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^^ Thanks! I'm feeling the same way. ^ Haha Honestly wouldn't surprise me. This next update is Gardaland which is also the last park of the Italy trip. This update is actually from two days as we had two day passes and with Gardaland extending their hours till 11 a group of us decided to head over and get a head start after Movieland. To save time I am combining the updates. I really wasn't sure what to expect with this park since for a while I didn't even realize it was in Italy. The park really surprised me in alot of ways like the beautiful landscape, friendly staff, and some really unique rides for every type of person. Raptor This was our first ride of course. After riding Wild Eagle earlier this year I was looking forward to comparing it to the original wingrider. I enjoyed Raptor alot more just the way it interacts with so much. Still these wing riders are nothing extreme but are just fun to ride. Blue Tornado We decided to the SLC done and over with on the first day. Nothing to say it's an SLC, If you really want to know our experience just take your fists and repeatedly punch yourself in the face from both sides. Space Vertigo Shortest Intamin drop ride ever. Mammut This was a fun mine train and was very long. Ice Age 4D We only did this because it was the "NEW" attraction but it is nothing more than clips from Ice Age 3. Ramses Seriously WTF this was like Terminator meets Aliens and Egyptians it was amazing and had an awesome soundtrack too. I Corsari I didn't even realize they had a copy of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean and I especially didn't expect it to be so huge. The neat thing is that this one is built under a very large section of the park. Our second day starting with a filming session / ERT on Raptor before being walked down to Sequoia Adventure. Sequoia Adventure Definitely on of the weirdest rides I have been on and one of the most uncomfortable and we had to ride it twice so Robb could capture our pain. Magic Mountain No not the one in California this was a double loop/corkscrew coaster. Not too bad. Ortobruco Tour Was our last coaster and was another giant wacky worm type coaster. The rest of the day we spent exploring the park and re riding our favorites. It was a long but fun day but sadly it was the last for the only Italy folks. But the Europe Trip was next so that will be the next update so enjoy the pics. Welcome to Gardaland! Where the first thing you do is talk to the hot chicks about getting free coke. Who wants to ride the rainbow? Only 3 more miles Almost there... The group of us who went in early (-Me) Through Fantasy land to get to that top secret military base holding that raptor thingy WTF is the Tiger doing to the Panda??? Getting closer I see it! The main enterence to the area Blurry but the ride is very visable from the queue area I liked this one Now with a train Blue Tornado Last photo of the day The next morning while walking to Raptor I think we're going the right way? Raptor station This way to our next stop Hows it hanging? Moving on Next we hopped on Flying Island Lake Garda Is you look closly you can see Movieland Studios See Where we entered the park earlier in the morning Again? Of course I Corsari I Corsari loading station "This is how we do it in the south" Thats it for the Italy trip... keep an eye out for the Europe reports coming soon.

^ They are in the process of painting Millenium Force and Blue Streak just got a repaint.

After Mirabilandia we headed north to Lake Garda to stay at the Gardaland Hotel. It was a really nice hotel besides the annoying midnight dance hour where they load kids up with caffeine and have them run around the hotel lobby/courtyard. I did feel bad for their parents those nights though haha. The next morning we woke up and grab breakfast before heading to the bus for our next stop Movieland Studios! Passing Gardaland on the way we arrived to find a very USO feel to the park with the Hard Rock Cafe knock off along with the midevil show. We got to the front gate where we were than taken on a waterpark tour by our host Alberto. He walked us all around the waterpark giving us a good idea of the layout even showing us the death slides which we will get to later. Next we headed into the main park for the first ride of the day on Magma 2... This ride was all kinds of sketchy from the tattooed up ops smoking next to the cars before speeding us off into the backlot. Flying past ride supports and just a whole lot of never in the US stuff. It was alot of fun though. Hollywood Tower was next. It is your typical Intamin 1st gen freefall that tried to be a clear knock-off of disney's tower of terrors but minus the ghosts and dark ride. The group than headed down to Bronto Jet the park's newish Schwarzkopf it was ofcourse fun. Next was Broto 'O' Ring the parks powered kiddie coaster where some people couldn't fit and got to ride with their lapbar up... another never in the US. U-571 was next. I didn't know what to expect with this ride besides that it was a water ride. We were directed into the show room where it starts with a little skip before we become under attack and were quickly ushered into the sub. We arrive in the main compartment and are told to sit on these very loose "Missiles" on either side of the room. The back door shuts and the actor starts screaming at us in italian before the ride starts and we begin rocking for a little bit before it we rock faster. At this point the we start to get water boarded and the compartments open rushing water at us I had a cold waterfall going right down my back the entire 5 minutes of the ride. It was alot of fun especially with a group I don't think anyone had a single dry spot on them after. Next we headed to Terminator which I was expecting to be like Universal's but it wasn't instead you are the one the ones fighting back with the guns and a score keeper. At this point was Lunch where the fun really began. Our meal consisted of an open tap so knowing Robb planned to film us on the death slide in a bit we loaded up. Also I noticed a mechanical bull in the corner of the seating area so they opened it for us so a bunch of us tried to see who could stay on the longest some only lasted quite a bit some didn't make it two seconds... Kidtums ended up lasting longer than anyone else. After this we heading to the water park where we quickly changed and got in line for the death slides. Robb put me with Nolan for our first ride which was bad since we found the weight restrictions after we rode. It was Nolan in front and me in the back. The operator started the belt and we shot off over the edge we didn't touch the slide for a while down but when we did the tube punctured and sent us up on the side of the chute. Nolan stopped at the top of the bunny hill where I rolled back over the cheese grater type drain grates. After tearing up my back I shot back up the first drop before sliding back down where at this point Nolan was doing the same and we ended up crashing in the middle. After collecting what was left of the tube we exited the flume where the lifeguard meant up with us and had a shocked look when I handed her the tube I don't think they see that often. I was fine but I wasn't doing it again. Nolan did and that is the famous slide wipeout video. Heading to the other side of the park we did the Water jump slides which were very fun but sadly we won't see them in the US anytime soon... or ever. At this point we had a little time to kill so we did the action river before heading back to the studios for the Rambo stunt show. Earlier in the day me, Kyle, and Nolan were asked if we wanted to be in the Rambo stunt show so ofcourse we said yes. We meant with Alberto who lead us into a back door to seat us in special seats. The show started off with some general speaking to the audience still not sure what he said but than his soilders started filling the seating area some repealing in. We were than instructed to stand and put our hands behind our head and were lead down front. At this point we realised that the actors didn't realize we didn't speak Italian so it was pretty amusing to the crowd as we struggled to understand their directions but once we did we had to do squats for a while before being taken away to change into our prison outfits. After some stunts we were lead back out to more squats before being loaded in the back of a truck where Rambo tried to save us but failed. I just hear hold on so I did before the drive slammed the breaks and almost sent Nolan and Kyle flying. We were than taken behind the stage where we got to see some of the workings of the show which was cool than we were taken to the cell to sit out most of the show which consisted of alot of fighting, water craft, and ofcouse pyro. We were than lead to a tiny raft where after a short delay we were than "Rescued" after Rambo kills the general we than get rushed about before the staff and us where introduced to the audience. Still we had no idea what they were saying but they gave us some cold drinks and another set of bows before running around the stage and into the costume room to change out of our outfits. It was alot of fun and kind of funny trying to figure out everything and everyone else got a kick out of it. After this we did Magma 2 again than did the Police Academy simulator. Once again no clue but we did the chicken dance... We than did the Back to the backlot tour which was a very slow monorail with some stops. No idea what they said but I don't think we got to 88 MPH let alone 8 MPH... Some did U-571 again while I watched our stuff than headed to the front of the park and did Tomb Raider which was the most intense Top Spin I have been on, I ended up with 11 spins. At this point we headed back to the bus to return to the hotel before doing Gardaland later that night which I will get too later. Overall this was the best and most random day of the trip for me and I loved it! I really hope to get back to this park someday. Waking up that morning at the Gardaland Hotel That would be our destination Hard Rock Cafe knock off The two parks are very close together The studios that way But we are going here first New slide under construction that will feature a 360 degree loop with no water and will drop you into a pirhanna pond. And here we are "I cannot guarantee you all will survive this today, but hey No Problemo" Noted! Bruce! Seriously a nice water park Heading to the studios First stop Lets go! "Whoaaa" I spy Schwarzkopf The car that tried to kill us Next up Heading down to get the credits Well be back First up Bronto Jet Next up Bronto 'O' Ring "No lapbar no problemo" Checking out the gift shop Chucky had a bloody nose Creepy spiderman Weird robot Still kicking myself for not getting this shirt Harry Potter land coming soon! Heading into lunch we see this... Mechanical bull ERT The haunted house Heading back to the water park Back to the studios Rambo! Next up Back to the future the ride! Oh wait License plate Oh hi Whats that? U-571 sub Rambo arena Magma 2 lot Bronto Jet Random Miami Dolphins crate The flintstones area Rest of the group coming in They took another run on U-571 Obviously the park was very busy Thanks for reading. Gardaland is up next!

At least this was well written vs other people who sign up and post pointless rants but you have to expect those crowds when going to most parks on Saturdays. But how can you even compare Disney to this event which is only in it's first year?

Continuing on we come to day 5 which was Mirabilandia! We arrived early as we had ERT on Katun and Ispeed and when we arrived we found out the park was not selling Qbots that day however they gave us VIP wristbands for direct boarding to most of the rides! After getting our tickets and stuff we headed back to Katun. My first ride was in the front and wow I was surprised with this one. I had heard it was a good ride but it was a really good ride! Its too bad B&M don't make inverts like that anymore. During Katun ERT we could see the park warming up Ispeed so after about 7 rides we headed to the other side of the park. We arrived at Ispeed and after a short wait I got my first ride in the front. The first ride I thought was going to rollback but unfortunately it didn't but the rest of the ride was alot of fun. It kinda reminded me on Maverick. After about 5 rides the GP caught up and our session was over. After splitting up a group of us made haste for Phobia but grabbed the kiddie coaster first as did everyone else it seemed. After finding out Phobia didn't open till later we grabbed the shot towers followed by the mouse and the powered coaster which were both fun. Next we did the Shoot-the-shoots and Rapids. Passing Katun we grabbed another ride and tried to get Master Thai but it was down and they in the middle of an E-vac. Next we hit the Himalaya which had a caterpillar type canvas which I thought was neat. We continued back and tried to get Master Thai again but no luck so we headed back to phobia which was about to open. We arrived at Phobia to see a large crowd already gathered at the entrance well at this point we were confused whether it was free or an upcharge. Finally after finding the hidden ticket booth I picked up the 5 Euro tickets for the group and we returned to wait with the crowd. Well luckily where we were standing was where the staff decided to open the queue vs the normal spot so we ended up the at the front of the line behind two other girls. Their paired our group up with the girls where we were brought into a small room where they explained the rules in Italian to the girls and english to us (Kudos on the great acting here). We were set up in Conga line style (Which I am not a fan of) and we headed in. I won't give away too much but it was pretty good and the girls were very entertaining... I even managed to scare them a few times (On accident of course ) At this point we headed back to DiVertical which we were supposed to have ERT on that morning but it was down so we set a time later to meet up at the ride. It was actually alot of fun! I don't understand why everyone complains about it over there. We only grabbed one ride before heading to the shooting dark ride. Reset: Anno Zero is the shooting dark ride themed to an apocalyptic New York City... unfortunately it was really dark and alot of times you were shooting at nothing. Grabbed another ride on Ispeed and the logflume before heading to the stunt show where we had VIP seating. At this point I learned that Master Thai was back up and opted to skip the show which I would later regret. Hurrying back over to the other side of the park we did find a working Master Thai! Patiently waiting we managed to score the credit it wasn't anything great but was a credit (Or two? since you ride on both sides in the same cycle) We than hopped on Katun one last time before heading to the front of the park to leave. It was a great day and I loved the park... well besides all the random dead ends. Look what I see! Yay! Woo! Heading in we see this! We'll get to this in a bit Almost there! Master Thai The trains The station We'll be back Walking up to Ispeed you could tell that the person who designed this area really liked Red Station and Robb setting up the cameras Launch track kiddie coaster Ummm??? Closed till later Next up! The wild mouse Continuing on Sorry guys you can't wear your thongs on this ride... Another ride? Sure why not Station Oh no Continuing around we find this Just like Idlewild! Don't you even think about swinging those beats! Still down! Heading back to Phobia The Facade Yeah no I was really hoping for some bad translations but sadly there were none Zombie Skin > That stuff Heading back over here DiVertical! Simple but nice station This area felt like it used to be a back stage road Moving on Its JUST LIKE the NJ Transit Sadly the Monorail never opened Walking by DiVertical again Same with the kiddie coaster Flume Enjoy... Didn't stay long Giant Wheel Its open! Credit success photo or squeezing a fart? I think squeezing a fart Going for one last Katun ride Terry showing off his Terrys Heading out Seriously a nice park Get your kids all the guns they want here Thank you Mirabilandia for a great day! Heading to Garda we take a look at this and what do we see??? Closer look... Notice it???

Done Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,1 Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,2 Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,6 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,4 Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,5 Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT,y,n,13 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT,y,n,29 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,y,47 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,y,46 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA,y,n,15 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA,y,n,14 Timber Terror Silverwood ID,y,n,16 Tremors Silverwood ID,y,n,7 The Legend Holiday World IN,y,n,17 Raven Holiday World IN,y,n,30 The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,n,45 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN,y,n,18 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN,y,n,20 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN,y,n,44 Thunderbolt SF New England MA,y,n,31 Cyclone SF New England MA,y,n,48 Roar SF America MD,y,n,43 Wild One SF America MD,y,n,19 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,42 American Thunder Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,11 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO,y,n,12 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO,y,n,6 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO,y,n,61 El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,y,1 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,y,57 Cyclone Luna Park NY,y,n,22 Predator Darien Lake NY,y,n,62 Comet Great Escape NY,y,n,10 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY,y,n,41 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY,y,n,9 Dragon Coaster Playland NY,y,n,40 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH,y,y,21 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,y,49 Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake OH,y,n,39 Racer Kings Island OH,y,n,32 Woodstock Express Kings Island OH,y,n,58 The Beast Kings Island OH,y,n,23 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA,y,n,24 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA,y,n,35 Comet Hersheypark PA,y,y,25 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA,y,y,33 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA,y,y,34 Wildcat Hersheypark PA,y,y,36 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA,y,y,55 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA,y,y,26 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA,y,y,27 Racer Kennywood PA,y,y,37 Phoenix Knoebel's PA,y,y,3 Twister Knoebel's PA,y,y,8 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA,y,n,50 Skyliner Lakemont PA,y,n,28 Comet Waldameer PA,y,n,56 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA,y,n,4 Thunderhead Dollywood TN,y,y,5 Hurler Kings Dominion VA,y,n,51 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA,y,n,38 Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA,y,n,59 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA,y,n,52 Wild Beast Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,54 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,60 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON,y,n,53 Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,29 Colossos Heide Park DE,y,y,2 The Bandit Movie Park DE,y,y,65 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR,y,y,64 Anaconda Walygator Parc FR,y,y,63

I would want to kill you if you were next to me in line. This

Well good thing is that they are on schedule and I assume they plan to open it opening day so I am sure you'll be fine.

I didn't want to make a new thread just for this so Ill just leave it here. Screamscape just put up a very interesting and funny story about Back to the Future and how the ride's story may cause its removal in a few years. www.screamscape.com/html/universal_studios_japan.htm

After leaving Fiabilandia a little early we had some free time around Rimini before a surprise credit run that night and dinner after that. Several of us went out to get some food and ended up at this buffalo restaurant (Can't remember the exact name). Than walked around town and checked out the beach well anyway here are the photos of one of my favorite places we visited on the two trips. Our first stop after getting back was food... this was delicious Our meal was quickly interupted by this evil bird who kept trying to steal our food Nolan goes on the attack Yeah... No Walking down the main drag I was disapointed this playground didn't have any death slides or evil contraptions Lets head out to the beach Look at that view Taking a dip in the adriatic sea... the water was so clear that you could see the fish swimming around your feet Hi Kevin Our hotel was over there somewhere... Hi Hanno Heading back in to get ready for our next stop... Santa Fe! When we got there the coaster was still under tarps But that didn't last long but they still had to run the tests so I took a stroll around Random games A couple unique ones that I didn't understand the concept of More games Some bowling Finally the ride opened Time to head back to the hotel Walking around we see this... Yeah some horrible placement... only in Italy Taken from the hotel resturant Thanks for reading arrivederci!

^ I worked there in 2010 and the following off-season in Challenge Park and Castaway Bay. I knew several that came from pretty far away, most liked it some hated it but it all depends on who you get to know and if you enjoy your job. For housing im not sure what it is now but when I worked there I paid $38 a week to live in the commons dorms (With A/C).

They removed the old ticket booths (As seen in my photos) which were in a straight line so they can build new ones which will be extend out in a V formation. Bryan also mentioned a giant awning and several giant video screens. Nothing looked to be done on the turnstile building yet.

So I got to visit Cedar Point yesterday for a construction tour of Gatekeeper check out the pics! Welcome to Cedar Point What is that I see? Ah Gatekeeper The skyline is defiantly changing Tilt A Whirl base Raptor train Gatekeeper towering over the construction site of the new enterence. Witches Wheel cars Woodstock Express train Closer look Fear Fair is gone Backside of Club Blood Heading into the park Dinokeeper I think it's broke? Digging in the parking lot Get your fast lane! Our guide Bryan addresses the group Did you know that inside this door was the control room for Space Spiral? (I didn't) The windows for the control room Wiggly Twiggly I have never noticed this crooked tree before My worse enemy... Setting up for the next lift Heading out Wave Swinger parts Whats that? Little closer... Ah... next piece going up! Next we ended up at Battery Park Last shot of Gatekeeper Location of the presentations The last stop of the day was the year-round Ghostly Manor haunt on Rt. 250... Its only $11 which is cheap for a haunt but it did have a few neat tricks (I won't spoill it) but only worth a visit just to do it... Thats all thanks for checking it out!

Oh I forgot to mention the game of Frogger we had to do to cross the street to the hotel with the crazy italian drivers about when we arrived the. Here is day 4 Fiabilandia! After a pretty fun night at the local bar and some exploring we woke up in Rimini and met up to leave for our next park Fiabilandia. Originally we planned to be at this park till 4 but since it was a pretty small park we all pretty much agreed to cut that back which turned out the be a good thing... we'll get to that later. We boarded the bus and departed to the park. We arrived and got our tickets and went into the park. il Castello de Merlino Our group decided to hit the dark ride first since it was the first thing you seen when you entered the park. After a short wait we all boarded separately. This wasn't a "good" ride but I thought it was charming in a way. But I did like one of the final tricks (Which unfortunately was ruined by a open exit door on our second ride) I won't spoil it but I do applaud anything that can manage to scare me. Space Mouse Next we hit our first credit the spinner... something I noticed was that this park limits your rides on the "Big" rides. Not sure if it was only once but that is what we were assuming since they stamped our park tickets. Anyway one was fine but the coaster was fun though. We found out the powered coaster was gone and a log flume was being built in its place. Valle degli Gnomi What is Valle degli Gnomi you ask??? Well its the worlds longest wacky worm! It goes over a spread out landscape with a few little "dark ride sections" pretty neat but only worth one ride for us. Nolan wanted to do the Adams family show but that didn't go on till after we would leave. Continuing around the giant lake this park is built around we come to our next credit. Miniera d'Oro This would be the last credit of this park. It seemed like a BTMRR knock off in some ways and had some cheap theming. Their was one drop that scared the poo out of us but the rest of the ride was meh. Kids loved it though. Jurassic Cars We found this drive your-self ride so we had to do it. il Lago del Sogno Running into some more of the group we all took over the last darkride. This is a weird boat ride goes through a little outside area before being swallowed by a giant worm? And some how ending up in his stomach that is growing these huge magical plants??? I don't know at this point our boat was struck by the rock work around the ride. After another lap on il Castello de Merlino the group met up and decided it was time to leave. Rimini is up next! Welcome to Fiabilandia! Notice the solar panels on the parking structures thats a great idea and I love it! First up il Castello de Merlino! Hi Nolan Going in Merlin is a little creepy... Nolan is like "WTF was that?" Howard was also like "WTF" Splash Battle Large lake in the middle of the park Space Mouse Low clearence going in... Worlds longest wacky worm. Dark ride section The group It's the Alveys I have a feeling "Horror show" is the appropiate term. Ghettofabolous Brokenness misters... Hamster wheel WTF Mine train Only picture of the Jurassic cars No staff for the slide and everyone is obeying the rules? Never in America... Girl got stuck half way down and had to be rescued by her dad. Pirate ship The lake from the other side. il Lago del Sogno About to deep throat the worm OMNOMNOM Magic plants in the worms stomach At this point all you hear is CRASH THUD "OH $&!T" Another lap on the dark ride. Need some rocks? Annnd thats all... Rimini is next!

Just signed up for the Japan trip! Looking forward to experiencing the randomness of Tokyo and of course Disney!

They are saying Gatekeeper could be topped off by the end of the week which is good news as I will be up there saturday so expect lots of pics!

Coaster Exedition for me as I find them more fun to watch and the videos help showcase more of what the park has to offer. I do like the povs you guys do but I also like to be surprised when I ride a coaster for the first time.

Alright here comes day 3... RAINBOW MAGICLAND! Located just outside Rome this park opened just last year and it was a pleasant surprise. It had a feel of Islands of Adventure meets Hard Rock Park but the theming was half-a$$ed in places and the park lacked shade however it was still a nice park with some ... well... interesting theme songs. We got there a little bit early and waited to be let into the park for our ERT and were guided through the very Islands of Adventure entryway to Shock... but shockingly (Get it? Ehh) it was down so the lead us to Cagliostro for our ERT and even gave us some lights on rides. It was a Maurer Söhne spinner which wasn't bad but it wasn't no Winjas. I ended up with about 12 rides throughout the day. After our session we were lead back to Shock for what we expected was a ride or two since the park was about to open but the park gave us our full session (Almost an hour) exclusively to us even though the park was open at this point. Before the session though we still had to wait a few minutes as they were still working on it so we seeked refuge from the heat in the gelato shop and got to watch their opening show which was interesting. Shock was ready for us at this point so we headed back and I grabbed a back seat for my first ride. To go through the awkward pre-launch section you hit the launch immediately and shot over the hill for a nice pop of air than into the non inverting loop followed but the intense tiny over bank turn followed by breaks than a few more twists than the inline twist which had some good laterals than the breaks. Its a great ride and would love to see more of these built (And no not HRRR). Now I just share my thoughts on the rest of the park rides. Bombo Run Wait was Typical Vekoma roller skater. Americo (Bruco now) It is just an ordinary Wacky Worm with zero theming. It felt out of place. Continuing around the park we grabbed lunch which was a pretty beefy meal of lasauna salad bread and included wine and other things. Olandese Volante which was a family mine train like Eagles in the fastland at HRP. Huntik 3-D opened at 12. It has a very impressive exterior, however the ride is not that great. It uses cars that reminded me of Spiderman (Not sure if its the same company) but some really crappy visuals it is a shooting dark ride but I was able to lag several of the screens and I couldn't figure out the story. Mystika This drop tower had a great view but I hate hate hate drop rides and the fact it held us up there for a while didn't help at all. Believix (Winx Club ride) We actually missed this the first time around as I didn't know it existed. It had a similar ride system as Peter Pan but was much more scarier just due to the fact of what this one was themed to. The ride emptied into a play ground thingy which I thought was weird. Drakkar After another ride on Huntik we decided to cool down on the rapids. I was surprised to see people standing on the ride in sight of ops but would learn that this is a common occurence in Europe. The ride had some nice scenery and got you very wet which was good and very needed that day. We hit up shock again before meeting to group which all agreed on another two hours at the park. Maison Houdini Next up was the Mad House. This one was interesting in that it was actually built under the park. Most people didn't even realize that till I pointed out the vents and skylights between the buildings. L'Isola Volante The flying island would be our last ride today. My final thoughts are that the park was very nice and upkeep seemed well. More shade and trees are defiantly needed along with more locations to buy drinks. Can't wait to see what the park does next. We'll start off with this neat structure we passed on the way to the park. There she is! I do love the parking structures. Where we are. Port of entry... errr... I mean main street. Their version of the IOA lighthouse. Coming up on shock. Shock's enterance It would have to wait though... Our first ride of the day! After our ride session we waited for shock to open so we watched this weird show. Moving on Bombo Run was next. Shock dominated this side of the park. Never in america (Besides Knoebels) Olandese Volante was next A show was going on. Don't open till 2:30 Some Shock pics Unmaned position at Flying Island Alot of people on the trip didn't like this system but I prefered it. Aslong as you pay attention it works fine. Going up you can see our bus. Take a guess as to which one. Shock storage track. Awkward pre-launch section. Station Main Street Whats this??? It's Universal Studios Bombo Run More Shock And thats all for Rainbow Magicland Here are a few photos from the drive to Rimini! Random Castle Arriving in Rimini (Which will be covered next time) Some of us ventured up to the giant ferris wheel set up on the far end of the beach. Thats all for now.

They did. I'm almost positive all the infrastructure is still standing. Actually the chairlift (And parts of the park) has reopened and operates in the summer.

^ Gatekeeper will be a complete circuit the animation was just a quick rewind at the end.

^ Pretty sure he meant it as a joke.

I think I am in a pretty good location with: Conneaut Waldameer Kennywood Cedar Point Darien Lake Martin's Fantasy Island Marineland Knoebels Hershey Kings Island Columbus Zoo Lakemont Delgrossos And Previously Geauga Lake and Erieview all in about a 4 hour drive.

^ The park was open as you can see a train going through the course (Empty though) right before he went along with the sounds of other rides and guests in the park. I just wish they would of got other views of this.

It's maybe a 5 minute walk between the park entrances with the Blue Group between. City walk is right there as well.

Pretty neat story about the men who used to inspect the ride every morning. Also some amazing photos. queencitydiscovery.blogspot.ca/2012/11/son-of-beast-trackwalkers.html