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OMG!!! It's an update Love you Lou

Great pics. I like how we don't have a long wait between posts like some one who will remain nameless Lou

The pregnant Woody. I think it was Chris too.

Hey, there is nothing up Guy's pant leg. I knew he was all talk!

Would you pleas hurry up and get to the real trip

Great pictures Peter. I miss Japan and can't wait to go back. It is going to be hard next year going to China and not stop in Japan. Maybe in 09! I liked the Picture of me taking this picture

To much government regulation, leave things alone

Fixed it for you Paul

I'm in, Kristie will be in if she doesn't work. We'll let you know when she gets her schedule.

Yeap, the Goths screwed up by not U-turning Jen and Nate. I so wanted to see Jen's reaction if she got U-turned.

^^^I have lost a lot of respect for you two!

Awesome Lou, I can't wait until you get to the real trip pics, not this Spain stuff.

Wow, just Wow. I’m going to work at 3:00 A.M. There are no other cars in sight. I come to a red light. Is it ok to run the red light? If a policeman happens to see me run the red light should he just ignore the law because there were no other cars around and the red light was after all an inconvenience for me?. Key word here is usually. Since it is not 100% isn’t it better to be safe. How would you like to have your child stabbed with a knife at school and then find out that the other kid had brought a knife to school before but nothing really happened to her. Again the key word is obviously. How is it obvious that she intended no harm. When I was in 6th grade a few years back I got into an altercation with another kid. He pulled a knife on me. He had been camping and forgot to take the knife out of his pocket. When we got into a shoving match he remembered the knife and pulled it on me. What if the same thing would happen to this girl? Another kid is pestering her maybe older, maybe a group. How does anyone know with 100% certainty what she would do. If there was you would be banned. Who is not listening? I have read all 7 pages of this thread and it sounds like you are not the one listening. What makes you right? Just because your not a teacher makes you right? What part of “It is not OK to break the law” don’t you understand? Your last argument shows just how week your position is when you resort to mud slinging. Maybe if you would have had a better teacher, like Rich, in school you would have been able to form better and more logical arguments.

I miss Japan!

Looks fun but the capacity is going to be a problem. With 8 people to a train and only one train dispatching at say every 90 seconds would indicate 320 people per hour. I don't see how they can possibly dispatch that fast. This ride belongs in Fuji Queue

It's just you. It is a business deal plan and simple. You just don't happen to like the fact the park may change, none of us do. It is pretty childish to expect this to continue as a family business and deny the owners a chance to make a lot of money on the sale. I'm sure that if someone offered you a few million for your house you would turn it down if your neigbors didn't want you to move.

China and Korea with TPR. Hit up most of the Major California parks but there really isn't a lot new. I might be able to pick up 4 or 5 new credits if I make it down to Seaworld.

On the last day our flights out of Tokyo were not until around 6 that night so we had a free day. Some went coaster whoring but a few of us were coastered out. What to do. I had heard that there was a Statue of Godzilla some where in the Ginza area of Tokyo. So a small group of us set out to find Godzilla after breakfast. The Ginza was only a stop away on the train and we started searching. We knew this statue had to be huge because the Japanese loved him so much. We spotted a policeman and asked him for directions. It was pretty funny when the policeman didn’t appear at first to understand what we were asking then one of the guys in the group holds up his hands in claw like fashion and growls “Godzilla” He got the message and gave us a map. When we got to the spot on the map, we were all looking for this really big statue. When we spotted him we started busting up laughing. I don’t think they will let me live this one done So ends another great TPR trip. Thank you Robb & Elissa. ... not very big. ... is ... We have spotted Godzilla and he is .....

Fuji Q or Fuji Queue. Read Robb’s review of this park. I agree with about 95% of it. This was my second visit to this park and the lines were terrible again.. It was about an hour wait for Fujiyama another hour for Dodonpa and over 3 hours for Eejanaika. Lots of concrete and no themeing. Not A park I would want to go back to. The one part I disagree with Robb on is Eejanaika. I actually liked it and would have liked to ride it again. But not with a 3 hour wait. That made the ride not worth it. I did find it better the X at Magic Mountain. I did not find Dodonpa’s launch to be to extreme. It was just a waste to get so much speed and not do anything with it. It just kind of meanders around and over the top hat and that’s it. Sea Paradise Blue Fall, best drop tower I have ever been on. I don’t care much for the false drop side. I prefer the straight drop. You get a great view from the top. I think I like drop towers because it is one of the few things that still scare me to ride. Surf Coaster is a fun ride with it’s 900 degree helix of death. The Japanese seem to love helixes, they are on a lot of rides. Cosmoworld. This is a cool park at night with all the lights. The coasters are just so so but it is a fun place. It has really expanded a lot since the last time I was there. They have put a little money to improving the part that was on the other side of the canal. A nice place to spend an evening. So ends another day with the Three Wise men or the Three Stooges, you make the call Anyone know what this coaster is? Yet another ice house It is made for kids That says Bannana Coaster Cosmoworld, like you couldn't read the sign BlueFall is really high A crowd at the sealife show Surf Coaster I took this picture of the band practicing and didn't notice Bill and Mike in the picture until I started posting this update. BlueFall at Sea Paradise Mt Fuji. Picture could have been better if I would have waited for a Coaster onr for the mechanical geeks I wonder if the Japanese really know what these signs say I see him now If it is a kiddie coaster then where is Jeff? The line looked like it should have been no more then 15 minutes and it was 45! Low caoacity mouse Zola 7 cars. Only Geo Panic is worse Chuck is more excited about the chips then the coasters What is an update with out a really cute kid I like this better then X Oh %&$#@. Well Dave is easy to spot so is Gus but can you find Barry? Eejanaika, not much of a crowd ... Fujiyama, the only picture I have of the coaster Fuji Queue

The Big Thunder Mountain Bar B Que at Disneyland. They had the best chicken and ribs. To bad it is no longer there.

Tokyo Disneyland Is an awesome park. Even the first couple of days in the rain didn’t stop anyone from having a good time. They do a super job operating the park with crowds or rain or both. We happened to catch the opening of the park for Halloween. The park was all decorated nicely and they let adults dress up too. They would come as their favorite Disney Character. Sometimes it was hard to tell which a was a cast member and which was a guest. The Japanese love their parades. It seems like one was going on every couple of hours. People would start lining up for them that early too. It was nuts because they would occur 3 or 4 times that day. People could join in on the parades but they have so many people wanting to be in them they pick by lottery Lou doing her best Japanese impression on the way back to the hotel So ends another day Wes! Never enough castle pics Hotel they are building right outside the enterance and Chip and Dale The night parade with Mickey Speaking of Lou ... Autopia wa pretty lame. They had signs that you were not to bump the car in front of you. Only problem was the cars had sensors and when you got to close you would stop. Not as good as the park where Lou rear ended me. You can actually see part of DisneySea from Disneyland 3 Done! 2 Starting coaster pics ... 1 Line to get a fastPass for Space Mountain And there working trolly Even Toontown All decked out for Halloween Here is looking back from the steps of the castle Full size castle. The park is huge. See the pimpkin. Tokyo Disneyland

Don't remember who made the ride. Others on the trip knew, I just don't remember. The ride is like an Enterprise. The seating is side by side. When the wheel rotates the cars swing out and will lock in place. The wheel will tilt and then the cars will unlock causing them to swing. If your one of the lucky ones the car will do a complete 360. I could only get mine to do it once but others couldn't get it to do it at all and still others got three 360's out of it.

Today we rearranged our itinerary. We were supposed to go to Fuji-Q but bad weather was forecast for the next couple of days. Knowing that rain would shut the rides down at Fuji-Q we opted to go to Disney Through the bad weather. The gamble paid off. It did rain for the first couple of days at Disney but most of the rides are indoors and it doesn't shut the park down. The weather was good at Fuji-Q four days later and the coasters were all open. Next up Tokyo Disneyland I should have taken a picture of my watch. It was 17:20. Your Fastpass would be good in 40 minutes or you could wait the Stanby line which was 40 minutes. You decide. Indoor kids area, very cool. Try the Seasalt Icecream here Some cute kid we ran into that day It was only a 30 minute wait. I'm sure the fastpass line was at least that long. This is looking back along the line. You can see the Tower way back there. This is the line for Tower of Terror ... for the FastPass tickets Todays crowd to whore the kiddie coaster If you thought it might be Disneyland today, Nope it's DisneySea today and funny looking rings to hold onto Another train to start the day, ok. monorail with funny windows

After 23 straight days of work it is back to the updates. Today was another 2 park day as we head back towards Tokyo. Lagunasia and Hamanako Pal Pal. Both parks were small, not very crowded and a lot of fun. I would definitly go back to both. Lagunasia had a waterpark built in the middle of it. Which was empty this time of year. The log flume was a water ride. I got pretty wet. Not Dan approved. They had a shooting dark ride that at the end the car would rotate one way or the other depending on how good your score was. The first time I was bad and saw the scarey scene and the second time did better and saw the happy scene. At Hamanako Pal Pal it looked like it was going to rain but it held off and we got all our credits. The place had the best flat ride on the trip. We spent a lot of time riding trying to get an inversion out of it. Most of us were successful. The day ended and we were back in Tokyo Why are these two all alone? Guys, that is not a credit Jahan! Best flat ride on the trip! Jeff either liked the ride or was glad he lived through it Ok Rich, you can put your hands down now Stick'em up! The bat flyer had no bats Good view of Mega Coaster and the Batflyer On to Hamanako Pal Pal and Mega Coaster Steller Coaster Jeff the loner Part indoor and out door coaster Aqua Wind Meat Cow meet meet Sushi Fish also home of Magical Powder and With the water park in the center Lagunasia! Once again the day starts in a crowded train station

In my 5 car garage I would put 10 Smart cars!