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Wonderful report on Hershey, Condor! I have known about this place since years and years ago, when it originally opened! Always wanted to visit it. Timing and budgeting, were always 'wrong.' Thanks for a really great, thorough tour of the Park!

(After a recent political announcement...) I wish America all The Best in The World, for their upcoming November election.

Leader.

"Scary Clowns In Cars"....?

Coaster at Playland(PNE) last Sunday. Finally! Only one ride taken, but soooo worth it!

^ Noted. And looking forward to what ya got, to TR on.

Uh...I remember riding The Beast in 1995...and nada on any 'soundtrack' that was going on...except maybe in the station, perhaps? Don't remember that, either. Perhaps it was added, after that visit I made? My 5 cents.

How to SPARKLE! @Playland(PNE)

Staff.

My Two Hours+ at Playland, Today... I wasn't planning to spend the entire 6 hours at Playland, that my ticket gave me. Two hours or so was going to be more than enough. And...it was. I got a ride on Coaster, right at opening. With an 8-seat train, I remembered, I was wondering how they were planning an "every other seart" arrangement, especially for those who like the back seat.... Easy solution. Take off the 8th seat, and voila! Rows 1, 3, 5 and 7 (Now the last row) were available to everybody, including single riders like myself. And By The Way --- that train ripped through the course, even in the first parts where it's uisually 'okay' and nothing spectacular, until you get "into the middle" of it all. Wow, I was impressed what dropping one seat did for the speed of this thing! And, it was true, this was the same purple train that suddenly slowed down and stopped in the second turn last August. They'd apparently fixed it up, and got it back on the tracks. So with yellow train, there are now two trains to run, thankfully. I did a walk around to the back of the park, got a good a good look at what was going on in back with "the new coaster". Nothing going on. Grass had even started growing on the dirt where Corkscrew stood, so it's been awhile for anything to happen. Hopefully next year.... Got a ride on the West Coast Wheel, and actually ran into the third of several young people who worked at Playland. We all recognized each other even with masks on, and talked about "how it's all been going" for them and Playland. And all were pretty sure Fright Nights weren't going to happen in October. Other than that, we were all happy to see each other again. BIG SURPRISE of the Day! I did not expect Gladiator to be anything more than it (usually) was. Slow, not very high, and a wierd slightly bumpy cycle. Well wow. I mean WHOA! It took off full gallop, and then arched high - REALLY REALLY HIGH - until all I could remember was the Gladiator I rode in Denmark and wanted ours to be just like it, in speed and height. Really loved it, and made sure any staff who asked me how my day went, knew that. This cycle.... plplplease keep! Both Hellevator and AtmostFEAR were down, The Beast I would not even try to ride, and Bug Whirled was a walk-and-twirl on, heh. Kettle Creek Coaster was running for everybody, it got a line as long as Coaster's was! Sad that they weren't running the on-ride photos (not at Coaster either). Those pix would be real fun to see, although lots of people had their cell phones, etc. About the gp. It was constantly advised to us that "masks were mandatory" in any queues (including the one eating spot, Triple O's), and on rides of course. Everybody went with that, but in some of the queues and general walking around, not all were masked. Or 'distanced.' But at this time in the game, what can ya do? I think the young staff really tried their best to be friendly, AND be advising as well. Had my Triple O's meal (burger, fries and shake) in the shaded, treed, area of the park right beside the (non-working) flume. It was lovely to eat there, and on my total own, too. The tent most people were in, was awful, clinical looking and just boring to be in. Although I got free tix, from being a Season Pass Holder, I didn't get free masks. So, I bought a few. And I did talk up the "Smiler" connection of them to what's in Alton Towers. And those who knew, laughed at that. Others couldn't believe The Smiler even existed ("That many times upside down, man??!") A good couple of hours, spent the way I wanted to spend them. And I plan to return for my other free day, on Labour Day, when Playland finally closes for it's current season. Finally here for a visit! And yes, this is one long, continuous queue to get in. In the back there, is the beginning of it all. But it went fast, once we got in, temp.checked, and masked. I brought my own mask. Noted. Thought it was sad that two rides were closed down. Turns out it was the two tower rides. Breakdance was open. Also alas, Crazy Beach Party was not. Noted. Everywhere you stepped, there were....these. Purple train in action. Note where the queue is ending at 11am-ish. Behind Coaster's "Did You Know?" sign. They had to tack on a sign, saying it's a THRILL RIDE??? No games open. Understand. Still miss my Quarters Games. Meanwhile.... And it was every other seat for The Beast, inside and outside seats. PNE put up some background "art walls" for everyone to take selfies and such with them. Nice idea. Great designs, too. First look at New Coaster Land. Yep. That's grass over there. Yarrrrh! Me Crazy Beach Party's not operational. Sad times these be. Arrrrrh. Too bad sailor. We has it aaarrrlll figured out! You want back row. To the left with ye! If ya wants that front row there, then ye be headin' over to the right side of it all. This is how it works, sez I. West Coast Wheel was running, as usual. Nothing changed in loading and how many buckets, etc.... A view of a really not-too-busy looking area. Sad that AtmosFEAR was down. Down it goes! And a seven seat train definitely roars thru the course, even watching it go! Higher view of....nothing new. Boxcars on site there, though. Maybe it's a storage thing, for now. Wheee! A reminder, all over the park. And so.... I got lunch! And this is what $17.50 Cdn gets you. And the fries are great, the burger is 'legendary' (o; and the triple thick shake is just that....takes a while to get all that vanilla goodness thru the straw. Now this is how high Gladiator usually went, in it's old cycle. But now....OMG! Higher AND faster! Couldn't resist taking another shot of it, high up as it is. And it rode great! (o: Balloon Explorer. But I was getting a bit tired and warmed up. So no exploring for me. Purple train going down... And it was only seven seats! And that's how they got front and back seats available. Took off Seat 8! This was the long queue for Kettle Creek Mine Coaster. All the rides were starting to get long queues, in fact. Time to head out. Would have liked a last ride on Coaster. But not for standing in the heat for (probably) over an hour+. Bye bye Playland. Thanks for my great day! And I'll be back (hopefully) on Sept.07th! (o:

I have a lot of "everything theme park" including such magazines as yours. Huge collection of Disney News, when it was a quarterly back then. Hope you find a taker for yours.

....with that..... Smiling Mask..... on. New photo posted by Playland(PNE) {Thanks} showing our Coaster, "in Covid19 Action"! I'm finally visiting the park this Sunday, and I waaaas wondering what they were doing with Coaster. And now I know that Row 3 (my usual) is still available, lol. But then, I realized..... see below. And it's still the Purple Train from last season. But...WAIT! Wasn't this the train that stalled a year ago?... Aug.05/2019 ~ our BC Day ~ Yup - same colour coaster, stalled. And riders being Evac-ed. So this means...they fixed the train! (o:

"Now did ya hear the one about the sunken log?" They got gift cards, free passes to Animal Kingdom. And I wonder if they got [offered] free clothes cleaning services, too. But I smell a lawsuit coming on, though thankfully, no one (I read) was injured....just soaked.

^^ Like I said before... and although not exactly theme-park related....it's still a Holiday Event, now not happening. The first one announced, of that nature, that I have read about. "And the Jingle Jingle goes on..." Having seen one of these productions, I can happily say, "It's a Theme Park In & Of Itself!" (o:

Happy BC Day in Canada! Our province's flag.

^ I'm surprised they didn't mask the cat, too.

I really hate to bring it up.... but this means there might be a few of (if not several) the usual Parks' Holiday Season Events not happening at all, either. Brace yourselves.

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This is on the first page of the site, when I link on. And where I sign in, it's there also... [OneAll] The application themeparkreviewcom.api.oneall.com has been suspended. Please open your application settings to discover how to fix I can still sign in and everything is normal. But - do you have any idea, why this is suddenly appearing on the site? EDIT: Now that the site's been redone, this is gone, now. Yay!

^ Well, that was nice of them to let you do that, "after the fact." Good going!

Just got my comp ticket for Sunday, August 09 - 11am to 5pm. I get two, for each 2020 season pass. Hopefully, they'll be open in Sept. too.

It's all about peanuts, really.

^^ I would say their Pirates/Caribbean is a pretty good stand-out attraction, as well as BTM. The history of it is, the Imagineers planned this, in the actual way (and order of scenes) they wanted to do it. And that includes the drop into the action of the cannon battle on the water. And the caves with pirate skeletons at the end. We love this version of it. We haven't been to Shanghai DL, so we can't compare that one to the others. But we do know the awesomeness of ShDL's version, including how it works, etc. Come to think of it, the whole of Frontierland in DLP is themed towards Phantom Manor and it's owner/story line, etc. Including Big Thunder. That's a pretty cool way to do a "Land" based on a single story, which Disney Paris does, wonderfully! DLP ~ Sept.2015 Big Thunder from the Phantom Manor queue.

CoVid-19 has prevented some TOMICA Tokyo Disney Vehicle releases from happening. Until lately. Bought myself two Disney vehicles on eBay. One is for the 37th Anniversary of TDLR this year. In the form of two of Alice's TEA CUPS! One with Mr. and Ms. Mouse, the other with Donald and Daisy on it. The other is the 2020 EASTER version of TDS' Transit Steamer Line. With Mickey and Minnie on it. Happy me. I don't think they make music, though. I don't think. Easter's come and gone. But the TOMICA lives on. (o;