robbalvey

Was there any sign of Q-Bot being available for the ride? --Robb

From www.screamscape.com This is AWESOME! Ever since Universal started doing the unlimted Express Pass for people who stay in their resorts (all equivalent to a Disney Deluxe) we almost ALWAYS stay one or two nights at one of them during every visit. Next weekend, for example, we're booked two nights into the Royal Pacific so we can get our line jumping privalges. We also usually stay at Boardwalk at least once per year, but never bother every trip because you just don't get many perks for spending $200+ per night. This changes things. I'm all about paying for better service where I want it. For example, I'm not the type of person who needs to fly first class or rent luxury cars, but I'm sure as hell the person who will spend an extra amount of money to not have to wait in lines at parks. IMO, if you're going to spend the extra money for the better hotels you SHOULD get extra perks. And it's not as though these perks aren't available to EVERYONE at the resort. Now I know people are going to complain about how this is unfair to people who can't afford it...BUT I don't agree with that at ALL. If you can afford a vacation to WDW, this system isn't that much of a stretch if you are SMART on how you book. And being that I work my ass off everyday to get where I'm at, and I do extra work in planning trips to make things as budget conscious as possible so we CAN afford these perks, I don't feel the least bad for people who "claim" they can't. For example, I see people who work retail going out and buying plasma TV screens to watch their 200+ DVDs in their library or Prime Choice DirecTV channels while I sit at home with my 27" CRT and watch basic cable. We all make choices as to how we spend our disposable income. We just happen to choose to spend it all at parks! --Robb

I have been sticking with RIDATA's Ritek 4x DVD+R discs and I've had VERY good luck with them. Since we've started shipping Volume 5, all of the discs have been printed on those (except for a spindle of Hyundai discs we got accidentily and had a LOAD of trouble with those) and our return rate has been VERY low. I will say that any returns we've had, I re-burn them onto Sony's DVD+R discs and those have worked flawlessly. They are, of course, a lot more expensive too! But I think the RIDATA brand has proved to be a good 'cheaper' option, while not being dirt cheap, but not being ass expensive either. --Robb

Hi there, Thanks for the feedback. Our movies are our property and we would not allow someone to re-edit one of our videos to a different music selection. You are more than welcome to make a movie with YOUR footage to any musical choice you wish and post a link to it, but we put a lot of hard work into creating our videos and most of the footage we get comes from years of building relationships with different parks. We do NOT allow people to use our footage or photos unless you are a representative of a park or a rides manufacturer, or you have permission from us for a specific use (something we don't do very often.) I'm sorry if that shounds harsh, but a LOT of money and time goes into our videos. We make videos that WE like, and we hope everyone else likes them too (and most people seem to) but to get the same integrity and consistency with our videos, we would not allow someone to re-edit them simply because they didn't like the music we chose. One of the reasons we do the contest is to give everyone a chance to showcase their work. I welcome you to do the same. --Robb "I hope that answers your question." Alvey

^ Ok, I added your Avatar to the list above. Any more coming or is it time to vote? --Robb

^ That's CCI for you. --Robb

^ That would be "You Spin Me Round" by Dead Or Alive. --Robb

Yes, if you ordered through PayPal, the orders DID go through. Nothing to worry about. It wasn't really PayPal more than it was the website's infastructure. --Robb

Ok, so here is what we have so far. Which ones do you like ths best? Keep 'em coming!!! --Robb zaneymon X What Now Wes viking86 SuperCrack SharkTums robbalvey PhishyBrewer Not For Sale nannerdw memphish Homer Hattuchili CoasterFanatic c0sterfreek Angry_Gumball coasters4me

Ok, mine was pretty easy. Simple...funny...and true! --Robb

And finally...the last of the E3 photos! I hope you have enjoyed the update! I found out more about the co-op mode. You can see there ARE two little characters on the screen, and you have to work together to push your Katamari around. So that's it! Hope you enjoyed the E3 pics! Yo, King...c'mon man...it's not THAT small. And we'll wrap up this E3 update with a couple more shots of Katamari just because it's THAT cool. Oh, man...this gets the "Best Of Kentia Hall" award....Yes, kids, be sure to get your hands on an UZI!!!!! Yes...an UZI!!!! Wow... Don't you want to play the "Wack the paddle around in the air at your TV set to hit the tennis ball on the screen" game??? Ahh, more wacky Kentia Hall stuff...here is the virtual "boxing glove" game! Ok, this was depressing. When I see a Sega Genesis/CD is now considered a clasic, I REALLY feel old!!!! It was a VERY impressive collection of things that remind me I'm very old. =( Oh, wait, no...the ColecoVision takes that award! Ahh, the Vectrex. Probably still my favorite of the classic systems. I bet people don't even remember that the Intellivision had a computer attachement! Good 'ol Atari 2600 classics. One of the cool things in Kentia Hall this year was the "History of Video Games" display.

Ahh, the best part of the show.... When are people going to learn that Virtual Reality gizmos will never take off because you look FREAKING STUPID playing them!!! If Vekoma were to make an accessory for video games, THIS would be it!!!! Where can I find a tiger skin or Mono Lisa face plate for my PSP or Cell Phone? Why, Kentia Hall of course! Cool little screens that attach to your control pad. Ahh! The Computer Microscope! The world is saved!!!! When you want to simulate the D.J. 'record scratch' look no further than Kentia Hall! Yay! Someone had drum pads for Taiko No Tatsujin! Here you can get a DDR pad with the arcade bar! It seemed like every booth had some wacky rip off system from far ends of the earth. Knock off Nintendo NES systems from Hong Kong were everywhere! Red Octane had their groovy DDR pads. While the booths in Kentia Hall might look kind of "ghetto" compared to upstairs, there are some real gems to be found in this place! Ahh, Kentia Hall. The "Basement", the "Downstairs" area...whatever you want to call it, this is where the REAL E3 is happening!

So today was the last day of the show. Friday has always been "fan boy day." Basically what seems to happen is that everyone that's in the industry who has seen the show for the last two days gives the pass to their non-industry friend "Here, dude, take my pass...I'm done with the show. Go check it out." And you get tons of questions like (guy pointing at a CRT monitor) "Is that the High Def version of the game?" And you just look at them, stare for a moment, and out of exhaustion just say "*sigh*....Yes.....yes it is..." and then they go away..... The greatest thing about Friday though, at least for me, is this is usually the day I get to check out "Kentia Hall." Now while most people see the glamour and billion dollar glitz of the show on the main floor, the REAL gems are found "downstairs" (in the basement as some people call it) in Kentia Hall. Read on to the pictures for more.... It's very pink and green and blue. Flashy, flashy, bang, bang, bang! Soul Calibur III...yeah...um...Soul Calibur III Here we are back at the Namco booth. And for you Castlevania fans.... They are finally bringing out BeatMania, the other Bemani game that been popular in Japan forever! And of course they also had DDR!!! Konami had this game with girly looking fairy characters. Disney looks like they are taking a darker approach with The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. They were also showing off Chicken Little. Hmm....Who here thinks this movie is going to be a hit? Jack looks REALLY pissed off!!! Disney was showing off the Nightmare Before Christmas game. Some Theme Park Review fans show up at E3. See you guys at the BBQ on June 4th! (the girls, not the dudes....) Yay!!! Donkey was at E3! "E3 - Videos Games, Computers, and Donkeys!"

^ It is impossible to explain. If you have a PS2 just go buy it. It's only $20 and it will be the best $20 you've ever spent! --Robb "You roll a ball around earth and 'roll up' a bunch of random stuff making it bigger in order to replace the stars that your king father destroyed during a drunken bender" Alvey

^ LOL! Nice! These are great!!! --Robb

"Hello, Peter. I am Catherine Zeta Jones and I would like to jump your non-bones."

Hey everyone! Since the roller coaster forum has grown so big I have decided to archive some of the best Photo TR's that have been posted to that forum into one area so that it will be easier to search for Photo TR's. Here are some of the guidelines to follow if you want your Photo TR's to be added to the archive: - The Photo TR should include at least 10 t o 20 decent photos. - If it doesn't have at least 10 decent photos, it should include something VERY unique. - Once a Photo TR gets to be about a month old, or is no longer getting traffic, it will be moved to the archive. - Photos MUST be uploaded to TPR's server using the "attach photo" tool. The problem with archiving Photo TR's where people have linked to photos hosted on other sites (photobucket, etc) is that if those photos are deleted, they apper here as little red X's. Photos that are uploaded to TPR's server via the "Add Photo" button in the posting box are here forever! The most important rule about this forum: - This forum is for archive purposes ONLY. Users will not be able to start a thread or reply to a thread in this forum. Another reason why I will only move a thread into the archive after there is no traffic on it for a while. If there is a Photo TR that you would like to start a conversation about again, please post it in the normal roller coaster forum. Hopefully, this will make it easier to search for park and roller coaster photos without having too many forums to dilute the focus of the convesation. I hope you guys like the idea of archiving all those awesome Photo TR's! --Robb

BTW, this video works now! --Robb "Beverly is GOOD!!!!" Alvey :mrgreen:

Just when I had forgotten about the GeoDuck.... And this one is the end all of GeoDuck photos: Yes, that IS a "Geoduck Mascot" for the Washington Evergreen's Geoducks Bastketball team! :shock: http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm --Robb

Hey everyone! The BBQ is coming up soon! If you haven't RSVP'd already, please do so NOW by emailing me at robbalvey@themeparkreview.com and let me know how many people are in your party! See you on June 4th! --Robb

Even MORE photos!!! The Jew stayed FAR away from this guy!!! See more E3 photos on the next page. Back at the ranch, the booth was still being heavily guarded. The Gizmondo seems to do everything...but does it come with the booth babes??? "Excuse me ladies...do you have any Grey Poupon?" There seemed to be a lot of information about "Mustard" *confused* As you can see, it was a very popular item. Maybe there wasn't anyone playing it because the game was about shooting magical rays of light out of your GUITAR!!!! The Gizmondo looks like this. How nice. There was a new litlte handheld thing call the "Gizmondo." I was wondering...Why? You could play current generation XBOX games in these um...360 degree looking pod thingys. XBOX Live. Go online and yell at people. It's a controller...it has no wires...it makes stuff move around the screen. Here it is...the XBOX 360 with it's fancy pancy little face plates.

More pics.... And GOD DAMN they attract a lot of computer nerds! Nvidia had a cool looking booth and stuff... For those of you who love Kingdom Hearts...here you go! OH. MY. GOD. I never need sex again! Everyone is going retro! Capcom had 80s classics also. N-Gage had a HUGE booth...I didn't even know they were still around! Sega had lots of Sonic games. Too bad there's no more Sega Genesis. =( And of course, Mario Party 7 was on display. Any DDR game with Mario and Penguins is cool with me! Mario also got his own version of Dance Dance Revolution. Lots of hands on the Donkey Konga drums! (Still not as cool as the "drum game") There will be a new Super Mario Bros 2D side scroller for the Nintendo DS too! Yay! They also had a lot of new Game Cube games on display too. ...LOTS of Nintendo DS games were on display! And I got to test out Animal Crossing DS! Back over at the Nintendo booth.... Ahh, every man's fantasy. Girls and big guns! I'm done with the show now! No need to see anything else! As you can see, the most popular game of the show was the "Bible Game!" If Theme Park Review did 'best of show' awards, this is the winner! Hey look! Even the Jew found one of these girl creatures!!!

Today I got to see a little more of the show and took a look at a few games I was interested in more detail. Here were some of the highlights: We (heart) Katamari - I saw it a bit more today. For the most part, it's 'more of the same' which IMO, is *FINE* When you have a game so original and so fun, don't change it too much! (at least not yet!) There did seem to be a co-op mode which I found interesting. It seems as though two people can play at the same time. I saw two characters, two sets of controllers on screen, but only one Katamari. No one was around to ask, but you'll see what I mean in the photos below. Animal Crossing DS - If you loved the GameCube version like we did, this looks GREAT! First off, again, most of the same, which is fine by me, but from what I could tell by playing it for about 10 minutes, a lot of improvements. The entire world 'scrolls' instead of moving from zone to zone. The touch screen works GREAT as you just touch on the screen where you want your character to go. Everything is done much easier by touching what you want to equip your character with, and you now give your guy glasses and hats as well as shirts, etc. Typing messages is easier and selling stuff, etc, is also easier. But the BEST part is the online play! Now Elissa and I can have our own towns and we can go visit them TOGETHER! In fact, something like 7 people can be in your town at the same time. It looked WAY cool! Mario Party 7 - More Mario Party! Yay!!! The Bible Game - As the Jew said...GAME OF THE SHOW!!!! Ok, onto some pics! Oh! They have GIRLS!!!! Most of the people who come to E3 have never seen these things before! Hey, what's over at the NAMCO booth that is causing all this chaos??? And yet who would have ever thought that in 2005, Pac-Man would still be on the show floor! One more GameCube game to add to the XMAS list! It's a Hello Kitty game with a Badtz Maru playable character!!! Uh, oh...here's another game Elissa will HAVE to get..... "It's good to be the king!" And I see two characters on screen, and both controllers represented...but only ONE Katamari! Interesting.... I was trying to figure out the two player mode...I see two people with controllers.... Looks like now there is a chick character, too! Roll up watering pots...LOTS of...um...watering pots??? Roll up flowers...LOTS of flowers!!! There was even a big Katamari at the NAMCO booth! We LOVE Katamari! (Yes we do!)

I won't say too much about the procedure other than there was a LOT of oozing puss! :shock: --Robb "GAG!!!" Alvey

I found out that they were doing some server work on Elissa last night. :shock: Should be back up and running now. --Robb