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Welcome to the new TPR Forum!
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Maybe I missed it but one thing I liked about the old forums notification system was I'd get an email that somene had replied in a thread but it wouldn't email me again until I had opened that thread/caught up. The new forums has get an email every time someone posts or once a week/day for emails and notifications but I can't find an option similar to one email per thread visit like the old ones. -
Welcome to the new TPR Forum!
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Will the park index be retired since the forum move broke most of the pictures? Curious before I head out to a Korean park later this week that could use an update. -
I'm wondering if any of the parents have advice for riding with your children, especially young children in terms of both keeping them safe and comfort for yourself. My son is 4, getting closer to 5 and he's suddenly shown an interest in rides and is at an age where he is more willing to test his limits and won't say no until he's tried at least once if he makes the height check.. Outcomes are mostly positive so he wants to try more and one or two where he overstepped and learnt where he's not ready. I'm not sure if it's because I tend to turn my head a lot more to check on him or because I don't sit as straight because even when he has a lap bar I lean over and have a hand on it or him just to be safe but I've been getting a lot more nauseous lately. We rode a pirate ship and it's one bar so I was looking sideways a lot of the ride and once it stopped I got hit by a huge wave of nausea I don't get riding alone. I think it's because my body knows a pirate ship is back and forth but with him my head is tilted more. I've noticed once I hit my 30's that my tolerance dropped quite a bit for certain rides especially more spin heavy rides but it's been getting worse lately with him and I don't want to discourage him from riding. Am I alone in this happening when moving about more on a ride?
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Welcome to the new TPR Forum!
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^Thank you for that alternative method, that content posted in area in the activity tab was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for, and failed to find earlier. -
Welcome to the new TPR Forum!
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I've been getting a complete your profile page that has twitter and Instagram as mandatory, but I don't have either of those things so couldn't leave the page and complete the form. When I loaded up the forums in incognito page and re logged in that way it went away. Edit: It randomly kicked me back to this update page when I went to edit this post with that screenshot and I had to close incognito and re log in to escape it. -
Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) Discussion Thread
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^ theme park land and housing seems to be a sore point for Hong Kong activists. I remember seeing articles from SCMP(which hates theme parks anyway) giving them a platform to promote Ocean Park should become housing instead of a ‘failing business’ when the government had to bail out the park with a loan again. -
Dollywood Discussion Thread
Garet replied to crispy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^^ my post was more joking about how enthusiasts would react to Hilltoppers and Bill’s comments a page or two back on the subject more than actually suggesting it as an idea. -
Dollywood Discussion Thread
Garet replied to crispy's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
They could remove the launch and reprofile that first pre-drop to work with a chain-lift so that the rest of the ride runs exactly the same as it did before and even with it running consistently every day you'll still see the rise of enthusiast armchair engineers who will forever tell you how it isn't the same/Dollywood ruined it/how elitist they are for having the original credit. At least for you guys, here in 2020, there's a good chance when you're at that park seeing it SBNO, that it'll reopen eventually and you'll get to ride one of the highest-ranking coasters in the world. Imagine moving halfway around the world, seeing a ride you always dreamed about trying after seeing it in a TPR video, finding out you missed out on it by 1 year..., and then being able to see it on every trip from anywhere in the park, watching it slowly rot for 6 years, all with that tiny spark of hope they'll return to it or you'll show up and see some signs of life because the English sign says 'refurbishment'... even when your Korean friends insist the Korean sign nearby is a 'memorial to a closed ride'... only to find out the 'exciting new attraction' that replaced it was a garden... Sorry, all this talk of people missing out on trying a world-class coaster due to closure hit a sore spot. -
Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) Discussion Thread
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
We love Hong Kong out of all the parks. Of course, Tokyo is amazing but with a young child we've always been willing to sacrifice a little bit of quality for a quieter park and Hong Kong is the perfect starter park (in our opinion). The unique rides like Mystic Manor and Grizzly Mine Cars are amazing. Maybe we've been lucky but whenever we go in the Fall most rides have considerably shorter lines than other parks, including walk-ons for Space Mountain and Grizzly, reserve restaurants with ease, and whenever we see a character (outside of Elsa/Anna) we can have an interaction within 10 minutes. Even the parades and fireworks, we can show up last minute, and still, our son can be at the front to wave to dancers. When our son is older we will of course return to Tokyo, but whenever we visit that park we are always in planning mode, planning ahead our routes and fast passes, etc. like most Disney's, to get the most out of the day but we love Hong Kong in that we just stroll in whenever and do things as we see the, -
Tokyo Disney Resort Discussion Thread
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The ride sign at the entrance also describes it as you being a part of the music of the film, more than a story based ride. -
Ocean Park Discussion Thread
Garet replied to Erik Johnson's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I missed this news but Ocean Park has already reopened. -
Tokyo Disney Resort Discussion Thread
Garet replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
There's a POV online, not sure if it was done with permission so I'm not going to link it here but the ride looks amazing. It looks like most of the rooms are almost dance room with the cups dancing along together to the songs like a cross between Pooh's Tigger bouncing scene and the Heffalump room. -
Everland Discussion Thread
Garet replied to dr.gumbo's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
There's now a vote in for it. The parents are Le Bao and Ai Bao so most of the names relate to that. Roughly translated, the choices are: Chao Bao, Ssing Bao, Ssing Ssing, and Pu Bao. Source And since I'm updating: Source -
Everland Discussion Thread
Garet replied to dr.gumbo's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Everland is number one trending in South Korea (a nice replacement from the weekend where the number one trending was Captain America ) after the band BTS filmed their video in the Rocksville section of the park for America's Got Talent (whose logo was used to hide the KFC logo) [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] -
^ I got bored after a while and stopped but I'll probably check back in for season 2 which promises a lot of updates in, I think around 20 days.
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Any thoughts on what 2021 will look like!?
Garet replied to ricklap77's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Honestly this. We've got a mask mandate now in Korea because they consider triple digits too high and want to put it back into doubles and takeout only from 9 pm and I'm seeing fewer masks than when it was optional 6 months ago because people are just done and trying to pretend like it is over. There are brawls on the subway and lots more businesses getting complaints who just want to let off steam. I see a lot of people who've endured the 2020 season because it was this or nothing forgetting about the months of nothing and being a lot less tolerant of the rules. And on the other side of the coin, you'll have the people who will follow every rule to the letter because they want it to be over who will be a lot less forgiving and a lot more vocal if they see any infractions and that's just a bad combination.
