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  1. Looking for some advice: So, I'm looking at booking my flight down to Texas in the next couple days and wanted some opinions on the status of my returning flight options: Option 1: 10am flight, costs more. Option 2: 7pm flight, costs less. I need to be out of my hotel by 11am. If I go with option 2, does the park have big enough lockers at the front for me to store an electronics-filled backpack and a carry-on suitcase? How much would I be spending? If I can't get lockers at the park, I'd likely just go straight to DFW. So is there free WiFi in the terminals? I appreciate the help and am looking forward to my first visit to Texas!
  2. Son of a monkey's armpit.
  3. While this does look like a fun attraction, it is a small shame about the level of theming considering how much the park has marketed the theming. And I think no one really expected this to be better than Dragons. I saw on one of your socials that you weren't able to shoot on ride pov footage at the time. Do you know if that will be coming from either you or the park in the future?
  4. Apologies for the double post, but I had to redeem myself for the abomination that was the s'mores burger. While on vacation in Branson, my unit had a grill on the deck overlooking Table Rock Lake, so of course we had to do some grilling. And here is my result: A double cheddar burger with bacon weave.
  5. Time Traveler--SDC. 2nd time in 10 minutes. Was going for a 3rd lap, but had to back out in order to get some cinnamon bread before the park closed.
  6. Wowsers. I thought that's what it was for, but holy sh!t, that must have been a long line. I'm glad most of my rides this week on it were walk-ons. They could plant trees.
  7. The Gyrfalcon is an arctic bird of prey. Just saying.
  8. Hey, question for those that know more than myself: there's a good chunk of unused queue in the space between Wildfire and the Log Flume. Was this extended queue for something, or was it for some previous attraction, or some other purpose?
  9. Time Traveler--Silver Dollar City
  10. ^Thanks for the heads up! It was delicious.
  11. Wildfire, Silver Dollar City. Last train of the night.
  12. Thanks everyone for enjoying this weirdness. I wasn't sure how this would go over, but I'm glad you all enjoyed it! Keep in mind that it's cash only. Yes, they have ATMs on site. Jealous. Yeah, it's on the Ohio river where Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet.
  13. Thank you to Chiselphane for your answers and to Andrew for telling me how small my bank account is going to become. So excited for this week! Can't wait to get back in Outlaw Run's backseat on Sunday!
  14. Hey everyone, I will be making multiple visits to the park next week and I just have 3 questions: -Where is the best place to purchase cinnamon bread/how much should I expect to pay per serving? -Chance of Thunder next week, I noticed that the cave tour is affected by lightning in the area. How does this work? If they think it could happen, do they cancel the tours? If there's a group down there, do they cut the tour short up an emergency exit? How is the situation handled? -One of the visits will be on this Sunday--which has a 10 pm close. I know Outlaw Run will have amazing night rides, but what else has a great night ride? The park should be dark enough for them, right?
  15. Saw John Wick 3 on Saturday. While as a whole it was the weakest of the three, the action did not disappoint. Some of the kills really got the audience to wince and gasp. And they tried to interject it with a style of humor that wasn't in the franchise thus far and so it felt out of place. Also, now I need to go back to the first two to see how many groin hits there were, because a large chunk of the combat was aimed below the belt and I don't remember much of that previously.
  16. Journies 3, 4, and 5: Off the Beaten Path AKA What is This Trip Report Anymore? I wanted to post these reports, but since I'm lazy (and I only have a couple pics from two of the places), I've decided to combine them into one report. So sue me. Journey 3: The Super Journey Home I graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Tampa ( ), but since I live in Minnesota, I had to lug all my sh!t back north over a 2-day road trip. I happened to notice that Holiday World was approximately halfway between the two. But we'd be traveling through when the park was closed. So the consolation prize was a night in Metropolis, Illinois: the official home of Superman. We pulled in for the night, got as much sleep as we could, and in the morning, on our way out of town, we had to find town square. And what's in town square? A Giant Superman stature, of course! Strike a pose! And of course, we had to find Lois Lane as well. I enjoy a good pun street. But we didn't have time to go through the Superman museum. Though I did get a Superman hat from the gift shop and considered purchasing a piece of "Kryptonite." Journey 4: Just how far down the rabbit hole have we gone here, anyways? I was debating even posting these, but they're so weird and wtf-ish that they have to be shared. They're just mannequins at a Dollar Store. The employees I talked to had no idea why they exist either. But whatever, they're weird and I like 'em! What The Donkey? Journey 5: Holy Willy Wonka, Batman! Of all the tourist traps I've visited over the course of my life, I never thought I'd make a trip report about a candy store. Neither did I think I'd make one about a dollar store either, but you know what they say about life and lemons... The candy store in question is Minnesota's Largest Candy Store. That's literally its name. It would be awkward if there was one larger. Anyways, I knew about this place from various news outlets and was following them on Facebook but had never visited before. While living in work housing near Valleyfair last year, it was a perfect opportunity to waste an hour at the place on my day off since it's a couple miles past the park on 169. I drove in with the plan to look around, buy a giant-ass peanut butter cup and walk out. But as any John Steinbeck or Robert Burns fan will tell you, it was a poor plan from the start. It started out innocently enough: walking past a window with a cheap-looking statue of Iron Man against the inside of the window. I shrugged it off and walked in to see enough candy to make Gene Wilder blush. And a Dragon head ...as an appetizer. For what was that I saw in the distance? 99% of their social media postings are puns on their sign outside. So why is the Silver Surfer hanging from the ceiling? Don't get me wrong, I'm over the moon about this; I'm just pissed that they never showed this stuff off before. I'd have gone more often, dammit! Cause who doesn't want a life-size Hulkbuster in their living room? Dibs. Apparently Thor and Spider-Man have joined the Justice League. Who knew? Not Captain America. And no, unfortunately I did not get a shot of America's A$$ Any kisses lately, spidey? And what's a life-size Hulkbuster without a Hulk to fight it? Monsters Inc. too? Sign me up! Have I mentioned how much I hated my old phone's camera is this report yet? Or should I say "I am Groot?" At least I think that's Groot and Star-Lord. Can't tell with how crappy that picture turned out. Resistance is futile. TIE fighters, coming in. To attack the Black Pearl. Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me. The Millennium Falcon will come to the rescue! If the Enterprise doesn't get there first! Or the Doctor! And in case you thought I forgot which site this was and since I know how amusement park-hungry you are, Here's a popcorn Ferris Wheel for ya to end this weird detour
  17. Double post, but I had to post this burger to celebrate the start of summer by breaking out the grille and doing something stupid. I present to you: the s'more burger. AKA the: "are you pregnant?" Burger. Topped with chocolate and fire-roasted marshmallows.
  18. Tardar Sauce; the cat behind the "Grumpy Cat" memes has died at age 7.
  19. I pre-melted about 60% of a bag of cheese and then piled it on the burger. This thing was so very greasy and I wish I had gotten a picture of the cheese stretch from my first bite.
  20. The remote was ticking, so there was only one logical thing to do:
  21. Now ACErs can have a body like Thor's!
  22. Even though I think that that plot will be empty for the 2020 season, I still wonder why it's being announced this early. Note to self: look up when other Cedar Fair parks announced the closings of their Dinos Alive. Also, CF recently trademarked the name "Polaris," the North Star. Kinda makes one wonder...
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