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"To Infinity - and Beyond!" Toy Story

~ Sunday Video Share Day ~ Here's the video I took, of some of the guys on... The Fastest Raft Ride I (and several others I asked) have ever been on! In Farup Sommerland. I missed riding it last visit, due to The Rain and it felt kind of silly to get into a raft ride with the rain coming down, etc. So I passed. But not this time. And it was great! [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_5209_vl5q[/coastertube]

~ We Take The Tower; The SCAD Tower, Tivoli Friheden ~ When we first arrived at the park, there was a wind up, and management said it wouldn't be likely our doing the Sky Tower (what they called it, here) at this time, but they were keeping a check on the winds and would let Robb know immediately when the tower was available to us. That happened, and was announced, just as a first bunch of us were finishing our great dinner. So, of course, we gobbled it all down as fast as our stomachs would allow, and high-tailed over to The Tower. This was my second time doing it, having done it in 2009, and in much wetter, windier weather, too. This felt so easy this time, in the setting sunshine, going to the top in our cramped little elevator. I was first up of my group, got hitched to the drop line, swung out, the guy doesn't even finish his second sentence to me, and WHAM - I'm plummeting over 50 mph (I am told) into a fine steel net. Whole thing over in three seconds! It was fantastic, and I would definitely do it again. Here's the rest of the photos of Tivoli Friheden...and that tower. Before I went up, Ben had just dropped down. Congrats Ben! And this is me, trying to keep that helmet on my head! But it was a rush; felt even better the second time! I didn't take any videos of anyone in 'flight,' so I took a few still shots. And Just is case you can't see them... There. In the crosshairs of the metal structure, lol. Here comes another one. Our two bus drivers decided they wanted to try a drop. And this is bus driver Lena, in mid-drop. Beautiful view of the wheel with the sun setting. As another one drops. The last group to go up, I believe. Bird's nest in the tower structure. Free housing! And another one drops. Closer view of "another one." THANKYOU Tivoli Friheden for a great visit, dinner... and SCAD Tower!

the sex is in the heel kinky boots: the musical

..and it was to be suspended, with bats holding cauldrons we were sitting in.... That was the original plan/rumor to my memory of it. And I still feel they could have produced a really kick-butt ride, in reaction what IOA did. But, they bailed on it. Not to mention the entire "land" they were planning for it all.

QFT.

Now that the shocked reaction, to the previous post, has subsided.... Here's the start of what I gots in Scandi. Cups and drink containers a-plenty! One with ice cream in it, the other with.....nothing in it. TOTAL SHOCK AND DISMAY - eh, it was on a tour, right? I think I got a pretty good haul on this one. Not really knowing when it was going to happen. Here's a group pic. More to follow. Later. Like I said, cups and containers a-plenty! (EDIT TO ADD: Sorry about the repeated photo. Silly me.)

Well honestly, they're just floating pieces of .....dirt. EDIT to add: And I did enjoy the movie.

gimmee a 7!

It all looks great. The family invert is new, since the 2012 TPR Tour, yes? (I'm old. I forget. Gimme a break.) Definitely a good thing, in my books, from current previous ride on family inverts in other countries. Current one I rode, is in Farup Sommerland, Denmark.

Waytago Kristen!!!

~ Bad Video Dinner (PST) Night! ~ Just for the sake of posting this, I took a rather un-interesting video of COBRA at Tivoli Friheden, before The Awesomeness That Is SCAD Tower. So this, in my very humble opeinion, is my 2nd Worst Coaster Video Ever...after my take on the Runaway Mine Train ride at HKDL. Enjoy if you can... [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_5113_q83t[/coastertube] Sorry bout the sound, too. This camera mic is so sensitive. My breathing causes hurricanes on it, LOL!

I just want to bring him a Vancouver-based PIZZA BOX, lol! Great little video and "comparison pizza" demo. Very entertaining. Also makes me hungry. What to do?

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^ LOL, you all looked so happy...and determined to stay on, James! ~ 06-19-14 ~ Tivoli Friheden..... and the SCAD Tower. After our visit to Djurs, it was time to go to a park that wasn't open to the public! Robb and Elissa had done this awesome thing (THANK YOU) of renting the park out for us, have the coasters available and running, as well as a few flat rides here and there, buffet dinner, and......included in this visit.... ....the famous SCAD TOWER at this park!!! More on that with the next set of photos. But for now, here's the first set of pix... From the bus, we can already see IT looming ahead, in Tivoli Friheden. Entrance to the park - and there IT is, again. And no matter how many cute cherubs around fountains you find.... IT is still an amazingly TALL thing! (I was to do it, after our dinner.) The dark ride. Big disappointment. Not like it was in 2009. That's all I got. I took a solo walk around the park to check on what I hadn't seen before, in 2009. And I noticed that many of the parks "park" their bumper cars this way, when the ride is closed. I thought that was a very cool to do. Double deck carousel, with all it's trimmings. Junior bumper cars, all parked, and ready for action, another day, Just sittin'. Not know why, but this looked interesting to me at the time. I do like water fountains that use natural stuff like rocks and shells, etc. And the park had one of these, which of course, I didn't ride. (o; The is Cobra - and invert with a wierd part of it that could hurt your neck, from what I remember. I have a terrible (to me) video, I'll post of it, next time I post. And The Tower can be seen from this angle as well. Dinner! Buffet! It was great! Lots of hot foods to choose from. A really nice spread for us. My plate and beverage. In the end I had to wolf it down rather fast, since they just made the annoucement that The SCAD TOWER is Available! It was windy earlier, so nobody went up in the beginning of our visit. But now......SCAD TOWER!!!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay another Scandi Trip Report! Woo hoo!!! Very much looking forward to what's ahead, Shawn. And that credit card 'spoon'...who knew?!! Here we are - "inside Balder", at Liseberg Park.

Is Judge Judy really worth $47 million a year?

This looks like a really great themed splash battle ride! Thank you for sharing your visit there - with the photos!

^ Just to add. It's EW Issue # 1323 - August 8, 2014. Can't miss it, heh. Quite the issue.

^Thanks, and you're welcome! And here's more of Djurs, including our lunch there, exploring through the park, a topple tower (!), "baking bread", and other stuff.... A great climb over thing for the kids, though we saw several teenagers attempting to fit through some of it. They failed. (o; No shame whatsoever. Ginny and Martin joined me for a 'ride.' Topple Tower! Anybody having Dollywood flashbacks? This is the only one I have ever ridden. I actually like the ride for what it does. Toppling the other way. Even a Best Friend is taken care of, at this park. And there was kibble in the middle bowl, too. Very cool to see that. This swings ride goes backwards! And some times, water is involved, too. Food! More pizza, but also meats to choose from and plenty of salad. Hey - don't I know you two from somewhere? Nagashima Spaland perhaps? TV thing? The group at lunch. Hi Miles. One of those awful evil climbing things in a great exercise area for kids AND parents, too. Several trampolines were close by... I liked this sign, in it's own themed way. New to the park - a COKE store. With a WALL of coolers with Cokes with NAMES on them! We had found this in an earlier park, but here, it was handled big time. T-shirts and other souvenirs were sold here, as well. Art and Water. "Baking bread." See the bread lump. Not sure how this turned out, but it is definitely popular with a TPR tour, wherever it's found. And then there's people... ...who DO like to get wet! And here's our Faaaaabulous Water Nymph, Jolie! The water park was available to us, and a few did take advantage of it, for an hour or so. Pirate ride in the new area of the park, with the Juvulen and Skatteoen coasters, too. Western Town at Djurs. Pretty good with all the themeing they do around the shops, places to eat, and rides. This stopped me in my tracks! (eep) And no, I did not move anything. Just as I found it. And actually, it's gin that helped 'him' to relax. (o; Then there are the do-it-yourelf rides at Djurs Sommerland... They did it! And nobody fell off! Congrats guys! And the visit ended with (again) ice cream from Ben & Jerry's, definitely a popular franchise in a few of the Scandi parks. Thanks for a great visit, Djurs!

Entertainment Weekly magazine just arrived with New Dr.Who on it's cover. And a complete history of the franchise and of Dr.s left and right... and centre.

what colour are you?

~ 06-19-14 ~ Djurs Sommarland.... Djurs was a great re-visit for me, not only for it having "My First Megalite" (Piraten). It was also a really, far reaching. laid out park! Lots of green space in and around where all the rides and coasters were. Exercise areas set up for the family to enjoy (think: trampolines!). And just a great green vibe about it that made me glad to get back there. And a Western town too! The park had a new coaster to put us on first, before we all ran over to Piraten, heh. I really enjoyed Juvulen, with two launches, the second of which was much faster and more surprisingly intense than the first one! To me. It - was - great! And THOR was still a great bobsled, although with MARVEL now changing THOR's gender to female.... of course, they'll probably do nothing at all about that, over here. I mean, this IS where THOR came from ,yes? No? Scandinavia? No? Time will tell, lol. This is also where one of the still-working topple towers exists! Shocking, but true. And the cycle was okay, but I still always find it an interesting ride. Sorry it didn't work out in Dollywood. Here's some photos of our day there.... Our day's schedule for the day - lots to visit and do. Djurs park staff greets us at the main entrance, talks some history of the park, and then leads us to our first ERT coaster.... The Park Map shot. It's a really a big space, when you look at all the green space in and around the park. It's very nice. Nope. Not this one first. Piraten will be ridden, soon enough. But THIS is the new one in Djurs list of coasters - Juvulen. With a new Vikings section added around it, with other new rides added as well. The ride train is a train of all terrain vehicles! I loved it! How to say "Arrrrr" in Danish. Then we got back over to Piraten. It still ran great, after these past five years between visits. (o: In back, ready for Piraten love. A shot of inside the station. Too dark. So I lightened it up... Then, I decided to go a bit beyond that... Pshyca-whatchit, man! (o; The water coaster. Also new to the tour, but not The Newest to the park. Mmmm, great pops of airtime on Piraten. Coming back in - wanting to go again. Typical. Splashdown on Skatteoen - I don't remember if I got wet or not, on this one. Hmmm... And then there was this. Guess which one I went to, first? And there's Martin, Cheryl and Lauren. Hi guys! THOR lifthill. THOR Art.

Mmmm, another reason to come back and enjoy Efteling!

Here's a few more of "How I re-did a few photos taken during the tour", etc. The Aquarium in the International Boarding area, Vancouver Int. Airport. 06-11-14 In Bakken 06-14-14, I decided to take a shot of the pavement, to fool around with later. And.... This is how it turned out, another way. All those browns in there.... In Grona Lund 06-24-14, in a souvenirs shop. The glasses intrigued me, ...