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No. None were taken with a flash, however, there was some guy behind us on peter pan with a camcorder light on. That allowed me to get the one shot of peter pan on the boat.

Onto the world showcase. The walk around the world begins with mexico. The mexico pavilion. Welcome to mexico The boat ride. The boat ride passes right by the mexican restaurant. A few scenes from the ride. We took the tunnel. They also had lots for sale as well. The next country was norway. They had a musium at the entrance of the pavilion. The main attraction in noway, is the boat ride. The boat peaks outside before it goes down the hill. The station has a beautiful mural. You get to ride in a viking boat. The unload platform, was in a norwiegen fishing village. There is also a show. next up is china. China is a beautiful pavilion. There is no ride in china, but they have a show. They have a marsh area in the middle, with a reflecting pond. Just after I took this shot, the bird swallowed the frog in one gulp. They have a counter service food stand, and a sit down restaurant. They had this display when we were there. It was very interesting. Decided to check out the china show next. Even the lobby for the show is awsome. Looking up at the ceiling. Pre show area. The show has multiple screens all around you. The only complaint I have, is that you have to stand durring the show. There are also plenty of shops to paruse. That's it for china. In the next report, I will have more of the world showcase.

We try to go every year. It's probaly the only theme park(s), where we never get sick of visiting.

Part 2.... This update is of the ert at the disney studios, and epcot center. Epcot is my favorite, so I took a lot of good shots there. The world showcase, and the rest of epcot will be in the next update.....enjoy. After animal kingdom, it's time for the extra magic hours at hollywood studios. Extra magic hours are usaly great because it's only for resort guests. But this time around, it was fairly buisy. Yep....my favorate. Rock n rollercoaster the marbel door always amazes me. Aerosmith pre show. Your limo awaits the launch. Tower of terror lobby. Elevator shaft. ERT on the great movie ride. The ceiling in the lobby. The horse from merry poppins(I think). The park is all lit up at night. With lots of neon. The parks icon all lit up. One last shot from Disney studios. Next up is my favorate park....epcot Per tradition, I always do spaceship earth first thing. Mural painted on building. They added the touch screens. I really do miss the fiber optic lighting at the end of the ride. A few scenes from the ride. One of the new scenes Another new scene. The courtyard pin store. The land pavilion. This is a great attraction. When at epcot, I always like to take a few whirls on this ride. Station and boat. Your boat goes thru a rain forest, desert, greenhouse, and fish area. Anybody know what a jackfruit is??? Entering the fish section. I bet you could make a lot of lemonaid with this lemon. Ever wonder how they make the mickey mouse pumpkins? Research area. I checked this show out for the first time. It was actualy kind of depressing. A near empty theater. Mission space Lots of space theaming for you to look at in line. Inside your space pod. Mission space geek shot. Sigh...... I still like universe of energy. I just wish they would get rid of ellen. I find her to be anoying. The pre show area. The ride vehicles are huge. Random ride photo. Maybe my favorate ride at epcot. The switchbacks have lots of car testing things to look at. This is what the cars look like. A few shots from inside the ride. At the exit of the ride, they have a few concept cars. And of course there is a gift shop as well. Random shot Next up was journey into imagination. Cool looking building Yep...there is a ride in there. A few scenes. I see figment. The upside down section. You can go in here for a cool fresh beverly. They also have several other flavors. In the next update, we will have the world showcase and the rest of epcot.

Yea... Even superman and x2 let you wear glasses with straps.

Ok.... Disneyworld is hands down my favorite theme park. Over the years, I have taken many trips and many pictures. I am going to share some of my favorite shots with you. The pictures are in no order, just the order they were in my computer. I hope you enjoy them. Pop centurey is our resort of choice at Disneyworld. I love the retro stuff they have on display in the lobby. Yea, I know....prices went up. Still worth every penny though. One of the best themed lines out there. Theming is just one of the reasons that make Disney so great. The best ride in the park IMO. The great movie ride. Indiana jones show. Things blow up. And things get real wet. Another tower shot. The beauty and the beast show is really good. The best place to eat at this park. The waiting room looks like my grandmas living room. Over at the magic kingdom, you may remember this. The speedway. My favorate ride. I like the version at Disneyland better though. Splash mountain. Random bird. Haunted mansion. The one attraction that I don't care for at Disney. It's a small world station. Big thunder mountain. I love this gag. Lots of twisted track. The ride also has some great theaming. Yea....we were there durring halloween. Great landscaping everywhere. I really like this show. Not sure why, but I do. Random picture of the show. Snow white ride. Even the little stand next to snow white is themed. Peter pan is a good ride, but has the longest line in the park. Scene from ride. Another shot of peter pan. Can you guess what one is goofy? It's starting to get dark. Artsy Pooh....the ride. The seat was all sticky. Bouncing with tigger. I love it!!! Yayyy...fireworks Animal kingdom...it's notazoo. I took a picture because it said picture spot. Ice cream anyone? I love this. Into the unknown we go Oh sh*$ Weeee Good ride. Tree of life. The safari ride has lots of animals. These guys look horny. The nemo show. Dinosoar Big dino head sticking out of the building. This is what awaits you in the lobby. Your time rover. This is the worst lookin area in all of Disneyworld. It looks like six flags came in and did this section. Everest from the other side of the lake. The tree of life has some amazing detail. Little bit of theming Not sure what kind of spider this was, but I did not get close enough to find out. The lion king show. My daughter loves this picture, so she made me add it. The pokerherheinis show. The show was canned a week after this visit. Yea...it was very hot out. So against better judgement, we did the rapids ride. Loading platform. Things were on fire, and you could even smell the smoke. This is where we got stuck on the ride for a half hour. Back in line for the yeti, the theming is great. Lift hill porn. Failed attempt to get a shot of the yeti. Ate dinner at tuscor house. I did not like like it because the food was all new to me. I really like this building. Part 2 comming up soon.

It was the intamin cables fault.

Cedarpoint charges just as much for a pass as well.

Hmmmm...interesting. I know that they have a crate with a monster in it for halloweekends. Not sure if this is the same crate though.

Yea. Someone was good at playing tetris.

No... The dark ride in the park. I think it's a shooter. The factory tour was great. Free chocolate.

Nice pictures. I have to get back to hershey park soon. It's been a bunch of years since I have been there. How is the dark ride?

If that's the case, why don't they just tell us that, instead of a lye? Without my glasses, I cant see crap. I have been on the tallest, and fastest coasters in the world with my glasses and strap, but I can't wear my glasses on pony express or xlerator? The only other park that I had a problem with this, was at martins fantasyland. You can not wear your glasses on the mouse coaster or silver streak with or without a strap. I don't get it.

Same can be said for orlando. They are also getting the new star tours, and the monsters inc ride at the disney studios park. The magic kingdom is getting a huge remodel of fantasyland with a bunch of new attractions like the little mermaid. There is a strong rumor that epcot will be adding another country soon, as well as the continued additios to animal kingdom. Now if they could only do something about pleasure island.......

Come on people.....This is not pointbuzz(thank god).

But even at $83, you get what you pay for. Each of the attractions they build at Disney, cost a heck of a lot more than a 8 million dollar wooden coaster. Not to mention all the great shows and landscaping. Heck, Disney probaly spent 8 million on the sign for the concession stand. A concert ticket cost's me about $65 for two hours of entertainment. For $18 more, I can get a full days entertainment at Disney.

I thought you guys might like to see this. It's some old blueprints for a haunted attraction that we did years ago. It was designed to be a walk thru attraction, but was almost turned into a dark ride.

Sorry about the lack of updates, been busy packing for the move. I have a few things to share today. First, I have a park booklet from indiana beach. It is from 2000, and when you unfold it, it's as big as a poster. It has mostly info on the condos and cabins you can rent in the area. I also have an old blueprint of one of our old haunted houses we did years ago. Lastly, there is my old name tag from when I used to work at cedarpoint the first time. They now use the much bigger name tags. Indiana beach 2000 Hours This is the blueprint for one of our old haunted houses. Remember the old name tags?

Exactly. Unless you live in the area, most people are going to spend multiple days at the resort. If you buy a 7 day ticket, it's $320. That's only about $45 a day. It's actually cheaper than that if you buy a package. Ticket prices... http://allears.net/pl/ticketchart.htm#MYW1 A annual pass to disneyworld is only $531 or $488 to renew. That's only about $122 per park for an entire year. A cedarfair season pass is $160. And unless you live in california, it's only good for 6 months out of the year as most cedarfair parks are seasonal. I live in Michigan, and have came really close to buying a season pass for disney the past few years. We already go for a week every year, and it would be nice to have the option of going down there anytime.

Our trip to the park will be incomplete people...sorry. I got this directly off the parks website. I was looking under the rides section, and found this next to the bumper cars. Does anyone see the irony in that?...lol

Astorio is a run of the mill Politician. He has accomplished nothing in his turn and is looking for an easy out to prove he can save same money. He has been targeting the park for a long time. He's claiming the park hasn't made a profit in a generation, yet it made 16 million in 2004 according to it's 260 page master plan. The master plan also said that 55% of the park attendance was the local County, 10% Groups, 28% neighboring counties and 7% destination guests. If they have dropped form 55% to 30% what is the managment and county officials doing to scare them away in the last 6 years?

The box says 1999, and 2000.

None the less, you still have 33% more people going to that area, that wouldn't be there if the park did not exsist. Those people spend money at gas stations, hotels, restaurants...ect..ect. I kind of question the 77% number they came up with. Where and how did they study this? Even local people that live 25 miles from the park will stop and eat at a restaurant after they leave the park. Like I said, you also have to look at the local jobs that will be lost, and the tax money that would be gone as well. Local businesses will be hurt. Not just the jobs at the park that will be lost, but all the people in the surrounding area that will be impacted.That row of restaurants and gas stations and hotels, will have to let people go. And when people are out of work, they do not pay taxes...simple as that. I am not arguing about it, just some concerns about this.

I don't think there were any cedar point "sets", but I do have a set of ace cedarpoint pins.