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Avatar Theme Week #3 - The Winner is.....
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
How about Homestavatar week (any custom H*R avatar). Or, rejected video game characters. -
Avatar Theme Week #3 - The Winner is.....
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I guess Ted Fanatic was too scary . -
Well, there are a few things to do in Charleston, South Carolina, one of them being Cypress Gardens (not to be confused with the one in Florida with the carny rides). But, it was an interesting thing. A few facts, this park had two movies shot on location. The first being The Patriot, if youve seen the movie, you can see in the background (forgot which scene, but its during a foggy morning in the swamp) a destroyed church. That building can be seen as you enter the swamp area. The second movie being shot was (more recently) The Notebook. Anyways, this little park had one "ride", a canoe excursion into the swamp. You can go by yourself or with a guide, so my family and I went by ourselves and paddled. Throughout the course, you awe at the tall Big Cypress Trees that canopy the area and the hundreds of lily pads that litter the water and pray to yourself that you don't startle a gator. There was one headchopper (which I think it should be considered a ride ) when you go under a bridge (and yes, you really have to duck!). After 45 minutes of venturing the swamp waters, we then went to the mini zoo thing the park had to offer. The zoo was relatively small, it had a Butterfly Habitat, a Reptile Habitat, and an Aquarium. The reptile habitat had perky tortoises and got some nice pictures of them feasting on lunch. There were also various gators and crocodiles sunning themselves (and there was a gator having a threesome with two turtles ). After that, we headed to the aquarium, the aquarium was, in one word, LAME. When you entered, it smelled pretty bad and the whole aquarium was practically nothing but big ass Catfish and these screwed up eels with arms (water snakes?). Further back into the aquarium was more reptiles and birds. There were toucans, but then some funny stuff was back in the reptile portion. The first sight being a giant Anaconda resting, and right next to the snake? None other than three dead rabbits, waiting to be devoured. After that, I think I saw Robb's grandfather, a big and slimy Bullfrog that looked like Jabba the Hut. Nasty ain't it? After that, we went into the butterfly habitat, but it was boring there, no butterflies landed on anybody and they were all huddled in a corner of the building. After that, we left after a great time. If your ever in Charleston and have some time to waste, drive over to Cypress Gardens, its a really nice place with a headchopper and some gorgeous splendors of nature. Pics will be up when I return though (forgot to pack my USB cable )
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I just got up and when I was flipping through channels, suddenly I see the text 'London Blasts, killed 90 so far (unofficial count).' And as of now, how could a power surge cause a double decker bus to explode? Anyways, I'm not sure what the latest is, but this seems to be confusing me. I hope nobody got hurt, noting that there must be some posters from London on TPR.
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Avatar Theme Week #3 - Submit Your Avatar
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I thought it was Wes' idea. -
Phantasialand Discussion Thread
Homer replied to roeterich's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Didn't we make fun of this name when a waterpark in Wisconsin Dells opened up a new slide titled this. Again, another Porno Movie sounding named coaster. -
Avatar Theme Week #3 - Submit Your Avatar
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
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Uhh, I flamed the webmaster by calling him a plagarist and this is his response.
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Elissa, you bigamist!
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*All times Eastern US Time. Saturday night at 8 PM*, Discovery Channel is showing three coaster specials. Reruns or not, its a must see if you don't have the Travel Channel (like me). If you missed them, you can catch an encore of the specials beginning at 11 PM*. 8:00 PM EST: Amusement Parks: The Pursuit of Fun Summary: Turn-of-the-century parks with wooden roller coasters and midway arcades evolve into high-tech extravaganzas. Channel: Discovery Channel. 9:00 PM EST: Scream Parks Summary: Some areas of Six Flags Magic Mountain are inaccessible to the general public. [Homer Note-- Nice description you gave us Discovery Channel ] Channel: Discovery Channel 10:00 PM EST: Mega Machines Summary: The science behind thrill rides. Channel: Discovery Channel. If you miss the shows at its earlier times, again, you could catch them again from 11PM-1AM (then again, Saturday Night Live is on then ).
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The Official "TPR In Europe" Ongoing TR Thread.
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
LOL, "Anal rape-age". Seriously, is Walibi Rhone-Alps like the Cypress Gardens of Europe? Rides plopped down in nature with some sort of contaminated lake. Anyway, a hilarious update... and the sh*t sign is indeed the best sign ever. -
This doesn't beat the Mr. Six being Racist one: http://sixflagskkk.ytmnd.com/
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Borg Assimilator makes the Top 10 !!!?!!!
Homer replied to bgwfreak's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
^Dont forget to post this on ThrillNetwork . "BORG R TEH R0X0RZ!!1!" Yeah, Carowinds fanboys were funny back when Borg was announced on ThrillNetwork. -
What was the reason behind TPR being disabled? Is the whole server lag thing the reason why?
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Today, I went up to Busch Gardens, got some decent pictures up, and some rides on everybody's favorite dive machine that beats the crap out of Alton Towers' Oblivion, SheiKra! The first rides of the day were on SheiKra during passholder ERT in the morning. Got three good rides on SheiKra without a wait. The best seat in the house? The edge seats in the back row, you get an incredible, sh*tload of airtime on the second drop (8.5/10). After SheiKra, my cousin and I got a train to ourselves on Kumba, riding it twice. Once in the front, and once in the back. What do you expect? Crazy G-forces galore in both the front and back (9/10). After Kumba, we decided to take a short ride on Scorpion. No wonder this thing always gets a line, aside from one train operation, but this ride like all Schwarzkopfs pull of crazy forces (8/10). After Scorpion, we made a dash over to Montu. Surprised this still had a wait, figuring all of the general public will be at SheiKra. Anyways, two train operation and of course, the crazy first half, but a now laggy second half thanks to the cursed, too trimmed down, mid course. (8/10) Following Montu, we headed to Rhino Rally to see if it were open, instead it was closed and would open shortly. Vekomas... so reliable . After the check on Rhino Rally, we went to the Skyride and got some footage of SheiKra. After the skyride, we went for another ride on Kumba and at the same time squirt the innocent riders on Congo River Rapids. We then headed over to the Stanleyville Smokehouse and had a delicious lunch (Busch makes the best food at a theme park). After lunch, we had another ride on SheiKra, with an one hour wait. By this time, we ended up getting tired and had headaches, also the park was beginning to get crowded (especially with Spanish tour groups with T-shirts saying 50 ANOS (50 years for those who don't know Spanish)). A few pictures from my trip: Kumba- still kicking butt like it was back in 1993. Two pictures of Kumba going down the drop after the mid course. Scorpions Loop Scorpion, going through the loop. SheiKra- from the Skyride.
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The Official "TPR In Europe" Ongoing TR Thread.
Homer replied to robbalvey's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Who knew the movie Racing Stripes would have a funny translation? Anyways, it seems that that Europe is a pretty weird yet awesome place. Glad your having a good time. -
Is it a plane, is it a boat, is it a car? No, its Hydro Foam! Probably one of the most unique things Ive ever seen. I wish I could get my hands on one of those.
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Wait, wha? Is this another one of those "not-so-diet Sodas that has half the sugar and "tastes like the real thing"" (ex. includes C2 and Pepsi Edge). May have to head down to 7-11 to see if they have it.
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Thrope Park's new coaster?
Homer replied to SLUSHIE's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Its been confirmed its been an Intamin Rocket, the layout... lets just say the layout is 'Kiddie Ka' Its Kingda Ka, but half the size. The coasters codename is 'Project: Stealth'. I'll have to go digging around for the concept art though. -
Well, after many minutes of editing in which would be best a Mediocre video. This is video I shot yesterday of SheiKra, I don't know how to do sound control in Nero editor, so you'll have to live with some of the chatter. Funniest moment: First few seconds of video, youll here "Dont get the stroller wet." Yeah, random, so is TPR. Enjoy this craptacular video!
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Major Tsunami warning issued for the ENTIRE West Coast
Homer replied to Sir Clinksalot's topic in Random, Random, Random
It seems God is pissed with Raiders fans. Must have seen the "Da wheels go WOOOOO!" video. -
Major Tsunami warning issued for the ENTIRE West Coast
Homer replied to Sir Clinksalot's topic in Random, Random, Random
It seems God is pissed with Raiders fans. Must have seen the "Da wheels go WOOOOO!" video. -
Attached below is my first attempt at a coaster video. Sadly though, about one minute of it is 'corrupt'. Heres the summary: -The intro works fine. -After the intro, the music plays fine, but none of the video shows until about 1:06 into the video, when you see a pixel transition into the second vertical drop. -The video works smoothly from there. The part thats gnawing my head off (literally) is how come the first minute of footage won't show. Any help, pointers, or is it just the stupidity of Microsoft? IM me if you want the zip, its too big to attach here.
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Thats the first time I've ever played with my self while watching internet flash. Now that was a screwed up, yet hot , PSA
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Like I said, Barry got pwned.