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Hmm...well, it does sound like the video works fine, it just won't work with your configuration for whatever reason. I just watched it again on airport wi-fi even! I'm hoping that someone is able to rip it and I can post it to CoasterTube. --Robb

Can't seem to get it to play Really? You don't have to do anything. It just plays. Click this link: http://www.katsomo.fi/?progId=16378&itemId=15793 Wait about 20 seconds and it should start playing. Each time I viewed it there was a 10 second commercial that played in front of it then the main story played. It wasn't difficult to get it to play at all. --Robb

Here is the clip from Finnish TV that was shot at Linnanmaki today! Check out the "Egg Challenge!" http://www.katsomo.fi/?progId=16378&itemId=15793 --Robb ps. If anyone can rip the video file and send it to me it would be greatly appreciated! (NOTE: If you get the two green buttons (in both Opera and Firefox), the one on the left is a bandwith tester to determine the quality of video it will stream and the one on the right is to play the video.)

Just got a message in my email inbox that Knott's is now officially on Twitter as KnottsBrryFarm I'm told that if they get 1,000 followers they'll post some juicy Haunt stuff! --Robb

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates but I've either had a couple of late nights or the wi-fi access at the last couple hotels weren't the best. Anyway, here are TWO updates! First off Karolinelund which as a nice little surprise. It's not a huge park and to be quite honest the coasters were just "ok", but it was a GREAT little place to bring the family for an afternoon! TusenFryd never dissapoints. Great coasters, great park, and we always have a lot of fun here. I had been told that Thunder Coaster wasn't running as well, but to be honest, I really didn't notice much of a difference. I rode in the front and thought it was running GREAT! Anyway, here are some pictures from these parks. And now we present an instructional photo update on "How to make an Elissa Friendly Taco." "Should I eat the Mexican, the Italian, or the Norwegian first?" "Mommy...will I grow up to have boobs like yours?" Driving Miss Daisy...but which one is Miss Daisy? "I DON'T SEE ANY WOMEN!!! ALL I SEE IS VEKOMA!!!!" Once again, they all think they are waiting for the two women on a waterbed ride, but really it's a Vekoma looping coaster. Next up...the baseball hat retard twins! KidTums gets her Teeny Weeny credit. Thank you creepy 6-armed insect troll. TAKE THE TUNNEL!!! Now we are heading through Norway going to TusenFryd! OBS!!!! OBS!!!! HEY CHRIS FOURMONT!!! OBS!!! It's the LOVE BOAT! I'll raise you a half-glass of coke, an open bag of M & M's and two crispy foreskins. Behind the scenes with the Big Mike Roadshow Mobile Edition! There are no midgets in this photo. Next up was a "three hour tour" on this mini TPR-Cruise! "WE LOVE WACKY WORMS!!!" Three hours later Big Mike and Robb are still trying to de-squish out of the Wacky Worm. ANAL CHEESE!!! Yay for the Wacky Worm! We all felt that Karolinelund was a nice little surprise. While the coaster line-up may not have been amazing for "coaster enthusiasts" this is a great little park to spend an afternoon with the family. Big Mike and Robb clenched and squished into the same seat of the Wacky Worm. How will they ever get out? Aha! Coney Island was not the only park with a "turntable Wacky Worm!" Say hello to Mr. Bucket. Mr. Bucket is on a track that carries your random stuff from the loading to the unload platform. Mr. Bucket is clearly the best part of this ride! TAKE THE TUNNEL!!! Next up was the Pinfari Looping coaster. Pay no attention to the alien with four arms. Yay for the Vekoma Boomerang! Steve is doing his "Cameron Fry" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off impression. Can you guess which one of these guys is clenching his sphincter? If you said Craig (the slightly retarded looking one on the right) you're RIGHT! This group THINKS they are waiting in line for the "Two women on a water bed" ride (two muscular men for the panthers), but HA HA! The jokes on them...they are actually in line for a Vekoma Boomerang. This is the entrance to Karolinelund. If you are going to visit the park, you want to drive around the world, to the left and when you see this sign, get out of your car. Buy a ticket. Go inside. And then you will be visiting Karolinelund. Thank you TusenFryd and Karolinelund for a GREAT day!!!! Josh is a sexy player than was born in 1905....he's about 2153 years younger than Jeff Johnson. Thunder Coaster ran great! NO!!! TO HELP SAVE BIG MIKE EMAIL DAN!!! Dan needs 100 emails in the next 24 hours or BIG MIKE WILL GET RUN OVER!!! SAVE HIM NOW! EMAIL DAN!!! mrt0ad13@aol.com ROBB! NO!!!! DO NOT EAT SPEED MONSTER! IT'S NOT A NOODLE SOUP!!! But first you have to eat this engine! FINALLY! We get to do the "Two Women on a waterbed ride!" Hellllloooooo Little Miss Sunshine! I really like Speed Monster. This is a great ride. I think people who push the Speed Monster buttons are cool too. For some reason I have the orgiastic urge to eat an ice lolly. Check out that amazing looking ride. Speed Monster was great! I love Speed Monster. I think red buttons are better than group sex with leprechauns. Random KidTums Photo!!! EXPLOSIONS!!! EXPLOSIONS!!!!! GRWULFMRRUMPHSHUCKMUNCHGRULFSWULFGWARFFFLE!!! And THIS is now a taco that Elissa would eat! Next you have to sprinkle cheese from 5 inches above the taco while making a silly face. Then you must evenly spread the salsa on the shell. First you need to perfectly balance the meat to grease ratio.

^ NOT FUNNY!!!! Especially when I just spent the last hour and a half getting through about 40 photos trying to do an update when the wi-fi at the hotel just crashed and I lost everything. We only have two park days left and then we will be back home. I think everyone can wait until we get back for the rest of the updates. Sorry if anyone is upset by this, but I'm only getting 5 to 6 hours of sleep each night as it as and with the lack of good wi-fi the last few days it's just been very difficult to do updates. --Robb

I still agree with Guy's respectfully disagreement with your respectful disagreement! Nope! Absolutely nothing could beat the best coaster rides I've ever had tonight! Seriously in 2005 Balder ran FREAKING AMAZING. And in 2006 Balder ran AWESOME. But tonight... OH! MY! FU*KING! GOD! Balder has totally redeemed itself as my #1 wood coaster in the world. I'm not sure how it did it, but tonight that ride totally BLEW AWAY T-Express. And I believe it was a pretty unanimous agreement as well from everyone in the group! --Robb "I'm still blown away at how amazing Balder ran tonight!" Alvey

Djurs Sommerland - - Intamin Mega-Lite - Nothing else needs to be said! (Awesome park, though!) And now we must say goodbye to Piraten and all it's awesomeness! "Can I ride too?" One last ride on Piraten...and our afternoon rides certainly lived up! OMG! Terry has found his long lost children! (And we all thought you were gay! Who knew?) This is NOT going to end well! Anth is loaded into position....FIRE!!! "I'm totally going to take over William's job at Magic Mountain!" It's like Wii Fit - LIVE!!! Human ring toss! GET READY! GO!!!! Can Ron Hula Hoop WITHOUT spilling his beer? So we've seen panning for gold, bread baking, trampoline jumping, triangle of death and now.... STILT WALKING?!?! VICTORY IS OURS!!! Don't worry...none of the TPR members were injured during the Triangle of Death takeover (just innocent bystander kids) Jumpy Jump Jump Jump....JUMP! They had a "Triangle of Death!" (And no Ryan's head is not in Josh' butt...it just looks like that...optical illusion!" "Dear Mr. Trampoline...this is gonna hurt me more than it's going to hurt you..." "Hey world! Check out my junk!" If the special olympics had gymnasitics, Robb would totally be there! Did we mention there were trampolines EVERYWHERE? This one is part shark-part eagle... or ... "SheGle!" CAPTION GAME! What is the name of this sick and twisted animal creation? Email your caption to Dan and the best 10 will get a TPR Bag-o-Crap! mrt0ad13@aol.com OTHER PARKS TAKE NOTE!!! This very simple toy table kept kids occupied in one of their restaurants while the parents were able to eat! Yup! They also had one of those "get some raw dough and make bread over and open fire attractions!" (Note - Elissa's bread was the only one that survived! It's because she's a woman.) Hey! We thought King Kong was all burned up! Chico & The Poachers was a pretty good "politically incorrect" boat ride! The park had all sorts of "little" things everywhere like Pan for Gold. Tacky American Flags + Water + Backwards spinning = one of the best charswings rides I've seen! KidTums' Mega-Lite was in the form of a Wacky Worm today! "Me likey Intaminy Mega-Litey!" BLECCHHH!!! BLARGGGG!!! BRACCKKK!!!! The ride gets a lot of bonus point for just being balls-out, throw your hands up in the the entire ride...FUN! But when you see pictures like this you can see it has that "Top 5 coaster in the world" potential! I will say that it didn't ride *quite* as good as Kawasemi in Japan...BUT when we got there it was cold and the ride hadn't operated al week. It's like someone had explosive diarrhea with coaster track, it splattered everywhere and created one of the most awesome layouts ever farted out! Sick...just sick! Crazy airtime or Mental Illness - you decide! Piraten is constant airtime over almost every hill. The is not as big as a Millennium Force or Expedition GeForce but it rides just as good! "Is everyone ready to ride?" The Money Shot! "Hello world! Here's my thumb!" It looks like a Wild Mouse but it rides like awesome! "What were we riding again? OH! Thor's Hammer!" Anyone else think that Terry was a cartoon character in a previous life? "We took the tunnel!!!" While it is totally upstaged by the Mega-Lite, the Gerstlauer Bobsled (Thor's Hammer) is pretty cool too. Terrance says "OH MY LAUNDRY!!! INTAMIN AIRTIME!!!"

"Did you see the lesbians in the Dragons mouth?" --TPDave. TusenFryd. 15:52 TPR 2009 Scandi Trip.

^ You're the second person who has asked that question within the last page. Here's an idea...instead of just asking the question over and over...GO LOOK IT UP! We are on our way to TusenFryd in just a little while! Should have photos from Djurs Sommerland soon. We had an AWESOME day there! Piraten wasn't running *quite* as well as Kawasemi was last year, but it was also a bit colder in the morning and the ride hadn't run all week (since they aren't at daily operation yet), but even still it was an *AMAZING* ride!!! --Robb

After Farup Sommerland we made a quick (but fun) stop to Tivoli Friheden. - Cobra was running! - It was quite "bizarre" - SCAD Tower here! - We had many SCAD Tower virgins in our group. - Good dark ride! - Park treated us very well and we had a great time! We're not even takling about this one!!! Next stop Djurs Sommerland If "baby" = Robb then yes, this sign is correct! SCAD Tower + beer = GREAT night at the park! "Excuse me...I really gotta use the piss-soir!" I was based on serial killers...so yummy! So Yummy! Yup, dark ride entrance.. "I was dropped over 100 feet and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt...." Hello Steve....Hellloooooooo! Earth to Steve....Hello Steve! "Looks like we caught a human. You want to eat the spleep or the pelvis first?" Bill's first reaction was very, very quiet...then out of nowhere he screamed... "MOMMY!!!!!" Is he... dead? Split second after the rip cord was pulled. The concept behind the SCAD Tower is simple - you get harnessed up, they bring you to the top, and they drop you into the net! No wires, so cables, NOTHING! Just a complete free fall into the net. Happiness Pie! They aren't posing...they always look this way. This is the SCAD Tower...one of the most awesome scary rides EVAR!!! "Needs more lube!" The spinning coaster that wasn't really spinning too much... Pinfari - quality coasters! It wasn't really a head banger, but it had the most intense padding I've ever seen! Yay! We are all happy to get our Cobra credit!!! Here is Cobra. The train looks very nice, but unfortunatley the ride is kind of lame. Yes, it gets two postings. It is THAT awesome! This sign has so much awesomeness that it's impossible to make just one post about it.... Oh goody! The park entrance.

Today was Farup Sommerland. I'm going to type in bullet points because it's getting late. - This is still one of my favorite parks in the region. - It poured down rain for the first half of the day, but the park still manags to be AWESOME! - The obstacle course was still kick ass. - Many people did the monkey bars (SUCK IT JOEY!!!) - Lynet is a WINNER! - I love this park! Hanno! DO NOT EAT DAVE!!! He is not kosher! Everyone is passed out because we unleased evil gas in the bus. Next stop...Tivoli Friheden! Snacky Snack Snack Snack Snack.... On the drive it was time for some more "Yo Gabba Gabba!" "Hey, Joey...if *I* can do this, anyone can do it!" Jewy, c'mon...even Tom did the monkey bars!!! and OMFG, we are not joking...it's filled with LEECHES!!! LOL!!! Looks to be about 1 meter. Let's see how deep this water actually is... How many TPR members can make it across the monkey bars? SUCK IT JOEY!!!! Hey Joey...check this out! Big Mike balances like a balarina! Multi-car pile up! And now for the most awesome part of the day...the Farup obstacle course! This credit is KidTums approved! "Aww, what the hell...we're already wet!" The 'all you can drink' beer warmed us all up at lunch! TPR Takeover of the dry spot under the awning waiting for the rain to pass! Takeover on the carousel! Kristen rode the cars about 20 times. She's now eligible to get her drivers license. These are the most industrial strength panchos, EVAR! The sword of power....EXCALIBUR!!! (Try not to drop it, Dave.) There it is! Who has the SWORD OF POWER??? PASS THE SWORD OF POWER!!! That my friends is the "SWORD OF POWER!!" The goal during our rides on Falken was to pass the sword of power from the front to the back of the train and EVERY person on the train MUST touch the sword of power! Wait...WTF is that? Falken was also running great! To help warm us up, the park gave us coffee and warm bread! Thank you Farup! Holy Jesus Mother of Airtime, Batman! Which is sexier Hanno or the squirrels? If you know EMAIL DAN! mrt0ad13@aol.com Mr. Signature move & Mr. Happy Happy Joy Joy. Proof that not just Intamin can do a kick ass top hat! Quick drop out of the station, and then LAUNCH! Yay for Gerstlauer flips! Lynet is still fairly new and is a HIT! TPR loved it!!! Group photo. We're wet, but it doesn't matter!

^ KidTums has not been to the one in Germany yet.

Just to give you all a little update - the monkey bars at Farup Sommerland have been conquered! Suck it Joey!

I will tell you all that TPR is picking up tons of extra park maps to put in our bags of crap! We have posted a few ways to get them so keep an eye out for it! As for the weather, yeah the rain is annoying but at least everything is open! Thanks again to Big Mike for all the photos. --Robb

He's sitting on the handrail.

Theme Park Review featured in German Newspaper! Check it out: http://www.ln-online.de/regional/2606048

Today we hit two parks - Sommerland Syd and Legoland. Sommerland Syd isn't a very big park, but it seems like a nice place for locals to spend an afternoon. It's mostly a water park with a few rides. Seems like a perfect place for a school outing, etc. They are also home to the world's first Vekoma Invertigo which oddly enough was great! Next was Legoland Billund which is the "original" Legoland (well, after they left Hansa Park) and it's probably the nicest of them all. It's at least bigger than the other two I've been to and seemed to have the most attractions. Their "Robocoaster" ride was very impressive being all indoors and not only allowed you to select the level of intensity, but also allowed you to select what maneuvers your Robocoaster arm did. EDIT - Theme Park Review featured in German Newspaper! Check it out: http://www.ln-online.de/regional/2606048 And we'll end this update with a random chainsaw bunny group photo! Next stop...Farup Sommerland! "Sorry Team Big Mike, next time...REMATCH!!!!" TEAM IGNITE IS THE WINNER!!!! GO TEAM IGNITE!!! GO!!!! Once you get to the fire your team needs to work together to pump the water and aim the cannon. The Fire Academy is one of my favorite attractions of all time. The concept is quite simple. You get into a team of 5 people and all teams jump into a fire truck and race to the fire! And then your off on your own customized ride of torture! Then you get to choose what you want your program to do! First you choose the intensity level 1-5. The Robocoaster attraction, "Power Builder" was awesome! Big Mike needs food badly! ROBB! DO NOT EAT THE FISH!!! THEY ARE NOT APPETIZERS!!! That is one UGLY fish! We should tell her "Big Mike has crabs!" Big Mike hits on our bus driver in the tunnel of fish. Lego fish. Lego A380. KidTums gets another kiddie coaster credit! Lego naked guy. Big Mike and his hero, Indiana Lego. Yay! Extreme Racers take over! Rapids ride with a huge drop! (Yes it had Lego water.) Legoland is TPR approved! "Legoldmine." See, it works because the "go" is part of Lego and part of Gold. Here is a "never in America" type of moment. Let's just take a look at this for a second. These are kids baking bread over an open fire. Now, let's just think about this concept from the American lawyer's perspective. "So you want to have a bunch of kids stand around an OPEN FIRE and give them something RAW that could make them sick if they eat it? SURE!!! Let's put that in our park!" (This is why I like going to European parks!) "This is a ride sign. Our goal is to have every ride in the park index to have a ride sign. Take pictures of them. DO IT!" Credit whores? Yup. We have found Lego Danish Mexicans. Next up...Legoland! Why does everyone today look like they are going to "nun school?" Oh goody...a non-looping Pinfari to kill us a little bit more! These expressions are using a lot less lube. These are expressions of pleasure. Pure pleasure. Like a lap dance or a night where you need multiple tubes a lube. That kind of amazing pleasure. Yay! The Vekoma is open! "It's cold, it's rainy, I saw people eating people...what's next?" Someone's gotta fix that kink in the water slide! Yes, that is a human powered looping bicycle ride. You know...maybe this wasn't such a good idea! It's funny because it sounds like "Ham"burger, but it's a "Hand"...like a human hand. And not just normal cannibalism, politically incorrect cannibalism! Yes, you are seeing this correctly, the log flume is themed to cannibalism! Well, we're already a bit wet, so why not do the water ride? From the outside, the water ride looks quite standard...but let's have a look at the bizarre dark ride section... Let's see...it's cold...it's a bit rainy...what ride should we do first? Hellllooooo Vekoma Invertigo. We'll get back to you later. Apache Stein looks like one of those trails you probably won't make it back from! Driver! Follow that sign!!!! Oh, yeah, I almost forgot.... Read this sign...READ IT! Read it out loud! When you figure out what it says...EMAIL DAN!!! mrt0ad13@aol.com

Exactly. Deal with it. I'm not changing for anyone. Especially not for someone who can't follow directions. And you know it had nothing to do about the mp3 it was your delivery method. And if you can't figure out what I'm saying go back and READ the instructions. Read them over and over and see if you can figure out what you did wrong. On another note we just finished with the worlds first Invertigo at Sommerland Syd and we are on our way to the worlds first Legoland!!! -Robb

^ Are you kidding me? You've heard of the internet right? Here are the instructions: 1. Open your internet browser (it comes free with most computer operating systems) 2. Type into the address bar (usually found on the top of the screen and most addresses start with http://) www.google.com 3. When Google's main page comes up (It's white with the words Google on it so you know you are at the right place) type into the box "How to make an MP3" and click the "Google Search" button. 4. You will be given a list of many possible web pages that could have information you are looking for. (The active links are usually in blue) 5. It may take you a little bit of time to find what you are looking for (approximately 30 seconds, give or take a few seconds) but I have a feeling that by using Google you should be able to find a few web pages on the subject of "How to make an MP3." I hope this little less on "How to use the internet" has been helpful to you and to any other people who may also be reading. Thank you! --Robb "Just trying to educate the world one person at a time." Alvey edit: No, it's not too far. It was done mostly for comedic value, but also because the instructions were simple enough for everyone ELSE to follow them, so why can't you?

FAIL!!!! You did not follow the instructions!!! Your entry has been disqualified! You will NOT get a bag-of-crap! You get NOTHING!!!! Follow the instructions next time!!!! Carry on.... --Robb

Someone has already sent in a sound byte of them trying to pronounce the name of that coaster! Record one and send it to Dan now if you want your bag-of-crap! --Robb fluch.wma

Today was Hansa Park...the "original Legoland." The park today, however, looks nothing like a Legoland (it was like 30 years ago!) The park though, is undergoing many changes and has vastly improved since our last visit in 2005. New this year was "Fluch von Novgorod" which is the first ever Gerstlauer launched Euro-Fighter! It's kind of part Mystery Mine, part Revenge of the Mummy. We are told that many of the effects and theming won't be installed until this fall, but what they have already is still better than 90% of the theming on most US coasters! Anyway, onto some photos... Elissa got another McDonalds credit! "These French Fries turn me on! Oh, french fries...do me!" Next stop...back to Denmark! Rich is just hanging out in the swanky German McDonalds. We found this cardboard cutout of Big Mike in the middle of this little German town! he's so famous! "Oh, good! I needed to buy a new afro." German Graffiti? Hansa Park has added a ropes course attraction much like the one at Toverland. It looked awesome. "Two men enter...One man leaves." By the end of this trip, KidTums will be a card carrying member of the NRA. OMG! RUN! IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!!! KidTums will soon be starting "FrogHopperReview.com" OMG, my ass has totally been lifted off the ground. All TPR members love to bounce! The bouncy bubbles are totally amazing. They are like part trampoline / part bouncy castle...completely awesome! Big Mike is DAMN sure!!!! Again, guys, it's the "Crazy" Mine, not the "Mentally challenged" Mine. Being constipated on the Starflyer is a very dangerous thing There aren't many rides out there that have the potential for poop to start flying out of my butt. The Starflyer is one of them! The world will end on October 6th, 2009. Holy Clamshells Batman! I actually FOUND the topless mermaid attraction!!! This bizarre "double Bayern Curve" is themeed to a mexican village....yup! The park really is beautiful. It reminds me of a more compact Heide Park. "Ok, time to find out who's going to eat the cracker!" OMG is that bacon wrapped asparagus? Between this and the topless mermaid attraction I'm never leaving this park! This is a public service message from TPR to all theme park operators. This is an AMAZING idea. A totally padded childrens play area in the MIDDLE of the restauraunt. Where the parents can eat while the kids play. Why don't more parks have something this awesome? WHY?!?!? HOLD EVERYTHING! Screw riding any roller coaster...SHOW ME TO THE TOPLESS MERMAID IN THE WATER ATTRACTION!!!! Craig is still here trying to figure out how to get the raft to move from point A to point B. When you wear your TPR pancho chicks will come flying at you. No, seriously, it's like one of those tennis ball machines...but with chicks. Guys, it says "Crazy" Mine, not "Retarded" Mine. The banana boat ride = awesomeness. "Hey Wes! I'm having sex with a giraffe!" KidTums rode the Roller Skater and she freaking *LOVED* it. Ladies, please, do me a favor and take Hanno out and show him a good time. (and when I say show him a good time I mean have dirty nasty fun with him that will make his pelvis sore for a week.) If you can spot the "coaster porn" in this picture, email dan and tell him where it is - mrt0ad13@aol.com. He will send you $10* *This is totally a lie. Can someone please remove that flag out of my head? Thank you! We took over the Schwarzkopf looper. Yeah, ok, that caption sucked...sue me! That shiny stuff you are seeing is the acid theming eating away at the riders flesh. This is the part of the ride that will receive more theming at the end of the year. Honestly, it was already awesome! Gerstlauer zero-G roles are really, really sexy and make even sterile men horny. WTF is a Wolkow?!?!? Is that a cow on a wall? It's a pretzel turn...kind of like on Magnum...but with a LOT less suck! Vladmir says "Rock my world Lou and I'll give your pants a funny tickle." This airtime hill delivered airtime faster than Jeff Johnson can spank four naked babies. The indoor part of the ride features these creepy animatronic scarecrows. The whole opening part of the ride before the launch reminded me a lot of Mystery Mine. Red head Swedes & bus drivers are your friends...so be nice to them. Candles = theming! Here is the new coaster. "Fluch von Novgorod." If you think you can pronounce this correctly, record yourself saying it and send an MP3 file of your pronunciation to Dan! mrt0ad13@aol.com The winner gets a bag-o-crap! The park president came out and gave us a presentation about how they are going to make the park kick even more ass. The park made us a sign! They get bonus points. We love these guys! Welcome to Hansa Park...do something stupid. In order to get to Hansa Park you need to walk over the bridge "Astroworld style" from the parking lot to the park.

Bakken was today. This park is similar to Tivoli in that they have a Scenic Railway and lot of other random flat rides, but Bakken is a bit more "traditional" in that Blackpool or Indiana Beach sense. It *feels* like a seaside park even though it's not right on the water. (It's close though!) It's getting late here so I'll just get on with the photos... At the hotel we had a group dinner... "There's a party in my tummy...so yummy, so yummy!" Next up! Hansa Park! At the Duty Free shop we stocked up on some nessesary supplies. Our journey tonight included a ferry over to Germany. On the bus we watched episodes of "Yo Gabba Gabba!" And we leave Bakken with Kidtums getting another credit! I think she now has more internationsl credits than US ones! The ghost train was quite heart attack enducing. Watch out for the guy in the ski mask! "Hi, I'm cute....I'm REALLY cute. You should send me something because I'm cute. If you want to send me stuff...whatever...it doesn't matter. Send it to: KidTums Alvey, 24707 Riverchase Dr #7203, Valencia, CA 91355. Send me lots of stuff! I'm CUTE!!!" It's a good thing she likes roller coasters! Another credit for KidTums! WATCH OUT FOR ATTACKING LOCUSTS!!!! Strike a pose! Big Mike & Josh are having a good ride on the mine train, but I'm more interested in what Divv and Andrew are about to do in the seat behind them! Bakken has that "traditional park" feel to it. Lots of older style buildings, food everywhere you turn around, and TONS of rides. So far, all Scandi parks have been KidTums approved! WTF IS THAT?!?!? The Bakken Frog Hopper is KidTums APPROVED! KidTums Frog Hopper credit! Jes does popeye, and OMFG Lou! Where did those veins come from? And that HAIR?!!? These guys look the most calm, but they spun the most! Right seat - punched in the nuts Left seat - Castrated by a blast of wind Steve gained 500lbs getting launched over the hill. They allowed us to mount our cameras to the ride...let's have a look at some rider reactions to that lift launch, shall we? DO NOT BE FOOLED by this looking like your "average spinner." The lift hill "launches" you over the top and OMFG with the right weight balance you won't be able to see anything for the next 45 seconds! Let me introduce you to one of the most insane, intense, awesome, and "EVIL" coasters ever! Tornado! The "mouse trap" game??? "Yo Elephant...I'm gonna pop a cap in yo ass!" Yes, that translates into "Afro Cups!" TPR Takeover of the bumper cars! KidTums! ATTACK!!!! Big Mike's tounge gets the Mine Train credit! "OMG! I just saw Ethel Merman!" "Let's hear it for our third ride in a row!" What started out as a "TPR Takeover" at the mine train turned into a mini-ERT session with the ride's owner giving us 2 or 3 laps for everyone in our group! Yes, that is Robb...playing the role of Mr. Brakeman...with everyone's lives on the train in his hands...and they all seem to be "OK" with it!!! No, I'm totally serious! There is me being the brakeman through the entire ride! I got the job!!! Mr. Brakeman has the coolest job in the world. I think I'm going to apply to take on that position. Mark demonstrates the "OMFG! My balls are smashed against the lapbar" expression. Lots of open mouths hoping to catch some Danish flies. This woodie had some SERIOUS airtime and for being like 80 years old, that was pretty amazing. After a nice presentation by the park, we were treating to an hour of ERT (Exclusive Ride Time) on their Scenic Railway (the Rutchebanen!) There's a joke in here about Craig and his two meaty balls or something, but I really can't be bothered to go looking for it. OMG! It gets better...they give us a pretty girl and FOOD!!!! We arrive at the park and a pretty girl shows up to greet us. What could be better? Just in case you forgot what park we were at today.

But see, a ride like Greased lightnin (Tidal Wave) was litterally ridden by MILLIONS of people in it's lifetime. So it can't be that "rare." And Zonga, operated on the German traveling fair, then at Astroworld, then SFDK and still operates today. Again, *MILLIONS* of people have probably been on it. IMO, I kind of think the most "rare" credit is something a bit more personal for everyone. It's almost more like "What is your most 'sought after' credit?" For example, that list posted above...I could care less about ANY of them. Would I ride them given an opprotunity? Sure. But I wouldn't travel for any of them. I think this question is sort of like the "how do you count coasters?" question. It's really up to each person to decide what THEIR most 'rare' or 'sought after' credit really is. --Robb