AtlCoasterNut

Umm - was delivered today. Sorry, flu got ahold of me! Merry Christmas - your secret Santa!

Exactly!!! There is way more detail to it than at first glance. Totally what a "costumed" Pluto would like in the Parks. And what I failed to post is - once taken out of the original packaging, you are able to turn the "background" over and instead of showing Disneyland Resort, you now have Walt Disney World. Even more awesomeness!!! Transporting Pluto - Coast to Coast!

I couldn't wait until Christmas to open my gift box, so here's what was in it, in all it's glory... To my secret Santa - THANK YOU - you totally rocked it out!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE and Pssssttt --- to the receiver of my Secret Santa gifts, have no fear, it's all being over nighted on Monday (should have by Tue 12/17 or Wed 12/18). Pluto figurine - LOVE IT!! A Nightmare Before Christmas long sleeve-t and tumbler --- SWEET!! A Michigan State shot glass, WDW park maps, and Ghirardelli chocolate... The haul -- nail on the head!!!

1st time to parrrr-take in the ChrisHanKwanSivus Gift Exchange - and don't post a lot - so here's my info (to use or not) for the lucky random numbered person who... Well, you get the idea. Shot Glass(es) (over 250 in da collection so far - doesn't matter from where) Disneyland (more overall park items than specific attractions) Disney World Pluto - Fav of the Fab 5 Choc-o-late Big Bang Theory Nightmare Before Christmas size XL for any shirt and I ain't be picky - just happy to be part of it! Happy ChrisHanKwanSivus to all, and to all a ChrisHanKwanSivus season!

If still time - I'm in!

^ Having stayed at the Art of Animation Resort - unless you are staying there, they really don't want you resort pool hopping to this pool. They really want it for the Art of Animation guests - as once all the other wings open up, it's going to get crowded! Plus, you can't just walk up to the pool either. You have to use your room key to gain access to the pool area. Obviously, you can follow someone in, but they are really trying to keep it to Art of Animation Resort Guests. The sound system is really a WOW factor - we could have stayed in the pool all day and not missed the parks! As for Legoland - I think they've done a great job so far! Opening two 'parks' in two years - there's something to be said for that. I know the height issue for the slides is a bit of a downer for some of the kids, but I can only imagine that they will be adding in the near future once everything has truely been established. Here here to what looks to be a bright future for Legoland in FL!

^^ I just PM you about malls in the area... And as for the weather - OMGosh... It looks to be perfect weather. As of today, they've even dropped the chance of rain down to 10%! High of 73 and low of 51 for Sat! Couldn't ask for better weather after the heat we've had! Is it Saturday yet????

It's not smooth, to say the least, but it's not as rough as Ga Cyclone.

I'm not sure even that will help you! Love me some GASM - but with a cup of water...no chance of staying dry anywhere in the train. Well, except maybe the 1st row, where the water **will be** FLYING and spraying everyone else in the back the train!!

There is no way in ---- you will stay dry on GASM! The bunny hops near the end will ya if nothing else! Sooo looking forward to this!!

I dunno - I was thinking that since Georgia Cyclone is one of the best coasters in the park - everyone would be, and should probably stay, on that side of the park. I would hate for that coaster to be missed!!!

^^^ I nearly called shinanigans in the IM session we had going on, but thought better of it. Of course, he/she also thought that the 10,000th player won $2K - of which I did call them out on. I was like, umm, no they didn't, the sign said, "Congrats to (enter players name) our 10,000 player! Where the heck did you get that from". Their reply was, "the sign"... I thought to myself - Ah huh, drink your special juice Shelby, drink your juice. Whack job!

About to hit 10,000 plays... ------------ edit: And they just hit the mark! The guy in front of me is saying that he got a clear ball with a package inside - won $1K! Hmmmm....

And in keeping the in the theme of 'blue balls' - that's exactly what I won! 'Blue Ball' winner!

I'm not sure how much more time I can 'waste' on the "claw"...lol Oh heck, who am I kidding - I have nothing but time when the wait is over 7 hours at a time!

Crap-ola! I gots nothing... try again tomorrow!

That seems like an odd place to store any track for the new coaster (in the "new" fenced in area). There is no access to the park from there, at least large enough to get track into. You would think they would build something a bit more stable, or at least bigger/taller, where you can't just pick it up and move it (the fence) to access the area. That small fence just doesn't jive to me for safety reason's. As for driving - Atlanta is about a 4.5ish hour drive to Savna & 4ish hours to Dollywood. Driving directly to the park from the airport, it's about a 20-30 min trip - depending on traffic.

We are running two seperate contests. Our track spotting contest isn't affiliated with Jonny Upsidedown. --Robb I shall take my post back (edited of course) haha And keep my fingers crossed then. Oh..and I'll keep my mouth shut from now on Thanks Rob!

**Edit** Different contest -- Never mind (with Homer beside me - "D'oh") I removed my original post as it had nothing to do with TPR. Thanks guys! and sorry for the confusion... zipping my mouth shut... ha

**fingers crossed** Does a little dance Thanks everyone! Just pure luck...but hey...It's been awhile since luck's been on my side! I'll run with it!

^I looked for that contest to see if it was still around, but didn't find anything... Anyone?

D'oh... sorry so large... thought I had them scaled down...I'll work on getting them a bit smaller! --Edit #2... got them sized down.. WooHoo

Not that this matters, but the reason we have the following pictures... We took a trip up to Knoxville, TN yesterday to see my partner's Brother/Sis-n-law and kids. On the way home today about 2:30p, just a bit before Chattanooga, TN, low and behold, what do we see... Yes, supports for Manta! Of course I got all giddy and fumbled for my Iphone to take a few picures. My other half was like - whatever - as I'm driving & trying to get the camera and all - I finally looked at him and said - TAKE the damn PICTURES! Anyway... here ya go...

If not mistaken, I think you have GA covered now, but I've got one in the mail to cover Atlanta & GA! (Covers the CNN center and a few tid bits of Atlanta). Brandon