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^ I followed up Kamui's posting, and went to Playland myself, at the beginning of February. Found nothing but rubble at that time. Now since then, and since everything in the world "stopped" for medical reasons/safety .... who knows what the site looks like, nowadays? Maybe when Playland hopefully opens on July 1st, we'll find out. For now, I am FANtasizing that they're already constructing The New Coaster that's supposed to be unveiled in a year or three. Feb.01/2020

^ Hmmm. With everybody wearing deodorant and perfumes, and probably not wearing anything that's actually odorless, maybe the 6 feet apart thing should be a permanent thing? Especially on those hot days, hmm? Just a wee suggestion.

^Besides their print/outdoors ads, they do some pretty fun radio ads and videos for television , too.

Maybe the old "K" should be sent to that neon signs graveyard in Las Vegas? Unless there's one of those in Los Angeles, etc.

^^ At a Playland/PNE info.meeting several months back, I asked one of the PNE officials what was happening with Corkscrew. She told me that up to that time, there was no buyer for it, and so they took it all down. End of explanation. So, unless it has been sold since that meeting, the whole thing has been probably scrapped, and that was that. ^ Yeah, you would think that's what we Canadians love to do - throw up after riding coasters and rides, lol. It's just one way of attracting attention to Playland, itself. And since it's an independent park, they can get away with this kind of advertising. So far. Also, I have assembled all these ads together, for one ongoing showing. So it does point out the many various ways they can show one, how to "lose it".

I'm shopping for us every ~2 1/2 weeks. today's total was ~$140 ...Which is almost $200 for us here in CanuckLand. Our $300 = just over $220 U.S. And we buy a lot of stuff at the beginning of each month. Then make much smaller shopping trips, probably once or twice, the rest of the month. It all works out for us. And we have a very, very big freezer downstairs.

Just because I'm asking, but... An online news service (called "Deadline") put up a recent article about HKDL's (and Ocean Park) upcoming reopening. And along with it, they posted a photo, the one below. Um... didn't all Disney parks around the world, ban selfie sticks? I'm asking because I really don't think this is the best way to show any park, especially if they too, have banned the sticks. Regardless of it being used outside of the park, itself. They just shouldn't have posted it. IMhO. Outside the park, sure. But, I think it sends the wrong message to park goers who do have these things.

"Twisty is Sexy." I read it here in TPR, truth!

Hey everybody! How about this, as we're slowly (VERY slowly) getting sort of "back to normal."... Christmas In July! Sales are done in cities I know, and sometimes, people actually have parties with that theme. Worth it for all that instant happiness! But no gifts needed. Or.... maaaybeee just one, each? Oooooo sweating in that tacky Xmas sweater in Florida, hmm? Just a suggestion.

A couple of days ago, ShDL posted photos of the first beam going up for ZOOTOPIA. Vertical construction has started! And as usual with a lot of these projects, workers and cast members signed the first beam going up. And they included a nice little banner from "The City of Zootopia," in the photo. Nice touch. And in back, a Seven Dwarfs Mine Train rolling by!

^^^ On the Wickieland art concept map, I'm curious what that other circular thing is, at the right end of the Disko, there? It looks like a shield of some kind. If it is, will the ride vehicle go under it? By the way, I love how parks are now theming their Diskos up, more than just leaving the framework and track visible. (I bet they're stealing an idea from Movie Park Germany, or the now closed Space World in Japan, and putting a flying saucer up there, LOL! Kid-ding.)

Pindsvinet Fårup Sommerland (Blokhus, Nordjylland, Denmark) TPR 2014 Scandi Tour.

Can't wait to see how this runs, eventually.

I'm pretty sure I won't be able to wait much longer. And once Playland(PNE) opens, I will most likely be there, an hour before the park opens. It's nothing like a big chain park opening would be, thankfully, but still. It'll be exciting to see what they've done. And how they're going to handle the crowds situation.

^ It's funny that, by TONY time, I would have several cast cds to listen to, and make a somewhat limited choice, for who I think should win what, etc. But for this season? There are at this time, only three CDs available: (in order of opening) Moulin Rouge: The Musical! David Byrne's AMERICAN UTOPIA On Broadway (special event show) Jagged Little Pill The two musicals, I love for different reasons. But...pick a winner? Tough choice between the two. For design, lighting and sound, I think I would definitely give Moulin Rouge the 4 TONY wins (costumes, too). And give Danny Burstein a TONY, please! Finally! He's earned this one, musically, AND gotten thru an episode of Co-vid19! P.S. Since off-Broadway's "A Strange Loop" just won the Pulitzer Prize for drama (putting it with a few notable musicals, like "How To Succeed..." "A Chorus Line" and of course "Hamilton"), look to it for next season on Broadway (hopefully) and then getting itself a nice little cache of TONYs, too. Danny! Danny! Danny! ~ The 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama ~

Noted, thanks.

I think it's sadly trashy, that some here are gladly welcoming the demise of certain parks, due to this pandemic.

^ LOL, noted.

Well.... Happy Non-TONYs Day everybody! (Postponed because of the pandemic.)

^^ I wonder who's going to eventually get that dragon statue? Maybe they could auction it off for charity?

@HKDL_of_Fantasy (thank you!) posted more photos recently, including two showing the new coaster track arriving, for Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs. And an overhead shot of the Arendelle:Land of Frozen construction going on. And HK_Main_Street_Gazette (thank you also!) got this awesome shot of the expanded castle, with Mystic Manor in the distance.

"After Stuffed Animals Ride Coasters...." So lately, several parks started posting videos of stuffed animals on one of their coasters. Walibi Holland did the first one (with teddy bears) I saw. Then, Grona Lund followed (with unicorns). Belmont Park in San Diego, too (variety). But.... what happens after these Arcade Game 'stuffies' get off that coaster? This was one of my favourite Playland ad campaigns. And a lot of other people liked it too. So much so, they made a postcard set of it all! And I happily have a set, bought from the old gift shop Playland used to have. By the way, I do hope they come up with a new Playland Gift Shop, when the "New "Playland" opens in several years from now. Here's the set. They came out in 2013. And also...doesn't that last one look a bit....familiar? B--Arf! Monkey See, Monkey Do....Monkey Regret. This little piggy went a-coastering. Turtle shell-shock. Is... is that you, Grover?

^ It all looks very......uh......"swervy".

Openings, Restrictions, Covid-19..... what a combo!

^ We met him, back in 1979, during a New York visit. He was at a table in Greenwich Village, offering info.about "what was happening medically" in the USA. "It" wasn't called AIDS, yet. We also met Cleve Jones (who eventually started the AIDS Quilt and was a good friend of Harvey Milk), during that trip, on the train down to DC, for a massive rally and march in general, for civil rights, etc. Nothing about AIDS, at that time, back then. And the "International" rep was about 30 or so of us, all there.