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Coaster at Playland(PNE), earlier today. On the yellow train.

^ Where the heck is that one??? Colossus Thorpe Park (Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom) TPR 2006 UK Tour.

Strange Lyrics, Dept. Something I love to do, after the TONYS are over, is look over the performance parts of it, thru Youtube. "Tootsie" was especially enjoyable, but I have to say, just before Michael exited and then gets turned into Dorothy, he sings this.... "Like the thrust of a hummingbird's tongue ~ Like a beer keg that's blown out it's bung ~ Like a hippo protecting her young - Unstoppable!" Strangest three lines I have ever heard, strung together, LOL.

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~ Sunday at the Church of Coaster ~ What better way to spend a Sunday, than at Playland and riding the Almighty C to take your breath away, and raise you to a higher level of OMG!ness. And by the way - Happy Bastille Day, France! I thought churros were from Mexico! My PLINKO tickets haul = = this much. (o: Haven't bought any fudge in awhile. Blueberry sounds good. They even gave me an extra piece of fudge! Nice people at Playland. Fudge was good, too! Um... panels on the West Coast Wheel need to be..... redone? The Beast is active again. And AtmosFEAR "almost" touches the clouds.

^ Yes, and The PNE also celebrates Out At The Fair Day again (this year. Thurs.Aug.29), like it started doing last year. You buy a pair of rainbow socks from the Pride Society's booth, outside the main PNE entrance, and you get in free! A "first" for a big annual fair, I thought. They were very supportive last summer's 'Day,' and everybody got into it, including the Fair staff. https://www.pne.ca/ways-to-save/ Last year's Pride Socks, bought at the PNE. Staff outside the PNE Prize Home.

Yellow Carousel Horses! By the way, it does look a bit wierd, seeing a lot of the children's rides fenced in, with chain link fence. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Just found this out online. So it must be true! The Deep-Fried Mars Bar was invented in........ Scotland????? But apparently, true.

Well, I found out there won't be a Rib Fest (per se) at this summer's PNE. I get the feeling they're not trying to depend on other food place owners that rent space at the Fair. The PNE wants that cash cow (moo) as well as the alcohol licenses for The Fair. Which they now have, hence no Beer Festival during The Fair any more. A newly-named Revel District will take the area formerly called Celeration Plaza. There will still be a few rides there, beyond the Playland "District". And that great piano dueling couple will be back, as usual, with their awesome playing and taking requests. http://www.pne.ca So, along with ribs, there will be a Mexican food set up, maybe in that large Poutine Bldg. area? Hmmm..... Ribs or Burritos? Time will tell, OLE! p.s. "I Love Churros".....really? They're a theme park food. Hardly "Mexican", to my taste. But..... whatever. And this is the Rib Festival shot in the Plaza, from last summer.

Well, I found out there won't be a Rib Fest at this summer's PNE. I get the feeling they're not trying to depend on other food place owners that rent space at the Fair. The PNE wants that cash cow (moo) as well as the alcohol licenses for The Fair. Which they now have, hence no Beer Festival during The Fair any more. A newly-named Revel District will take the area formerly called Celeration Plaza. There will still be a few rides there, beyond the Playland "District". And that great piano dueling couple will be back, as usual, with their awesome playing and taking requests. But... So, along with the Rib Fest, maybe that big Poutine Spot will be gone, too? And the photo they use is from last year's Rib Fest.

We had a Twister come to us during our annual fair, The PNE, years ago. Just loved riding it, and watching everybody freek out on it, LOL! And I am pretty sure it was the Herschell one. At the PNE, long time ago. Photo from Vancouver Archives.

Actually it'd have to be Six(sees) Drapeau Sur Quebec. ^ C'est noté.

Ssshhh. It's a secret entrance. Don't tell anybody.

^ Maybe there's not as big a demand for such a thing there, compared to the American parks? Just a guess.

Good advice for any park, really. If not at opening time, give it an hour or so and things will have evened out. Usually. Hopefully.

^ Thanks, Bert! I actually like it better than the actual on-ride photo itself, LOL! And there is the second shot that I like better now, now that I see what FLASH! does to "old age"... Bleaaaah. "Old Age and Flash Camera Are NOT Compatible" Also, I forgot to add, I chose to sit in the very front seat for this momentous photo op, which really, you can't tell that much from what got taken, lol. This looks a bit better, from a dissstance, IMhO. I'm also considering showing up, in cozplay, as a non-VIP guest, for this last PNs+19 night. I think I could carry the "look", heh. Stay tuned...

^ Actually, it would be just "Six Flags Over Quebec", then. We're still waiting in Western Canada, for Six Flags:Galaxyland to happen.

Here's one of me taken today, after I reached my "Age Milestone" of 66 rides on Coaster, at Playland(PNE). It's an old coaster hippie thing, really. I like the other one, that's taken closer up. Check out Playland(PNE) thread for that photo. (o:

My two visits to the park this week, Tuesday and today, were rather quiet with no big groups I could see, there. Coming into the park just after opening, there was always that surge to Coaster, which held for an hour or so. Then, it would drop off dramatically, so much so, that I could just get off the train, run around to the queue and be back on another train in three cycles, or less. I got four rides on Coaster today, but these four rides, brought me up to what I am calling my Age Milestone. Last year, when I turned 65, I decided just for the heck of it, riding Coaster as many times as I could, before the PNE started in mid-August. And ride enough times to match my age of 65. It turned out to be a bit trickier than I'd planned, as Coaster didn't open with Playland in May (still waiting for replacement parts from Europe), and stayed closed till mid-June. Meaning I had a month and a half to 'catch up' in my count. I made it, but just so. This year was much easier. Coaster opened with the rest of Playland on Opening Day. And today I rode Coaster for the 66th time, reaching this year's Age Milestone. So now, riding it more just shows me how many times I can ride it, "beyond my age." And I got a fist full of PLINKO tickets (154) today, which along with Tuesday's tickets haul, is kind of putting me off playing Ice Ball at all, any more. This is much easier to get prize tickets. Just stand there and drop quarters, LOL. Now I've collected over 1100 tickets. I'll cash them in, soon enough. Tuesday... Back for breakfast, before going to the park. Enjoying a great Eggs Benedict. Hardly anybody on several of the flats. How to work off breakfast. Pedal, pedal, pedal! Today's prize tickets, and three rides on Coaster. I'm now up to 62 rides on it. This morning's breakfast: two eggs (over hard) on hash. Messy, but enjoyable! (o: Less than an hour later, I attain my Age Milestone. Three flat rides in this photo, are not running today. Setting up for another concert(s) this weekend. Three shots of Swinger. My celebratory on-Ride #66 photo. Damn I look f'd-up!

One I took at this past Friday's Playland Nights+19 night, at Playland(PNE). I liked it.

^ Yeah it was fun! And I didn't really take enough night photos, once A LOT of "VIP" ticket-holders came into the park. The day photos were fine, but man, some of the night ones I could have taken. IF I had my memory working, after 4 or 5 beers? I would definitely pay the VIP price for an experience like this at Playland. And I did actually get a few rides in, too, LOL! A quiet day it was, this past Tuesday. Very quiet.

It'd be great if that particular shirt is still available when we're there, early September. Definite souvenir shirt to buy on this visit to Knott's (I have Ghost Town's 75th Anny shirt). Two bought there actually, besides getting Knott's West Coast Bash t-shirt in 2016.

Ah well. We were hoping it would be open by the fall, with possible soft openings while we were there in Sept. No matter. Just have to come back again, I suppose. EDIT: Actually, fall of 2023 looks good, since I'd be hoping the Runaway Railway attraction would also be open by then. See ya later, Mater. (Taken Sept.2016)

^^ No, you're not missing anything. You're just really lucky.

^ That's how I felt they dealt with Wicker Man over at Alton Towers. Put it more into the middle of the park, than by an edge of it, i.e. near the neighbours.