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I was an ACE member long, long ago, when the club first began (when was that, anyway?). Got the'zine for a couple of years, then just let the membership go, for no reason. To really 'date' myself, the last issue of the club's magazine I got was featuring the beginning of the building of The Beast at PKI :shock: Late 70's, hmmm? And I have no problems with gravy, lol. Depending on the main course, of course.

I couldn't wait to show pix I just found, of this new attraction being built in Amsterdam. All the more so, because hopefully, it will have opened just before I arrive there for a week's+ stay, end of this month! And the whole system is built in an already existing church! Now that's unique, hmm? And I do believe there's a hill in there, if you look closely? With a reverse track turntable, too? :shock: This is definitely going to be a neat unexpected add-on to my visit there. Note: All pix are from www.whooshmagazine.com (Also - sorry the pix are shown in reverse order. I still haven't gotten numbering sequences and posting skills, etc. down good...yet. ) Here's the main sign. And all pix are from www.whooshmagazine.com And where it's located. Roughly, lol. I think it starts around here, on this part of the track. Hmmm. Wonder if you start forward, or backward... What the upper track passes over... The turntable - and can you see the hill yet? Heh heh heh. The lower track and a car 'base' it looks like, on it. Hmmm... Now you can see that hill, right? Close up of lower track and car 'base'. Near the end of the 'ride'? Photos all from www.whooshmagazine.com

(And this is my #300 btw --- ) Nice look at you and your friends' happy celebration, but - What IS a 'Money Dance'? And by the looks of the bride there in that shot with her and Kristi - she was doing pretty good, hmm? Salut to the happy couple!

Before TPR, I was a lost soul wandering the desert of the internet looking for that one thing, that group of people, that community... ~~~ ...aw crap, what-ev-er! The videos, the captions, the near-flames, the lockdowns, the goofy pix, the great photos, good chats, accessability to anything and everything that is 'coaster'.... other than live porn . Rage on, TPR! Free stickys for everybody!!!

I have to ask this - been curious for awhile since I signed on, in August. What exactly is a "Hidden user online?" I note that between us Registered and those as Guests....Hidden user. Usually with a '0' there, lol. Or, is it a well-kept TPR secret? 8)

Spam spam spam spam spam - oh wait, is that a quote? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (Puh-lease look into getting yourself a copy of the Broadway cast album, of "Monty Python's SPAMalot." You won't regret it. And if you do....nyeh!)

Grumble, grumble *same thing happened with The Simpsons* grumble First two, new episodes, then last night - repeat! Are they out of ideas already? Sheesh. ~ ~ ~ ~ And I just recounted my coaster count. And once again, I somehow over counted by (gulp) 3, which brings the # down to (boo hoo) 84. Ah well, I'll still hit #100 when the UK tour happens (a bit'o happiness here).

^ Yeah, it's just getting to the park within a resonable time frame prior to it's "offical opening" and hope for the best. Soft openings can happen any time, mid-day on, or only in the morning. This isn't exactly in the same attraction category, but when the Muppets 3-D Show premiered at WDW-MGM Studios back in 1991, we knew that it was opening soon, just not sure when. Happily, they had already started soft openings when we were there late spring, and we got to 'try it out' fresh and new as the show was, back then. With coasters and big attractions like EE you just never know. But eventually, somebody will find out about the soft openings, and hopefully post it here, hmm?

Thanks for the TR. And once again, my angst kicks in for being on the other side of the country and NOT being able to get to PCW as often as I'd like to. One of these months, maybe next spring, I'll do a TR on the (literal) 'wasteland' that is called my (gag) 'home park,' Playland. And it's Coaster.

WOO HOO!

It's raining - heavy - again today. Too much rain already here. IMO.

Excellent photo look at park themeing. And is it my imagination, or is the Halloween theme being used more and more with euro-parks? I know DLP has been doing it since back as far as 2001, I believe. And adding to it, every year on, lol. Thought I'd ask. All spurred on by a great photo tour, thanks!

Amazing park there. And yes amazing too, the time spent (138 years indeed!) on this wonderful place. Excellent. 8) Edit: And now you've already hit 146 years :shock:

^ Needs to be listened to. < Has no appointments, this entire week! V Is doing absolutely nothing, Columbus Day weekend.

"I just heard...." that the hoodies are to be available in... black ones and grey ones? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Just what I heard...

Agreed with coaster1. If you have a good tattooist, usually recommended by someone else you already know (?) they usually give you a per-hour fee. And that's the way it'll go, depending on whether it's a lot of lines, or filled-in areas, etc. Money = time = something yours and personal and coaster-friendly, heh heh. Great idea. And USRT your coaster 'swirl' is really nice. Before I saw that, I was reading down and wondering how to maybe figure a design out. And then, there was yours! Nice and clean. And I really don't think any brand-name logo should be there. Concept as is, alone? Yes. It looks really nice the way it is as I am seeing it now. And great some of us still remember those old EPCOT Pavillion logos. I immediately knew what they were, and started scrolling down to find out if anybody... and darn if ya beat me to it, Mr.Johnson. LOL Good stuff. ~ ~ ~ (I have two tats of my own, one each arm )

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^ ^thinking happy stomach thoughts^ ^

A friend of ours, who lives in the Okanagan Valley (read:orchards) dropped by as part of a weekend visit to town - and brought us STUFF! Full pail of honey. Two types of homemade salsa. And canned peaches, crabapples, and Big Apricots! And a bowlful of 'various apples' he told us, can't remember the types of... So nice to have such bountiful and giving friends, y'know? And free food is always a wonderful surprise - healthy too, usually.

Persnickity. Tizzie. Kafuffle. Roustabout. Vehicular.

I counted one more coaster in my coaster count, than I should have. And I knew I did, too. But I have since repented, and removed the offending #.

Great interview Erin, Kate, Elissa! And yes, I too enjoy that new 'TPR glossary" that's starting to creep out... Prostitots - "a child used soley to ride a kiddies' coaster for an adult credit." ~ ~ ~ The mind boggles. Good podcast, ladies. Free TPR leopard print g-strings for you!

Good you enjoyed the RnR in WDW. NOW, you have to beg and plead and drive your parents NUTs, so you can try out the RnR in DLP Studios! Then you can make a real good comparison of the two, huh? Only right, hmm?

Ooh oooh - DVD#6 Day - ooh ooh - Go, Robb, Go! V That's ok Robb. These things do take time. NO THEY DON'T. Deliver NOW!

I would think, "that crazy old U.S. of A." Then you'd all have to start discovering the Wonderful WORLD of Coasters everywhere but.... hmmm? 8)