SteveC

Ah...memories- it's only been 4 years but I'm starting to feel the pinch! I remember well being obliged to ride Thunderbolt on the 'large person' side and it being absolutely brilliant. The Revenge was truly fantastic and the park itself has a bit of a BPB (or I should now say PBB!) feel to it. In fact I think if you combine Kennywood with Indiana Beach you do in fact have Blackpool. Only the Jack Rabbit left me feeling slightly Meh, but it may have been a) I did not ride in the back b) I suffered from over anticipation having heard so much about it in advance. Still - great to read your take on things Chuck - and see you in a couple of weeks Cheers Steve PS - and yeah - The Racer is no Grand National but then I'm biased and I trust you are too in that respect

cool pics -AWESOME captions Tommi- and hey Swedish meatballs...Mmmmm!

Leg of Lamb -£6.55 Broccoli -£0.95 (which came all the way from the USA because our crops are flooded out)

Ha - good to see Carl, whilst not doing the Spain RYHC is maintaining the tradition of BOTBC -shout out to Carl back there... HEY CARL - how ya doin'?

Just finished the book and all I can say is after reading this thread, who needs to read the book when you can read all the spoiler alerts It was admitedly a challenge not to turn to the last pages to find out the 'key question' i.e. did HP die or not? - no SPOILERS here though. I thought generally, the book was worthy of a concluding series and tied up a lot of loose ends. Although it was chunky at least every page had new material rather unlike 'The Order of the Phoenix' which regurgitated a lot of previous storyline. It's fun - it's not to be taken seriously (IMO) and it has ended - Hurrah for IOA and roll on the new theming and rides for 2010.

The video clips are TOP, thanks for sharing your take on a great trip.

Blimey Lou - no longer 21? -you'd best get your ACE application form in then Have a great time!

Sorry chap - I was being age touchy and didn't mean to beat down on you, and in fact your second post explains what I missed in your first post. 2 things- a)- I think you would be surprised at how well you would mix with 50 year olds, who in fact are ordinary 18 year olds with a few more years on the clock. b) an organisation that has grown to the size of ACE probably becomes rather like a government department and so use it for what you can get, rather than expect it to support you! ^^^^Robb - I absolutely get your point. It is not only the attitude but the arrogance that does for this type of people. Maybe if they did a couple of your trips and saw a few episodes of 'My name is Earl' they might understand. Steve-ask and you shall receive, whip it out and you shall be denied-C

Dude - I am very nearly one of those middle aged people you talk about. This TPR trip crowd ranged from 17 to 70+ and I think everyone mixed in pretty damn well so none of your ageist stuff thanks very much. Grumpy old ACER's should not be a standard marker for everyone else over the age of 30 or an identifier of any particular club. That said I am assuming that ACE has more than their fair share of the same but still let's not do the brush and tar thing Steve -I bet your parents are way cool - just they are your parents so hey!-C

Damnation - I nearly missed this thread Rich - you must put in some pics next time, even if they have no relevance! As ever I admire your acute take on things and clearly patience is not a virtue of yours. You have been spoiled by too much TPR ERT goodness, so just get in line and wait your turn why don't ya? When I next see you I am going to buy you a (non alcoholic and none coke) drink in a BAR. Be there dude!

I much prefer America's funnel cakes to our funnel clouds! Anyway - friends of mine were at Flamingoland today and had a fantastic time so I guess all is well (all coasters running blah blah) That said - I actually liked the pics of the funnel/tornado wanabee so thanks for posting them.

Elissa - this is a TOP LMAO. I can almost see you crouching behind a bush ready to beat down on them. How often do you do this? (punch them in the head that is, not hide behind a bush) Steve-Off to bed now but LMAO all the way-C

Hey I admire your State citizens for pounding on people who cut in line. I think more people should do this, in fact, everyone should do this- Alabama Rocks! Steve- my tongue is not in my cheek, beat down on those cutters-C

Jeff - thanks for the gout reminder, and I will of course look out for the sign in future BTW - how are the panoramics going and can/will they be posted to site?

^no you can not. Mainly because I'm hoping to do this next year, so I want to find out myself and then spill the beans.

I happened to be in Blackpool in 1998 when he was competing for the record (he won). Didn't actually see him as there was a little blue tent over the car he was riding at the time and we were told he was 'sleeping'. Anyway I whooped it up as I always do on the Big Dipper and it didn't seem to wake him so I guess he is a true champ. BTW - I have just taken a look at the website - it doesn't say too much but it is worth going on to see the mouse pointer in flames oh and the music is awesome (but not so awesome that you might want to use it anytime soon on a DVD Robb)

Yay I enjoyed the clapping because there was no water to get you drowned, so it actually added to my memory of Spain being they all did that- no matter what region we were in - rock on the clappers I say Next time I'll clap whilst being drowned

Catrina -you are very generous giving the MIB credit - but hey, I guess its still the honeymoon period? On a serious but off topic note - MANY MANY congratulations to you both, and I hope to see you on a TPR excursion in 2008/09? Go shoot em up Ted- and try to catch up with the wife

Never seen so many OMG/WTF expressions from the TPR crew than those on Nautic Jet. Got to say that Dan looks like he is levitating the boat and about to shoot off into hyperspace, like something out of the Jeffersons (I guess anyone over the age of Old JJ Man will get that reference.....not many then )

...After changing, we headed into the park to grab some rides. Gobbler Getaway was the first and Catrina beat me for once in this interactive dark ride shooter. For some unknown reason, however, our scores reset about 3 times during the ride..... Face it Ted, you were beaten by a girl, stop trying to justify the fact The HW waterpark has expanded significantly since my last visit to in in 2004 and looks a lot of fun! Cool TR Cheers Steve C

Lou, that video clip of ER II storming into a photo shoot saying "I've had enough of dressing up like this".......well I rest my case- Lou - Queen of the UK Brits TPR style (with just a hint of the black sheep Princess Margaret thrown in for good measure.."I say you over there...where are my bloody fags?")

Lou was going to kill you anyway one B - but we must all agree the man in the stange pants was clearly very happy to be dancing with Louise. The fact that he was some random perv from Catalonia makes it that much better.....or not if he is a member of this site, in which case I had better say- yo dude, we love your mandolin, and some dudes would die for the credits you got

Check out the TPR trips for 2008 especially the Mainland Europe Tour, sign up for that, and then you are laughing as well as sorted

Blimey - at least 2 of my chins were not synchronized- must try harder! The truth of the gate crashing is that some Spaniard crazies (well the smashed out of his skull best man and his mates) threatened to kill us all unless we joined them for free beer and upset the total order of things. It was Trev's fault for wearing what they thought was a Liverpool Football (soccer) shirt, which turned out to be a Stoke City shirt! Much confusion ensued, so I thought the best thing to do was pile on out there and look like I belonged to the wedding party. If you can't speak the langauge, and appear to be dressed inappropriately, do what I did - dive in , shake your booty, arse, ass, boobs, chins, anything that moves and hey - you get free beer. I rest my case - oh and Ron, if you had taken your shirt off then, I feel sure we would have also gotten some free shots! Lou - we must dance again, I'm limbering up for some Japan style moves, although I think I have only ever seen them pole dancing. Could be fun though? Oh and BTW British Rob with one B - where are the pics of Lou and the Gypsy King blokes, remember the actual little bloke that danced and then propositioned Lou in front of us all? -these need to be posted sooner rather than later

I'm with Lou and AWESOME - Rich, that is cruel and evil and absolutely really funny, although I guess it wouldn't be so funny had you not recovered your own suitcase but hell , that's law enforcement for ya. My other favourite before the actual poll goes up is "I've been here before" it fits the credit whore profile regardless how unjustified that is...even though it may well be justified and hey, no smoke without Fuego