updates and pictures Mmmmmm...diabetic coma! Hooray for ERT!!! Random group photo!!! Um, Martin, this is a TPR event not an ACE event! Piers is very happy about X2 Barrels equal theming.

^ track photo's have already been posted http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=871108#p871108

Lunch time The most important part of the day...lunch! The only line at WCB...the food line. Ooooh! The back side of Riddler's! It's Scavenger Hunt time. Robb Alvey & Jay Thomas. Celebrity power!

^ glad to hear you like the pictures. These are coming from Robb from the park (while i'm at home and not at the park) anyway.. Even the reptiles are enjoying WCB! Sun is shining and we're going up to 80+ degrees today! Just in case you forgot what pre-show room you were in!

more What's missing?!?!? And yes that's the highest the car made it.

More excursion photo's These WCB excursions allowed us some great vantage points not accessible from the main park! Batman and Riddler from behind the scenes. You can't get awesome photos like this unless you come to West Coast Bash!

More updates from the backstage area tour Track for Mr Six! OMG! OMG! Dance coaster track!!!

More tour fun The next tour is a tour of the backstage of the park, behind Deja Vu, Terminator, Riddler and Batman! Hooray! Dirt Lot: The Ride.

^ you're welcome The next tour was of the Willoughby's Mansion maze normally used for Fright Fest!

trying to keep up with what's happening We are told this piece of track is what makes Goliath "special". Thank you Alex for the awesome Goliath block check tour!

Hey TPR Peeps! West Coast Bash is happening right at this moment. We will keep live updates going in this thread today and tomorrow as these are coming in. Come back once a while for further updates. Don't forget to Become a Fan of TPR on Facebook! The photos are being uploaded on facebook before hitting the forums. EDIT - Photo Directory! Page 1 Includes Photos of The start of the event; First Excursions: Willoughby's Mansion maze and backstage of the park Page 2 Includes Photos of Lunch time; Unicorns and metro Trains and Piers goes Backstage Page 3 Includes Photos of Magic Moments Theater Page 4 Includes Photos of Dinner time and Backstage X2 and evening ERT starts Page 5 Includes Photos of More evening ERT Let's start Day 2 of the event: Let's start this all over again at Knotts and Calico Mine Train backstage tour Page 6 Include Photos of More photos from backstage Calico Mine Train ; Galloping Goose and e-mail Dan Page 7 Includes Photos of Credit whoring and Knotts group photo!!! WCB 2010 is underway! West Coast Bash T-Shirt Patrol! Derek is manning the LZ registration. WCB attendees are arriving! Neal Thurman opens West Coast Bash with an important announcement. "We have removed the OTSRs from Revolution for one day only!!!". He of course was joking... Breakfast ERT!! Piers and Sausage in the morning. A perfect start to WCB. Oh yeah. Roller Coasters are open! New for WCB 2010 are Excursions! Here is part of the group waiting for the first excursion. Where will we be heading? The first excursion is headed to Goliath to see the crew do their morning block checks! Why is William so nervous? Piers has no scissors today!

^Chrome bug? Can't reproduce that with IE and/or Firefox..

Quick translation: Toverland goes further with the myth of Troy Coastervision (another dutch website) was present at the press conference regarding this years addition to Toverland. Toverland wants to expand the area around Troy in the following years, so the myth around Troy is being expanded. This year there will be 2 additions, a 15 meter high swinging ship and a horsetrack for the little ones. The swingship has a very special tail... The Scorpion (Scorpios) brings you back to the authentic harbor around Troy. The new attractions will open beginning of july at Toverland. A fixed food and drinks point will be added in the same style as. Scorpios The special thing about this swing ship is the angle of decline. A normal ship goes to 60 degrees, this one has a minimum of 75, according to Caroline Maessen. During the press conference we were also given a small preview regarding the music around. As soon as you arrive you will get into the vibe of the area, but as soon as you board the ship.. it will change completely.. a storm is coming.. Facts: Height Scorpios: 15 meters Length Scorpios: 16 meters Speed: 42 km/hour Minimum height: 110cm Number of people: 42 guests per ride Capacity: 800 gasts/hour Cost of the entire area: €2.500.000,- Oddyseus: According to Caroline Maessen this was only the beginning of what was to come for next year. Guests will be able to pass along this attraction to the new Oddyseus.What this will be be has not been revealed just. Next year Toverland celebrates it's 10 years party and they want togo big for this. Construction for Oddysseus will start in September assuming funding will go as planned since this will be a 10 million euro. Scorpios Location Entrance Scorpios Food and drinks point

But wait.. there's more. Plenty of Insane pictures in this part of the update.. that's some big track.. or is that person just small? time to check out the funhouse. going up the stairs come on mommy.. this is fun... rocket lady.. airtime the slide was going at warpspeed.. just a random photo of this area of the park.. yes.. there's movement.. now why did i get on this ride... mommy just 2 of the characters walking around the park that morning.. love the hair up-side-down screaming is allowed.. loading area.. going up.. looks like they are having fun.. random people love the hair underside.. for all the technical "nerds" out there.. looks like holding on for life?? just because.. Hi Mike hmm, Sweden... Looks like Steve had a great time.. don't make it spin.. don't make it spin.. earplugs... why the long face?? yup.. it's pretty high and big.. and they were putting people through as quick as possible.. 2 trains on track was a common thing that day.. time for a short break after all this Insanity. some random people there's no bad ride at this park.. floating last picture of the park from the ferry.. Next stop Finland and Power Park

Thank you Mattias, I had a great time at the park. Here's a bunch more pictures. Time for Day 11 of the trip. More time at Grona Lund before boarding the overnight ferry to Finland. We were given a nice presentation regarding the past and future plans of the park and after that.. a well.. i guess the pictures will speak for themselves. the advertisement... was perfect.. here's a park map.. just in case.. early morning.. it looks so pretty and so innocent.. yet the name is still Insane... let's see what's behind this door... behind the scene but wait.. there's more for all those machine nerds out there.. looking up... ok, time to move on.. there was a party planned for that evening... i see coaster track... plenty of track here as well right next to the waterfront.. ..not.. going.. to.. try.. to.. be.. funny.. with.. some.. sort.. of.. tree .... joke.... looks like a fun ride.. fire.. good nice way to wake up i guess.. plenty of theming at this park more fire.. looking up... loving the outfit guys time to relax and get funky i guess.. nice mouse very nice mouse that's a lot of track.. time to zoom in a little.. hmm, funhouse... i see something yellow.. train on track... just a small part of the city looks like fun times.. why those worried faces? going down... looks like more folks are willing to give it a go.. getting ready to drop... hitting the brakes next group of volunteers.. going up.. going down.. and hitting the brakes.. Lou just looks way too happy... Group photo. Thank you all for a great time ok, time for the next group to experience the drop.. starting the drop.. brake time.. wish we had sound to add to these pictures.. Hi Larry

Sorry to hear you don't like them. here's a few options for you: a) don't read my reports if you don't like them b) try to make your own report to show everybody how it should be done. as a side note.. i'm dutch, english ain't my native language, my sense of humor is different then that of most americans, i'm a bit (just a "tiny) bit older then you are and last one.. As you can see.. i don't take funny pictures. My goal is to give a presentation of the vibe and atmosphere a park has/brings and showing the natural reaction of people on coasters and at the park. If this is something you don't like.. so be it.. If more people don't like this.. i would love to hear that. I would then stop making these updates and saving myself 4 hours of work (per update) which could be used for other stuff. regards Hanno

Thanks for mentioning. Looks like i managed to fix it.

I see what you're referring to. I'll have a closer look at this later today.

Ok, time for part2 of this update.. By now.. it was dark, the sun had set... and the insanity was about to really start... Hope you enjoy it and remember.. this is place is totally worth a trip and visit. (or at least that's my opinion) yes.. it's dark... let's see what happens.. ok, looks like they enjoyed the ride getting back into the station.. thumbs up poor Craig.. he looks a little pale the before shot... some folks can't stop giggling.. and the after effect.. going for another spin another after effect screem if you like it... getting ready for another spin... and another after effect... time to say goodbye.. for tonight

After the visit to Skara Sommarland it was time to drive to Stockholm, check out the "World's Largest Ikea" and for myself a quick stop at MediaMarkt for a new camera lens (after destroying the original one earlier in the trip). After all that (and a little relaxing time) it was time to get moving again. Time for Day 10 part 2.. First couple of hours at Grona Lund. Included would be the first experience with Insane.. a ride which looks pretty basic from the ground.. but riding and enjoying it.. testing it.. and having a blast on it dit prove one thing. The name Insane.. is totally correct. This was one Insane ride. I do hope this first set of pictures will also give you a nice impression of this beautiful waterfront place. And yes.. i totally want to go back there (the sooner the better) and yes.. there will be more pictures from the time we spent there the next day before boarding the ferry to Helsinki. anyway, enough talking, picture time. on the road again... i see something in the distance... not sure what this was.. but it looked interesting.. eeing the people walk on top of it.. hmm, what's going on here? aha, a sailing event i see more in the distance.. looks like a ferry.. we made it spinning teacups.. looks interesting... but.. hmmmm but first things first.. aftre some drinks it was time to check out the park some random people.. one of the most appropriate ride names i've encountered so far.. people and attractions everywhere.. this just looks very interesting..., but will have to wait a little longer time to walk a little more and take in the amazing vibe next stop... credit.. the sun was on it's way down.. and the lights were being turned on... plenty of green only in europe.. so when's the next update coming Craig?? hmmm looks like ocean race related.. time to relax a little. spinning.. Vilda Musen a lot of track and metal impression from the side.. right next to the water different angle.. waterfront let's see.. 2 coasters, a power shot a drop tower.. am i forgetting something? food chair swing time to move on.. Jetline another credit drop fun..

Happy Birthday Kristen. Hope you have a great day.

look up on the board and see the new calendar. You can add events there by browsing to the day and click on the star icon. Let me know if you need more help.

part 2 of this update.. with plenty of Tranan pictures.. yes, it's open.. let's give it a try going up.. a different kind of fly by happy riders almost looks like a TPR member with a hangover.. having fun? smile and remember.. flap those wings one of those special places/things it does.. free fly going up under... more arms not sure what Larry's doing... time for some random people Looks like they are having a good time ehmm they look so happy ok, one more coaster picture.. time to do a quick lap to check out the rest of the place.. food place near the water kid play area there's also a waterpark, that's it for this update

Day 10 Skara Sommarland Another place i did not know much about before heading there. I did know that they had a new unique S&S coaster and i was looking forward to this. As the pictures will show this was one very interesting ride. Lots and lots of fun and i do hope that more of those will be built over time. The park itself had a nice charm to it and i can't wait to see what it will be like in a couple of years. Enough said.. picture time. welcoming sign looks like bungee next door having fun while waiting for the park to open the doors.. i see something behind the trees another Elissa friendly place looks like everybody is taking the same picture.. aha, it's a shiny blue coaster.. what's that? it looks like a bird time for a closer look Tranan, that's what it's called yup.. it's birds the seats.. still empty at this moment.. as seen from the other side a lot of wheels open structure to give you an idea of how this works.. just in case you forgot where we are today.. feeling nerdy.. train station building trying something else seating arrangement getting ready to fly... seat belt happy faces ok, let's check out a little more of this park.. staff... i love sweden.. did i mention that before? some signs are just amazing.. credit time why so confused? together with all his friends.. enjoying the ride.. the entire train.. time for a bonus lap random theming Alabama.... ok, time to check out this coaster again..

The browser causing problems is the AT&T Yahoo Browser. Not sure wich version it is since it's alwyas been the same and we have never been asked to update. If you download it right now you will get what I have. http://help.yahoo.com/sbc/tutorials/cl3/c3_basics1.html Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 I guess when using Internet Explorer or Firefox there's no problem?