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The Knights of Valor show was pretty simple. You watched a couple of "knights" have a go at each other, trying to get points and/or knocking the opponent off of their horse for more points. That actually happened once, which looked, and sounded, pretty painful. But the fallen knight got back up on his horse, and kept going. He didn't win this match, but you had to give him credit for trying. After the jousting was done, I headed over to "Corn Dog KIng," for my daily corned dog. Got some root beer ($2 refills), but then discovered they had posted "Afternoon Specials" for beer and wine at the Plaza Gardens area. "Nuts to the root beer" I thought, and got myself a "trashy beer", heh. The beer tasted of grapefruit, which wasn't too back, but I don't think I'd order one again. The corn dog was very nice, good thick batter around the dog, which was sweet cornmeal done right. So for the four I've had so far, here's the order of perference... Coco's Corn Dog King Chicky's Coaster Dogs And after this, I then headed to the Coliseum for the Extreme Sports World Tour... Speaking of jousting....this looked like a triple play. But they were all polite and didn't try to bumper car each other. Lots and lots of stuffies. Unicorn #1 Unicorn #2. This carney was very entertaining to watch and listen to. This means we could take our drinks anywhere, past this sign. Remember this stall?... ....with these special Corn Dogs? Turns out they couldn't sell them. PNE has their own corn dog stands, and wouldn't allow these people to sell their special dogs. That was sad to find out. Mmm meatball corn dog! Here it is! The set up for the jousting. The Host. ....with the Very Long Hair. Lances. Yessir, that is a mighty long head of hair! And his beard was about as long, too! Charging at each other. Contact. Another run at each other. This is very fuzzy, but it does show a knight being felled (felled?) off his horse. Ouch. Got back up again, back on his horse, and ready to go again! He eventually lost the match. The Host of KoV, getting photos taken and autographs done. The winning knight. Proof that drinking at this year's PNE is all over the grounds. Finally. Corn Dog #4, here. Looks nice. The stick was a bit short, so the whole thing was a touch "top-heavy," prone to falling off it's stick. Delish. Still not as OMG as Coco's but slightly above Chicky's. Hmmm. A Trashy Panda Beer? Why not! Tasted of grapefruit, mainly. And they had a Special that afternoon, so it cost me only $5 Cdn. And this is Betty, who busses around the immediate area. Sweet young woman, very interested in chatting about everybody's day there at The Fair, me included. I liked her and hope to run into her again, in a week or so, when I return. (To be continued...)

Live Jousting, "Action Sports", Another Corn Dog....and Betty When I picked up the daily schedule for today's Fair shows, I was sad to find out that the Knights of Valor were not jousting at 3pm. A Draft Horse Show was scheduled in it's place. So I thought "oh well," and headed up to the Side Car Bar in Playland, to kill some time (i.e drink) before eating, and before the Extreme Sports World Tour happened, at 4:30. Two beers later, and several shots of people with their Arcade Games Unicorn wins, I headed to the Agrodome to get at least a few shots of the horses.... ...SURPRISE! The Knights of Valor was in fact, going on, so I caught the last 15 minutes or so of this, with what shots I could take of the jousting. Then, on to getting my 4th corn dog of The Fair, something to drink, and taking my time before the Action Sports Show happened... On the way to my bus stop, I saw this. Couldn't resist taking a couple of shots of this sweet little trailer. Hmmm. Wonder if they know their electronic sign isn't working? I decided to just "glide through" the Marketplace. When I entered the bldg, this is how I first saw it all. Stuff to my right. Stuff to my left. Everything is Everywhere! Looking back to the front, and where I began. Where To Next? Celtic dancing happening on the Festival Park stage. I was pleasantly surprised how vacant the bigger drinking areas were. Now that the PNE allows alcohol to be carried throughout the Fair (except in Playland where the one bar is there), people aren't sticking to just sitting in one spot with their drink. More seating for me! (o: Noted. But there's the Side Car Bar up in there, which is where I was headed. My view from the Bar. Red Coaster train running today. People photographing family Fairgoers. Me and Stella.... ...and the Side Car Bar all to myself! The yellow Coaster train's running, too. Meanwhile. Down again. And Hell's Gate looked pretty non-operative, too. (To be continued...)

Stick

oops I made a double. V

^ And I want photographic proof of this outfit.

Kettle Creek Mine Playland (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

All Touch Rough Trade

We recently discovered, that Stella has a new "nest" outside, where she enjoys curling up in it, and taking catnaps. Looking over the west side of our front porch, you might catch a glimpse of her. Much closer. And there she is, all curled up! Taken today, 5:30 pm-ish.

And here I am, at this year's PNE. Taken where all the classic and custom cars are: "Street of Dreams." Taken yesterday afternoon, 2 pm-ish.

^ I know, that's the one that's got my interest. I'm just not that good with really OMG HOT! jalapenos. Who knows? These might be "a bit milder" for the general public at The Fair. I'll find out, eventually. If I do buy and eat one, I will accept the (probable) Fire-In-My-Chocolatey-Mouth, and think of you, Andrew. Tomorrow, I am seeing this at 3 pm.... followed by enjoying Corn Dog #4, a drink.... ...and then seeing this at 4:30...... and this PNE Day will be done!

There's all sorts of stuff on eBay available. The decision is whether you're willing to "bid for it," or "Buy It Now" as some of the listings request. It's up to you, and you can at least search around for theme park related stuff, including Cedar Point I'm sure. It's a suggestion. Use it as you see fit.

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^ Hey it's late (where I am). And everybody makes a mistake, from time to time. BTW, my own Coaster at Playland(PNE) gives some pretty awesome airtime, especially after the first run around the layout. Then it gets.... some nasty airtime. Right in the middle is where all the WTF happens. Photo from Joyrides/Joe Schwartz, thanks!

Bump. 'Cause someone asked.

That's okay. Sometimes you hit it, in Search. Sometimes you don't. It's happened to me, too. One of those things.

Here. http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=503 You're welcome.

^ You plan to wear it, any time soon? Anywhere, in particular? My Big Hat Find. Tokyo Disney Resort. TPR Japan 2013 Tour. For the resort's 30th Birthday. I freek everybody out, with this on. (Thanks Dan for the pic.)

^ Well, it helps I turned 65 this year. That done, the two week+ Elders' Pass for The Fair cost me $42 Cdn. For a one day entry it would have cost me $7 per visit. So I needed to visit The Fair at least....6 times to make it work, lol. It's a great deal if you're a local, elder or younger. All you have to do is visit The Fair at least 7 times, and you're golden. Then any visits after that would be BONUS visits, lol! So I worked out a plan to visit all of the special events and exhibits there, but one at a time per visit, which allows me to make multiple visits. So far, so good! I'm up to four, so Friday and next weeks' 3 or 4 visits should be golden! Not to mention, I'll then have The $$$ to buy some truly Only-At-The-Fair kind of food! P.S. Also, by next week......damn the root beer and/or coke dollar refills! I'm ready for some hard HARD LIQUOR and/or cocktails, to enjoy the final days of this annual Fair. See me at the Ride Side Bar for future communication... Definitely on my To-Eat List, next week. (o; Also... maybe something from here...for dessert, right? But...chocolate dipped....jalapenos? Eep. "I will visit thee by The Wed-ness Day." Eh, I tried.

GateKeeper Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio, USA) CoasterMANIA! weekend, 2017.

Loved the TR, and some of your shots are wonderful! LochNessie, Alpengeist and the Gardens, noted. Looking forward to more.

^ Well, those queues looked....nice and easy to deal with.

In the last few weeks, our cat Stella has started to respond to the word "TUNA", if I call it out, to get her inside for a treat. And she knows exactly what it means too, LOL! Whatta cat.

(not so) Seriously, anything that they've done with Disney. But Big Thunder in Paris is definitely high on that list, there. From my last visit there, Sept.2015. My fave of the four: DL, WDW, TDL, DP. HKDL doesn't count.

^ I think you've all gotten some great shots of everything you've ridden (or not), so far!

After taking all the photos of these cars and trucks, it was time to get my corn dog, some iced tea for a buck, and check out The Fair for any other places that sell the Corned Dog. And I found one! It was at the corner of Playland. And it was cheapest of the bunch: $4! But then I took a closer look and saw that if I wanted to try one... well, I better order 2. A reminder. I found out what the flavour was of this new soft serve. Won't reveal it till I buy one and taste it for myself. (o; Orbiter in orbit. Bumper cars #2. Checking out this spot for their "featured flavour" candy floss, if they had one this year. And, they did! (o: The Wine Chalet wasn't too busy. I later found out, Wednesdays are usually the quietest times at The Fair i.e. No Crowds. But there was still a lot of haze in the air, from forest fires up north, so that may have something to do with the crowd size as well. Where I am. Cute for $5. You want scarves??? We Got SCARVES! Two flying flat rides. No corn dogs here, at the Playland White Spot....spot. Only sweet doughy stuff, here. Wow! This guy won a Bag of Plastic in the Arcade! Pizza Pizza just has that... and chicken chicken as well. They've got sweet pots (past the fudge) to keep the bees busy and away from the soda dispensers. Hope it's working. Is there such a thing as a Cod Dog? No such thing here. Wall of The Small. Soon, soon. I shall return. Testing, testing. Waiting, waiting. I assume it later (finally) opened for the crowd. Random shot with banana leaf. ...Then I found this place at the NW corner of Playland. What's this? What's this? Corn dogs? For $4 each??? Then I took a look. A bit...uh... short, I thought. Maybe I'll get two, eventually. (o; What's playing tonight. I didn't even know they were still together. My destination for today's C-dog. Ready to enjoy this one. And it was good, too. As good as Coco's but "not quite". Still, better than Coaster Dogs'. Teaching kids to cast a fly. On August 30th, when the LGBTQ+2 community shows up, this will be interesting to see: A fruit, drinking a fruit, from a fruit! I <3 my community. And I hope a lot of them show up! (o: Too - much - sugar HERE! Then I found this. Hmmm. Maybe I'll try one of them (mmm meatballs) next week. See you on Friday! The WIN A HOUSE! house. I did not go in. I did not want to, really. Too too modern for moi. Note the fake grass? Wouldn't want that anyway. Yay Coco's! You're still in front of the corn dog pack!