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^And to think, soon we will be in the home of downright scary metal - Norway. If Quassy get this coaster hopefully they will maintain it better than the suicide mouse, that structure looked about as stable as Axl Rose without meds.

^^Sounds good to me, will they be consulting Meteornotes on the song selection or just using one of those mix cd's he made that maybe a TPR tourist accidentally dropped while we were at Quassy?

Nice, finally a non-lethal adult coaster at Quassy, this looks like a fun addition to the park. A 1 hour park just became a 1.5 hour park.

I was really happy that Little Amerricka was the bonus park on the TPR 2007 midwest tour. Meteor was glass, but after that - I was surprised I didn't have to sign a waiver to ride stuff. At least I got to squeeze into that chance Taboggan for my first ride with someone small. Back to Satan's Village, given all their coasters have been relocated I will be interested to see what the coaster line up will be - if they get any, maybe Little Laser can come back seeing that Big Laser has left Dorney. Why does the name of the town Satan's Village is in make me think of someone who brings great shame to us Asutralians.

^I definitely wouldn't go to Melbourne just to go to Luna Park, but I've give the scenic railway a go if I was there mainly for nostalgia. I haven't seen feedback on Jet Rescue yet, I haven't been to Sea World since 2003 but I want to go to see a number of things they have put in since then. I expected Jet Rescue to be lame like Mick Doohan, maybe Warner Village are showing Dreamworld how to do that kind of ride right.

Plenty of jobs are supplied by them that's for sure - blow jobs, hand jobs, rim jobs and so on.

Satan's Village looks hilarious, probably based more on the Silent Night Deadly Night kind of Santa than the jolly fat guy who squeezes down chimneys. That coaster in R & E's trip report looks thoroughly demented, those helixes (or whatever you want to call them) look like they could crush your soul.

I think Warner Bros Movie World should be applauded for the way they include theming and something extra into their rides. I'm looking forward to seeing what their next major coaster project will be like. I was looking at rcdb and Australia has 19 operating coasters, sadly even though my coaster count is 300, I have only been on 9 of them. Out of the ones that I haven't ridden only the Scenic Railway at Luna Park Melbourne is of any interest. I haven't been on either of the Intamin Booster Bikes but they don't look that exciting. One coaster I really rated they not many other people did was the Flight of Fear's at KI and KD, even though they jerk you around (which wasn't an issue for me because of no OTSR's) and the midcourse, I really enjoyed my rides on them.

I think the aerial photgraphs on rcdb made it look a lot smaller but I'm sure it's standard. It's not like Michael got a custom coaster that only little boys (or adults built like little boys) could fit on. Some carnie might be out there claiming to that this is the Michael Jackson coaster and he's not lying.

^^I've transferred from West Coast to Scandanavia, so the spot is there if you want it.

I heard something about Flo Rida but I'm not sure whether he was there before or after our visit, I was more lusting for Natasha Bedingfield to make an appearance. I was amazed at the acts that were playing at some of the parks on the trip - Peter Frampton, Survivor, Alter Bridge and so on. In spite of my caustic TR, I did have fun, as I did at every park. Compared to my local park, Rye Playland is Great Adventure.

I'd hate to think what the payment would be for a season pass to the Neverland Ranch. I was amazed that the Neverland Ranch has a listing on RCDB, that Dragon Wagon looks tiny.

It will be something at Tivoli Grdens in Copenhagen in June on the TPR tour, barring ERT I'll go with the really old wood coaster or the floorless Daemonon. I have less than 50% of the credits available in my own country but none of the one's I don't have are worth the effort.

Rye Slayland The prospect of 5 quick credits was mildly interesting but the prospect of Toro, Ka, and Nitro the next day was more on my mind. So I came to Rye Slayland with no real expectations, good or bad. I lined up for the Wild Mouse, which took a while, then WTF I'm too tall to ride! Then I watch taller people get let on, I'm starting to think there was some kind of profiling going on. Male, middle class, white heterosexual male - we're all so bad especially us from downunder. I also think not being a career criminal put you firmly in the minority at Slayland. The wood kiddie coaster was an if you are over 2 foot tall, don't even think about it. The coaster looked like a toy it was that small, hobbit children would have struggled to score a ride on this one. Though one of the tallest members of the tour did get a ride by harassing the ride op until they let them on just to get rid of them. Dragon was an OK woodie, neither thrilling or punishing, like Buffalo. The Zamperla Volare flyer was like a contraption from Saw, except I don't think even mad serial killer Jigsaw would be that cruel. There was another steel kiddie credit that was nothing to write home about. Still we managed to find plenty of ways to have fun at Rye Gunplayland. The rides were well lit, mainly to stop people stealing them. This ride had so many familar faces jumping out - Freddy Krueger, Predator etc. Copyright Infringement - the ride. Dragon Coaster had a cool looking tunnel and a very uncool locker policy - it was like if Hitler ran Six Flags. Just what I thought. Passionate was a real step up for me from non-committal, well passionate for a while. This ride is very similiar to x-scream at Stratosphere, except it's 2 feet off the ground - which was fortunate because Adam and Bethany managed to break this one. These guys got the living fudge belted out of them. Dave and Mike (Fudge) had no last name after they got off. Another day, another Zamperla Volare, another brain injury, another neutering, another bout of needless suffering. Natasha Bedingfield was coming to Rye Playland but this is what I had to settle for. This act was so low down the entertainment totem pole, they weren't even allowed to wear coloured clothes. Wake me up when zombie castle ends - rubbish, a wank! I think Mike Austin might have liked it. Zombie Castle seemed to have no zombies, or scares. Even screaming Josh wouldn't have been scared on this one. Welcome R & E, Rye Playand hospitality equates to a quick death rather than the usual blow torches, pliers & Barry Manilow music.

^Luna Park Sydney is very desolate, not much there. It used to be fun before the ghost train fire, I only went a few times as a little kid but I have vivid memories. It would be nice to add Coney Islands rides at Luna Park Sydney but that place is ruled by developers waiting for the state government to cave in and let them build high rises.

I'm so glad I got a ride on High Speed, and it was my 300th coaster to boot, according to coaster counter. Golden Nugget would be a fun and unqiue addition if it does come, and another reason to go to Knoebels along with hopefully an eventual opening of Flying Turns.

Oh for f***'s sake, Sydney gets blown over for another amusement park. Hello - major tourist destination, city of over 4 million people. Nah, it probably wouldn't work, neighbours would complain and it would get shut down. Does this mean there will be a new credit in Australia, that wacky worm with the turntable. I've been on it in Brooklyn and I am so claiming it as another credit downunder. I don't think this would work, unless it was on the main drag of Surfer's Paradise, why would you go to a little place with some flats when the big parks like Movieworld and Dreamworld are nearby if they put it further north. Albeit it might be a cheaper source of amusement for locals than paying a fortune to go to the aforementioned parks.

"Gosh! You have my last name tattooed right there under the j's! First I get my name in the phone book and now I'm on your a$$! You know, I bet more people see that then the phone book." I love that movie. --Robb I never got over the cat juggling in that movie. In the sci-fi show Farscape, someone is hanging off the track of the Big Dipper, which was formerly the arrow looper at Luna Park Sydney, and now is Cyclone at Dreamworld, a 1000 kms north. I've also seen SFMM Deja Vu in the background in Buffy episode, and SFMM's Viper was featured heavily in an episode of the original version of 90210 (I was just watching it for the coaster, I swear).

All the night ERT's on the Behemoth / East Coast TPR trip were absolutely sensational, the one's that spring to mind - Boulder Dash, Phoenix, Ravine Flyer II, Vortex/Behemoth, Silver Comet, Lightning Racer, Talon/Hydra and so on. And the winner goes to Boulder Dash, a terrain coaster at night is amazing even if it's a coccyx crunching death rider like the Beast but a trip out in the woods on a great coaster like Boulder Dash, unbelievable. And the spirit of that ERT session was great too, thanks to the super fun ride op who was there on his birthday, also thanks to the guy with the torch.

Whatever is the first coaster on the TPR Scandi trip, if I don't go on any TPR trips it is quite conceivable I won't ride a coaster this year.

Quassy Quassy didn't seem like much more than a rest stop, a full day park definitely not. In fact, Quassy was barely a full hour park but like every park on the trip, it was an adventure. Sadly, my home park makes Quassy look like Cedar Point. Two credits on offer at Quassy, a little dipper, and a Wild Mouse which could only be described as 70% potential for fatality, I would have fancied my chances more on the Final Destination Coaster. Lake Compounce One of the best parks on the trip, I wasn't expecting much from Boulder Dash but I was totally blown away, it was amazing, the flat trajectory of the hills made the airtime almost constant, and at night - almost better than a bad to below average sexual encounter. The other coasters ranged from blah to passing blood for the next week. Wildcat was awful, and for the pain and suffering it caused me, earned the bottom spot on my wood coaster ballot. The boomerang was a boomerang, and the kiddie coaster was sweet only because we were denied initially but later got some revenge with unexpected ERT before the Dash. Master credit scammer Bethany mocks us, after we were all turned away but soon we would have the last laugh with possibly TPR's first kiddie coaster ERT. Another boomerang, I can barely remember riding it, though these coasters do have a profound effect on short term memory. A few of this crew made the shortlist to be Paris Hilton's new BFF. Willdcat was neither wild nor mild. I ruptured organs I didn't even know I had on this ride. Lake Compounce was charming unlike the guy who was trying to spit on red sox fans on the sky coaster. The sun goes down and the Dash goes wild. Darkness and wood coasters go together like gravy and ACErs. "Disorderly conduct is punsihable by a $500 fine and up to three months impronment". The 3 months imprisonment part didn't seem to be much of a deterrent to many on the Thunder bus. The little kid commented "I wish I was at Six Flags New England, this place is about much fun as a truck stop in Alabama". Quassymodo the obese octopus was very happy today. "ATM - Inside Arcade" led several TPR members to rush to the arcade but sadly for them it was only a money dispensing machine. Being from Australia, it was nice to see a body of water that wasn't teeming with big bitey things. The concept of something so diet crushingly unhealthy horrified me and fascinated me. I love to scare people back home with "they actually have fried dough". Seeing your kid having this much fun must be one of the rewards of parenthood. Kidtums loves Frog Hoppers like Paris hilton loves partying. The boy on the right got ejected from the ride for throwing his shoes at the ride op - must have been a recessive gene his parents claimed. Elissa's mom asked me to snap some photos of them on the frog hopper, but soon everyone was snapping photos making me redundant. Kidtums makes conversation "My dad is Robb Alvey". Little boy "gosh dang dat sounds like the guy who banned me from Feem Pawk Review". The guy in the centre of the photo found some left over pizza on his shirt, the ensuing pile up was horrific, said boy wound up eating his steering wheel as well. The lion seemed impressed by the rather large rooster, the elephant was just happy to have found a hole in the ground. Quassy certainly has an interesting sense of proportion. The retro charm of this machine was only exceeded by it's accuracy - the one trip member who used it I saw was advised by the machine "join ACE and learn to answer to the name Ben Dover". When the water rises, this coaster becomes an aquatrax. Lycra loving Josh and lap counter Matt, claim another sweet credit. I think the coaster sank a further foot into the ground under the strain of the TPR whores. I rode with hotfuzz and he said he had never been more scared on a coaster. I was just blah another credit, and if your numbers is up then it's up. I'm with the milf, that cracked me up. What would crack me up more would Elissa explaining what that means when she is a bit older - "umm Kristen, it stands for Man I Like Fanta".

Superman Escape goes pretty good, it launches 0 - 100km/h in 2 seconds and does it over a very short distance which gives it a kick. The ride isn't that long though there is a themed part of the ride before the launch which may not have been in the video which is like a Universal ride with an earthquake and rattling locker, a crashed police car and bursting pipes.

Superrman Escape is another great example of Movie World combining a themed Universal style ride with a coaster. I rated Superman Ecsape #22 out of 135 and Scooby Doo #70, while Scooby Doo's rating may seem harsh it was just that everyhthing above it were bigger, faster, more thrilling coasters albeit none of them had Scooby's level of theming. That Atlantis Adventure looks quite impressive, aquatrax represent.

There's a POV of Scooby Doo floating around somewhere, I'll post a link if I find it. Robb when you finally get to Australia you can check Scooby Doo out, along with the plethora of Intamin booster bike interpretations. Though these guys will be waiting for you in Feb 2010 if that's when you come: http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/funnel-webs-out-and-looking-for-love/2008/12/29/1230399131577.html

With Scooby Doo, the part prior to the actual Wild Mouse section is really cool like the dipping under the swinging blades, and other fun things like the crazy elevator up to the top of the wild mouse section, and the backwards drop. For what it is, I think it's excellent, as an overall ride that is. But I ranked it fairly lowly in the coaster poll because I rated it on the basis of what it was as a coaster in comparison to other coasters. My #1 Wild Mouse though, above the grouped mouses and any listed stand alone mouses that I had been on.