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"Land of Lola" musical, Kinky Boots

Coaster in Playland, Vancouver. Don't touch it. It's perfect.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Don't want to read even titles of episodes, LOL!

For myself, you are put in such an un-natural postion (lying down, face down etc.), and from the two I have been on, you really don't see too much in the actual riding experience of it all. You can't look side-to-side much at all, and it just got frustrating, physically, for myself to deal with it. When I got off, I sighed relief. And felt to see if my chest was still intact, ha ha. There it is, down to the right, there. In Sarkarnneimi park, Finland. And apparently, of these two I have ridden, people told me this was the better of the two. Uh huh. Noted.

Thad, where ARE you and......wherever ARE we, next???.... Not that I'm being PUSHY or anything, hmmm?

And here's Caeser guarding our evening ERT at Tusenfryd Park in Norway, for Speed Monster, after the park had closed. From TPR's 2014 Scandinavia Tour - June 21st. Such a hero, he is. Whatta guy!

^ But - you're still paying Ross???

06-21-2014 ~ Tusenfryd Park, Norway - The Mountain Climbing Park! Tusenfryd has been visited three times, by myself and others from TPR. First time was an add-on to the 2006 UK Tour, second time was in the 2009 Scandi Tour. This time....in my HUMBLE opinion... was The Best of The Three Visits! Why? Look at the day's schedule. We left AT 0545 PROMPTLY that morning. It took us three hours to get to the park. But the park was still not yet open, unlike the previous visits where it was already open and packed everywhere. This visit was a much better deal. But Tusenfryd is still on a mountain side, winding all up, down and across it. It becomes a challenge to some, myself included, for really planning a visit there, so not much back-tracking happens. We got ERT on Speed Monster;; up and over to Splash Monster for ERT (which was really great because last visits, the ride operations on this was truly EPIC SLOW); later on taking in the park's new dark ride, Thor's Hammer, which wasn't too bad, once the thing got going and into operation (we had to wait at the front of the queue for 'problems'); Our lunch was another buffet and not bad, although for myself and a few others, we seemed to hit it just as a lot of food has gone. And there' didn't seem to be a rush to replenish everything. So I/we made do with what we could get (taco shell pieces - yummy), and we were fine. Then, when the park closed, we got ERT on Speed Monster and Thunder Coaster, which was a good workout, considering where they were from each other in the park. So groups of people went to one, then the other, then vice versa. Worked just fine. There was also a new replacement for the old Haunt House they had years ago. And this one, Nightmare, turned out to be a happy surprise for me, even though the queue ran very, very slow. But I found out why when I got inside. I knew of this seating/attraction technology and seen mockups and drawings of it and how it would work. Never did I imagine I would ever actually get to go on one of these things! And I really enjoyed it, too! I think my only suggestion to improve it, would be to add a second show building, and even with one pre-show room, the queue would move along much faster. Here's the photos for the day at Tusenfryd... So this is how early our day started out. But the early start got us to the park, before it opened! Woo hoo! Waiting ourside our hotel for the busses. "Someone's been to Hansa park..." (o; How giant marshmallows are made. Three hours' drive later - we're here! And they're already testing Speed Monster for us! Cool! Up into the park we went. And of course, one or two (on the right) had to prove they could go up the down escalator. A few succeeded. Others failed. Riding Speed Monster was just as awesome (to me) as it was back in 2009 AND 2006! Where the Haunt House sat - NIGHTMARE now sits. I got this pic that per2012 took of the side of the attraction. Thank you, and I loved the detail on it! Everybody doing their what? Tenth time on Speed Monster? Who knows. We kept going and going... Nope. Wasn't even considering riding Loopen any time soon. Twice (previously) was e-nough, thankyou. This just looked...interesting. Recycling is always a good thing. I think. Ran into this. Looked cute for the kids. Then I saw.... ...this. Takes credit cards? Really??? And that definitely proves to me ,how expensive Norway really is, among all the Scandi countries. Two photos from Hanno. This one you can't miss me (red shirt) on Splash Monster. I had assured everybody, "You'll hardly get wet on this".... Then I suddenly realized what an idiot I was, LOL! A tidal wave of water just poured over me! Took a while to dry everything (and me) off, lol. Thanks for the two great photos, Hanno. Entrance into Thor's Hammer attraction. Wasn't bad. Not great. But not bad. Then I decided to get myself on a Wanted Poster! Of sorts... Wait a second - ONLY 5000 Gold Coins??? Hmmmph. )o: Yep, they got one of these, too. Line ups for it were seriously, incredibly long. Too long for me. Lunch. I grabbed what I could, from what I could find, that wasn't all gone - and enjoyed... Where we ate our lunch together. Caeser hanging around SM's entrance, looking to discourage last-minute gp riders. Our hero! And thanks Tusenfryd for a real workout of a visit, ha ha. See you again, in a few years or so...

Me and ice cream coming together, at Farup Sommerland during this summer's TPR Scandi Tour. And I always post it below, because as I usually am, everything is "subject to change".

Your dinner looks delicious, and very cool in how they cook it at your table. Is that squash underneath those meat and veggie kabobs? Yum. Great report and photos. Thanks for sharing your visit there.

Dumbest - refusal - ever.

Congratulations Caeser! After three rounds, I would have begged off, LOL!

Awww, I enjoyed riding it. Both times. Both tours ('09 and '14) And having one would be a (desperately) Big Improvement, if it was brought to Playland.

But before we "land in Sweden"... I remember earlier discussion, probably in another thread, about how the Topple Tower seems to have not been a success as the makers hoped (i.e. Dollywood). But in Djurs Sommerland, Denmark, they have a still-running tower, and I just found a pic of the postcard I bought, with an overhead view of the ride. Here's a Sunday Share... I really liked how they themed the area around it, too.

And National Roller Coaster Day comes to it's end (PST). Hope everybody got a good ride in, today.

Let's hope not.

Ooooo, can't wait till the 23rd!

Ha! And I bet you thought that was the only pizza you'd be having, hmm? (looked good from here, by the way) So much to see, just strolling around. That wall is pretty cool too (the 'moving' tiles). Great pre-Tour so far, Gary!

Remembering the layout of the park from the 2013 tour, I wonder where they're planning to put this?

Very cool. Now if they succeed with this one, perhaps a Busch Gardens-to-the-Moon-And-Back Coaster is not far behind?

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Congrats on #70! And it's always nice to see more reports and photos on two of the parks I really enjoyed during the recent TPR Tour. Liseberg is just all-over awesome with all it offers families and thrill seekers. And HELIX too, lol. And Djurs is an amazingly big park with plenty to do for kids and families even without riding the rides (all those trampolines and playground areas). Thanks for sharing your visit there to the parks.

From Denmark to Sweden - Our 2nd Ferry Crossing After our great day in Farup Sommerland, it was time to leave the park, and head to our next ferry crossing, finally leaving Denmark, and arriving in Gotheborg Sweden, late in the evening, Dinner was included, and it was another buffet being offered, so that was great. And by the time we reached Gothenborg, it was pretty dark, lights were all over the city, and it was a nice way to arrive there. With Liseberg Park just across the way. But Liseberg would be for another day. Tomorrow would be a long bus ride, up to the only park in Norway we'd be visiting - Tusenfryd Park. Here's the photos of our ferry crossing... From the ferry terminal, I saw this, across the water. And from another angle, this mirrored building. Our ferry, waiting for us to board. Dinner. And beer of course! Denmark, in the distance. Caught this great shot of the sun going down, eventually. (o; Nighttime in Gothenborg, as we arrive. Across the waterway. I'm not sure what this was, and the flash didn't help. Then I took shots w/o flash... Darker, but still interesting with all the blue lights. A bit farther away now. Hostorical looking buildings up on the hill there. Close up shot of same building. Then I saw this, took the photo, then when I got home, I needed to lighten it up A LOT to be recognized. So I did, and... Voila! It's Liseberg in the distance! And HELIX would be only a couple of days away.

Overhead park videos, I just love. The music score was pretty awesome, too! Thanks for finding and sharing it.