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Today was "culture day" for our Mexico trip. Here's some photos from Mexico City... Yup the "punch buggies" are still alive and well here in Mexico! And so is Blockbuster Video, apparently! lol Saw quite a few of these today... And Kristen was very happy to continue the punch buggy game she started on our 2013 trip! Today's culture day starts off with the famous Teotihuacán pyramids! Our tour guide Sergio explains how the pyramids came to be. He drew a picture of what the tunnel system looks like, but I'm pretty damn sure that's a penis! And so we start the climb to the top... A view from about half-way up. We made it to the top! And so did *most* of the group! Why is going down almost as hard as going up??? This entire city is thought to be built around 100 B.C. - So it's short, it's much older than you and me. Sergio shows us how you can make some cool artwork out of crushing bugs eggs and splattering their blood everywhere. Sound cool? Sure looks pretty! Pyramid Stuff... Inside the pyramids... I found this AWESOME treasure for sale at one of the booths. There are so many things that can be said about it, but I'll just take solace in knowing it will be placed right on my shelf in the TPR office! Lunch included some AWESOME Mexican food! Yum! These dudes played some classic Mexican folk songs like "La Bamaba..." That's a lot of pricks! Taco & Beer! Do you need anything else? Love all the colorful houses all over Mexico City. We are back in the city, checking out some cool buildings and stuff. This is a theater. Tall buildings and some that are leaning and sinking...yes, just like Magnum. Boobs! I see BOOBS!!! This is a post office. It kind of looks like the money exchange place in Diagon Alley. It's old and pretty. Daniel Craig was JUST HERE filming the next James Bond movie! Seriously! Google it! I'm like 99% sure I just witnessed a drug deal between the dude on the left and funny hat guy. More cool looking buildings. Still trying to figure out what's happening on the left hand side with those two dudes. They took us out onto a ledge over Mexico City! Caesar! Don't jump!!! Streets and old buildings. LOTS of people down there! Now THIS is my kind of culture! Buildings and things... This is something old. Oh, good, it's a church, I'm sure I'll be VERY welcome in here! This is giving me flashback nightmares from my catholic upbringing! It's pretty and catholic. Mexican Jesus candles were everywhere. Yo. It's black Jesus. More catholic dudes. I probably would know this guys name if I paid attention in school, but instead I played video games. Apparently this chick is important. Time for dinner and margaritas!!! Yay!!! Everything I know about Mexico I learned from Epcot's Donald Duck Boat Ride! lol

The queue for the ride was completely full. I'm guessing at least an hour wait, maybe more, the way they were operating it.

I would actually put them exactly in the order that you listed them.

The operations were bad in 2013 also. Remember, they only ran one train during most of that day too, and remember how long we waited for the crazy mouse? There are things at the park that you can enjoy, but it's just so frustrating at the same time. Joey said it best...

Here's a quick little trip report from the first day of our trip at La Feria. I'm gonna be honest here, La Feria's operations leaves a lot to be desired. They run one train on their mobius loop wooden roller coaster, and not one train per side, *ONE* train! Most of the rest of the park the operations aren't much better. Food service is not great either as I ended up waiting 50 minutes for an order of french fries that they accidentally gave to someone else, but still made re-pay for them again or they wouldn't give me the fries! Don't even get me started on the insane height restrictions the park has on lots of rides. Honestly the park is like the Fuji-Q of Mexico. If it wasn't for the fact that they do have a few unique, classic and fun rides, I'm not sure I'd return back to this park. The staff are friendly, the park is actually pretty clean, but the operations really are just not great. Here's some photos... Here we are! First park of our trip! The haunted house is actually really decent! Filled with lots of live actors. This is the kind of welcome sign I need at our house! I think this describes the park perfectly! Here is the woodie running ONE train! And yes, the queue is completely full, they don't even let people down to the station gates until the train comes in and everyone exists. But the ride does deliver some serious-ass airtime! OMG! The old Kennywood shuttle loop is really the star of this park, though! The woodie is very old-school. Bumpy but loaded with crazy air! It was also an inspiration for the original Colossus at SFMM. Thumbs up for Garbles leaving shortly after this picture was taken! We aren't exactly sure what these are... but they are delicious! Deep fried cheese in only a way that a Mexican park could do it! Yes, any park that allows you to hold an owl for $3.50 is at least worth visiting just for that! The owl doesn't look quite as impressed with Caesar! lol EVIL! EVIL! EVIL RIDE!!! (But I do admit that I sort of liked it!) And yes, we all survived!!! It was amazing! Everything was completely retro about it! Here are the fries that took 50 minutes to get and I had to pay for twice. *sigh* If this park had better operations, it would actually be really good! This crazy thing was fun! Not as brain-numbing as some of those Intamin looping starships, but still cool! This, IMO is the real star of the park! Kennywood's old Laser Loop now known as Cascabel! And oddly enough, one of the better operated rides in the park! The park has lots of other flats and stuff - Condor, Scrambler, Himalaya, etc... They still have one of those super-old simulators like the one that used to be at Coney Island. And was bummed that the triple loop was closed this time around. Some of us rode it last time, and I'm sure we'll be here again! More reports coming soon! Hello from the woodie! The back car says hello, too. Played a few games... This is still one of my all-time roller coaster views! Some happy smiles on the Schwarzkopf shuttle loop!

Just announced: Tempesto will open April 25th!

Wow, I want to send a congrats to Craig! 41,056 views on this report is pretty impressive! Great job on keeping it updated! Now you just need to finish that 2009 Scandi Trip report!

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Here's a behind-the-scenes first look at the Fast & Furious Supercharged attraction:

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I'm not sure as I have been able to upload files of 200+ megs just fine.

Can you try uploading a test video? Something much smaller, just so problem-solve if the error is the system, something on your end, or the video you're trying to upload. Seriously, like make a small video, call it 1.mp4 and try to upload it.

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I just uploaded a video without any problem so I know the system is at least working http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=astroworld_TV2_ko39

How big is the file? I'm just trying to figure this one out because there isn't any reason why it shouldn't work.

Try pulling out any non alpha-numeric characters: Goofy.MP4

What is the file name you are trying to upload?

^ What is happening when you try to upload it?

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^ I don't seem to have any member that registered with your screen name or email address. It does not look like the registration went through. Why don't you email me at robbalvey@themeparkreview.com

Same here. That's two words!

A few more recent videos we posted:

This roller coaster game is simple. I post a photo of a roller coaster. You post the first word that comes to your mind. GO! I'll post a new coaster every couple of days if people like this idea.

^ Sounds like it didn't download the entire file. Try again.

It doesn't playback at 1080p, but if the video you upload is in 1080p, I can grab the original if we decide to use it. I'm not intending for CoasterTube to be supported as a "video player" on our site anymore, but as a way to submit videos to TPR. It would be quite costly for us to upgrade it, and I'm not sure what the point is when there are plenty of other video players out there, for free. But please upload your videos to us!