[The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread!]

My only complaint about the Hotel Port Royal, was that it was TOO themed!!!

 

I smacked my elbow in the shower and damn that fake wood/cement was hard! My mom even heard me scream and wondered what I did! At that point I was cursing for a normal shower curtain instead!

 

OUCH! How about those showers at Efteling, with the signs instructing guests to shower IN the tub, rather than on the bathroom floor?

[The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread!]

I feel I may be in the minority but Heide is one of those parks that I've been to three times now and I've felt "I can easily spend more time here" every time I visit.

 

Seriously! Heide Park was one of my absolute favorites on the tour (along with Europa and Phantasialand) - I could easily have spent another day there. Great rides, gorgeous landscaping and scenery, fun slides, delicious schnitzel... and Wumbo is such a delightful park mascot.

 

Colossos was my favorite woodie of the entire trip (edging out even Troy!) Desert Race was a blast, and I love the long scenic rides down the hillside on Schweizer Bobbahn and Wildwasserbahn II. And Scream is one of the best drop towers I've been on.

 

I even have to say a few words in defense of Limit. I usuallly hate SLCs, and when I visited Heide Park in 2007 I was happy to see it down for maintenance. I was kinda hoping it would be closed again this year. But much to my surprise, this was the one SLC on the trip that didn't beat the crap out of me! I actually enjoyed Limit quite a bit - Ivan and I rode it three times!

 

Robb - thanks also for including some pictures of Hotel Port Royal (the late nite "snack", the sexy pirate bathrooms...) This was our first night in Germany, the first night I started drinking that delicious German Weissbier. Port Royal was my favorite hotel of the entire trip (though Colosseo and Ling Bao were also breath-taking).

 

Ryan

[The Official "TPR Europe Trip 2008" Thread!]

Toverland really hooked us up - one of my favorite ERT sessions on the whole trip. Troy was so amazing, I rode it 26 times - it was even better than Thunderhead I thought, which is saying a lot in my book. THANK YOU TOVERLAND!!

 

"TROY!... de sensatie... la la la la la..."

 

Ryan

[Waldameer Discussion Thread]

Robb - Thanks again for an incredible filming session. RFII was such a great ride - Waldameer definitely have a winner on their hands. I was hoping I'd get to ride 10 or 15 times if I was lucky - getting to ride it 52 times was just unbelievable! What a treat. Seriously, I would have ridden 52 more times in a heartbeat. The coaster really is that good.

 

The pics look great - so does the video!

 

Ryan