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I enjoyed Dorney on our trip thru Penn. . tho yes, it was by far the least "charming" of the parks we visited (Kennywood, Knoebel's, HersheyPark, Dorney). and not much shade. but I really did enjoy a LOT of the flats there, and thought it was worth the trip to visit

Literally MOMENTS after I sent an IM to Elissa noting how nice it is that I hadn't seen this brought up in the TPR Crusing thread. LOL (and this morning, she tested NEGATIVE (of course), making all those who insanely overreacted look like fools).

OK! Pics below. . but what a great "Bag O' Crap". . honestly, Robb & Elissa, I cannot thank you enough! in my bag was: TPR small backpack (blue) TPR small magnet TPR oval large magnet "the Voyage begins 5/19/14" small magnet Steel Venom (Geauga Lake) magnet (GORGEOUS!) Busch Gardens Howl-o-scream "Cursed" earbuds Indiana Beach Hoosier Hurricane 20th anniversary tumbler 2 Disney Nature "Chimpanzee" movie pins TPR pen 2 Club TPR 2013 Christmas ornaments NigloLand Alpina Blitz baseball cap! Aquatica Breakaway Falls HUGE towel West Coast Bash 2012 T-shirt Mystery DVD (gotta pop it in to see what it is!) and finally, a TON of park maps/brochures (none of which I've been to!): Silverwood King's Island Legoland Florida Cedar Point Six Flags over Georgia Holiday World Waldameer Six Flags Great America Six Flags New England Lake Compounce Joyland Chimelong Paradise Ocean Park Happy Valley Happy Valley 2 Happy Valley 3 Happy Valley (English!) Hong Kong Disneyland Victory Kingdom Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo DisneySea CanevaWorld Movieland Park Thanks SO much . . made my Month!

Yay.. came home to find a Bag'o (box'o?) Crap on the front porch! thanks Robb & Elissa! I haven't gotten to open it just yet (still logged into work). .but will post pics as soon as I dig into it later tonight! thanks so much. bert

I hope it happens again in some way/shape/form. I very much enjoyed participating last year (even if my recipient never posted pics of what I got him. . that sucked, since I took part of my gift from my personal collection). but he DID thank me for it. and i loved getting prezzies in the mail from my secret santa!

a friend of mine JUST posted this to FB: The biggest/best cruise ship in the world just got even "better". There is a one time only sailing for 5 nights on Oct 27th at discount prices ($299 inside, $369 BALCONY) to celebrate her return from this recent drydock. Care to join me? I'm REAL close to booking this. That balcony price is a STEAL for a ship of this calibre I can't join him, as we'll be on a Holland America cruise (10 day) that sails on 11/3, so there's no way I can get the extra time off for a week before). but sharing here, in case y'all didn't see it!

Bumper Cars are closed too, as they convert that into the "ice" skate rink.

since Fahrenheit and Skyrush aren't next to each other, why not make your 50th StormRunner (which is close). . then head around the back towards Great Bear, SuperDooperLooper, Skyrush, Comet. . and then head towards the Racer, WIld Mouse, and Wildcat (which i wouldn't bother with. .but hey,if you wanna hit the coasters. . but it's ROUGH, ROUGH, ROUGH). in regards to the Whip?. . be warned, HP runs a terrible, and short program. You're lucky if they run it more than 45 seconds, even if the line is dead. not worth the effort in my opinion. we very much enjoyed the Condor, and we LOVED Howler. . . it looks so innocent

after the death at SFoT, I'd guess they are following mfg. directions exactly. and for some reason, maybe the manual says this ride needs four ops? (I really don't know, just guessing). thank you for not being offended tho. . . it just stuck with me (and simmered for a few days before I responded). I'm right there with you if slow operations are because someone is not doing their job (chatting, playing on phone, etc). . but most times, if someone suddenly disappears, there's a good reason. not always, but most times

I don't intend to "jump" on you, but seriously? Your phrasing of "without any reason" is the part that's bothering me. you have absolutely NO idea why the operator had to leave the station. 1) he got a text his Father had a heart attack, and they needed him at the hospital now 2) from the station, he saw a person fall and injure themselves, and went to go help. 3) he had bad mexican food and had to run to the toilet or else crap himself. those are only 3 reasons he could have left the station, none of which involved clearing it with YOU before he had to leave. so you had to wait for a ride. . boo hoo. . you have no idea what could have been going on that caused the operator to need to leave the Station. (and no, I would not be responding this way if you said you got stuck waiting because the ops were on their phones texting, or telling each other jokes, or hitting on riders in the trains. If an operator leaves the station without someone to back them up? it's an emergency of some kind, and other guests should understand that).

hehe.. that's some "unfortunate" placement of Elsa in the Disneyland Jackets pic! (she looks like she's about to pinch your butts )

confirming for you . . .it's idiots. it's WONDERFUL that you have so many FB followers. . but an awful lot of morons joined up

aw man. . I LOVED her, on both SNL, and even on the inferior seasons of "Designing Women" Jan Hooks has passed today http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/09/showbiz/comedian-actress-jan-hooks-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Oh yes there is. I went away for a week on a cruise with my Mom and tomorrow my oldest daughter is having her baby, so it's been a little crazy around here. I posted on the other one today but it might take me a few days to get another update on this....as I don't think I have anymore written up yet. But I do have a ton of the pictures edited. I do promise to finish this....it just might take me a bit. hehe. . I didn't mean to guilt you into it! but thrilled to see an update LOL. No guilting...I need to get moving. I hate when life gets in the way...though today was the excpetion with the birth of my first grandaughter who is just cute as a button! Yah. . i realized that I forgot to say "Congrats Gramma!" glad to hear the baby is doing great!

also, I don't think I've ever seen tea-cups without the center "spin" column. it looks that way from the picture. is the only way to spin if the Ride-Op spins you?

Wonderful pictures. . thanks so much for sharing. *your thoughts too. . this actually made me laugh out loud! I seriously love your enthusiasm

that is a great report. Loved almost everything, from the color of the flume water, to the "official Disney" bewbs. are you sure that was Cinderella in the Crooked House? Looked to me like Elsa was continuing her world tour after Maelstrom closed. that Ghost Train is amazing tho. OMG..the neon, the neon. . Orange and Green NEON everywhere. it really IS hell!

I love this coaster, so fast, and so smooth. . and I really love that it's so high thrill without the inversions. I'm still confused as to why it's themed to a Pirate though? but hey, it makes playing "pass the sword" make plenty of sense. . LOL

Oh yes there is. I went away for a week on a cruise with my Mom and tomorrow my oldest daughter is having her baby, so it's been a little crazy around here. I posted on the other one today but it might take me a few days to get another update on this....as I don't think I have anymore written up yet. But I do have a ton of the pictures edited. I do promise to finish this....it just might take me a bit. hehe. . I didn't mean to guilt you into it! but thrilled to see an update

here's the analysis from CNN.Money: http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/06/media/disney-paris-bailout/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

Sad that Sept is over, but happy that we still get daily (or more) videos on the TPR Facebook page!

Is there more to this report Jen? I've been anxiously awaiting, as I love looking at your pics (and yes, I've been following along on the Solo and Unleashed one too)

but. . . but. . . . you have ships that leave from Vancouver port that GO to Alaska! (we took when after we attended a friend's wedding in Stanley Park (on exile island. . or whatever they call that Military building there).

we were there during a DOWNPOUR in June. seriously, it poured so much the park flooded for a good 40 minutes, then all drained and almost everything opened back up. the only ride that was affected was Flying Turns. . it went down after the first downpour, and they never got it back up, because every time it would dry off enough to start testing again, another wave of showers came thru.

it's a sOOper lOOps, isn't it?