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Garland

^ So - giving up? My fave...

Judge

I believe my very first Vekoma, was the original Big Thunder Mountain in Disneyland in 1980, just after it opened, waaaay back when. Unless Matterhorn Bobsleds was/is Vekoma - then that's back to ....1963! EDIT: Actually, this is all wrong. 1st Thunder Mtn.was made by Dynamic Structures; #2 by Arrow in Florida; and finally, the others in Tokyo Disneyland and Paris...Vekoma.

^ Hope you get to scream your head off, there.

Coke. End of discussion.

True. And the person below you, is already drinking vodka. The person below me is a vegetarian.

^ Well, hopefully that net's strong enough. In my past two visits there I never saw, or heard of, anybody falling off that thing.

Just did this yesterday, from that awesome aerial photo posted. Best. Screen. Ever.

^ The Hulk looks so wierd now, being disconnected, etc.

Sunshine, sunshine...sunshine! (But much cooler day AND night.) It's really turned into an "Indian Summer" for us here.

Balder Liseberg (Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden) TPR 2014 Scandi Tour

"Walk On The Wild Side" Lou Reed

Zipper Dipper Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK) (Closed in 2010, but ridden in 2006)

OMG - And just like that - A new single from Adele (first in 3 years) just aired! "Hello"

The rest of our day was spent at the hotel, lounging around, checking out the window to see what or who was new in the area. Then, I saw the small couple of boats filled with "well wishers" in the middle of "something". Turned out to be connected to this banner that had been draped over one of the canal bridges close by. Into the evening, we went for another late afternoon drink at the Queen's Head, and then headed to Burger bar, but for take away only! And ONLY fries! We had seen some other food displayed in a cheese/deli shop practically beside the hotel. So we got the fries as a side dish, lol. And ate everything back at the hotel. So, as non-busy as this day was, here's the run down of the Burger Bar's menu and what I had in the first couple of burger meals... Looking out the window, I see this "party boat" (right) in the canal. Champagne (?) is popped. A 'toast' is given. And right there.... ...is The proposal! And a small boat underneath, with it's BBQ going. (o; Right after that, I saw this red boat getting ticketed! So yes, there are Police Boats in the canals of Amsterdam. A Segway tour couple. The guide was ahead of them, and without a helmet on! Tsk tsk. One of The Most Popular Outdoor Urinals in the city! A few of the guys staying at our hotel. Hi guys! If you look real close up there - he's got a MOHAWK! Back of the Queen's head bar. Not sure why I posed like this. Eh, it was a photo spot, right? Back to the Burger Bar. But only for Take Away Fries! This is the Burger Bar's little menu card. There are the four burger meats to choose from. For us, chicken was not going to be one of them. The numbers apply to the order (and the 3 nights) I had a burger. And like I said before, the Waygu beef didn't taste all that different to me, than the other two did. This was Burger #1 on our Arrival Day. I OD'd on adding grilled onions, mushrooms, bacon, and this new Amsterdam Cheese that was a nice creamy tasting gouda. But we split the fries and the soft drink, and saved some $ in the process. (o: Toppings. #1 Had onions, mushrooms, bason and Amsterdam Cheese on it. Burger #2 had just mushrooms and cheese (blue) on it. Which was enough. Burger #2, eaten our 3rd day in Amsterdam. Nice Irish beef, there. Fries. Fantastic. Plentiful. And they had malt vinegar on the table too! Descriptions of the meat choices.

Rolling In The Deep Adele

No. And I had no idea you could get bitten by one of those! Are you already starting to save up for your next coasters/parks trip?

None that I know of. The ones I do connect with, are usually already in the queue, and want to know what's all about my (usual) theme park t-shirt, etc. That's fine with me.

We went and saw PAN this afternoon. We enjoyed it. I loved the visual beauty of not just one pirate ship being able to fly. Hugh Jackman was way over the top, but the change of reason vs. madness was fun to watch and hear. And the kid who played Pan was good, too. There were only four of us in the theatre. Too bad. I don't think it's as bad as it's currently being/been reviewed. 7/10

^ And they're doing a great job with Skara, I must say, after two visits, five years apart. Tranan is still one of the more unusual coasters I have enjoyed riding. EDIT to add: And how they designed and built Twister all in and around, what was already there in Grona Lund, was just sick. Tranan ~ TPR 2014 Scandi Tour ~ Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

^ Ohhhhhhhh noooooh. So sorry to read this, Phil. I'm not much good, over so far away from you guys. But I'm thinking of you, and hoping maybe there's another ending to this.

^^ That's all I got. More love for Grona Lund.

^ You know, between the three of them, I found the Waygu beef 'nothing special' and the other two were just as good, IMhO. The difference of course is Waygu being double the cost of the Irish beef. So I tried it once, found it was alright, but would easily go back to Irish or Angus beef... when we're there again. To add, at 12 Euros for a 200gm Waygu burger...that's over $18 Cdn for it. Quite the investment for a burger, lol.

S: Särkänniemi Amusement Park Laiturikatu 1 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland Home of Tornado. TPR 2014 Scandi Tour.