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I'll be getting my tickets as soon as my check gets deposited on the 1st. Last years event was awesome, been waiting for this one.

Ok LaRRRonnde, in my opinion the worst park of the trip. I mean the park itself was nice, but the ops and attitude in general just ruin the park experience. We got there, went through a back entrance, got out tickets and went into the park for morning ERT on Goliath and LeMonstre, really liked Goliath, I got both sides of LeMonstre during ERT, which was great because the lines were really long later in the day and the ride was not all that great. Did not get the kiddie coaster, did not really care, the boomerang was down, did not really care. It was hot, so I got a souvenir sports bottle, then found out that most of the places in the park did not fill them, I even went to one place that actually sold the bottles and they wouldn't fill it either! When I actually found a place that would fill it, they were out of diet, ERRRRR!!! I don't know what poutine was, and I don't want any. The stand up hurt my happy parts. LeVampire was awesome, aside from ERT the best part of the day. Ok then there was the line for the SLC, over an hour with a gold Qbot, WTF! We actually went back later and still probably waited half hour. Dragon was just weird. Lunch was ok, there was a cash bar, but after the alcohol exchange the thought of beer kinda made me ill. So, long story short, not my favorite park, but I still had a little fun and am glad I don't have to go back. Ok, pictures! As I said, not my favorite day of the trip, so I took very few pictures, and the ones I did take suck. I also had a hard time thinking of fun captions while thinking of LaRRRonde. So, probably the weakest entry of this NE Tour report, but the next installments should be good, I think, no promises. I always thought driving into hell would have more fire and lava. If I'm not mistaken they ended up tearing the tickets til the met in the middle like Lady and the Tramp. I think we all know who's the lady, and who's the tramp. "Keep in mind that Canadian bacon is ham!" I have no idea why she said that. LeMonstre is huge, and a huge disappointment, both sides. I swear this thing looked like it might fall off the track at any time, not to mention it had what looked like lawn chairs inside of it. Oh, and I think we at under that tent. Goliath was one of the better coasters on the trip, morning ERT was pretty awesome. I like how the lapbar handles make it feel like your crotch is controlling the direction of the coaster. I never felt more like a credit whore than I did waiting for this wild mouse, the line was long, the ops were slow, but I NEEDED the credit. I know you think this is a picture, but it's actually a video, the ride ops move so slow its like they are standing still. Standard beautiful park shot, as long as your not actually trying to ride anything it's kinda nice. This ride kicked a$$, I may have liked this better than Goliath. So not everything at LaRonde sucked. Fluffy fluffy groundhog filled with canadian bacon and poutine. In line for Dragon, which I'm pretty sure eats you and craps you out, but in the literal way, not in the El Toro way. I went outside the park for a look at the entrance, used my Six Flags pass to get back in. If you see this sign, just run, you don't wanna go through that gate. I guess you can drive your boat here, maybe, I dunno, who cares it's friggin LaRonde. Un oh, whore tax, this is gonna be expensive. Yay, let's get the hell outta french canadia! No LaRonde, your void! Food cures everything, except LaRonde, it still sucks. Rox dishes it out. Look out, that ethnic girl has a weapon! I'm joking, but seriously she'll shank you if you get outta line. I swear there was food on every flat surface in the place! It was a tight squeeze. Since the pizza tour, pizza is a religious experience for Kevin. There's been a lot of talk about how much beer was consumed during this trip, but I would wager that we drank an equal amount of soda pop. I can pretty much guess what Robb was eating. Ok, that does it for LaRonde, wish I had pictures of the alcohol exchange, but since I don't drink, I was not there...really.

The pictures of Dave with Natty Boh in one hand and Beer30 Ice in the other are priceless. I really wasn't sure if anyone had good pictures of the exchange, and that one picture, well...moving on.

^^ Border crossing was no problem when you have Robb and Elissa to handle it, no search, just checked our passports. Canada/LaRonde, probably gonna be short and sweet, I was not a fan and did not take many pictures. I will make it work, and if I can't do that I'll make fun of Shawn. I'll try and throw it up tonight.

Ok title fairy, it's that time of year again, when I will no longer be 39 and my title will be a lie. Actually it's already a lie cause the ShIfT KeY is right there, I got two of um, and shift lock too. I am missing my ctrl key, not sure where that went, so I have literally lost control, or ctrl, whatever. So, if it's not too much trouble, would you mind terribly updating/changing my title. I have no ideas, I am not a witty person, so I leave it in your talented hands. Somehow I get the feeling I will be 40 and still in search of the shift key. Thanks, so much.

Great Escape might be my favorite park of the trip, so many little things that made that park special. Keep up the report, your pictures really make me think I need to get a better camera than my cell phone.

Ok, so Canobie, a great small park. We had morning ERT on Yankee Cannonball and Untamed, I was surprised that Untamed was rough for being such a new coaster, and spent more time on Yankee Cannonball, which was pretty smooth and had some good airtime. The only complaint I had about this park, was that they were out of souvenir cups, it was hot/humid and I could have really used some cheap refills, and the only alternative were tiny cups that were way over priced. We settle on bottled water from the vending machine and refills from the water fountain, and the water was actually good. Corkscrew was, well a corkscrew, not terrible, but one and done. Another kiddie credit, a spin on the rotor, the train, etc.. Hotdog for lunch, a little exploring, some shopping, fried clams, arcade, games, and back to the bus. Really liked this park, I would love to visit it again if I'm ever out that way. Ok, pictures, now keep in mind that this is turning into a very long report and as bad as the captions have been, they will probably get worse, and since the pictures aren't great either, well quality is not my strong point. Wristbands, meal ticket, ERT schedule, all that good stuff. We are here, just for fun, cause that's what it says on the window, and we do whatever we read. Let's all stare at Robb! Really a nice park all the way around. This was fun, a little rough, but overall a great fit for a small park. Nerd shot. Car goes up, car comes down, fun for everyone, my favorite part of the ride anyway. Some sexy curves on this one. Even the supports are themed. Antique car ride. It's always nice when the previous riders start warning you about portions of the ride while they exit. Yay Chad, you made it! Chad?! Um, moving on. I'm sure maintenance will clean that up. Corkscrew, it mostly screws your back and neck up. Mine of lost souls, and confusing story lines. Wait I'm in Egypt now? "Really mate, a Fosters and some Outback Steakhouse would make me feel right at home." He totally said that, true story. It felt like I started out at Knott's Berry Farm on the Calico Mine Ride... ...and ended up on Revenge of the Mummy at Universal Studios. You know how in the old westerns, the cowboy goes into the brothel and all the whores line up, yeah that. I know this is a hearse, but it's like a modern hearse and it kinda looks like an old ladies station wagon...FAIL! (Please ignore the giant mutant clown.) The train went through the park and by the lake, kinda nice. Corkscrew, yay? The lake, there was a boat ride too. Now if I could just figure out where I can buy a hotdog. The hotdogs were actually really good, a bit small, with those wierd buns, but good. Am I the only one who thinks this is a little obscene? Even more Obscene! Really, if this was outside the park, I would have ran back to the bus. Obligatory popcorn shot. I found Rowdy Rooster, but with no cocks. ...i did however find beaver, true story. Fried clams, awesome, but expensive. French fries and Ice cream, if you like creamy and salty in your mouth at the same time. I know that's cotton candy, but they kinda look like giant colorful tampons, just an observation. Fried dough everywhere, but the hot weather kinda killed my appetite for park food. Not sure where we are going, but I think KT knows the way. Everybody knows I don't drink, but with the alcohol exchange coming up, I wouldn't want anybody to be thirsty. This may have been the last time I will be excited about Canada. We put all the "questionable" people on that bus. The plan was if they didn't get admitted into Canada, we would drive away and pretend we couldn't recieve their calls, because of the international roaming. Yup, they must be desperate for tourists, cause they let everyone in. Ok, that's it for Canobie, off to Canada and the epic alcohol exhange, where TPDave got to sample both National Bohemian and Beer 30 Ice, premium American brew, true story.

I did not know Skycoastin' Steve had fanboys, creepy. Cool report, you can see in the pictures how humid it was, the humidity seriously was killing me. Waiting for your next update, guess I should work on mine.

Wear whatever you like shawn, just as long as it's not that wig. Awesome! Yeah, I attempted to bring some kind of order to this report and apparently failed, thanks. Thanks for all the "encouragement", never had to do a trip report that involved this many days, hats off to those of you who have done this before, it's a pain in the a$$, but in a good way, no Piers, not that way. Ok, working on Canobie, should be up tomorrow.

They kinda look like bother and sister. Nice report.

A bit too much information, thanks. In the picture, I could only get the tip in the picture. I know steve has a good camera and could get the whole thing in every time, but I'm just using my cell camera.

I like it! So many things I had forgotten, thanks for reminding me.

^Do a report, I wanna see what pictures you got! It's weird, like I see some pictures that other people have posted, and I know I was like 10 feet away from them, but it's like "how did I miss that" or "why am I zipping up Piers". Ok, so I tired to upload the second part of this day, but good old Windows Vista crashed on me right as I got to the end, true story. So, here goes again, yes the last part sucked, but wait...there's more! Look, it's Shawn, who did not have pink eye by the way, in a festive beach hat. (I have run out of captions, so I decided to pick on Shawn instead.) The shame is so thick you could cut it with a knife. This may be the longest line this coaster has ever seen. So that's the ocean or some kinda water, or something, I ain't going near it. Follow me down a magical trail of wonderment, or not, there's an arcade too. By the time I found the beer, I didn't think I had time to drink any, and since we almost got cut off by a parade, I'm glad I abstained. I did find this sign and I gotta admit it got me curious, no Piers not that kind of curious. Oh, its a donut with kool-aid in the batter, what a rip, and surprise, it tastes just like any other donut. This is where we were, would not have minded spending more time here, but we got more coasters to ride. These followed us to Funtown and attacked us repeatedly, trying to steal our french fries. Oh wow, are you like a geography professor or something? That whole pointing at things on a map skill must have taken years to develope. Funtown, it goes up. It comes down. Just a self portrait, I think it captures my true self. There's actually a huge mushroom behinde me, but as hard as I tried I could only get the tip in. Awesome theming, or at least I liked it. Yes, these things really happened, true story! Go on a TPR trip, you'll find out. Ok, so that's it for Funtown, I didn't take any pictures of night ERT, I could have swore I did. Anyways, next up will be Canobie, did anyone else eat the clams?

Ok, so Old Orchard Beach, Jimmy the Greek's, Palace Playland, Funtown. I really failed on this one, I took like almost no pictures and the ones I did take were crap, so there is also a fail on captions, because there was just no direction to go. So, here is the worst entry of my trip report, you've been warned, turn back now, do not enter, severe tire damage. Ok, we did Jimmy the Greek's first, 100+ beers, brick oven, great menu, great waitresses, a mop, good stuff. I got steak and beer, stole some pizza from Jake, which was awesome, thanks Jake. At some point I drank something with Piers, actually two somethings, this Jager stuff might just catch on. I know, lets go to Palace Playland, that's a great idea. Ok, two credits and some flats, arcade, beach, beer, fried kool-aid, ignore that cop and just keep walking. Funtown/Splashtown, get the mouse credit, Excalibur is fun, OMG it hurts, slowest loading go-carts ever, yes I will have the cheeseburger, not bad, giant sea gulls attack, F' this Sh** I'm leaving! Huge Ice cream cone, candyland, various takeover's of stuff, Excalibur ERT, yay I figured out where to brace, this is kinda awesome in the dark, and then it was over. Hey, I think i recognize that yellow blur. Basketball Hall of Fame. Old Orchard Beach. Jimmy the Greek's, over 100 kinds of beer and the food was awesome. We all sat down and the awesome waitresses had our food a drink orders handled in no time. Shy Piers hiding in the corner, will he ever come out of his shell? Oh! They DO have beer, I wasn't sure. Darn right "Who needs hooters!", really she was awesome. This is what Piers calls a light lunch. Thanks for a great time.

My facination was with the fact you didn't have to walk more than ten feet in any direction to buy a beer. I was disappointed with the Wonder Wheel, I wanted it to be scarier than the one a DCA, but it may have been even less scarey. Great report, I thought Coney was awesome, wouldn't mind going back there again some day.

I went on Tuesday, I think. Luckily the parking lot is so full, because Huricane Harbor is packed. Nice trip report, I usually don't look at the SFMM reports because I'm there all the time, but this was kind of a cool concise report. Good job.

^Shouldn't you be making Steve pancakes?

Ok, refocused, and pictures. So I guess this chick is a furry, who's into S & M and has her own roller coaster, basically my dream girl. Aww man, she's just a statue, well at least I know she won't say no. Q and A. TPR quest, dignity was sacraficed, lives were risked, beer was chugged, clothing was removed. Uh, at least one of these four appears to have some shame. WHORE!!! I heard they stopped letting adults ride at some point, apparently these are giant children. Look, I'm an artist, or maybe I accdentally hit the button, one of those two. It's a white roller coaster. (I think I'm outta captons.) Tried to ride this, it broke like three times while waiting, then we got on, I breathed out and the restraint system clamped down and tried to suffocate me, then of course they booted us off, cause it broke again. Um, from the walkback I think, It's a roller coaster. We support roller coasters, and so do these steel beams. I have no idea what the hell is going on in the lower left corner, but whomever that is in the red shirt should be arrested. One track goes this way, one track goes that way. I just like seeing myself on the internet. The track is grape flavored, I know, cause I licked it. Coaster porn. Hope you got your names written in your underpants, so you can remember who you are after that coaster give you a concussion. A bat man and a fat man. This sucked, but it was nice to look at, moving on. At some point during the skyride, I accdentally spilled my soda and I'm pretty sure soaked all those people down there, sorry. Wish I had gotten pictures from night ERT, but my phone died and I left both the spare batter and charger on the bus. So hope the rest of you got all the shots I missed, thanks for looking.

Ok, Bizarro/SFNE TR. It's pretty thin, I coulda swore I took more pictures, but I guess not. Ok, got to the park, Elissa did some kinda minute to win it cone moving thing so the bus could fit (had to be there), a lot of stairs, ERT yay, mouse credit outta the way, Bizarro a little sluggish, Batman, no I'm not doing waterpark ERT, Elissa gives out Qbots, I ride things, food, beer, TPR quest, Chris Con, backstage Bizarro, hey look it's getting dark, rode the frisbee, Koth hurt his food, guess you gotta limp cause I'm going to ERT, water challenge fail, Bizarro more awesome at night, Elissa texts Robb, her bus is leaving in 5 minutes, hey that's my bus, run old man run, damn there are a lot of stairs, back on the bus, that was a long friggin' day. I think that was how it went, I could be wrong. Ok, pictures, really bad and the captions are wearing thin too, how does Jen know what uncircumsized looks like? A machine to make pancakes, I though that's what women were for. I could really use a Denny's at this point. Let's see one, two, three, four, five, six flags...yeah this is the place. Robb handles the "Bash" portion of this day, which is awesome, but trip particpants also got gold Qbots, awesomer! Not my #1, but it was so exciting it almost made me do a #2. Ok Fonzie, you can put your thumbs down now. Piers is frightened, because he's never been this close to a woman before, true story. This was awesome, highly recommend. The greatest escape of all may have been Jake escaping from Piers. I read those peoples minds, they say "OUCH!". Ok Kevin, show us who hurt you. Ok, hang on, still uploading.

Next installment will be up tonight some time, all sized and captioned, just need to upload and of course start work on the next day of the trip.

Awesome!

Wish I could do this.

Ok, thanks to all the "positive" reviews, I will keep this going. I didn't take a lot of pictures at Lake Compounce, I don't know why. This a really nice park, free Pepsi, which I drink, and the awesomeness of Boulderdash. There was food, and maybe beer, and maybe I had just a sip. Food was awesome by the way, too many things to list, and all of them good. Ok, here some pictures, very few, and some I don't remember taking. Leaving Quassy, arriving at Lake Compounce? One of those two, or as I call it "in between kegs". Take the tunnel!!! No, really, you gotta go through a tunnel to get in. Welcome to Lake Compounce, free mosquito bites for everyone, yay! All I remember is airtime, pain, and then my elbow was bleeding. Not the worst woodie I've ever been on, but on this trip definatly a one and done. Nice looking park, with a good selections of rides. Took a picture of the parks hunt, it was right out in the open and I couldn't resist. Had not ridden one of these in years. I believe right about here it punched me in the head. I did get a snap, others were not so lucky. U.S.A., U.S.A., U.S.A.!!! (I appoligize to all the foreign TPR members, except Canada, you appologize for LaRonde first.) Arrow, the sign of quality. This log ride like kinda went up the mountian and through some trees, very cool. This frightened the hell outta me, I held on like a little girl, may have screamed like a little girl too. Wanted to ride this, didn't get to, but here's a picture anyway. Best part of the ride for me. Ok, not sure what is occuring in the next pictures, I know I was there, but I went back to get my backpack and when I returned clothes were being exchanged, I dunno? Um, yeah not sure why this happened, but it did. Piers has stretched poor Bambi out, never to be tight again. I call this one: "Totally sober, totally straight man, in a womans bambi tank top, baptism by rapids" Or something, I dunno, I wasn't there. Jake looking nervous in what appears to be a full body condom. What the hell just happened?!! At least there is no photographic or video evidence. Wipeout! (That's right, I'm gonna pretend none of that just happened, moving on.) Good thing this was lit up or else I would have never found my way back to the bus. Ok, there was night ERT on Bolderdash, but I was beat, did it in the dark and done, and I didn't get any pictures. Ok, working on the next installment.

Awesome! Night ert was amazing!

Awesome pictures, I need to look at mine and see what I have. With my phone camera sometimes I get gold, sometimes I get crap, we shall see. Waiting for your next update.