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^ 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.

^Thanks Bert! Just returned from my usual wonderful French Restaurant, locally. Pricy but so worth it. And an Absinthe cocktail to end the evening. https://www.bistroabsinthe.com/

Preach.

^ Actually, you have to consider, the villages around some of these European places were there first, in truth. But America is different and it is the other way around. Cities are built closer and closer to already existing parks, and then they complain about crowd noise and/or ride noise, that's "suddenly invading their privacy" blah blah blah. My five cents.

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....and eat at MELT and Famous Dave's.

^^ That lift hill setup (first photo) looks like a glorious cathedral of some kind. Very impressive.

^ Um, actually? nothing doing. I think. #whatsasportsteam?

^ Well, yeah. But we've had great BBQ locally and beyond, etc. etc. too. Just sayin'. Memphis has been made good, where we are. https://www.memphisbluesbbq.com/british-columbia-1 And they've been where you've been. Less often, but they get it. Yum for us on The Drive.

All the Disney parks/resorts I know of, seem to go through "phases" in building new stuff, etc. And this really looks like Orlando is getting a lot of new stuff in the coming years. Good for them. It's deserved. The 2020's are going to be a good time, going to a lot of global Disney Parks, actually.

^AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlike it. When hand puppets go EVIL.

^ You're so lucky to go that often. Yum.

^ Here's the menu pricing I paid, in my 2017 visit. Obviously prices could have increased by now. But here. And worth every dollar spent for it. And I'm Canadian, too! I had the half slab. Hence, the "leftovers." Yum. (o;

It is a mantra: Famous Dave's ~ Famous Dave's ~ Famous Dave's... ...and then go riding things, again. My plate at FD's. Yum. June 04/17. Leftovers. Yum.

^ LOL Noted! But I do not understand anything you posted in your EDIT. Nonetheless...these two shots look wonderful! IMvhO.

^ Awesome video Robb! I love how you've put in Shanghai TRON video parts, where needed to describe and show where the track is going, etc. Excellent video!