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A new original musical comedy, that didn't last too long on Broadway this past season. Still, it got nominated for The TONY for two supporting acting parts, and the score. All based on a true event that happened(s) in Texas. "Stay attached and Win the truck."

This was a great Happy Valley to visit, IMhO. One of my favourites of the franchise. (Even if I and a few others didn't get the mouse credit, hmmmmph.) I loved the aircraft used for themeing the two coasters sort of beside each other. Definitely enjoyed this park, with a lot of randomness around us, too. Great photos, Hanno. And omg, that was a lot of small parks we went through! (Loved Floraland too. Want to revisit, with new section/coasters added.)

1.9 Billion / 9 years

Loved watching the BOOM, lol! Thanks for the update, Peter.

^^ And although it's just a drawing, it also looks like it wouldn't be "just tea cups" zipping around. A whole kitchenful of stuff, lol! And a thought (or three) - a possible "Beauty & The Beast" attraction? Think "Be Our Guest". Even the song as background music would work in this attraction! And IF the attraction was housed in a show building - it could be in the Ballroom. (Partial columns in the drawing suggest this, to me.) With the chandelier hanging up above, everybody twirling around below... And an AA of Lumiere, in the middle, directing it all. Just a few thoughts on it. Very cool (if it ever gets built) like this.

Here's a few photos (I've collected) which include a possible layout of the park, and a model revealed recently. And as far as the "model" goes, it's basically The Castle and the garden and two rides (Dumbo and Carousel) in front on it. And not much else. Ah well. The garden area looks lovely. Here's a "possible" layout map of the park. And the model. Dumbo. The carousel. Love the horses, lol. Now, try and squish this castle between your fingers! And look - it's already Christmas there! (tree at right)

There is no 'joy' in Joyland.

A great park. But still not got raclette - yet. Another version of raclette.

^ Green tea frosting. Easy.

^ Great to hear, Ginny. Hope you enjoy the rest of what I have here. And here's a peek at next week's Day 4 on the TPR Tour... Our next park and credits - with a bit of a nice view here.

"It was like giving Picasso a paint-by-numbers set."

....and I thought I would try adding another video I made with my little digital camera. This is a 1/2 minute of what was called SwingDance at Perimagico Park in the mall. Didn't ride it, but looked interesting. And the vid starts out with the indoor coaster Halocan, zipping around the flat. Ran around it twice, in fact. Enjoy... [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=MVI_1802_866a[/coastertube]

Day 3 ~ Leaving La Feria ~ Mall = 2 coasters! So after it was near time to leave, most of us headed back to the entrance gate, back on the bus, and then on to one more destination with credits. But first - a Clown Intervention, of sorts. I was taking a number of photos of groups of clowns posing with other people. And then - this one clown spotted me taking the pix, and broke away from his group to.....uh....say hello? He also took my camera away and proceeded to walk away with, and then I grabbed his umbrella, and held it for ransom! Big choice, huh? It was fun and it all worked out, his name is Marvin, and he wants to move and live in Canada! Wish I could help, but I couldn't. And then, on to Perimagico, a small fun centre and indoor amusement park inside this HUGE HUGE mall. Big food court and big number of shops and franchises (Toys'R'Us) to poke around in. An interesting way to end our third day, in Mexico City. On the way out, this stage had a magic show going on,. But what caught my ear was the music used was from Cirque du Soleils ALLEGRIA! This is the group - and Marvin is there with his umbrella. Before he sees me.... So he's got my camera. And I have his umbrella. Take A Picture, already! And here we are, Marvin and me. Sweet guy. Any sponsors to Canada, out there? One last look, where we all began. Bye bye La Feria! This was wierd. I assumed the birds picked out fortunes, had their wings clipped, were kept ok. Still, sad to see. This was just outside the fences of the park, where we came in. And just like that - whoooosh! We're in Perimagico, that's a SwingDance with the indoor coaster racing around it. Twice! The family coaster is called Huracan. And here's Gary and Cliff being a 'family', happy to be riding. A game, with Ken against Barbie. But I think Barbie's about to plotz, there. Then, wouldn't you know it, everybody seemed more excited for the wacky worm (Oruga Feliz), outside in the light drizzle we then got. So this was the first dispatch of these credit whores. Yes Anth, we see you there. Shameless. We had fun, though. Hey Josh. 'sup? (Oh yes, this was one of 'those times' where the ride ops had to push the train to the lift hill.) And Keith just smiles and smiles and... (uh...you already been on The Smiler, man?) Back in the mall rides area, the sign for Huracan coaster caught my eye. Quite the design it was. Decisions, decisions.... Not happy to see this. The poor animals, bunched together in basic "aquarium" space. And finally, this caught my eye, too. So - a showing of something to come? Stay tuned...

Wow, Brian! Very cool. Would look great, framed IMhO.

^ Very good. And probably true. 9/10

Day 3 ~ La Feria ~ The Rest of The Park Well, I was actually a bit wrong about when we had lunch during this day. It was after ERT-ing on Montana Rusa and after going through most of the rest of the park, did lunch happen. Early afternoon, actually. But it was good, as it could be - with BEER! (o: Saw this 'parallel' in the two attractions. Looked like a good shot at the time. Did NOT ride either . Mmm that Schwarzkopf. (Montana Infinitum) We got ERT on this too! And that good old shuttle loop, too. (Cascabel) I love those things. And of course the all-important spinning mouse (Raton Loco) This we had to line up for, but the line went quick. The park's Haunted Walk-Through. I passed on it, due to (at the time) a long queue. Didn't hear much about it, from the others who did it. Got a giggle at the ice cream cart there, right at the exit of it, lol. Anth is demonstrating the art of Reunion, as he should. Actually, a few of us thought this was a great idea, not having to worry about silly things, like coaster entrances, specific buildings, blah blah blah... Saw a few of these around. Our lovely model Ginny is showing the obvious importance of these things. JC told me this was also the name of a franchise in California. Just the name - not the building itself, lol. TRY #1 - We all kept a lookout to see if the mobius' two trains would ever meet up with each other on the lifthill. This was neat. A mini-monorail for the kids. Didn't have a huge layout. But it looked cool. One of my fave shots in the park. Working with light and shadow, here. The DJ booth ~ sponsored by a potatoe chip co. of course ~ wasn't "on" or even occupied when we were there. And the Bumpy Slide in back was hardly used, even by the locals. Things that make you go hmmm... Eureka! I found something! On it! And moving on... TRY #2 - Getting better here. I think this was actually the closest we ever saw the two trains, on the lifthill. And there were groups of clowns or clown-like people, doing lots and lots of group shots with the visitors. Looked like fun. "And ONLY 42 Calories!" They also list that this 'beer' had hardly any alcoholic content in it at - all. Oh well. I can dream of higher alcoholic %, can't I? BTW, this is the start of having lunch int he park. Here's Jo and Ginny, doing the same. Or water, at least. And here's lunch! The "Mexican" part was the beverage (Sangria that drinks like a Caeser! With no alcohol content whatsoever!)

"Watching The Detectives" Elvis Costello

Just heard on the radio - A guy in Ohio is ticketed for letting his 9 year old daughter drive their car, albeit in a parking lot. Turns out the guy has a "laundry list" of warrants out for him, including robbery. Hmmm. Maybe this was his way of getting her in shape to be his future getaway driver.

What a great tour of Tivoli you shared! I cannot wait to get back to it, hopefully next year. And as for the upcoming 100th anniversary and renovating of the wooden coaster.... Perfect timing, I would say. Thanks for sharing your visit. And great that you finally got to ride Air Race! (EDIT To Add: And so much new stuff and themeing to enjoy, too! Tivoli is going to be awesome to return to, since the 2009 TPR tour.) This. Can't wait!

^ You might not have to wait a few years, Bob. The last park we visited in Guadalajara, Selva Magica, had all of what was called The Bullet dismantled in the back of the park. This was the coaster formerly at Flamingo Land in the UK and a/k/a Wiener Looping at Wiener Prater Park. "The word we heard" while looking at all the pieces, was that the park was planning to get it put together and running "by hopefully next year." I think then, TPR wants to get back to this park sooner than later, lol. This is The Bullet, when it was all put together. Photo from RCDB.

Day 3 ~ La Feria, cont. More importantly, this is all about one of the three last remaining wooden mobius coasters, in the world. The other two are in Blackpool and Kennywood. And this was my second one to ride, having ridden the one in BPB. This is about Montana Rusa at La Feria park. It took the ride ops (and blue-coveralled workmen) some time to get the train going on the track and to the lift hill, but they got it done, and everybody got to ride the same train for two laps of the coaster's circuit, once on each side of it. And after we had ridden it, we noticed that they were running two trains at once, which was (I remember being told) they didn't do too much, any more. Maybe TPR showed them how to really run the coaster, hmm? Who knows? Also to note - After some years of operation, the park decided to change the name of the coaster to something else. Angry locals DEMANDED that the park not do this. And happily, park management decided to go with what the locals wanted. Back to the original name! That's what I call GP Power, lol! Here it is - Montana Rusa. With quite the entrance station to it. Was so ornate and colourful. And this is the way you see this central piece above you, in the queue's ceiling. Turned around for a better view. Love the detail, although I had no idea what it represented. My loss. Positions to sit - and not. I rather like the middle one, myself. Much more relaxing... Like I mentioned before, blue-coveralled workmen pushing the train up to the lifthill. Kind of scary, but after that they didn't have to do it for every train, whew! I counted nine of them, there. How about you? (o; Looking back to the front of the queue entrance. Yes, we're all in there, somewhere. And right there in the station - a model of the coaster! A very nice one, too. Here's the other side of the model. Very cool to look at. Here's a good test of one's Spanish. Posted around where you boarded the trains. The paparazzi have been notified and are ready... And although this looks like the train was leaving with no middle filled up. It was. HI in back there! Here's the Party Car in back. With Larry as the lookout. And of course, our hosts for the tour. (Whatever their names are.) BearHugs to the Alveys! (And more park pix tomorrow.)

^ After our September visit, I would have to say, even with the new MM now opened, that it's more of (to me) a 3/4 Day park, LOL. But - if you do like I did, and include time back at the hotel (so easy to get to, with the bus service from the park) for rest, relaxation, ...and cocktails... then it easily becomes a Full Day Park.

When I was on the TPR 2009 Scandi Tour, one of the last parks we visited, Sarkanniemi, had one of these to ride. I don't know the 'generic term' name for this type of flat, but I really REALLY enjoyed it! And with several of us on at the same time, it was a lot of noisy screaming fun. Great flat ride.

Moo.