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Here's something from The "What's Coming Up?" Dept... [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_5010_fe2h[/coastertube] It's the Raft Ride at LEGOLand, Billund! And that's Thad in the pink t-shirt. (o;

Wow! I love this new souvenir poster design for DL's Haunted Mansion's 45th Anniversary! Would love to get one, if possible from where I live. I really REALLY like this design for the Mansion's 45th.

Sorry, but all I can say is.... Best - TV Title - Ever

"Well, that's what comes, from too much pills and liquor." Cabaret

^ Even better!

~ More of Hansa Park ~ Darron and Chris about to enjoy Die Schlange von Midgard, the smallest coaster with the longest name, in Hansa! They looked a bit out of focus, so I jazzed them up a bit. The coaster in question. A really neat coaster, with it's own dark ride section, too! The Observation Tower of Hansa. I forget what this is called, but it's a pretty cool flat ride. Looking down at the park's flume. The Entrance Plaza. And is that band still playing, there? A view of Rasendar Roland (roller skater) "threading the loop" of Nessie, the Schwarzkopf. Fluch von Nogorod. Great coaster. Still. And the sea, beyond the park and resort. Help! I've fallen into a deep sea dive helmet, and I can't get out! Nessie's loop in use. Where we ate lunch. O.....kay. Me and Cary with our meal. For me, too - much - food here. And the beer was awesome too! The bounce thing. Cary takes a try at it. I lightened the photo to show his expression. Then Gary came on board and started bouncing around Cary. Gary about to fall onto the bouncy thing's surface. Cary resting. And with a bit of lightening, he looks happy too!

Yep. Something definitely going on, here. 905

Hmmm. Something's up here.

^ Thanks Bert! I try to take as many as I can, but I still find myself judging the shot, which isn't a bad thing, lol. I also tend to take less coaster photos and more of the rest of the parks, which I enjoy doing. It challenges me to find something that isn't necessarily a ride or a coaster. But still interesting all the same. For instance, here's a set of brooms put where they're able to be picked up, in Farup Sommerland. Not a coaster photo, but it's in the park and that counts for me! I liked this enough, to snap a pic of it.

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~ 06-17-14 ~ Hansa Park ~ Another early morning rise, we load our luggage back onto the busses, and we're back on the road, but not before spending most of the day at one of my fave parks of the tour - Hansa Park. This is the park that debuted in 2009, an almost-totally-enclosed euro fighter coaster, named Fluch Von Novgorod. Back then there was still animatronics to install in the dark ride portion of the coaster, finishing themeing on the various buildings that hid the coaster's tracks.... Back then, in 2009, it was an awesome coaster, even with everything else unfinished. This visit, it just became a better More Awesome coaster to me. Even the entry and exit queues were well themed, and just dark enough to make things slightly...sinister. Great coaster. The rest of the park had a good quartet of other coasters available, including a very intense wild mouse, a roller skater (pretty big one too) that threaded the loop of Nessie, a looping Schwarzkopf, and the newest coaster at the park, Die Schlange von Midgard, which in my opinion was like a kids' sized version of Fluch! Even with a short dark ride section, before it's lift hill. It was great. There was also a site tour of the New Coaster Hansa was getting ready to construct. Hmmm. Guess that means another visit to Hansa in the near future? Here's some photos... Our schedule for the day. Our busses, ready and waiting. Yep. This is ours! Hi Neil! How's the ceiling in your room? Short and slanted? Great! On the way to Hansa. Here we are! Yes. We're definitely at Hansa. And Hansa is ready for us! What lay beyond the entrance gate. A band that played for us - and through most of the day, too - and Hansa's signature Date garden. Elissa! I found your buddy! And couple of his buddies, too! Fluch von Novgorod, themeing now finished, looking nice and impressive. In the queue - just hangin' around. Blue, blue, blue! The outdoor part of the coaster. Lovely curve. Um.... Oh. It's a bird! Ding Dong - Taco Bell Ride! Not what it's really called, and this time I got to ride it. (Was closed in '09) Not bad. Slow loader, but a pretty intense little ride. Ding Dong, indeed!

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^ Thanks for posting the article. It has been so many, many years with all this rumor and speculation about "what's happening to Playland and the PNE." I just hope this new plan does go forward. Playland has been way too much of a "parking lot midway" all these years. Unfortunately for myself, if and when this whole thing is finished, I'll be near 80, if not older! The Game of Thrones Exhibit at the PNE, will certainly bring fans through the turnstiles, considering it was a separate upcharge exhibit in Toronto, etc. (EDIT To Add: The PNE will run from August 16 - September 01.) http://www.pne.ca/thefair/exhibits-and-attractions/game-of-thrones-the-exhibition.html I have never seen the GoT series. But this exhibit of costumes, and concept art looks interesting. Will check it out when the PNE happens, late August. Lineups pending, ha ha. (o;

...So with the luggage packed in the busses, in the morning, and our visit to Bon Bon Land complete, we hit the road to our First ferry Crossing...to Germany! And Hansa Park. The crossing was a very short one, but it still the things travelers need... like a huge floor of DUTY FREE of Everything! It was such a short crossing, and the place was immediately PACKED, I just called it a loss on that one, and knew I would have more time in the other two ferry crossings we'd be eventually doing. But, when we reached our hotel, we arrived at a very unique TPR tour hotel. One with not so many of the same sized - or shaped - rooms in the main building. And other smaller buildings in back of the property with multiple rooms, etc. We pretty much fille dit all up, except for one group, who had their dinner earlier than us, but ALSO got the Entire Group up and to the breakfast buffet, before any of us did! Freeky. But dinner. Aw dinner. I enjoyed it, not because there was less to choose from - which of course makes for easier choosing, lol - but they had a full BBQ going on at the back of their patio, with every kind of meat, poultry and burger possible. Steaks, German sausages, burgers, chicken...Heaven on a grill! After dinner, a couple more beers, then to the room for sleep and another early rise and shine! A reminder of what's for the rest of the day. Doesn't this kind of lighting belong in a plane? Curious. The ferry we take, to get across. The hotel we arrive at, for one night's stay, and a nice evening meal. Indoor buffet. The Hot Grilled Meat was outside. (o: Oh, and a LOT of JELLO was there, bottom left corner. Yum? So carnivore, this plate looks. Yum! Everybody every where in the dining room. A bit dark, but it shows where we all were. 'Night guys. See you EARLY in the morning!

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Do not adjust your screen. Everything is fine. It's just... well... I mean... Our names are on the damn Coke bottles! Do not tell anyone else, until I find out more. Well, I already do know more about it, so.... later. They know. The Bottles. Know your name.

Disney & More.com just posted some concept art for the two hotels currently being built in time for SDL's opening. The odd one of the two is definitely the Toy Story Hotel. They show a night model shot and interior of this hotel as well. Looks interesting, and probably the lesser priced of the two hotels, so far. The Main Hotel, opposite the Park, with a lake between them. The second, Toy Story Hotel, with it's odd shape, and the TRON Coaster show building behind it! Night shot of the concept art, and interior of one of the rooms. Looks nice to me.

We saw a production of Legally Blonde last week, at our in-park, outdoor, Malkin Bowl. This place features two musicals in rep, rain or shine, for a month or so during the summer. I was part of the original reviving of Theatre In The Park waaay back in ....1969! I did shows with them, up to 1977, that being my last role as Riff in their first version of West Side Story. Speed up to today, and I am watching a musical directed and choreographed by a former dance partner and actress in her own right, Valerie Easton. We danced together in 1974 "No,No,Nanette" (she being Nanette), 1971 version of "Annie Get Your Gun",and "Hello Dolly!" that summer in the park. This show was great, the dance numbers were good and busy, and the "lead blonde" in this production was really good, and I'm sure her performance could easily hold up on Broadway. And it's Wednesday - so it's time to wear pink! And here's to a great local production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical."

More photos of Bon Bon land... And then everybody went on this frisbee. Hi guys. And...there they go! Had quite a bit of air time, I heard. Another fave flat ride, ridden by everybody. And the disko! I heard that this was Kristen's First Disko! I hope she enjoyed it, like most of us do. The entrance to the (then) un-pc "jungle cruise" ride. The group was hoping to "ground" the boat, some where along the way. The things we do, lol. What??? This isn't un-pc at all! The attraction was actually "cleaned up" quite a bit since the last TPR visit. So there was no cannibals eating white people. Etc. More colour in the attraction. It was fun, but just not the same cheesiness as before. Where a lot of us ate lunch. There was this insane cawing sound coming from the roof. I later found out this was a recording on a loudpeaker to scare the actual birds away! It really didn't do that, much. More candy! Sugar buzz in large help-yourself bins! Inside of Bon Bon Land's main Gift Shop. Yep. Still going. Random art in the park. 4D movie. I think this was the one that bridges the first two Ice Age films, explaining how 'Peaches' came to be. I enjoyed it for that, but the effects were like every other 3-4-5D theatre. Inside the big building by the entrance to the park. Lots of themed displays, play areas for kids, and this (I think) British Band, trying to get it's act together, heh. Then there was the Winter/Christmas Section here. Lots of glimmering white, and sparkling snow everywhere. Santa was here too. Actually, many many Santas here. It was a bit wierd to see so many of them. This must be Santa The First. Anybody who sits on a throne deserves that, yes? No? Miles (as he put it) Hits A Wall. Things get better for him later on. Bye bye Bon Bon Land! We then headed to our first ferry crossing...to Germany!

~ 06-16-14 - Bon Bon Land ~ Bon Bon is one of these parks that was originally based on the idea that non-pc stuff is good, and that farting dogs and vomiting seagulls had a place here. Through the years, however, the park has appeared to "clean up" a few of the more obvious things that it felt was not right for a "family park." Whatever. They kept some of the visual stuff, and it's still a big park with plenty to ride, climb on, fall off. Usual stuff. Bon Bon is also the home of the first Gerstlauer Eurofighter coaster, and it still rides pretty good for the age that it is. And a pretty intense Gerstlauer spinning coaster as well, here. And a workout of a "nature trail" that proved you are never too old to cram yourself into a tubular slide..and get stuck at the bottom, lol! Here's some of the photos I took there... Our schedule for the day. And at the end of this day, we'd be in Germany! Bon Bon Land's entrance The spinning coaster. Garfield is apparently NOT appreciated here. Victor Vandorm - one of The Longest family coaster trains I had ever seen. See? Too long to even fit in my photo! Minions have a place in this park, it would seem. A map. Forget the burgers! It's all about the Dog Fart Coaster! Zooming through the Hundeprut "fart house". (This is the name of the coaster, by the way) And - the dog who farts - and poops. Coning back into the station. Pretty easy to understand, yes? No? And for the ladies... The eurofighter. Still good after all this time. Hmmm. Will he make it? On the park's Nature Trail Workout Course. POP! Yay Steve, ya made it! Thad on the ropes. Sort of. Almost made it too, Thad! Thad learns to park - and park well!

^ Thanks Thad! And here's a slightly "altered" pic I took of you guys and Kristen on the Disko in Bon Bon Land! Here you all are, being artsy! And I heard this was Kristen's First Disko? Way-ta-go Kristen!!! Hope you enjoyed it, like I always do. (o;

That was cool! Even though it was about the Indy coaster. Thanks for sharing this!

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~ Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe - Evening at Tivoli ~ The meal at Hard Rock was great. We had pre-ordered for our main course, before the tour started, so another salad was heading my way here. (o; It was good, the atmosphere was charged with everybody's first couple of days on the tour. Lots of talking, and park stories already! And after dinner, we re-entered Tivoli, and enjoyed the park until near closing time. But more importantly, all the lights and lighting came on, and Tivoli turned into a wonderful evening park, enjoyable even if no rides were ridden. Hard Rock Cafe at Tivoli! Where we all ate. My table. Hi guys! Getting drink orders, with all the HRC memorabilia up on the walls and even in the bathrooms! Another salad for me. With grilled chicken on it. It was great, and just enough for me. After dinner, back into Tivoli. The lighting is starting to show. I took a ride on the park's only wheel. Not very high, but on a 'hill' so that helped the height of it. Scenic Railway view. An important building over here, I am sure. Maybe a Government Building? Not sure. A group goes (again) on the wooden coaster. The Pagoda is starting to show it's lights. Priscilla's all-out search for fridge magnets pays off! More lighting on Pagoda and Daemonen. Everything is lit up here in the park! It's all very beautiful. They even lit up the waterfall on the mountain. It's very impressive to see. More buildings, more lights. The Star Flyer looking great in the evening. Mmm. Really beautiful. The outdoor theatre gets some lighting love, too. On our way out of the park. The lights show us the way. Group shot outside Tivoli's main gate, before heading back to the hotel. Thanks for the wonderful day Tivoli!

^ OMG Somebody likes....p-p-p... non-musicals! Kidding. That's cool. I think plays should be welcome in this thread too. For instance, I am about to receive a DVD about theatre in London - and it highlights "Waiting for Godot", which eventually went to Broadway, with it's two original stars, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. In rep with "No Man's Land." I am very much looking forward to this video. Soon to be appearing at my front door! (o: