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Great stuff so far Erik! I'm delighted that the spontaneous group huddle dinner debate was captured on camera. The photo of Lou afterwards is awesome too. It was fun hanging with you at the parks. Wish I was still there!

^ Luxo and Luxo Jr. were the lamp names. It's one of the same lamps that appears before every Pixar movie.

Good stuff Bryan. It heartens me to see how quiet the parks are just now. Fantasmic better not get cancelled on Saturday!

^ That's because you're usually unconscious by that point!

It's definatly being scrapped. There's no chance of a second life. Erik works for Vekoma, I think he might have a bit more knowledge than you on this subject.

This is largely expected and very welcome news! Hopefully they'll tear it down in a similar fashion to the one in Belgium! Does this mean we have to ride it if we're there a week before it closes?

^^ Yeah it was at Margate at some point. Pretty much every ride at Loudoun has been at another UK park at some point or another. It's a nice little park for what it is. Just wish us Scots could boast something better for our top park. Still, great TR DandAyr. It's good to see more Scots posting on the boards.

I'd get rid of all lamp posts. Just to be mean.

Happy to help! Still enjoying the Road Show Big Mike!

The current attitude towards change in Scotland is exciting! But I agree with you Chrissie I just love sitting back, looking in and often laughing at what goes on in American politics.

This is true. Our next trip is together, so no one gets to make the other jealous this time! Although I'm sure I'll get to these parks before you get over to visit "my" parks! Can't have you not being jealous of me for long! I'm intrigued as to what the "extra" update is.

Great stuff Shawn! Although I don't like having to be jealous of you for a change! Fudgey fails at being me. I was concerned about the lack of lamp post photos until I saw this. BEST. PHOTO. EVER! Looking forward to the rest!

I'm gonna go with nine.

Damn, my plan of going with whatever everyone else posted has been dashed by the disagreements on how many there are. Will have to go and count them myself then. Great TR Big Mike!

Hanno, the bonus update was awesome! I'm glad that I'll never forget the day I can hardly remember! Even better is the proof that I got all six credits, so thanks for that! Shawn this was the day BEFORE my birthday! My birthday celebrations were fairly low key after this hilarity.

I can't believe I missed the dark ride either. And I was joking when I said we needed Larry to do a guide to Schlossbeck too!

^^^ I think the full story should be reserved for only the people who go on trips. Funnily enough I have pretty much no recollection of any of the photos being taken that night!

I got six credits that day! Somehow! Never have I felt like such a credit whore.

Petrol! I'm not exactly sure believe it or not, I just drank the thing. I'm sure there was lots of rum though! I seem to remember it tasting quite nice! Have a look... Don't be fooled by Lou's innocent look. She was the one who brought the Zombie up. Although I did bring the Zombie up a few hours later in a different way (and place).

This is my favourite update yet! A word of advice to anyone on future TPR trips with Steve. If he buys you a Zombie at three o'clock in the morning do NOT drink it!

^ Don't you have 20 million coming your way soon, Steve? This place just looks stunning. I *WILL* stay here one day. Even if it bankrupts me.

^ The second tour bus was a chariot of the Gods! Loving the photos Hanno. Can't wait to see the rest. Especially Movie Park!

^ Yeah that could be next years "babe magnet" shirt.

Hi Shawn!!!

Time for the final update... --- PART TEN TIVOLI FRIHEDEN After Legoland we set off for Tivoli Friheden and got there in not much more than an hour. One of the things I loved about Denmark was the negligible traveling differences between parks. They're mostly all pretty close together so you don't have to spend half a day in a car just to get somewhere. We ended up putting this park last because we knew that the new coaster wouldn't be ready yet as it had fallen behind schedule. We figured we wouldn't need more than a couple of hours at this place and we were right. The park is nice but it kinda paled in comparison to other parks we'd visited on the trip. Maybe on about the same level as Karolinelund but even then it lacked the atmosphere. That wasn't to say it wasn't good. It had its plus points and once this new coaster opens it should be a worthwhile destination. The coasters currently on offer aren't up to much: a Pinfari death machine, a spinning mouse and a kiddie. There's a few flats that looked alright. There's a cool little ghost train with lots of rodents too. Oh yeah they have a SCAD Tower too... A bit of background for some of you - On the Midwest trip at Wisconsin Dells a few of the group I was in paid $40 each to do the SCAD Tower there. I declined this opportunity at the time although the guys did try and make me regret it by constantly going on about it. Well I made up for it by making it my last ride in Denmark! At a cost of only 50 Kr too (that's about $10 maybe). Wow, what a lot of fun that was! It was nice to experience something that got the juices flowing! Although I wasn't really scared more kinda excited. After a few hours in the park we packed our bags and headed back to the airport and dropped off the car. Denmark is a fantastic country. So much cleaner and fresher than most places in the UK and an all round much friendlier atmosphere. I can't wait to visit more Scandinavian countries in the future. Our trip was over and of course I was naturally a little down about the fact that it was all over. Although I took comfort in the fact that I had the Europe trip to look forward to in two weeks and as I sit and write this the trip is only a day away! So while this one may be over look out for Divv's European Adventure appearing on the boards in a few weeks! Here's the final batch of photos... Of course how else could I end this trip report? Got to keep Shawn happy! Denmark is a fantastic place and houses some amazing parks. Hope this TR managed to twist a few peoples arms into committing for the Scandi trip next year. I'm sure it'll be a blast! I'll be back trip reporting in a few weeks with Divv's European Adventure. Ryanair awaits to take us home. I should have a loyalty card for this airline. I use them almost every fortnight! But it was time to say good bye. Tom got quite attached to the car after four days. 1,445.6 km covered. That's not bad going for four days. With the parks conquered we head back to the airport. Anyway. Tivoli Friheden is nice enough to pass an hour or two. It should be quite worthwhile once the new ride opens. I'm sure I'll be back for that soon enough! Hmmm, is that a hidden Mickey I see? Definitely a LOT of fun and well worth the 50 Kr. Tom makes a safe landing. He's not hanging so much any more. There's Tom. Just hanging around. We tossed a coin to see who would go first. The prize being that the person going first would take pictures of the second person. I won the/lost the toss meaning I had to go first. Now for something a bit more exciting! And the hotel themed ghost train thing was not bad. The park does have a couple of culturey bits. And here's another. Glad that's over with. Here's a look at one of the flat rides. I have no shame when it comes to these kiddie things. No point hiding now Tom! Tom's sad and pathetic. This might have been the best operating coaster in the park! Oh how I despise these rides! Tyfonen is the spinning mouse. Although we kinda wished it wasn't. Here's a ride that actually was open. Oh well. One missed credit out of ten parks is pretty good going in my view! I think a ride like this is exactly what this park needs. Hopefully it'll bring in the visitors. The track does look quite sexy in a geeky way. Seats? Where we're going we don't need seats! And the first train obviously wasn't even finished yet. The second train had obviously just been put together. Yeah, pretty sure we're gonna have to miss this one. All the coasters in the park have these "RCT style" sneeze shields around them. The track does look very nice. I guess this means we can't ride? Cobra is the new Ride Tek invert under construction. Before I get to what we rode here's a look at what we DIDN'T ride! Park number four of the day and our tenth and final park of the trip - Tivoli Friheden.