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^^^I love hearing lottery winning stories! That's so exciting! ^Yes, KT is a superfan so I got up super early the morning the tickets went on sale and snagged $150 tickets. Used Hotel Points for free lodging so it ended up being cheaper than seeing the show here in Orlando! And Lin was in it!!! And when they changed the venue we ended up with amazing seats!!!

^Did you actually read the report? He's not talking about Muppet Vision 4D at Studios, he's talking about the relatively NEW Muppet American History Street Show at Magic Kingdom.

And 100% of the "Comfort Collar" crap!

1. Name 3 of your favorite roller coasters, but not your top 3. Kumba, Xcelerator, Dodonpa 2. About how many different parks did you visit in 2018? A decent amount? 3. Which 2018 park visit was your favorite? Knoebels on the TPR Trip! 4. Your favorite 2018 park addition (ride, food, show, etc)? Um...I don't even know? I'm a bad coaster enthusiast. 5. What ride exceeded your expectations the most in 2018? Twisted Timbers 6. Best meal/food at a park in 2018? Even though Tokyo DisneySea got rid of my favorite food item, I still love sitting in their Vulcania restaurant, eating delicious Chinese food, looking around at other people eating with their stuffed Duffy bears! 7. What was your favorite new coaster of 2018 NOT made by RMC or Larson? I don't know if I rode anything decent new for 2018 that wasn't RMC?!? 8. Name one park you will definitely visit in 2019. Epcot 9. Best ride themed to a bird? How can anyone not say Phoenix? Although Vogel Rok is pretty darn close. 10. Lamest ride/coaster you rode in 2018? Most of them. 11. What roller coaster currently sits at the top of your bucketlist? (degree of difficulty: NOT a new-for-2019 ride) Probably that Intamin Hyper in Poland. 12. What new-for-2019 ride or coaster are you most looking forward to? Taiga? Untamed? Nagashima's RMC?? 13. Name the first totally middle-of-the-road (not bad/not great) park that comes to mind. Six Flags St. Louis 14. You're in Orlando and magically have a 1-hour ERT session on 1 coaster of your choice at any park in the city. You choose... Space Mountain 15. Holiday In The Park vs. Winterfest. Who reigns supreme? Neither. 16. Mystic Timbers mystery shed or Wicker Man fire infusion? WHAT'S IN THE SHED?!!?!??! 17. Which Six Flags have you been to most recently? Oh god...Six Flags America I think!?!? 18. Intamin or Schwarzkopf? You may only choose one. Intamin 19. Battle of Kings Coasters: Island or Dominion? Pick one. Dominion. 20. What was the longest you waited for a ride/coaster in 2018? Hmmm...maybe 30min for Steel Vengeance and Steel Dragon...coincidence!?!?! 21. What roller coaster have you ridden more than any other? Probably Kumba. Back when I liked roller coasters I rode that like 40 times each visit! 22. Best drop tower under 150 feet? The defunct one that was in the mall in london. Trocadero? 23. Maverick or Millennium Force? (If you haven't been to CP, pick what you want to ride more) Maverick. 24. Log flumes or sky rides? You can only choose one. Sky Rides. 25. What are 3 things you enjoying doing at your home park other than riding rides? Eating, Playing Pokemon, More Eating 26. What is your second favorite Cedar Fair park and why? Dominion. 27. What is your home park and give us two good reasons why we should pay it a visit. Epcot. I don't need to give you reasons! 28. Launch or Lift? Depends. 29. Did you buy fast pass at all in 2018? No, cause you don't buy fast pass. I did however buy any skip the line thing I possible could! 30. What is your least favorite wooden coaster? Fucking Bandit. 31. Disney fanboys: cool or cult? Real fanboys or the scary new world I've learned about where people pretend to love and be obsessed with Disney but really just completely tear it down!?!?! 32. Best Batman themed ride? The Batman where Joey let loose the worst White Castle fart ever that it smelled like a true sewer and made other patrons in line run away screaming. 33. Name something that tend to take home from parks that you didn't bring with you. Pokemon. 34. Best wooden coaster over 110 feet tall? (rcdb will help you) El Toro 35. Have you ever been hit with something (loose change/a tree/vomit/etc) while riding something? Ice on Kumba, someone dumped a drink off of the Congo Bridge. Thanks humanity. 36. Skywarps: credits or no? State your case. No. It's barely a working ride!!! 37. Turkey legs: nah or yaaaaassssss? Gross. 38. What is the most recent B&M that you rode? recent as in new for B&M or recent as in rode recently? Maybe Raptor over the summer? I don't ride too much when we're not on trips! 39. You can eat nothing but corn dogs, churros or funnel cake for the next 48 hours, which do you choose? Churros. But only the Morimoto Asia ones. 40. Post a great on-ride shot of you from 2018. (DO IT!) No it wasn't raining, but they didn't want grease/oil to get on our clothes so they gave us all these stylish ponchos on Blue Fall! Trying not to die on Scream'n Eagle at Fun Spot Atlanta. This counts as an on-ride photo because Fascination is AWESOME!!!!!

^Yup, entered for the first show today as it opens in Orlando on Tuesday. Also, KT and I made a short trip to Puerto Rico last week to see Lin-Manuel Miranda reprise his role and it was everything we imagined and more.

Which sky ride let you drop tomatoes? Kolmarden. You can get a basket of food for the animals and drop it down to them!

How dare you! They gave you a tambourine!

^Great! Seriously, I can’t imagine going to CP and not staying on property if it’s not your local park! Even if I went once a year, I would stay on property. The convenience outweighs anything else including price.

^What he said...and what everyone else said. Get some extra time at Universal or Sea World/Discovery Cove instead of two days at Fun Spot. There's other stuff to randomly check out too like the Orlando Eye area, Gatorland, Disney Springs, etc.

And Lin-Manuel is again taking the lead for the three weeks it plays in PR. Yup. From all of the reviews, he's even better than when he originated the role! Would be nice to go see this!

Not to further derail the topic, but we stay in A LOT of hotels all over the world. Only once did we encounter these critters with terrible results. It was in Europe at a major chain hotel. KT and I were bit all over it was horrible, luckily we didn't take them back with us. Ever since I always carefully check mattresses now and have seen them one time since (in Australia!) so quickly changed rooms.

Love this restaurant, cool update!

We've entered quite a few times for the NYC show and never won, but we've met plenty of people that did! Spoiler alert, KT and I will be entering the Orlando Lottery EVERY DAY!!!!

I know we're all super excited for the 'real' Amusement Park (especially given the forum), but it was also announced that American Dream will be getting the US' Third Kidzania Location! Keep in mind none of the US locations have actually opened yet, but I'm hopeful this time around. Makes sense as these are often located in big mega malls in other locations around the world and it's basically an amusement park for kids! https://kidzania.us/en/

I approve of any restaurant called "Wine Bread Cheese"!

^That's what I was afraid of and heard as well. We also only got to do two of the courses since one was always closed on our visit and you could see areas that were already showing wear only six months past opening. Also, agree that the food and food options in DisneyTown is much better than what was in the park.

Yeah it’s not too bad inflation considering it was 260 back in 2004 when we first visited.

Important question about Happy Valley...Was the Pizza Hut still on the main street there??? Also, did you happen to do the ropes course at Shanghai Disney? Wondering how that is holding up. Also, while I don't agree that Shanghai Pirates is the best ever, it's certainly in my top 5!

Cedar Point is SOOOO much more tolerable now that they have great resorts and better food options. Thanks for the report Chuck!

I can answer a bit... 1. We've always gone though group sales or PR so can't help too much here. You're not staying at a hotel where they would also have discount tickets. 2. I would say the top things would be: Ski Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Desert Safari, Beaches, Water Parks, Grand Mosque, Shopping (Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates, especially)! 3. The metro can be VERY busy and has weird hours (due to religious stuff) but taxi's are plentiful and cheap. Just try to get a REAL, METERED taxi and not just a hired car (they are sometimes waiting outside of touristy areas) where they will overcharge you. I love the metro though for where and when you can use it. 4. Don't stress about any weird horror stories. Like you said, if you follow the rules, laws, and customs, you'll be more than fine! No PDA, no drugs, wear modest clothing, no cursing, etc. It's quite fine!

^Oh wow, that's crazy!!

Love my guys, but wow, very intrigued by the new popcorn flavor!

^Agreed. Slightly concerned about this. Hopefully they don't ruin what that place is.

Singing to myself..."One of these bands is not like the other, one of these bands just doesn't belong" Can you guess which one I'm talking about? Spoiler alert - I'm going to go see them!!!